The City Ground

CHELSEA 1 - 0 FOREST - Tue Jan 01, 1985 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Jan 01, 1985 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: David Axcell
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 21,552
Pos Before/After:: 5 7
Opp Before/After:: 11 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (FA Cup)
League:: Norwich City
Chelsea:: Apr 10, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3273 (of 5043)
League Tier 1:: 1686 (of 2295)
Competitive:: 3709 (of 5766)
Total:: 5150 (of 7554)
Played:: 40 years, 4 months, 16 days ago

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

Goals

CHELSEA
Manager: John Neal
Prior form: WDDWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Mickey Thomas (68')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Hans Segers
2	D	20	Jim McInally
3	D	24	Alan Davidson
4	D	26	Bryn Gunn
5	M	20	Chris Fairclough
6	M	22	Colin Walsh
7	F	23	Steve Wigley
8	D	26	Johnny Metgod
9	M	25	Trevor Christie
10	F	23	Peter Davenport
11	M	22	Steve Hodge
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Eddie Niedzwiecki
2	D	Darren Wood
3	D	Joe McLaughlin
4	D	Colin Pates
5	D	Doug Rougvie
6	M	David Speedie
7	M	Mickey Thomas
8	M	Nigel Spackman
9	M	Pat Nevin
10	F	Kerry Dixon
11	F	Gordon Davies
12		?

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Jan 01, 1985)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	4-0	Stoke City
Everton	2-1	Luton Town
Ipswich Town	2-0	Norwich City
Leicester City	1-2	Southampton
Manchester United	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Newcastle United	3-1	Sunderland
Watford	1-1	Liverpool
West Ham United	1-3	Queens Park Rangers

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	Tottenham Hotspur	22	13	4	5	45	22	7	3	1	29	12	6	1	4	16	10	23	43	DWWWDW
	2	Everton	22	13	4	5	47	28	6	3	2	29	14	7	1	3	18	14	19	43	DDWLWW
	3	Manchester United	22	12	5	5	45	27	8	3	0	28	6	4	2	5	17	21	18	41	WLWWLW
	4	Arsenal	22	12	3	7	42	28	8	3	0	24	7	4	0	7	18	21	14	39	WLWDLW
	5	Nottingham Forest	22	11	3	8	36	33	8	1	2	23	13	3	2	6	13	20	3	36	LWLWWW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	22	9	8	5	35	23	6	4	1	23	13	3	4	4	12	10	12	35	DDDWDW
	7	Liverpool	22	9	7	6	28	21	4	4	3	13	9	5	3	3	15	12	7	34	LWDWLW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	4	8	36	31	7	2	2	24	11	3	2	6	12	20	5	34	WWLWWL
	9	Southampton	22	9	7	6	27	26	6	2	3	11	10	3	5	3	16	16	1	34	WWLWLL
	10	Norwich City	22	9	6	7	30	28	7	3	1	20	10	2	3	6	10	18	2	33	LWDLWW
	11	Chelsea	22	8	8	6	38	28	7	1	3	25	12	1	7	3	13	16	10	32	WDDWDL
	12	West Ham United	22	8	7	7	29	31	5	3	3	14	9	3	4	4	15	22	-2	31	LLDLDW
	13	Watford	22	7	7	8	44	41	4	3	4	25	21	3	4	4	19	20	3	28	WLLDWW
	14	Leicester City	22	8	4	10	41	43	6	2	3	28	16	2	2	7	13	27	-2	28	WWDWWL
	15	Sunderland	22	7	5	10	28	32	6	2	3	17	13	1	3	7	11	19	-4	26	LLWLLL
	16	Queens Park Rangers	22	6	8	8	27	36	5	4	2	21	14	1	4	6	6	22	-9	26	WDLLDW
	17	Aston Villa	22	6	7	9	28	37	5	4	2	17	12	1	3	7	11	25	-9	25	WLDWDL
	18	Newcastle United	22	6	7	9	34	44	5	3	3	18	14	1	4	6	16	30	-10	25	WLDLLL
	19	Luton Town	22	5	6	11	26	41	4	4	3	16	13	1	2	8	10	28	-15	21	LWDLWL
	20	Ipswich Town	22	4	7	11	19	33	3	4	4	13	15	1	3	7	6	18	-14	19	LWLLLL
	21	Coventry City	22	5	4	13	21	42	4	3	4	11	13	1	1	9	10	29	-21	19	DLWLLL
	22	Stoke City	22	2	5	15	17	48	2	2	7	13	24	0	3	8	4	24	-31	11	LLDLWL

