The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 ARSENAL - Sat Feb 25, 1984 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 25, 1984 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: D Owen
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 20,045
Pos Before/After:: 2 3
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Aug 29, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3237 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1650 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3663 (of 5679)
Total:: 5081 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 26 February 1984
: Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 27 February 1984
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:

ARSENAL
Manager: Don Howe
Prior form: WDLLLD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Paul Mariner (88)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Kenny Swain
4	M	Chris Fairclough
5	D	Paul Hart
6	M	Ian Bowyer
7	M	Frans Thijssen off for Steve Wigley
8	F	Ian Wallace
9	F	Garry Birtles
10	M	Steve Hodge
11	M	Colin Walsh
Subs
12	F	Steve Wigley on for Frans Thijssen

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Pat Jennings
2	D	Colin Hill
3	D	Tommy Caton
4	D	Kenny Sansom
5	D	David O'Leary
6	M	Brian Talbot
7	M	Paul Davis
8	M	Graham Rix
9	M	Paul Mariner
10	F	Charlie Nicholas
11	F	Tony Woodcock
Subs
12		Allinson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 25, 1984)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leicester City	2-0	Ipswich Town
Liverpool	2-0	Queens Park Rangers
Manchester United	2-1	Sunderland
Norwich City	1-0	West Ham United
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Arsenal
Southampton	2-1	Luton Town
Stoke City	1-0	Notts County
Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	Birmingham City
Watford	4-4	Everton
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Coventry 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
	1	Liverpool	28	16	8	4	45	20	9	3	2	28	8	7	5	2	17	12	25	56	LWWDWD
	2	Nottingham Forest	28	16	5	7	54	32	9	3	2	31	13	7	2	5	23	19	22	53	WWDWWD
	3	Manchester United	28	14	10	4	52	30	9	2	3	29	14	5	8	1	23	16	22	52	DWDDWD
	4	West Ham United	28	15	5	8	46	30	9	2	3	32	15	6	3	5	14	15	16	50	LWWDWL
	5	Queens Park Rangers	27	14	4	9	45	24	9	3	3	25	9	5	1	6	20	15	21	46	DWWDLW
	6	Southampton	27	13	7	7	33	23	8	3	2	18	10	5	4	5	15	13	10	46	DLLWDW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	28	11	8	9	46	44	6	3	4	22	19	5	5	5	24	25	2	41	WLDWWD
	8	Watford	28	12	4	12	52	50	6	3	4	26	22	6	1	8	26	28	2	40	WWLWWW
	9	Luton Town	27	12	4	11	41	41	5	3	6	24	24	7	1	5	17	17	0	40	LLWDLD
	10	Norwich City	28	10	9	9	33	32	7	4	3	23	14	3	5	6	10	18	1	39	DWLDWL
	11	Coventry City	27	10	8	9	37	36	5	3	5	19	16	5	5	4	18	20	1	38	WLDLLL
	12	Aston Villa	27	10	8	9	39	42	9	3	2	22	15	1	5	7	17	27	-3	38	DLLDLD
	13	Arsenal	28	10	5	13	43	40	5	4	6	22	20	5	1	7	21	20	3	35	WDLLLD
	14	Everton	26	9	8	9	21	27	5	5	3	11	8	4	3	6	10	19	-6	35	DWDWWD
	15	Sunderland	27	8	9	10	27	37	5	6	3	18	12	3	3	7	9	25	-10	33	LLDLDD
	16	Ipswich Town	27	9	5	13	36	38	7	2	5	24	17	2	3	8	12	21	-2	32	LLLWLL
	17	West Bromwich Albion	27	9	4	14	30	45	6	2	5	17	18	3	2	9	13	27	-15	31	WWLLLD
	18	Birmingham City	27	8	6	13	27	33	5	2	6	13	12	3	4	7	14	21	-6	30	LWWWDD
	19	Leicester City	27	7	8	12	42	49	5	4	4	21	21	2	4	8	21	28	-7	29	DWWDLL
	20	Stoke City	28	6	8	14	26	49	5	3	5	16	18	1	5	9	10	31	-23	26	LLWLWW
	21	Notts County	27	5	6	16	36	57	3	4	6	22	28	2	2	10	14	29	-21	21	DLDLLD
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	4	7	16	22	54	2	6	7	13	24	2	1	9	9	30	-32	19	LWLLDD

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	29	17	8	4	47	20	10	3	2	30	8	7	5	2	17	12	27	59	WWDWDW	2-0
1	2	Manchester United	29	15	10	4	54	31	10	2	3	31	15	5	8	1	23	16	23	55	WDDWDW	2-1
1	3	Nottingham Forest	29	16	5	8	54	33	9	3	3	31	14	7	2	5	23	19	21	53	WDWWDL	0-1
	4	West Ham United	29	15	5	9	46	31	9	2	3	32	15	6	3	6	14	16	15	50	WWDWLL	0-1
1	5	Southampton	28	14	7	7	35	24	9	3	2	20	11	5	4	5	15	13	11	49	LLWDWW	2-1
1	6	Queens Park Rangers	28	14	4	10	45	26	9	3	3	25	9	5	1	7	20	17	19	46	WWDLWL	0-2
3	7	Norwich City	29	11	9	9	34	32	8	4	3	24	14	3	5	6	10	18	2	42	WLDWLW	1-0
	8	Watford	29	12	5	12	56	54	6	4	4	30	26	6	1	8	26	28	2	41	WLWWWD	4-4
2	9	Tottenham Hotspur	29	11	8	10	46	45	6	3	5	22	20	5	5	5	24	25	1	41	LDWWDL	0-1
2	10	Aston Villa	28	11	8	9	43	42	10	3	2	26	15	1	5	7	17	27	1	41	LLDLDW	4-0
2	11	Luton Town	28	12	4	12	42	43	5	3	6	24	24	7	1	6	18	19	-1	40	LWDLDL	1-2
1	12	Coventry City	28	10	9	9	38	37	5	3	5	19	16	5	6	4	19	21	1	39	LDLLLD	1-1
	13	Arsenal	29	11	5	13	44	40	5	4	6	22	20	6	1	7	22	20	4	38	DLLLDW	1-0
	14	Everton	27	9	9	9	25	31	5	5	3	11	8	4	4	6	14	23	-6	36	WDWWDD	4-4
3	15	Birmingham City	28	9	6	13	28	33	5	2	6	13	12	4	4	7	15	21	-5	33	WWWDDW	1-0
1	16	Sunderland	28	8	9	11	28	39	5	6	3	18	12	3	3	8	10	27	-11	33	LDLDDL	1-2
1	17	Ipswich Town	28	9	5	14	36	40	7	2	5	24	17	2	3	9	12	23	-4	32	LLWLLL	0-2
1	18	Leicester City	28	8	8	12	44	49	6	4	4	23	21	2	4	8	21	28	-5	32	WWDLLW	2-0
2	19	West Bromwich Albion	28	9	5	14	31	46	6	3	5	18	19	3	2	9	13	27	-15	32	WLLLDD	1-1
	20	Stoke City	29	7	8	14	27	49	6	3	5	17	18	1	5	9	10	31	-22	29	LWLWWW	1-0
	21	Notts County	28	5	6	17	36	58	3	4	6	22	28	2	2	11	14	30	-22	21	LDLLDL	0-1
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	4	7	17	22	58	2	6	7	13	24	2	1	10	9	34	-36	19	WLLDDL	0-4

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