The City Ground

STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 18, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 18, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stockport County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Edgeley Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 (Draw)
: Half-time: 1-1

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Paul Danson
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 9,892
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Reading (League Tier 2)
Stockport County:: Oct 23, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3822 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1589 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4406 (of 5679)
Total:: 6000 (of 7451)

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

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett

Goals:
Pierre van Hooijdonk (26)
Andy Johnson (67)

STOCKPORT COUNTY
Manager: Gary Megson

Goals:
Brett Angell (29)
Brett Angell (67)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers (0)
	M	Steve Stone (0)
	M	Andy Johnson (67)
	M	Scot Gemmill
	F	Chris Bart-Williams (0)
	F	Kevin Campbell off for Ian Woan (86)
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk (26)
Subs
	F	Ian Woan on for Kevin Campbell (86)
	D	Craig Armstrong
	GK	Marco Pascolo

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Eric Nixon
	D	Sean Connelly
	D	Mike Flynn
	D	Martin McIntosh
	D	Simon Travis (83)
	M	Paul Cook
	M	Kevin Cooper (90)
	M	Damon Searle
	M	Chris Byrne
	F	Brett Angell
	F	Aaron Wilbraham
Subs
		Wayne Phillips (83)
		Stephen Grant (90)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 18, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-0	Swindon Town
Charlton Athletic	1-0	Portsmouth
Huddersfield Town	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town	5-1	Port Vale
Oxford United	1-1	Tranmere Rovers
Sheffield United	3-0	Bury
Stockport County	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	2-0	Norwich City
Sunderland	2-1	Crewe Alexandra
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-1	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	Nottingham Forest	43	27	8	8	78	39	17	2	3	51	20	10	6	5	27	19	39	89
	2	Middlesbrough	43	25	9	9	71	39	16	3	2	46	10	9	6	7	25	29	32	84	WLLWWW
	3	Sunderland	42	23	12	7	79	46	12	7	2	44	21	11	5	5	35	25	33	81
	4	Charlton Athletic	43	24	9	10	77	49	15	5	1	45	17	9	4	9	32	32	28	81
	5	Ipswich Town	42	19	14	9	66	40	11	5	4	37	17	8	9	5	29	23	26	71
	6	Sheffield United	41	18	16	7	60	44	15	5	1	39	16	3	11	6	21	28	16	70
	7	Birmingham City	43	17	16	10	55	35	9	7	5	24	15	8	9	5	31	20	20	67
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	17	10	15	49	45	12	6	3	36	20	5	4	12	13	25	4	61
	9	Stockport County	43	17	7	19	64	64	13	5	3	43	19	4	2	16	21	45	0	58
	10	Oxford United	43	16	9	18	58	57	12	5	4	35	17	4	4	14	23	40	1	57
	11	West Bromwich Albion	43	15	12	16	45	52	9	7	6	26	25	6	5	10	19	27	-7	57
	12	Bradford City	43	14	14	15	44	50	10	8	3	24	19	4	6	12	20	31	-6	56
	13	Crewe Alexandra	42	16	5	21	48	59	8	2	11	23	33	8	3	10	25	26	-11	53
	14	Swindon Town	43	14	10	19	41	63	9	6	7	27	23	5	4	12	14	40	-22	52
	15	Tranmere Rovers	42	13	12	17	48	50	8	7	6	29	22	5	5	11	19	28	-2	51
	16	Huddersfield Town	43	13	11	19	49	65	8	5	8	27	24	5	6	11	22	41	-16	50
	17	Norwich City	43	12	13	18	46	67	8	8	6	27	27	4	5	12	19	40	-21	49
	18	Bury	43	10	19	14	41	54	7	10	5	22	21	3	9	9	19	33	-13	49
	19	Queens Park Rangers	43	10	17	16	48	59	8	9	5	28	20	2	8	11	20	39	-11	47
	20	Port Vale	43	12	10	21	51	60	7	6	9	25	23	5	4	12	26	37	-9	46
	21	Manchester City	44	11	11	22	49	53	6	5	11	26	24	5	6	11	23	29	-4	44	DLWDLL
	22	Portsmouth	43	11	10	22	45	61	7	6	9	25	30	4	4	13	20	31	-16	43
	23	Stoke City	43	10	13	20	40	66	7	5	9	26	35	3	8	11	14	31	-26	43
	24	Reading	43	11	9	23	38	73	8	4	10	27	30	3	5	13	11	43	-35	42

