The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 STOKE CITY - Wed Aug 22, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Aug 22, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 (Won)

Attendance:: 26,147
Position Before:: 7
Position After:: 3
Referee:
Season:: 1979-80

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Coventry City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3040 (of 4788)
League Tier 1: 1455 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3407 (of 5478)
Total:: 4738 (of 7217)

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

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough

Goals:
Martin O'Neill

STOKE CITY
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Wed Aug 22, 1979)

Home	F	A	Away
Aston Villa	2	1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Derby County	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leeds United	2	0	Everton
Manchester United	2	0	West Bromwich Albion
Norwich City	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Stoke 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	Middlesbrough	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	5	4
	2	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	2	2
	2	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2
	4	Coventry City	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	2
	5	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
	6	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	2
	7	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
	8	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
	8	Southampton	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
	10	Crystal Palace	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
	11	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
	12	Aston Villa	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
	12	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
	14	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	14	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	14	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	17	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1
	18	Manchester City	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	20	Everton	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
	21	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0

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	Norwich City	2	2	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	2	6	4
⇩	2	Middlesbrough	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	5	4
⇧	3	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4
⇧	4	Leeds United	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	3
⇧	5	Manchester United	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3
⇧	6	Aston Villa	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	3
⇩	7	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	2	2
⇩	8	Coventry City	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	2
⇩	9	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	2
⇧	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
⇩	11	Stoke City	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
⇩	12	Southampton	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
⇩	12	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
⇩	14	Crystal Palace	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
⇩	15	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
⇩	16	Derby County	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-1	1
	17	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1
⇩	18	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	1
⇩	19	Manchester City	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1
	20	Everton	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	0	2	-4	0
⇧	21	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	-5	0
⇩	22	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	4	-6	0

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