The City Ground

MANCHESTER UNITED 2 - 0 FOREST - Mon May 06, 1985 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon May 06, 1985 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: M Peck
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 41,775
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Aug 31, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3290 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1703 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3730 (of 5768)
Total:: 5175 (of 7556)
Played:: 40 years, 1 month, 29 days ago

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

Goals

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Ron Atkinson
Prior form: WLLDDW (Old to recent)

Goals
John Gidman (8')
Frank Stapleton (70')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Hans Segers
2	D	21	Jim McInally
3	D	33	Kenny Swain
4	D	19	Des Walker
5	D	32	Paul Hart
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer
7	F	23	Steve Wigley
8	M	23	Gary Mills
9	F	19	Nigel Clough
10	F	28	Garry Birtles
11	M	22	Steve Hodge
Subs
12	D	27	Johnny Metgod

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Bailey
2	D	Paul McGrath
3	D	Graeme Hogg
4	D	John Gidman
5	D	Arthur Albiston
6	M	Kevin Moran
7	M	Gordon Strachan
8	M	Jesper Olsen
9	M	Alan Brazil
10	F	Norman Whiteside
11	F	Frank Stapleton
Subs
12		Arnold M�hren

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon May 06, 1985)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Southampton
Aston Villa	0-1	Luton Town
Chelsea	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Coventry City	0-2	Liverpool
Everton	2-0	Queens Park Rangers
Ipswich Town	5-1	Stoke City
Leicester City	2-0	Sunderland
Manchester United	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Newcastle United	2-3	Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United	1-0	Norwich 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	Status
	1	Everton	36	25	6	5	81	36	13	3	2	52	17	12	3	3	29	19	45	81	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	39	20	10	9	71	41	12	6	2	45	13	8	4	7	26	28	30	70	WLLDDW	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	38	20	8	10	71	44	9	3	6	42	26	11	5	4	29	18	27	68	DWLLDW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	36	18	10	8	56	29	10	4	5	30	15	8	6	3	26	14	27	64	LWWWDW	Safe
	5	Southampton	39	18	10	11	53	44	12	3	4	26	16	6	7	7	27	28	9	64	DWWDLW	Safe
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	39	16	14	9	55	40	11	7	2	37	20	5	7	7	18	20	15	62	WWDWLL	Safe
	7	Arsenal	40	18	8	14	58	47	13	5	2	36	14	5	3	12	22	33	11	62	WDWLWL	Safe
	8	Nottingham Forest	39	18	7	14	55	45	12	4	4	34	18	6	3	10	21	27	10	61	WDWWLD	Safe
	9	Chelsea	38	15	12	11	57	45	11	3	4	33	17	4	9	7	24	28	12	57	LDWWDL	Safe
	10	Aston Villa	40	15	11	14	59	57	10	7	3	34	19	5	4	11	25	38	2	56	LLLDWW	Safe
	11	West Bromwich Albion	40	15	6	19	54	60	11	3	6	34	21	4	3	13	20	39	-6	51	WLLWLW
	12	Newcastle United	40	13	12	15	53	67	11	4	5	31	23	2	8	10	22	44	-14	51	DWLLWW
	13	Queens Park Rangers	40	13	11	16	52	67	11	6	3	40	27	2	5	13	12	40	-15	50	WLWLLW
	14	Watford	38	12	13	13	68	63	9	5	5	43	27	3	8	8	25	36	5	49	DWWDWD
	15	Leicester City	40	14	6	20	63	69	9	4	7	37	25	5	2	13	26	44	-6	48	LLWLWL
	16	Luton Town	37	12	9	16	50	58	10	5	4	34	22	2	4	12	16	36	-8	45	WWWLDW
	17	Norwich City	39	12	9	18	44	62	9	5	6	28	24	3	4	12	16	38	-18	45	LLLWLL
	18	Ipswich Town	38	11	10	17	39	54	7	6	5	22	18	4	4	12	17	36	-15	43	LLWWDL
	19	West Ham United	36	10	12	14	43	59	5	8	5	21	19	5	4	9	22	40	-16	42	DLDWDL
	20	Coventry City	36	12	4	20	40	59	9	3	6	24	19	3	1	14	16	40	-19	40	LLWLWL
	21	Sunderland	40	10	10	20	39	58	7	6	7	19	24	3	4	13	20	34	-19	40	WDLLDL
	22	Stoke City	38	3	8	27	22	79	3	3	13	18	39	0	5	14	4	40	-57	17	LLLLLL	Relegated

