The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 3 OXFORD UNITED - Sat Jan 31, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 31, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Oxford United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 (Lost)
: Half-time: 1-1

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Michael Jones
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 18,392
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 18 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Portsmouth (League Tier 2)
Oxford United:: Dec 10, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3807 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1574 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4391 (of 5679)
Total:: 5985 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 01 February 1998
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals:
Pierre van Hooijdonk (28) (Pen)

OXFORD UNITED
Manager: Malcolm Shotton
Prior form: WLDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Joey Beauchamp (8)
Joey Beauchamp (49)
Simon Weatherstone (90)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle
	D	Colin Cooper	200th appearance
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Damien Johnson off for Craig Armstrong (89)	Debut
	M	Andy Johnson
	M	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)
	M	Thierry Bonalair off for Ian Thomas-Moore (89)
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk (28)
Subs
	D	Craig Armstrong on for Damien Johnson (89)
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore on for Thierry Bonalair (89)
	GK	Marco Pascolo

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Phil Whitehead
	D	Brian Wilsterman
	D	Les Robinson
	D	Darren Purse
	D	Phil Gilchrist
	M	Joey Beauchamp
	M	Dave Smith
	M	Martin Gray
	M	O'Neill Donaldson (74)
	F	Nigel Jemson (84)
	F	Jamie Cook (75)
Subs
		Simon Weatherstone (74)
		Matt Murphy (84)
		Robert Folland (75)

Videos:

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 31, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Charlton Athletic	0-0	Bury
Crewe Alexandra	1-0	Norwich City
Huddersfield Town	0-0	Swindon Town
Ipswich Town	2-1	Bradford City
Nottingham Forest	1-3	Oxford United
Portsmouth	1-1	Sheffield United
Reading	2-0	Birmingham City
Stockport County	2-0	Queens Park Rangers
Sunderland	4-2	Port Vale
Tranmere Rovers	0-0	Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	West Bromwich Albion

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	28	17	6	5	46	25	11	2	1	32	13	6	4	4	14	12	21	57	WWWWLW
2	Middlesbrough	27	15	7	5	44	24	8	3	2	24	9	7	4	3	20	15	20	52	WLWWLD
3	Charlton Athletic	28	15	6	7	53	37	10	2	1	29	13	5	4	6	24	24	16	51	WWLWWD
4	Sheffield United	28	13	11	4	44	30	10	4	0	27	11	3	7	4	17	19	14	50	DDWLWD
5	Sunderland	27	14	7	6	44	26	7	4	2	23	10	7	3	4	21	16	18	49	WWDWWL
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	14	6	8	40	28	9	4	0	27	11	5	2	8	13	17	12	48	DWWWLW
7	Birmingham City	28	11	10	7	36	20	6	5	3	16	8	5	5	4	20	12	16	43	DWDWDW
8	Swindon Town	29	12	6	11	34	41	9	3	3	24	14	3	3	8	10	27	-7	42	LLLLDW
9	West Bromwich Albion	28	12	6	10	29	28	8	2	5	16	13	4	4	5	13	15	1	42	LLDDLL
10	Stockport County	28	12	5	11	46	41	8	4	1	28	13	4	1	10	18	28	5	41	LWLLWL
11	Bradford City	29	10	11	8	31	30	7	6	2	19	14	3	5	6	12	16	1	41	LDWLDW
12	Norwich City	28	11	6	11	29	40	7	4	4	16	18	4	2	7	13	22	-11	39	DLWLWW
13	Ipswich Town	27	8	11	8	33	29	4	4	4	13	12	4	7	4	20	17	4	35	WLWDDW
14	Crewe Alexandra	28	10	4	14	34	42	4	2	8	15	23	6	2	6	19	19	-8	34	LWDWWW
15	Queens Park Rangers	28	8	9	11	30	41	6	6	3	16	12	2	3	8	14	29	-11	33	WLDDDL
16	Reading	28	8	9	11	28	42	5	4	5	19	20	3	5	6	9	22	-14	33	DWDDWL
17	Stoke City	28	8	8	12	29	42	5	3	5	17	22	3	5	7	12	20	-13	32	DDDLWL
18	Oxford United	28	8	6	14	33	42	6	4	4	18	14	2	2	10	15	28	-9	30	WLDLLW
19	Huddersfield Town	28	7	8	13	31	41	4	3	6	16	17	3	5	7	15	24	-10	29	WLDWDD
20	Port Vale	28	8	5	15	31	41	5	4	6	18	17	3	1	9	13	24	-10	29	LLLLWL
21	Manchester City	28	7	7	14	33	34	4	4	7	20	17	3	3	7	13	17	-1	28	WLLWLD
22	Tranmere Rovers	26	6	8	12	28	34	5	4	4	18	14	1	4	8	10	20	-6	26	LLDDDD
23	Bury	28	4	13	11	25	38	3	7	5	13	17	1	6	6	12	21	-13	25	DDDDLL
24	Portsmouth	27	6	5	16	30	45	5	2	7	20	25	1	3	9	10	20	-15	23	LWLLLL

