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SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Sep 13, 1997 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 13, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bramall Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: George Cain
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 24,536
Pos Before/After:: 3 5
Opp Before/After:: 10 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Walsall (League Cup)
League:: Portsmouth
Sheffield United:: Apr 01, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3785 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1552 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4367 (of 5724)
Total:: 5963 (of 7505)
Played:: 26 years, 7 months, 7 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett
Prior form: WWWWLD (Old to recent)

Goals

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: Nigel Spackman
Prior form: WDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Gareth Taylor (78')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
	GK	38	Dave Beasant
	D	25	Des Lyttle off for Thierry Bonalair (81')
	M	25	Jon Olav Hjelde
	D	28	Steve Chettle
	D	20	Alan Rogers
	M	23	Andy Johnson
	F	21	Ian Thomas-Moore off for Dean Saunders (34')
	M	26	Scot Gemmill
	F	23	Chris Bart-Williams
	F	27	Kevin Campbell
	F	27	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	M	31	Thierry Bonalair on for Des Lyttle (81')
	F	33	Dean Saunders on for Ian Thomas-Moore (34')
	D	22	Craig Armstrong

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Simon Tracey
	D	Vassilis Borbokis
	D	Carl Tiler
	D	Paul McGrath
	D	Nicky Marker (51')
	M	David Holdsworth
	M	Wayne Quinn
	M	Dane Whitehouse
	M	Mark Patterson
	F	Andy Scott (70')
	F	Jan Age Fjortoft (75')
Subs
		Roger Nilsen (51')
		Andy Walker (75')
		Gareth Taylor (70')

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Sep 13, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	2-2	Middlesbrough
Bury	1-1	Manchester City
Huddersfield Town	2-2	Ipswich Town
Norwich City	1-0	Port Vale
Portsmouth	2-3	Crewe Alexandra
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
Reading	2-1	Oxford United
Sheffield United	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	2-1	Stockport County
Swindon Town	2-1	Tranmere Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-1	Charlton Athletic

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								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	West Bromwich Albion	6	4	2	0	8	4	3	0	0	4	1	1	2	0	4	3	4	14	WWWDDW
	2	Birmingham City	5	4	1	0	11	2	2	0	0	5	0	2	1	0	6	2	9	13	WWDWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	6	4	1	1	11	4	2	0	1	9	4	2	1	0	2	0	7	13	WWWWLD
	4	Bradford City	6	4	1	1	9	7	2	1	1	4	6	2	0	0	5	1	2	13	WDWWWL
	5	Swindon Town	6	3	2	1	7	4	1	2	0	3	1	2	0	1	4	3	3	11	WWDWLD
	6	Sunderland	6	3	0	3	11	8	2	0	1	6	3	1	0	2	5	5	3	9	LWLLWW
	7	Bury	6	2	3	1	6	6	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	4	5	0	9	DDDLWW
	8	Portsmouth	5	2	2	1	9	7	2	1	0	6	3	0	1	1	3	4	2	8	DWLWD
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	2	2	2	7	7	1	2	0	5	3	1	0	2	2	4	0	8	WDLWDL
	10	Sheffield United	4	2	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	8	WDWD
	11	Port Vale	5	2	1	2	7	7	2	0	1	5	3	0	1	1	2	4	0	7	LLWDW
	12	Charlton Athletic	4	2	1	1	6	5	2	0	0	5	3	0	1	1	1	2	1	7	LWDW
	13	Middlesbrough	4	2	1	1	5	3	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	7	WLWD
	14	Queens Park Rangers	5	2	1	2	5	8	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	3	7	-3	7	DLWLW
	15	Oxford United	6	2	0	4	9	9	2	0	1	5	1	0	0	3	4	8	0	6	WLLLLW
	16	Manchester City	5	1	2	2	8	9	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	5	DLDLW
	17	Ipswich Town	4	1	2	1	4	4	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	5	DLDW
	18	Stoke City	5	1	2	2	2	4	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	-2	5	LDWLD
	19	Tranmere Rovers	6	1	1	4	4	10	1	0	2	2	6	0	1	2	2	4	-6	4	LWDLLL
	20	Norwich City	5	1	1	3	3	9	0	0	2	0	4	1	1	1	3	5	-6	4	LLLWD
	21	Stockport County	6	0	3	3	6	9	0	3	0	3	3	0	0	3	3	6	-3	3	LDLDDL
	22	Crewe Alexandra	4	1	0	3	5	7	0	0	2	3	5	1	0	1	2	2	-2	3	LLWL
	23	Huddersfield Town	5	0	2	3	2	6	0	1	2	1	3	0	1	1	1	3	-4	2	LDDLL
	24	Reading	6	0	1	5	2	11	0	0	3	1	6	0	1	2	1	5	-9	1	DLLLLL

