The City Ground

WATFORD 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Jan 23, 1988 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 23, 1988 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Watford
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vicarage Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 25 January 1988
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1987-88
Referee:: Keith Hackett
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 13,158
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leyton Orient (FA Cup)
League:: Chelsea
Watford:: Feb 19, 1989

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3400 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1813 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3857 (of 5724)
Total:: 5350 (of 7505)
Played:: 36 years, 3 months, 12 days ago

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

Goals

WATFORD
Manager: Dave Bassett
Prior form: LLDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Steve Sutton
2	D	19	Steve Chettle
3	D	25	Stuart Pearce
4	D	22	Des Walker
5	D	23	Colin Foster
6	F	18	Terry Wilson
7	F	24	Calvin Plummer
8	M	24	Neil Webb
9	F	17	Lee Glover
10	F	23	Paul Wilkinson
11	F	24	Brian Rice
Subs
12	D	20	Gary Fleming
13	F	23	Gary Crosby

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Coton
2	D	John McClelland
3	D	Mark Morris
4	D	Wilf Rostron
5	D	Gary Chivers
6	M	Gary Porter
7	M	Kenny Jackett
8	M	Glyn Hodges
9	M	Worrell Sterling
10	F	Luther Blissett
11	F	Malcolm Allen
12		?
13		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 23, 1988)

Home	Score	Away
Charlton Athletic	0-2	Liverpool
Chelsea	0-0	Portsmouth
Newcastle United	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton	0-0	Norwich City
Watford	0-0	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	Liverpool	23	18	5	0	57	11	12	1	0	36	3	6	4	0	21	8	46	59	DWWWWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	23	13	5	5	46	21	6	3	2	25	9	7	2	3	21	12	25	44	WWWLLD
	3	Everton	25	12	7	6	36	16	9	2	1	23	5	3	5	5	13	11	20	43	DWLLWW
	4	Arsenal	25	12	6	7	36	23	7	2	3	22	9	5	4	4	14	14	13	42	DLLDDL
	5	Manchester United	24	11	9	4	36	24	6	5	1	18	11	5	4	3	18	13	12	42	WLWDWL
	6	Wimbledon	25	11	7	7	39	30	6	5	2	21	13	5	2	5	18	17	9	40	WWWWWL
	7	Queens Park Rangers	25	11	7	7	30	28	7	3	3	19	11	4	4	4	11	17	2	40	LDWWDL
	8	Luton Town	24	10	5	9	32	26	7	4	3	22	11	3	1	6	10	15	6	35	DLWWDW
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	25	10	4	11	31	38	7	1	5	18	16	3	3	6	13	22	-7	34	LWWWDW
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	25	9	6	10	26	29	7	2	4	19	15	2	4	6	7	14	-3	33	WLWWDD
	11	Southampton	24	8	7	9	33	36	4	3	4	15	15	4	4	5	18	21	-3	31	DDWLLW
	12	West Ham United	25	7	9	9	28	34	4	5	4	15	16	3	4	5	13	18	-6	30	WLLLDW
	13	Chelsea	25	8	6	11	31	42	6	5	0	18	10	2	1	11	13	32	-11	30	DDLLDL
	14	Newcastle United	23	7	8	8	28	35	3	4	4	11	14	4	4	4	17	21	-7	29	DLWLWD
	15	Coventry City	23	6	7	10	24	38	2	4	4	10	17	4	3	6	14	21	-14	25	DDWLLD
	16	Portsmouth	25	5	10	10	24	42	3	7	4	16	18	2	3	6	8	24	-18	25	LLDDWD
	17	Derby County	23	6	6	11	20	28	3	3	5	10	10	3	3	6	10	18	-8	24	LLLLLL
	18	Norwich City	24	7	3	14	23	33	4	2	6	17	18	3	1	8	6	15	-10	24	WLWWWL
	19	Oxford United	24	6	5	13	28	46	5	1	6	19	24	1	4	7	9	22	-18	23	LLLLLD
	20	Watford	24	5	6	13	17	32	3	2	6	8	13	2	4	7	9	19	-15	21	LLDLLW
	21	Charlton Athletic	24	4	8	12	23	36	3	4	5	12	16	1	4	7	11	20	-13	20	WDWLDD

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	24	19	5	0	59	11	12	1	0	36	3	7	4	0	23	8	48	62	WWWWWW		2-0
	2	Nottingham Forest	24	13	6	5	46	21	6	3	2	25	9	7	3	3	21	12	25	45	WWLLDD		0-0
	3	Everton	25	12	7	6	36	16	9	2	1	23	5	3	5	5	13	11	20	43	DWLLWW
	4	Arsenal	25	12	6	7	36	23	7	2	3	22	9	5	4	4	14	14	13	42	DLLDDL
	5	Manchester United	24	11	9	4	36	24	6	5	1	18	11	5	4	3	18	13	12	42	WLWDWL
	6	Wimbledon	25	11	7	7	39	30	6	5	2	21	13	5	2	5	18	17	9	40	WWWWWL
	7	Queens Park Rangers	25	11	7	7	30	28	7	3	3	19	11	4	4	4	11	17	2	40	LDWWDL
	8	Luton Town	24	10	5	9	32	26	7	4	3	22	11	3	1	6	10	15	6	35	DLWWDW
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	25	10	4	11	31	38	7	1	5	18	16	3	3	6	13	22	-7	34	LWWWDW
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	26	9	6	11	26	31	7	2	4	19	15	2	4	7	7	16	-5	33	LWWDDL		0-2
	11	Southampton	25	8	8	9	33	36	4	4	4	15	15	4	4	5	18	21	-3	32	DWLLWD		0-0
2	12	Newcastle United	24	8	8	8	30	35	4	4	4	13	14	4	4	4	17	21	-5	32	LWLWDW		2-0
	13	Chelsea	26	8	7	11	31	42	6	6	0	18	10	2	1	11	13	32	-11	31	DLLDLD		0-0
2	14	West Ham United	25	7	9	9	28	34	4	5	4	15	16	3	4	5	13	18	-6	30	WLLLDW
1	15	Portsmouth	26	5	11	10	24	42	3	7	4	16	18	2	4	6	8	24	-18	26	LDDWDD		0-0
2	16	Norwich City	25	7	4	14	23	33	4	2	6	17	18	3	2	8	6	15	-10	25	LWWWLD		0-0
2	17	Coventry City	23	6	7	10	24	38	2	4	4	10	17	4	3	6	14	21	-14	25	DDWLLD
1	18	Derby County	23	6	6	11	20	28	3	3	5	10	10	3	3	6	10	18	-8	24	LLLLLL
	19	Oxford United	24	6	5	13	28	46	5	1	6	19	24	1	4	7	9	22	-18	23	LLLLLD
	20	Watford	25	5	7	13	17	32	3	3	6	8	13	2	4	7	9	19	-15	22	LDLLWD		0-0
	21	Charlton Athletic	25	4	8	13	23	38	3	4	6	12	18	1	4	7	11	20	-15	20	DWLDDL		0-2