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SEASON: 1978-79

Prev Season: 1977-78
This Season: 1978-79
Next Season: 1979-80

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 5th Round (Arsenal (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: Winners (Southampton (Wembley) 3-2)
Player Of The Year:: Garry Birtles

Top Goalscorer:: Garry Birtles (26 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	11 times	13 times	3 times	4 times
Conceded	28 times	6 times	1 time
Won By	15 times	14 times	2 times	2 times	3 times
Lost By	3 times	1 time

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	2	-	1	1	0	2	1	Liverpool (0-2), Liverpool (0-0)
2	2	2	4	1	3	-	2	1	5	West Bromwich Albion (0-0), Everton (0-0), Everton (1-1), West Bromwich Albion (1-0)
3	23	3	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Coventry City (0-0)
4	18	4	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Arsenal (1-2)
5	7	5	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Leeds United (2-1)
6	27	6	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Leeds United (0-0)
7		7	3	3	-	-	7	1	6	Aston Villa (2-1), Bristol City (2-0), Coventry City (3-0)
8	1	8	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Manchester United (1-1)
9	1	9	3	3	-	-	8	3	6	Arsenal (2-1), Bristol City (3-1), Tottenham Hotspur (3-1)
10	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11		11	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Norwich City (2-1)
12		12	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	Ipswich Town (1-1), Southampton (1-0)
13	3	13	3	1	2	-	6	2	4	Derby County (1-1), Aston Villa (4-0), Manchester United (1-1)
14		14	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Manchester City (3-1)
15		15	3	1	2	-	2	1	4	Ipswich Town (1-0), Manchester City (0-0), Norwich City (1-1)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	3	1	2	-	4	2	4	Queens Park Rangers (0-0), Middlesbrough (3-1), Bolton Wanderers (1-1)
18		18	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Derby County (2-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1)
19		19	4	1	3	-	3	2	5	Queens Park Rangers (0-0), Middlesbrough (2-2), Southampton (0-0), Bolton Wanderers (1-0)
20		20	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1)
21		21	2	2	-	-	3	0	4	Birmingham City (1-0), Birmingham City (2-0)
22		22	2	2	-	-	9	1	4	Chelsea (6-0), Chelsea (3-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Tottenham Hotspur (1-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 41,898
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,388
Average League Attendance:: 30,406
Highest Cup Attendance:: 40,804
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 13,793

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 28
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 8
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1978-79)

