The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 CHELSEA - Sat Jan 11, 1997 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 11, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Season:: 1996-97
Referee:: Keith Burge
Sponsor:: Labbats
Attendance:: 28,358
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: May 06, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3762 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 2129 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 4340 (of 5724)
Total:: 5929 (of 7505)
Played:: 27 years, 3 months, 9 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Stuart Pearce
Prior form: DLWLDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Stuart Pearce (40')
Chris Bart-Williams (53') - Chris Bart-Williams first goal

CHELSEA
Manager: Ruud Gullit
Prior form: DLWWDW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Mark Crossley
2	D	25	Des Lyttle
3	D	34	Stuart Pearce (40')
4	D	29	Colin Cooper
5	D	28	Steve Chettle
7	M	33	David Phillips
18	M	24	Alfe-Inge Haaland
6	F	22	Chris Bart-Williams (53')
9	F	32	Dean Saunders off for Chris Allen (84')
29	F	30	Nigel Clough
14	F	29	Ian Woan
Subs
17	M	24	Chris Allen on for Dean Saunders (84')
22	F	26	Bryan Roy
23	GK	33	Tommy Wright
16	M	32	Nicola Jerkan
27	M	21	Justin Walker

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
30	GK	Frode Grodas
2	D	Dan Petrescu
5	D	Frank Leboeuf
8	D	Andrew Myers (54')
12	D	Michael Duberry
20	M	Frank Sinclair
14	M	Craig Burley (61')
16	M	Roberto Di Matteo
24	M	Eddie Newton
10	F	Mark Hughes
25	F	Gianfranco Zola
Subs
		Dennis Wise (61')
9		Gianluca Vialli (54')
		Hitchcock
		Johnsen
		Clement

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 11, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-2	Newcastle United
Blackburn Rovers	4-0	Coventry City
Leeds United	3-0	Leicester City
Liverpool	0-0	West Ham United
Middlesbrough	0-1	Southampton
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Chelsea
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Everton
Sunderland	1-0	Arsenal
Wimbledon	1-1	Derby County

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	PREMIER LEAGUE								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	22	12	6	4	38	20	6	4	1	23	10	6	2	3	15	10	18	42	WWDDWL
	2	Arsenal	21	11	7	3	39	20	7	4	0	26	10	4	3	3	13	10	19	40	WDLDDW
	3	Manchester United	21	10	8	3	42	25	7	3	1	22	8	3	5	2	20	17	17	38	DDWWWD
	4	Newcastle United	21	11	4	6	38	22	7	2	2	30	12	4	2	4	8	10	16	37	DLDLWW
	5	Wimbledon	19	11	4	4	33	23	6	2	1	18	10	5	2	3	15	13	10	37	DWWWLW
	6	Aston Villa	21	10	5	6	29	19	6	2	2	16	7	4	3	4	13	12	10	35	WWWLDD
	7	Chelsea	21	9	8	4	33	29	5	5	1	19	13	4	3	3	14	16	4	35	DLWWDW
	8	Everton	21	7	7	7	29	29	4	2	5	17	14	3	5	2	12	15	0	28	DWDLLL
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	20	6	10	4	21	22	3	6	1	9	7	3	4	3	12	15	-1	28	DWDDDD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	4	8	22	26	4	3	3	11	9	4	1	5	11	17	-4	28	LWDDWL
	11	Sunderland	21	6	6	9	21	30	4	4	2	12	8	2	2	7	9	22	-9	24	LWLWLD
	12	Coventry City	21	5	8	8	22	27	3	4	4	12	13	2	4	4	10	14	-5	23	LWWWWD
	13	Derby County	20	5	8	7	20	25	4	3	3	11	10	1	5	4	9	15	-5	23	WDLLLD
	14	Leicester City	20	6	5	9	20	27	3	2	5	10	16	3	3	4	10	11	-7	23	LWDLDD
	15	Leeds United	21	6	4	11	16	27	4	1	5	9	12	2	3	6	7	15	-11	22	DDDLLL
	16	West Ham United	20	5	6	9	18	26	4	3	4	12	13	1	3	5	6	13	-8	21	DLDLWL
	17	Blackburn Rovers	20	4	8	8	19	22	3	2	4	9	10	1	6	4	10	12	-3	20	WDLWDW
	18	Nottingham Forest	21	3	8	10	19	36	1	5	4	7	16	2	3	6	12	20	-17	17	DLWLDW
	19	Southampton	20	4	4	12	28	37	4	2	4	18	11	0	2	8	10	26	-9	16	LLLWLL
	20	Middlesbrough	21	4	6	11	25	40	3	4	3	17	15	1	2	8	8	25	-15	15*	LDLWLL

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture

Table after:

	PREMIER LEAGUE								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	23	12	7	4	38	20	6	5	1	23	10	6	2	3	15	10	18	43	WDDWLD		0-0
	2	Arsenal	22	11	7	4	39	21	7	4	0	26	10	4	3	4	13	11	18	40	DLDDWL		0-1
	3	Manchester United	21	10	8	3	42	25	7	3	1	22	8	3	5	2	20	17	17	38	DDWWWD
	4	Newcastle United	22	11	5	6	40	24	7	2	2	30	12	4	3	4	10	12	16	38	LDLWWD		2-2
	5	Wimbledon	20	11	5	4	34	24	6	3	1	19	11	5	2	3	15	13	10	38	WWWLWD		1-1
	6	Aston Villa	22	10	6	6	31	21	6	3	2	18	9	4	3	4	13	12	10	36	WWLDDD		2-2
	7	Chelsea	22	9	8	5	33	31	5	5	1	19	13	4	3	4	14	18	2	35	LWWDWL		0-2
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	21	7	10	4	23	23	4	6	1	11	8	3	4	3	12	15	0	31	WDDDDW		2-1
1	9	Everton	22	7	7	8	30	31	4	2	5	17	14	3	5	3	13	17	-1	28	WDLLLL		1-2
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	4	8	22	26	4	3	3	11	9	4	1	5	11	17	-4	28	LWDDWL
	11	Sunderland	22	7	6	9	22	30	5	4	2	13	8	2	2	7	9	22	-8	27	WLWLDW		1-0
3	12	Leeds United	22	7	4	11	19	27	5	1	5	12	12	2	3	6	7	15	-8	25	DDLLLW		3-0
	13	Derby County	21	5	9	7	21	26	4	3	3	11	10	1	6	4	10	16	-5	24	DLLLDD		1-1
3	14	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	8	8	23	22	4	2	4	13	10	1	6	4	10	12	1	23	DLWDWW		4-0
3	15	Coventry City	22	5	8	9	22	31	3	4	4	12	13	2	4	5	10	18	-9	23	WWWWDL		0-4
2	16	Leicester City	21	6	5	10	20	30	3	2	5	10	16	3	3	5	10	14	-10	23	WDLDDL		0-3
1	17	West Ham United	21	5	7	9	18	26	4	3	4	12	13	1	4	5	6	13	-8	22	LDLWLD		0-0
	18	Nottingham Forest	22	4	8	10	21	36	2	5	4	9	16	2	3	6	12	20	-15	20	LWLDWW		2-0
	19	Southampton	21	5	4	12	29	37	4	2	4	18	11	1	2	8	11	26	-8	19	LLWLLW		1-0
	20	Middlesbrough	22	4	6	12	25	41	3	4	4	17	16	1	2	8	8	25	-16	15*	DLWLLL		0-1

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture