The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Nov 15, 1997 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 15, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 16 November 1997
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Paul Danson
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 19,610
Pos Before/After:: 2 1
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Charlton Athletic (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Mar 21, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3795 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1562 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4379 (of 5724)
Total:: 5975 (of 7505)
Played:: 26 years, 5 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Kevin Campbell (17')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Trevor Francis
Prior form: DDDDDL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
	GK	38	Dave Beasant
	D	26	Des Lyttle
	M	25	Jon Olav Hjelde
	D	29	Steve Chettle
	D	20	Alan Rogers off for Craig Armstrong
	M	26	Steve Stone
	D	30	Colin Cooper
	M	26	Scot Gemmill
	F	23	Chris Bart-Williams off for Ian Woan
	F	27	Kevin Campbell (17')
	F	27	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	D	22	Craig Armstrong on for Alan Rogers
	F	29	Ian Woan on for Chris Bart-Williams
	F	21	Ian Thomas-Moore

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Ian Bennet
	D	Jonathan Bass
	D	Grainger
	D	Wassall
	D	Gary Ablett
	M	Marsden
	M	Devlin
	M	Robinson
	M	Furlong
	F	Jon McCarthy
	F	O'Connor
Subs
		Johnson
		Hughes
		Cottee

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 15, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	0-1	Tranmere Rovers
Charlton Athletic	3-2	Crewe Alexandra
Huddersfield Town	1-0	Reading
Norwich City	1-3	Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Birmingham City
Oxford United	1-1	Bury
Port Vale	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Portsmouth	1-4	Sunderland
Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Stoke City
Sheffield United	1-1	Manchester City
Stockport County	4-2	Swindon Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	Ipswich Town

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	Swindon Town	17	10	4	3	23	18	7	2	0	17	6	3	2	3	6	12	5	34	LDWWWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	16	9	4	3	25	14	6	1	1	17	7	3	3	2	8	7	11	31	DWDWLD
	3	West Bromwich Albion	16	9	4	3	19	12	6	1	1	9	3	3	3	2	10	9	7	31	WLWDWW
	4	Sheffield United	14	8	5	1	23	12	5	2	0	14	5	3	3	1	9	7	11	29	DWLWWD
	5	Middlesbrough	15	8	4	3	27	14	5	1	2	15	7	3	3	1	12	7	13	28	WWWLDW
	6	Charlton Athletic	16	7	5	4	30	19	4	2	1	15	9	3	3	3	15	10	11	26	DDDWDL
	7	Port Vale	17	7	4	6	24	21	4	3	1	12	5	3	1	5	12	16	3	25	DWLDWW
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	7	4	6	20	19	5	3	0	15	7	2	1	6	5	12	1	25	WWLWWL
	9	Stoke City	16	7	4	5	19	17	4	2	2	12	8	3	2	3	7	9	2	25	DWLLDW
	10	Bradford City	16	6	7	3	16	15	4	3	1	9	8	2	4	2	7	7	1	25	DDWDDL
	11	Stockport County	17	6	5	6	25	23	4	4	0	14	7	2	1	6	11	16	2	23	DLWDWL
	12	Sunderland	16	6	5	5	21	19	3	4	2	12	8	3	1	3	9	11	2	23	WDWDDD
	13	Queens Park Rangers	16	6	4	6	20	26	4	2	1	10	6	2	2	5	10	20	-6	22	DDWDLL
	14	Birmingham City	17	5	7	5	18	14	3	3	3	8	5	2	4	2	10	9	4	22	DDDDDL
	15	Bury	17	4	7	6	19	25	3	4	2	9	9	1	3	4	10	16	-6	19	WDLDWL
	16	Norwich City	16	5	4	7	13	23	2	3	3	6	12	3	1	4	7	11	-10	19	DDLDLW
	17	Crewe Alexandra	17	5	3	9	20	26	2	2	5	10	14	3	1	4	10	12	-6	18	DLLLLW
	18	Reading	17	4	6	7	17	25	3	2	4	14	14	1	4	3	3	11	-8	18	DDDDLW
	19	Oxford United	17	4	4	9	19	25	3	2	3	9	9	1	2	6	10	16	-6	16	WLDDDL
	20	Tranmere Rovers	16	4	3	9	22	24	4	1	3	14	10	0	2	6	8	14	-2	15	DLDLWL
	21	Ipswich Town	15	3	6	6	15	20	3	2	2	10	9	0	4	4	5	11	-5	15	DWDLLD
	22	Manchester City	16	3	5	8	19	20	2	3	4	13	10	1	2	4	6	10	-1	14	LLWDLL
	23	Portsmouth	16	3	5	8	19	24	2	2	4	11	13	1	3	4	8	11	-5	14	LDDLDW
	24	Huddersfield Town	17	2	5	10	12	30	1	3	4	7	12	1	2	6	5	18	-18	11	LDLWLW

