The City Ground

ARSENAL 2 - 1 FOREST - Mon Aug 17, 1998 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Aug 17, 1998 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1998-99
Referee:: Mike Riley
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 38,064
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 15 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Jan 16, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3825 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 2146 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 4410 (of 5724)
Total:: 6017 (of 7505)
Played:: 25 years, 8 months, 6 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett

Goals
Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (78') - Geoff Thomas (1997-98) last goal

ARSENAL
Manager: Arsene Wenger

Goals
Emmanuel Petit (58')
Marc Overmars (79')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	39	Dave Beasant
17	M	32	Thierry Bonalair
6	M	26	Jon Olav Hjelde off for Des Lyttle (46')
5	D	29	Steve Chettle
3	D	21	Alan Rogers
7	M	26	Steve Stone 0
10	M	24	Andy Johnson off for Marlon Harewood (83')
15	D	23	Craig Armstrong
20	M	35	Glynn Hodges 0	Debut
16	M	34	Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (78')
19	F	23	Jean-Claude Darcheville off for Dougie Freedman (80')	Debut
Subs
22	D	26	Des Lyttle on for Jon Olav Hjelde (46')
29	F	18	Marlon Harewood on for Andy Johnson (83')
14	F	24	Dougie Freedman on for Jean-Claude Darcheville (80')	Debut
23	F	19	Andy Dawson	First bench appearance
13	GK	29	Mark Crossley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David Seaman
2	D	Lee Dixon
3	D	Nigel Winterburn
6	D	Tony Adams
14	D	Martin Keown
4	M	Patrick Vieira
15	M	Ray Parlour
17	M	Emmanuel Petit
9	M	Nicolas Anelka
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp
11	F	Marc Overmars
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All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Aug 17, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-1	Nottingham Forest

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	Wimbledon	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	2	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	3	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
	4	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W
	5	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	6	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	7	Aston Villa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	8	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	9	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	10	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	11	Everton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	12	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	13	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	14	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	15	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	18	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	20	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L

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	Wimbledon	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
13	2	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W		2-1
1	3	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
1	4	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
1	5	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W
1	6	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
1	7	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	8	Aston Villa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	10	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	11	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	12	Everton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	13	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	14	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	15	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	16	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
1	17	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L		1-2
	18	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	20	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L