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SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 - 0 FOREST - Thu Dec 26, 2002 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Dec 26, 2002 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 2002-03
Referee:: Phil Dowd
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 26,362
Pos Before/After:: 3 4
Opp Before/After:: 24 24

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Portsmouth (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Sep 30, 2008

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4025 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1754 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4631 (of 5679)
Total:: 6272 (of 7451)

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

FOREST
Manager: Paul Hart
Prior form: LWWLLW (Old to recent)

Goals:

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Chris Turner
Prior form: DLLDLL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Gerald Sibon (45)
Allan Johnston (55)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Darren Ward
2	M	Matthieu Louis-Jean 44
3	M	Jim Brennan
5	M	Jon Olav Hjelde
17	D	Michael Dawson
6	M	Riccardo Scimeca
8	F	Gareth Williams
10	F	Jack Lester off for Eoin Jess (65)
7	M	David Prutton
11	F	Marlon Harewood
9	F	David Johnson
Subs
22	F	Eoin Jess on for Jack Lester (65)
14	D	Chris Doig
15	M	John Thompson
20	F	Andy Reid
12	GK	Barry Roche

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Kevin Pressman (45)
	D	Garry Monk
	D	Steve Haslam 18
	D	Derek Geary
	D	Trond Soltvedt
	M	Paul McLaren
	M	Allan Johnston
	M	Matthew Hamshaw (69)
	M	Anthony Crane
	F	Gerald Sibon (90)
	F	Adam Proudlock
Subs
		Chris Stringer (45)
		Alan Quinn (69)
		Lee Bradbury (90)
		Ashley Westwood
		Shefki Kuqi

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Thu Dec 26, 2002)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	4-2	Stoke City
Burnley	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Coventry City	2-0	Reading
Derby County	1-3	Grimsby Town
Leicester City	1-2	Ipswich Town
Millwall	2-2	Gillingham
Norwich City	0-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Portsmouth	1-1	Crystal Palace
Preston North End	0-2	Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Walsall	0-1	Sheffield United
Wimbledon	0-0	Watford

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	Portsmouth	24	16	6	2	49	22	9	2	1	28	11	7	4	1	21	11	27	54	WWWDDD
	2	Leicester City	24	15	6	3	38	21	10	1	1	24	6	5	5	2	14	15	17	51	WLWDWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	24	12	6	6	40	22	9	2	1	30	11	3	4	5	10	11	18	42	LWWLLW
	4	Norwich City	24	12	6	6	36	21	9	2	1	23	5	3	4	5	13	16	15	42	WLWLLW
	5	Sheffield United	23	12	6	5	36	24	6	4	1	15	9	6	2	4	21	15	12	42	DWWDWW
	6	Reading	23	12	3	8	24	18	6	2	4	14	10	6	1	4	10	8	6	39	WWWDLL
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	10	7	6	40	24	6	3	3	22	13	4	4	3	18	11	16	37	WWDWLD
	8	Watford	24	11	4	9	30	36	8	3	1	21	11	3	1	8	9	25	-6	37	LLWLLW
	9	Crystal Palace	24	9	9	6	37	27	5	4	3	19	10	4	5	3	18	17	10	36	WLLWWW
	10	Coventry City	24	10	6	8	32	30	5	3	4	16	14	5	3	4	16	16	2	36	LLLWWW
	11	Rotherham United	24	9	7	8	41	31	4	6	2	14	10	5	1	6	27	21	10	34	DLDWWL
	12	Gillingham	24	9	7	8	30	31	4	4	4	14	16	5	3	4	16	15	-1	34	DLDWWW
	13	Derby County	24	10	3	11	28	31	6	2	4	19	15	4	1	7	9	16	-3	33	LWLWWL
	14	Wimbledon	24	9	5	10	39	39	6	2	4	21	16	3	3	6	18	23	0	32	WLWWLD
	15	Burnley	24	9	5	10	35	45	6	2	4	16	18	3	3	6	19	27	-10	32	DWLWLL
	16	Preston North End	24	7	10	7	40	39	5	4	3	23	18	2	6	4	17	21	1	31	DWWLWL
	17	Millwall	24	8	6	10	25	36	5	4	3	15	17	3	2	7	10	19	-11	30	DWWLLD
	18	Ipswich Town	23	7	7	9	31	29	4	2	5	20	16	3	5	4	11	13	2	28	WLLDWD
	19	Walsall	24	8	4	12	37	40	6	1	5	22	20	2	3	7	15	20	-3	28	LWLWWL
	20	Bradford City	24	5	7	12	23	42	3	6	3	15	20	2	1	9	8	22	-19	22	LLLLWL
	21	Grimsby Town	24	5	5	14	26	47	3	4	5	17	20	2	1	9	9	27	-21	20	DLLLLW
	22	Stoke City	24	3	8	13	24	42	2	4	6	12	17	1	4	7	12	25	-18	17	LLDLDD
	23	Brighton and Hove Albion	24	3	5	16	22	43	2	2	8	11	21	1	3	8	11	22	-21	14	LLDDLL
	24	Sheffield Wednesday	24	2	8	14	17	40	2	4	6	9	16	0	4	8	8	24	-23	14	DLLDLL

