The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 19, 1986 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 19, 1986 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Birmingham Weekly Mercury - Sunday 20 April 1986
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1985-86
Referee:: J Lovatt
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 19,715
Pos Before/After:: 9 7
Opp Before/After:: 14 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Watford (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Dec 06, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3331 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1744 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3777 (of 5724)
Total:: 5237 (of 7505)
Played:: 38 years, 16 days ago

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

Goals
Neil Webb (70')
David Campbell (82') - David Campbell last goal

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Billy McNeill
Prior form: LDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Gordon Davies (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Steve Sutton
2	D	19	Gary Fleming
3	D	23	Stuart Pearce
4	D	20	Des Walker
5	D	28	Johnny Metgod
6	M	34	Ian Bowyer off for Ian Butterworth (45')
7	F	19	Franz Carr
8	M	22	Neil Webb (70')
9	F	20	Nigel Clough
10	F	20	David Campbell (82')
11	M	23	Colin Walsh
Subs
12	D	22	Ian Butterworth on for Ian Bowyer (45')

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Steve Sutton	258		7	3
2	D	19	Gary Fleming	84		7	3
3	D	23	Stuart Pearce	522	88	7	3
4	D	20	Des Walker	407	1	7	3
5	D	28	Johnny Metgod	138	17	7	3
6	M	34	Ian Bowyer off for Ian Butterworth (45)	566	99	7	3
7	F	19	Franz Carr	158	23	7	3
8	M	22	Neil Webb (70)	228	62	7	3
9	F	20	Nigel Clough	412	131	7	3
10	F	20	David Campbell (82)	45	5	7	3
11	M	23	Colin Walsh	173	37	7	3
Subs
12	D	22	Ian Butterworth on for Ian Bowyer (45)	34		14	5

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Barry Siddall
2	D	Mick McCarthy
3	D	Nicky Reid
4	D	Paul Power
5	D	Steve Redmond
6	M	Andy May
7	M	Graham Baker
8	M	Neil McNab
9	M	Mark Lillis
10	F	Paul Simpson
11	F	Gordon Davies (88')
Subs
12		Clive Wilson (88')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 19, 1986)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-2	Southampton
Chelsea	1-1	Newcastle United
Coventry City	1-0	Luton Town
Everton	1-0	Ipswich Town
Manchester City	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Manchester United
Watford	0-2	West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Liverpool