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	37	26	6	5	83	36	14	3	2	54	17	12	3	3	29	19	47	84	WWWWWW	Champions	2-0
	2	Manchester United	40	21	10	9	73	41	13	6	2	47	13	8	4	7	26	28	32	73	LLDDWW	Safe	2-0
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	39	21	8	10	74	46	9	3	6	42	26	12	5	4	32	20	28	71	WLLDWW	Safe	3-2
	4	Liverpool	37	19	10	8	58	29	10	4	5	30	15	9	6	3	28	14	29	67	WWWDWW	Safe	2-0
2	5	Arsenal	41	19	8	14	59	47	14	5	2	37	14	5	3	12	22	33	12	65	DWLWLW	Safe	1-0
1	6	Southampton	40	18	10	12	53	45	12	3	4	26	16	6	7	8	27	29	8	64	WWDLWL	Safe	0-1
1	7	Sheffield Wednesday	40	16	14	10	56	42	11	7	2	37	20	5	7	8	19	22	14	62	WDWLLL	Safe	1-2
	8	Nottingham Forest	40	18	7	15	55	47	12	4	4	34	18	6	3	11	21	29	8	61	DWWLDL	Safe	0-2
	9	Chelsea	39	16	12	11	59	46	12	3	4	35	18	4	9	7	24	28	13	60	DWWDLW	Safe	2-1
	10	Aston Villa	41	15	11	15	59	58	10	7	4	34	20	5	4	11	25	38	1	56	LLDWWL	Safe	0-1
4	11	Leicester City	41	15	6	20	65	69	10	4	7	39	25	5	2	13	26	44	-4	51	LWLWLW		2-0
1	12	West Bromwich Albion	40	15	6	19	54	60	11	3	6	34	21	4	3	13	20	39	-6	51	WLLWLW
1	13	Newcastle United	41	13	12	16	55	70	11	4	6	33	26	2	8	10	22	44	-15	51	WLLWWL		2-3
1	14	Queens Park Rangers	41	13	11	17	52	69	11	6	3	40	27	2	5	14	12	42	-17	50	LWLLWL		0-2
1	15	Watford	38	12	13	13	68	63	9	5	5	43	27	3	8	8	25	36	5	49	DWWDWD
	16	Luton Town	38	13	9	16	51	58	10	5	4	34	22	3	4	12	17	36	-7	48	WWLDWW		1-0
1	17	Ipswich Town	39	12	10	17	44	55	8	6	5	27	19	4	4	12	17	36	-11	46	LWWDLW		5-1
1	18	West Ham United	37	11	12	14	44	59	6	8	5	22	19	5	4	9	22	40	-15	45	LDWDLW		1-0
2	19	Norwich City	40	12	9	19	44	63	9	5	6	28	24	3	4	13	16	39	-19	45	LLWLLL		0-1
	20	Coventry City	37	12	4	21	40	61	9	3	7	24	21	3	1	14	16	40	-21	40	LWLWLL		0-2
	21	Sunderland	41	10	10	21	39	60	7	6	7	19	24	3	4	14	20	36	-21	40	DLLDLL	Relegated	0-2
	22	Stoke City	39	3	8	28	23	84	3	3	13	18	39	0	5	15	5	45	-61	17	LLLLLL	Relegated	1-5

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