The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED - Sat Mar 19, 1988 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 19, 1988 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1987-88
Referee:: Kevin Breen
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 27,598
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Dec 26, 1988

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3405 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1818 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3866 (of 5722)
Total:: 5358 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 21 March 1988
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Alex Ferguson
Prior form: WWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Steve Chettle
3	D	Stuart Pearce
4	D	Des Walker
5	D	Colin Foster
6	F	Terry Wilson
7	F	Gary Crosby
8	M	Neil Webb
9	F	Nigel Clough
10	F	Paul Wilkinson
11	F	Brian Rice
Subs
12	D	Gary Fleming
13	F	Lee Glover

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Turner
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Blackmore
4	D	Steve Bruce
5	D	Duxbury
6	M	Hogg (45)
7	M	Norman Whiteside
8	M	Olsen
9	M	Brian McClair
10	F	Peter Davenport
11	F	Gibson (82)
Subs
12		McGrath (45)
13		O'Brien (82)

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 19, 1988)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-1	Newcastle United
Coventry City	0-3	Derby County
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Manchester United
Oxford United	4-4	Chelsea
Queens Park Rangers	3-0	Norwich City
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Portsmouth
Southampton	0-1	Charlton Athletic
West Ham United	1-0	Watford
Wimbledon	3-0	Tottenham Hotspur

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	29	22	7	0	67	13	12	2	0	36	3	10	5	0	31	10	54	73	WDWWWD
	2	Manchester United	31	16	10	5	48	30	8	5	1	23	12	8	5	4	25	18	18	58	WWWDLW
	3	Everton	30	15	8	7	41	18	12	2	1	27	5	3	6	6	14	13	23	53	WWWWLD
	4	Nottingham Forest	28	15	7	6	52	26	7	3	2	28	11	8	4	4	24	15	26	52	DDWDWL
	5	Arsenal	29	15	6	8	45	27	10	2	4	31	13	5	4	4	14	14	18	51	DLLWWW
	6	Queens Park Rangers	30	14	7	9	35	32	10	3	4	24	13	4	4	5	11	19	3	49	LWLWLW
	7	Wimbledon	29	12	9	8	42	32	7	6	2	23	13	5	3	6	19	19	10	45	WLDDLW
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	33	11	9	13	34	38	8	4	5	23	20	3	5	8	11	18	-4	42	DWDLWL
	9	Norwich City	31	11	6	14	34	37	6	3	6	22	20	5	3	8	12	17	-3	39	DWDWWW
	10	Coventry City	30	10	9	11	37	43	4	6	4	20	20	6	3	7	17	23	-6	39	WDWDWW
	11	Luton Town	28	11	5	12	40	38	8	4	3	29	15	3	1	9	11	23	2	38	DWWLLL
	12	Southampton	31	9	10	12	38	43	4	6	5	18	19	5	4	7	20	24	-5	37	LDLDWL
	13	Newcastle United	29	9	10	10	35	41	5	4	5	17	18	4	6	5	18	23	-6	37	WDLWDL
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	31	11	4	16	35	53	8	1	7	20	21	3	3	9	15	32	-18	37	WLLLLL
	15	West Ham United	30	7	12	11	30	40	4	7	4	17	18	3	5	7	13	22	-10	33	WDDLDL
	16	Chelsea	31	8	9	14	38	53	6	7	1	19	12	2	2	13	19	41	-15	33	DLLLDD
	17	Derby County	30	7	10	13	25	34	4	5	6	14	14	3	5	7	11	20	-9	31	LDWDDD
	18	Portsmouth	29	6	12	11	27	46	4	7	5	18	21	2	5	6	9	25	-19	30	WDDWDL
	19	Charlton Athletic	31	6	10	15	31	47	5	5	6	19	20	1	5	9	12	27	-16	28	LDWLDW
	20	Oxford United	29	6	8	15	35	58	5	3	6	19	24	1	5	9	16	34	-23	26	DLDDDL
	21	Watford	29	5	8	16	18	38	3	3	9	9	19	2	5	7	9	19	-20	23	WDDLLL

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	29	22	7	0	67	13	12	2	0	36	3	10	5	0	31	10	54	73	WDWWWD
	2	Manchester United	32	16	11	5	48	30	8	5	1	23	12	8	6	4	25	18	18	59	WWDLWD	0-0
1	3	Nottingham Forest	29	15	8	6	52	26	7	4	2	28	11	8	4	4	24	15	26	53	DWDWLD	0-0
1	4	Everton	30	15	8	7	41	18	12	2	1	27	5	3	6	6	14	13	23	53	WWWWLD
	5	Arsenal	30	15	7	8	46	28	10	3	4	32	14	5	4	4	14	14	18	52	LLWWWD	1-1
	6	Queens Park Rangers	31	15	7	9	38	32	11	3	4	27	13	4	4	5	11	19	6	52	WLWLWW	3-0
	7	Wimbledon	30	13	9	8	45	32	8	6	2	26	13	5	3	6	19	19	13	48	LDDLWW	3-0
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	11	9	14	34	41	8	4	5	23	20	3	5	9	11	21	-7	42	WDLWLL	0-3
5	9	Sheffield Wednesday	32	12	4	16	36	53	9	1	7	21	21	3	3	9	15	32	-17	40	LLLLLW	1-0
1	10	Norwich City	32	11	6	15	34	40	6	3	6	22	20	5	3	9	12	20	-6	39	WDWWWL	0-3
1	11	Coventry City	31	10	9	12	37	46	4	6	5	20	23	6	3	7	17	23	-9	39	DWDWWL	0-3
1	12	Luton Town	28	11	5	12	40	38	8	4	3	29	15	3	1	9	11	23	2	38	DWWLLL
	13	Newcastle United	30	9	11	10	36	42	5	4	5	17	18	4	7	5	19	24	-6	38	DLWDLD	1-1
2	14	Southampton	32	9	10	13	38	44	4	6	6	18	20	5	4	7	20	24	-6	37	DLDWLL	0-1
	15	West Ham United	31	8	12	11	31	40	5	7	4	18	18	3	5	7	13	22	-9	36	DDLDLW	1-0
1	16	Derby County	31	8	10	13	28	34	4	5	6	14	14	4	5	7	14	20	-6	34	DWDDDW	3-0
1	17	Chelsea	32	8	10	14	42	57	6	7	1	19	12	2	3	13	23	45	-15	34	LLLDDD	4-4
1	18	Charlton Athletic	32	7	10	15	32	47	5	5	6	19	20	2	5	9	13	27	-15	31	DWLDWW	1-0
1	19	Portsmouth	30	6	12	12	27	47	4	7	5	18	21	2	5	7	9	26	-20	30	DDWDLL	0-1
	20	Oxford United	30	6	9	15	39	62	5	4	6	23	28	1	5	9	16	34	-23	27	LDDDLD	4-4
	21	Watford	30	5	8	17	18	39	3	3	9	9	19	2	5	8	9	20	-21	23	DDLLLL	0-1