The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 0 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 29, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 29, 1979 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 (Won)

Attendance:: 27,724
Pos Before/After:: 10/8
Opp Before/After:: 12/14
Referee:
Season:: 1979-80
Forest/Opp Tier:: 1/1

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Everton

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3060 (of 4860)
League Tier 1:: 1475 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3438 (of 5557)
Total:: 4775 (of 7305)

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

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

Goals:
Stan Bowles - Stan Bowles last goal
John Robertson
John Robertson

COVENTRY CITY
Manager:
Prior form: DWLLLW (Old to recent)

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	M	Kenny Burns
7	F	Trevor Francis
8	F	Stan Bowles
9	F	Garry Birtles
10	F	Ian Bowyer
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Dec 29, 1979)

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

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
	1	Liverpool	21	13	6	2	47	14	8	3	0	27	4	5	3	2	20	10	33	32	DWWWWW
	2	Manchester United	22	12	6	4	33	16	9	2	0	23	3	3	4	4	10	13	17	30	WWDWWL
	3	Arsenal	22	8	10	4	27	16	5	5	2	14	7	3	5	2	13	9	11	26	DDWDDW
	4	Southampton	22	10	4	8	34	28	7	1	2	28	13	3	3	6	6	15	6	24	LWWWWD
	5	Norwich City	22	8	8	6	35	31	6	5	0	23	12	2	3	6	12	19	4	24	LDDWDD
	6	Middlesbrough	21	9	5	7	22	18	7	4	1	16	6	2	1	6	6	12	4	23	WDLLWW
	7	Aston Villa	21	7	9	5	24	21	5	3	3	14	11	2	6	2	10	10	3	23	DDLWWL
	8	Crystal Palace	21	7	9	5	24	22	6	4	0	16	3	1	5	5	8	19	2	23	DDLWLL
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	9	5	7	26	28	4	5	2	13	10	5	0	5	13	18	-2	23	DWWLLD
	10	Nottingham Forest	21	9	4	8	30	28	7	2	1	19	8	2	2	7	11	20	2	22	LLDLLW
	11	Leeds United	22	7	8	7	25	28	5	2	3	14	10	2	6	4	11	18	-3	22	DWDWWL
	12	Coventry City	22	10	2	10	35	39	7	1	2	22	11	3	1	8	13	28	-4	22	DWLLLW
	13	Manchester City	22	9	4	9	24	31	6	2	3	16	11	3	2	6	8	20	-7	22	LLLWWD
	14	Ipswich Town	22	9	3	10	28	30	6	2	3	18	9	3	1	7	10	21	-2	21	WLWWWD
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	22	8	5	9	28	35	6	1	3	15	12	2	4	6	13	23	-7	21	DLWLLL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	21	6	8	7	31	26	6	4	1	25	12	0	4	6	6	14	5	20	LDDLDW
	17	Everton	22	5	9	8	27	29	3	4	4	17	15	2	5	4	10	14	-2	19	DDWLLD
	18	Stoke City	22	6	7	9	26	33	5	2	4	17	16	1	5	5	9	17	-7	19	WLWDLD
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	21	6	5	10	25	33	4	3	3	13	13	2	2	7	12	20	-8	17	DWLDWW
	20	Bristol City	22	5	7	10	17	28	3	4	4	9	11	2	3	6	8	17	-11	17	WDLLLL
	21	Derby County	22	6	3	13	21	33	5	1	6	17	15	1	2	7	4	18	-12	15	WLDLLL
	22	Bolton Wanderers	22	1	9	12	16	38	1	8	2	8	9	0	1	10	8	29	-22	11	LDLLLD

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
	1	Liverpool	22	14	6	2	49	14	8	3	0	27	4	6	3	2	22	10	35	34	WWWWWW
	2	Manchester United	23	13	6	4	36	16	10	2	0	26	3	3	4	4	10	13	20	32	WDWWLW
1	3	Southampton	23	11	4	8	36	28	8	1	2	30	13	3	3	6	6	15	8	26	WWWWDW
1	4	Arsenal	23	8	10	5	27	19	5	5	2	14	7	3	5	3	13	12	8	26	DWDDWL
2	5	Aston Villa	22	8	9	5	27	22	5	3	3	14	11	3	6	2	13	11	5	25	DLWWLW
	6	Middlesbrough	22	10	5	7	24	19	7	4	1	16	6	3	1	6	8	13	5	25	DLLWWW
2	7	Norwich City	23	8	9	6	37	33	6	5	0	23	12	2	4	6	14	21	4	25	DDWDDD
2	8	Nottingham Forest	22	10	4	8	33	28	7	2	1	19	8	3	2	7	14	20	5	24	LDLLWW
1	9	Crystal Palace	22	7	9	6	25	24	6	4	1	17	5	1	5	5	8	19	1	23	DLWLLL
4	10	Ipswich Town	23	10	3	10	29	30	7	2	3	19	9	3	1	7	10	21	-1	23	LWWWDW
	11	Leeds United	23	7	9	7	27	30	5	3	3	16	12	2	6	4	11	18	-3	23	WDWWLD
3	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	9	5	8	26	29	4	5	2	13	10	5	0	6	13	19	-3	23	WWLLDL
2	13	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	5	9	29	35	7	1	3	16	12	2	4	6	13	23	-6	23	LWLLLW
2	14	Coventry City	23	10	2	11	35	42	7	1	3	22	14	3	1	8	13	28	-7	22	WLLLWL
2	15	Manchester City	23	9	4	10	25	35	6	2	3	16	11	3	2	7	9	24	-10	22	LLWWDL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	8	8	31	28	6	4	2	25	14	0	4	6	6	14	3	20	DDLDWL
	17	Everton	23	5	10	8	28	30	3	5	4	18	16	2	5	4	10	14	-2	20	DWLLDD
1	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	22	7	5	10	29	34	5	3	3	17	14	2	2	7	12	20	-5	19	WLDWWW
1	19	Stoke City	23	6	7	10	26	34	5	2	4	17	16	1	5	6	9	18	-8	19	LWDLDL
	20	Bristol City	23	5	7	11	18	31	3	4	5	10	14	2	3	6	8	17	-13	17	DLLLLL
	21	Derby County	23	6	4	13	22	34	5	1	6	17	15	1	3	7	5	19	-12	16	LDLLLD
	22	Bolton Wanderers	23	1	9	13	16	40	1	8	2	8	9	0	1	11	8	31	-24	11	DLLLDL