The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 27, 1985 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 27, 1985 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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



: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: B Stevens
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 13,886
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 14 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burton Albion (Testimonial)
League:: Watford
Leicester City:: Sep 08, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3288 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1701 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3728 (of 5724)
Total:: 5171 (of 7505)
Played:: 38 years, 11 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Gordon Milne
Prior form: LLLLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Gary Lineker (33')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Hans Segers
2	D	21	Jim McInally
3	D	33	Kenny Swain
4	D	26	Bryn Gunn
5	D	31	Paul Hart
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer off for Colin Walsh
7	M	23	Gary Mills
8	D	27	Johnny Metgod
9	F	19	Nigel Clough
10	F	28	Garry Birtles
11	M	22	Steve Hodge
Subs
12	M	22	Colin Walsh on for Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ian Andrews
2	D	Thomas Williams
3	D	Andrew Feeley
4	D	Paul Ramsey
5	D	John O'Neill
6	M	Bobby Smith
7	M	Ian Wilson
8	M	Ian Banks
9	M	Gary Lineker
10	F	Stephen Lynex
11	F	Alan Smith
Subs
12		Bright

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 27, 1985)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Aston Villa	5-2	Queens Park Rangers
Chelsea	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Coventry City	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Everton	3-0	Norwich City
Ipswich Town	0-0	Liverpool
Leicester City	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Manchester United	2-2	Sunderland
Newcastle United	2-1	Southampton
Watford	2-0	Stoke City
West Ham United	0-0	Luton Town

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	34	23	6	5	77	36	12	3	2	49	17	11	3	3	28	19	41	75	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	37	19	9	9	68	39	12	5	2	43	11	7	4	7	25	28	29	66	WWWLLD	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	36	19	7	10	66	41	8	3	6	38	24	11	4	4	28	17	25	64	LLDWLL	Safe
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	37	16	14	7	55	38	11	7	1	37	19	5	7	6	18	19	17	62	DLWWDW	Safe
	5	Southampton	37	17	10	10	49	42	11	3	4	23	16	6	7	6	26	26	7	61	LWDWWD	Safe
	6	Liverpool	34	17	9	8	52	26	9	4	5	26	12	8	5	3	26	14	26	60	LWLWWW	Safe
	7	Nottingham Forest	37	18	6	13	54	43	12	3	4	33	17	6	3	9	21	26	11	60	LLWDWW	Safe
	8	Arsenal	38	17	8	13	56	44	12	5	2	35	14	5	3	11	21	30	12	59	LLWDWL	Safe
	9	Chelsea	36	15	11	10	53	40	11	2	4	32	16	4	9	6	21	24	13	56	WWLDWW
	10	Aston Villa	38	13	11	14	50	55	9	7	3	29	17	4	4	11	21	38	-5	50	WWLLLD
	11	West Bromwich Albion	38	14	6	18	48	57	10	3	6	29	20	4	3	12	19	37	-9	48	LLWLLW
	12	Queens Park Rangers	38	12	11	15	46	59	10	6	3	36	24	2	5	12	10	35	-13	47	WLWLWL
	13	Watford	36	11	12	13	65	62	8	5	5	41	27	3	7	8	24	35	3	45	LWDWWD
	14	Leicester City	38	13	6	19	59	65	8	4	7	36	25	5	2	12	23	40	-6	45	LLLLWL
	15	Norwich City	37	12	9	16	44	58	9	5	5	28	23	3	4	11	16	35	-14	45	LLLLLW
	16	Newcastle United	38	11	12	15	50	66	10	4	5	29	22	1	8	10	21	44	-16	45	LWDWLL
	17	Ipswich Town	36	11	9	16	39	51	7	5	5	22	18	4	4	11	17	33	-12	42	WWLLWW
	18	Luton Town	35	11	8	16	47	57	9	5	4	31	21	2	3	12	16	36	-10	41	WLWWWL
	19	West Ham United	34	10	11	13	42	54	5	7	5	21	19	5	4	8	21	35	-12	41	WLDLDW
	20	Sunderland	38	10	9	19	37	52	7	6	6	19	20	3	3	13	18	32	-15	39	LDWDLL
	21	Coventry City	34	11	4	19	36	54	8	3	6	22	18	3	1	13	14	36	-18	37	WWLLWL
	22	Stoke City	36	3	8	25	22	76	3	3	12	18	38	0	5	13	4	38	-54	17	LWLLLL	Relegated

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	35	24	6	5	80	36	13	3	2	52	17	11	3	3	28	19	44	78	WWWWWW	Safe	3-0
	2	Manchester United	38	19	10	9	70	41	12	6	2	45	13	7	4	7	25	28	29	67	WWLLDD	Safe	2-2
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	37	19	8	10	67	42	8	3	6	38	24	11	5	4	29	18	25	65	LDWLLD	Safe	1-1
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	38	16	14	8	55	39	11	7	1	37	19	5	7	7	18	20	16	62	LWWDWL	Safe	0-1
3	5	Arsenal	39	18	8	13	57	44	13	5	2	36	14	5	3	11	21	30	13	62	LWDWLW	Safe	1-0
	6	Liverpool	35	17	10	8	52	26	9	4	5	26	12	8	6	3	26	14	26	61	WLWWWD	Safe	0-0
2	7	Southampton	38	17	10	11	50	44	11	3	4	23	16	6	7	7	27	28	6	61	WDWWDL	Safe	1-2
1	8	Nottingham Forest	38	18	6	14	54	44	12	3	4	33	17	6	3	10	21	27	10	60	LWDWWL	Safe	0-1
	9	Chelsea	37	15	12	10	54	41	11	3	4	33	17	4	9	6	21	24	13	57	WLDWWD	Safe	1-1
	10	Aston Villa	39	14	11	14	55	57	10	7	3	34	19	4	4	11	21	38	-2	53	WLLLDW		5-2
2	11	Watford	37	12	12	13	67	62	9	5	5	43	27	3	7	8	24	35	5	48	WDWWDW		2-0
2	12	Leicester City	39	14	6	19	60	65	9	4	7	37	25	5	2	12	23	40	-5	48	LLLWLW		1-0
2	13	West Bromwich Albion	39	14	6	19	49	59	10	3	6	29	20	4	3	13	20	39	-10	48	LWLLWL		1-2
2	14	Newcastle United	39	12	12	15	52	67	11	4	5	31	23	1	8	10	21	44	-15	48	WDWLLW		2-1
3	15	Queens Park Rangers	39	12	11	16	48	64	10	6	3	36	24	2	5	13	12	40	-16	47	LWLWLL		2-5
1	16	Norwich City	38	12	9	17	44	61	9	5	5	28	23	3	4	12	16	38	-17	45	LLLLWL		0-3
	17	Ipswich Town	37	11	10	16	39	51	7	6	5	22	18	4	4	11	17	33	-12	43	WLLWWD		0-0
	18	Luton Town	36	11	9	16	47	57	9	5	4	31	21	2	4	12	16	36	-10	42	LWWWLD		0-0
	19	West Ham United	35	10	12	13	42	54	5	8	5	21	19	5	4	8	21	35	-12	42	LDLDWD		0-0
	20	Sunderland	39	10	10	19	39	54	7	6	6	19	20	3	4	13	20	34	-15	40	DWDLLD		2-2
	21	Coventry City	35	12	4	19	38	55	9	3	6	24	19	3	1	13	14	36	-17	40	WLLWLW		2-1
	22	Stoke City	37	3	8	26	22	78	3	3	12	18	38	0	5	14	4	40	-56	17	WLLLLL	Relegated	0-2

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