The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Wed Apr 01, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Apr 01, 1998 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 02 April 1998
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: George Cain
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 21,512
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ipswich Town (League Tier 2)
Sheffield United:: Oct 16, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3818 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1585 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4403 (of 5724)
Total:: 5999 (of 7505)
Played:: 26 years, 18 days ago

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

Goals
Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (21')
Kevin Campbell (27')
Kevin Campbell (81')

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: Steve Thompson
Prior form: DWLWDW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
	GK	39	Dave Beasant
	M	31	Thierry Bonalair
	D	31	Colin Cooper
	D	29	Steve Chettle
	D	21	Alan Rogers off for Craig Armstrong (67')
	M	26	Steve Stone
	M	33	Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (21') off for Andy Johnson (35')
	M	27	Scot Gemmill
	F	23	Chris Bart-Williams off for Ian Woan (85')
	F	28	Kevin Campbell (27') (81')
	F	28	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	D	22	Craig Armstrong on for Alan Rogers (67')
	M	23	Andy Johnson on for Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (35')
	F	30	Ian Woan on for Chris Bart-Williams (85')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Simon Tracey
	D	Traianos Dellas
	D	Chris Wilder
	D	Nicky Marker (53')
	D	Wayne Quinn
	M	Lee Sandford
	M	Graham Stuart
	M	Shaun Derry
	M	Ian Hamilton
	F	Dean Saunders
	F	Marcelo (67')
Subs
		Paul Devlin (53')
		Gareth Taylor (67')
		?

Videos:

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Wed Apr 01, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Sheffield United
Queens Park Rangers	0-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	Nottingham Forest	39	23	8	8	67	38	14	2	3	43	19	9	6	5	24	19	29	77	WLWWWL	Safe
	2	Sunderland	39	22	10	7	72	41	12	6	2	42	19	10	4	5	30	22	31	76	WWDDWW	Safe
	3	Middlesbrough	38	22	9	7	64	36	14	3	2	41	10	8	6	5	23	26	28	75	WLLWDW	Safe
	4	Charlton Athletic	39	20	9	10	71	49	13	5	1	41	17	7	4	9	30	32	22	69	WWLDWW	Safe
	5	Ipswich Town	39	18	13	8	64	38	11	4	4	37	17	7	9	4	27	21	26	67	DWWWWW	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	37	17	14	6	56	38	14	4	1	36	14	3	10	5	20	24	18	65	DWLWDW	Safe
	7	Birmingham City	40	16	14	10	52	33	9	6	5	23	14	7	8	5	29	19	19	62	DWDDLW	Safe
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	17	8	13	47	39	12	5	3	34	18	5	3	10	13	21	8	59	LDWDLW	Safe
	9	Stockport County	40	16	7	17	61	56	12	5	3	41	18	4	2	14	20	38	5	55	LWLLDL
	10	Oxford United	40	15	8	17	55	52	11	5	4	33	16	4	3	13	22	36	3	53	DWWWLW
	11	Bradford City	40	13	14	13	41	43	10	8	2	24	16	3	6	11	17	27	-2	53	WLDDLW
	12	West Bromwich Albion	40	14	11	15	39	46	8	6	6	21	21	6	5	9	18	25	-7	53	LLDDDL
	13	Swindon Town	40	14	9	17	39	59	9	5	6	26	21	5	4	11	13	38	-20	51	LLLWDD
	14	Crewe Alexandra	40	15	5	20	46	57	7	2	11	21	33	8	3	9	25	24	-11	50	WDLLLW
	15	Huddersfield Town	40	12	10	18	45	58	7	5	8	25	24	5	5	10	20	34	-13	46	LLWWWD
	16	Tranmere Rovers	38	12	10	16	43	46	7	6	5	24	18	5	4	11	19	28	-3	46	DLWLWW
	17	Bury	40	9	18	13	37	48	6	9	5	18	19	3	9	8	19	29	-11	45	WDWLWL
	18	Norwich City	40	11	12	17	37	62	7	8	5	20	24	4	4	12	17	38	-25	45	DDLDLL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	40	10	14	16	45	56	8	7	5	27	19	2	7	11	18	37	-11	44	DWLLLD
	20	Port Vale	40	11	9	20	47	58	6	6	8	22	22	5	3	12	25	36	-11	42	DLWWDL
	21	Portsmouth	39	11	8	20	41	55	7	5	8	24	28	4	3	12	17	27	-14	41	WDWDLL
	22	Manchester City	40	10	10	20	43	48	5	5	10	22	22	5	5	10	21	26	-5	40	WWLLDL
	23	Stoke City	40	9	13	18	38	61	6	5	9	24	34	3	8	9	14	27	-23	40	DDLLWL
	24	Reading	40	10	9	21	36	69	7	4	9	25	29	3	5	12	11	40	-33	39	LLLLLL