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	38	22	10	6	79	36	15	4	1	53	14	7	6	5	26	22	43	76	WWDWWW	Safe
2	Everton	37	23	7	7	77	38	13	3	2	44	16	10	4	5	33	22	39	76	DLWDWW	Safe
3	Manchester United	39	21	8	10	65	35	11	5	4	31	12	10	3	6	34	23	30	71	DDWLLW	Safe
4	Chelsea	37	20	10	7	54	44	12	3	3	30	20	8	7	4	24	24	10	70	LLDWDW	Safe
5	West Ham United	35	20	6	9	56	33	13	2	2	36	14	7	4	7	20	19	23	66	WWLWWL	Safe
6	Sheffield Wednesday	38	18	9	11	56	51	11	6	2	33	23	7	3	9	23	28	5	63	LDLDWW	Safe
7	Luton Town	39	17	11	11	57	40	11	6	3	34	13	6	5	8	23	27	17	62	WDWWDL	Safe
8	Arsenal	38	18	8	12	44	42	12	4	3	25	13	6	4	9	19	29	2	62	LLWDLL	Safe
9	Nottingham Forest	38	17	9	12	64	50	11	4	5	38	25	6	5	7	26	25	14	60	DWWDDD	Safe
10	Newcastle United	38	16	11	11	62	60	11	5	4	43	30	5	6	7	19	30	2	59	LWLDWL	Safe
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	7	15	60	45	10	1	7	38	20	6	6	8	22	25	15	55	DWLWDW	Safe
12	Watford	36	15	8	13	59	53	11	3	3	37	17	4	5	10	22	36	6	53	WWWDLL	Safe
13	Queens Park Rangers	40	15	7	18	50	57	12	3	5	31	15	3	4	13	19	42	-7	52	WDWDWW	Safe
14	Manchester City	38	11	11	16	40	50	7	6	6	23	23	4	5	10	17	27	-10	44	LDDLLD
15	Southampton	37	11	9	17	42	47	10	6	4	30	15	1	3	13	12	32	-5	42	LLLDLD
16	Aston Villa	39	9	14	16	46	60	6	6	8	24	27	3	8	8	22	33	-14	41	DWDDWW
17	Leicester City	39	9	12	18	52	70	6	8	5	33	33	3	4	13	19	37	-18	39	DLLWDL
18	Ipswich Town	38	10	8	20	28	49	7	5	8	17	22	3	3	12	11	27	-21	38	DWDLDL
19	Coventry City	39	9	10	20	45	69	4	5	10	28	34	5	5	10	17	35	-24	37	DLDLLL
20	Oxford United	38	8	12	18	55	75	5	7	6	29	25	3	5	12	26	50	-20	36	LDDDDL
21	Birmingham City	39	8	5	26	30	65	5	2	12	13	22	3	3	14	17	43	-35	29	WDLLLL
22	West Bromwich Albion	38	4	10	24	29	81	3	7	8	17	30	1	3	16	12	51	-52	22	DLWLDL	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	Liverpool	39	23	10	6	81	37	15	4	1	53	14	8	6	5	28	23	44	79	WDWWWW	Safe	2-1
	2	Everton	38	24	7	7	78	38	14	3	2	45	16	10	4	5	33	22	40	79	LWDWWW	Safe	1-0
	3	Manchester United	40	21	9	10	65	35	11	5	4	31	12	10	4	6	34	23	30	72	DWLLWD	Safe	0-0
	4	Chelsea	38	20	11	7	55	45	12	4	3	31	21	8	7	4	24	24	10	71	LDWDWD	Safe	1-1
	5	West Ham United	36	21	6	9	58	33	13	2	2	36	14	8	4	7	22	19	25	69	WLWWLW	Safe	2-0
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	39	19	9	11	58	51	12	6	2	35	23	7	3	9	23	28	7	66	DLDWWW	Safe	2-0
2	7	Nottingham Forest	39	18	9	12	66	51	11	4	5	38	25	7	5	7	28	26	15	63	WWDDDW	Safe	2-1
1	8	Luton Town	40	17	11	12	57	41	11	6	3	34	13	6	5	9	23	28	16	62	DWWDLL	Safe	0-1
1	9	Arsenal	38	18	8	12	44	42	12	4	3	25	13	6	4	9	19	29	2	62	LLWDLL	Safe
	10	Newcastle United	39	16	12	11	63	61	11	5	4	43	30	5	7	7	20	31	2	60	WLDWLD	Safe	1-1
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	39	16	8	15	60	45	10	2	7	38	20	6	6	8	22	25	15	56	WLWDWD	Safe	0-0
	12	Watford	37	15	8	14	59	55	11	3	4	37	19	4	5	10	22	36	4	53	WWDLLL	Safe	0-2
	13	Queens Park Rangers	40	15	7	18	50	57	12	3	5	31	15	3	4	13	19	42	-7	52	WDWDWW	Safe
1	14	Southampton	38	12	9	17	44	47	10	6	4	30	15	2	3	13	14	32	-3	45	LLDLDW		2-0
1	15	Manchester City	39	11	11	17	41	52	7	6	7	24	25	4	5	10	17	27	-11	44	DDLLDL		1-2
	16	Aston Villa	40	9	14	17	46	62	6	6	8	24	27	3	8	9	22	35	-16	41	WDDWWL		0-2
2	17	Coventry City	40	10	10	20	46	69	5	5	10	29	34	5	5	10	17	35	-23	40	LDLLLW		1-0
1	18	Leicester City	39	9	12	18	52	70	6	8	5	33	33	3	4	13	19	37	-18	39	DLLWDL
1	19	Ipswich Town	39	10	8	21	28	50	7	5	8	17	22	3	3	13	11	28	-22	38	WDLDLL		0-1
	20	Oxford United	38	8	12	18	55	75	5	7	6	29	25	3	5	12	26	50	-20	36	LDDDDL
	21	Birmingham City	40	8	5	27	30	67	5	2	13	13	24	3	3	14	17	43	-37	29	DLLLLL	Relegated	0-2
	22	West Bromwich Albion	39	4	10	25	30	83	3	7	9	18	32	1	3	16	12	51	-53	22	LWLDLL	Relegated	1-2

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