| Club: | Nottingham Forest F.C. |
| Season: | 1978–79 |
| Manager: | Brian Clough |
| Chairman: | S.M. Dryden, J.P. |
| League: | Football League Division One |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | 5th Round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Winners |
| Cup3: | FA Charity Shield |
| Cup3 Result: | Winners |
| Cup4: | European Cup |
| Cup4 Result: | Winners |
| League Topscorer: | Birtles (14) |
| Season Topscorer: | Birtles (26) |
| Highest Attendance: | 41,898 vs. Liverpool (Division One, 28 April 1979) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 20,388 vs Southampton (Division One, 2 May 1979) |
| Average Attendance: | 30,446 |
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| Prevseason: | 1977–78 |
| Nextseason: | 1979–80 |
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.
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.
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 | |||||||||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Peter Shilton | 63 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| DF | Viv Anderson | 59 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| DF | Kenny Burns | 37 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| DF | Larry Lloyd | 55 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | Frank Clark | 31 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MF | Martin O'Neill | 42 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | John McGovern | 55 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MF | Archie Gemmill | 41 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MF | John Robertson | 63 | 16 | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | Garry Birtles | 54 | 26 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| FW | Tony Woodcock | 57 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 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 | Dave Needham | 39 | 5 | 23+3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| DF | Colin Barrett | 18 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| DF | Bryn Gunn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MF | Ian Bowyer | 40 | 6 | 26+3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MF | Gary Mills | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MF | John O'Hare | 14 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MF | Steve Burke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | ||||||||||
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by league goals when total goals are equal.
Last updated on 11 May 2010
| width=60 style=" background:#DD0000; color:white;" | Position | width=60 style=" background:#DD0000; color:white;" | Nation | width=150 style=" background:#DD0000; color:white;" | Name | width=100 style=" background:#DD0000; color:white;" | Division One | width=100 style=" background:#DD0000; color:white;" | League Cup | width=100 style=" background:#DD0000; color:white;" | FA Cup | width=100 style=" background:#DD0000; color:white;" | European Cup | width=100 style=" background:#DD0000; color:white;" | Charity Shield | width=100 style=" background:#DD0000; color:white;" | 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 | ||||||||||
| = | Archie Gemmill | 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 | ||||||||||
| Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 61 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 110 |
| Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | September 1978 | ||||
| FW | £999,999.99 | February 1979 |
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| -->Competition | -->Started round | -->Final position / round | -->First match | -->Last match | |||||
| – | 2nd | 1 August 1978 | 2 May 1979 | ||||||
| – | Fifth round | 1 August 1978 | |||||||
| – | Fifth round | 1 August 1978 |
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Last updated: 28 August 2011
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See main article: article and 1978–79 Football League Cup.
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See main article: article and 1978–79 FA Cup.
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See main article: article and 1978 FA Charity Shield.
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See main article: article and 1978–79 European Cup.
See main article: article and 1979 European Cup Final.
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