The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 STOCKPORT COUNTY - Sat Dec 20, 1997 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 20, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stockport County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: William Burns
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 16,701
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 8 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swindon Town (League Tier 2)
Stockport County:: Apr 18, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3801 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1568 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4384 (of 5679)
Total:: 5978 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 21 December 1997
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals:
Pierre van Hooijdonk (81) (Pen)
Steve Stone (85)

STOCKPORT COUNTY
Manager: Gary Megson
Prior form: LWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Alun Armstrong (14)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Marco Pascolo	Last game
	D	Des Lyttle off for Craig Armstrong (78)
	D	Colin Cooper
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers off for Thierry Bonalair (80)
	M	Steve Stone (85)
	M	Andy Johnson
	M	Scot Gemmill
	F	Ian Woan
	F	Steve Guinan off for Ian Thomas-Moore (71)
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk (81)
Subs
	D	Craig Armstrong on for Des Lyttle (78)
	M	Thierry Bonalair on for Alan Rogers (80)
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore on for Steve Guinan (71)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Eric Nixon
5	D	Mike Flynn
6	D	Martin McIntosh
16	D	Jim Gannon (86)
	D	Simon Travis
4	M	Tom Bennett
8	M	Damon Searle (68)
10	M	Chris Byrne (68)
17	M	Tony Dinning
	F	Alun Armstrong
9	F	Brett Angell
Subs
11		Colin Woodthorpe (68)
		Geoff Aunger (68)
7		Kevin Cooper (86)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 20, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	1-1	Sheffield United
Crewe Alexandra	0-3	Sunderland
Manchester City	2-0	Middlesbrough
Norwich City	0-0	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Stockport County
Port Vale	1-3	Ipswich Town
Portsmouth	0-2	Charlton Athletic
Reading	0-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Swindon Town	1-1	Birmingham City
Tranmere Rovers	0-2	Oxford United
West Bromwich Albion	0-2	Huddersfield Town

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	Middlesbrough	22	13	6	3	39	17	7	2	2	20	7	6	4	1	19	10	22	45	WDWDWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	22	12	6	4	35	20	8	2	1	25	11	4	4	3	10	9	15	42	WWDWDL
	3	Sheffield United	22	11	8	3	33	21	8	3	0	21	9	3	5	3	12	12	12	41	DWWLLW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	22	12	4	6	25	19	8	1	2	13	6	4	3	4	12	13	6	40	WWLLWL
	5	Charlton Athletic	22	11	5	6	41	29	8	2	1	24	12	3	3	5	17	17	12	38	WLWLWW
	6	Swindon Town	22	11	4	7	31	30	8	2	1	22	9	3	2	6	9	21	1	37	WLLLWL
	7	Sunderland	21	10	6	5	32	21	5	4	2	17	8	5	2	3	15	13	11	36	DWDWWW
	8	Stockport County	22	10	5	7	38	30	7	4	0	24	11	3	1	7	14	19	8	35	LWWWLW
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	10	5	7	29	26	7	4	0	21	11	3	1	7	8	15	3	35	LDWWLW
	10	Bradford City	22	8	9	5	22	21	6	4	2	13	11	2	5	3	9	10	1	33	LDLWDW
	11	Birmingham City	22	8	7	7	23	18	5	3	3	12	7	3	4	4	11	11	5	31	LLLWWW
	12	Norwich City	22	8	5	9	23	32	4	3	4	11	17	4	2	5	12	15	-9	29	LWLDWW
	13	Queens Park Rangers	22	7	6	9	27	36	5	4	2	14	10	2	2	7	13	26	-9	27	DWLDLL
	14	Port Vale	22	7	5	10	25	27	4	4	3	13	8	3	1	7	12	19	-2	26	WLDLLL
	15	Stoke City	22	7	5	10	24	30	4	2	4	13	12	3	3	6	11	18	-6	26	DLLLLL
	16	Ipswich Town	21	5	9	7	24	24	4	3	3	13	11	1	6	4	11	13	0	24	DWLDDW
	17	Reading	22	6	6	10	21	35	4	2	5	16	18	2	4	5	5	17	-14	24	WLLWWL
	18	Oxford United	22	6	5	11	27	33	5	3	3	15	11	1	2	8	12	22	-6	23	LDLWLW
	19	Tranmere Rovers	21	6	4	11	28	32	5	2	3	18	12	1	2	8	10	20	-4	22	LWWLDL
	20	Crewe Alexandra	22	6	3	13	26	36	2	2	7	12	20	4	1	6	14	16	-10	21	WLLLLW
	21	Manchester City	22	5	6	11	24	27	3	3	5	14	11	2	3	6	10	16	-3	21	DWLWLL
	22	Bury	22	4	9	9	21	31	3	5	3	10	11	1	4	6	11	20	-10	21	LDDLLL
	23	Portsmouth	21	5	5	11	26	34	4	2	5	17	19	1	3	6	9	15	-8	20	WLLWWL
	24	Huddersfield Town	22	5	5	12	22	37	3	3	5	11	15	2	2	7	11	22	-15	20	WWLWWL