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	Portsmouth	25	16	7	2	50	23	9	3	1	29	12	7	4	1	21	11	27	55	WWDDDD	1-1
	2	Leicester City	25	15	6	4	39	23	10	1	2	25	8	5	5	2	14	15	16	51	LWDWWL	1-2
2	3	Sheffield United	24	13	6	5	37	24	6	4	1	15	9	7	2	4	22	15	13	45	WWDWWW	1-0
1	4	Nottingham Forest	25	12	6	7	40	24	9	2	1	30	11	3	4	6	10	13	16	42	WWLLWL	0-2
1	5	Norwich City	25	12	6	7	36	22	9	2	2	23	6	3	4	5	13	16	14	42	LWLLWL	0-1
4	6	Coventry City	25	11	6	8	34	30	6	3	4	18	14	5	3	4	16	16	4	39	LLWWWW	2-0
1	7	Reading	24	12	3	9	24	20	6	2	4	14	10	6	1	5	10	10	4	39	WWDLLL	0-2
	8	Watford	25	11	5	9	30	36	8	3	1	21	11	3	2	8	9	25	-6	38	LWLLWD	0-0
2	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	10	7	7	41	26	6	3	3	22	13	4	4	4	19	13	15	37	WDWLDL	1-2
1	10	Rotherham United	25	10	7	8	43	31	4	6	2	14	10	6	1	6	29	21	12	37	LDWWLW	2-0
2	11	Crystal Palace	25	9	10	6	38	28	5	4	3	19	10	4	6	3	19	18	10	37	LLWWWD	1-1
	12	Gillingham	25	9	8	8	32	33	4	4	4	14	16	5	4	4	18	17	-1	35	LDWWWD	2-2
2	13	Burnley	25	10	5	10	37	46	7	2	4	18	19	3	3	6	19	27	-9	35	WLWLLW	2-1
	14	Wimbledon	25	9	6	10	39	39	6	3	4	21	16	3	3	6	18	23	0	33	LWWLDD	0-0
2	15	Derby County	25	10	3	12	29	34	6	2	5	20	18	4	1	7	9	16	-5	33	WLWWLL	1-3
2	16	Ipswich Town	24	8	7	9	33	30	4	2	5	20	16	4	5	4	13	14	3	31	LLDWDW	2-1
1	17	Preston North End	25	7	10	8	40	41	5	4	4	23	20	2	6	4	17	21	-1	31	WWLWLL	0-2
1	18	Millwall	25	8	7	10	27	38	5	5	3	17	19	3	2	7	10	19	-11	31	WWLLDD	2-2
	19	Walsall	25	8	4	13	37	41	6	1	6	22	21	2	3	7	15	20	-4	28	WLWWLL	0-1
	20	Bradford City	25	6	7	12	27	44	4	6	3	19	22	2	1	9	8	22	-17	25	LLLWLW	4-2
	21	Grimsby Town	25	6	5	14	29	48	3	4	5	17	20	3	1	9	12	28	-19	23	LLLLWW	3-1
	22	Stoke City	25	3	8	14	26	46	2	4	6	12	17	1	4	8	14	29	-20	17	LDLDDL	2-4
	23	Brighton and Hove Albion	25	4	5	16	23	43	2	2	8	11	21	2	3	8	12	22	-20	17	LDDLLW	1-0
	24	Sheffield Wednesday	25	3	8	14	19	40	3	4	6	11	16	0	4	8	8	24	-21	17	LLDLLW	2-0