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Liverpool	42	30	8	4	85	16	19	2	0	51	4	11	6	4	34	12	69	68		0-0	0-2
2	Nottingham Forest	42	21	18	3	61	26	11	10	0	34	10	10	8	3	27	16	35	60
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	24	11	7	72	35	13	5	3	38	15	11	6	4	34	20	37	59		0-0	1-0
4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	12	51		0-0	1-1
5	Leeds United	42	18	14	10	70	52	11	4	6	41	25	7	10	4	29	27	18	50		0-0	2-1
6	Ipswich Town	42	20	9	13	63	49	11	4	6	34	21	9	5	7	29	28	14	49		1-0	1-1
7	Arsenal	42	17	14	11	61	48	11	8	2	37	18	6	6	9	24	30	13	48		2-1	1-2
8	Aston Villa	42	15	16	11	59	49	8	9	4	37	26	7	7	7	22	23	10	46		4-0	2-1
9	Manchester United	42	15	15	12	60	63	9	7	5	29	25	6	8	7	31	38	-3	45		1-1	1-1
10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	-10	44		3-0	0-0
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	15	14	48	61	7	8	6	19	25	6	7	8	29	36	-13	41		1-1	3-1
12	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	57	50	10	5	6	33	21	5	5	11	24	29	7	40		2-2	3-1
13	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	-4	40		2-0	3-1
14	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	-6	40		1-0	0-0
15	Manchester City	42	13	13	16	58	56	9	5	7	34	28	4	8	9	24	28	2	39		3-1	0-0
16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	-6	37		2-1	1-1
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	-21	35		1-1	1-0
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	-24	34		3-1	0-1
19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	-27	31		1-1	2-1
20	Queens Park Rangers	42	6	13	23	45	73	4	9	8	24	33	2	4	15	21	40	-28	25		0-0	0-0
21	Birmingham City	42	6	10	26	37	64	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	-27	22		1-0	2-0
22	Chelsea	42	5	10	27	44	92	3	5	13	23	42	2	5	14	21	50	-48	20		6-0	3-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 19, 1978	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	Draw	41,223	13	O'Neill (12)
2	Tue Aug 22, 1978	Coventry City	A	0-0	Draw	28,622	13
3	Sat Aug 26, 1978	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	Draw	17,971	10
4	Sat Sep 02, 1978	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	Draw	-	10
5	Sat Sep 09, 1978	Arsenal	H	2-1	Win	28,124	6	Bowyer (?), Robertson (?)
6	Sat Sep 16, 1978	Manchester United	A	1-1	Draw	53,039	9	Bowyer (?)
7	Sat Sep 23, 1978	Middlesbrough	H	2-2	Draw	26,287	8	O'Neill (?), Birtles (?)
8	Sat Sep 30, 1978	Aston Villa	A	2-1	Win	36,735	6	Woodcock (?), Robertson (?)
9	Sat Oct 07, 1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	-	4	O'Neill (?), Birtles (?, ?)
10	Sat Oct 14, 1978	Bristol City	A	3-1	Win	-	3	Birtles (?), Robertson (?, ?)
11	Sat Oct 21, 1978	Ipswich Town	H	1-0	Win	-	3	O'Neill (?)
12	Sat Oct 28, 1978	Southampton	A	0-0	Draw	38,069	3
13	Sat Nov 04, 1978	Everton	H	0-0	Draw	35,515	4
14	Sat Nov 11, 1978	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-1	Win	50,541	4	Anderson (?), Birtles (?), Robertson (?)
15	Sat Nov 18, 1978	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	Draw	28,032	4
16	Sat Nov 25, 1978	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-0	Win	-	4	Robertson (?)
17	Sat Dec 09, 1978	Liverpool	A	0-2	Loss	51,469	5
18	Sat Dec 16, 1978	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	-	5	Gemmill (?)
19	Sat Dec 23, 1978	Manchester City	A	0-0	Draw	-	5
20	Tue Dec 26, 1978	Derby County	H	1-1	Draw	34,256	5	Woodcock (?)
21	Sat Jan 13, 1979	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	52,158	6	Robertson (37)
22	Sat Feb 03, 1979	Middlesbrough	A	3-1	Win	21,330	6	Birtles (?, ?), Robertson (?)
23	Sat Feb 24, 1979	Bristol City	H	2-0	Win	-	6	Needham (?), Birtles (?)
24	Sat Mar 03, 1979	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	Draw	-	6	Birtles (?)
25	Sat Mar 10, 1979	Everton	A	1-1	Draw	37,745	6	Barrett (?)
26	Wed Mar 14, 1979	Norwich City	H	2-1	Win	-	6	Woodcock (?, ?)
27	Sat Mar 24, 1979	Coventry City	H	3-0	Win	24,514	6	Needham (?), Birtles (?), Woodcock (?)
28	Wed Mar 28, 1979	Chelsea	H	6-0	Win	24,514	4	O'Neill (?, ?, ?), Birtles (?), Woodcock (?, ?)
29	Sat Mar 31, 1979	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	-	4	Francis (?)
30	Wed Apr 04, 1979	Aston Villa	H	4-0	Win	27,056	4	O'Neill (?), Francis (?), Woodcock (?), Evans (? OG)
31	Sat Apr 07, 1979	Chelsea	A	3-1	Win	29,213	3	O'Neill (?), Francis (?), Bowyer (?)
32	Sat Apr 14, 1979	Derby County	A	2-1	Win	30,156	3	O'Neill (?), Birtles (?)
33	Mon Apr 16, 1979	Leeds United	H	0-0	Draw	-	4
34	Wed Apr 18, 1979	Manchester United	H	1-1	Draw	33,074	3	Francis (?)
35	Sat Apr 21, 1979	Birmingham City	A	2-0	Win	-	2	Birtles (?), Robertson (?)
36	Sat Apr 28, 1979	Liverpool	H	0-0	Draw	41,898	3
37	Mon Apr 30, 1979	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	-	3
38	Wed May 02, 1979	Southampton	H	1-0	Win	20,388	3	Francis (?)
39	Sat May 05, 1979	Norwich City	A	1-1	Draw	-	3	Woodcock (?)
40	Wed May 09, 1979	Manchester City	H	3-1	Win	-	3	Birtles (?), Woodcock (?), Bowyer (?)
41	Tue May 15, 1979	Leeds United	A	2-1	Win	-	3	Mills (?), Hawley (? OG)
42	Fri May 18, 1979	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	Win	-	2	Francis (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Jan 10, 1979	Aston Villa	3	H	2-0	Win	29,550	Needham (?), Woodcock (?)
Sat Jan 27, 1979	York City	4	H	3-1	Win	-	Lloyd (?), O'Neill (?), McGovern (?)
Mon Feb 26, 1979	Arsenal	5	H	0-1	Loss	35,906

