The City Ground

WIMBLEDON 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 25, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 25, 1987 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wimbledon
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Plough Lane (Old)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 27 April 1987
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: Dennis Hedges
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 5,012
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
Wimbledon:: Dec 05, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3373 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1786 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3826 (of 5724)
Total:: 5309 (of 7505)
Played:: 37 years, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Stuart Pearce (17') (Pen)

WIMBLEDON
Manager: Dave Bassett
Prior form: WDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Glyn Hodges (28') (Pen)
John Fashanu (79')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Steve Sutton
2	D	20	Gary Fleming
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce (17')
4	D	21	Des Walker
5	D	22	Colin Foster
6	M	23	Chris Fairclough
7	M	25	Gary Mills
8	D	29	Johnny Metgod
9	F	21	Nigel Clough	100th appearance
10	F	22	Paul Wilkinson off for Phil Starbuck (74')
11	F	25	Kjetil Osvold	Debut
Subs
12	F	18	Phil Starbuck on for Paul Wilkinson (74')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dave Beasant
2	D	Nigel Winterburn
3	D	Andy Thorn
4	D	Mark Morris
5	D	Brian Gayle
6	M	Dennis Wise
7	M	Lawrie Sanchez
8	M	Glyn Hodges
9	M	Kevin Gage
10	F	Colin Gordon (69')
11	F	John Fashanu
Subs
12		Alan Cork (69')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 25, 1987)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-0	West Ham United
Leicester City	1-2	Watford
Liverpool	3-1	Everton
Luton Town	0-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Manchester City	3-0	Arsenal
Newcastle United	1-0	Chelsea
Norwich City	1-1	Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Manchester United
Southampton	2-2	Charlton Athletic
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Oxford United
Wimbledon	2-1	Nottingham Forest

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	37	23	7	7	70	27	14	3	1	45	10	9	4	6	25	17	43	76	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	38	21	7	10	65	37	13	3	3	39	15	8	4	7	26	22	28	70	WLLLWL	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	37	19	8	10	61	38	12	3	4	33	13	7	5	6	28	25	23	65	WWDWLD	Safe
	4	Arsenal	38	18	10	10	51	28	11	5	3	28	9	7	5	7	23	19	23	64	LLWLWW	Safe
	5	Luton Town	38	17	11	10	43	39	14	4	1	27	10	3	7	9	16	29	4	62	LWDDWL	Safe
	6	Norwich City	38	15	16	7	49	48	9	9	1	26	18	6	7	6	23	30	1	61	DLLWWD	Safe
	7	Nottingham Forest	38	16	11	11	59	47	10	8	1	32	13	6	3	10	27	34	12	59	WLDWLD	Safe
	8	Watford	37	16	8	13	61	48	11	4	3	34	16	5	4	10	27	32	13	56	LLLWWW	Safe
	9	Wimbledon	38	15	9	14	50	48	9	5	5	28	20	6	4	9	22	28	2	54	WDDLLD	Safe
	10	Coventry City	36	15	8	13	42	39	13	2	3	32	15	2	6	10	10	24	3	53	WLLDLW	Safe
	11	Manchester United	37	13	12	12	47	37	12	3	4	35	16	1	9	8	12	21	10	51	LWWDLW	Safe
	12	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	10	15	44	50	9	6	4	29	22	4	4	11	15	28	-6	49	LDWDDL
	13	Chelsea	38	12	12	14	46	57	7	5	7	24	26	5	7	7	22	31	-11	48	WLDLDD
	14	West Ham United	38	13	9	16	49	61	9	3	7	30	27	4	6	9	19	34	-12	48	WWLDLW
	15	Southampton	38	13	7	18	64	64	10	4	5	41	22	3	3	13	23	42	0	46	LDWWDD
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	38	11	12	15	49	55	8	7	4	32	21	3	5	11	17	34	-6	45	LLLLWD
	17	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	44	59	9	4	6	32	26	2	6	11	12	33	-15	43	WWDWWL
	18	Oxford United	38	10	12	16	40	63	8	7	4	30	24	2	5	12	10	39	-23	42	DWLDLW
	19	Leicester City	38	11	7	20	51	70	9	6	4	37	21	2	1	16	14	49	-19	40	WWLDWL
	20	Charlton Athletic	38	9	10	19	38	51	6	7	6	24	20	3	3	13	14	31	-13	37	DWDLLW
	21	Aston Villa	38	7	12	19	38	72	6	7	6	20	23	1	5	13	18	49	-34	33	DWDDLL
	22	Manchester City	38	6	14	18	32	55	6	6	7	24	24	0	8	11	8	31	-23	32	LDLDLL

