The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 LIVERPOOL - Sat Dec 05, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 05, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ireland's Saturday Night - Saturday 05 December 1981
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1981-82
Referee:: C Maskell
Sponsor:: Panasonic
Attendance:: 24,521
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 1)
Liverpool:: May 01, 1982

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3141 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1554 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3550 (of 5724)
Total:: 4928 (of 7505)
Played:: 42 years, 4 months, 20 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: DWDLWL (Old to recent)

Goals

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Bob Paisley
Prior form: DLWWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Mark Lawrenson (57')
Ray Kennedy (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Peter Shilton
2	M	20	Gary Mills
3	M	21	Stuart Gray
4	F	20	Mark Proctor
5	D	25	Viv Anderson
6	D	23	Bryn Gunn
7	F	27	Jurgen Rober
8	F	25	Ian Wallace
9	M	20	Justin Fashanu 35
10	M	19	Colin Walsh
11	F	28	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	32	John McGovern

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bruce Grobbelaar
2	D	Mark Lawrenson
3	D	Alan Hansen
4	D	Phil Neal
5	D	Phil Thompson
6	M	Graeme Souness
7	M	Ray Kennedy
8	M	Terry McDermott
9	M	Ronnie Whelan
10	F	Kenny Dalglish
11	F	Ian Rush
Subs
12		Johnston

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 05, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-1	Notts County
Brighton and Hove Albion	2-1	Sunderland
Everton	3-1	Swansea City
Manchester City	1-0	Aston Villa
Middlesbrough	0-1	Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Liverpool
Southampton	3-2	Manchester United
Stoke City	1-2	Leeds United
Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United	1-2	Arsenal

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Manchester United	17	9	5	3	26	12	6	2	1	14	4	3	3	2	12	8	14	32	WWWWLW
	2	Swansea City	16	9	3	4	26	22	6	2	0	15	4	3	1	4	11	18	4	30	LDWLDW
	3	Ipswich Town	15	9	2	4	27	19	6	1	1	15	8	3	1	3	12	11	8	29	LWWLLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	15	9	1	5	25	17	4	0	4	13	11	5	1	1	12	6	8	28	WLWLWD
	5	Southampton	16	8	3	5	29	23	6	0	1	19	7	2	3	4	10	16	6	27	DLWWDW
	6	West Ham United	15	6	8	1	32	20	4	3	0	18	11	2	5	1	14	9	12	26	LDWDWD
	7	Nottingham Forest	16	7	5	4	21	20	5	2	1	11	6	2	3	3	10	14	1	26	DWDLWL
	8	Arsenal	15	7	3	5	13	11	4	2	1	5	2	3	1	4	8	9	2	24	WLWWWW
	9	Manchester City	15	6	4	5	20	17	4	3	1	14	5	2	1	4	6	12	3	22	LDWWWL
	10	Liverpool	15	5	6	4	21	16	3	3	2	12	7	2	3	2	9	9	5	21	DLWWDL
	11	Brighton and Hove Albion	16	4	9	3	20	17	2	5	1	15	11	2	4	2	5	6	3	21	WDDDDL
	12	Stoke City	17	6	2	9	22	26	4	0	4	13	10	2	2	5	9	16	-4	20	DLWWLL
	13	Aston Villa	15	4	7	4	21	18	2	3	3	9	10	2	4	1	12	8	3	19	WWLLDW
	14	Coventry City	16	5	4	7	25	25	5	2	1	19	8	0	2	6	6	17	0	19	WLLLWD
	15	Everton	16	5	4	7	19	22	4	1	2	11	7	1	3	5	8	15	-3	19	WLLLDL
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	5	4	7	11	20	4	2	3	7	7	1	2	4	4	13	-9	19	LDWWDW
	17	West Bromwich Albion	16	4	6	6	18	19	2	4	2	9	7	2	2	4	9	12	-1	18	DDWLDW
	18	Notts County	16	4	5	7	23	29	3	4	1	13	12	1	1	6	10	17	-6	17	DLLDDD
	19	Leeds United	16	4	4	8	16	31	4	4	0	13	6	0	0	8	3	25	-15	16	WWLWLD
	20	Birmingham City	15	3	6	6	21	22	3	3	1	17	12	0	3	5	4	10	-1	15	DLDDLL
	21	Middlesbrough	17	2	6	9	16	29	2	3	3	10	14	0	3	6	6	15	-13	12	LLLDDD
	22	Sunderland	17	2	5	10	12	29	1	2	6	6	17	1	3	4	6	12	-17	11	LLDWLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Manchester United	18	9	5	4	28	15	6	2	1	14	4	3	3	3	14	11	13	32	WWWLWL		2-3
1	2	Ipswich Town	16	10	2	4	28	19	6	1	1	15	8	4	1	3	13	11	9	32	WWLLWW		1-0
2	3	Southampton	17	9	3	5	32	25	7	0	1	22	9	2	3	4	10	16	7	30	LWWDWW		3-2
2	4	Swansea City	17	9	3	5	27	25	6	2	0	15	4	3	1	5	12	21	2	30	DWLDWL		1-3
1	5	Tottenham Hotspur	16	9	1	6	26	19	4	0	5	14	13	5	1	1	12	6	7	28	LWLWDL		1-2
2	6	Arsenal	16	8	3	5	15	12	4	2	1	5	2	4	1	4	10	10	3	27	LWWWWW		2-1
1	7	West Ham United	16	6	8	2	33	22	4	3	1	19	13	2	5	1	14	9	11	26	DWDWDL		1-2
1	8	Nottingham Forest	17	7	5	5	21	22	5	2	2	11	8	2	3	3	10	14	-1	26	WDLWLL		0-2
	9	Manchester City	16	7	4	5	21	17	5	3	1	15	5	2	1	4	6	12	4	25	DWWWLW		1-0
	10	Liverpool	16	6	6	4	23	16	3	3	2	12	7	3	3	2	11	9	7	24	LWWDLW		2-0
	11	Brighton and Hove Albion	17	5	9	3	22	18	3	5	1	17	12	2	4	2	5	6	4	24	DDDDLW		2-1
2	12	Coventry City	17	6	4	7	27	26	5	2	1	19	8	1	2	6	8	18	1	22	LLLWDW		2-1
2	13	Everton	17	6	4	7	22	23	5	1	2	14	8	1	3	5	8	15	-1	22	LLLDLW		3-1
3	14	West Bromwich Albion	17	5	6	6	21	19	3	4	2	12	7	2	2	4	9	12	2	21	DWLDWW		3-0
3	15	Stoke City	18	6	2	10	23	28	4	0	5	14	12	2	2	5	9	16	-5	20	LWWLLL		1-2
3	16	Aston Villa	16	4	7	5	21	19	2	3	3	9	10	2	4	2	12	9	2	19	WLLDWL		0-1
1	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	5	4	8	11	23	4	2	3	7	7	1	2	5	4	16	-12	19	DWWDWL		0-3
1	18	Leeds United	17	5	4	8	18	32	4	4	0	13	6	1	0	8	5	26	-14	19	WLWLDW		2-1
1	19	Birmingham City	16	4	6	6	23	23	4	3	1	19	13	0	3	5	4	10	0	18	LDDLLW		2-1
2	20	Notts County	17	4	5	8	24	31	3	4	1	13	12	1	1	7	11	19	-7	17	LLDDDL		1-2
	21	Middlesbrough	18	2	6	10	16	30	2	3	4	10	15	0	3	6	6	15	-14	12	LLDDDL		0-1
	22	Sunderland	18	2	5	11	13	31	1	2	6	6	17	1	3	5	7	14	-18	11	LDWLLL		1-2

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