The City Ground

ARSENAL 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 08, 1997 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 08, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Monday 10 March 1997

Season:: 1996-97
Referee:: Mike Reed
Sponsor:: Labbats
Attendance:: 38,206
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Aug 17, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3769 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 2136 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 4349 (of 5724)
Total:: 5938 (of 7505)
Played:: 27 years, 1 month, 19 days ago

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

Goals

ARSENAL
Manager: Arsene Wenger
Prior form: WDDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Dennis Bergkamp (50')
Dennis Bergkamp (79') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Mark Crossley
2	D	25	Des Lyttle
3	D	34	Stuart Pearce
4	D	30	Colin Cooper 0
5	D	28	Steve Chettle
16	M	32	Nicola Jerkan 0 off for Steve Guinan (67')
18	M	24	Alfe-Inge Haaland 0
8	M	26	Scot Gemmill
9	F	32	Dean Saunders
29	F	30	Nigel Clough 0 off for Bryan Roy (73')
7	M	33	David Phillips
Subs
28	F	21	Steve Guinan on for Nicola Jerkan (67')
22	F	27	Bryan Roy on for Nigel Clough (73')
13	GK	26	Alan Fettis
20	F	22	Paul McGregor
26	D	21	Craig Armstrong

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
24	GK	John Lukic
2	D	Lee Dixon
3	D	Nigel Winterburn
6	D	Tony Adams
14	D	Martin Keown
25	M	Scott Marshall
4	M	Patrick Vieira
7	M	David Platt
28	M	Stephen Hughes (81')
	F	Paul Merson
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp
Subs
		Steve Morrow (81')
		?
		?
		?
		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 08, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	0-0	Leicester City
Leeds United	1-0	Everton
Sunderland	2-1	Manchester United

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	Manchester United	28	16	9	3	56	31	10	3	1	29	11	6	6	2	27	20	25	57	WWWWDW
	2	Liverpool	28	15	8	5	46	21	8	6	1	30	10	7	2	4	16	11	25	53	DWWWDL
	3	Arsenal	29	14	9	6	47	26	8	4	2	30	14	6	5	4	17	12	21	51	WDDLLW
	4	Newcastle United	27	14	6	7	51	31	9	2	3	38	17	5	4	4	13	14	20	48	DDWWWL
	5	Aston Villa	29	13	7	9	35	27	9	3	3	22	11	4	4	6	13	16	8	46	LWWDWL
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	28	11	12	5	37	32	5	7	1	14	9	6	5	4	23	23	5	45	WDDWWW
	7	Wimbledon	27	12	8	7	39	32	6	4	2	21	15	6	4	5	18	17	7	44	LDWDLD
	8	Chelsea	27	11	10	6	42	38	6	7	1	24	16	5	3	5	18	22	4	43	LWWDLD
	9	Leicester City	27	10	6	11	33	38	6	3	5	17	19	4	3	6	16	19	-5	36	WDLWWW
	10	Leeds United	28	10	6	12	23	31	6	3	5	13	12	4	3	7	10	19	-8	36	WDDLWW
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	28	10	5	13	34	38	5	4	6	15	15	5	1	7	19	23	-4	35	WLDLLW
	12	Everton	28	8	9	11	36	42	5	2	6	19	16	3	7	5	17	26	-6	33	LLWDLD
	13	Blackburn Rovers	27	7	11	9	28	26	6	2	4	16	11	1	9	5	12	15	2	32	DLWDWD
	14	Derby County	29	7	11	11	31	44	6	4	4	17	15	1	7	7	14	29	-13	32	LWDLWL
	15	Coventry City	29	6	11	12	26	39	3	6	5	13	16	3	5	7	13	23	-13	29	WDLDLD
	16	Sunderland	28	7	8	13	23	38	5	5	4	13	13	2	3	9	10	25	-15	29	DDLLLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	28	6	9	13	24	43	3	6	6	11	21	3	3	7	13	22	-19	27	WLLDWL
	18	Southampton	27	6	7	14	37	46	4	5	5	24	18	2	2	9	13	28	-9	25	DLLDWD
	19	West Ham United	27	6	7	14	24	37	5	3	6	17	20	1	4	8	7	17	-13	25	LLLLWL
	20	Middlesbrough	27	6	7	14	37	49	5	4	5	27	20	1	3	9	10	29	-12	22*	LWDLLW

*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	Manchester United	29	16	9	4	57	33	10	3	1	29	11	6	6	3	28	22	24	57	WWWDWL	Safe	1-2
1	2	Arsenal	30	15	9	6	49	26	9	4	2	32	14	6	5	4	17	12	23	54	DDLLWW		2-0
1	3	Liverpool	28	15	8	5	46	21	8	6	1	30	10	7	2	4	16	11	25	53	DWWWDL
	4	Newcastle United	27	14	6	7	51	31	9	2	3	38	17	5	4	4	13	14	20	48	DDWWWL
	5	Aston Villa	29	13	7	9	35	27	9	3	3	22	11	4	4	6	13	16	8	46	LWWDWL
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	28	11	12	5	37	32	5	7	1	14	9	6	5	4	23	23	5	45	WDDWWW
	7	Wimbledon	27	12	8	7	39	32	6	4	2	21	15	6	4	5	18	17	7	44	LDWDLD
	8	Chelsea	27	11	10	6	42	38	6	7	1	24	16	5	3	5	18	22	4	43	LWWDLD
1	9	Leeds United	29	11	6	12	24	31	7	3	5	14	12	4	3	7	10	19	-7	39	DDLWWW		1-0
1	10	Leicester City	28	10	7	11	33	38	6	3	5	17	19	4	4	6	16	19	-5	37	DLWWWD		0-0
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	28	10	5	13	34	38	5	4	6	15	15	5	1	7	19	23	-4	35	WLDLLW
	12	Everton	29	8	9	12	36	43	5	2	6	19	16	3	7	6	17	27	-7	33	LWDLDL		0-1
	13	Blackburn Rovers	27	7	11	9	28	26	6	2	4	16	11	1	9	5	12	15	2	32	DLWDWD
	14	Derby County	29	7	11	11	31	44	6	4	4	17	15	1	7	7	14	29	-13	32	LWDLWL
1	15	Sunderland	29	8	8	13	25	39	6	5	4	15	14	2	3	9	10	25	-14	32	DLLLLW		2-1
1	16	Coventry City	30	6	12	12	26	39	3	7	5	13	16	3	5	7	13	23	-13	30	DLDLDD		0-0
	17	Nottingham Forest	29	6	9	14	24	45	3	6	6	11	21	3	3	8	13	24	-21	27	LLDWLL		0-2
	18	Southampton	27	6	7	14	37	46	4	5	5	24	18	2	2	9	13	28	-9	25	DLLDWD
	19	West Ham United	27	6	7	14	24	37	5	3	6	17	20	1	4	8	7	17	-13	25	LLLLWL
	20	Middlesbrough	27	6	7	14	37	49	5	4	5	27	20	1	3	9	10	29	-12	22*	LWDLLW

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture