The City Ground

CRYSTAL PALACE 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 08, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 08, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Crystal Palace
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Selhurst Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1979-80
Referee:: Alan Robinson
Attendance:: 34,782
Pos Before/After:: 5 7
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Cup)
League:: Manchester United
Crystal Palace:: May 03, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3059 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1472 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3436 (of 5724)
Total:: 4780 (of 7505)
Played:: 44 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: LWLLLD (Old to recent)

Goals

CRYSTAL PALACE
Manager: Terry Venables
Prior form: DWWDDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Ian Walsh (41')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Peter Shilton
2	D	23	Viv Anderson
3	D	25	Frank Gray
4	M	28	Ian Bowyer 65
5	D	31	Larry Lloyd
6	D	26	Kenny Burns
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill
8	F	33	John O'Hare
9	F	23	Garry Birtles
10	F	25	Trevor Francis
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	30	David Needham

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Burridge
2	D	Kenny Sansom
3	D	Paul Hinshelwood
4	D	James Cannon
5	D	Billy Gilbert
6	M	Vincent Hilaire
7	M	Jerry Murphy
8	M	Peter Nicholas
9	M	Gerry Francis
10	F	David Swindlehurst
11	F	Ian Walsh
Subs
12		Terry Fenwick

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 08, 1979)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Manchester United	18	10	5	3	27	12	8	1	0	19	2	2	4	3	8	10	15	25	DWLDWW
	2	Liverpool	17	9	6	2	36	12	6	3	0	22	4	3	3	2	14	8	24	24	WWWWDW
	3	Crystal Palace	18	6	9	3	23	16	5	4	0	15	3	1	5	3	8	13	7	21	DWWDDL
	4	Arsenal	18	6	8	4	20	12	3	4	2	9	5	3	4	2	11	7	8	20	WWLWDD
	5	Nottingham Forest	18	8	4	6	28	23	6	2	1	17	7	2	2	5	11	16	5	20	LWLLLD
	6	Coventry City	18	9	2	7	31	30	7	1	1	21	9	2	1	6	10	21	1	20	LLWWDW
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	8	4	5	22	21	3	4	1	9	6	5	0	4	13	15	1	20	DLWLDW
	8	Norwich City	18	7	5	6	29	27	5	4	0	18	9	2	1	6	11	18	2	19	WDLWLD
	9	Aston Villa	17	5	9	3	17	15	4	3	2	10	8	1	6	1	7	7	2	19	DWDWDD
	10	Middlesbrough	18	7	5	6	16	15	5	4	0	10	3	2	1	6	6	12	1	19	LDWWDL
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	18	7	5	6	23	28	6	1	2	14	10	1	4	4	9	18	-5	19	WDWLDL
	12	Southampton	18	7	3	8	31	28	6	1	2	27	13	1	2	6	4	15	3	17	LLWLLW
	13	West Bromwich Albion	18	5	7	6	24	21	5	3	1	20	10	0	4	5	4	11	3	17	WLWLDD
	14	Bristol City	18	5	7	6	16	19	3	4	2	8	7	2	3	4	8	12	-3	17	LWLLWD
	15	Leeds United	18	5	7	6	18	24	4	2	3	11	10	1	5	3	7	14	-6	17	LLLWDW
	16	Manchester City	18	7	3	8	18	25	5	1	3	12	10	2	2	5	6	15	-7	17	LLWWLL
	17	Everton	18	4	8	6	23	25	2	4	3	14	13	2	4	3	9	12	-2	16	DLWLDD
	18	Stoke City	18	5	5	8	22	28	4	2	3	14	12	1	3	5	8	16	-6	15	WWLLWL
	19	Derby County	18	6	2	10	19	25	5	0	4	15	10	1	2	6	4	15	-6	14	LWWLWL
	20	Ipswich Town	18	6	2	10	17	26	4	2	3	11	8	2	0	7	6	18	-9	14	WLDWWL
	21	Brighton and Hove Albion	17	4	4	9	19	30	3	2	3	10	13	1	2	6	9	17	-11	12	LLLWDW
	22	Bolton Wanderers	18	1	8	9	13	30	1	7	1	7	7	0	1	8	6	23	-17	10	DLLLLD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Liverpool	18	10	6	2	39	13	6	3	0	22	4	4	3	2	17	9	26	26	WWWDWW		3-1
1	2	Manchester United	19	10	6	3	28	13	8	2	0	20	3	2	4	3	8	10	15	26	WLDWWD		1-1
	3	Crystal Palace	19	7	9	3	24	16	6	4	0	16	3	1	5	3	8	13	8	23	WWDDLW		1-0
	4	Arsenal	19	7	8	4	23	13	4	4	2	12	6	3	4	2	11	7	10	22	WLWDDW		3-1
2	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	9	4	5	25	22	4	4	1	12	7	5	0	4	13	15	3	22	LWLDWW		3-1
5	6	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	5	6	26	29	6	1	2	14	10	2	4	4	12	19	-3	21	DWLDLW		3-1
2	7	Nottingham Forest	19	8	4	7	28	24	6	2	1	17	7	2	2	6	11	17	4	20	WLLLDL		0-1
	8	Norwich City	19	7	6	6	29	27	5	4	0	18	9	2	2	6	11	18	2	20	DLWLDD		0-0
3	9	Coventry City	19	9	2	8	32	33	7	1	1	21	9	2	1	7	11	24	-1	20	LWWDWL		1-3
2	10	Southampton	19	8	3	8	32	28	6	1	2	27	13	2	2	6	5	15	4	19	LWLLWW		1-0
2	11	Aston Villa	18	5	9	4	18	18	4	3	3	11	11	1	6	1	7	7	0	19	WDWDDL		1-3
2	12	Middlesbrough	19	7	5	7	16	16	5	4	1	10	4	2	1	6	6	12	0	19	DWWDLL		0-1
4	13	Everton	19	5	8	6	25	25	3	4	3	16	13	2	4	3	9	12	0	18	LWLDDW		2-0
1	14	Leeds United	19	5	8	6	19	25	4	2	3	11	10	1	6	3	8	15	-6	18	LLWDWD		1-1
2	15	West Bromwich Albion	19	5	7	7	26	24	5	3	1	20	10	0	4	6	6	14	2	17	LWLDDL		2-3
2	16	Stoke City	19	6	5	8	25	30	5	2	3	17	14	1	3	5	8	16	-5	17	WLLWLW		3-2
3	17	Bristol City	19	5	7	7	17	22	3	4	3	9	10	2	3	4	8	12	-5	17	WLLWDL		1-3
2	18	Manchester City	19	7	3	9	18	29	5	1	3	12	10	2	2	6	6	19	-11	17	LWWLLL		0-4
1	19	Ipswich Town	19	7	2	10	21	26	5	2	3	15	8	2	0	7	6	18	-5	16	LDWWLW		4-0
1	20	Derby County	19	6	3	10	19	25	5	1	4	15	10	1	2	6	4	15	-6	15	WWLWLD		0-0
	21	Brighton and Hove Albion	18	4	4	10	19	32	3	2	3	10	13	1	2	7	9	19	-13	12	LLWDWL		0-2
	22	Bolton Wanderers	19	1	8	10	14	33	1	7	1	7	7	0	1	9	7	26	-19	10	LLLLDL		1-3

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