The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 LIVERPOOL - Sat Mar 15, 1997 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 15, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Monday 17 March 1997

Season:: 1996-97
Referee:: Roger Dilkes
Sponsor:: Labbats
Attendance:: 29,181
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 1)
Liverpool:: Oct 24, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3771 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 2138 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 4351 (of 5724)
Total:: 5940 (of 7505)
Played:: 27 years, 1 month, 3 days ago

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

Goals
Ian Woan (30')

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Roy Evans
Prior form: WWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Robbie Fowler (4')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Mark Crossley
2	D	25	Des Lyttle
3	D	34	Stuart Pearce
16	M	32	Nicola Jerkan	Last game
5	D	28	Steve Chettle
7	M	33	David Phillips
18	M	24	Alfe-Inge Haaland off for Nigel Clough (85')
8	M	26	Scot Gemmill
9	F	32	Dean Saunders
15	F	27	Pierre van Hooijdonk
14	F	29	Ian Woan (30')
Subs
29	F	30	Nigel Clough on for Alfe-Inge Haaland (85')	Last game
13	GK	26	Alan Fettis
22	F	27	Bryan Roy
25	M	23	Steve Blatherwick
23	F	20	Ian Thomas-Moore	First bench appearance

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David James
3	D	Bjorn Kvarme
5	D	Mark Wright
20	D	Stig Inge Bjornebye
21	D	Dominic Matteo
4	M	Jason McAteer (52')
	M	Steve McManaman
10	M	John Barnes
11	M	Jamie Redknapp
15	F	Patrik Berger (75')
9	F	Robbie Fowler
Subs
22		Steve Harkness (52')
		Stan Collymore (75')
		Warner
		Ruddock
		Kelly

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 15, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-0	West Ham United
Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Wimbledon
Everton	1-0	Derby County
Leicester City	1-3	Middlesbrough
Manchester United	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Newcastle United	4-0	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Liverpool
Southampton	0-2	Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Leeds 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	29	16	9	4	57	33	10	3	1	29	11	6	6	3	28	22	24	57	WWWDWL	Safe
	2	Liverpool	29	16	8	5	50	24	9	6	1	34	13	7	2	4	16	11	26	56	WWWDLW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	30	15	9	6	49	26	9	4	2	32	14	6	5	4	17	12	23	54	DDLLWW
	4	Newcastle United	28	14	6	8	54	35	9	2	3	38	17	5	4	5	16	18	19	48	DWWWLL
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	29	12	12	5	39	33	6	7	1	16	10	6	5	4	23	23	6	48	DDWWWW
	6	Aston Villa	29	13	7	9	35	27	9	3	3	22	11	4	4	6	13	16	8	46	LWWDWL
	7	Wimbledon	27	12	8	7	39	32	6	4	2	21	15	6	4	5	18	17	7	44	LDWDLD
	8	Chelsea	28	11	10	7	44	41	6	7	1	24	16	5	3	6	20	25	3	43	WWDLDL
	9	Leeds United	30	11	7	12	24	31	7	4	5	14	12	4	3	7	10	19	-7	40	DLWWWD
	10	Leicester City	28	10	7	11	33	38	6	3	5	17	19	4	4	6	16	19	-5	37	DLWWWD
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	28	10	5	13	34	38	5	4	6	15	15	5	1	7	19	23	-4	35	WLDLLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	7	12	9	29	27	6	3	4	17	12	1	9	5	12	15	2	33	LWDWDD
	13	Everton	29	8	9	12	36	43	5	2	6	19	16	3	7	6	17	27	-7	33	LWDLDL
	14	Derby County	29	7	11	11	31	44	6	4	4	17	15	1	7	7	14	29	-13	32	LWDLWL
	15	Sunderland	30	8	8	14	26	41	6	5	4	15	14	2	3	10	11	27	-15	32	LLLLWL
	16	Coventry City	30	6	12	12	26	39	3	7	5	13	16	3	5	7	13	23	-13	30	DLDLDD
	17	West Ham United	28	7	7	14	27	39	6	3	6	20	22	1	4	8	7	17	-12	28	LLLWLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	30	6	10	14	25	46	3	6	6	11	21	3	4	8	14	25	-21	28	LDWLLD
	19	Southampton	28	6	8	14	37	46	4	5	5	24	18	2	3	9	13	28	-9	26	LLDWDD
	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	30	17	9	4	59	33	11	3	1	31	11	6	6	3	28	22	26	60	WWDWLW	Safe	2-0
	2	Liverpool	30	16	9	5	51	25	9	6	1	34	13	7	3	4	17	12	26	57	WWDLWD	Safe	1-1
	3	Arsenal	31	16	9	6	51	26	9	4	2	32	14	7	5	4	19	12	25	57	DLLWWW	Safe	2-0
	4	Newcastle United	29	15	6	8	58	35	10	2	3	42	17	5	4	5	16	18	23	51	WWWLLW		4-0
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	30	12	12	6	39	35	6	7	1	16	10	6	5	5	23	25	4	48	DWWWWL		0-2
	6	Aston Villa	30	13	8	9	35	27	9	4	3	22	11	4	4	6	13	16	8	47	WWDWLD		0-0
	7	Wimbledon	28	12	8	8	40	35	6	4	2	21	15	6	4	6	19	20	5	44	DWDLDL		1-3
	8	Chelsea	28	11	10	7	44	41	6	7	1	24	16	5	3	6	20	25	3	43	WWDLDL
	9	Leeds United	31	11	7	13	24	32	7	4	5	14	12	4	3	8	10	20	-8	40	LWWWDL		0-1
1	10	Tottenham Hotspur	29	11	5	13	35	38	6	4	6	16	15	5	1	7	19	23	-3	38	LDLLWW		1-0
1	11	Leicester City	29	10	7	12	34	41	6	3	6	18	22	4	4	6	16	19	-7	37	LWWWDL		1-3
	12	Blackburn Rovers	29	8	12	9	32	28	7	3	4	20	13	1	9	5	12	15	4	36	WDWDDW		3-1
	13	Everton	30	9	9	12	37	43	6	2	6	20	16	3	7	6	17	27	-6	36	WDLDLW		1-0
	14	Derby County	30	7	11	12	31	45	6	4	4	17	15	1	7	8	14	30	-14	32	WDLWLL		0-1
	15	Sunderland	30	8	8	14	26	41	6	5	4	15	14	2	3	10	11	27	-15	32	LLLLWL
	16	Coventry City	31	6	12	13	26	43	3	7	5	13	16	3	5	8	13	27	-17	30	LDLDDL		0-4
	17	West Ham United	29	7	8	14	27	39	6	3	6	20	22	1	5	8	7	17	-12	29	LLWLWD		0-0
	18	Nottingham Forest	31	6	11	14	26	47	3	7	6	12	22	3	4	8	14	25	-21	29	DWLLDD		1-1
	19	Southampton	29	6	8	15	37	48	4	5	6	24	20	2	3	9	13	28	-11	26	LDWDDL		0-2
	20	Middlesbrough	28	7	7	14	40	50	5	4	5	27	20	2	3	9	13	30	-10	25*	WDLLWW		3-1

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture