The City Ground

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 24, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 24, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Queens Park Rangers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Loftus Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Ken Leach
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 13,220
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 13 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oxford United (League Tier 2)
Queens Park Rangers:: Aug 28, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3806 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1573 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4390 (of 5679)
Total:: 5984 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Monday 26 January 1998
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals:
Colin Cooper (84)

QUEENS PARK RANGERS
Manager: Ray Harford
Prior form: LWLDDD (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle
	D	Colin Cooper (84)
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	M	Andy Johnson
	M	Scot Gemmill off for Craig Armstrong (71)
	F	Ian Woan off for Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (56)
	F	Kevin Campbell (0)
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	D	Craig Armstrong on for Scot Gemmill (71)
	M	Geoff Thomas (1997-98) on for Ian Woan (56)
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Lee Harper
	D	Rufus Brevett
	D	Steve Morrow
	D	Karl Ready
	D	Steven Yates
	M	Simon Barker (66)
	M	Nigel Quashie
	M	Paul Murray
	M	Gavin Peacock
	F	John Spencer
	F	Kevin Gallen (85)
Subs
		Antti Heinola (85)
		Steve Slade (66)
		Martin Foyle

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 24, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	1-1	Swindon Town
Oxford United	1-0	Portsmouth
Port Vale	2-3	Crewe Alexandra
Queens Park Rangers	0-1	Nottingham Forest

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	Nottingham Forest	27	16	6	5	45	25	11	2	1	32	13	5	4	4	13	12	20	54	LWWWWL
	2	Middlesbrough	27	15	7	5	44	24	8	3	2	24	9	7	4	3	20	15	20	52	WLWWLD
	3	Charlton Athletic	27	15	5	7	51	35	10	2	1	29	13	5	3	6	22	22	16	50	WWWLWW
	4	Sunderland	26	14	7	5	43	24	7	4	2	23	10	7	3	3	20	14	19	49	WWWDWW
	5	Sheffield United	27	13	10	4	43	29	10	3	0	26	10	3	7	4	17	19	14	49	WDDWLW
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	13	6	8	37	27	9	4	0	27	11	4	2	8	10	16	10	45	WDWWWL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	6	9	27	25	8	2	4	14	10	4	4	5	13	15	2	42	LLLDDL
	8	Stockport County	27	12	5	10	45	37	8	4	1	28	13	4	1	9	17	24	8	41	WLWLLW
	9	Birmingham City	27	10	10	7	32	19	5	5	3	12	7	5	5	4	20	12	13	40	WDWDWD
	10	Swindon Town	27	11	5	11	32	40	8	3	3	23	14	3	2	8	9	26	-8	38	LDLLLL
	11	Bradford City	27	9	10	8	26	28	6	5	2	14	12	3	5	6	12	16	-2	37	WLLDWL
	12	Norwich City	27	10	6	11	27	39	6	4	4	14	17	4	2	7	13	22	-12	36	WDLWLW
	13	Queens Park Rangers	27	8	9	10	30	40	6	6	2	16	11	2	3	8	14	29	-10	33	LWLDDD
	14	Reading	27	8	9	10	27	38	5	4	5	19	20	3	5	5	8	18	-11	33	LDWDDW
	15	Ipswich Town	26	7	11	8	30	27	4	4	4	13	12	3	7	4	17	15	3	32	WWLWDD
	16	Stoke City	27	8	8	11	29	41	5	3	5	17	22	3	5	6	12	19	-12	32	LDDDLW
	17	Crewe Alexandra	27	9	4	14	31	40	4	2	8	15	23	5	2	6	16	17	-9	31	WLWDWW
	18	Port Vale	27	8	5	14	29	38	5	4	5	16	14	3	1	9	13	24	-9	29	LLLLLW
	19	Huddersfield Town	27	7	7	13	30	40	4	3	6	16	17	3	4	7	14	23	-10	28	LWLDWD
	20	Oxford United	27	7	6	14	32	42	5	4	4	17	14	2	2	10	15	28	-10	27	WWLDLL
	21	Manchester City	27	7	6	14	31	32	4	3	7	18	15	3	3	7	13	17	-1	27	LWLLWL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	26	6	8	12	28	34	5	4	4	18	14	1	4	8	10	20	-6	26	LLDDDD
	23	Bury	27	4	13	10	24	35	3	7	4	12	14	1	6	6	12	21	-11	25	LDDDDL
	24	Portsmouth	26	6	5	15	30	44	5	2	7	20	25	1	3	8	10	19	-14	23	LLWLLL

