The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 NORWICH CITY - Fri Aug 15, 1997 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Aug 15, 1997 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-1

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: John Kirkby
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 16,524
Pos Before/After:: 9 1
Opp Before/After:: 22 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oxford United (League Tier 2)
Norwich City:: Jan 17, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3780 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1547 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4360 (of 5679)
Total:: 5954 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Irish Independent - Saturday 16 August 1997
: Liverpool Echo - Saturday 16 August 1997
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goals:
Pierre van Hooijdonk (22)
Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (57)
Kevin Campbell (59)
Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (61)

NORWICH CITY
Manager: Mike Walker
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goals:
Keith O'Neill (7)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Marco Pascolo
	D	Des Lyttle
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers (0)
	M	Steve Stone off for Andy Johnson (67)
	M	Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (57) (61) off for Dean Saunders (75)
	M	Scot Gemmill
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	F	Kevin Campbell (59)
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk (22)
Subs
	D	Craig Armstrong
	M	Andy Johnson on for Steve Stone (67)
	F	Dean Saunders on for Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (75)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Andy Marshall
	D	Victor Segura
	D	John Polston
	D	Rob Newman
	D	Carl Bradshaw (39)
	M	Daryl Sutch
	M	Neil Adams
	M	Keith O'Neill
	M	Darren Eadie
	F	Keith Scott (72)
	F	Iwan Roberts
Subs
		Danny Mills (72)
		Craig Bellamy (39)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Fri Aug 15, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	0-0	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	4-1	Norwich City
Sunderland	3-1	Manchester City
Tranmere Rovers	2-1	Queens Park Rangers

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								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	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	2	Oxford United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	3	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	4	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	W
	6	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	7	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	8	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	9	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W
	10	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	11	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	12	Bury	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	13	Reading	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	14	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	15	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	16	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	17	Stockport County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	18	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	19	Port Vale	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	20	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	21	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	22	Norwich City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L
	23	Stoke City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	24	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L

Table after:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								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)
8	1	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	6	WW	4-1
4	2	Bradford City	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	WD	0-0
21	3	Sunderland	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	LW	3-1
14	4	Tranmere Rovers	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	LW	2-1
4	5	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
4	6	Oxford United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
4	7	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
4	8	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
4	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	W
3	10	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
3	11	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
2	12	Manchester City	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	DL	1-3
2	13	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
2	14	Bury	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
2	15	Reading	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
1	16	Queens Park Rangers	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	DL	1-2
3	17	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
5	18	Stoke City	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1	LD	0-0
3	19	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
3	20	Stockport County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
1	21	Norwich City	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	-5	0	LL	1-4
3	22	Port Vale	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
3	23	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
3	24	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L