The City Ground

MANCHESTER UNITED 2 - 3 FOREST - Sat Jan 18, 1986 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 18, 1986 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 1985-86
Referee:: J Key
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 46,717
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (Friendly)
League:: Queens Park Rangers
Manchester United:: Oct 04, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3319 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1732 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3765 (of 5676)
Total:: 5218 (of 7448)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Sunday Tribune - Sunday 19 January 1986
: Sunday Independent (Dublin) - Sunday 19 January 1986
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Colin Walsh (43)
Colin Walsh (77)
Nigel Clough (89)

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

Goals:
Jesper Olsen (46) (Pen)
Jesper Olsen (67)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Gary Fleming
3	D	Brett Williams
4	D	Des Walker
5	D	Johnny Metgod (0)
6	M	Ian Bowyer
7	F	Franz Carr
8	M	Neil Webb
9	F	Nigel Clough (89) (0)
10	F	Peter Davenport
11	M	Colin Walsh (43) (77)
Subs
12	F	David Campbell

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Bailey
2	D	Kevin Moran
3	D	Billy Garton
4	D	Colin Gibson
5	D	John Gidman
6	M	Arthur Albiston
7	M	Gordon Strachan
8	M	Jesper Olsen
9	M	Norman Whiteside
10	F	Frank Stapleton
11	F	Mark Hughes
Subs
12		Blackmore

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 18, 1986)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-2	Everton
Coventry City	0-2	Watford
Leicester City	2-2	Arsenal
Liverpool	3-1	West Ham United
Luton Town	2-0	Aston Villa
Manchester United	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Oxford United
Southampton	1-0	Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur	0-2	Manchester City
West Bromwich Albion	0-3	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
	1	Manchester United	25	17	4	4	45	17	9	3	1	21	3	8	1	3	24	14	28	55	WWLLWW
	2	Everton	26	15	5	6	60	35	9	2	2	35	15	6	3	4	25	20	25	50	LWWWDW
	3	Liverpool	26	14	8	4	52	27	10	3	0	32	9	4	5	4	20	18	25	50	LDLDDW
	4	Chelsea	24	15	5	4	39	23	11	0	1	24	8	4	5	3	15	15	16	50	DDWWWW
	5	West Ham United	24	14	6	4	39	20	8	2	1	26	9	6	4	3	13	11	19	48	WWWDLW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	25	12	7	6	40	39	7	4	1	22	19	5	3	5	18	20	1	43	WLWDLD
	7	Arsenal	24	12	6	6	28	26	9	3	1	18	8	3	3	5	10	18	2	42	DLWWWD
	8	Luton Town	26	11	8	7	41	29	7	5	1	24	8	4	3	6	17	21	12	41	LDWDWL
	9	Nottingham Forest	26	12	4	10	44	38	7	2	4	23	18	5	2	6	21	20	6	40	WLWDWW
	10	Newcastle United	25	9	9	7	35	37	6	3	3	22	17	3	6	4	13	20	-2	36	LWDDDD
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	25	10	5	10	39	31	7	1	4	29	15	3	4	6	10	16	8	35	LWWLDL
	12	Watford	25	9	6	10	42	42	8	2	2	28	13	1	4	8	14	29	0	33	WWLWDL
	13	Manchester City	26	8	8	10	30	33	5	5	3	17	15	3	3	7	13	18	-3	32	WLWDWW
	14	Southampton	25	8	6	11	33	36	8	4	1	25	9	0	2	10	8	27	-3	30	WLWLWL
	15	Queens Park Rangers	25	9	3	13	27	35	7	2	4	17	10	2	1	9	10	25	-8	30	LLLLWL
	16	Coventry City	25	6	7	12	32	43	3	3	7	20	22	3	4	5	12	21	-11	25	DLLLLD
	17	Leicester City	26	6	7	13	33	47	4	6	3	23	20	2	1	10	10	27	-14	25	DWWLLL
	18	Aston Villa	26	5	9	12	31	41	2	5	6	15	18	3	4	6	16	23	-10	24	LWLDLD
	19	Oxford United	25	5	8	12	37	52	5	4	3	23	16	0	4	9	14	36	-15	23	DLDWLL
	20	Ipswich Town	26	6	5	15	20	38	3	4	6	11	17	3	1	9	9	21	-18	23	WLWDDW
	21	Birmingham City	25	5	3	17	14	35	4	1	8	9	14	1	2	9	5	21	-21	18	LLLDLL
	22	West Bromwich Albion	26	2	7	17	23	60	2	4	7	13	24	0	3	10	10	36	-37	13	DWLDLD