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 29, 1978	Oldham Athletic	2				A	0-0	Draw	-
Wed Sep 06, 1978	Oldham Athletic	2		Y	1	H	4-2	Win	13,793	Needham (?), Burns (?), Woodcock (?), Robertson (?)
Wed Oct 04, 1978	Oxford United	3				A	5-0	Win	-	Anderson (?), O'Neill (?), Birtles (?), Robertson (?), McGovern (?)
Tue Nov 07, 1978	Everton	4				A	3-2	Win	48,503	Anderson (?), Lloyd (?), Woodcock (?)
Wed Dec 13, 1978	Brighton and Hove Albion	Quarter				H	3-1	Win	-	Birtles (?), Robertson (?), McGovern (?)
Wed Jan 17, 1979	Watford	Semi	1			H	3-1	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?), Robertson (?)
Tue Jan 30, 1979	Watford	Semi	2			A	0-0	Draw	-
Sat Mar 17, 1979	Southampton	Final				N	3-2	Win	96,952	Birtles (51, 79), Woodcock (83)

European Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 13, 1978	Liverpool	England	1	1	H	2-0	Win	38,316	Birtles (26), Barrett (87)
Wed Sep 27, 1978	Liverpool	England	1	2	A	0-0	Draw	51,679
Wed Oct 18, 1978	AEK Athens	Greece	2	1	A	2-1	Win	35,000	McGovern (10), Birtles (45)
Wed Nov 01, 1978	AEK Athens	Greece	2	2	H	5-1	Win	38,069	Needham (8), Woodcock (36), Anderson (40), Birtles (66, 72)
Wed Mar 07, 1979	Grasshoppers Zurich	Switzerland	Quarter	1	H	4-1	Win	31,949	Birtles (31), Robertson (47 pen), Gemmill (87), Lloyd (89)
Wed Mar 21, 1979	Grasshoppers Zurich	Switzerland	Quarter	2	A	1-1	Draw	17,800	O'Neill (38)
Wed Apr 11, 1979	Cologne	Germany	Semi	1	H	3-3	Draw	40,804	Birtles (28), Bowyer (53), Robertson (63)
Wed Apr 25, 1979	Cologne	Germany	Semi	2	A	1-0	Win	62,000	Bowyer (65)
Wed May 30, 1979	Malmo FF	Sweden	Final		N	1-0	Win	65,000	Francis (45)

