The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 OXFORD UNITED - Sat Mar 07, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 07, 1987 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Oxford United
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)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 09 March 1987
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: Joseph Worrall
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 12,298
Pos Before/After:: 7 5
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (League Tier 1)
Oxford United:: Dec 19, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3364 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1777 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3817 (of 5724)
Total:: 5299 (of 7505)
Played:: 37 years, 1 month, 22 days ago

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

Goals
Nigel Clough (14')
Nigel Clough (42')

OXFORD UNITED
Manager: Maurice Evans
Prior form: LLWLDD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Steve Sutton
2	D	20	Gary Fleming
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce
4	D	21	Des Walker
5	M	22	Chris Fairclough
6	M	35	Ian Bowyer
7	F	20	Franz Carr
8	M	23	Neil Webb off for Johnny Metgod (48')
9	F	20	Nigel Clough (14') (42')
10	F	30	Garry Birtles
11	M	25	Gary Mills
Subs
12	D	29	Johnny Metgod on for Neil Webb (48')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Hardwick
2	D	Gary Briggs
3	D	David Langan
4	D	Tommy Caton
5	D	John Trewick
6	M	Les Phillips
7	M	Ray Houghton
8	M	Trevor Hebberd
9	M	Kevin Brock
10	F	Peter Rhoades-Brown (70')
11	F	David Leworthy
Subs
12		Brian McDermott (70')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 07, 1987)

Home	Score	Away
Charlton Athletic	2-1	West Ham United
Chelsea	1-0	Arsenal
Coventry City	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Liverpool	2-0	Luton Town
Manchester United	2-0	Manchester City
Newcastle United	2-1	Aston Villa
Norwich City	0-0	Wimbledon
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Oxford United
Southampton	4-0	Leicester City
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Queens Park Rangers

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	29	16	7	6	53	23	10	3	1	33	9	6	4	5	20	14	30	55	WWLWDD
	2	Liverpool	29	16	7	6	52	29	10	3	2	31	12	6	4	4	21	17	23	55	WWWWDW
	3	Arsenal	28	15	9	4	42	16	9	4	0	22	4	6	5	4	20	12	26	54	WWDLDD
	4	Luton Town	29	14	8	7	34	28	11	3	1	20	8	3	5	6	14	20	6	50	WWDWDW
	5	Norwich City	29	12	12	5	41	38	7	7	1	23	17	5	5	4	18	21	3	48	DDWDWD
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	27	14	5	8	48	29	8	3	4	27	13	6	2	4	21	16	19	47	LWLWWW
	7	Nottingham Forest	29	13	8	8	50	35	8	6	1	27	11	5	2	7	23	24	15	47	DWWDDL
	8	Wimbledon	29	13	4	12	39	36	8	3	4	22	14	5	1	8	17	22	3	43	WDLWWD
	9	Coventry City	29	12	7	10	33	33	10	2	3	24	14	2	5	7	9	19	0	43	DLLLWW
	10	Watford	28	11	7	10	46	36	7	4	2	25	11	4	3	8	21	25	10	40	DLWDLW
	11	Queens Park Rangers	28	11	6	11	30	33	8	3	4	22	17	3	3	7	8	16	-3	39	LLWWWW
	12	Manchester United	29	9	11	9	37	30	8	3	4	27	14	1	8	5	10	16	7	38	DWDWDD
	13	West Ham United	28	10	8	10	42	46	6	2	5	24	21	4	6	5	18	25	-4	38	WLWLDL
	14	Chelsea	30	9	9	12	38	49	5	4	6	20	23	4	5	6	18	26	-11	36	DWWLDW
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	29	8	11	10	40	45	6	7	2	27	16	2	4	8	13	29	-5	35	LLDLDL
	16	Oxford United	29	8	10	11	31	46	6	6	3	23	18	2	4	8	8	28	-15	34	LLWLDD
	17	Manchester City	29	6	11	12	26	38	6	4	4	19	15	0	7	8	7	23	-12	29	WLDDDL
	18	Southampton	28	8	4	16	41	53	6	2	5	23	19	2	2	11	18	34	-12	28	DLWLLL
	19	Leicester City	29	7	6	16	37	56	5	5	4	25	19	2	1	12	12	37	-19	27	WLWLLL
	20	Aston Villa	30	6	9	15	34	59	5	5	5	18	21	1	4	10	16	38	-25	27	LLLDDD
	21	Charlton Athletic	29	6	8	15	27	41	3	5	6	15	16	3	3	9	12	25	-14	26	DDLDLL
	22	Newcastle United	28	5	7	16	29	51	4	3	6	19	22	1	4	10	10	29	-22	22	LLLDLL

