The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 0 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 31, 1988 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 31, 1988 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 3-0

Season:: 1988-89
Referee:: Mike Peck
Attendance:: 20,407
Pos Before/After:: 12 10
Opp Before/After:: 13 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Nov 04, 1989

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3435 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1848 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3902 (of 5672)
Total:: 5411 (of 7440)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Sunday World (Dublin) - Sunday 01 January 1989
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 02 January 1989

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

Goals:
Tommy Gaynor (25)
Neil Webb (27)
Steve Hodge (37)

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Peter Eustace
Prior form: DWDDLL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Brian Laws
3	D	Stuart Pearce
4	D	Des Walker
5	F	Terry Wilson
6	M	Steve Hodge 37
7	F	Franz Carr off for Phil Starbuck (77)
8	M	Neil Webb 27
9	F	Tommy Gaynor 25
10	F	Lee Chapman
11	F	Garry Parker
Subs
12	F	Phil Starbuck on for Franz Carr (77)
13	F	Nigel Clough

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Chris Turner
2	D	Nigel Worthington (80)
3	D	Ian Cranson
4	D	Lawrie Madden
5	D	Nigel Pearson
6	M	Tony Gregory
7	M	Marc Proctor
8	M	Siggi Jonsson
9	M	Imre Varadi (23)
10	F	Colin West
11	F	David Hirst
Subs
12		Gary Megson (80)
13		Reeves (23)

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 31, 1988)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-3	Arsenal
Charlton Athletic	0-0	West Ham United
Derby County	0-1	Millwall
Everton	3-1	Coventry City
Norwich City	0-0	Middlesbrough
Sheffield Wednesday	0-3	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	1-4	Queens Park Rangers
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Newcastle United
Wimbledon	4-0	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	Norwich City	18	10	6	2	28	19	4	5	1	15	12	6	1	1	13	7	9	36	DDLDWW
	2	Arsenal	17	10	4	3	37	20	4	2	1	14	8	6	2	2	23	12	17	34	WLDDWW
	3	Liverpool	18	7	7	4	22	13	2	5	2	9	7	5	2	2	13	6	9	28	WDDDLW
	4	Millwall	17	7	6	4	28	21	6	1	1	16	7	1	5	3	12	14	7	27	WDLLWL
	5	Everton	17	7	6	4	22	16	4	3	1	14	7	3	3	3	8	9	6	27	DWWDDW
	6	Coventry City	18	7	6	5	21	17	4	2	3	11	9	3	4	2	10	8	4	27	DWLWLD
	7	Derby County	17	7	5	5	20	13	4	2	4	11	8	3	3	1	9	5	7	26	WWDLWL
	8	Southampton	18	6	8	4	31	27	4	4	2	18	12	2	4	2	13	15	4	26	DDLDDD
	9	Manchester United	18	5	9	4	22	16	4	4	1	13	6	1	5	3	9	10	6	24	DDWLLW
	10	Aston Villa	18	5	8	5	28	27	4	3	2	14	10	1	5	3	14	17	1	23	LLWDDW
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	18	5	7	6	28	28	3	4	3	17	17	2	3	3	11	11	0	22	DDLWWD
	12	Nottingham Forest	18	4	10	4	20	23	1	5	2	7	10	3	5	2	13	13	-3	22	DWDDLL
	13	Sheffield Wednesday	17	5	6	6	15	18	3	2	3	8	9	2	4	3	7	9	-3	21	DWDDLL
	14	Middlesbrough	18	6	3	9	23	31	5	2	2	14	10	1	1	7	9	21	-8	21	LLDDDL
	15	Queens Park Rangers	18	5	5	8	18	18	4	1	3	10	6	1	4	5	8	12	0	20	LDWDDL
	16	Luton Town	18	4	8	6	17	18	2	5	1	9	7	2	3	5	8	11	-1	20	WDDWDD
	17	Wimbledon	17	5	4	8	17	26	3	2	4	8	13	2	2	4	9	13	-9	19	DDWLWW
	18	Newcastle United	18	4	5	9	16	32	2	3	4	10	13	2	2	5	6	19	-16	17	LDDWDW
	19	Charlton Athletic	18	3	7	8	19	31	1	4	5	12	20	2	3	3	7	11	-12	16	DLLDDL
	20	West Ham United	18	3	4	11	15	33	1	3	5	9	17	2	1	6	6	16	-18	13	LLWDLL

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	1	Arsenal	18	11	4	3	40	20	4	2	1	14	8	7	2	2	26	12	20	37	LDDWWW	3-0
1	2	Norwich City	19	10	7	2	28	19	4	6	1	15	12	6	1	1	13	7	9	37	DLDWWD	0-0
1	3	Millwall	18	8	6	4	29	21	6	1	1	16	7	2	5	3	13	14	8	30	DLLWLW	1-0
1	4	Everton	18	8	6	4	25	17	5	3	1	17	8	3	3	3	8	9	8	30	WWDDWW	3-1
2	5	Liverpool	18	7	7	4	22	13	2	5	2	9	7	5	2	2	13	6	9	28	WDDDLW
	6	Coventry City	19	7	6	6	22	20	4	2	3	11	9	3	4	3	11	11	2	27	WLWLDL	1-3
	7	Derby County	18	7	5	6	20	14	4	2	5	11	9	3	3	1	9	5	6	26	WDLWLL	0-1
	8	Southampton	19	6	8	5	32	31	4	4	3	19	16	2	4	2	13	15	1	26	DLDDDL	1-4
2	9	Tottenham Hotspur	19	6	7	6	30	28	4	4	3	19	17	2	3	3	11	11	2	25	DLWWDW	2-0
2	10	Nottingham Forest	19	5	10	4	23	23	1	5	2	7	10	4	5	2	16	13	0	25	WDDLLW	3-0
2	11	Manchester United	18	5	9	4	22	16	4	4	1	13	6	1	5	3	9	10	6	24	DDWLLW
3	12	Queens Park Rangers	19	6	5	8	22	19	4	1	3	10	6	2	4	5	12	13	3	23	DWDDLW	4-1
3	13	Aston Villa	19	5	8	6	28	30	4	3	3	14	13	1	5	3	14	17	-2	23	LWDDWL	0-3
3	14	Wimbledon	18	6	4	8	21	26	4	2	4	12	13	2	2	4	9	13	-5	22	DWLWWW	4-0
1	15	Middlesbrough	19	6	4	9	23	31	5	2	2	14	10	1	2	7	9	21	-8	22	LDDDLD	0-0
3	16	Sheffield Wednesday	18	5	6	7	15	21	3	2	4	8	12	2	4	3	7	9	-6	21	WDDLLL	0-3
1	17	Luton Town	19	4	8	7	17	22	2	5	1	9	7	2	3	6	8	15	-5	20	DDWDDL	0-4
1	18	Charlton Athletic	19	3	8	8	19	31	1	5	5	12	20	2	3	3	7	11	-12	17	LLDDLD	0-0
1	19	Newcastle United	19	4	5	10	16	34	2	3	4	10	13	2	2	6	6	21	-18	17	DDWDWL	0-2
	20	West Ham United	19	3	5	11	15	33	1	3	5	9	17	2	2	6	6	16	-18	14	LWDLLD	0-0