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	38	23	7	8	71	30	14	3	1	45	10	9	4	7	26	20	41	76	WWWWWL	Safe	1-3
	2	Liverpool	39	22	7	10	68	38	14	3	3	42	16	8	4	7	26	22	30	73	LLLWLW	Safe	3-1
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	38	20	8	10	64	39	13	3	4	36	14	7	5	6	28	25	25	68	WDWLDW	Safe	3-1
	4	Arsenal	39	18	10	11	51	31	11	5	3	28	9	7	5	8	23	22	20	64	LWLWWL	Safe	0-3
	5	Luton Town	39	17	12	10	43	39	14	5	1	27	10	3	7	9	16	29	4	63	WDDWLD	Safe	0-0
	6	Norwich City	39	15	17	7	50	49	9	10	1	27	19	6	7	6	23	30	1	62	LLWWDD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Watford	38	17	8	13	63	49	11	4	3	34	16	6	4	10	29	33	14	59	LLWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	8	Nottingham Forest	39	16	11	12	60	49	10	8	1	32	13	6	3	11	28	36	11	59	LDWLDL	Safe	1-2
	9	Wimbledon	39	16	9	14	52	49	10	5	5	30	21	6	4	9	22	28	3	57	DDLLDW	Safe	2-1
	10	Coventry City	37	15	9	13	43	40	13	2	3	32	15	2	7	10	11	25	3	54	LLDLWD	Safe	1-1
	11	Manchester United	38	13	13	12	48	38	12	3	4	35	16	1	10	8	13	22	10	52	WWDLWD	Safe	1-1
	12	Queens Park Rangers	39	13	11	15	45	51	9	7	4	30	23	4	4	11	15	28	-6	50	DWDDLD	Safe	1-1
	13	Chelsea	39	12	12	15	46	58	7	5	7	24	26	5	7	8	22	32	-12	48	LDLDDL	Safe	0-1
	14	West Ham United	39	13	9	17	49	65	9	3	7	30	27	4	6	10	19	38	-16	48	WLDLWL	Safe	0-4
	15	Southampton	39	13	8	18	66	66	10	5	5	43	24	3	3	13	23	42	0	47	DWWDDD		2-2
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	39	11	13	15	49	55	8	7	4	32	21	3	6	11	17	34	-6	46	LLLWDD		0-0
	17	Newcastle United	39	12	10	17	45	59	10	4	6	33	26	2	6	11	12	33	-14	46	WDWWLW		1-0
	18	Oxford United	39	10	12	17	41	66	8	7	4	30	24	2	5	13	11	42	-25	42	WLDLWL		1-3
	19	Leicester City	39	11	7	21	52	72	9	6	5	38	23	2	1	16	14	49	-20	40	WLDWLL		1-2
	20	Charlton Athletic	39	9	11	19	40	53	6	7	6	24	20	3	4	13	16	33	-13	38	WDLLWD		2-2
	21	Aston Villa	39	8	12	19	42	72	7	7	6	24	23	1	5	13	18	49	-30	36	WDDLLW		4-0
	22	Manchester City	39	7	14	18	35	55	7	6	7	27	24	0	8	11	8	31	-20	35	DLDLLW		3-0