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.
Summary.
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. On 28 November the 1–0 win at Bolton set an undefeated record of 42 consecutive league games. The record stood for twenty six years. 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.
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Competitions.
Division One.
Matches.
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League Cup.
Round Two.
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Round Three.
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Round Four.
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Round Five.
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Semifinals.
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Final.
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FA Cup.
Third round.
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Fourth round.
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Fifth round.
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FA Charity Shield.
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European Cup.
First round.
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Second round.
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Quarter-final.
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Semi-final.
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Final.
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Pre-season and Friendlies.
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Statistics.
Squad statistics.
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References.
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