Match details

Liverpool 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Game date: Thursday 4 May 1978 at 19:45 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 50,021
Half - time score: 0 - 0
Manager: Bob Paisley Opposition manager: Brian Clough
   

Starting lineup

1 Ray Clemence Ray Clemence
2 Phil Neal Phil Neal
3 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen
4 Phil Thompson Phil Thompson
5 Ray Kennedy Ray Kennedy
6 Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Hughes (c)
7 Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish
8 Jimmy Case Jimmy Case
9 David Fairclough David Fairclough
10 Terry McDermott Terry McDermott
11 Graeme Souness Graeme Souness

Subs

12 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan

Goals

Opposition lineup

Peter Shilton, Viv Anderson, Colin Barrett, John McGovern, Larry Lloyd, Frank Clark, Martin O'Neill, Archie Gemmill, Peter Withe, Ian Bowyer, John Robertson

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.95
- Average age of the Nottingham Forest starting lineup: 27.72
- Liverpool league position after match: 2
- Nottingham Forest league position after match: 1
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Liverpool Echo report
Mighty Em
Paisley previews the Forest match
Match programme

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Nottingham Forest 42 25 14 3 69 24 15 6 0 37 8 10 8 3 32 16 64
2 Liverpool 42 24 9 9 65 34 15 4 2 37 11 9 5 7 28 23 57
3 Everton 42 22 11 9 76 45 14 4 3 47 22 8 7 6 29 23 55
4 Arsenal 41 21 10 10 60 34 14 5 2 38 12 7 5 8 22 22 52
5 Manchester City 41 20 11 10 74 51 14 4 3 46 21 6 7 7 28 30 51
6 West Bromwich Albion 42 18 14 10 62 53 13 5 3 35 18 5 9 7 27 35 50
7 Coventry City 42 18 12 12 75 62 13 5 3 48 23 5 7 9 27 39 48
8 Aston Villa 42 18 10 14 57 42 11 4 6 33 18 7 6 8 24 24 46
9 Leeds United 42 18 10 14 63 53 12 4 5 39 21 6 6 9 24 32 46
10 Manchester United 42 16 10 16 67 63 9 6 6 32 23 7 4 10 35 40 42
11 Birmingham City 42 16 9 17 55 60 8 5 8 32 30 8 4 9 23 30 41
12 Norwich City 42 11 18 13 52 66 10 8 3 28 20 1 10 10 24 46 40
13 Derby County 41 13 13 15 51 59 9 7 4 34 24 4 6 11 17 35 39
14 Middlesbrough 42 12 15 15 42 54 8 8 5 25 19 4 7 10 17 35 39
15 Bristol City 42 11 13 18 49 53 9 6 6 37 26 2 7 12 12 27 35
16 Ipswich Town 41 11 13 17 46 59 10 5 5 31 22 1 8 12 15 37 35
17 Chelsea 41 11 13 17 46 69 7 10 3 28 20 4 3 14 18 49 35
18 Wolves 41 11 12 18 49 63 7 8 6 30 27 4 4 12 19 36 34
19 Queens Park Rangers 42 9 15 18 47 64 8 8 5 27 26 1 7 13 20 38 33
20 West Ham United 42 12 8 22 52 69 8 6 7 31 28 4 2 15 21 41 32
21 Newcastle United 42 6 10 26 42 78 4 6 11 26 37 2 4 15 16 41 22
22 Leicester City 42 5 12 25 26 70 4 7 10 16 32 1 5 15 10 38 22
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