The City Ground

ARSENAL 0 - 0 FOREST - Tue Mar 17, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Mar 17, 1987 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: J Deakin
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 18,352
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Sep 12, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3366 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1779 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3819 (of 5722)
Total:: 5300 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 18 March 1987
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals

ARSENAL
Manager: George Graham
Prior form: DLDDLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Des Walker
3	D	Stuart Pearce
4	D	Johnny Metgod
5	M	Chris Fairclough
6	M	Ian Bowyer
7	F	Franz Carr
8	M	Neil Webb off for Colin Foster (45)
9	F	Nigel Clough
10	F	Garry Birtles
11	M	Gary Mills
Subs
12	D	Colin Foster on for Neil Webb (45)	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Lukic
2	D	Gus Caesar
3	D	Viv Anderson
4	D	Kenny Sansom
5	D	Tony Adams
6	M	Steve Williams
7	M	David Rocastle
8	M	Michael Thomas
9	M	Niall Quinn
10	F	Perry Groves (76)
11	F	Charlie Nicholas
Subs
12		Ian Allinson (76)

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Mar 17, 1987)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-0	Nottingham Forest

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	Liverpool	32	19	7	6	58	30	11	3	2	33	12	8	4	4	25	18	28	64	WDWWWW
	2	Everton	31	17	7	7	57	25	11	3	1	36	9	6	4	6	21	16	32	58	LWDDLW
	3	Arsenal	30	15	9	6	42	18	9	4	1	22	5	6	5	5	20	13	24	54	DLDDLL
	4	Luton Town	31	15	8	8	36	31	12	3	1	22	9	3	5	7	14	22	5	53	DWDWLW
	5	Norwich City	31	13	13	5	43	38	7	8	1	23	17	6	5	4	20	21	5	52	WDWDDW
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	28	15	5	8	49	29	9	3	4	28	13	6	2	4	21	16	20	50	WLWWWW
	7	Nottingham Forest	31	14	8	9	53	38	9	6	1	29	11	5	2	8	24	27	15	50	WDDLWL
	8	Coventry City	30	13	7	10	34	33	11	2	3	25	14	2	5	7	9	19	1	46	LLLWWW
	9	Wimbledon	30	13	5	12	39	36	8	3	4	22	14	5	2	8	17	22	3	44	DLWWDD
	10	Watford	29	12	7	10	48	37	8	4	2	27	12	4	3	8	21	25	11	43	LWDLWW
	11	Queens Park Rangers	30	12	6	12	33	35	9	3	4	25	18	3	3	8	8	17	-2	42	WWWWLW
	12	Chelsea	32	11	9	12	41	50	6	4	6	21	23	5	5	6	20	27	-9	42	WLDWWW
	13	Manchester United	31	10	11	10	40	32	9	3	4	29	14	1	8	6	11	18	8	41	DWDDWL
	14	West Ham United	30	10	8	12	43	50	6	2	6	24	23	4	6	6	19	27	-7	38	WLDLLL
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	30	8	11	11	40	46	6	7	2	27	16	2	4	9	13	30	-6	35	LDLDLL
	16	Oxford United	31	8	10	13	32	51	6	6	4	24	21	2	4	9	8	30	-19	34	WLDDLL
	17	Southampton	30	9	4	17	45	56	7	2	5	27	19	2	2	12	18	37	-11	31	WLLLWL
	18	Leicester City	31	8	6	17	38	60	6	5	4	26	19	2	1	13	12	41	-22	30	WLLLLW
	19	Charlton Athletic	31	7	8	16	29	43	4	5	6	17	17	3	3	10	12	26	-14	29	LDLLWL
	20	Manchester City	31	6	11	14	27	42	6	4	5	20	17	0	7	9	7	25	-15	29	DDDLLL
	21	Aston Villa	31	6	9	16	35	61	5	5	5	18	21	1	4	11	17	40	-26	27	LLDDDL
	22	Newcastle United	29	6	7	16	31	52	5	3	6	21	23	1	4	10	10	29	-21	25	LLDLLW

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	Liverpool	32	19	7	6	58	30	11	3	2	33	12	8	4	4	25	18	28	64	WDWWWW
	2	Everton	31	17	7	7	57	25	11	3	1	36	9	6	4	6	21	16	32	58	LWDDLW
	3	Arsenal	31	15	10	6	42	18	9	5	1	22	5	6	5	5	20	13	24	55	LDDLLD	0-0
	4	Luton Town	31	15	8	8	36	31	12	3	1	22	9	3	5	7	14	22	5	53	DWDWLW
	5	Norwich City	31	13	13	5	43	38	7	8	1	23	17	6	5	4	20	21	5	52	WDWDDW
1	6	Nottingham Forest	32	14	9	9	53	38	9	6	1	29	11	5	3	8	24	27	15	51	DDLWLD	0-0
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	28	15	5	8	49	29	9	3	4	28	13	6	2	4	21	16	20	50	WLWWWW
	8	Coventry City	30	13	7	10	34	33	11	2	3	25	14	2	5	7	9	19	1	46	LLLWWW
	9	Wimbledon	30	13	5	12	39	36	8	3	4	22	14	5	2	8	17	22	3	44	DLWWDD
	10	Watford	29	12	7	10	48	37	8	4	2	27	12	4	3	8	21	25	11	43	LWDLWW
	11	Queens Park Rangers	30	12	6	12	33	35	9	3	4	25	18	3	3	8	8	17	-2	42	WWWWLW
	12	Chelsea	32	11	9	12	41	50	6	4	6	21	23	5	5	6	20	27	-9	42	WLDWWW
	13	Manchester United	31	10	11	10	40	32	9	3	4	29	14	1	8	6	11	18	8	41	DWDDWL
	14	West Ham United	30	10	8	12	43	50	6	2	6	24	23	4	6	6	19	27	-7	38	WLDLLL
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	30	8	11	11	40	46	6	7	2	27	16	2	4	9	13	30	-6	35	LDLDLL
	16	Oxford United	31	8	10	13	32	51	6	6	4	24	21	2	4	9	8	30	-19	34	WLDDLL
	17	Southampton	30	9	4	17	45	56	7	2	5	27	19	2	2	12	18	37	-11	31	WLLLWL
	18	Leicester City	31	8	6	17	38	60	6	5	4	26	19	2	1	13	12	41	-22	30	WLLLLW
	19	Charlton Athletic	31	7	8	16	29	43	4	5	6	17	17	3	3	10	12	26	-14	29	LDLLWL
	20	Manchester City	31	6	11	14	27	42	6	4	5	20	17	0	7	9	7	25	-15	29	DDDLLL
	21	Aston Villa	31	6	9	16	35	61	5	5	5	18	21	1	4	11	17	40	-26	27	LLDDDL
	22	Newcastle United	29	6	7	16	31	52	5	3	6	21	23	1	4	10	10	29	-21	25	LLDLLW