The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 COVENTRY CITY - Wed Dec 28, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Dec 28, 1983 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 29 December 1983
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: T Jones
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 22,169
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Apr 17, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3228 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1641 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3653 (of 5724)
Total:: 5071 (of 7505)
Played:: 40 years, 3 months, 30 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Davenport (23')
Garry Birtles (53')
Garry Birtles (84')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Bobby Gould
Prior form: DDWWDD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	27	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	D	25	Bryn Gunn
5	M	19	Chris Fairclough
6	M	32	Ian Bowyer
7	F	22	Steve Wigley off for Ian Wallace
8	M	21	Steve Hodge
9	F	27	Garry Birtles (53') (84')
10	F	22	Peter Davenport (23')
11	M	21	Colin Walsh
Subs
12	F	27	Ian Wallace on for Steve Wigley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Raddy Avramovic
2	D	Brian Roberts
3	D	Nicky Platnauer
4	D	Trevor Peake
5	D	Sam Allardyce
6	M	Stuart Pearce
7	M	David Bennett
8	M	Micky Gynn
9	M	Ashley Grimes
10	F	Gerry Daly
11	F	Graham Withey
Subs
12		Ian Butterworth

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Dec 28, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Coventry City

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	Liverpool	20	12	5	3	35	16	7	2	1	22	5	5	3	2	13	11	19	41	DWLWWD
	2	Manchester United	20	11	5	4	38	23	7	1	3	25	12	4	4	1	13	11	15	38	DLWWDD
	3	Southampton	20	11	4	5	22	14	8	1	1	15	6	3	3	4	7	8	8	37	LWDWWW
	4	West Ham United	20	11	3	6	31	18	6	2	2	22	10	5	1	4	9	8	13	36	DLWLLW
	5	Luton Town	20	11	2	7	36	28	5	2	3	21	14	6	0	4	15	14	8	35	WLWWWL
	6	Nottingham Forest	19	10	3	6	35	26	7	2	1	23	10	3	1	5	12	16	9	33	WDWLWW
	7	Coventry City	19	9	6	4	29	21	4	3	2	13	8	5	3	2	16	13	8	33	DDWWDD
	8	Queens Park Rangers	19	10	2	7	30	18	6	1	2	13	5	4	1	5	17	13	12	32	WLWWWL
	9	Aston Villa	20	9	5	6	31	29	8	2	1	19	11	1	3	5	12	18	2	32	LWDWLD
	10	Norwich City	21	8	7	6	26	23	5	3	3	16	12	3	4	3	10	11	3	31	WWWDLD
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	6	6	32	31	3	3	3	12	14	5	3	3	20	17	1	30	WLDLLD
	12	Arsenal	20	9	1	10	35	29	5	1	5	18	14	4	0	5	17	15	6	28	LLLWWD
	13	Sunderland	20	7	6	7	22	27	4	4	3	15	11	3	2	4	7	16	-5	27	WDLDDW
	14	Ipswich Town	20	7	5	8	30	27	5	2	3	19	11	2	3	5	11	16	3	26	DDLLWD
	15	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	2	11	22	32	4	1	4	11	10	3	1	7	11	22	-10	23	LWLLLL
	16	Everton	20	6	5	9	11	23	3	4	3	5	6	3	1	6	6	17	-12	23	LWDLDL
	17	Leicester City	21	5	6	10	30	39	5	2	3	17	16	0	4	7	13	23	-9	21	WLWDWD
	18	Watford	20	5	4	11	32	38	3	3	4	20	21	2	1	7	12	17	-6	19	LWWLWL
	19	Birmingham City	20	5	4	11	17	25	4	0	5	8	8	1	4	6	9	17	-8	19	LLLLLD
	20	Notts County	20	5	3	12	27	39	3	2	4	15	16	2	1	8	12	23	-12	18	WLWLLD
	21	Stoke City	19	3	7	9	20	33	3	2	4	13	16	0	5	5	7	17	-13	16	LDLLDW
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	2	5	13	16	48	1	5	5	9	20	1	0	8	7	28	-32	11	WLLDLW

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	Liverpool	20	12	5	3	35	16	7	2	1	22	5	5	3	2	13	11	19	41	DWLWWD
	2	Manchester United	20	11	5	4	38	23	7	1	3	25	12	4	4	1	13	11	15	38	DLWWDD
	3	Southampton	20	11	4	5	22	14	8	1	1	15	6	3	3	4	7	8	8	37	LWDWWW
	4	West Ham United	20	11	3	6	31	18	6	2	2	22	10	5	1	4	9	8	13	36	DLWLLW
1	5	Nottingham Forest	20	11	3	6	38	26	8	2	1	26	10	3	1	5	12	16	12	36	DWLWWW		3-0
1	6	Luton Town	20	11	2	7	36	28	5	2	3	21	14	6	0	4	15	14	8	35	WLWWWL
	7	Coventry City	20	9	6	5	29	24	4	3	2	13	8	5	3	3	16	16	5	33	DWWDDL		0-3
	8	Queens Park Rangers	19	10	2	7	30	18	6	1	2	13	5	4	1	5	17	13	12	32	WLWWWL
	9	Aston Villa	20	9	5	6	31	29	8	2	1	19	11	1	3	5	12	18	2	32	LWDWLD
	10	Norwich City	21	8	7	6	26	23	5	3	3	16	12	3	4	3	10	11	3	31	WWWDLD
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	6	6	32	31	3	3	3	12	14	5	3	3	20	17	1	30	WLDLLD
	12	Arsenal	20	9	1	10	35	29	5	1	5	18	14	4	0	5	17	15	6	28	LLLWWD
	13	Sunderland	20	7	6	7	22	27	4	4	3	15	11	3	2	4	7	16	-5	27	WDLDDW
	14	Ipswich Town	20	7	5	8	30	27	5	2	3	19	11	2	3	5	11	16	3	26	DDLLWD
	15	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	2	11	22	32	4	1	4	11	10	3	1	7	11	22	-10	23	LWLLLL
	16	Everton	20	6	5	9	11	23	3	4	3	5	6	3	1	6	6	17	-12	23	LWDLDL
	17	Leicester City	21	5	6	10	30	39	5	2	3	17	16	0	4	7	13	23	-9	21	WLWDWD
	18	Watford	20	5	4	11	32	38	3	3	4	20	21	2	1	7	12	17	-6	19	LWWLWL
	19	Birmingham City	20	5	4	11	17	25	4	0	5	8	8	1	4	6	9	17	-8	19	LLLLLD
	20	Notts County	20	5	3	12	27	39	3	2	4	15	16	2	1	8	12	23	-12	18	WLWLLD
	21	Stoke City	19	3	7	9	20	33	3	2	4	13	16	0	5	5	7	17	-13	16	LDLLDW
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	2	5	13	16	48	1	5	5	9	20	1	0	8	7	28	-32	11	WLLDLW

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