The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 READING - Sun Apr 26, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sun Apr 26, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Graham Frankland
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 29,302
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 24 24

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Shrewsbury Town (Friendly)
League:: West Bromwich Albion
Reading:: Dec 21, 2002

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3823 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1590 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4407 (of 5722)
Total:: 6002 (of 7502)

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

Review
Forest are now 6 points clear, with only 2 games left. Reading relegation confirmed after this loss

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

Goals
Chris Bart-Williams (87)

READING
Manager: Tommy Burns
Prior form: LLWLLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	D	Colin Cooper
	D	Steve Chettle off for Jon Olav Hjelde (46)
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Steve Stone
	M	Andy Johnson
	M	Scot Gemmill
	F	Chris Bart-Williams (87)
	F	Kevin Campbell off for Ian Woan (46)	Last game
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde on for Steve Chettle (46)
	F	Ian Woan on for Kevin Campbell (46)
	GK	Marco Pascolo

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Scott Howie
	D	Andrew Bernal
	D	Linvoy Primus
	D	Phil Parkinson
	D	Michael O'Neill
	M	Stuart Gray
	M	Jim Crawford
	M	Darren Caskey
	M	Jim McIntyre (31)
	F	Stuart Lovell
	F	Jamie Lambert
Subs
		Robert Fleck (31) (31)
		Paul Brayson (74)
		?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sun Apr 26, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	1-0	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	44	27	9	8	80	41	17	2	3	51	20	10	7	5	29	21	39	90	LWWWWD
	2	Sunderland	44	25	12	7	84	47	14	7	2	49	22	11	5	5	35	25	37	87	WWDDWW
	3	Charlton Athletic	45	26	9	10	80	49	17	5	1	48	17	9	4	9	32	32	31	87	WWWWWW
	4	Middlesbrough	44	26	9	9	72	39	16	3	2	46	10	10	6	7	26	29	33	87	LLWWWW
	5	Ipswich Town	44	21	14	9	72	41	12	5	4	42	18	9	9	5	30	23	31	77	WLDWWW
	6	Sheffield United	43	19	16	8	65	48	16	5	2	44	20	3	11	6	21	28	17	73	LWDDWL
	7	Birmingham City	45	19	16	10	60	35	10	7	5	27	15	9	9	5	33	20	25	73	WDDWWW
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	18	10	16	55	50	13	6	4	42	25	5	4	12	13	25	5	64	DLDLWL
	9	Stockport County	45	18	8	19	70	69	13	6	3	45	21	5	2	16	25	48	1	62	LLWLDW
	10	West Bromwich Albion	45	16	12	17	49	55	9	7	6	26	25	7	5	11	23	30	-6	60	LWLDLW
	11	Oxford United	45	16	10	19	59	60	12	6	5	36	20	4	4	14	23	40	-1	58	WLWDDL
	12	Bradford City	45	14	15	16	45	56	10	9	3	25	20	4	6	13	20	36	-11	57	WWLLDL
	13	Crewe Alexandra	44	17	5	22	54	61	9	2	11	28	33	8	3	11	26	28	-7	56	LWLWLW
	14	Huddersfield Town	45	14	11	20	50	68	9	5	8	28	24	5	6	12	22	44	-18	53	DDWLWL
	15	Norwich City	45	13	13	19	51	69	9	8	6	32	27	4	5	13	19	42	-18	52	LLDWLW
	16	Tranmere Rovers	44	13	13	18	49	53	8	7	6	29	22	5	6	12	20	31	-4	52	LDDWDL
	17	Swindon Town	45	14	10	21	41	71	9	6	7	27	23	5	4	14	14	48	-30	52	DLLDLL
	18	Queens Park Rangers	45	10	19	16	51	62	8	9	5	28	20	2	10	11	23	42	-11	49	DDDDDD
	19	Bury	45	10	19	16	41	58	7	10	6	22	22	3	9	10	19	36	-17	49	LDLWLL
	20	Port Vale	45	12	10	23	52	66	7	6	10	25	24	5	4	13	27	42	-14	46	LWDLLL
	21	Portsmouth	45	12	10	23	48	62	8	6	9	28	30	4	4	14	20	32	-14	46	DDLLLW
	22	Stoke City	45	11	13	21	42	69	8	5	9	28	35	3	8	12	14	34	-27	46	LLWLWL
	23	Manchester City	45	11	12	22	51	55	6	6	11	28	26	5	6	11	23	29	-4	45	LWDLLD
	24	Reading	44	11	9	24	39	76	8	4	10	27	30	3	5	14	12	46	-37	42	LLWLLL

