The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 - 1 FOREST - Thu Dec 26, 1985 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu Dec 26, 1985 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 1985-86
Referee:: K Walmsley
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 10,378
Pos Before/After:: 11 11
Opp Before/After:: 20 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Mar 31, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3315 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1728 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3759 (of 5679)
Total:: 5211 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Neil Webb

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

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Jim McInally off for Colin Walsh	Last game
3	D	Brett Williams	Debut
4	D	Des Walker
5	F	Garry Birtles
6	M	Ian Bowyer
7	D	Johnny Metgod
8	M	Neil Webb
9	F	Nigel Clough
10	F	Peter Davenport
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	Colin Walsh on for Jim McInally

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David Seaman
2	D	Brian Roberts
3	D	Billy Wright
4	D	Nicky Platnauer
5	D	Ray Ranson
6	M	Jim Hagan
7	M	Julian Dicks
8	M	Martin Kuhl
9	M	Des Bremner
10	F	Andrew Kennedy
11	F	Robert Hopkins
Subs
12		Tony Rees

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Thu Dec 26, 1985)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	0-1	Ipswich Town
Everton	3-1	Manchester United
Leicester City	3-1	Aston Villa
Manchester City	1-0	Liverpool
Oxford United	3-0	Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	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	Manchester United	22	15	4	3	40	13	8	3	1	20	3	7	1	2	20	10	27	49	DLDWWL
	2	Liverpool	22	13	6	3	46	21	10	2	0	30	7	3	4	3	16	14	25	45	WWDWLD
	3	West Ham United	22	13	6	3	38	19	8	2	1	26	9	5	4	2	12	10	19	45	WWWWWD
	4	Chelsea	22	13	5	4	36	23	9	0	1	21	8	4	5	3	15	15	13	44	WWDDWW
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	22	12	5	5	35	32	7	3	1	20	17	5	2	4	15	15	3	41	DWLWLW
	6	Everton	22	12	4	6	48	28	6	2	2	25	10	6	2	4	23	18	20	40	WDWWLW
	7	Arsenal	22	11	5	6	25	25	8	2	1	15	7	3	3	5	10	18	0	38	WDDLWW
	8	Luton Town	22	9	7	6	35	25	6	5	1	21	7	3	2	5	14	18	10	34	LWWWLD
	9	Newcastle United	22	9	6	7	30	32	6	2	3	20	15	3	4	4	10	17	-2	33	LLWLWD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	4	8	38	26	6	1	3	28	12	3	3	5	10	14	12	31	DDWWLW
	11	Nottingham Forest	22	9	3	10	34	35	6	1	4	17	15	3	2	6	17	20	-1	30	LDDLWL
	12	Watford	22	8	5	9	38	38	7	2	1	24	9	1	3	8	14	29	0	29	LLDWWL
	13	Southampton	22	7	6	9	30	31	7	4	1	22	8	0	2	8	8	23	-1	27	WLLWLW
	14	Queens Park Rangers	22	8	3	11	20	27	6	2	4	14	9	2	1	7	6	18	-7	27	WDLLLL
	15	Coventry City	22	6	6	10	27	34	3	2	6	17	18	3	4	4	10	16	-7	24	WLWDLL
	16	Manchester City	22	5	7	10	26	32	3	4	3	14	14	2	3	7	12	18	-6	22	WWLDWL
	17	Aston Villa	22	5	7	10	26	33	2	4	5	14	16	3	3	5	12	17	-7	22	DLLLLW
	18	Leicester City	22	5	7	10	28	40	3	6	2	20	18	2	1	8	8	22	-12	22	DLWLDW
	19	Oxford United	22	4	8	10	32	46	4	4	2	19	13	0	4	8	13	33	-14	20	LLWDLD
	20	Birmingham City	21	5	2	14	13	31	4	1	6	9	12	1	1	8	4	19	-18	17	LLDLLL
	21	Ipswich Town	22	4	3	15	17	37	3	2	6	10	16	1	1	9	7	21	-20	15	LLWLWL
	22	West Bromwich Albion	22	2	5	15	19	53	2	3	6	11	21	0	2	9	8	32	-34	11	LDLLDW

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	Manchester United	23	15	4	4	41	16	8	3	1	20	3	7	1	3	21	13	25	49	LDWWLL	1-3
	2	Liverpool	23	13	6	4	46	22	10	2	0	30	7	3	4	4	16	15	24	45	WDWLDL	0-1
	3	West Ham United	23	13	6	4	38	20	8	2	1	26	9	5	4	3	12	11	18	45	WWWWDL	0-1
	4	Chelsea	22	13	5	4	36	23	9	0	1	21	8	4	5	3	15	15	13	44	WWDDWW
1	5	Everton	23	13	4	6	51	29	7	2	2	28	11	6	2	4	23	18	22	43	DWWLWW	3-1
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	23	12	6	5	37	34	7	4	1	22	19	5	2	4	15	15	3	42	WLWLWD	2-2
	7	Arsenal	22	11	5	6	25	25	8	2	1	15	7	3	3	5	10	18	0	38	WDDLWW
	8	Luton Town	23	10	7	6	37	26	6	5	1	21	7	4	2	5	16	19	11	37	WWWLDW	2-1
1	9	Tottenham Hotspur	22	10	4	8	39	26	7	1	3	29	12	3	3	5	10	14	13	34	DWWLWW	1-0
1	10	Newcastle United	23	9	7	7	32	34	6	2	3	20	15	3	5	4	12	19	-2	34	LWLWDD	2-2
	11	Nottingham Forest	23	10	3	10	35	35	6	1	4	17	15	4	2	6	18	20	0	33	DDLWLW	1-0
	12	Watford	22	8	5	9	38	38	7	2	1	24	9	1	3	8	14	29	0	29	LLDWWL
	13	Southampton	23	7	6	10	30	34	7	4	1	22	8	0	2	9	8	26	-4	27	LLWLWL	0-3
	14	Queens Park Rangers	22	8	3	11	20	27	6	2	4	14	9	2	1	7	6	18	-7	27	WDLLLL
1	15	Manchester City	23	6	7	10	27	32	4	4	3	15	14	2	3	7	12	18	-5	25	WLDWLW	1-0
2	16	Leicester City	23	6	7	10	31	41	4	6	2	23	19	2	1	8	8	22	-10	25	LWLDWW	3-1
2	17	Coventry City	23	6	6	11	27	35	3	2	7	17	19	3	4	4	10	16	-8	24	LWDLLL	0-1
1	18	Oxford United	23	5	8	10	35	46	5	4	2	22	13	0	4	8	13	33	-11	23	LWDLDW	3-0
2	19	Aston Villa	23	5	7	11	27	36	2	4	5	14	16	3	3	6	13	20	-9	22	LLLLWL	1-3
1	20	Ipswich Town	23	5	3	15	18	37	3	2	6	10	16	2	1	9	8	21	-19	18	LWLWLW	1-0
1	21	Birmingham City	22	5	2	15	13	32	4	1	7	9	13	1	1	8	4	19	-19	17	LDLLLL	0-1
	22	West Bromwich Albion	23	2	5	16	20	55	2	3	7	12	23	0	2	9	8	32	-35	11	DLLDWL	1-2