The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED - Wed May 02, 1990 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed May 02, 1990 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 4-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Thursday 03 May 1990
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1989-90
Referee:: Dennis Hedges
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 21,186
Pos Before/After:: 12 10
Opp Before/After:: 15 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Sep 29, 1990

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3491 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1904 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3985 (of 5724)
Total:: 5504 (of 7505)
Played:: 33 years, 11 months, 17 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Parker (4')
Stuart Pearce (19')
Nigel Clough (21')
Steve Chettle (24')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Alex Ferguson
Prior form: WWWWLD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	Mark Crossley
2	D	28	Brian Laws
3	D	27	Stuart Pearce (19')
4	D	24	Des Walker
5	D	21	Steve Chettle (24') off for Darren Wassall
6	M	27	Steve Hodge
7	F	25	Gary Crosby
8	F	24	Garry Parker (4')
9	F	24	Nigel Clough (21')
10	F	20	Nigel Jemson off for Franz Carr
11	F	27	Tommy Gaynor
Subs
12	M	21	Darren Wassall on for Steve Chettle
13	F	23	Franz Carr on for Nigel Jemson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Leighton
2	D	Michael Duxbury
3	D	Steve Bruce
4	D	Gary Pallister
5	D	Clayton Blackmore
6	M	Russell Beardsmore
7	M	Neil Webb
8	M	Mike Phelan
9	M	Danny Wallace
10	F	Mark Robins
11	F	Brian McClair
12		?
13		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed May 02, 1990)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-1	Southampton
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Manchester United
Wimbledon	0-1	Crystal Palace

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	37	22	10	5	72	36	13	5	1	38	15	9	5	4	34	21	36	76	WDDWWW	Champions
	2	Aston Villa	37	21	6	10	54	35	13	3	3	36	20	8	3	7	18	15	19	69	LWWLWD	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	37	18	6	13	57	46	11	1	6	33	23	7	5	7	24	23	11	60	WWWWWL	Safe
	4	Arsenal	36	17	7	12	50	35	13	3	2	36	10	4	4	10	14	25	15	58	WLDDLW	Safe
	5	Everton	37	17	7	13	54	43	14	2	2	37	13	3	5	11	17	30	11	58	WWDWLL	Safe
	6	Chelsea	37	15	12	10	55	49	8	7	4	31	24	7	5	6	24	25	6	57	DWLWLW	Safe
	7	Southampton	36	15	10	11	69	59	10	5	4	40	27	5	5	7	29	32	10	55	LLWWWW	Safe
	8	Wimbledon	36	12	16	8	44	37	5	8	5	22	22	7	8	3	22	15	7	52	LDWDWD	Safe
	9	Norwich City	37	13	13	11	42	40	7	9	2	22	12	6	4	9	20	28	2	52	WWDLWD	Safe
	10	Queens Park Rangers	37	13	11	13	43	41	9	4	5	25	19	4	7	8	18	22	2	50	LLLDWL	Safe
	11	Coventry City	37	14	7	16	38	53	11	2	5	23	19	3	5	11	15	34	-15	49	LWLDDL	Safe
	12	Nottingham Forest	36	13	9	14	48	47	8	4	6	27	21	5	5	8	21	26	1	48	LLLDWL	Safe
	13	Manchester City	37	12	11	14	41	50	9	4	6	26	21	3	7	8	15	29	-9	47	DWWWWL	Safe
	14	Derby County	37	13	7	17	41	37	9	1	8	27	18	4	6	9	14	19	4	46	LWLLWL	Safe
	15	Manchester United	36	12	9	15	45	43	7	6	5	25	14	5	3	10	20	29	2	45	WWWWLD	Safe
	16	Crystal Palace	36	12	8	16	39	64	8	6	4	25	21	4	2	12	14	43	-25	44	WLDLWL	Safe
	17	Sheffield Wednesday	37	11	10	16	35	48	8	6	4	21	14	3	4	12	14	34	-13	43	DLLLLW
	18	Luton Town	37	9	13	15	40	55	8	8	3	24	18	1	5	12	16	37	-15	40	LLDLWW
	19	Charlton Athletic	37	7	9	21	31	56	4	6	9	18	25	3	3	12	13	31	-25	30	WLLLLL	Relegated
	20	Millwall	37	5	11	21	38	62	4	6	8	22	22	1	5	13	16	40	-24	26	LDLLLL	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	37	22	10	5	72	36	13	5	1	38	15	9	5	4	34	21	36	76	WDDWWW	Champions
	2	Aston Villa	37	21	6	10	54	35	13	3	3	36	20	8	3	7	18	15	19	69	LWWLWD	Safe
1	3	Arsenal	37	18	7	12	52	36	14	3	2	38	11	4	4	10	14	25	16	61	LDDLWW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Tottenham Hotspur	37	18	6	13	57	46	11	1	6	33	23	7	5	7	24	23	11	60	WWWWWL	Safe
	5	Everton	37	17	7	13	54	43	14	2	2	37	13	3	5	11	17	30	11	58	WWDWLL	Safe
	6	Chelsea	37	15	12	10	55	49	8	7	4	31	24	7	5	6	24	25	6	57	DWLWLW	Safe
	7	Southampton	37	15	10	12	70	61	10	5	4	40	27	5	5	8	30	34	9	55	LWWWWL	Safe	1-2
	8	Wimbledon	37	12	16	9	44	38	5	8	6	22	23	7	8	3	22	15	6	52	DWDWDL	Safe	0-1
	9	Norwich City	37	13	13	11	42	40	7	9	2	22	12	6	4	9	20	28	2	52	WWDLWD	Safe
2	10	Nottingham Forest	37	14	9	14	52	47	9	4	6	31	21	5	5	8	21	26	5	51	LLDWLW	Safe	4-0
1	11	Queens Park Rangers	37	13	11	13	43	41	9	4	5	25	19	4	7	8	18	22	2	50	LLLDWL	Safe
1	12	Coventry City	37	14	7	16	38	53	11	2	5	23	19	3	5	11	15	34	-15	49	LWLDDL	Safe
	13	Manchester City	37	12	11	14	41	50	9	4	6	26	21	3	7	8	15	29	-9	47	DWWWWL	Safe
2	14	Crystal Palace	37	13	8	16	40	64	8	6	4	25	21	5	2	12	15	43	-24	47	LDLWLW	Safe	1-0
1	15	Derby County	37	13	7	17	41	37	9	1	8	27	18	4	6	9	14	19	4	46	LWLLWL	Safe
1	16	Manchester United	37	12	9	16	45	47	7	6	5	25	14	5	3	11	20	33	-2	45	WWWLDL	Safe	0-4
	17	Sheffield Wednesday	37	11	10	16	35	48	8	6	4	21	14	3	4	12	14	34	-13	43	DLLLLW
	18	Luton Town	37	9	13	15	40	55	8	8	3	24	18	1	5	12	16	37	-15	40	LLDLWW
	19	Charlton Athletic	37	7	9	21	31	56	4	6	9	18	25	3	3	12	13	31	-25	30	WLLLLL	Relegated
	20	Millwall	37	5	11	21	38	62	4	6	8	22	22	1	5	13	16	40	-24	26	LDLLLL	Relegated