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1978–79 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest F.C. 1978–79 football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 1978–79 season was Nottingham Forest's second year back in the Football League First Division. They had won the title in the previous season, meaning that they qualified for the European Cup for the first time in their history.

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Summary

Forest opened the defence of their title with six draws in their first seven league matches. On 7 September the 2–1 win at Aston Villa broke the previous undefeated record of 34 consecutive league games by Don Revie' Leeds United in the 1968–69 season.[1] On 28 November the 1–0 win at Bolton set an undefeated record of 42 consecutive league games.[2] The record stood for twenty six years.[3] Garry Birtles broke into the first team and ended up being the club's top scorer as they ended up as league runners-up, retained the League Cup and won the European Cup. Along the way they knocked out holders Liverpool and came from behind to oust West German champions Cologne. Trevor Francis became the first £1,000,000 player when he signed for the Reds from Birmingham City and immediately proved his worth by scoring the only goal of the European Cup final against Malmö in Munich. 26 year old Colin Barrett suffered a serious leg injury 10 days after scoring in the win against Liverpool. He only played seven further competitive games for Forest and 12 in his career.

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Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Transfers

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Winter

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Competitions

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Division One

League table

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Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Nottingham Forest qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1978–79 European Cup winners.

Results by round

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Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 1979–80 European Cup;   = 1979-80 UEFA Cup ;   = 1979–80 Second Division

Matches

19 August 1978 1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur West Bridgford
O'Neill 12' [7] Villa 27' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 41,223
22 August 1978 2 Coventry City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Coventry
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 28,585
9 September 1978 5 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Arsenal West Bridgford
Bowyer 71'
Robertson 53' (pen.)
6' Brady Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,124
16 September 1978 6 Manchester United 1–1 Nottingham Forest Manchester
66' J Greenhoff 10' Bowyer Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 53,039
23 September 1978 7 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Middlesbrough West Bridgford
Birtles 18'
O'Neill 44'
46' Mills
49' Armstrong
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 26,287
30 September 1978 8 Aston Villa 1–2 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
18' (pen.) Craig [8] 49' Woodcock
79' (pen.) Robertson
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,735
7 October 1978 9 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers West Bridgford
Birtles 25', 60'
O'Neill 55'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,313
14 October 1978 10 Bristol City 1–3 Nottingham Forest Bristol
Ritchie 11' (pen.) Birtles 5'
Robertson 26' (pen.), 54' (pen.)
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 26,953
21 October 1978 11 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Ipswich Town West Bridgford
O'Neill 13' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,911
28 October 1978 12 Southampton 0–0 Nottingham Forest Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 22,530
4 November 1978 13 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Everton West Bridgford
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 35,415
11 November 1978 14 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Nottingham Forest Tottenham
Pratt 80' Anderson 63'
Robertson 68'
Birtles 82'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 50,541
18 November 1978 15 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Queens Park Rangers West Bridgford
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,036
25 November 1978 16 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Nottingham Forest Bolton
67' Robertson Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 25,692
9 December 1978 18 Liverpool 2–0 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
16:00 GMT McDermott 29' (pen.)
McDermott 48'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 51,469
16 December 1978 19 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Birmingham City West Bridgford
Gemmill 72' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,224
23 December 1978 20 Manchester City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Moss Side
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 37,012
26 December 1978 21 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Derby County West Bridgford
Woodcock 55' 45' (pen.) Daly Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 34,256
13 January 1979 23 Arsenal F.C. 2–1 Nottingham Forest Islington
Stapleton 81'
Price 61'
38' Robertson Stadium: Highbury Park
Attendance: 52,158
3 February 1979 24 Middlesbrough F.C. 1–3 Nottingham Forest Middlesbrough
Proctor 24' 17' Birtles
62' Birtles
47' (pen.) Robertson
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 31,330
24 February 1979 26 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Bristol City West Bridgford
Needham 8'
Birtles 16'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,008
3 March 1979 27 Ipswich Town 1–1 Nottingham Forest Ipswich
Brazil 54' 24' Birtles Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 27,198
10 March 1979 28 Everton F.C. 1–1 Nottingham Forest Walton
Telfer 5' 18' Barrett Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,745
14 March 1979 29 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Norwich City West Bridgford
Woodcock 53'
Woodcock 61'
67' Fashanu Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,046
24 March 1979 28 Nottingham Forest 3–0 Coventry City West Bridgford
Woodcock 25'
Birtles 65'
Needham 85'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,514
28 March 1979 17 Nottingham Forest 6–0 Chelsea F.C. West Bridgford
19:30 O'Neill 45'
Woodcock 46'
Birtles 54'
Woodcock 63'
O'Neill 65'
O'Neill 71'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,514
Referee: Bert Newsome
31 March 1979 29 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Bolton Wanderers West Bridgford
Francis 89' 35'Gowling Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,015
4 April 1979 32 Nottingham Forest 4–0 Aston Villa West Bridgford
Evans 13' (o.g.)
Woodcock 49'
Francis 55'
O'Neill 71'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,056
7 April 1979 33 Chelsea F.C. 1–3 Nottingham Forest Fulham
Wilkins 61' 9' Francis
43'O'Neill

