The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 MANCHESTER CITY - Wed May 09, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed May 09, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 (Won)

Attendance:
Position Before:: 3
Position After:: 3
Referee:
Season:: 1978-79

NEXT GAMES:
Testimonial:: Southampton
League:: Leeds United
League Tier 1:: Leeds United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3036 (of 4788)
League Tier 1: 1451 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3402 (of 5478)
Total:: 4726 (of 7217)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough

Goals:
Garry Birtles
Tony Woodcock
Ian Bowyer

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	M	Viv Anderson
3	M	Frank Clark
4	F	John McGovern
5	D	Larry Lloyd
6	M	Kenny Burns
7	F	Martin O'Neill off for Ian Bowyer ()
8	F	Trevor Francis
9	F	Garry Birtles
10	F	Tony Woodcock
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	Ian Bowyer on for Martin O'Neill ()

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Wed May 09, 1979)

Home	F	A	Away
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Manchester City

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Liverpool	40	28	8	4	81	16	19	2	0	51	4	9	6	4	30	12	65	64
	2	West Bromwich Albion	39	23	11	5	71	33	13	5	2	38	14	10	6	3	33	19	38	57
	3	Nottingham Forest	39	18	18	3	55	24	10	10	0	31	9	8	8	3	24	15	31	54
	4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	12	51
	5	Leeds United	40	18	14	8	69	47	11	4	4	40	20	7	10	4	29	27	22	50
	6	Arsenal	41	17	13	11	60	47	11	8	2	37	18	6	5	9	23	29	13	47
	7	Ipswich Town	41	19	9	13	59	49	11	4	6	34	21	8	5	7	25	28	10	47
	8	Aston Villa	40	14	16	10	56	46	8	9	3	37	25	6	7	7	19	21	10	44
	9	Manchester United	41	15	14	12	59	62	9	6	5	28	24	6	8	7	31	38	-3	44
	10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	-10	44
	11	Middlesbrough	41	15	10	16	57	49	10	5	5	33	20	5	5	11	24	29	8	40
	12	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	-4	40
	13	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	-6	40
	14	Manchester City	40	13	13	14	55	50	9	5	6	32	25	4	8	8	23	25	5	39
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	41	12	15	14	47	61	6	8	6	18	25	6	7	8	29	36	-14	39
	16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	-6	37
	17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	-21	35
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	-24	34
	19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	-27	31
	20	Queens Park Rangers	41	6	13	22	45	69	4	9	7	24	29	2	4	15	21	40	-24	25
	21	Birmingham City	42	6	10	26	37	64	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	-27	22
	22	Chelsea	40	5	8	27	42	90	3	4	13	22	41	2	4	14	20	49	-48	18

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Liverpool	40	28	8	4	81	16	19	2	0	51	4	9	6	4	30	12	65	64
	2	West Bromwich Albion	39	23	11	5	71	33	13	5	2	38	14	10	6	3	33	19	38	57
	3	Nottingham Forest	40	19	18	3	58	25	11	10	0	34	10	8	8	3	24	15	33	56
	4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	12	51
	5	Leeds United	40	18	14	8	69	47	11	4	4	40	20	7	10	4	29	27	22	50
	6	Arsenal	41	17	13	11	60	47	11	8	2	37	18	6	5	9	23	29	13	47
	7	Ipswich Town	41	19	9	13	59	49	11	4	6	34	21	8	5	7	25	28	10	47
	8	Aston Villa	40	14	16	10	56	46	8	9	3	37	25	6	7	7	19	21	10	44
	9	Manchester United	41	15	14	12	59	62	9	6	5	28	24	6	8	7	31	38	-3	44
	10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	-10	44
	11	Middlesbrough	41	15	10	16	57	49	10	5	5	33	20	5	5	11	24	29	8	40
	12	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	-4	40
	13	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	-6	40
	14	Manchester City	41	13	13	15	56	53	9	5	6	32	25	4	8	9	24	28	3	39
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	41	12	15	14	47	61	6	8	6	18	25	6	7	8	29	36	-14	39
	16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	-6	37
	17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	-21	35
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	-24	34
	19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	-27	31
	20	Queens Park Rangers	41	6	13	22	45	69	4	9	7	24	29	2	4	15	21	40	-24	25
	21	Birmingham City	42	6	10	26	37	64	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	-27	22
	22	Chelsea	40	5	8	27	42	90	3	4	13	22	41	2	4	14	20	49	-48	18

Nottingham Forest 1865 to 2016 | Number of seasons: 155 | Number of matches: 5478 | Number of goals: 8038 | Number of players: 1826