The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Mar 25, 2000 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 25, 2000 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1999-00
Referee:: Ken Leach
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 16,823
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 11 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Crewe Alexandra (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Sep 09, 2000

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3901 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1630 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4499 (of 5724)
Total:: 6115 (of 7505)
Played:: 24 years, 24 days ago

FOREST
Manager: David Platt
Prior form: LWDLDL (Old to recent)

Goals

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Graeme Souness
Prior form: DLDLDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Ashley Ward (7')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	41	Dave Beasant	100th appearance
2	M	24	Matthieu Louis-Jean off for Jack Lester (70')
6	M	27	Jon Olav Hjelde
5	D	35	Colin Calderwood
36	M	22	Jim Brennan off for Ian Woan (46')
34	M	18	David Prutton
10	M	25	Andy Johnson
11	F	25	Chris Bart-Williams
3	D	23	Alan Rogers
29	F	20	Marlon Harewood
14	F	25	Dougie Freedman off for Stern John (52')
Subs
21	F	24	Jack Lester on for Matthieu Louis-Jean (70')
18	F	32	Ian Woan on for Jim Brennan (46')
19	F	23	Stern John on for Dougie Freedman (52')
27	F	22	Andy Gray
12	GK	30	Mark Crossley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
13	GK	Alan Kelly
23	D	Christian Dailly
29	D	Craig Short
31	D	Simon Grayson
	D	Steve Harkness
7	M	Gary Flitcroft
12	M	Damien Duff
27	M	David Dunn
	M	Damien Johnson (57')
9	F	Ashley Ward
14	F	Nathan Blake (79')
Subs
10		Egil Ostenstad (79')
18		Keith Gillespie (57')
		?
		?
		?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 25, 2000)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Port Vale
Crystal Palace	0-1	Charlton Athletic
Huddersfield Town	3-0	Crewe Alexandra
Ipswich Town	1-0	Fulham
Manchester City	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Portsmouth	4-1	Swindon Town
Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Norwich City
Sheffield United	1-2	Birmingham City
Tranmere Rovers	1-1	Walsall
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	Stockport County

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	Charlton Athletic	37	25	6	6	70	33	14	2	3	33	12	11	4	3	37	21	37	81	WWWLDW	Safe
	2	Ipswich Town	38	19	11	8	58	37	12	3	4	32	17	7	8	4	26	20	21	68	DLDLLW	Safe
	3	Barnsley	38	20	8	10	73	56	13	3	3	41	19	7	5	7	32	37	17	68	DWDWLW	Safe
	4	Manchester City	37	19	9	9	58	35	12	2	4	37	16	7	7	5	21	19	23	66	DDLLDD	Safe
	5	Birmingham City	38	18	9	11	58	41	13	4	2	34	15	5	5	9	24	26	17	63	DWWLWL	Safe
	6	Huddersfield Town	38	18	9	11	56	40	13	4	2	40	16	5	5	9	16	24	16	63	DWLDWW	Safe
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	17	10	11	53	41	12	4	3	36	17	5	6	8	17	24	12	61	WLLWWW
	8	Bolton Wanderers	38	15	12	11	50	38	10	5	4	34	21	5	7	7	16	17	12	57	LDWDWW
	9	Fulham	38	14	14	10	39	34	10	6	3	24	12	4	8	7	15	22	5	56	DWWLDL
	10	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	15	10	49	43	7	10	2	23	16	6	5	8	26	27	6	54	DDWWWL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	38	13	14	11	44	41	9	7	3	25	14	4	7	8	19	27	3	53	DLDLDW
	12	Sheffield United	38	13	11	14	54	55	10	5	4	34	19	3	6	10	20	36	-1	50	LDDWWL
	13	Norwich City	38	12	12	14	37	41	9	4	6	22	20	3	8	8	15	21	-4	48	DLDLWL
	14	Tranmere Rovers	37	13	8	16	47	55	9	5	4	29	21	4	3	12	18	34	-8	47	WWLWDL
	15	Crystal Palace	38	11	13	14	48	55	6	10	3	28	19	5	3	11	20	36	-7	46	LDDWDW
	16	Stockport County	39	11	13	15	41	55	7	8	5	28	27	4	5	10	13	28	-14	46	LLLDLD
	17	Grimsby Town	38	13	7	18	38	59	10	5	4	25	22	3	2	14	13	37	-21	46	WLWLLL
	18	Portsmouth	38	11	9	18	44	54	7	5	7	27	20	4	4	11	17	34	-10	42	LWLWWW
	19	Nottingham Forest	38	10	11	17	42	50	8	8	3	26	16	2	3	14	16	34	-8	41	LWDLDL
	20	Crewe Alexandra	38	11	8	19	37	50	7	5	7	21	22	4	3	12	16	28	-13	41	WWWWLL
	21	West Bromwich Albion	38	8	15	15	30	48	4	9	6	16	20	4	6	9	14	28	-18	39	LLWWLL
	22	Walsall	38	9	11	18	42	61	5	5	9	20	27	4	6	9	22	34	-19	38	DWLDLW
	23	Port Vale	36	6	12	18	39	53	5	4	9	20	23	1	8	9	19	30	-14	30	DLLLDL
	24	Swindon Town	38	6	11	21	29	61	3	6	10	18	32	3	5	11	11	29	-32	29	LLWWLW

