The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN - Tue Feb 17, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Feb 17, 1998 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Huddersfield Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Terry Heilbron
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 18,231
Pos Before/After:: 2 1
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Huddersfield Town:: Nov 14, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3809 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1576 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4393 (of 5721)
Total:: 5987 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 18 February 1998
: Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 18 February 1998
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals
Pierre van Hooijdonk (36)
Thierry Bonalair (67)
Pierre van Hooijdonk (80)

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
Manager: Peter Jackson
Prior form: WDDDWL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle
	D	Colin Cooper
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers off for Craig Armstrong (84)
	M	Damien Johnson
	M	Andy Johnson off for Chris Bart-Williams (80)
	M	Scot Gemmill
	M	Thierry Bonalair (67)
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk (36) (80) off for Ian Thomas-Moore (83)
Subs
	D	Craig Armstrong on for Alan Rogers (84)
	F	Chris Bart-Williams on for Andy Johnson (80)
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore on for Pierre van Hooijdonk (83)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Steve Harper
	D	Julian Watts
	D	Alex Smith
	D	Steve Jenkins
	D	Kevin Gray
	M	Rob Edwards
	M	David Phillips
	M	Grant Johnson
	M	Barry Horne
	F	Marcus Stewart (60)
	F	Wayne Allison
Subs
		Paul Dalton (60)
		?
		?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Tue Feb 17, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	0-0	Stoke City
Charlton Athletic	1-1	Queens Park Rangers
Crewe Alexandra	0-2	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Huddersfield Town
Oxford United	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Port Vale	0-1	Swindon Town
Portsmouth	1-0	Stockport County
Sunderland	4-1	Reading

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	31	18	8	5	51	26	10	3	2	28	9	8	5	3	23	17	25	62	LDWWDW
	2	Nottingham Forest	30	18	6	6	48	28	11	2	2	33	16	7	4	4	15	12	20	60	WWLWLW
	3	Sunderland	29	16	7	6	49	28	8	4	2	27	12	8	3	4	22	16	21	55	DWWLWW
	4	Sheffield United	30	14	12	4	46	31	11	4	0	28	11	3	8	4	18	20	15	54	WLWDDW
	5	Charlton Athletic	30	15	7	8	53	38	10	3	1	29	13	5	4	7	24	25	15	52	LWWDDL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	31	14	7	10	33	29	8	3	5	17	14	6	4	5	16	15	4	49	DLLWWD
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	6	10	40	30	9	4	2	27	13	5	2	8	13	17	10	48	WWLWLL
	8	Stockport County	31	14	5	12	49	42	10	4	1	31	13	4	1	11	18	29	7	47	LWLWLW
	9	Birmingham City	30	11	11	8	37	23	6	6	3	17	9	5	5	5	20	14	14	44	DWDWLD
	10	Bradford City	32	11	11	10	33	33	8	6	2	20	14	3	5	8	13	19	0	44	LDWLWL
	11	Swindon Town	32	12	7	13	34	46	9	3	4	24	16	3	4	9	10	30	-12	43	LDWDLL
	12	Ipswich Town	30	10	12	8	41	32	6	4	4	20	14	4	8	4	21	18	9	42	DDWWDW
	13	Norwich City	31	11	8	12	31	43	7	5	4	16	18	4	3	8	15	25	-12	41	LWWLDD
	14	Crewe Alexandra	31	12	4	15	40	46	6	2	8	19	24	6	2	7	21	22	-6	40	WWWWLW
	15	Queens Park Rangers	31	9	10	12	34	46	7	6	3	19	14	2	4	9	15	32	-12	37	DDLLWD
	16	Reading	30	9	9	12	31	45	6	4	6	22	23	3	5	6	9	22	-14	36	DDWLWL
	17	Oxford United	30	9	6	15	36	44	6	4	4	18	14	3	2	11	18	30	-8	33	DLLWWL
	18	Tranmere Rovers	30	8	9	13	34	38	6	5	4	21	14	2	4	9	13	24	-4	33	DDDLWW
	19	Huddersfield Town	31	8	9	14	33	46	5	4	6	17	17	3	5	8	16	29	-13	33	WDDDWL
	20	Stoke City	31	8	9	14	31	46	5	4	6	19	25	3	5	8	12	21	-15	33	LWLLDL
	21	Port Vale	31	8	7	16	37	49	5	5	6	20	19	3	2	10	17	30	-12	31	LWLLDD
	22	Manchester City	31	7	9	15	33	35	4	4	8	20	18	3	5	7	13	17	-2	30	WLDDDL
	23	Bury	31	5	15	11	28	40	3	8	5	15	19	2	7	6	13	21	-12	30	DLLDDW
	24	Portsmouth	30	6	6	18	32	50	5	3	8	21	27	1	3	10	11	23	-18	24	LLLDLL

