The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Apr 21, 1984 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 1984 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: J Moules
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 15,323
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 16 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Anderlecht (UEFA Cup)
League:: Stoke City
Birmingham City:: Dec 26, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3245 (of 5040)
League Tier 1:: 1658 (of 2292)
Competitive:: 3674 (of 5763)
Total:: 5095 (of 7551)
Played:: 41 years, 7 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Davenport (2')
Colin Walsh (5')
Ian Bowyer (66')
Ian Wallace (70') - Ian Wallace last goal
Peter Davenport (89')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Ron Saunders
Prior form: LDDWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Mick Harford (88')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	27	Viv Anderson
3	D	25	Bryn Gunn
4	M	20	Chris Fairclough
5	D	30	Paul Hart
6	M	32	Ian Bowyer (66')
7	F	22	Steve Wigley
8	F	27	Ian Wallace (70')
9	F	23	Peter Davenport (2') (89')
10	M	32	Frans Thijssen off for Gary Mills	Last game
11	M	21	Colin Walsh (5')
Subs
12	M	22	Gary Mills on for Frans Thijssen

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Coton
2	D	Mark McCarrick
3	D	Brian Roberts
4	D	Billy Wright
5	D	Noel Blake
6	M	Pat van den Hauwe
7	M	Byron Stevenson
8	M	Jim Hagan
9	M	Martin Kuhl
10	F	Howard Gayle
11	F	Mick Harford
Subs
12		Kevan Broadhurst

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 21, 1984)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa	2-1	Watford
Liverpool	3-0	West Bromwich Albion
Luton Town	3-2	Notts County
Manchester United	4-1	Coventry City
Norwich City	2-2	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	5-1	Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Leicester City
Southampton	2-0	West Ham United
Sunderland	2-1	Everton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-3	Ipswich 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	Status
	1	Liverpool	36	20	10	6	62	29	12	3	2	39	9	8	7	4	23	20	33	70	WLWWLD	Safe
	2	Manchester United	36	19	11	6	64	34	13	2	3	38	15	6	9	3	26	19	30	68	WWLWLD	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	36	18	7	11	61	40	11	3	3	35	15	7	4	8	26	25	21	61	WLDWDL	Safe
	4	Queens Park Rangers	36	18	6	12	56	31	12	3	3	32	10	6	3	9	24	21	25	60	WLWDWW	Safe
	5	Southampton	34	17	8	9	44	33	12	4	2	29	15	5	4	7	15	18	11	59	WWLLDW	Safe
	6	West Ham United	36	17	7	12	56	46	10	4	4	38	20	7	3	8	18	26	10	58	DLDLLW	Safe
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	9	12	58	54	10	3	6	28	23	6	6	6	30	31	4	57	LWWDWW
	8	Arsenal	36	15	7	14	61	50	8	4	6	33	23	7	3	8	28	27	11	52	WLWWWD
	9	Aston Villa	37	14	9	14	52	55	12	3	3	29	18	2	6	11	23	37	-3	51	WWLWLL
	10	Watford	36	14	7	15	61	67	8	5	5	33	29	6	2	10	28	38	-6	49	WWDLLD
	11	Leicester City	37	12	12	13	62	60	10	5	4	38	27	2	7	9	24	33	2	48	DDWDWD
	12	Everton	35	12	12	11	33	37	7	8	3	15	10	5	4	8	18	27	-4	48	WDWWDL
	13	Norwich City	35	12	11	12	42	38	9	5	4	30	16	3	6	8	12	22	4	47	LLDLWD
	14	Luton Town	37	13	8	16	47	56	6	5	7	26	28	7	3	9	21	28	-9	47	DDLLLL
	15	Coventry City	37	12	10	15	50	57	7	4	8	29	30	5	6	7	21	27	-7	46	LLLLWW
	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

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	Liverpool	37	21	10	6	65	29	13	3	2	42	9	8	7	4	23	20	36	73	LWWLDW	Safe	3-0
	2	Manchester United	37	20	11	6	68	35	14	2	3	42	16	6	9	3	26	19	33	71	WLWLDW	Safe	4-1
	3	Nottingham Forest	37	19	7	11	66	41	12	3	3	40	16	7	4	8	26	25	25	64	LDWDLW	Safe	5-1
	4	Queens Park Rangers	37	19	6	12	58	31	13	3	3	34	10	6	3	9	24	21	27	63	LWDWWW	Safe	2-0
	5	Southampton	35	18	8	9	46	33	13	4	2	31	15	5	4	7	15	18	13	62	WLLDWW	Safe	2-0
	6	West Ham United	37	17	7	13	56	48	10	4	4	38	20	7	3	9	18	28	8	58	LDLLWL	Safe	0-2
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	9	13	60	57	10	3	6	28	23	6	6	7	32	34	3	57	WWDWWL	Safe	2-3
	8	Arsenal	37	16	7	14	64	52	9	4	6	36	25	7	3	8	28	27	12	55	LWWWDW		3-2
	9	Aston Villa	38	15	9	14	54	56	13	3	3	31	19	2	6	11	23	37	-2	54	WLWLLW		2-1
4	10	Luton Town	38	14	8	16	50	58	7	5	7	29	30	7	3	9	21	28	-8	50	DLLLLW		3-2
1	11	Watford	37	14	7	16	62	69	8	5	5	33	29	6	2	11	29	40	-7	49	WDLLDL		1-2
1	12	Norwich City	36	12	12	12	44	40	9	6	4	32	18	3	6	8	12	22	4	48	LDLWDD		2-2
2	13	Leicester City	38	12	12	14	62	62	10	5	4	38	27	2	7	10	24	35	0	48	DWDWDL		0-2
2	14	Everton	36	12	12	12	34	39	7	8	3	15	10	5	4	9	19	29	-5	48	DWWDLL		1-2
	15	Coventry City	38	12	10	16	51	61	7	4	8	29	30	5	6	8	22	31	-10	46	LLLWWL		1-4
2	16	Sunderland	37	11	12	14	37	48	7	8	4	24	17	4	4	10	13	31	-11	45	LLLDWW		2-1
1	17	Birmingham City	37	12	8	17	36	46	7	4	7	18	17	5	4	10	18	29	-10	44	DDWLLL		1-5
1	18	West Bromwich Albion	36	12	7	17	40	55	8	4	5	23	19	4	3	12	17	36	-15	43	WWWLDL		0-3
	19	Stoke City	37	11	9	17	37	60	10	3	5	24	20	1	6	12	13	40	-23	42	WLWLWD		2-2
	20	Ipswich Town	37	11	7	19	46	53	8	4	6	29	22	3	3	13	17	31	-7	40	LDWLDW		3-0
	21	Notts County	36	9	9	18	44	63	5	6	6	26	30	4	3	12	18	33	-19	36	WDDWWL		2-3
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	5	9	22	26	70	3	7	9	14	28	2	2	13	12	42	-44	24	DLLLLL		0-3