The City Ground

PORTSMOUTH 0 - 1 FOREST - Mon Apr 04, 1988 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 04, 1988 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Fratton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1987-88
Referee:: H Taylor
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 17,528
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 18 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (FA Cup)
League:: Liverpool
Portsmouth:: Mar 07, 1992

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3409 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1822 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3870 (of 5676)
Total:: 5361 (of 7448)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 05 April 1988
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Terry Wilson (67)

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: Alan Ball
Prior form: DLLLLW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Steve Chettle
3	D	Stuart Pearce
4	M	Darren Wassall
5	D	Colin Foster
6	F	Terry Wilson (67)
7	F	Gary Crosby
8	M	Neil Webb
9	F	Nigel Clough
10	F	Paul Wilkinson
11	F	Lee Glover
Subs
12	F	Franz Carr
13	D	Gary Fleming

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Knight
2	D	Swain
3	D	Sandford
4	D	Dillon
5	D	Blake
6	M	Alan Ball
7	M	Horne
8	M	Whitehead
9	M	Quinn
10	F	Connor
11	F	Hilaire
Subs
12		Fillery
13		Mariner

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Apr 04, 1988)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-0	Norwich City
Charlton Athletic	1-0	Watford
Derby County	2-1	Newcastle United
Liverpool	3-3	Manchester United
Oxford United	0-0	Southampton
Portsmouth	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United	0-0	Everton

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	23	7	2	70	17	13	2	0	38	4	10	5	2	32	13	53	76	WWDLWL
	2	Manchester United	34	18	11	5	55	32	10	5	1	30	14	8	6	4	25	18	23	65	DLWDWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	32	17	9	6	57	29	9	4	2	32	13	8	5	4	25	16	28	60	WLDDWW
	4	Everton	33	17	9	7	46	21	13	3	1	30	7	4	6	6	16	14	25	60	WLDWWD
	5	Queens Park Rangers	33	17	7	9	40	32	11	3	4	27	13	6	4	5	13	19	8	58	WLWWWW
	6	Arsenal	33	15	10	8	47	29	10	3	4	32	14	5	7	4	15	15	18	55	WWDDDD
	7	Wimbledon	33	13	11	9	50	38	8	6	2	26	13	5	5	7	24	25	12	50	LWWLDD
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	34	14	4	16	41	54	10	1	7	23	22	4	3	9	18	32	-13	46	LLLWWW
	9	Coventry City	33	11	10	12	40	48	5	6	5	21	23	6	4	7	19	25	-8	43	DWWLDW
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	36	11	10	15	35	43	8	5	6	24	22	3	5	9	11	21	-8	43	LWLLDL
	11	Newcastle United	32	10	12	10	42	44	6	5	5	23	20	4	7	5	19	24	-2	42	WDLDDW
	12	Norwich City	34	12	6	16	36	43	7	3	7	24	23	5	3	9	12	20	-7	42	WWWLLW
	13	Luton Town	30	12	5	13	44	43	9	4	3	33	16	3	1	10	11	27	1	41	WLLLWL
	14	Southampton	34	10	11	13	41	46	4	7	6	20	22	6	4	7	21	24	-5	41	DWLLWD
	15	West Ham United	33	8	12	13	33	45	5	7	4	18	18	3	5	9	15	27	-12	36	LDLWLL
	16	Chelsea	35	8	12	15	44	60	6	9	2	21	15	2	3	13	23	45	-16	36	DDDLDD
	17	Derby County	34	8	11	15	30	40	4	6	6	14	14	4	5	9	16	26	-10	35	DDWDLL
	18	Portsmouth	33	7	12	14	29	52	4	7	6	18	22	3	5	8	11	30	-23	33	DLLLLW
	19	Charlton Athletic	34	7	11	16	32	49	5	6	6	19	20	2	5	10	13	29	-17	32	LDWWDL
	20	Oxford United	33	6	11	16	39	63	5	5	6	23	28	1	6	10	16	35	-24	29	DLDDDL
	21	Watford	33	5	9	19	20	43	3	3	11	10	22	2	6	8	10	21	-23	24	LLLLDL

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	33	23	8	2	73	20	13	3	0	41	7	10	5	2	32	13	53	77	WDLWLD	3-3
	2	Manchester United	35	18	12	5	58	35	10	5	1	30	14	8	7	4	28	21	23	66	LWDWWD	3-3
	3	Nottingham Forest	33	18	9	6	58	29	9	4	2	32	13	9	5	4	26	16	29	63	LDDWWW	1-0
	4	Everton	34	17	10	7	46	21	13	3	1	30	7	4	7	6	16	14	25	61	LDWWDD	0-0
	5	Queens Park Rangers	34	18	7	9	42	32	12	3	4	29	13	6	4	5	13	19	10	61	LWWWWW	2-0
	6	Arsenal	34	16	10	8	49	29	11	3	4	34	14	5	7	4	15	15	20	58	WDDDDW	2-0
	7	Wimbledon	33	13	11	9	50	38	8	6	2	26	13	5	5	7	24	25	12	50	LWWLDD
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	34	14	4	16	41	54	10	1	7	23	22	4	3	9	18	32	-13	46	LLLWWW
	9	Coventry City	33	11	10	12	40	48	5	6	5	21	23	6	4	7	19	25	-8	43	DWWLDW
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	10	16	35	45	8	5	6	24	22	3	5	10	11	23	-10	43	WLLDLL	0-2
	11	Newcastle United	33	10	12	11	43	46	6	5	5	23	20	4	7	6	20	26	-3	42	DLDDWL	1-2
2	12	Southampton	35	10	12	13	41	46	4	7	6	20	22	6	5	7	21	24	-5	42	WLLWDD	0-0
1	13	Norwich City	35	12	6	17	36	45	7	3	7	24	23	5	3	10	12	22	-9	42	WWLLWL	0-2
1	14	Luton Town	30	12	5	13	44	43	9	4	3	33	16	3	1	10	11	27	1	41	WLLLWL
2	15	Derby County	35	9	11	15	32	41	5	6	6	16	15	4	5	9	16	26	-9	38	DWDLLW	2-1
1	16	West Ham United	34	8	13	13	33	45	5	8	4	18	18	3	5	9	15	27	-12	37	DLWLLD	0-0
1	17	Chelsea	35	8	12	15	44	60	6	9	2	21	15	2	3	13	23	45	-16	36	DDDLDD
1	18	Charlton Athletic	35	8	11	16	33	49	6	6	6	20	20	2	5	10	13	29	-16	35	DWWDLW	1-0
1	19	Portsmouth	34	7	12	15	29	53	4	7	7	18	23	3	5	8	11	30	-24	33	LLLLWL	0-1
	20	Oxford United	34	6	12	16	39	63	5	6	6	23	28	1	6	10	16	35	-24	30	LDDDLD	0-0
	21	Watford	34	5	9	20	20	44	3	3	11	10	22	2	6	9	10	22	-24	24	LLLDLL	0-1