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	Tottenham Hotspur	23	14	4	5	47	23	7	3	1	29	12	7	1	4	18	11	24	46	WWWDWW		2-1
	2	Everton	23	14	4	5	49	29	7	3	2	31	15	7	1	3	18	14	20	46	DWLWWW		2-1
	3	Manchester United	23	12	5	6	46	29	8	3	1	29	8	4	2	5	17	21	17	41	LWWLWL		1-2
	4	Arsenal	23	12	3	8	43	30	8	3	1	25	9	4	0	7	18	21	13	39	LWDLWL		1-2
1	5	Sheffield Wednesday	23	10	8	5	37	24	6	4	1	23	13	4	4	4	14	11	13	38	DDWDWW		2-1
3	6	Southampton	23	10	7	6	29	27	6	2	3	11	10	4	5	3	18	17	2	37	WLWLLW		2-1
2	7	Nottingham Forest	23	11	3	9	36	34	8	1	2	23	13	3	2	7	13	21	2	36	WLWWWL		0-1
3	8	Chelsea	23	9	8	6	39	28	8	1	3	26	12	1	7	3	13	16	11	35	DDWDLW		1-0
2	9	Liverpool	23	9	8	6	29	22	4	4	3	13	9	5	4	3	16	13	7	35	WDWLWD		1-1
2	10	West Bromwich Albion	23	10	4	9	37	34	7	2	2	24	11	3	2	7	13	23	3	34	WLWWLL		1-3
1	11	Norwich City	23	9	6	8	30	30	7	3	1	20	10	2	3	7	10	20	0	33	WDLWWL		0-2
	12	West Ham United	23	8	7	8	30	34	5	3	4	15	12	3	4	4	15	22	-4	31	LDLDWL		1-3
	13	Watford	23	7	8	8	45	42	4	4	4	26	22	3	4	4	19	20	3	29	LLDWWD		1-1
2	14	Queens Park Rangers	23	7	8	8	30	37	5	4	2	21	14	2	4	6	9	23	-7	29	DLLDWW		3-1
1	15	Leicester City	23	8	4	11	42	45	6	2	4	29	18	2	2	7	13	27	-3	28	WDWWLL		1-2
1	16	Aston Villa	23	7	7	9	31	38	6	4	2	20	13	1	3	7	11	25	-7	28	LDWDLW		3-1
1	17	Newcastle United	23	7	7	9	37	45	6	3	3	21	15	1	4	6	16	30	-8	28	LDLLLW		3-1
3	18	Sunderland	23	7	5	11	29	35	6	2	3	17	13	1	3	8	12	22	-6	26	LWLLLL		1-3
1	19	Ipswich Town	23	5	7	11	21	33	4	4	4	15	15	1	3	7	6	18	-12	22	WLLLLW		2-0
1	20	Coventry City	23	6	4	13	25	42	5	3	4	15	13	1	1	9	10	29	-17	22	LWLLLW		4-0
2	21	Luton Town	23	5	6	12	27	43	4	4	3	16	13	1	2	9	11	30	-16	21	WDLWLL		1-2
	22	Stoke City	23	2	5	16	17	52	2	2	7	13	24	0	3	9	4	28	-35	11	LDLWLL		0-4

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