The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Aug 25, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Aug 25, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-1 (Won)

Attendance:: 23,025
Position Before:: 3
Position After:: 2
Referee:
Season:: 1979-80

NEXT GAMES:
League Cup:: Blackburn Rovers
League:: West Bromwich Albion
League Tier 1:: West Bromwich Albion

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3041 (of 4763)
League Tier 1: 1456 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3408 (of 5452)
Total:: 4739 (of 7185)

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

Forest Goals:
Tony Woodcock
John Robertson
John McGovern
John McGovern - John McGovern last goal

Coventry City Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Brian Clough

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	M	Kenny Burns
7	F	Martin O'Neill
8	M	Asa Hartford	Last game
9	F	Garry Birtles
10	F	Tony Woodcock
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12		?
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Sat Aug 25, 1979)

Home	F	A	Away
Arsenal	0	0	Manchester United
Aston Villa	0	2	Bristol City
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Southampton
Derby County	0	1	Everton
Liverpool	3	1	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester City	3	2	Brighton and Hove Albion
Middlesbrough	1	1	Crystal Palace
Norwich City	2	1	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	4	1	Coventry City
Stoke City	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Ipswich Town

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	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

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