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)
1	1	Nottingham Forest	17	10	4	3	26	14	7	1	1	18	7	3	3	2	8	7	12	34	WDWLDW		1-0
1	2	Swindon Town	18	10	4	4	25	22	7	2	0	17	6	3	2	4	8	16	3	34	DWWWWL		2-4
	3	West Bromwich Albion	17	10	4	3	21	13	6	1	1	9	3	4	3	2	12	10	8	34	LWDWWW		2-1
1	4	Middlesbrough	16	9	4	3	30	15	5	1	2	15	7	4	3	1	15	8	15	31	WWLDWW		3-1
1	5	Sheffield United	15	8	6	1	24	13	5	3	0	15	6	3	3	1	9	7	11	30	WLWWDD		1-1
	6	Charlton Athletic	17	8	5	4	33	21	5	2	1	18	11	3	3	3	15	10	12	29	DDWDLW		3-2
4	7	Stockport County	18	7	5	6	29	25	5	4	0	18	9	2	1	6	11	16	4	26	LWDWLW		4-2
4	8	Sunderland	17	7	5	5	25	20	3	4	2	12	8	4	1	3	13	12	5	26	DWDDDW		4-1
1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	5	6	21	20	5	4	0	16	8	2	1	6	5	12	1	26	WLWWLD		1-1
1	10	Stoke City	17	7	5	5	20	18	4	2	2	12	8	3	3	3	8	10	2	26	WLLDWD		1-1
4	11	Port Vale	18	7	4	7	25	23	4	3	2	13	7	3	1	5	12	16	2	25	WLDWWL		1-2
2	12	Bradford City	17	6	7	4	16	16	4	3	2	9	9	2	4	2	7	7	0	25	DWDDLL		0-1
	13	Queens Park Rangers	17	6	5	6	21	27	4	3	1	11	7	2	2	5	10	20	-6	23	DWDLLD		1-1
	14	Birmingham City	18	5	7	6	18	15	3	3	3	8	5	2	4	3	10	10	3	22	DDDDLL		0-1
	15	Bury	18	4	8	6	20	26	3	4	2	9	9	1	4	4	11	17	-6	20	DLDWLD		1-1
	16	Norwich City	17	5	4	8	14	26	2	3	4	7	15	3	1	4	7	11	-12	19	DLDLWL		1-3
3	17	Tranmere Rovers	17	5	3	9	23	24	4	1	3	14	10	1	2	6	9	14	-1	18	LDLWLW		1-0
1	18	Crewe Alexandra	18	5	3	10	22	29	2	2	5	10	14	3	1	5	12	15	-7	18	LLLLWL		2-3
1	19	Reading	18	4	6	8	17	26	3	2	4	14	14	1	4	4	3	12	-9	18	DDDLWL		0-1
1	20	Oxford United	18	4	5	9	20	26	3	3	3	10	10	1	2	6	10	16	-6	17	LDDDLD		1-1
	21	Ipswich Town	16	3	7	6	16	21	3	2	2	10	9	0	5	4	6	12	-5	16	WDLLDD		1-1
	22	Manchester City	17	3	6	8	20	21	2	3	4	13	10	1	3	4	7	11	-1	15	LWDLLD		1-1
	23	Portsmouth	17	3	5	9	20	28	2	2	5	12	17	1	3	4	8	11	-8	14	DDLDWL		1-4
	24	Huddersfield Town	18	3	5	10	13	30	2	3	4	8	12	1	2	6	5	18	-17	14	DLWLWW		1-0