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	31	19	6	6	51	28	12	2	2	36	16	7	4	4	15	12	23	63	WLWLWW	3-0
1	2	Middlesbrough	31	18	8	5	51	26	10	3	2	28	9	8	5	3	23	17	25	62	LDWWDW
	3	Sunderland	30	17	7	6	53	29	9	4	2	31	13	8	3	4	22	16	24	58	WWLWWW	4-1
	4	Sheffield United	30	14	12	4	46	31	11	4	0	28	11	3	8	4	18	20	15	54	WLWDDW
	5	Charlton Athletic	31	15	8	8	54	39	10	4	1	30	14	5	4	7	24	25	15	53	WWDDLD	1-1
	6	West Bromwich Albion	32	14	7	11	34	31	8	3	5	17	14	6	4	6	17	17	3	49	LLWWDL	1-2
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	14	6	10	40	30	9	4	2	27	13	5	2	8	13	17	10	48	WWLWLL
	8	Stockport County	32	14	5	13	49	43	10	4	1	31	13	4	1	12	18	30	6	47	WLWLWL	0-1
	9	Birmingham City	31	12	11	8	39	23	6	6	3	17	9	6	5	5	22	14	16	47	WDWLDW	2-0
1	10	Swindon Town	33	13	7	13	35	46	9	3	4	24	16	4	4	9	11	30	-11	46	DWDLLW	1-0
1	11	Bradford City	32	11	11	10	33	33	8	6	2	20	14	3	5	8	13	19	0	44	LDWLWL
	12	Ipswich Town	30	10	12	8	41	32	6	4	4	20	14	4	8	4	21	18	9	42	DDWWDW
	13	Norwich City	31	11	8	12	31	43	7	5	4	16	18	4	3	8	15	25	-12	41	LWWLDD
	14	Crewe Alexandra	32	12	4	16	40	48	6	2	9	19	26	6	2	7	21	22	-8	40	WWWLWL	0-2
	15	Queens Park Rangers	32	9	11	12	35	47	7	6	3	19	14	2	5	9	16	33	-12	38	DLLWDD	1-1
1	16	Oxford United	31	10	6	15	38	45	7	4	4	20	15	3	2	11	18	30	-7	36	LLWWLW	2-1
1	17	Reading	31	9	9	13	32	49	6	4	6	22	23	3	5	7	10	26	-17	36	DWLWLL	1-4
2	18	Stoke City	32	8	10	14	31	46	5	4	6	19	25	3	6	8	12	21	-15	34	WLLDLD	0-0
1	19	Tranmere Rovers	30	8	9	13	34	38	6	5	4	21	14	2	4	9	13	24	-4	33	DDDLWW
1	20	Huddersfield Town	32	8	9	15	33	49	5	4	6	17	17	3	5	9	16	32	-16	33	DDDWLL	0-3
	21	Port Vale	32	8	7	17	37	50	5	5	7	20	20	3	2	10	17	30	-13	31	WLLDDL	0-1
1	22	Bury	32	5	16	11	28	40	3	9	5	15	19	2	7	6	13	21	-12	31	LLDDWD	0-0
1	23	Manchester City	31	7	9	15	33	35	4	4	8	20	18	3	5	7	13	17	-2	30	WLDDDL
	24	Portsmouth	31	7	6	18	33	50	6	3	8	22	27	1	3	10	11	23	-17	27	LLDLLW	1-0