The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 ASTON VILLA - Sat Dec 29, 1984 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 29, 1984 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)


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Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: Ian Hendrick
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 17,676
Pos Before/After:: 7 5
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Oct 12, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3272 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1685 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3708 (of 5724)
Total:: 5148 (of 7505)
Played:: 39 years, 3 months, 21 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Davenport (40')
Johnny Metgod (84')
Peter Davenport (86') (Pen)

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Graham Turner
Prior form: LWLDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Colin Gibson (16')
Paul Rideout (34')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Hans Segers
2	D	20	Jim McInally
3	D	32	Kenny Swain
4	D	26	Bryn Gunn
5	D	31	Paul Hart
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer
7	F	23	Steve Wigley
8	D	26	Johnny Metgod (84')
9	M	25	Trevor Christie
10	F	23	Peter Davenport (40') (86')
11	M	22	Steve Hodge
Subs
12	M	22	Colin Walsh

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Nigel Spink
2	D	Tony Dorigo
3	D	Colin Gibson
4	D	Brendan Ormsby
5	D	Allan Evans
6	M	Gary Williams
7	M	Paul Birch
8	M	Mark Walters
9	M	Steve McMahon
10	F	Paul Rideout
11	F	Peter Withe
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 29, 1984)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	1-3	Manchester United
Coventry City	1-2	West Ham United
Ipswich Town	0-2	Everton
Liverpool	1-0	Luton Town
Newcastle United	1-3	Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	3-2	Aston Villa
Southampton	0-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City	0-2	Queens Park Rangers
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Sunderland
Watford	4-1	Leicester City
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	Norwich 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	Tottenham Hotspur	21	12	4	5	43	22	6	3	1	27	12	6	1	4	16	10	21	40	DDWWWD
	2	Everton	21	12	4	5	45	28	6	3	2	29	14	6	1	3	16	14	17	40	LDDWLW
	3	Manchester United	21	11	5	5	42	26	8	3	0	28	6	3	2	5	14	20	16	38	LWLWWL
	4	Arsenal	21	11	3	7	39	27	8	3	0	24	7	3	0	7	15	20	12	36	LWLWDL
	5	West Bromwich Albion	21	10	4	7	36	30	7	2	1	24	10	3	2	6	12	20	6	34	WWWLWW
	6	Southampton	21	9	7	5	27	23	6	2	2	11	7	3	5	3	16	16	4	34	WWWLWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	21	10	3	8	33	31	7	1	2	20	11	3	2	6	13	20	2	33	WLWLWW
	8	Chelsea	21	8	8	5	37	25	7	1	2	24	9	1	7	3	13	16	12	32	DWDDWD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8	8	5	32	23	6	4	1	23	13	2	4	4	9	10	9	32	WDDDWD
	10	Liverpool	21	8	7	6	27	21	3	4	3	12	9	5	3	3	15	12	6	31	WLWDWL
	11	Norwich City	21	8	6	7	29	28	7	3	1	20	10	1	3	6	9	18	1	30	WLWDLW
	12	Leicester City	21	8	4	9	40	39	6	2	3	28	16	2	2	6	12	23	1	28	LWWDWW
	13	West Ham United	21	7	7	7	27	30	5	3	3	14	9	2	4	4	13	21	-3	28	DLLDLD
	14	Sunderland	21	7	5	9	28	30	6	2	3	17	13	1	3	6	11	17	-2	26	WLLWLL
	15	Watford	21	6	7	8	40	40	3	3	4	21	20	3	4	4	19	20	0	25	WWLLDW
	16	Newcastle United	21	6	7	8	33	41	5	3	2	17	11	1	4	6	16	30	-8	25	LWLDLL
	17	Aston Villa	21	6	7	8	26	34	5	4	2	17	12	1	3	6	9	22	-8	25	LWLDWD
	18	Queens Park Rangers	21	5	8	8	25	36	5	4	2	21	14	0	4	6	4	22	-11	23	LWDLLD
	19	Luton Town	21	5	6	10	26	40	4	4	3	16	13	1	2	7	10	27	-14	21	DLWDLW
	20	Ipswich Town	21	4	7	10	19	31	3	4	3	13	13	1	3	7	6	18	-12	19	LLWLLL
	21	Coventry City	21	5	4	12	20	40	4	3	3	10	11	1	1	9	10	29	-20	19	LDLWLL
	22	Stoke City	21	2	5	14	17	46	2	2	6	13	22	0	3	8	4	24	-29	11	LLLDLW

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	Tottenham Hotspur	22	13	4	5	45	22	7	3	1	29	12	6	1	4	16	10	23	43	DWWWDW		2-0
	2	Everton	22	13	4	5	47	28	6	3	2	29	14	7	1	3	18	14	19	43	DDWLWW		2-0
	3	Manchester United	22	12	5	5	45	27	8	3	0	28	6	4	2	5	17	21	18	41	WLWWLW		3-1
	4	Arsenal	22	12	3	7	42	28	8	3	0	24	7	4	0	7	18	21	14	39	WLWDLW		3-1
2	5	Nottingham Forest	22	11	3	8	36	33	8	1	2	23	13	3	2	6	13	20	3	36	LWLWWW		3-2
3	6	Sheffield Wednesday	22	9	8	5	35	23	6	4	1	23	13	3	4	4	12	10	12	35	DDDWDW		3-0
3	7	Liverpool	22	9	7	6	28	21	4	4	3	13	9	5	3	3	15	12	7	34	LWDWLW		1-0
3	8	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	4	8	36	31	7	2	2	24	11	3	2	6	12	20	5	34	WWLWWL		0-1
3	9	Southampton	22	9	7	6	27	26	6	2	3	11	10	3	5	3	16	16	1	34	WWLWLL		0-3
1	10	Norwich City	22	9	6	7	30	28	7	3	1	20	10	2	3	6	10	18	2	33	LWDLWW		1-0
3	11	Chelsea	22	8	8	6	38	28	7	1	3	25	12	1	7	3	13	16	10	32	WDDWDL		1-3
1	12	West Ham United	22	8	7	7	29	31	5	3	3	14	9	3	4	4	15	22	-2	31	LLDLDW		2-1
2	13	Watford	22	7	7	8	44	41	4	3	4	25	21	3	4	4	19	20	3	28	WLLDWW		4-1
2	14	Leicester City	22	8	4	10	41	43	6	2	3	28	16	2	2	7	13	27	-2	28	WWDWWL		1-4
1	15	Sunderland	22	7	5	10	28	32	6	2	3	17	13	1	3	7	11	19	-4	26	LLWLLL		0-2
2	16	Queens Park Rangers	22	6	8	8	27	36	5	4	2	21	14	1	4	6	6	22	-9	26	WDLLDW		2-0
	17	Aston Villa	22	6	7	9	28	37	5	4	2	17	12	1	3	7	11	25	-9	25	WLDWDL		2-3
2	18	Newcastle United	22	6	7	9	34	44	5	3	3	18	14	1	4	6	16	30	-10	25	WLDLLL		1-3
	19	Luton Town	22	5	6	11	26	41	4	4	3	16	13	1	2	8	10	28	-15	21	LWDLWL		0-1
	20	Ipswich Town	22	4	7	11	19	33	3	4	4	13	15	1	3	7	6	18	-14	19	LWLLLL		0-2
	21	Coventry City	22	5	4	13	21	42	4	3	4	11	13	1	1	9	10	29	-21	19	DLWLLL		1-2
	22	Stoke City	22	2	5	15	17	48	2	2	7	13	24	0	3	8	4	24	-31	11	LLDLWL		0-2

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