The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Tue Apr 17, 1984 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 17, 1984 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: A Ward
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 9,818
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 16 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Nov 17, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3244 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1657 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3673 (of 5679)
Total:: 5091 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Wednesday 18 April 1984
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Colin Walsh (78)

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Bobby Gould
Prior form: DLLLLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Michael Ferguson (8)
Nicky Platnauer (81)

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	F	Steve Wigley
8	M	Gary Mills
9	F	Peter Davenport
10	M	Steve Hodge
11	M	Colin Walsh (78)
Subs
12		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Perry Suckling
2	D	Stephen Jacobs
3	D	Nicky Platnauer
4	D	Ian Butterworth
5	D	Micky Adams
6	M	Sam Allardyce
7	M	David Bennett
8	M	Ashley Grimes
9	M	Gerry Daly
10	F	Michael Ferguson
11	F	Terry Gibson
Subs
12		Micky Gynn

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Apr 17, 1984)

Home	Score	Away
Coventry City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	3-1	Everton
Watford	0-0	Manchester United
West Ham United	3-1	Luton Town

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	35	20	9	6	59	26	12	3	2	39	9	8	6	4	20	17	33	69	DWLWWL
	2	Manchester United	35	19	10	6	64	34	13	2	3	38	15	6	8	3	26	19	30	67	WWWLWL
	3	Nottingham Forest	35	18	7	10	60	38	11	3	3	35	15	7	4	7	25	23	22	61	LWLDWD
	4	Queens Park Rangers	36	18	6	12	56	31	12	3	3	32	10	6	3	9	24	21	25	60	WLWDWW
	5	Southampton	33	16	8	9	41	32	11	4	2	26	14	5	4	7	15	18	9	56	WWWLLD
	6	West Ham United	35	16	7	12	53	45	9	4	4	35	19	7	3	8	18	26	8	55	WDLDLL
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	9	12	56	53	9	3	6	26	22	6	6	6	30	31	3	54	LLWWDW
	8	Arsenal	36	15	7	14	61	50	8	4	6	33	23	7	3	8	28	27	11	52	WLWWWD
	9	Aston Villa	36	14	9	13	51	53	12	3	3	29	18	2	6	10	22	35	-2	51	DWWLWL
	10	Everton	34	12	12	10	32	34	7	8	3	15	10	5	4	7	17	24	-2	48	LWDWWD
	11	Watford	35	14	6	15	61	67	8	4	5	33	29	6	2	10	28	38	-6	48	LWWDLL
	12	Norwich City	35	12	11	12	42	38	9	5	4	30	16	3	6	8	12	22	4	47	LLDLWD
	13	Leicester City	36	12	11	13	59	57	10	4	4	35	24	2	7	9	24	33	2	47	WDDWDW
	14	Luton Town	36	13	8	15	46	53	6	5	7	26	28	7	3	8	20	25	-7	47	DDDLLL
	15	Birmingham City	36	12	8	16	35	41	7	4	7	18	17	5	4	9	17	24	-6	44	LDDWLL
	16	Coventry City	36	11	10	15	48	56	6	4	8	27	29	5	6	7	21	27	-8	43	DLLLLW
	17	West Bromwich Albion	35	12	7	16	40	52	8	4	5	23	19	4	3	11	17	33	-12	43	DWWWLD
	18	Sunderland	36	10	12	14	35	47	6	8	4	22	16	4	4	10	13	31	-12	42	DLLLDW
	19	Stoke City	36	11	8	17	35	58	10	3	5	24	20	1	5	12	11	38	-23	41	WWLWLW
	20	Ipswich Town	36	10	7	19	43	53	8	4	6	29	22	2	3	13	14	31	-10	37	LLDWLD
	21	Notts County	35	9	9	17	42	60	5	6	6	26	30	4	3	11	16	30	-18	36	WWDDWW
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	5	9	21	26	67	3	7	8	14	25	2	2	13	12	42	-41	24	DDLLLL

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	35	20	9	6	59	26	12	3	2	39	9	8	6	4	20	17	33	69	DWLWWL
	2	Manchester United	36	19	11	6	64	34	13	2	3	38	15	6	9	3	26	19	30	68	WWLWLD	0-0
	3	Nottingham Forest	36	18	7	11	61	40	11	3	3	35	15	7	4	8	26	25	21	61	WLDWDL	1-2
	4	Queens Park Rangers	36	18	6	12	56	31	12	3	3	32	10	6	3	9	24	21	25	60	WLWDWW
	5	Southampton	34	17	8	9	44	33	12	4	2	29	15	5	4	7	15	18	11	59	WWLLDW	3-1
	6	West Ham United	36	17	7	12	56	46	10	4	4	38	20	7	3	8	18	26	10	58	DLDLLW	3-1
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	9	12	56	53	9	3	6	26	22	6	6	6	30	31	3	54	LLWWDW
	8	Arsenal	36	15	7	14	61	50	8	4	6	33	23	7	3	8	28	27	11	52	WLWWWD
	9	Aston Villa	36	14	9	13	51	53	12	3	3	29	18	2	6	10	22	35	-2	51	DWWLWL
1	10	Watford	36	14	7	15	61	67	8	5	5	33	29	6	2	10	28	38	-6	49	WWDLLD	0-0
1	11	Everton	35	12	12	11	33	37	7	8	3	15	10	5	4	8	18	27	-4	48	WDWWDL	1-3
	12	Norwich City	35	12	11	12	42	38	9	5	4	30	16	3	6	8	12	22	4	47	LLDLWD
	13	Leicester City	36	12	11	13	59	57	10	4	4	35	24	2	7	9	24	33	2	47	WDDWDW
	14	Luton Town	37	13	8	16	47	56	6	5	7	26	28	7	3	9	21	28	-9	47	DDLLLL	1-3
1	15	Coventry City	37	12	10	15	50	57	7	4	8	29	30	5	6	7	21	27	-7	46	LLLLWW	2-1
1	16	Birmingham City	36	12	8	16	35	41	7	4	7	18	17	5	4	9	17	24	-6	44	LDDWLL
	17	West Bromwich Albion	35	12	7	16	40	52	8	4	5	23	19	4	3	11	17	33	-12	43	DWWWLD
	18	Sunderland	36	10	12	14	35	47	6	8	4	22	16	4	4	10	13	31	-12	42	DLLLDW
	19	Stoke City	36	11	8	17	35	58	10	3	5	24	20	1	5	12	11	38	-23	41	WWLWLW
	20	Ipswich Town	36	10	7	19	43	53	8	4	6	29	22	2	3	13	14	31	-10	37	LLDWLD
	21	Notts County	35	9	9	17	42	60	5	6	6	26	30	4	3	11	16	30	-18	36	WWDDWW
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	5	9	21	26	67	3	7	8	14	25	2	2	13	12	42	-41	24	DDLLLL