On this Day 1978

[RedBasie]

Football League Champions Nottingham Forest beat FA Cup Winners 5-0 Ipswich Town in the FA Charity Shield (O'Neill 2, Withe,Lloyd and Robertson). Also it was Peter Withe's last goal for the club.

[AngryRam]

Football League Champions Nottingham Forest beat FA Cup Winners 5-0 Ipswich Town in the FA Charity Shield (O'Neill 2, Withe,Lloyd and Robertson). Also it was Peter Withe's last goal for the club.

Thank god for that...

[Romanis]

Football League Champions Nottingham Forest beat FA Cup Winners 5-0 Ipswich Town in the FA Charity Shield (O'Neill 2, Withe,Lloyd and Robertson). Also it was Peter Withe's last goal for the club.

1 of Clough's great faults was to sell players on when they still had a lot more to give. I suspect it could be a little 'sweetener' in the deal for him.
Peter With was a superb finisher, all Forest had to do was give the ball to O'Neill who then would pass to Robbo, who would make the perfect cross for either With or Wood**** to finish.

The fact he would go on to win another title with Villa and the European Cup, showed that it was the wrong decision to sell him.

[RedBasie]

True, but it did lead to Gary Birtles being given his chance after Stephen Elliott failed to fill the bill.

[Romanis]

I forget but did Gary Birtles score his first goal for us in the European Cup tie with Liverpool?

[overtherainbow]

I was at Wembley that Afternoon with my older brother and his wife and my brother in-Law.
I missed 3 of the goals, Doh!