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	45	28	9	8	81	41	18	2	3	52	20	10	7	5	29	21	40	93	WWWWDW	1-0
	2	Sunderland	44	25	12	7	84	47	14	7	2	49	22	11	5	5	35	25	37	87	WWDDWW
	3	Charlton Athletic	45	26	9	10	80	49	17	5	1	48	17	9	4	9	32	32	31	87	WWWWWW
	4	Middlesbrough	44	26	9	9	72	39	16	3	2	46	10	10	6	7	26	29	33	87	LLWWWW
	5	Ipswich Town	44	21	14	9	72	41	12	5	4	42	18	9	9	5	30	23	31	77	WLDWWW
	6	Sheffield United	43	19	16	8	65	48	16	5	2	44	20	3	11	6	21	28	17	73	LWDDWL
	7	Birmingham City	45	19	16	10	60	35	10	7	5	27	15	9	9	5	33	20	25	73	WDDWWW
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	18	10	16	55	50	13	6	4	42	25	5	4	12	13	25	5	64	DLDLWL
	9	Stockport County	45	18	8	19	70	69	13	6	3	45	21	5	2	16	25	48	1	62	LLWLDW
	10	West Bromwich Albion	45	16	12	17	49	55	9	7	6	26	25	7	5	11	23	30	-6	60	LWLDLW
	11	Oxford United	45	16	10	19	59	60	12	6	5	36	20	4	4	14	23	40	-1	58	WLWDDL
	12	Bradford City	45	14	15	16	45	56	10	9	3	25	20	4	6	13	20	36	-11	57	WWLLDL
	13	Crewe Alexandra	44	17	5	22	54	61	9	2	11	28	33	8	3	11	26	28	-7	56	LWLWLW
	14	Huddersfield Town	45	14	11	20	50	68	9	5	8	28	24	5	6	12	22	44	-18	53	DDWLWL
	15	Norwich City	45	13	13	19	51	69	9	8	6	32	27	4	5	13	19	42	-18	52	LLDWLW
	16	Tranmere Rovers	44	13	13	18	49	53	8	7	6	29	22	5	6	12	20	31	-4	52	LDDWDL
	17	Swindon Town	45	14	10	21	41	71	9	6	7	27	23	5	4	14	14	48	-30	52	DLLDLL
	18	Queens Park Rangers	45	10	19	16	51	62	8	9	5	28	20	2	10	11	23	42	-11	49	DDDDDD
	19	Bury	45	10	19	16	41	58	7	10	6	22	22	3	9	10	19	36	-17	49	LDLWLL
	20	Port Vale	45	12	10	23	52	66	7	6	10	25	24	5	4	13	27	42	-14	46	LWDLLL
	21	Portsmouth	45	12	10	23	48	62	8	6	9	28	30	4	4	14	20	32	-14	46	DDLLLW
	22	Stoke City	45	11	13	21	42	69	8	5	9	28	35	3	8	12	14	34	-27	46	LLWLWL
	23	Manchester City	45	11	12	22	51	55	6	6	11	28	26	5	6	11	23	29	-4	45	LWDLLD
	24	Reading	45	11	9	25	39	77	8	4	10	27	30	3	5	15	12	47	-38	42	LWLLLL	0-1