The City Ground

PORTSMOUTH 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 07, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 07, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Fratton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Clive Wilkes
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 15,033
Pos Before/After:: 2 1
Opp Before/After:: 24 24

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Huddersfield Town (League Tier 2)
Portsmouth:: Jan 02, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3808 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1575 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4392 (of 5679)
Total:: 5986 (of 7451)

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

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett

Goals:
Steve Chettle (52)

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: Alan Ball

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle
	D	Colin Cooper
	D	Steve Chettle (52)
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Damien Johnson
	M	Andy Johnson
	M	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	D	Craig Armstrong
	F	Paul McGregor
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
21	GK	Alan Knight
2	D	Robbie Pethick
5	D	Adrian Whitbread
6	D	Andy Awford
10	D	Michalis Vlachos
	M	David Hillier (62)
	M	Craig Foster
	M	Jimmy Carter
4	M	Alan McLoughlin
20	F	John Durnin (62)
	F	Steve Claridge
Subs
7		Sammy Igoe (62)
		John Aloisi (62)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 07, 1998)

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

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	29	17	7	5	49	25	9	3	2	27	9	8	4	3	22	16	24	58	WWLDWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	29	17	6	6	47	28	11	2	2	33	16	6	4	4	14	12	19	57
	3	Charlton Athletic	29	15	7	7	53	37	10	3	1	29	13	5	4	6	24	24	16	52
	4	Sunderland	28	15	7	6	48	28	8	4	2	27	12	7	3	4	21	16	20	52
	5	Sheffield United	29	13	12	4	45	31	10	4	0	27	11	3	8	4	18	20	14	51
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	14	6	9	40	29	9	4	1	27	12	5	2	8	13	17	11	48
	7	West Bromwich Albion	29	13	6	10	30	28	8	2	5	16	13	5	4	5	14	15	2	45
	8	Stockport County	29	13	5	11	48	41	9	4	1	30	13	4	1	10	18	28	7	44
	9	Birmingham City	29	11	10	8	36	22	6	5	3	16	8	5	5	5	20	14	14	43
	10	Swindon Town	30	12	7	11	34	41	9	3	3	24	14	3	4	8	10	27	-7	43
	11	Bradford City	30	10	11	9	32	32	7	6	2	19	14	3	5	7	13	18	0	41
	12	Norwich City	29	11	6	12	29	41	7	4	4	16	18	4	2	8	13	23	-12	39
	13	Ipswich Town	28	9	11	8	35	30	5	4	4	15	13	4	7	4	20	17	5	38
	14	Crewe Alexandra	29	11	4	14	35	42	5	2	8	16	23	6	2	6	19	19	-7	37
	15	Reading	29	9	9	11	30	42	6	4	5	21	20	3	5	6	9	22	-12	36
	16	Oxford United	29	9	6	14	36	43	6	4	4	18	14	3	2	10	18	29	-7	33
	17	Queens Park Rangers	29	8	9	12	30	43	6	6	3	16	12	2	3	9	14	31	-13	33
	18	Stoke City	29	8	8	13	30	44	5	3	6	18	24	3	5	7	12	20	-14	32
	19	Huddersfield Town	29	7	9	13	31	41	4	4	6	16	17	3	5	7	15	24	-10	30
	20	Manchester City	29	7	8	14	33	34	4	4	7	20	17	3	4	7	13	17	-1	29
	21	Port Vale	29	8	5	16	33	45	5	4	6	18	17	3	1	10	15	28	-12	29
	22	Tranmere Rovers	28	6	9	13	28	37	5	5	4	18	14	1	4	9	10	23	-9	27	DDDDDL
	23	Bury	29	4	14	11	25	38	3	7	5	13	17	1	7	6	12	21	-13	26
	24	Portsmouth	28	6	6	16	31	46	5	3	7	21	26	1	3	9	10	20	-15	24

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	1	Nottingham Forest	30	18	6	6	48	28	11	2	2	33	16	7	4	4	15	12	20	60	WWLWLW	1-0
1	2	Middlesbrough	30	17	8	5	50	26	9	3	2	27	9	8	5	3	23	17	24	59	WLDWWD	1-1
1	3	Sunderland	29	16	7	6	49	28	8	4	2	27	12	8	3	4	22	16	21	55	DWWLWW	1-0
1	4	Sheffield United	30	14	12	4	46	31	11	4	0	28	11	3	8	4	18	20	15	54	WLWDDW	1-0
2	5	Charlton Athletic	30	15	7	8	53	38	10	3	1	29	13	5	4	7	24	25	15	52	LWWDDL	0-1
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	6	10	40	30	9	4	2	27	13	5	2	8	13	17	10	48	WWLWLL	0-1
	7	West Bromwich Albion	30	14	6	10	32	28	8	2	5	16	13	6	4	5	16	15	4	48	DDLLWW	2-0
	8	Stockport County	30	13	5	12	48	42	9	4	1	30	13	4	1	11	18	29	6	44	LLWLWL	0-1
	9	Birmingham City	30	11	11	8	37	23	6	6	3	17	9	5	5	5	20	14	14	44	DWDWLD	1-1
1	10	Bradford City	31	11	11	9	33	32	8	6	2	20	14	3	5	7	13	18	1	44	WLDWLW	1-0
1	11	Swindon Town	31	12	7	12	34	43	9	3	4	24	16	3	4	8	10	27	-9	43	LLDWDL	0-2
	12	Norwich City	30	11	7	12	29	41	7	5	4	16	18	4	2	8	13	23	-12	40	WLWWLD	0-0
	13	Ipswich Town	29	9	12	8	36	31	5	4	4	15	13	4	8	4	21	18	5	39	WDDWWD	1-1
	14	Crewe Alexandra	30	11	4	15	37	45	5	2	8	16	23	6	2	7	21	22	-8	37	DWWWWL	2-3
2	15	Queens Park Rangers	30	9	9	12	33	45	7	6	3	19	14	2	3	9	14	31	-12	36	DDDLLW	3-2
1	16	Reading	30	9	9	12	31	45	6	4	6	22	23	3	5	6	9	22	-14	36	DDWLWL	1-3
1	17	Oxford United	30	9	6	15	36	44	6	4	4	18	14	3	2	11	18	30	-8	33	DLLWWL	0-1
1	18	Huddersfield Town	30	8	9	13	32	41	5	4	6	17	17	3	5	7	15	24	-9	33	DWDDDW	1-0
1	19	Stoke City	30	8	9	13	31	45	5	4	6	19	25	3	5	7	12	20	-14	33	DLWLLD	1-1
1	20	Port Vale	30	8	6	16	35	47	5	4	6	18	17	3	2	10	17	30	-12	30	LLWLLD	2-2
1	21	Manchester City	30	7	9	14	33	34	4	4	7	20	17	3	5	7	13	17	-1	30	LWLDDD	0-0
	22	Tranmere Rovers	29	7	9	13	31	38	5	5	4	18	14	2	4	9	13	24	-7	30	DDDDLW	3-1
	23	Bury	30	4	15	11	27	40	3	8	5	15	19	1	7	6	12	21	-13	27	DDLLDD	2-2
	24	Portsmouth	29	6	6	17	31	47	5	3	8	21	27	1	3	9	10	20	-16	24	LLLLDL	0-1