The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 30, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 30, 1983 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Season:: 1982-83
Referee:: George Courtney
Sponsor:: Panasonic
Attendance:: 23,563
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 19 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Nov 16, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3205 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1618 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3622 (of 5721)
Total:: 5025 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: LWWDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Ian Wallace (10)
Peter Davenport (6272)

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: John Benson
Prior form: LWLLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Graham Baker

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Kenny Swain
4	D	Bryn Gunn
5	M	Willie Young
6	M	Ian Bowyer
7	M	Steve Hodge
8	F	Ian Wallace (10)
9	F	Peter Davenport (6272)
10	M	Colin Walsh
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	Danny Wilson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Alex Williams
2	2	Ray Ranson
3	3	Bobby McDonald
4	4	Nicky Reid
5	5	Kevin Bond
6	6	Tommy Caton
7	7	Dennis Tueart
8	8	Graham Baker
9	9	Steve Kinsey
10	10	Asa Hartford
11	11	Paul Power
Subs
12		Ronald Hildersley

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 30, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-0	Stoke City
Coventry City	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Everton	2-0	West Ham United
Manchester City	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Norwich City	1-1	Manchester United
Notts County	1-0	Brighton and Hove Albion
Southampton	2-2	Luton Town
Sunderland	1-2	Birmingham City
Swansea City	1-1	Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Liverpool
Watford	2-1	Arsenal

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Liverpool	38	24	9	5	85	31	16	3	1	54	15	8	6	4	31	16	54	81	WWWDLL
	2	Watford	38	20	4	14	67	50	14	2	3	45	18	6	2	11	22	32	17	64	LLWWLL
	3	Manchester United	36	17	12	7	48	28	12	7	0	34	9	5	5	7	14	19	20	63	WWDDLW
	4	Aston Villa	38	19	4	15	54	46	15	2	2	41	14	4	2	13	13	32	8	61	DWWLWL
	5	Nottingham Forest	38	17	8	13	54	47	11	4	4	31	16	6	4	9	23	31	7	59	LWWDWW
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	9	12	55	46	12	4	2	42	14	4	5	10	13	32	9	57	WLWDWW
	7	Stoke City	38	16	8	14	52	53	13	4	3	34	18	3	4	11	18	35	-1	56	WWLWDD
	8	Southampton	38	15	11	12	51	52	11	4	3	33	17	4	7	9	18	35	-1	56	WDDDWD
	9	West Ham United	37	17	4	16	59	54	12	3	4	38	20	5	1	12	21	34	5	55	DWWWLW
	10	Everton	38	15	9	14	57	46	11	5	2	39	18	4	4	12	18	28	11	54	LLWWWL
	11	Ipswich Town	38	14	11	13	58	45	10	3	6	35	20	4	8	7	23	25	13	53	WLDDLW
	12	Arsenal	37	14	10	13	50	50	10	6	3	33	18	4	4	10	17	32	0	52	WDLWLW
	13	Norwich City	38	13	10	15	47	53	9	5	5	27	16	4	5	10	20	37	-6	49	WDWWWW
	14	West Bromwich Albion	38	12	11	15	47	48	9	5	5	33	20	3	6	10	14	28	-1	47	LLLLLL
	15	Notts County	39	13	7	19	51	67	10	4	5	33	23	3	3	14	18	44	-16	46	LLWDDL
	16	Coventry City	38	12	9	17	43	53	10	5	4	27	12	2	4	13	16	41	-10	45	LLLDLL
	17	Sunderland	38	11	12	15	43	56	7	8	3	26	17	4	4	12	17	39	-13	45	LDLLDL
	18	Luton Town	37	11	11	15	61	74	7	6	6	33	28	4	5	9	28	46	-13	44	LLWWDW
	19	Manchester City	39	12	8	19	45	67	9	5	5	25	20	3	3	14	20	47	-22	44	LWLLWL
	20	Birmingham City	38	9	13	16	34	53	8	6	5	26	23	1	7	11	8	30	-19	40	DLLLWW
	21	Brighton and Hove Albion	38	9	12	17	36	63	8	7	5	25	21	1	5	12	11	42	-27	39	DWDLDW
	22	Swansea City	38	9	10	19	47	62	9	3	6	29	24	0	7	13	18	38	-15	37	WDLLDL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Liverpool	39	24	9	6	85	33	16	3	1	54	15	8	6	5	31	18	52	81	WWDLLL	0-2
	2	Watford	39	21	4	14	69	51	15	2	3	47	19	6	2	11	22	32	18	67	LWWLLW	2-1
	3	Manchester United	37	17	13	7	49	29	12	7	0	34	9	5	6	7	15	20	20	64	WDDLWD	1-1
	4	Aston Villa	39	20	4	15	58	46	16	2	2	45	14	4	2	13	13	32	12	64	WWLWLW	4-0
	5	Nottingham Forest	39	18	8	13	56	48	11	4	4	31	16	7	4	9	25	32	8	62	WWDWWW	2-1
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	9	12	57	46	13	4	2	44	14	4	5	10	13	32	11	60	LWDWWW	2-0
3	7	Everton	39	16	9	14	59	46	12	5	2	41	18	4	4	12	18	28	13	57	LWWWLW	2-0
	8	Southampton	39	15	12	12	53	54	11	5	3	35	19	4	7	9	18	35	-1	57	DDDWDD	2-2
2	9	Stoke City	39	16	8	15	52	57	13	4	3	34	18	3	4	12	18	39	-5	56	WLWDDL	0-4
1	10	West Ham United	38	17	4	17	59	56	12	3	4	38	20	5	1	13	21	36	3	55	WWWLWL	0-2
	11	Ipswich Town	39	14	12	13	59	46	10	3	6	35	20	4	9	7	24	26	13	54	LDDLWD	1-1
	12	Arsenal	38	14	10	14	51	52	10	6	3	33	18	4	4	11	18	34	-1	52	DLWLWL	1-2
1	13	West Bromwich Albion	39	13	11	15	48	48	9	5	5	33	20	4	6	10	15	28	0	50	LLLLLW	1-0
1	14	Norwich City	39	13	11	15	48	54	9	6	5	28	17	4	5	10	20	37	-6	50	DWWWWD	1-1
	15	Notts County	40	14	7	19	52	67	11	4	5	34	23	3	3	14	18	44	-15	49	LWDDLW	1-0
	16	Coventry City	39	12	9	18	43	54	10	5	5	27	13	2	4	13	16	41	-11	45	LLDLLL	0-1
1	17	Luton Town	38	11	12	15	63	76	7	6	6	33	28	4	6	9	30	48	-13	45	LWWDWD	2-2
1	18	Sunderland	39	11	12	16	44	58	7	8	4	27	19	4	4	12	17	39	-14	45	DLLDLL	1-2
	19	Manchester City	40	12	8	20	46	69	9	5	6	26	22	3	3	14	20	47	-23	44	WLLWLL	1-2
	20	Birmingham City	39	10	13	16	36	54	8	6	5	26	23	2	7	11	10	31	-18	43	LLLWWW	2-1
	21	Brighton and Hove Albion	39	9	12	18	36	64	8	7	5	25	21	1	5	13	11	43	-28	39	WDLDWL	0-1
	22	Swansea City	39	9	11	19	48	63	9	4	6	30	25	0	7	13	18	38	-15	38	DLLDLD	1-1

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