The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 WEST HAM UNITED - Sat Dec 17, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 17, 1983 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Monday 19 December 1983
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: Terry Holbrook
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 14,544
Pos Before/After:: 11 8
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
West Ham United:: May 12, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3226 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1639 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3651 (of 5768)
Total:: 5070 (of 7556)
Played:: 41 years, 6 months, 19 days ago

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

Goals
Steve Hodge (26')
Garry Birtles (70')
Colin Walsh (86') (Pen)

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: John Lyall
Prior form: WWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	27	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	M	19	Chris Fairclough 0
5	D	30	Paul Hart off for Ian Wallace
6	M	32	Ian Bowyer
7	F	22	Steve Wigley
8	F	22	Peter Davenport
9	F	27	Garry Birtles (70')
10	M	21	Colin Walsh (86')
11	M	21	Steve Hodge (26')
Subs
12	F	27	Ian Wallace on for Paul Hart

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Phil Parkes
2	D	Neil Orr
3	D	Steve Walford
4	D	Ray Stewart
5	D	Frank Lampard 0
6	M	Alvin Martin
7	M	Geoff Pike 0
8	M	Alan Devonshire
9	M	Trevor Brooking
10	F	David Swindlehurst 0
11	F	Steve Whitton
Subs
12		Alan Dickens

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 17, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-1	Watford
Aston Villa	4-0	Ipswich Town
Liverpool	5-0	Notts County
Norwich City	0-0	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	3-0	West Ham United
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Everton
Southampton	2-1	Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	Stoke City

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	Status
	1	Manchester United	18	11	3	4	34	19	7	0	3	22	9	4	3	1	12	10	15	36	DWDLWW
	2	Liverpool	17	10	4	3	26	13	6	1	1	15	3	4	3	2	11	10	13	34	WDWDWL
	3	West Ham United	17	10	3	4	30	14	6	2	1	22	9	4	1	3	8	5	16	33	WWWDLW
	4	Coventry City	17	9	4	4	28	20	4	2	2	12	7	5	2	2	16	13	8	31	WWDDWW
	5	Queens Park Rangers	17	9	2	6	27	16	5	1	2	11	5	4	1	4	16	11	11	29	LLWLWW
	6	Norwich City	18	8	5	5	26	21	5	1	3	16	12	3	4	2	10	9	5	29	WDWWWW
	7	Luton Town	17	9	2	6	31	27	4	2	2	19	13	5	0	4	12	14	4	29	WDLWLW
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	18	8	5	5	30	27	3	3	2	10	10	5	2	3	20	17	3	29	DWWLDL
	9	Southampton	17	8	4	5	18	13	6	1	1	12	5	2	3	4	6	8	5	28	WLDLWD
	10	Aston Villa	17	8	4	5	25	26	7	1	1	15	11	1	3	4	10	15	-1	28	WDWLWD
	11	Nottingham Forest	17	8	3	6	30	25	6	2	1	20	10	2	1	5	10	15	5	27	WLWDWL
	12	West Bromwich Albion	17	7	2	8	21	25	4	1	3	10	8	3	1	5	11	17	-4	23	WLLLWL
	13	Ipswich Town	17	6	4	7	27	22	4	2	3	16	10	2	2	4	11	12	5	22	LWLDDL
	14	Everton	17	6	4	7	11	18	3	3	3	5	6	3	1	4	6	12	-7	22	LWLLWD
	15	Sunderland	17	6	4	7	18	26	3	3	3	11	10	3	1	4	7	16	-8	22	WWLWDL
	16	Arsenal	17	7	0	10	27	25	4	0	5	14	12	3	0	5	13	13	2	21	LLWLLL
	17	Birmingham City	17	5	3	9	14	20	4	0	4	7	6	1	3	5	7	14	-6	18	LDLLLL
	18	Notts County	17	5	2	10	24	28	3	2	3	15	13	2	0	7	9	15	-4	17	LDWWLW
	19	Watford	17	4	4	9	28	32	2	3	4	17	19	2	1	5	11	13	-4	16	DLLLWW
	20	Leicester City	18	4	4	10	25	35	4	2	3	15	15	0	2	7	10	20	-10	16	DLWWLW
	21	Stoke City	17	2	6	9	18	33	2	2	4	11	16	0	4	5	7	17	-15	12	DDLDLL
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	1	4	12	12	45	0	4	5	6	20	1	0	7	6	25	-33	7	LLDWLL

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	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Liverpool	18	11	4	3	31	13	7	1	1	20	3	4	3	2	11	10	18	37	DWDWLW		5-0
1	2	Manchester United	18	11	3	4	34	19	7	0	3	22	9	4	3	1	12	10	15	36	DWDLWW
	3	West Ham United	18	10	3	5	30	17	6	2	1	22	9	4	1	4	8	8	13	33	WWDLWL		0-3
1	4	Queens Park Rangers	18	10	2	6	29	16	6	1	2	13	5	4	1	4	16	11	13	32	LWLWWW		2-0
1	5	Coventry City	18	9	5	4	28	20	4	2	2	12	7	5	3	2	16	13	8	32	WDDWWD		0-0
3	6	Southampton	18	9	4	5	20	14	7	1	1	14	6	2	3	4	6	8	6	31	LDLWDW		2-1
3	7	Aston Villa	18	9	4	5	29	26	8	1	1	19	11	1	3	4	10	15	3	31	DWLWDW		4-0
3	8	Nottingham Forest	18	9	3	6	33	25	7	2	1	23	10	2	1	5	10	15	8	30	LWDWLW		3-0
3	9	Norwich City	19	8	6	5	26	21	5	2	3	16	12	3	4	2	10	9	5	30	DWWWWD		0-0
3	10	Luton Town	17	9	2	6	31	27	4	2	2	19	13	5	0	4	12	14	4	29	WDLWLW
3	11	Tottenham Hotspur	18	8	5	5	30	27	3	3	2	10	10	5	2	3	20	17	3	29	DWWLDL
4	12	Arsenal	18	8	0	10	30	26	5	0	5	17	13	3	0	5	13	13	4	24	LWLLLW		3-1
1	13	West Bromwich Albion	17	7	2	8	21	25	4	1	3	10	8	3	1	5	11	17	-4	23	WLLLWL
1	14	Ipswich Town	18	6	4	8	27	26	4	2	3	16	10	2	2	5	11	16	1	22	WLDDLL		0-4
	15	Sunderland	17	6	4	7	18	26	3	3	3	11	10	3	1	4	7	16	-8	22	WWLWDL
2	16	Everton	18	6	4	8	11	20	3	3	3	5	6	3	1	5	6	14	-9	22	WLLWDL		0-2
	17	Birmingham City	18	5	3	10	15	22	4	0	4	7	6	1	3	6	8	16	-7	18	DLLLLL		1-2
	18	Notts County	18	5	2	11	24	33	3	2	3	15	13	2	0	8	9	20	-9	17	DWWLWL		0-5
	19	Watford	18	4	4	10	29	35	2	3	4	17	19	2	1	6	12	16	-6	16	LLLWWL		1-3
	20	Leicester City	18	4	4	10	25	35	4	2	3	15	15	0	2	7	10	20	-10	16	DLWWLW
	21	Stoke City	18	2	7	9	18	33	2	2	4	11	16	0	5	5	7	17	-15	13	DLDLLD		0-0
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	1	5	12	12	45	0	5	5	6	20	1	0	7	6	25	-33	8	LDWLLD		0-0

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