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	Nottingham Forest	40	24	8	8	70	38	15	2	3	46	19	9	6	5	24	19	32	80	LWWWLW	Safe	3-0
	2	Sunderland	39	22	10	7	72	41	12	6	2	42	19	10	4	5	30	22	31	76	WWDDWW	Safe
	3	Middlesbrough	38	22	9	7	64	36	14	3	2	41	10	8	6	5	23	26	28	75	WLLWDW	Safe
	4	Charlton Athletic	39	20	9	10	71	49	13	5	1	41	17	7	4	9	30	32	22	69	WWLDWW	Safe
	5	Ipswich Town	39	18	13	8	64	38	11	4	4	37	17	7	9	4	27	21	26	67	DWWWWW	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	38	17	14	7	56	41	14	4	1	36	14	3	10	6	20	27	15	65	WLWDWL	Safe	0-3
	7	Birmingham City	40	16	14	10	52	33	9	6	5	23	14	7	8	5	29	19	19	62	DWDDLW	Safe
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	17	9	13	47	39	12	5	3	34	18	5	4	10	13	21	8	60	DWDLWD	Safe	0-0
	9	Stockport County	40	16	7	17	61	56	12	5	3	41	18	4	2	14	20	38	5	55	LWLLDL
	10	Oxford United	40	15	8	17	55	52	11	5	4	33	16	4	3	13	22	36	3	53	DWWWLW
	11	Bradford City	40	13	14	13	41	43	10	8	2	24	16	3	6	11	17	27	-2	53	WLDDLW
	12	West Bromwich Albion	40	14	11	15	39	46	8	6	6	21	21	6	5	9	18	25	-7	53	LLDDDL
	13	Swindon Town	40	14	9	17	39	59	9	5	6	26	21	5	4	11	13	38	-20	51	LLLWDD
	14	Crewe Alexandra	40	15	5	20	46	57	7	2	11	21	33	8	3	9	25	24	-11	50	WDLLLW
	15	Huddersfield Town	40	12	10	18	45	58	7	5	8	25	24	5	5	10	20	34	-13	46	LLWWWD
	16	Tranmere Rovers	38	12	10	16	43	46	7	6	5	24	18	5	4	11	19	28	-3	46	DLWLWW
2	17	Queens Park Rangers	41	10	15	16	45	56	8	8	5	27	19	2	7	11	18	37	-11	45	WLLLDD		0-0
1	18	Bury	40	9	18	13	37	48	6	9	5	18	19	3	9	8	19	29	-11	45	WDWLWL
1	19	Norwich City	40	11	12	17	37	62	7	8	5	20	24	4	4	12	17	38	-25	45	DDLDLL
	20	Port Vale	40	11	9	20	47	58	6	6	8	22	22	5	3	12	25	36	-11	42	DLWWDL
	21	Portsmouth	39	11	8	20	41	55	7	5	8	24	28	4	3	12	17	27	-14	41	WDWDLL
	22	Manchester City	40	10	10	20	43	48	5	5	10	22	22	5	5	10	21	26	-5	40	WWLLDL
	23	Stoke City	40	9	13	18	38	61	6	5	9	24	34	3	8	9	14	27	-23	40	DDLLWL
	24	Reading	40	10	9	21	36	69	7	4	9	25	29	3	5	12	11	40	-33	39	LLLLLL