- 1978–79 Nottingham Forest F.C. season
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Nottingham Forest F.C. 1978-79 season Chairman 
S.M. Dryden, J.P.Manager Brian CloughFootball League Division One 2nd FA Cup 5th Round League Cup Winners FA Charity Shield Winners European Cup Winners Top goalscorer League: Garry Birtles (14)
All: Garry Birtles (26)Highest home attendance 41,898 vs. Liverpool (Division One, 28 April 1979) Lowest home attendance 20,388 vs Southampton (Division One, 2 May 1979) Average home attendance 30,446 ← 1977–78 1979–80 → The 1978-79 season was Nottingham Forest's first year in the Football League First Division since winning the title the previous season. This meant they qualified for the first time in their history for the European Cup.
Contents
Summary
Forest opened the defence of their title with six draws in their first seven league matches. On November 28 the 1-0 win at Bolton set an undefeated record of 42 consecutive league games. The record stood for over two decades. Garry Birtles broke into the first team and ended up being the club's top scorer as they finished runners-up in the league, 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 Malmo in Munich.
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 Peter Shilton 63 0 42 0 8 0 3 0 9 0 1 0 GK Jim Montgomery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK Chris Woods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Viv Anderson 59 3 40 1 7 2 3 0 8 0 1 0 DF Colin Barrett 18 2 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 DF 
Kenny Burns 37 1 25 0 5 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 DF Frank Clark 31 0 20 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 DF Bryn Gunn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Larry Lloyd 55 4 36 0 7 1 3 1 8 1 1 1 MF Ian Bowyer 42 6 26+3 4 5 0 1 0 5 2 1 0 MF John McGovern 55 4 36 0 7 2 3 1 8 1 1 0 MF Gary Mills 6 1 4 1 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 MF Dave Needham 39 5 23+3 2 6 1 2 1 4 1 0+1 0 MF John O'Hare 14 0 9+2 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 MF 
Martin O'Neill 42 15 28 10 6 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 MF John Robertson 63 16 42 9 8 4 3 0 9 2 1 1 MF Steve Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW Garry Birtles 54 26 35 14 7 6 3 0 9 6 0 0 FW Steve Elliott 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW Trevor Francis 21 7 19+1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 FW Peter Withe 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 FW Tony Woodcock 57 15 36 10 8 3 3 1 9 1 1 0 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 Garry Birtles 14 6 0 6 0 26 2 John Robertson 9 4 0 2 1 16 3 Tony Woodcock 10 3 1 1 0 15 = Martin O'Neill 10 1 1 1 2 15 5 Trevor Francis 6 0 0 1 0 7 6 Ian Bowyer 4 0 0 2 0 6 7 Dave Needham 2 1 1 1 0 5 8 John McGovern 0 2 1 1 0 4 = Larry Lloyd 0 1 1 1 1 4 10 Viv Anderson 1 2 0 0 0 3 11 Colin Barrett 1 0 0 1 0 2 12 Gary Mills 1 0 0 0 0 1 = Kenny Burns 0 1 0 0 0 1 = Peter Withe 0 0 0 0 1 1 TOTALS 58 21 5 17 5 106 Transfers In
Pos Player From Fee Date MF Gary Mills
Youth systemSeptember 1978 FW Trevor Francis Birmingham City£1 Million February 1979 Transfers Out
Pos Player To Fee Date FW Peter Withe Newcastle United£200,000 August 1978 Club Kit
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Away Source: Wikipedia Nottingham Forest Article
Competitions
Division One
Table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes 1 Liverpool 42 19 2 0 51 4 11 6 4 34 12 85 16 + 69 68 European Cup 1979–80
First round2 Nottingham Forest 42 11 10 0 34 10 10 8 3 27 16 61 26 + 35 60 European Cup 1979–80
First round [notes 1]3 West Bromwich Albion 42 13 5 3 38 15 11 6 4 34 20 72 35 + 37 59 UEFA Cup 1979–80
First round4 Everton 42 12 7 2 32 17 5 10 6 20 23 52 40 + 12 51 UEFA Cup 1979–80
First round5 Leeds United 42 11 4 6 41 25 7 10 4 29 27 70 52 + 18 50 UEFA Cup 1979–80
First round6 Ipswich Town 42 11 4 6 34 21 9 5 7 29 28 63 49 + 14 49 UEFA Cup 1979–80
First round7 Arsenal 42 11 8 2 37 18 6 6 9 24 30 61 48 + 13 48 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80
