The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 NORWICH CITY - Wed May 04, 1988 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed May 04, 1988 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-0

Season:: 1987-88
Referee:: A Robinson
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 11,610
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 13 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oxford United (League Tier 1)
Norwich City:: Aug 27, 1988

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3413 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1826 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3875 (of 5676)
Total:: 5370 (of 7448)

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

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

Goals:
Neil Webb (9)
Lee Glover (41)

NORWICH CITY
Manager: Dave Stringer
Prior form: LWLDDD (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Gary Fleming
3	D	Brett Williams
4	D	Steve Chettle
5	D	Colin Foster
6	F	Terry Wilson off for Garry Parker (73)
7	F	Franz Carr
8	M	Neil Webb (9)
9	F	Nigel Clough off for Paul Wilkinson (84)
10	F	Lee Glover (41)
11	F	Brian Rice
Subs
12	F	Garry Parker on for Terry Wilson (73)
13	F	Paul Wilkinson on for Nigel Clough (84)	Last game

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bryan Gunn
2	D	Ian Culverhouse
3	D	Anthony Spearing
4	D	Andy Linighan
5	D	Mike Phelan
6	M	Ian Butterworth
7	M	Ruel Fox (84)
8	M	Wayne Biggins
9	M	Robert Fleck
10	F	Jeremy Goss (63)
11	F	Putney
Subs
12		Simon Ratcliffe (84)
13		Dale Gordon (63)

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed May 04, 1988)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Norwich City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Luton Town

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	38	25	11	2	81	22	15	4	0	48	8	10	7	2	33	14	59	86	DWDWDD
	2	Manchester United	38	21	12	5	65	36	12	5	1	35	15	9	7	4	30	21	29	75	WWDWWW
	3	Everton	39	19	13	7	52	25	14	4	1	33	9	5	9	6	19	16	27	70	DWWDDD
	4	Queens Park Rangers	39	19	9	11	48	38	12	4	4	30	14	7	5	7	18	24	10	66	WDWLDL
	5	Nottingham Forest	36	18	11	7	58	34	9	6	2	32	13	9	5	5	26	21	24	65	WWWLDD
	6	Arsenal	39	17	12	10	56	38	11	4	5	35	16	6	8	5	21	22	18	63	WLWLDD
	7	Wimbledon	38	13	15	10	56	45	8	9	3	32	20	5	6	7	24	25	11	54	DLDDDD
	8	Newcastle United	39	13	14	12	53	52	8	6	5	30	22	5	8	7	23	30	1	53	DWDLWW
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	39	15	8	16	51	61	10	2	7	26	25	5	6	9	25	36	-10	53	WDWDDD
	10	Coventry City	39	13	13	13	46	53	6	7	6	23	25	7	6	7	23	28	-7	52	WDLDWD
	11	Luton Town	35	14	7	14	52	52	11	5	3	39	20	3	2	11	13	32	0	49	LDLWDW
	12	Southampton	39	12	13	14	48	52	6	7	6	26	25	6	6	8	22	27	-4	49	DDWLWD
	13	Norwich City	38	12	9	17	40	49	7	5	7	26	25	5	4	10	14	24	-9	45	LWLDDD
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	39	11	11	17	36	47	8	5	6	24	22	3	6	11	12	25	-11	44	LDLLLD
	15	Derby County	40	10	13	17	35	45	6	7	7	18	17	4	6	10	17	28	-10	43	WLLWDD
	16	West Ham United	39	9	15	15	39	50	6	9	5	23	21	3	6	10	16	29	-11	42	DLDDLW
	17	Charlton Athletic	39	9	14	16	37	51	7	7	6	23	21	2	7	10	14	30	-14	41	LWDWDD
	18	Chelsea	39	9	14	16	49	67	7	10	2	23	16	2	4	14	26	51	-18	41	DDWDDL
	19	Portsmouth	39	7	14	18	35	62	4	8	8	21	27	3	6	10	14	35	-27	35	LLDDLL
	20	Watford	40	7	11	22	27	51	4	5	11	15	24	3	6	11	12	27	-24	32	WLWDDL
	21	Oxford United	39	6	13	20	41	75	5	7	8	24	34	1	6	12	17	41	-34	31	DLLDLL

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	38	25	11	2	81	22	15	4	0	48	8	10	7	2	33	14	59	86	DWDWDD
	2	Manchester United	38	21	12	5	65	36	12	5	1	35	15	9	7	4	30	21	29	75	WWDWWW
	3	Everton	39	19	13	7	52	25	14	4	1	33	9	5	9	6	19	16	27	70	DWWDDD
1	4	Nottingham Forest	37	19	11	7	60	34	10	6	2	34	13	9	5	5	26	21	26	68	WWLDDW	2-0
1	5	Queens Park Rangers	39	19	9	11	48	38	12	4	4	30	14	7	5	7	18	24	10	66	WDWLDL
	6	Arsenal	39	17	12	10	56	38	11	4	5	35	16	6	8	5	21	22	18	63	WLWLDD
	7	Wimbledon	38	13	15	10	56	45	8	9	3	32	20	5	6	7	24	25	11	54	DLDDDD
	8	Newcastle United	39	13	14	12	53	52	8	6	5	30	22	5	8	7	23	30	1	53	DWDLWW
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	39	15	8	16	51	61	10	2	7	26	25	5	6	9	25	36	-10	53	WDWDDD
	10	Coventry City	39	13	13	13	46	53	6	7	6	23	25	7	6	7	23	28	-7	52	WDLDWD
	11	Luton Town	36	14	7	15	53	54	11	5	3	39	20	3	2	12	14	34	-1	49	DLWDWL	1-2
	12	Southampton	39	12	13	14	48	52	6	7	6	26	25	6	6	8	22	27	-4	49	DDWLWD
1	13	Tottenham Hotspur	40	12	11	17	38	48	9	5	6	26	23	3	6	11	12	25	-10	47	DLLLDW	2-1
1	14	Norwich City	39	12	9	18	40	51	7	5	7	26	25	5	4	11	14	26	-11	45	WLDDDL	0-2
	15	Derby County	40	10	13	17	35	45	6	7	7	18	17	4	6	10	17	28	-10	43	WLLWDD
	16	West Ham United	39	9	15	15	39	50	6	9	5	23	21	3	6	10	16	29	-11	42	DLDDLW
	17	Charlton Athletic	39	9	14	16	37	51	7	7	6	23	21	2	7	10	14	30	-14	41	LWDWDD
	18	Chelsea	39	9	14	16	49	67	7	10	2	23	16	2	4	14	26	51	-18	41	DDWDDL
	19	Portsmouth	39	7	14	18	35	62	4	8	8	21	27	3	6	10	14	35	-27	35	LLDDLL
	20	Watford	40	7	11	22	27	51	4	5	11	15	24	3	6	11	12	27	-24	32	WLWDDL
	21	Oxford United	39	6	13	20	41	75	5	7	8	24	34	1	6	12	17	41	-34	31	DLLDLL