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Nottingham 2-2 Middlesbrough - September 23, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 7

Nottingham City Ground - Nottingham - England

September 23, 1978

Nottingham

2 - 2

Middlesbrough

Martin O'Neill

45'

Garry Birtles

45'

David Armstrong

David Mills

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0' - Goal David Armstrong photo David Mills

0' - Goal David Mills

45' - Goal Martin O'Neill photo Garry Birtles

45' - Goal Garry Birtles45

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46' - Substitution Colin Barrettis substituted by John O'Hare46

46' - Substitution Anthony McAndrewis substituted by David Hodgson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nottingham

2 - 2

Middlesbrough

Nottingham Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Nottingham

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Barrett46

Colin Barrett

England

B.date03/08/1952

Age26 years

positionDefender

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

O'Neill45

Martin O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date01/03/1952

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

Bowyer

Ian Bowyer

England

B.date06/06/1951

Age27 years

positionCentre Midfield

McGovern

John McGovern

Scotland

B.date28/10/1949

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Birtles45

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionForward

Woodcock

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age22 years

positionForward

Robertson

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date20/01/1953

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Barrett	46	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Neill	45	26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bowyer		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John McGovern		28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles	45	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock		22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson		25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Middlesbrough

Stewart

James Stewart

Scotland

B.date09/03/1954

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

McAndrew46

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age22 years

positionDefender

Boam

Stuart Boam

England

B.date28/01/1948

Age30 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Ashcroft

Billy Ashcroft

England

B.date01/10/1952

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Peter Johnson

England

B.date05/10/1958

Age19 years

positionDefender

Ramage

Alan Ramage

Brazil

B.date29/11/1957

Age20 years

positionDefender

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Armstrong0

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Mahoney

John Mahoney

Wales

B.date20/09/1946

Age32 years

positionForward

Mills0

David Mills

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age26 years

positionForward

Cummins

Stan Cummins

England

B.date06/12/1958

Age19 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	James Stewart		24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew	46	22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Boam		30	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Ashcroft		25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Johnson		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Ramage		20	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs		29	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong		23	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mahoney		32	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Mills		26	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Cummins		19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John O'Hare	46	31	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David Hodgson	46	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin O'Neill

Archie Gemmill

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Mahoney

Craig Johnston

OUT

Billy Ashcroft

Mark Proctor

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

186

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Clough vs Middlesbrough

2 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1978

Clough vs Neal

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Neal vs Nottingham

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1978

Neal vs Clough

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1978

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Comments

Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Clough has reached 41% of draws in Premier League.

It's the first time Garry Birtles scores 1 goal in Premier League with

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 5 matches without scoring any goal (since 30/08/1978). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/04/1969 (4 matches)

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Birmingham City29/04/1978

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Tottenham19/08/1978

DNottingham Forest 0-0 West Bromwich Albion02/09/1978

VNottingham Forest 4-2 Oldham Athletic06/09/1978

VNottingham Forest 2-1 Arsenal09/09/1978

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Liverpool13/09/1978

Overall

DOldham Athletic 0-0 Nottingham Forest30/08/1978

DNottingham Forest 0-0 West Bromwich Albion02/09/1978

VNottingham Forest 4-2 Oldham Athletic06/09/1978

VNottingham Forest 2-1 Arsenal09/09/1978

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Liverpool13/09/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Nottingham Forest16/09/1978

Current form

Away

DWolverhampton 0-0 Middlesbrough15/04/1978

LArsenal 1-0 Middlesbrough29/04/1978

VBirmingham City 1-3 Middlesbrough22/08/1978

LSouthampton 2-1 Middlesbrough26/08/1978

LPeterborough United 1-0 Middlesbrough06/09/1978

LEverton 2-0 Middlesbrough09/09/1978

Overall

LSouthampton 2-1 Middlesbrough26/08/1978

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Peterborough United30/08/1978

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Ipswich Town02/09/1978

LPeterborough United 1-0 Middlesbrough06/09/1978

LEverton 2-0 Middlesbrough09/09/1978

LMiddlesbrough 0-2 Queens Park Rangers16/09/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	36	25
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	3
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	5	3
Goalless streak	2	5
Conceding streak	5	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	1
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.83
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ian Bowyer	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	David Armstrong
Martin O'Neill	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	David Armstrong
John Robertson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
John Robertson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Bowyer	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 5 matches	David Armstrong

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

10 v

5 d

6 l

40 gf

34 ga

Away

20 matches

1 v

7 d

12 l

19 gf

41 ga

Total

41 matches

11 v

12 d

18 l

59 gf

75 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

12 v

7 d

1 l

41 gf

19 ga

Away

21 matches

6 v

5 d

10 l

34 gf

40 ga

Total

41 matches

18 v

12 d

11 l

75 gf

59 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 29, 1977
Home	4 - 0	October 29, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 10, 1956
Away	4 - 0	November 10, 1956

Latest head to head

March 29, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Middlesbrough

2 - 2

Nottingham

October 29, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Nottingham

4 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

February 02, 1974 - Division 2 1973/1974

Nottingham

5 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 15, 1973 - Division 2 1973/1974

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Nottingham

April 14, 1973 - Division 2 1972/1973

Nottingham

1 - 3

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Viv Anderson	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Ian Bowyer	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Martin O'Neill	1 goal	1978 - 1978
John McGovern	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Tony Woodcock	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

	Stan Cummins	1 goal	1978 - 1978
	David Mills	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Kenny Burns	2 matches	1977 - 1978
Ian Bowyer	2 matches	1977 - 1978
John Robertson	2 matches	1977 - 1978
Peter Withe	2 matches	1977 - 1978
Martin O'Neill	2 matches	1977 - 1978
Peter Shilton	2 matches	1977 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Alan Ramage	2 matches	1977 - 1978
John Craggs	2 matches	1977 - 1978
Anthony McAndrew	2 matches	1977 - 1978
David Armstrong	2 matches	1977 - 1978
David Mills	2 matches	1977 - 1978
Stuart Boam	2 matches	1977 - 1978