The City Ground

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 - 2 FOREST - Mon Aug 29, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Aug 29, 1983 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: R Bridges
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 43,005
Pos Before/After:: 17 10
Opp Before/After:: 4 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: May 16, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3210 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1623 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3627 (of 5724)
Total:: 5044 (of 7505)
Played:: 40 years, 7 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Viv Anderson (65')
Peter Davenport (86')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Ron Atkinson
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goals
Kevin Moran (12')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	27	Viv Anderson (65')
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	D	34	Colin Todd
5	D	30	Paul Hart
6	M	32	Ian Bowyer
7	M	21	Colin Walsh
8	F	27	Ian Wallace
9	F	27	Garry Birtles
10	M	20	Steve Hodge
11	F	22	Peter Davenport (86')
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Bailey
2	D	Arthur Albiston
3	D	Kevin Moran
4	D	Michael Duxbury
5	D	Gordon McQueen
6	M	Ray Wilkins
7	M	Arnold M�hren
8	M	Bryan Robson
9	M	Frank Stapleton
10	F	Arthur Graham
11	F	Norman Whiteside
Subs
12		Lou Macari

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Aug 29, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-0	Sunderland
Everton	0-1	West Ham United
Manchester United	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Stoke City	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	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	Notts County	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	3	W
	2	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	W
	3	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	4	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	5	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	6	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	3	W
	7	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	8	Everton	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	9	Southampton	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W
	10	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	11	Norwich City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	12	Sunderland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	14	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	-1	0	L
	15	Watford	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	16	Luton Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	17	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	18	Stoke City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L
	19	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
	20	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
	21	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	L
	22	Leicester City	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0	L

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	1	West Ham United	2	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	6	WW		1-0
3	2	Aston Villa	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	WW		1-0
4	3	Arsenal	2	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	6	WW		2-1
2	4	Coventry City	2	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	1	4	WD		1-1
4	5	Southampton	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	WD		0-0
5	6	Notts County	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	3	W
4	7	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
4	8	Manchester United	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	WL		1-2
9	9	Stoke City	2	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	LW		3-1
7	10	Nottingham Forest	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	LW		2-1
3	11	Everton	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	WL		0-1
2	12	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
2	13	Norwich City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	1	DL		1-2
3	15	Sunderland	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	DL		0-1
4	16	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	LD		1-1
2	17	Queens Park Rangers	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1	LD		0-0
3	18	Watford	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
3	19	Luton Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
6	20	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	0	2	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	-3	0	LL		1-3
	21	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	L
	22	Leicester City	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0	L