The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 CHELSEA - Wed Apr 10, 1985 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 10, 1985 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 11 April 1985
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: T Fitzharris
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 14,666
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Nov 09, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3284 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1697 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3724 (of 5768)
Total:: 5168 (of 7556)
Played:: 40 years, 2 months, 22 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (49')
Johnny Metgod (54')

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

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Hans Segers
2	D	21	Jim McInally
3	D	33	Kenny Swain
4	M	20	Chris Fairclough
5	D	31	Paul Hart
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer
7	F	23	Steve Wigley
8	D	27	Johnny Metgod (54')
9	F	28	Garry Birtles (49')
10	M	22	Steve Hodge
11	M	23	Gary Mills
Subs
12	F	19	Nigel Clough

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Stephen Francis
2	D	Keith Dublin
3	D	Darren Wood
4	D	Joe McLaughlin
5	D	Colin Pates
6	M	John Bumstead
7	M	David Speedie
8	M	Mickey Thomas
9	M	Nigel Spackman
10	F	Pat Nevin
11	F	Kerry Dixon
Subs
12		Gordon Davies

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Apr 10, 1985)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Chelsea

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	Everton	32	21	6	5	71	35	11	3	2	45	16	10	3	3	26	19	36	69	DDWWWW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	35	19	8	8	67	37	12	4	2	43	11	7	4	6	24	26	30	65	DWWWWL	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	33	18	7	8	62	35	8	3	4	36	19	10	4	4	26	16	27	61	LWWLLD
	4	Liverpool	33	16	9	8	49	25	8	4	5	23	11	8	5	3	26	14	24	57	WLWLWW
	5	Southampton	35	16	9	10	47	42	10	3	4	21	16	6	6	6	26	26	5	57	DLLWDW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	34	14	13	7	50	36	10	7	1	34	18	4	6	6	16	18	14	55	DDWDLW
	7	Arsenal	35	16	7	12	53	42	12	4	2	34	13	4	3	10	19	29	11	55	DWDLLW
	8	Nottingham Forest	33	15	5	13	47	41	10	3	4	29	17	5	2	9	18	24	6	50	DLDWLL
	9	Chelsea	32	13	10	9	48	36	10	2	4	29	15	3	8	5	19	21	12	49	LLLWWW
	10	Aston Villa	35	13	10	12	48	49	9	6	3	28	16	4	4	9	20	33	-1	49	DLWWWL
	11	West Bromwich Albion	35	13	6	16	46	52	9	3	5	28	19	4	3	11	18	33	-6	45	WLWLLW
	12	Queens Park Rangers	35	11	11	13	44	55	9	6	3	35	24	2	5	10	9	31	-11	44	LWLWLW
	13	Leicester City	35	12	6	17	55	60	8	4	6	35	23	4	2	11	20	37	-5	42	WWLLLL
	14	Norwich City	33	11	9	13	39	48	9	5	4	27	20	2	4	9	12	28	-9	42	DLWDLL
	15	Newcastle United	35	10	12	13	48	62	9	4	4	28	21	1	8	9	20	41	-14	42	DLDLWD
	16	Watford	33	9	11	13	59	60	6	5	5	36	26	3	6	8	23	34	-1	38	LWLLWD
	17	West Ham United	32	9	10	13	40	53	5	6	5	20	18	4	4	8	20	35	-13	37	DLWLDL
	18	Ipswich Town	32	9	9	14	32	44	6	5	4	19	16	3	4	10	13	28	-12	36	DDLWWW
	19	Luton Town	32	9	8	15	41	53	7	5	3	25	17	2	3	12	16	36	-12	35	DLWWLW
	20	Sunderland	34	9	8	17	36	50	7	5	5	19	19	2	3	12	17	31	-14	35	DWLLLD
	21	Coventry City	31	10	4	17	35	51	8	3	5	22	17	2	1	12	13	34	-16	34	LWLWWL
	22	Stoke City	34	3	8	23	20	71	3	3	10	16	33	0	5	13	4	38	-51	17	DLLWLL

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	Everton	32	21	6	5	71	35	11	3	2	45	16	10	3	3	26	19	36	69	DDWWWW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	35	19	8	8	67	37	12	4	2	43	11	7	4	6	24	26	30	65	DWWWWL	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	33	18	7	8	62	35	8	3	4	36	19	10	4	4	26	16	27	61	LWWLLD
	4	Liverpool	33	16	9	8	49	25	8	4	5	23	11	8	5	3	26	14	24	57	WLWLWW
	5	Southampton	35	16	9	10	47	42	10	3	4	21	16	6	6	6	26	26	5	57	DLLWDW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	34	14	13	7	50	36	10	7	1	34	18	4	6	6	16	18	14	55	DDWDLW
	7	Arsenal	35	16	7	12	53	42	12	4	2	34	13	4	3	10	19	29	11	55	DWDLLW
	8	Nottingham Forest	34	16	5	13	49	41	11	3	4	31	17	5	2	9	18	24	8	53	LDWLLW		2-0
	9	Chelsea	33	13	10	10	48	38	10	2	4	29	15	3	8	6	19	23	10	49	LLWWWL		0-2
	10	Aston Villa	35	13	10	12	48	49	9	6	3	28	16	4	4	9	20	33	-1	49	DLWWWL
	11	West Bromwich Albion	35	13	6	16	46	52	9	3	5	28	19	4	3	11	18	33	-6	45	WLWLLW
	12	Queens Park Rangers	35	11	11	13	44	55	9	6	3	35	24	2	5	10	9	31	-11	44	LWLWLW
	13	Leicester City	35	12	6	17	55	60	8	4	6	35	23	4	2	11	20	37	-5	42	WWLLLL
	14	Norwich City	33	11	9	13	39	48	9	5	4	27	20	2	4	9	12	28	-9	42	DLWDLL
	15	Newcastle United	35	10	12	13	48	62	9	4	4	28	21	1	8	9	20	41	-14	42	DLDLWD
	16	Watford	33	9	11	13	59	60	6	5	5	36	26	3	6	8	23	34	-1	38	LWLLWD
	17	West Ham United	32	9	10	13	40	53	5	6	5	20	18	4	4	8	20	35	-13	37	DLWLDL
	18	Ipswich Town	32	9	9	14	32	44	6	5	4	19	16	3	4	10	13	28	-12	36	DDLWWW
	19	Luton Town	32	9	8	15	41	53	7	5	3	25	17	2	3	12	16	36	-12	35	DLWWLW
	20	Sunderland	34	9	8	17	36	50	7	5	5	19	19	2	3	12	17	31	-14	35	DWLLLD
	21	Coventry City	31	10	4	17	35	51	8	3	5	22	17	2	1	12	13	34	-16	34	LWLWWL
	22	Stoke City	34	3	8	23	20	71	3	3	10	16	33	0	5	13	4	38	-51	17	DLLWLL