1978–79 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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

Nottingham Forest F.C.
1978–79 season
ChairmanS.M. Dryden, J.P.
ManagerBrian Clough
Football League Division One2nd
FA Cup5th Round
League CupWinners
FA Charity ShieldWinners
European CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Birtles (14)
All: Birtles (26)
Highest home attendance41,898 vs. Liverpool
(Division One,
28 April 1979)
Lowest home attendance20,388 vs Southampton
(Division One,
2 May 1979)
Average home league attendance30,446

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.

Players

Squad Stats

The statistics for the following players are for their time during 1978–79 season playing for Nottingham Forest. Any stats from a different club during 1978–79 are not included. Includes all competitive matches.

Position Nation Name Total Division One League Cup FA Cup European Cup Charity Shield
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Peter Shilton 63 0 42 0 8 0 3 0 9 0 1 0
DF England Viv Anderson 59 3 40 1 7 2 3 0 8 0 1 0
DF Scotland Kenny Burns 37 1 25 0 5 1 1 0 5 0 1 0
DF England Larry Lloyd 55 4 36 0 7 1 3 1 8 1 1 1
DF England Frank Clark 31 0 20 0 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0
MF Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill 42 15 28 10 6 1 3 1 4 1 1 2
MF Scotland John McGovern 55 4 36 0 7 2 3 1 8 1 1 0
MF Scotland Archie Gemmill 41 2 24 1 6 0 3 0 7 1 1 0
MF Scotland John Robertson 63 16 42 9 8 4 3 0 9 2 1 1
FW England Garry Birtles 54 26 35 14 7 6 3 0 9 6 0 0
FW England Tony Woodcock 57 15 36 10 8 3 3 1 9 1 1 0
GK England Jim Montgomery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK England Chris Woods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Dave Needham 39 5 23+3 2 6 1 2 1 4 1 0+1 0
DF England Colin Barrett 18 2 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
DF England Bryn Gunn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Ian Bowyer 40 6 26+3 4 5 0 1 0 5 2 0 0
MF England Gary Mills 6 1 4 1 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
MF Scotland John O'Hare 14 0 9+2 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF England Steve Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Steve Elliott 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Trevor Francis 21 7 19+1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
FW England Peter Withe 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by league goals when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 11 May 2010
Position Nation Name Division One League Cup FA Cup European Cup Charity Shield Total
1 England Garry Birtles 14 6 0 6 0 26
2 Scotland John Robertson 9 4 0 2 1 16
3 England Tony Woodcock 10 3 1 1 0 15
= Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill 10 1 1 1 2 15
5 England Trevor Francis 6 0 0 1 0 7
6 England Ian Bowyer 4 0 0 2 0 6
7 England Dave Needham 2 1 1 1 0 5
8 Scotland John McGovern 0 2 1 1 0 4
= England Larry Lloyd 0 1 1 1 1 4
10 England Viv Anderson 1 2 0 0 0 3
11 England Colin Barrett 1 0 0 1 0 2
= England Archie Gemmill 1 0 0 1 0 2
12 England Gary Mills 1 0 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Kenny Burns 0 1 0 0 0 1
= England Peter Withe 0 0 0 0 1 1
England Own Goals 2 0 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 61 21 5 18 5 110

Transfers In

Pos Player From Fee Date
MFEngland Gary Mills Youth systemSeptember 1978
FWEngland Trevor FrancisEngland Birmingham City£999,999.99February 1979

Transfers Out

Pos Player To Fee Date
FWEngland Peter WitheEngland Newcastle United£200,000August 1978

Club Kit

Supplier: Adidas

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Source: Wikipedia Nottingham Forest Article

Competitions

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
First Division2nd1 August 19782 May 1979
FA CupFifth round1 August 1978
FA CupFifth round

Division One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 42 30 8 4 85 16 +69 68 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Nottingham Forest 42 21 18 3 61 26 +35 60 Qualification for the European Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3 West Bromwich Albion 42 24 11 7 72 35 +37 59 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Everton 42 17 17 8 52 40 +12 51
5 Leeds United 42 18 14 10 70 52 +18 50
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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAAHHHHHAAHHAHAHAHAA
ResultDDDDWDDWWWWDDWDWLWDDLWWDDWWWDWWWDDWDLWDWWW
Position1113101069864333444445555566666666443433233332
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

Football League First Division

19 August 1978 1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Nottingham
O'Neill 12' [4] 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 Nottingham
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 Nottingham
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 [5] 49' Woodcock
79' (pen) Robertson
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,735
7 October 1978 9 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham
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 Nottingham
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 Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 35,415
11 November 1978 14 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Nottingham Forest London
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 Nottingham
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 Nottingham
Gemmill 72' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,224
23 December 1978 20 Manchester City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Manchester
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 37,012
26 December 1978 21 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Derby County Nottingham
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 Nottingham
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 Liverpool
Telfer 5' 18' Barrett Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,745
14 March 1979 29 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Norwich City Nottingham
Woodcock 53'
Woodcock 61'
67' Fashanu Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,046
24 March 1979 28 Nottingham Forest 3–0 Coventry City Nottingham
Woodcock 25'
Birtles 65'
Needham 85'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,514
28 March 1979 17 Nottingham Forest 6–0 Chelsea F.C. Nottingham
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 Nottingham
Francis 89' 35'Gowling Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,015
4 April 1979 32 Nottingham Forest 4–0 Aston Villa Nottingham
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 Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 37,397
18 April 1979 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Manchester United Nottingham
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. Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
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 Nottingham
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 Nottingham
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

29 August 1978 R2 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Nottingham Forest Oldham
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 13,793
6 September 1978 R2 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
4 October 1978 R3 Oxford United 0–5 Nottingham Forest Oxford
24' Birtles
30' McGovern
43' O'Neill
59' Robertson
89' Anderson
Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 14,287
7 November 1978 R4 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
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
17 January 1979 Semi-Final, 1st Leg Nottingham Forest 3–1 Watford Nottingham
Birtles 13', 47'
Robertson 79'
9' Blissett Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 32,438
30 January 1979 Semi-Final, 2nd Leg Watford 0–0
(1–3 agg.)
Nottingham Forest Watford
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 27,656
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

10-Jan-1979 3rd round Nottingham Forest 2-0 (a.e.t.) Aston Villa Nottingham
Needham 58'
Woodcock 73'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,550
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
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: -

Last updated: 28 August 2011
Source: The City Ground

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