The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 WATFORD - Wed Aug 19, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Aug 19, 1987 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Watford
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 1987-88
Referee:: D Scott
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 14,527
Pos Before/After:: 7 3
Opp Before/After:: 9 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Watford:: Jan 23, 1988

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3378 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1791 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3831 (of 5721)
Total:: 5320 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals
Stuart Pearce (25) (Pen)

WATFORD
Manager: Dave Bassett
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Gary Fleming
3	D	Stuart Pearce (25)
4	D	Des Walker	100th appearance
5	D	Colin Foster
6	F	David Campbell
7	F	Franz Carr
8	M	Neil Webb
9	F	Nigel Clough
10	F	Paul Wilkinson
11	F	Lee Glover
Subs
12	D	Steve Chettle
13	F	Kjetil Osvold

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Coton
2	D	John McClelland
3	D	Mark Morris
4	D	Wilf Rostron 0
5	D	David Bardsley
6	M	Nigel Gibbs
7	M	Gary Porter
8	M	Kenny Jackett 0
9	M	Trevor Senior
10	F	Tony Agana
11	F	Luther Blissett
Subs
12		Richard Hill
13		Malcolm Allen

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Aug 19, 1987)

Home	Score	Away
Manchester United	0-0	Arsenal
Norwich City	0-1	Southampton
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Watford
Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Derby County
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Newcastle United

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	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	6	WW
	2	Coventry City	2	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	WW
	3	Oxford United	2	1	1	0	5	3	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	WD
	4	Everton	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	WD
	5	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	W
	6	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
	7	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
	8	Derby County	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	9	Watford	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	10	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	11	Southampton	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	LD
	13	Wimbledon	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	LD
	14	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	16	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	17	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	18	Norwich City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L
	19	Luton Town	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	LL
	20	West Ham United	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L
	21	Portsmouth	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	4	-5	0	LL

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	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	6	WW
	2	Coventry City	2	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	WW
4	3	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	6	WW	1-0
1	4	Queens Park Rangers	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	4	WD	1-1
2	5	Oxford United	2	1	1	0	5	3	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	WD
5	6	Southampton	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	DW	1-0
1	7	Derby County	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	WD	1-1
4	8	Everton	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	WD
8	9	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	LW	3-1
4	10	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
2	11	Watford	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	WL	0-1
2	12	Manchester United	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	DD	0-0
1	13	Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	LD
1	14	Arsenal	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	-1	1	LD	0-0
2	15	Wimbledon	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	LD
	16	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
3	17	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	1-3
1	18	Luton Town	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	LL
1	19	Norwich City	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	LL	0-1
	20	West Ham United	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L
	21	Portsmouth	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	4	-5	0	LL

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