First round8 Aston Villa 42 8 9 4 37 26 7 7 7 22 23 59 49 + 10 46 9 Manchester United 42 9 7 5 29 25 6 8 7 31 38 60 63 – 3 45 10 Coventry City 42 11 7 3 41 29 3 9 9 17 39 58 68 – 10 44 11 Tottenham Hotspur 42 7 8 6 19 25 6 7 8 29 36 48 61 – 13 41 12 Middlesbrough 42 10 5 6 33 21 5 5 11 24 29 57 50 + 7 40 13 Bristol City 42 11 6 4 34 19 4 4 13 13 32 47 51 – 4 40 14 Southampton 42 9 10 2 35 20 3 6 12 12 33 47 53 – 6 40 15 Manchester City 42 9 5 7 34 28 4 8 9 24 28 58 56 + 2 39 16 Norwich City 42 7 10 4 29 19 0 13 8 22 38 51 57 – 6 37 17 Bolton Wanderers 42 10 5 6 36 28 2 6 13 18 47 54 75 – 21 35 18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 10 4 7 26 26 3 4 14 18 42 44 68 – 24 34 19 Derby County 42 8 5 8 25 25 2 6 13 19 46 44 71 – 27 31 20 Queens Park Rangers 42 4 9 8 24 33 2 4 15 21 40 45 73 – 28 25 21 Birmingham City 42 5 9 7 24 25 1 1 19 13 39 37 64 – 27 22 22 Chelsea 42 3 5 13 23 42 2 5 14 21 50 44 92 – 48 20 P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- ^ Nottingham Forest won this year's European Cup and thus qualified as defending champions. They also won the League cup for the second year
running this year.
Key League Champions, qualified for European Cup Qualified for European Cup FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup Qualified for UEFA Cup League cup winners, see Nottingham Forest Relegated Matches
Competitive
Division One
1 19 August 1978 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Nottingham O'Neill 
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 41,2232 22 August 1978 Coventry City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Coventry Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 28,5853 26 August 1978 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Nottingham Forest London Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,9714 2 September 1978 Nottingham Forest 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Nottingham Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,2395 9 September 1978 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Arsenal Nottingham Bowyer
Robertson (pen.)'Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,1246 16 September 1978 Manchester United 1–1 Nottingham Forest Manchester BowyerStadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 55,0397 23 September 1978 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Middlesbrough Nottingham O'Neill
BirtlesStadium: City Ground
Attendance: 26,2878 30 September 1978 Aston Villa 1–2 Nottingham Forest Birmingham Woodcock
RobertsonStadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,7359 7 October 1978 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham O'Neill
Birtles, Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,313Last updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red ArchiveLeague Cup
R2 29 August 1978 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Nottingham Forest Oldham Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 13,793R2 Replay 6 September 1978 Nottingham Forest 4–2 Oldham Athletic Nottingham Needham
Burns
Woodcock
Robertson (pen.)'Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,669R3 4 October 1978 Oxford United 0–5 Nottingham Forest Oxford Anderson
McGovern
O'Neill
Birtles
RobertsonStadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 14,287R4 7 November 1978 Everton 2–3 Nottingham Forest Liverpool Anderson
Woodcock
LloydStadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 48,503R5 13 December 1978 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Nottingham McGovern
Birtles
RobertsonStadium: City Ground
Attendance: 30,672Semi-Final, 1st Leg 17 January 1979 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Watford Nottingham Birtles ,
RobertsonStadium: City Ground
Attendance: 32,438Semi-Final, 2nd Leg 30 January 1979 Watford 0–0
(1–3 agg.)Nottingham Forest Watford Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 27,656Final 17 March 1979 Nottingham Forest 3–2 Southampton Wembley, London Birtles 51', 79'
Woodcock 83' 16' David Peach
88' HolmesStadium: Wembley
Attendance: 96,952
Referee: P. ReevesLast updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red ArchiveFA Cup
R3 10 January 1979 Aston Villa 0–2 Nottingham Forest Birmingham Needham
WoodcockStadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 29,550
Referee: -R4 27 January 1979 Nottingham Forest 3–1 York City Nottingham McGovern
