The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 MANCHESTER UNITED - Wed Apr 18, 1979 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 18, 1979 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 19 April 1979

Season:: 1978-79
Referee:: T Mills
Attendance:: 33,074
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 13 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Dec 22, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3032 (of 5060)
League Tier 1:: 1445 (of 2312)
Competitive:: 3397 (of 5790)
Total:: 4733 (of 7585)
Played:: 46 years, 7 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Trevor Francis (86')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Dave Sexton
Prior form: WDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Jordan (47')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton
2	D	22	Viv Anderson
3	D	26	Colin Barrett	Last game
4	M	29	John McGovern
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd
6	D	25	Kenny Burns
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill
8	M	27	Ian Bowyer
9	F	24	Trevor Francis (86')
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock
11	F	26	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	22	Garry Birtles

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Peter Shilton	95		2	1
2	D	22	Viv Anderson	194	10	2	1
3	D	26	Colin Barrett	108	8	7	3
4	M	29	John McGovern	195	9	2	1
5	D	30	Larry Lloyd	118	9	2	1
6	D	25	Kenny Burns	83	5	2	1
7	M	27	Martin O'Neill	308	54	2	1
8	M	27	Ian Bowyer	273	60	2	1
9	F	24	Trevor Francis (86')	11	3	2	1
10	F	23	Tony Woodcock	146	49	4	2
11	F	26	John Robertson	300	54	2	1
Subs
12	F	22	Garry Birtles	45	24	2	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Bailey
2	D	Jimmy Nicholl
3	D	Arthur Albiston
4	D	Sammy McIlroy
5	D	Gordon McQueen
6	M	Martin Buchan (79')
7	M	Steve Coppell
8	M	David McCreery
9	M	Joe Jordan
10	F	Brian Greenhoff
11	F	Mickey Thomas
Subs
12		Ashley Grimes (79')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Apr 18, 1979)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Manchester United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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