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	Charlton Athletic	38	26	6	6	71	33	14	2	3	33	12	12	4	3	38	21	38	84	WWLDWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Ipswich Town	39	20	11	8	59	37	13	3	4	33	17	7	8	4	26	20	22	71	LDLLWW	Safe	1-0
1	3	Manchester City	38	20	9	9	60	36	13	2	4	39	17	7	7	5	21	19	24	69	DLLDDW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Barnsley	38	20	8	10	73	56	13	3	3	41	19	7	5	7	32	37	17	68	DWDWLW	Safe
1	5	Huddersfield Town	39	19	9	11	59	40	14	4	2	43	16	5	5	9	16	24	19	66	WLDWWW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Birmingham City	39	19	9	11	60	42	13	4	2	34	15	6	5	9	26	27	18	66	WWLWLW	Safe	2-1
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	17	11	11	55	43	12	5	3	38	19	5	6	8	17	24	12	62	LLWWWD	Safe	2-2
	8	Bolton Wanderers	39	16	12	11	52	39	11	5	4	36	22	5	7	7	16	17	13	60	DWDWWW		2-1
2	9	Blackburn Rovers	39	14	14	11	45	41	9	7	3	25	14	5	7	8	20	27	4	56	LDLDWW		1-0
1	10	Fulham	39	14	14	11	39	35	10	6	3	24	12	4	8	8	15	23	4	56	WWLDLL		0-1
1	11	Queens Park Rangers	39	13	16	10	51	45	7	11	2	25	18	6	5	8	26	27	6	55	DWWWLD		2-2
	12	Sheffield United	39	13	11	15	55	57	10	5	5	35	21	3	6	10	20	36	-2	50	DDWWLL		1-2
	13	Norwich City	39	12	13	14	39	43	9	4	6	22	20	3	9	8	17	23	-4	49	LDLWLD		2-2
	14	Tranmere Rovers	38	13	9	16	48	56	9	6	4	30	22	4	3	12	18	34	-8	48	WLWDLD		1-1
1	15	Stockport County	40	11	14	15	43	57	7	8	5	28	27	4	6	10	15	30	-14	47	LLDLDD		2-2
1	16	Crystal Palace	39	11	13	15	48	56	6	10	4	28	20	5	3	11	20	36	-8	46	DDWDWL		0-1
	17	Grimsby Town	38	13	7	18	38	59	10	5	4	25	22	3	2	14	13	37	-21	46	WLWLLL
	18	Portsmouth	39	12	9	18	48	55	8	5	7	31	21	4	4	11	17	34	-7	45	WLWWWW		4-1
	19	Nottingham Forest	39	10	11	18	42	51	8	8	4	26	17	2	3	14	16	34	-9	41	WDLDLL		0-1
	20	Crewe Alexandra	39	11	8	20	37	53	7	5	7	21	22	4	3	13	16	31	-16	41	WWWLLL		0-3
1	21	Walsall	39	9	12	18	43	62	5	5	9	20	27	4	7	9	23	35	-19	39	WLDLWD		1-1
1	22	West Bromwich Albion	39	8	15	16	31	50	4	9	6	16	20	4	6	10	15	30	-19	39	LWWLLL		1-2
	23	Port Vale	37	6	12	19	40	55	5	4	9	20	23	1	8	10	20	32	-15	30	LLLDLL		1-2
	24	Swindon Town	39	6	11	22	30	65	3	6	10	18	32	3	5	12	12	33	-35	29	LWWLWL		1-4