The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 3 SUNDERLAND - Wed Mar 04, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Mar 04, 1998 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Mike Bailey
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 29,009
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Crewe Alexandra (League Tier 2)
Sunderland:: Aug 09, 2003

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3813 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1580 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4397 (of 5679)
Total:: 5991 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals:

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Peter Reid
Prior form: WWWLWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Alex Rae (31)
Allan Johnston (65)
Kevin Phillips (80)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle (0) off for Thierry Bonalair (62)
	D	Colin Cooper (0)
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers (0)
	M	Damien Johnson off for Ian Thomas-Moore (62)
	M	Andy Johnson
	M	Scot Gemmill
	F	Chris Bart-Williams
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	M	Thierry Bonalair on for Des Lyttle (62)
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore on for Damien Johnson (62)
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Lionel Perez
	D	Michael Gray
	D	Darren Holloway
	D	Jody Craddock
	D	Darren Williams
	M	Kevin Ball
	M	Lee Clark
	M	Allan Johnston
	M	Alex Rae
	F	Niall Quinn
	F	Kevin Phillips

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Wed Mar 04, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Norwich City	3-3	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	0-3	Sunderland
Port Vale	0-1	Tranmere Rovers
Queens Park Rangers	5-0	Middlesbrough
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	Stoke City

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	34	20	8	6	56	29	13	2	2	40	16	7	6	4	16	13	27	68	LWWDDW
	2	Middlesbrough	34	20	8	6	55	31	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	4	23	21	24	68	DWDWWL
	3	Charlton Athletic	35	18	8	9	62	43	12	4	1	36	14	6	4	8	26	29	19	62	LDLWWW
	4	Sunderland	33	18	8	7	59	36	9	5	2	33	15	9	3	5	26	21	23	62	WWWLWD
	5	Sheffield United	34	15	13	6	50	37	12	4	1	30	13	3	9	5	20	24	13	58	DWLDWL
	6	Ipswich Town	35	14	13	8	56	37	8	4	4	30	16	6	9	4	26	21	19	55	WWWWDW
	7	Stockport County	36	16	6	14	59	49	12	5	1	41	16	4	1	13	18	33	10	54	WLWDLW
	8	Birmingham City	34	14	11	9	45	27	7	6	4	20	12	7	5	5	25	15	18	53	LDWWLW
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	15	6	12	43	35	10	4	3	30	17	5	2	9	13	18	8	51	WLLWLL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	8	14	35	41	8	4	6	18	18	6	4	8	17	23	-6	50	DLDLLL
	11	Bradford City	36	12	12	12	37	38	9	7	2	22	15	3	5	10	15	23	-1	48	WLLDWL
	12	Crewe Alexandra	36	14	5	17	44	49	7	2	9	20	26	7	3	8	24	23	-5	47	WLWLWD
	13	Swindon Town	35	13	7	15	36	50	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	10	11	31	-14	46	DLLWLL
	14	Norwich City	35	11	10	14	33	52	7	6	5	16	20	4	4	9	17	32	-19	43	DDLLDD
	15	Oxford United	35	11	8	16	43	50	8	5	4	23	15	3	3	12	20	35	-7	41	LWDLWD
	16	Queens Park Rangers	35	9	13	13	37	50	7	7	4	21	17	2	6	9	16	33	-13	40	WDDLDD
	17	Manchester City	36	10	9	17	41	42	5	4	9	22	20	5	5	8	19	22	-1	39	LLWLWW
	18	Reading	35	10	9	16	36	56	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	9	11	32	-20	39	LLLWLL
	19	Bury	36	7	18	11	34	43	4	9	5	16	19	3	9	6	18	24	-9	39	WDDWWD
	20	Portsmouth	35	10	7	18	39	51	7	4	8	24	28	3	3	10	15	23	-12	37	LWWWWD
	21	Tranmere Rovers	34	9	10	15	36	42	6	6	5	21	17	3	4	10	15	25	-6	37	WWWLDL
	22	Huddersfield Town	36	9	9	18	37	56	6	4	8	21	23	3	5	10	16	33	-19	36	LLWLLL
	23	Stoke City	35	8	12	15	33	49	5	5	7	21	28	3	7	8	12	21	-16	36	DLDDLD
	24	Port Vale	35	9	8	18	39	52	5	6	7	20	20	4	2	11	19	32	-13	35	DDLWLD

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	35	20	8	7	56	32	13	2	3	40	19	7	6	4	16	13	24	68	WWDDWL	0-3
	2	Middlesbrough	35	20	8	7	55	36	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	5	23	26	19	68	WDWWLL	0-5
1	3	Sunderland	34	19	8	7	62	36	9	5	2	33	15	10	3	5	29	21	26	65	WWLWDW	3-0
1	4	Charlton Athletic	35	18	8	9	62	43	12	4	1	36	14	6	4	8	26	29	19	62	LDLWWW
	5	Sheffield United	34	15	13	6	50	37	12	4	1	30	13	3	9	5	20	24	13	58	DWLDWL
	6	Ipswich Town	35	14	13	8	56	37	8	4	4	30	16	6	9	4	26	21	19	55	WWWWDW
	7	Stockport County	36	16	6	14	59	49	12	5	1	41	16	4	1	13	18	33	10	54	WLWDLW
	8	Birmingham City	35	14	12	9	48	30	7	6	4	20	12	7	6	5	28	18	18	54	DWWLWD	3-3
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	7	12	44	36	10	5	3	31	18	5	2	9	13	18	8	52	LLWLLD	1-1
	10	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	8	14	35	41	8	4	6	18	18	6	4	8	17	23	-6	50	DLDLLL
	11	Bradford City	36	12	12	12	37	38	9	7	2	22	15	3	5	10	15	23	-1	48	WLLDWL
	12	Crewe Alexandra	36	14	5	17	44	49	7	2	9	20	26	7	3	8	24	23	-5	47	WLWLWD
	13	Swindon Town	35	13	7	15	36	50	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	10	11	31	-14	46	DLLWLL
	14	Norwich City	36	11	11	14	36	55	7	7	5	19	23	4	4	9	17	32	-19	44	DLLDDD	3-3
1	15	Queens Park Rangers	36	10	13	13	42	50	8	7	4	26	17	2	6	9	16	33	-8	43	DDLDDW	5-0
1	16	Oxford United	35	11	8	16	43	50	8	5	4	23	15	3	3	12	20	35	-7	41	LWDLWD
4	17	Tranmere Rovers	35	10	10	15	37	42	6	6	5	21	17	4	4	10	16	25	-5	40	WWLDLW	1-0
1	18	Manchester City	36	10	9	17	41	42	5	4	9	22	20	5	5	8	19	22	-1	39	LLWLWW
1	19	Reading	35	10	9	16	36	56	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	9	11	32	-20	39	LLLWLL
1	20	Bury	36	7	18	11	34	43	4	9	5	16	19	3	9	6	18	24	-9	39	WDDWWD
1	21	Portsmouth	35	10	7	18	39	51	7	4	8	24	28	3	3	10	15	23	-12	37	LWWWWD
1	22	Stoke City	36	8	13	15	34	50	5	5	7	21	28	3	8	8	13	22	-16	37	LDDLDD	1-1
1	23	Huddersfield Town	36	9	9	18	37	56	6	4	8	21	23	3	5	10	16	33	-19	36	LLWLLL
	24	Port Vale	36	9	8	19	39	53	5	6	8	20	21	4	2	11	19	32	-14	35	DLWLDL	0-1