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	26	17	4	5	47	20	9	3	2	23	6	8	1	3	24	14	27	55	WLLWWL	2-3
	2	Everton	27	16	5	6	62	35	9	2	2	35	15	7	3	4	27	20	27	53	WWWDWW	2-0
	3	Liverpool	27	15	8	4	55	28	11	3	0	35	10	4	5	4	20	18	27	53	DLDDWW	3-1
	4	Chelsea	25	16	5	4	42	23	11	0	1	24	8	5	5	3	18	15	19	53	DWWWWW	3-0
	5	West Ham United	25	14	6	5	40	23	8	2	1	26	9	6	4	4	14	14	17	48	WWDLWL	1-3
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	26	13	7	6	42	40	8	4	1	24	20	5	3	5	18	20	2	46	LWDLDW	2-1
1	7	Luton Town	27	12	8	7	43	29	8	5	1	26	8	4	3	6	17	21	14	44	DWDWLW	2-0
1	8	Nottingham Forest	27	13	4	10	47	40	7	2	4	23	18	6	2	6	24	22	7	43	LWDWWW	3-2
2	9	Arsenal	25	12	7	6	30	28	9	3	1	18	8	3	4	5	12	20	2	43	LWWWDD	2-2
2	10	Watford	26	10	6	10	44	42	8	2	2	28	13	2	4	8	16	29	2	36	WLWDLW	2-0
1	11	Newcastle United	26	9	9	8	36	40	6	3	3	22	17	3	6	5	14	23	-4	36	WDDDDL	1-3
1	12	Tottenham Hotspur	26	10	5	11	39	33	7	1	5	29	17	3	4	6	10	16	6	35	WWLDLL	0-2
	13	Manchester City	27	9	8	10	32	33	5	5	3	17	15	4	3	7	15	18	-1	35	LWDWWW	2-0
	14	Southampton	26	9	6	11	34	36	9	4	1	26	9	0	2	10	8	27	-2	33	LWLWLW	1-0
	15	Queens Park Rangers	26	10	3	13	30	36	8	2	4	20	11	2	1	9	10	25	-6	33	LLLWLW	3-1
1	16	Leicester City	27	6	8	13	35	49	4	7	3	25	22	2	1	10	10	27	-14	26	WWLLLD	2-2
1	17	Coventry City	26	6	7	13	32	45	3	3	8	20	24	3	4	5	12	21	-13	25	LLLLDL	0-2
	18	Aston Villa	27	5	9	13	31	43	2	5	6	15	18	3	4	7	16	25	-12	24	WLDLDL	0-2
	19	Oxford United	26	5	8	13	38	54	5	4	3	23	16	0	4	10	15	38	-16	23	LDWLLL	1-2
	20	Ipswich Town	27	6	5	16	20	39	3	4	6	11	17	3	1	10	9	22	-19	23	LWDDWL	0-1
	21	Birmingham City	26	5	3	18	14	37	4	1	9	9	16	1	2	9	5	21	-23	18	LLDLLL	0-2
	22	West Bromwich Albion	27	2	7	18	23	63	2	4	8	13	27	0	3	10	10	36	-40	13	WLDLDL	0-3

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