The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Feb 25, 2012 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 25, 2012 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 2011-12
Referee:: Roger East
Sponsor:: Victor Chandler
Attendance:: 19,166
Pos Before/After:: 21 20
Opp Before/After:: 3 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Sep 15, 2012

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4454 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 2037 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5113 (of 5722)
Total:: 6818 (of 7502)

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

FOREST
Manager: Steve Cotterill
Prior form: LLLDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Dexter Blackstock (29)
Dexter Blackstock (63)

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Chris Hughton
Prior form: WWDWDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Chris Burke (55)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Lee Camp
16	D	Chris Gunter
5	D	Danny Higginbotham off for Joel Lynch (22)
4	D	Luke Chambers 87
26	D	George Elokobi
12	F	Garath McCleary off for Paul Anderson (85)
19	M	Guy Moussi
22	M	Adlene Guedioura
11	F	Andy Reid off for Scott Wootton (90)
23	F	Dexter Blackstock (29) (63)
20	F	Marcus Tudgay
Subs
33	M	Joel Lynch on for Danny Higginbotham (22)
7	F	Paul Anderson on for Garath McCleary (85)
2	D	Scott Wootton on for Andy Reid (90)
10	F	Lewis McGugan
21	GK	Paul Smith (2006)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Boaz Myhill
3	D	David Murphy
4	D	Steven Caldwell
23	D	Jonathan Spector
24	D	Curtis Davies
7	M	Chris Burke
11	M	Andros Townsend (82)
12	M	Jordon Mutch
18	M	Keith Fahey
9	F	Marlon King
19	F	Nikola Zigic (68)
Subs
10		Erik Huseklepp (68)
22		Nathan Redmond (82)
13		Colin Doyle
5		Pablo Ibanez
14		Morgaro Gomis

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 25, 2012)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Brighton and Hove Albion	3-0	Ipswich Town
Bristol City	1-3	Blackpool
Burnley	1-3	Millwall
Coventry City	1-0	Barnsley
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Peterborough United
Middlesbrough	0-2	Reading
Portsmouth	0-0	Leeds United
Watford	0-3	Southampton
West Ham United	0-0	Crystal Palace

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								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	West Ham United	31	18	6	7	51	32	9	3	3	25	15	9	3	4	26	17	19	60	WWLWDW
	2	Southampton	32	17	8	7	58	32	13	2	2	37	12	4	6	5	21	20	26	59	LDDWDW
	3	Birmingham City	31	15	9	7	50	28	10	6	0	23	6	5	3	7	27	22	22	54	WWDWDW
	4	Reading	31	16	6	9	39	27	9	4	4	24	14	7	2	5	15	13	12	54	WLWWWW
	5	Cardiff City	32	14	11	7	50	39	10	2	3	31	20	4	9	4	19	19	11	53	WDLLWL
	6	Middlesbrough	31	14	11	6	38	32	6	8	2	17	13	8	3	4	21	19	6	53	LLDDWW
	7	Blackpool	32	14	10	8	53	42	9	4	3	26	15	5	6	5	27	27	11	52	WWWDWL
	8	Hull City	31	15	6	10	31	25	9	2	5	19	13	6	4	5	12	12	6	51	WWDWDD
	9	Brighton and Hove Albion	32	14	8	10	36	33	8	4	3	23	14	6	4	7	13	19	3	50	WDWWDD
	10	Leeds United	32	14	6	12	52	48	8	2	6	25	25	6	4	6	27	23	4	48	WLWLLW
	11	Burnley	32	14	5	13	44	37	6	5	5	25	16	8	0	8	19	21	7	47	DWDLWL
	12	Leicester City	32	12	9	11	43	37	7	4	5	24	18	5	5	6	19	19	6	45	WDLWLW
	13	Crystal Palace	31	11	10	10	33	30	5	8	2	17	10	6	2	8	16	20	3	43	DLDDDW
	14	Barnsley	32	12	6	14	45	51	8	2	7	29	27	4	4	7	16	24	-6	42	LWLLWL
	15	Derby County	32	12	6	14	33	42	8	2	6	20	16	4	4	8	13	26	-9	42	DLDLLL
	16	Ipswich Town	31	12	4	15	50	57	7	1	7	28	23	5	3	8	22	34	-7	40	DLWWWW
	17	Watford	32	10	10	12	36	47	7	4	5	24	23	3	6	7	12	24	-11	40	LWWDWL
	18	Peterborough United	31	10	7	14	50	51	7	2	6	31	25	3	5	8	19	26	-1	37	LLLDLW
	19	Millwall	32	7	10	15	31	44	5	6	6	18	21	2	4	9	13	23	-13	31	WLLDDL
	20	Bristol City	32	8	7	17	27	49	4	4	7	14	20	4	3	10	13	29	-22	31	WLLLDL
	21	Nottingham Forest	31	8	4	19	26	49	4	3	10	14	27	4	1	9	12	22	-23	28	LLLDLW
	22	Portsmouth	31	9	8	14	33	34	7	3	4	19	11	2	5	10	14	23	-1	25*	LWLDLL
	23	Coventry City	32	6	7	19	28	46	6	4	6	21	19	0	3	13	7	27	-18	25	WLLLWL
	24	Doncaster Rovers	30	6	6	18	26	51	4	5	5	11	15	2	1	13	15	36	-25	24	WDLDLL