Charity Shield

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 12, 1978	Ipswich Town	Final	N	5-0	Win	68,000	O'Neill (10, 75), Withe (27), Lloyd (46), Robertson (87)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 19, 1978	Mansfield Town	Final	H	4-1	Win	-	Burke (?), Robertson (?), McGovern (?), Barrett (?)
Wed May 23, 1979	Mansfield Town	Final	H	3-1	Win	-	Lloyd (?), Francis (?), Robertson (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Jul 25, 1978	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	A	2-3	Loss	33,000	O'Neill (?), Withe (?)
Thu Jul 27, 1978	Dynamo Zagreb	Yugoslavia	A	1-1	Draw	35,000	Needham (?)
Sun Jul 30, 1978	NK Osijek	Croatia	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	Bowyer (?)
Wed Aug 02, 1978	AEK Athens	Greece	A	1-1	Draw	30,000	Woodcock (?)
Mon Aug 14, 1978	Celta Vigo	Spain	A	1-1	Draw	13,000	Withe (90)
Wed Aug 16, 1978	FC Porto	Portugal	A	0-1	Loss	25,000

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Dec 05, 1978	Dynamo Zagreb	Yugoslavia	A	2-1	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 04, 1978	Mansfield Town	England	A	6-1	Win	7,051	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Mon Feb 19, 1979	Exeter City	England	A	5-1	Win	9,479	Anderson (?), Birtles (?), Woodcock (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Wed Feb 21, 1979	West Bromwich Albion	England	A	0-0	Draw	3,500
Fri May 11, 1979	Southampton	England	A	4-1	Win	14,693	Bowyer (?, ?), Birtles (?), Mills (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (2)				Out (6)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Jul 31, 1975	Gary Mills	Bought			Chris Woods	Sold	£250,000
Feb 24, 1979	Trevor Francis	Bought	£1,000,000		Frank Clark	Retired
					Steve Elliott	Sold
				Aug 19, 1978	Peter Withe	Sold	£175,000
				Apr 11, 1979	Archie Gemmill	Sold
				Sep 01, 1979	Stephen Burke	Sold	£125,000

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Chris Woods										1
GK		Peter Shilton	63	36	23	4
D		Larry Lloyd	56	34	18	4	4	1		1
D		Viv Anderson	59	34	21	4	4	3
M		Brynn Gunn	1	1								1
M		Colin Barrett	18	7	11		2			1
M		Frank Clark	32	21	8	3				2	1
M		Kenny Burns	37	21	15	1	1	2		1
M		Stephen Burke
M		Steve Elliott	6	1	4	1
F		Archie Gemmill	41	22	16	3	2	1		2		1
F		David Needham	38	21	14	3	5				4	1
F		Garry Birtles	53	32	17	4	26			1
F		Gary Mills	6	5	1		1			1	2
F		Ian Bowyer	43	27	14	2	6				3	1
F		John McGovern	55	30	21	4	4			1
F		John O'Hare	15	9	5	1					4	1
F		John Robertson	63	36	23	4	16
F		Martin O'Neill	42	23	17	2	15	1		3		1
F		Peter Withe	2	1	1		1
F		Tony Woodcock	57	33	21	3	15			2
F		Trevor Francis	21	13	7	1	7				1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
26	Garry Birtles	53
16	John Robertson	63
15	Martin O'Neill	42
15	Tony Woodcock	57
7	Trevor Francis	21
6	Ian Bowyer	43
5	David Needham	38
4	John McGovern	55
4	Larry Lloyd	56
4	Viv Anderson	59
2	Archie Gemmill	41
2	Colin Barrett	18
1	Gary Mills	6
1	Kenny Burns	37
1	Peter Withe	2

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1978-79

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Sat Sep 30, 1978	A	2-1	Wed Apr 04, 1979	H	4-0
Birmingham City	Sat Dec 16, 1978	H	1-0	Sat Apr 21, 1979	A	2-0
Bristol City	Sat Oct 14, 1978	A	3-1	Sat Feb 24, 1979	H	2-0
Chelsea	Wed Mar 28, 1979	H	6-0	Sat Apr 07, 1979	A	3-1