The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 CHELSEA - Sat Feb 06, 1988 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 06, 1988 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 1987-88
Referee:: J Lloyd
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 18,203
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 13 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Jan 10, 1989

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3401 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1814 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3860 (of 5679)
Total:: 5351 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The Official Statistical History

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough

Goals:
Colin Foster (22)
Gary Crosby (46) - Gary Crosby first goal
Nigel Clough (66) (Pen)

CHELSEA
Manager: John Hollins

Goals:
Kerry Dixon (49)
Kevin Wilson (53)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Gary Fleming
3	D	Stuart Pearce
4	D	Des Walker
5	D	Colin Foster (22) off for Steve Chettle (45)
6	F	Terry Wilson
7	F	Gary Crosby (46)	First start
8	M	Neil Webb
9	F	Nigel Clough (66)
10	F	Tommy Gaynor
11	F	Brian Rice off for Phil Starbuck (78)
Subs
12	D	Steve Chettle on for Colin Foster (45)
13	F	Phil Starbuck on for Brian Rice (78)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Freestone
2	D	Clarke
3	D	Tony Dorigo (85)
4	D	Pates
5	D	McLaughlin
6	M	Burnstead
7	M	Nevin
8	M	Kevin Wilson
9	M	Kerry Dixon
10	F	Wood
11	F	Wegerle
Subs
12		West
13		C Wilson (85)

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 06, 1988)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	0-0	West Ham United
Luton Town	7-4	Oxford United
Manchester United	1-0	Coventry City
Norwich City	0-0	Watford
Nottingham Forest	3-2	Chelsea
Portsmouth	2-1	Derby County
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Southampton
Wimbledon	0-0	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	Liverpool	24	19	5	0	59	11	12	1	0	36	3	7	4	0	23	8	48	62
	2	Nottingham Forest	24	13	6	5	46	21	6	3	2	25	9	7	3	3	21	12	25	45
	3	Manchester United	25	12	9	4	38	25	6	5	1	18	11	6	4	3	20	14	13	45
	4	Everton	25	12	7	6	36	16	9	2	1	23	5	3	5	5	13	11	20	43
	5	Arsenal	26	12	6	8	37	25	7	2	4	23	11	5	4	4	14	14	12	42
	6	Wimbledon	25	11	7	7	39	30	6	5	2	21	13	5	2	5	18	17	9	40
	7	Queens Park Rangers	25	11	7	7	30	28	7	3	3	19	11	4	4	4	11	17	2	40
	8	Luton Town	24	10	5	9	32	26	7	4	3	22	11	3	1	6	10	15	6	35
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	25	10	4	11	31	38	7	1	5	18	16	3	3	6	13	22	-7	34
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	26	9	6	11	26	31	7	2	4	19	15	2	4	7	7	16	-5	33
	11	Southampton	25	8	8	9	33	36	4	4	4	15	15	4	4	5	18	21	-3	32
	12	Newcastle United	24	8	8	8	30	35	4	4	4	13	14	4	4	4	17	21	-5	32
	13	Chelsea	26	8	7	11	31	42	6	6	0	18	10	2	1	11	13	32	-11	31
	14	West Ham United	25	7	9	9	28	34	4	5	4	15	16	3	4	5	13	18	-6	30
	15	Portsmouth	26	5	11	10	24	42	3	7	4	16	18	2	4	6	8	24	-18	26
	16	Norwich City	25	7	4	14	23	33	4	2	6	17	18	3	2	8	6	15	-10	25
	17	Coventry City	23	6	7	10	24	38	2	4	4	10	17	4	3	6	14	21	-14	25
	18	Derby County	23	6	6	11	20	28	3	3	5	10	10	3	3	6	10	18	-8	24
	19	Oxford United	24	6	5	13	28	46	5	1	6	19	24	1	4	7	9	22	-18	23
	20	Watford	25	5	7	13	17	32	3	3	6	8	13	2	4	7	9	19	-15	22
	21	Charlton Athletic	25	4	8	13	23	38	3	4	6	12	18	1	4	7	11	20	-15	20

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	25	19	6	0	59	11	12	2	0	36	3	7	4	0	23	8	48	63		0-0
	2	Nottingham Forest	25	14	6	5	49	23	7	3	2	28	11	7	3	3	21	12	26	48		3-2
	3	Manchester United	26	13	9	4	39	25	7	5	1	19	11	6	4	3	20	14	14	48		1-0
	4	Everton	25	12	7	6	36	16	9	2	1	23	5	3	5	5	13	11	20	43
2	5	Queens Park Rangers	26	12	7	7	32	28	8	3	3	21	11	4	4	4	11	17	4	43		2-0
1	6	Arsenal	26	12	6	8	37	25	7	2	4	23	11	5	4	4	14	14	12	42
1	7	Wimbledon	26	11	8	7	39	30	6	6	2	21	13	5	2	5	18	17	9	41		0-0
	8	Luton Town	25	11	5	9	39	30	8	4	3	29	15	3	1	6	10	15	9	38		7-4
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	26	11	4	11	33	39	8	1	5	20	17	3	3	6	13	22	-6	37		2-1
2	10	Newcastle United	25	8	9	8	30	35	4	4	4	13	14	4	5	4	17	21	-5	33		0-0
1	11	Tottenham Hotspur	26	9	6	11	26	31	7	2	4	19	15	2	4	7	7	16	-5	33
1	12	Southampton	26	8	8	10	34	38	4	4	4	15	15	4	4	6	19	23	-4	32		1-2
1	13	West Ham United	26	7	10	9	28	34	4	5	4	15	16	3	5	5	13	18	-6	31		0-0
1	14	Chelsea	27	8	7	12	33	45	6	6	0	18	10	2	1	12	15	35	-12	31		2-3
	15	Portsmouth	27	6	11	10	26	43	4	7	4	18	19	2	4	6	8	24	-17	29		2-1
	16	Norwich City	26	7	5	14	23	33	4	3	6	17	18	3	2	8	6	15	-10	26		0-0
	17	Coventry City	24	6	7	11	24	39	2	4	4	10	17	4	3	7	14	22	-15	25		0-1
	18	Derby County	24	6	6	12	21	30	3	3	5	10	10	3	3	7	11	20	-9	24		1-2
1	19	Watford	26	5	8	13	17	32	3	3	6	8	13	2	5	7	9	19	-15	23		0-0
1	20	Oxford United	25	6	5	14	32	53	5	1	6	19	24	1	4	8	13	29	-21	23		4-7
	21	Charlton Athletic	26	4	8	14	23	40	3	4	6	12	18	1	4	8	11	22	-17	20		0-2