The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Apr 20, 1985 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 20, 1985 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 22 April 1985


: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: J Lovatt
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 12,990
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 20 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Jan 01, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3286 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1699 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3726 (of 5724)
Total:: 5169 (of 7505)
Played:: 38 years, 11 months, 30 days ago

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

Goals
Gary Mills (24')
Kenny Hibbitt (42') (OG)

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Don Mackay
Prior form: LWWLLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Hans Segers
2	D	18	Gary Fleming
3	D	21	Jim McInally
4	M	21	Chris Fairclough
5	D	31	Paul Hart
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer
7	F	23	Steve Wigley
8	D	27	Johnny Metgod
9	F	24	Peter Davenport
10	M	22	Steve Hodge off for Nigel Clough
11	M	23	Gary Mills (24')
Subs
12	F	19	Nigel Clough on for Steve Hodge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Ogrizovic
2	D	Stuart Pearce
3	D	Kirk Stephens
4	D	Ian Butterworth
5	D	Trevor Peake
6	M	David Bennett
7	M	Lloyd McGrath
8	M	Kenny Hibbitt
9	M	Cyrille Regis
10	F	Bob Latchford
11	F	Peter Barnes
Subs
12		Micky Gynn

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 20, 1985)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	3-1	Newcastle United
Norwich City	1-3	Leicester City
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers	1-0	Arsenal
Southampton	2-0	Aston Villa
Stoke City	0-2	Everton
Sunderland	0-1	West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur	2-3	Ipswich Town
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	Chelsea

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	Everton	33	22	6	5	75	36	12	3	2	49	17	10	3	3	26	19	39	72	DWWWWW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	35	19	8	8	67	37	12	4	2	43	11	7	4	6	24	26	30	65	DWWWWL	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	35	19	7	9	64	38	8	3	5	36	21	11	4	4	28	17	26	64	WLLDWL	Safe
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	36	15	14	7	52	37	10	7	1	34	18	5	7	6	18	19	15	59	WDLWWD
	5	Arsenal	37	17	8	12	56	43	12	5	2	35	14	5	3	10	21	29	13	59	DLLWDW
	6	Liverpool	33	16	9	8	49	25	8	4	5	23	11	8	5	3	26	14	24	57	WLWLWW
	7	Southampton	35	16	9	10	47	42	10	3	4	21	16	6	6	6	26	26	5	57	DLLWDW
	8	Nottingham Forest	35	16	6	13	50	42	11	3	4	31	17	5	3	9	19	25	8	54	DWLLWD
	9	Chelsea	35	14	11	10	52	40	11	2	4	32	16	3	9	6	20	24	12	53	WWWLDW
	10	Aston Villa	36	13	10	13	49	52	9	6	3	28	16	4	4	10	21	36	-3	49	LWWWLL
	11	West Bromwich Albion	36	13	6	17	47	56	9	3	5	28	19	4	3	12	19	37	-9	45	LWLLWL
	12	Newcastle United	37	11	12	14	49	63	10	4	5	29	22	1	8	9	20	41	-14	45	DLWDWL
	13	Watford	35	11	11	13	64	61	8	5	5	41	27	3	6	8	23	34	3	44	LLWDWW
	14	Queens Park Rangers	36	11	11	14	44	56	9	6	3	35	24	2	5	11	9	32	-12	44	WLWLWL
	15	Leicester City	36	12	6	18	56	62	8	4	7	36	25	4	2	11	20	37	-6	42	WLLLLL
	16	Norwich City	35	11	9	15	40	53	9	5	4	27	20	2	4	11	13	33	-13	42	WDLLLL
	17	Sunderland	36	10	9	17	37	50	7	6	5	19	19	3	3	12	18	31	-13	39	LLLDWD
	18	Luton Town	33	10	8	15	44	54	8	5	3	28	18	2	3	12	16	36	-10	38	LWWLWW
	19	West Ham United	33	9	11	13	41	54	5	7	5	21	19	4	4	8	20	35	-13	38	LWLDLD
	20	Coventry City	33	11	4	18	36	52	8	3	6	22	18	3	1	12	14	34	-16	37	LWWLLW
	21	Ipswich Town	34	9	9	16	34	49	6	5	5	20	18	3	4	11	14	31	-15	36	LWWWLL
	22	Stoke City	34	3	8	23	20	71	3	3	10	16	33	0	5	13	4	38	-51	17	DLLWLL

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	Everton	34	23	6	5	77	36	12	3	2	49	17	11	3	3	28	19	41	75	WWWWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Manchester United	35	19	8	8	67	37	12	4	2	43	11	7	4	6	24	26	30	65	DWWWWL	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	36	19	7	10	66	41	8	3	6	38	24	11	4	4	28	17	25	64	LLDWLL	Safe	2-3
2	4	Liverpool	34	17	9	8	52	26	9	4	5	26	12	8	5	3	26	14	26	60	LWLWWW	Safe	3-1
2	5	Southampton	36	17	9	10	49	42	11	3	4	23	16	6	6	6	26	26	7	60	LLWDWW	Safe	2-0
2	6	Sheffield Wednesday	36	15	14	7	52	37	10	7	1	34	18	5	7	6	18	19	15	59	WDLWWD	Safe
2	7	Arsenal	38	17	8	13	56	44	12	5	2	35	14	5	3	11	21	30	12	59	LLWDWL	Safe	0-1
	8	Nottingham Forest	36	17	6	13	52	42	12	3	4	33	17	5	3	9	19	25	10	57	WLLWDW		2-0
	9	Chelsea	36	15	11	10	53	40	11	2	4	32	16	4	9	6	21	24	13	56	WWLDWW		1-0
	10	Aston Villa	37	13	10	14	49	54	9	6	3	28	16	4	4	11	21	38	-5	49	WWWLLL		0-2
3	11	Queens Park Rangers	37	12	11	14	45	56	10	6	3	36	24	2	5	11	9	32	-11	47	LWLWLW		1-0
3	12	Leicester City	37	13	6	18	59	63	8	4	7	36	25	5	2	11	23	38	-4	45	LLLLLW		3-1
2	13	West Bromwich Albion	37	13	6	18	47	57	9	3	6	28	20	4	3	12	19	37	-10	45	WLLWLL		0-1
2	14	Newcastle United	38	11	12	15	50	66	10	4	5	29	22	1	8	10	21	44	-16	45	LWDWLL		1-3
2	15	Watford	35	11	11	13	64	61	8	5	5	41	27	3	6	8	23	34	3	44	LLWDWW
	16	Norwich City	36	11	9	16	41	56	9	5	5	28	23	2	4	11	13	33	-15	42	DLLLLL		1-3
2	17	West Ham United	34	10	11	13	42	54	5	7	5	21	19	5	4	8	21	35	-12	41	WLDLDW		1-0
3	18	Ipswich Town	35	10	9	16	37	51	6	5	5	20	18	4	4	11	17	33	-14	39	WWWLLW		3-2
2	19	Sunderland	37	10	9	18	37	51	7	6	6	19	20	3	3	12	18	31	-14	39	LLDWDL		0-1
2	20	Luton Town	33	10	8	15	44	54	8	5	3	28	18	2	3	12	16	36	-10	38	LWWLWW
1	21	Coventry City	34	11	4	19	36	54	8	3	6	22	18	3	1	13	14	36	-18	37	WWLLWL		0-2
	22	Stoke City	35	3	8	24	20	73	3	3	11	16	35	0	5	13	4	38	-53	17	LLWLLL	Relegated	0-2