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 4785)
- League Tier 1
- 1456 (of 2183)
- Competitive:
- 3408 (of 5475)
- Total:
- 4739 (of 7209)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
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 | ? |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league games on this day (Sat Aug 25, 1979)
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 | |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 16 | Leeds United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 17 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 23 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 29 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 30 | Coventry City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 36 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 39 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 43 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 53 | Southampton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 53 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 55 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 62 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 68 | Derby County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | |
| 69 | Bristol City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | |
| 74 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | |
| 78 | Manchester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 | |
| 86 | Everton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |
| 87 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | |
| 91 | 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 | |
| ⇩ | 2 | Norwich City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| ⇧ | 5 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| ⇩ | 7 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| ⇧ | 21 | Stoke City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 22 | Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| ⇧ | 29 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 36 | Arsenal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| ⇧ | 37 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| ⇩ | 38 | Leeds United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| ⇧ | 39 | Bristol City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ⇧ | 49 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| ⇩ | 50 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| ⇧ | 52 | Manchester City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| ⇩ | 61 | Southampton | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| ⇩ | 63 | Coventry City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 2 |
| ⇩ | 68 | Ipswich Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| ⇧ | 73 | Everton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| ⇩ | 80 | Derby County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| ⇩ | 85 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| ⇩ | 90 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 91 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 0 | |