Table after:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								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)
3	1	Bradford City	7	4	2	1	11	9	2	2	1	6	8	2	0	0	5	1	2	14	DWWWLD		2-2
3	2	Swindon Town	7	4	2	1	9	5	2	2	0	5	2	2	0	1	4	3	4	14	WDWLDW		2-1
2	3	West Bromwich Albion	7	4	2	1	8	6	3	0	0	4	1	1	2	1	4	5	2	14	WWDDWL		0-2
2	4	Birmingham City	5	4	1	0	11	2	2	0	0	5	0	2	1	0	6	2	9	13	WWDWW
2	5	Nottingham Forest	7	4	1	2	11	5	2	0	1	9	4	2	1	1	2	1	6	13	WWWLDL		0-1
3	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	3	2	2	10	8	2	2	0	8	4	1	0	2	2	4	2	11	DLWDLW		3-1
3	7	Sheffield United	5	3	2	0	5	1	3	0	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	11	WDWDW		1-0
1	8	Bury	7	2	4	1	7	7	1	3	0	3	2	1	1	1	4	5	0	10	DDLWWD		1-1
5	9	Queens Park Rangers	6	3	1	2	7	8	2	1	0	4	1	1	0	2	3	7	-1	10	DLWLWW		2-0
4	10	Sunderland	6	3	0	3	11	8	2	0	1	6	3	1	0	2	5	5	3	9	LWLLWW
3	11	Portsmouth	6	2	2	2	11	10	2	1	1	8	6	0	1	1	3	4	1	8	DWLWDL		2-3
1	12	Middlesbrough	5	2	2	1	7	5	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	5	3	2	8	WLWDD		2-2
5	13	Stoke City	6	2	2	2	4	5	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1	8	LDWLDW		2-1
2	14	Charlton Athletic	5	2	1	2	7	8	2	0	0	5	3	0	1	2	2	5	-1	7	LWDWL		1-3
4	15	Port Vale	6	2	1	3	7	8	2	0	1	5	3	0	1	2	2	5	-1	7	LLWDWL		0-1
4	16	Norwich City	6	2	1	3	4	9	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	1	3	5	-5	7	LLLWDW		1-0
2	17	Oxford United	7	2	0	5	10	11	2	0	1	5	1	0	0	4	5	10	-1	6	LLLLWL		1-2
2	18	Manchester City	6	1	3	2	9	10	0	2	0	3	3	1	1	2	6	7	-1	6	DLDLWD		1-1
3	19	Crewe Alexandra	5	2	0	3	8	9	0	0	2	3	5	2	0	1	5	4	-1	6	LLWLW		3-2
3	20	Ipswich Town	5	1	3	1	6	6	1	1	0	3	2	0	2	1	3	4	0	6	DLDWD		2-2
2	21	Tranmere Rovers	7	1	1	5	5	12	1	0	2	2	6	0	1	3	3	6	-7	4	WDLLLL		1-2
2	22	Reading	7	1	1	5	4	12	1	0	3	3	7	0	1	2	1	5	-8	4	LLLLLW		2-1
2	23	Stockport County	7	0	3	4	7	11	0	3	0	3	3	0	0	4	4	8	-4	3	DLDDLL		1-2
1	24	Huddersfield Town	6	0	3	3	4	8	0	2	2	3	5	0	1	1	1	3	-4	3	LDDLLD		2-2