47' Bowyer
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 29,213
14 April 1979 35 Derby County 1–2 Nottingham Forest Derby
Webb 42' 27' Birtles
34' O'Neill
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 30,156
16 April 1979 36 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Leeds United West Bridgford
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 37,397
18 April 1979 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Manchester United West Bridgford
Francis 87' 47' Jordan Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 33,074
21 April 1979 37 Birmingham City 0–2 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
5' Birtles
48' Robertson
Stadium: St'Andrews Park
Attendance: 22,189
28 April 1979 39 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Liverpool F.C. West Bridgford
Stadium: Nottingham
Attendance: 41,898
30 April 1979 40 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Nottingham Forest Wolverhampton
Richards Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 23,616
2 May 1979 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Southampton West Bridgford
Francis 66' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,388
5 May 1979 41 Norwich City 1–1 Nottingham Forest Norwich
Reeves 27' 56' Woodcock Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 17,651
9 May 1979 42 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Manchester City West Bridgford
Birtles 4'
Bowyer 60'

Woodcock 61'
51' (o.g.) Lloyd Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,104
15 May 1979 Leeds United 1–2 Nottingham Forest Leeds
Cherry 60' 5' Mills
85' (o.g.) Hawley
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 33,544
18 May 1979 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Nottingham Forest West Bromwich
82' Francis Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 28,246

Last updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red Archive

League Cup

Round Two

6 September 1978 replay Nottingham Forest 4–2 Oldham Athletic Nottingham
Needham 49'
Burns 57'
Woodcock 61'
Robertson 63' (pen.)
Alan Young
Vic Halom
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,669

Round Three

4 October 1978 Oxford United 0–5 Nottingham Forest Oxford
24' Birtles
30' McGovern
43' O'Neill
59' Robertson
89' Anderson
Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 14,287

Round Four

7 November 1978 Everton 2–3 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
Kenny Burns 15' (o.g.)
Bob Latchford 88'
52' Lloyd
73' Anderson
75' Woodcock
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 48,503

Round Five

13 December 1978 R5 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Nottingham
McGovern 21'
Birtles 66'
Robertson 59'
50' Peter Ward Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 30,672

Semifinals

17 January 1979 1 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Watford Nottingham
Birtles 13', 47'
Robertson 79'
9' Blissett Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 32,438
30 January 1979 2 Watford 0–0
(1–3 agg.)
Nottingham Forest Watford
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 27,656

Final

17 March 1979 Final Nottingham Forest 3–2 Southampton Wembley, London
Birtles 51', 79'
Woodcock 83'
16' David Peach
88' Holmes
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 96,952
Referee: P. Reeves