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	29	17	6	6	47	28	11	2	2	33	16	6	4	4	14	12	19	57	WWWLWL	1-3
1	2	Charlton Athletic	29	15	7	7	53	37	10	3	1	29	13	5	4	6	24	24	16	52	WLWWDD	0-0
2	3	Sunderland	28	15	7	6	48	28	8	4	2	27	12	7	3	4	21	16	20	52	WDWWLW	4-2
2	4	Middlesbrough	27	15	7	5	44	24	8	3	2	24	9	7	4	3	20	15	20	52	WLWWLD
1	5	Sheffield United	29	13	12	4	45	31	10	4	0	27	11	3	8	4	18	20	14	51	DWLWDD	1-1
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	14	6	9	40	29	9	4	1	27	12	5	2	8	13	17	11	48	WWWLWL	0-1
2	7	West Bromwich Albion	29	13	6	10	30	28	8	2	5	16	13	5	4	5	14	15	2	45	LDDLLW	1-0
2	8	Stockport County	29	13	5	11	48	41	9	4	1	30	13	4	1	10	18	28	7	44	WLLWLW	2-0
2	9	Birmingham City	29	11	10	8	36	22	6	5	3	16	8	5	5	5	20	14	14	43	WDWDWL	0-2
2	10	Swindon Town	30	12	7	11	34	41	9	3	3	24	14	3	4	8	10	27	-7	43	LLLDWD	0-0
	11	Bradford City	30	10	11	9	32	32	7	6	2	19	14	3	5	7	13	18	0	41	DWLDWL	1-2
	12	Norwich City	29	11	6	12	29	41	7	4	4	16	18	4	2	8	13	23	-12	39	LWLWWL	0-1
	13	Ipswich Town	28	9	11	8	35	30	5	4	4	15	13	4	7	4	20	17	5	38	LWDDWW	2-1
	14	Crewe Alexandra	29	11	4	14	35	42	5	2	8	16	23	6	2	6	19	19	-7	37	WDWWWW	1-0
1	15	Reading	29	9	9	11	30	42	6	4	5	21	20	3	5	6	9	22	-12	36	WDDWLW	2-0
2	16	Oxford United	29	9	6	14	36	43	6	4	4	18	14	3	2	10	18	29	-7	33	LDLLWW	3-1
2	17	Queens Park Rangers	29	8	9	12	30	43	6	6	3	16	12	2	3	9	14	31	-13	33	LDDDLL	0-2
1	18	Stoke City	28	8	8	12	29	42	5	3	5	17	22	3	5	7	12	20	-13	32	DDDLWL
	19	Huddersfield Town	29	7	9	13	31	41	4	4	6	16	17	3	5	7	15	24	-10	30	LDWDDD	0-0
1	20	Manchester City	29	7	8	14	33	34	4	4	7	20	17	3	4	7	13	17	-1	29	LLWLDD	0-0
1	21	Port Vale	29	8	5	16	33	45	5	4	6	18	17	3	1	10	15	28	-12	29	LLLWLL	2-4
	22	Tranmere Rovers	27	6	9	12	28	34	5	5	4	18	14	1	4	8	10	20	-6	27	LDDDDD	0-0
	23	Bury	29	4	14	11	25	38	3	7	5	13	17	1	7	6	12	21	-13	26	DDDLLD	0-0
	24	Portsmouth	28	6	6	16	31	46	5	3	7	21	26	1	3	9	10	20	-15	24	WLLLLD	1-1