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CREWE ALEXANDRA 1 - 4 FOREST - Sat Mar 07, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 07, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Crewe Alexandra
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gresty Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 4-1

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Mick Fletcher
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 5,759
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Crewe Alexandra:: Dec 18, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3814 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1581 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4398 (of 5679)
Total:: 5992 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Monday 09 March 1998
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals:
Chris Bart-Williams (10)
Kevin Campbell (15)
Kevin Campbell (25)
Kevin Campbell (30)

CREWE ALEXANDRA
Manager: Dario Gradi
Prior form: WLWLWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Colin Little (29)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Steve Stone
	M	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)
	M	Scot Gemmill off for Andy Johnson (32)
	F	Ian Woan off for Craig Armstrong (78)
	F	Kevin Campbell (15) (25) (30) off for Ian Thomas-Moore (86)
	F	Chris Bart-Williams (10)
Subs
	M	Andy Johnson on for Scot Gemmill (32)
	D	Craig Armstrong on for Ian Woan (78)
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore on for Kevin Campbell (86)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Jason Kearton
	D	David Walton
	D	Lee Unsworth
	D	Shaun Smith
	D	Marcus Bignot
	M	Gareth Whalley
	M	Francis Tierney (68)
	M	Kenny Lunt
	M	Seth Johnson
	F	Steve Anthrobus (68)
	F	Colin Little
Subs
		Kevin Street (68)
		Jamie Moralee (68)
		Lightfoot

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

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Bury	1-0	Norwich City
Crewe Alexandra	1-4	Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town	3-1	Charlton Athletic
Manchester City	0-2	Oxford United
Reading	0-3	Port Vale
Stoke City	1-2	Huddersfield Town
Sunderland	4-1	Stockport County
Swindon Town	0-1	Portsmouth
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Bradford 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	35	20	8	7	56	32	13	2	3	40	19	7	6	4	16	13	24	68	WWDDWL
	2	Middlesbrough	35	20	8	7	55	36	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	5	23	26	19	68	DWWWLL
	3	Sunderland	34	19	8	7	62	36	9	5	2	33	15	10	3	5	29	21	26	65	WWLWDW
	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
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	7	12	44	36	10	5	3	31	18	5	2	9	13	18	8	52	LLWLLD
	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
	15	Queens Park Rangers	36	10	13	13	42	50	8	7	4	26	17	2	6	9	16	33	-8	43	DDLDDW
	16	Oxford United	35	11	8	16	43	50	8	5	4	23	15	3	3	12	20	35	-7	41	LWDLWD
	17	Tranmere Rovers	35	10	10	15	37	42	6	6	5	21	17	4	4	10	16	25	-5	40	WWLDLW
	18	Manchester City	36	10	9	17	41	42	5	4	9	22	20	5	5	8	19	22	-1	39	LLWLWW
	19	Reading	35	10	9	16	36	56	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	9	11	32	-20	39	LLLWLL
	20	Bury	36	7	18	11	34	43	4	9	5	16	19	3	9	6	18	24	-9	39	WDDWWD
	21	Portsmouth	35	10	7	18	39	51	7	4	8	24	28	3	3	10	15	23	-12	37	LWWWWD
	22	Stoke City	36	8	13	15	34	50	5	5	7	21	28	3	8	8	13	22	-16	37	LDDLDD
	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

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	36	21	8	7	60	33	13	2	3	40	19	8	6	4	20	14	27	71	WDDWLW	4-1
1	2	Sunderland	35	20	8	7	66	37	10	5	2	37	16	10	3	5	29	21	29	68	WLWDWW	4-1
1	3	Middlesbrough	35	20	8	7	55	36	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	5	23	26	19	68	DWWWLL
	4	Charlton Athletic	36	18	8	10	63	46	12	4	1	36	14	6	4	9	27	32	17	62	DLWWWL	1-3
1	5	Ipswich Town	36	15	13	8	59	38	9	4	4	33	17	6	9	4	26	21	21	58	WWWDWW	3-1
1	6	Sheffield United	34	15	13	6	50	37	12	4	1	30	13	3	9	5	20	24	13	58	DWLDWL
1	7	Birmingham City	36	15	12	9	49	30	8	6	4	21	12	7	6	5	28	18	19	57	WWLWDW	1-0
1	8	Stockport County	37	16	6	15	60	53	12	5	1	41	16	4	1	14	19	37	7	54	LWDLWL	1-4
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	7	12	44	36	10	5	3	31	18	5	2	9	13	18	8	52	LLWLLD
	10	West Bromwich Albion	37	14	9	14	36	42	8	5	6	19	19	6	4	8	17	23	-6	51	LDLLLD	1-1
	11	Bradford City	37	12	13	12	38	39	9	7	2	22	15	3	6	10	16	24	-1	49	LLDWLD	1-1
	12	Crewe Alexandra	37	14	5	18	45	53	7	2	10	21	30	7	3	8	24	23	-8	47	LWLWDL	1-4
	13	Swindon Town	36	13	7	16	36	51	9	3	6	25	20	4	4	10	11	31	-15	46	LLWLLL	0-1
2	14	Oxford United	36	12	8	16	45	50	8	5	4	23	15	4	3	12	22	35	-5	44	WDLWDW	2-0
1	15	Norwich City	37	11	11	15	36	56	7	7	5	19	23	4	4	10	17	33	-20	44	LLDDDL	0-1
1	16	Queens Park Rangers	37	10	13	14	42	51	8	7	4	26	17	2	6	10	16	34	-9	43	DLDDWL	0-1
3	17	Bury	37	8	18	11	35	43	5	9	5	17	19	3	9	6	18	24	-8	42	DDWWDW	1-0
3	18	Portsmouth	36	11	7	18	40	51	7	4	8	24	28	4	3	10	16	23	-11	40	WWWWDW	1-0
2	19	Tranmere Rovers	35	10	10	15	37	42	6	6	5	21	17	4	4	10	16	25	-5	40	WWLDLW
2	20	Manchester City	37	10	9	18	41	44	5	4	10	22	22	5	5	8	19	22	-3	39	LWLWWL	0-2
2	21	Huddersfield Town	37	10	9	18	39	57	6	4	8	21	23	4	5	10	18	34	-18	39	LWLLLW	2-1
3	22	Reading	36	10	9	17	36	59	7	4	8	25	27	3	5	9	11	32	-23	39	LLWLLL	0-3
1	23	Port Vale	37	10	8	19	42	53	5	6	8	20	21	5	2	11	22	32	-11	38	LWLDLW	3-0
2	24	Stoke City	37	8	13	16	35	52	5	5	8	22	30	3	8	8	13	22	-17	37	DDLDDL	1-2