Last updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red Archive

FA Cup

Third round

10 January 1979 Nottingham Forest 2-0 (a.e.t.) Aston Villa Nottingham
Needham 58'
Woodcock 73'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,550

Fourth round

27 January 1979 Fourth round Nottingham Forest 3–1 York City Nottingham
McGovern 44'
Lloyd 15'
O'Neill 73'
81' Barry Wellings Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,228

Fifth round

26 February 1979 Fifth round Nottingham Forest 0–1 Arsenal Nottingham
Stapleton Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 35,908
Referee: -

Last updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red Archive

FA Charity Shield

12 August 1978 Final Nottingham Forest 5–0 Ipswich Town Wembley, London
15:00 UTC+1 O'Neill 10', 65'
Lloyd 46'
Withe 27'
Robertson 87'
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 64,438
Referee: P. Reeves

Last updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red Archive

European Cup

First round

13 September 1978 First Leg Nottingham Forest England 2–0 England Liverpool Nottingham
Barrett 87 '
Birtles 26'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 38,318
Referee: -
27 September 1978 Second Leg Liverpool England 0–0
(0–2 agg.)
England Nottingham Forest Liverpool, England
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 51,679
Referee: -
Second round
18 October 1978 First Leg AEK Athens Greece 1–2 England Nottingham Forest Athens, Greece
McGovern
Birtles
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: -
1 November 1978 Second Leg Nottingham Forest England 5–1
(7–2 agg.)
Greece AEK Athens Nottingham
Needham
Woodcock
Anderson
Birtles ,
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 38,069
Referee: -
Quarter-final
21 March 1979 Second Leg Grasshopper Switzerland 1–1
(2–5 agg.)
England Nottingham Forest Zürich, Switzerland
O'Neill Stadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: -
Semi-final
11 April 1979 Nottingham Forest England 3–3 West Germany 1. FC Köln Nottingham
Birtles 28'
Bowyer 53'
Robertson 63'
Report 6' Van Gool
20' Müller
85' Okudera
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 40,804
Referee: Portugal António Garrido
Final
30 May 1979 Nottingham Forest England 1–0 Sweden Malmö FF Munich
20:15 CET Francis 45+1' Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 68,000
Referee: Austria Erich Linemayr


Last updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red Archive

Pre-season and Friendlies

27 July 1978 Friendly Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–1 England Nottingham Forest Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Needham Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Raus
30 July 1978 Friendly NK Osijek Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–1 England Nottingham Forest Osijek, Yugoslavia
Bowyer Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fresl
2 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 England Nottingham Forest Athens, Greece
Viera 69' 15' Woodcock Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alexopoulos
14 August 1978 Vigo Tournament R.C. Celta Vigo Spain 1–1 England Nottingham Forest Vigo, Spain
Senra 89' 90+2' Withe Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Balsa-Ron
16 August 1978 Vigo Tournament F.C. Porto Portugal 1–0 England Nottingham Forest Vigo, Spain
Gonzales 81' Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Garcia De Loza
4 September 1978 Sandy Pate Testimonial Mansfield Town 1–6 Nottingham Forest Mansfield
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 7,051
Referee: -
5 December 1978 Friendly Nottingham Forest England 2–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb Nottingham
Birtles , Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 5,338
Referee: Styles
19 February 1979 Nick Jennings Testimonial Exeter City 0–5 Nottingham Forest Exeter
Anderson
Birtles
, Woodcock
Bowyer
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 9,479
Referee: Atkins
21 February 1979 Trevor Stokes Testimonial West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Nottingham Forest Witney
Stadium: Marriots Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ladbrook
11 May 1979 Lawrie McMenemy Testimonial Southampton 0–4 Nottingham Forest Southampton
, Bowyer
Birtles
Mills
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,693
Referee: -
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Statistics

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Last updated: 28 August 2011
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