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	44	27	9	8	80	41	17	2	3	51	20	10	7	5	29	21	39	90	LWWWWD	2-2
1	2	Sunderland	43	24	12	7	81	47	13	7	2	46	22	11	5	5	35	25	34	84	WWWDDW	2-1
1	3	Charlton Athletic	44	25	9	10	78	49	16	5	1	46	17	9	4	9	32	32	29	84	WWWWWW	1-0
2	4	Middlesbrough	43	25	9	9	71	39	16	3	2	46	10	9	6	7	25	29	32	84
	5	Ipswich Town	43	20	14	9	71	41	12	5	4	42	18	8	9	5	29	23	30	74	WWLDWW	5-1
	6	Sheffield United	42	19	16	7	63	44	16	5	1	42	16	3	11	6	21	28	19	73	WLWDDW	3-0
	7	Birmingham City	44	18	16	10	58	35	10	7	5	27	15	8	9	5	31	20	23	70	LWDDWW	3-0
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	43	18	10	15	52	46	13	6	3	39	21	5	4	12	13	25	6	64	WDLDLW	3-1
	9	Stockport County	44	17	8	19	66	66	13	6	3	45	21	4	2	16	21	45	0	59	DLLWLD	2-2
	10	Oxford United	44	16	10	18	59	58	12	6	4	36	18	4	4	14	23	40	1	58	LWLWDD	1-1
	11	West Bromwich Albion	44	15	12	17	45	53	9	7	6	26	25	6	5	11	19	28	-8	57	DLWLDL	0-1
	12	Bradford City	43	14	14	15	44	50	10	8	3	24	19	4	6	12	20	31	-6	56
3	13	Huddersfield Town	44	14	11	19	50	65	9	5	8	28	24	5	6	11	22	41	-15	53	WDDWLW	1-0
1	14	Crewe Alexandra	43	16	5	22	49	61	8	2	11	23	33	8	3	11	26	28	-12	53	LLWLWL	1-2
	15	Tranmere Rovers	43	13	13	17	49	51	8	7	6	29	22	5	6	11	20	29	-2	52	WLDDWD	1-1
2	16	Swindon Town	44	14	10	20	41	66	9	6	7	27	23	5	4	13	14	43	-25	52	DDLLDL	0-3
	17	Norwich City	44	12	13	19	46	69	8	8	6	27	27	4	5	13	19	42	-23	49	LLLDWL	0-2
	18	Bury	44	10	19	15	41	57	7	10	5	22	21	3	9	10	19	36	-16	49	WLDLWL	0-3
	19	Queens Park Rangers	43	10	17	16	48	59	8	9	5	28	20	2	8	11	20	39	-11	47
	20	Port Vale	44	12	10	22	52	65	7	6	9	25	23	5	4	13	27	42	-13	46	DLWDLL	1-5
2	21	Stoke City	44	11	13	20	42	66	8	5	9	28	35	3	8	11	14	31	-24	46	WLLWLW	2-0
1	22	Manchester City	44	11	11	22	49	53	6	5	11	26	24	5	6	11	23	29	-4	44
1	23	Portsmouth	44	11	10	23	45	62	7	6	9	25	30	4	4	14	20	32	-17	43	LDDLLL	0-1
	24	Reading	44	11	9	24	39	76	8	4	10	27	30	3	5	14	12	46	-37	42	LLWLLL	1-3