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	Nottingham Forest	28	17	6	5	46	25	11	2	1	32	13	6	4	4	14	12	21	57	WWWWLW	1-0
	2	Middlesbrough	27	15	7	5	44	24	8	3	2	24	9	7	4	3	20	15	20	52	WLWWLD
	3	Charlton Athletic	27	15	5	7	51	35	10	2	1	29	13	5	3	6	22	22	16	50	WWWLWW
	4	Sunderland	26	14	7	5	43	24	7	4	2	23	10	7	3	3	20	14	19	49	WWWDWW
	5	Sheffield United	27	13	10	4	43	29	10	3	0	26	10	3	7	4	17	19	14	49	WDDWLW
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	13	6	8	37	27	9	4	0	27	11	4	2	8	10	16	10	45	WDWWWL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	6	9	27	25	8	2	4	14	10	4	4	5	13	15	2	42	LLLDDL
	8	Stockport County	27	12	5	10	45	37	8	4	1	28	13	4	1	9	17	24	8	41	WLWLLW
	9	Birmingham City	27	10	10	7	32	19	5	5	3	12	7	5	5	4	20	12	13	40	WDWDWD
	10	Swindon Town	28	11	6	11	33	41	8	3	3	23	14	3	3	8	10	27	-8	39	DLLLLD	1-1
	11	Bradford City	28	9	11	8	27	29	6	6	2	15	13	3	5	6	12	16	-2	38	LLDWLD	1-1
	12	Norwich City	27	10	6	11	27	39	6	4	4	14	17	4	2	7	13	22	-12	36	WDLWLW
4	13	Crewe Alexandra	28	10	4	14	34	42	4	2	8	15	23	6	2	6	19	19	-8	34	LWDWWW	3-2
1	14	Queens Park Rangers	28	8	9	11	30	41	6	6	3	16	12	2	3	8	14	29	-11	33	WLDDDL	0-1
1	15	Reading	27	8	9	10	27	38	5	4	5	19	20	3	5	5	8	18	-11	33	LDWDDW
1	16	Ipswich Town	26	7	11	8	30	27	4	4	4	13	12	3	7	4	17	15	3	32	WWLWDD
1	17	Stoke City	27	8	8	11	29	41	5	3	5	17	22	3	5	6	12	19	-12	32	LDDDLW
2	18	Oxford United	28	8	6	14	33	42	6	4	4	18	14	2	2	10	15	28	-9	30	WLDLLW	1-0
1	19	Port Vale	28	8	5	15	31	41	5	4	6	18	17	3	1	9	13	24	-10	29	LLLLWL	2-3
1	20	Huddersfield Town	27	7	7	13	30	40	4	3	6	16	17	3	4	7	14	23	-10	28	LWLDWD
	21	Manchester City	27	7	6	14	31	32	4	3	7	18	15	3	3	7	13	17	-1	27	LWLLWL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	26	6	8	12	28	34	5	4	4	18	14	1	4	8	10	20	-6	26	LLDDDD
	23	Bury	27	4	13	10	24	35	3	7	4	12	14	1	6	6	12	21	-11	25	LDDDDL
	24	Portsmouth	27	6	5	16	30	45	5	2	7	20	25	1	3	9	10	20	-15	23	LWLLLL	0-1