Lloyd
O'NeillStadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,228
Referee: -R5 26 February 1979 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Arsenal Nottingham Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 35,908
Referee: -Last updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red ArchiveFA Charity Shield
Final 12 August 1978 Nottingham Forest 5–0 Ipswich Town Wembley, London O'Neill ,
Lloyd
Withe
RobertsonStadium: Wembley
Attendance: 64,438
Referee: P. ReevesLast updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red ArchiveEuropean Cup
1st Round, 1st Leg 13 September 1978 Nottingham Forest 2–0 LiverpoolNottingham Barrett
BirtlesStadium: City Ground
Attendance: 38,318
Referee: -1st Round, 2nd Leg 27 September 1978 Liverpool 0–0
(0 – 2 agg.) Nottingham ForestLiverpool, England Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 51,679
Referee: -2nd Round, 1st Leg 18 October 1978 AEK Athens 
1–2 Nottingham ForestAthens, Greece McGovern
BirtlesStadium: Nea Filadelfeia Stadium
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: -2nd Round, 2nd Leg 1 November 1978 Nottingham Forest 5–1
(7–2 agg.) AEK AthensNottingham Needham
Woodcock
Anderson
Birtles, Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 38,069
Referee: -Quarter-Final, 1st Leg 7 March 1979 Nottingham Forest 4–1 
Grasshopper Club ZürichNottingham Lloyd
Gemmil
Birtles
Robertson (pen.)'Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 31,949
Referee: -Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg 21 March 1979 Grasshopper Club Zürich 1–1
(2–5 agg.) Nottingham ForestZürich, Switzerland O'NeillStadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: -Semi-Final, 1st Leg 11 April 1979 Nottingham Forest 3–3 
1. FC KölnNottingham Bowyer
Birtles
RobertsonStadium: City Ground
Attendance: 40,804
Referee: -Semi-Final, 2nd Leg 25 April 1979 1. FC Köln 0–1
(3–4 agg.) Nottingham ForestCologne, West Germany BowyerStadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: -Final 30 May 1979 Nottingham Forest 1–0 
Malmö FFMunich, West Germany Francis Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee:
Erich LinemayrLast updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red ArchivePre-season and Friendlies
Friendly 25 July 1978 Red Star Belgrade 
3–2 Nottingham ForestBelgrade, Yugoslavia O'Neill
WitheStadium: Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: -Friendly 27 July 1978 Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 Nottingham ForestZagreb, Yugoslavia NeedhamStadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: RausFriendly 30 July 1978 NK Osijek 1–1 Nottingham ForestOsijek, Yugoslavia BowyerStadium: Stadion Gradski vrt
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: FreslFriendly 2 August 1978 AEK Athens 1–1 Nottingham ForestAthens, Greece WoodcockStadium: Nea Filadelfeia Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: AleksopoulosVigo Tournament 14 August 1978 R.C. Celta Vigo 
1–1 Nottingham ForestVigo, Spain Senra 89' 90+2' WitheStadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Balsa-RonVigo Tournament 16 August 1978 F.C. Porto 
1–0 Nottingham ForestVigo, Spain Gonzales 81'Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Garcia De LozaSandy Pate Testimonial 4 September 1978 Mansfield Town 1–6 Nottingham Forest Mansfield Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 7,051
Referee: -Friendly 5 December 1978 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Dinamo ZagrebNottingham Birtles , Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 5,338
Referee: StylesNick Jennings Testimonial 19 February 1979 Exeter City 0–5 Nottingham Forest Exeter Anderson
Birtles
, Woodcock
BowyerStadium: St James Park
Attendance: 9,479
Referee: AtkinsTrevor Stokes Testimonial 21 February 1979 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Nottingham Forest Witney Stadium: Marriots Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: LadbrookLawrie McMenemy Testimonial 11 May 1979 Southampton 0–4 Nottingham Forest Southampton , Bowyer
Birtles
MillsStadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,693
Referee: -Last updated: 28 August 2011
Source: Bridport Red ArchiveReferences
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