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)
	1	Middlesbrough	23	13	6	4	39	19	7	2	2	20	7	6	4	2	19	12	20	45	DWDWWL	0-2
	2	Nottingham Forest	23	13	6	4	37	21	9	2	1	27	12	4	4	3	10	9	16	45	WDWDLW	2-1
	3	Sheffield United	23	11	9	3	34	22	8	3	0	21	9	3	6	3	13	13	12	42	WWLLWD	1-1
1	4	Charlton Athletic	23	12	5	6	43	29	8	2	1	24	12	4	3	5	19	17	14	41	LWLWWW	2-0
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	23	12	4	7	25	21	8	1	3	13	8	4	3	4	12	13	4	40	WLLWLL	0-2
1	6	Sunderland	22	11	6	5	35	21	5	4	2	17	8	6	2	3	18	13	14	39	WDWWWW	3-0
1	7	Swindon Town	23	11	5	7	32	31	8	3	1	23	10	3	2	6	9	21	1	38	LLLWLD	1-1
1	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	10	6	7	29	26	7	4	0	21	11	3	2	7	8	15	3	36	DWWLWD	0-0
1	9	Stockport County	23	10	5	8	39	32	7	4	0	24	11	3	1	8	15	21	7	35	WWWLWL	1-2
	10	Bradford City	22	8	9	5	22	21	6	4	2	13	11	2	5	3	9	10	1	33	LDLWDW
	11	Birmingham City	23	8	8	7	24	19	5	3	3	12	7	3	5	4	12	12	5	32	LLWWWD	1-1
	12	Norwich City	23	8	6	9	23	32	4	4	4	11	17	4	2	5	12	15	-9	30	WLDWWD	0-0
3	13	Ipswich Town	22	6	9	7	27	25	4	3	3	13	11	2	6	4	14	14	2	27	WLDDWW	3-1
1	14	Queens Park Rangers	22	7	6	9	27	36	5	4	2	14	10	2	2	7	13	26	-9	27	DWLDLL
	15	Stoke City	23	7	6	10	24	30	4	2	4	13	12	3	4	6	11	18	-6	27	LLLLLD	0-0
2	16	Oxford United	23	7	5	11	29	33	5	3	3	15	11	2	2	8	14	22	-4	26	DLWLWW	2-0
3	17	Port Vale	23	7	5	11	26	30	4	4	4	14	11	3	1	7	12	19	-4	26	LDLLLL	1-3
1	18	Reading	23	6	7	10	21	35	4	3	5	16	18	2	4	5	5	17	-14	25	LLWWLD	0-0
2	19	Manchester City	23	6	6	11	26	27	4	3	5	16	11	2	3	6	10	16	-1	24	WLWLLW	2-0
4	20	Huddersfield Town	23	6	5	12	24	37	3	3	5	11	15	3	2	7	13	22	-13	23	WLWWLW	2-0
2	21	Tranmere Rovers	22	6	4	12	28	34	5	2	4	18	14	1	2	8	10	20	-6	22	WWLDLL	0-2
	22	Bury	23	4	10	9	22	32	3	6	3	11	12	1	4	6	11	20	-10	22	DDLLLD	1-1
3	23	Crewe Alexandra	23	6	3	14	26	39	2	2	8	12	23	4	1	6	14	16	-13	21	LLLLWL	0-3
1	24	Portsmouth	22	5	5	12	26	36	4	2	6	17	21	1	3	6	9	15	-10	20	LLWWLL	0-2