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.

Summary

Forest opened the defence of their title with six draws in their first seven league matches. On 28 November 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 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.

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by league goals when total goals are equal.
PositionNationNameDivision OneLeague CupFA CupEuropean CupCharity ShieldTotal
1Garry Birtles14606026
2John Robertson9402116
3Tony Woodcock10311015
=Martin O'Neill10111215
5Trevor Francis600107
6Ian Bowyer400206
7Dave Needham211105
8John McGovern021104
=Larry Lloyd011114
10Viv Anderson120003
11Colin Barrett100102
=Archie Gemmill100102
12Gary Mills100001
=Kenny Burns010001
=Peter Withe000011
Own Goals200002
TOTALS61215185110

Transfers In

PosPlayerFromFeeDate
MF Gary Mills Youth systemSeptember 1978
FW Trevor Francis Birmingham City£1,000,000February 1979

Transfers Out

PosPlayerToFeeDate
FW Peter Withe Newcastle United£200,000August 1978

Club Kit

Competitions

Division One

Matches

Competitive

Football League First Division

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League Cup

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FA Cup

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FA Charity Shield

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European Cup

First Round
Second Round
Quarter Final
Semi Final
Final
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Pre-season and Friendlies

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