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	1	Liverpool	30	17	7	6	54	29	11	3	2	33	12	6	4	4	21	17	25	58	WWWDWW		2-0
1	2	Everton	29	16	7	6	53	23	10	3	1	33	9	6	4	5	20	14	30	55	WWLWDD
	3	Arsenal	29	15	9	5	42	17	9	4	0	22	4	6	5	5	20	13	25	54	WDLDDL		0-1
2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	28	15	5	8	49	29	9	3	4	28	13	6	2	4	21	16	20	50	WLWWWW		1-0
2	5	Nottingham Forest	30	14	8	8	52	35	9	6	1	29	11	5	2	7	23	24	17	50	WWDDLW		2-0
2	6	Luton Town	30	14	8	8	34	30	11	3	1	20	8	3	5	7	14	22	4	50	WDWDWL		0-2
2	7	Norwich City	30	12	13	5	41	38	7	8	1	23	17	5	5	4	18	21	3	49	DWDWDD		0-0
1	8	Coventry City	30	13	7	10	34	33	11	2	3	25	14	2	5	7	9	19	1	46	LLLWWW		1-0
1	9	Wimbledon	30	13	5	12	39	36	8	3	4	22	14	5	2	8	17	22	3	44	DLWWDD		0-0
2	10	Manchester United	30	10	11	9	39	30	9	3	4	29	14	1	8	5	10	16	9	41	WDWDDW		2-0
1	11	Watford	28	11	7	10	46	36	7	4	2	25	11	4	3	8	21	25	10	40	DLWDLW
1	12	Queens Park Rangers	29	11	6	12	30	34	8	3	4	22	17	3	3	8	8	17	-4	39	LWWWWL		0-1
1	13	Chelsea	31	10	9	12	39	49	6	4	6	21	23	4	5	6	18	26	-10	39	WWLDWW		1-0
1	14	West Ham United	29	10	8	11	43	48	6	2	5	24	21	4	6	6	19	27	-5	38	LWLDLL		1-2
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	30	8	11	11	40	46	6	7	2	27	16	2	4	9	13	30	-6	35	LDLDLL		0-1
	16	Oxford United	30	8	10	12	31	48	6	6	3	23	18	2	4	9	8	30	-17	34	LWLDDL		0-2
1	17	Southampton	29	9	4	16	45	53	7	2	5	27	19	2	2	11	18	34	-8	31	LWLLLW		4-0
3	18	Charlton Athletic	30	7	8	15	29	42	4	5	6	17	17	3	3	9	12	25	-13	29	DLDLLW		2-1
2	19	Manchester City	30	6	11	13	26	40	6	4	4	19	15	0	7	9	7	25	-14	29	LDDDLL		0-2
1	20	Leicester City	30	7	6	17	37	60	5	5	4	25	19	2	1	13	12	41	-23	27	LWLLLL		0-4
1	21	Aston Villa	31	6	9	16	35	61	5	5	5	18	21	1	4	11	17	40	-26	27	LLDDDL		1-2
	22	Newcastle United	29	6	7	16	31	52	5	3	6	21	23	1	4	10	10	29	-21	25	LLDLLW		2-1