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Bristol City 1-3 Nottingham - December 31, 1977 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Journée 23

Ashton Gate - Bristol - England

December 31, 1977

Bristol City

1 - 3

Nottingham

Kevin Mabbutt

90'

45'

David Needham

45'

Tony Woodcock

90'

Martin O'Neill

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45' - Goal David Needham photo Tony Woodcock

45' - Goal Tony Woodcock

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46' - Substitution Donald Gilliesis substituted by Kevin Mabbutt46

90' - Goal Kevin Mabbutt90

90' - Goal Martin O'Neill

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bristol City

1 - 3

Nottingham

Bristol City Nottingham

Team line-ups

Bristol City

Shaw

John Shaw

England

B.date04/02/1954

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Gillies46

Donald Gillies

Scotland

B.date20/06/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Merrick

Geoff Merrick

England

B.date29/04/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Collier

Gary Collier

England

B.date04/02/1955

Age22 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Hunter

Norman Hunter

England

B.date29/10/1943

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

Gow

Gerry Gow

Scotland

B.date29/05/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Tainton

Trevor Tainton

England

B.date08/06/1948

Age29 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Mann

Jimmy Mann

England

B.date15/12/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Sweeney

Gerry Sweeney

Scotland

B.date10/07/1945

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Ritchie

Tom Ritchie

Scotland

B.date02/01/1952

Age25 years

positionForward

Royle

Joe Royle

England

B.date08/04/1949

Age28 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Shaw		23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Donald Gillies	46	26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Merrick		26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Collier		22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norman Hunter		34	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Gow		25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Tainton		29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Mann		25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Sweeney		32	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Ritchie		25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Royle		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Nottingham

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age28 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Barrett

Colin Barrett

England

B.date03/08/1952

Age25 years

positionDefender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Needham45

David Needham

England

B.date21/05/1949

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Gemmill

Archie Gemmill

Scotland

B.date24/03/1947

Age30 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

McGovern

John McGovern

Scotland

B.date28/10/1949

Age28 years

positionMidfield

O'Neill90

Martin O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date01/03/1952

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

Withe

Peter Withe

England

B.date30/08/1951

Age26 years

H1m85

positionForward

Woodcock45

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age22 years

positionForward

Robertson

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date20/01/1953

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Barrett		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Needham	45	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archie Gemmill		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John McGovern		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Neill	90	25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Withe		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock	45	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson		24	42	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Kevin Mabbutt	9046	19	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jimmy Mann

Peter Cormack

OUT

Norman Hunter

Kevin Mabbutt

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Dicks

496

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Dicks vs Nottingham

2 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 1977

Dicks vs Clough

1 victory

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

145

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Clough vs Bristol City

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 1977

Clough vs Dicks

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 1977

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Dicks has done less than 1.19 goals scored per game .

Bristol City keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored vs Nottingham in Premier League running (since 30/04/1910). It's a record streak. The first of history

Bristol City keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw vs Nottingham at home running (since 12/04/1974). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 04/10/1930 (3 matches)

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBristol City 3-2 Leeds United08/10/1977

LBristol City 0-2 Arsenal22/10/1977

VBristol City 3-1 Derby County12/11/1977

VBristol City 4-1 Middlesbrough26/11/1977

VBristol City 2-0 Ipswich Town10/12/1977

VBristol City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion26/12/1977

Overall

VBristol City 4-1 Middlesbrough26/11/1977

DCoventry 1-1 Bristol City03/12/1977

VBristol City 2-0 Ipswich Town10/12/1977

LDerby County 1-0 Bristol City17/12/1977

VBristol City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion26/12/1977

LBirmingham City 3-0 Bristol City27/12/1977

Current form

Away

VQueens Park Rangers 0-2 Nottingham Forest22/10/1977

LChelsea 1-0 Nottingham Forest05/11/1977

LLeeds United 1-0 Nottingham Forest19/11/1977

VBirmingham City 0-2 Nottingham Forest03/12/1977

VManchester United 0-4 Nottingham Forest17/12/1977

VNewcastle United 0-2 Nottingham Forest28/12/1977

Overall

VNottingham Forest 4-2 Aston Villa29/11/1977

VBirmingham City 0-2 Nottingham Forest03/12/1977

VNottingham Forest 2-1 Coventry10/12/1977

VManchester United 0-4 Nottingham Forest17/12/1977

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool26/12/1977

VNewcastle United 0-2 Nottingham Forest28/12/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	4
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Invincibility streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	22
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
6	Victories (Competition total)	15
6	Victories (Home / Away)	7
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
9	Losses (Competition total)	3
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	41
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.86
2.3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.73
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.59
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.73

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (3 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

Tom Ritchie	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Peter Withe
Tom Ritchie	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Tony Woodcock
Peter Cormack	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	John Robertson
Peter Cormack	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Robertson
Tom Ritchie	5 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	John McGovern

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

9 v

6 d

7 l

32 gf

28 ga

Away

25 matches

4 v

9 d

12 l

23 gf

41 ga

Total

47 matches

13 v

15 d

19 l

55 gf

69 ga

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

12 v

9 d

4 l

41 gf

23 ga

Away

22 matches

7 v

6 d

9 l

28 gf

32 ga

Total

47 matches

19 v

15 d

13 l

69 gf

55 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 15, 1911
Home	5 - 1	April 15, 1911

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 07, 1931
Away	5 - 1	August 21, 1956

Latest head to head

August 23, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Nottingham

1 - 0

Bristol City logo Bristol City

February 21, 1976 - Division 2 1975/1976

Bristol City

0 - 2

Nottingham

November 15, 1975 - Division 2 1975/1976

Nottingham

1 - 0

Bristol City logo Bristol City

December 14, 1974 - Division 2 1974/1975

Bristol City

1 - 0

Nottingham

August 17, 1974 - Division 2 1974/1975

Nottingham

0 - 0

Bristol City logo Bristol City

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bristol City

Peter Withe

1 goal

1977 - 1977

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Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Kevin Mabbutt	1 match	1977 - 1977
Geoff Merrick	1 match	1977 - 1977
Gary Collier	1 match	1977 - 1977
Trevor Tainton	1 match	1977 - 1977
Gerry Gow	1 match	1977 - 1977
Tom Ritchie	1 match	1977 - 1977

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Players with most games played vs Bristol City

John McGovern	1 match	1977 - 1977
Martin O'Neill	1 match	1977 - 1977
Tony Woodcock	1 match	1977 - 1977
Frank Clark	1 match	1977 - 1977
Kenny Burns	1 match	1977 - 1977
Ian Bowyer	1 match	1977 - 1977