*Portsmouth deducted 10 points for entering administration

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								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	1	Southampton	33	18	8	7	61	32	13	2	2	37	12	5	6	5	24	20	29	62	DDWDWW	3-0
1	2	West Ham United	32	18	7	7	51	32	9	4	3	25	15	9	3	4	26	17	19	61	WLWDWD	0-0
1	3	Reading	32	17	6	9	41	27	9	4	4	24	14	8	2	5	17	13	14	57	LWWWWW	2-0
3	4	Blackpool	33	15	10	8	56	43	9	4	3	26	15	6	6	5	30	28	13	55	WWDWLW	3-1
2	5	Birmingham City	32	15	9	8	51	30	10	6	1	24	8	5	3	7	27	22	21	54	WDWDWL	1-2
1	6	Cardiff City	32	14	11	7	50	39	10	2	3	31	20	4	9	4	19	19	11	53	WDLLWL
2	7	Brighton and Hove Albion	33	15	8	10	39	33	9	4	3	26	14	6	4	7	13	19	6	53	DWWDDW	3-0
2	8	Middlesbrough	32	14	11	7	38	34	6	8	3	17	15	8	3	4	21	19	4	53	LDDWWL	0-2
1	9	Hull City	31	15	6	10	31	25	9	2	5	19	13	6	4	5	12	12	6	51	WWDWDD
	10	Leeds United	33	14	7	12	52	48	8	2	6	25	25	6	5	6	27	23	4	49	LWLLWD	0-0
	11	Burnley	33	14	5	14	45	40	6	5	6	26	19	8	0	8	19	21	5	47	WDLWLL	1-3
	12	Leicester City	32	12	9	11	43	37	7	4	5	24	18	5	5	6	19	19	6	45	WDLWLW
	13	Crystal Palace	32	11	11	10	33	30	5	8	2	17	10	6	3	8	16	20	3	44	LDDDWD	0-0
	14	Barnsley	33	12	6	15	45	52	8	2	7	29	27	4	4	8	16	25	-7	42	WLLWLL	0-1
	15	Derby County	32	12	6	14	33	42	8	2	6	20	16	4	4	8	13	26	-9	42	DLDLLL
	16	Ipswich Town	32	12	4	16	50	60	7	1	7	28	23	5	3	9	22	37	-10	40	LWWWWL	0-3
	17	Watford	33	10	10	13	36	50	7	4	6	24	26	3	6	7	12	24	-14	40	WWDWLL	0-3
	18	Peterborough United	32	10	8	14	51	52	7	2	6	31	25	3	6	8	20	27	-1	38	LLDLWD	1-1
	19	Millwall	33	8	10	15	34	45	5	6	6	18	21	3	4	9	16	24	-11	34	LLDDLW	3-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	32	9	4	19	28	50	4	3	10	14	27	5	1	9	14	23	-22	31	LLDLWW	2-1
1	21	Bristol City	33	8	7	18	28	52	4	4	8	15	23	4	3	10	13	29	-24	31	LLLDLL	1-3
1	22	Coventry City	33	7	7	19	29	46	7	4	6	22	19	0	3	13	7	27	-17	28	LLLWLW	1-0
1	23	Portsmouth	32	9	9	14	33	34	7	4	4	19	11	2	5	10	14	23	-1	26*	WLDLLD	0-0
	24	Doncaster Rovers	31	6	7	18	27	52	4	6	5	12	16	2	1	13	15	36	-25	25	DLDLLD	1-1

*Portsmouth deducted 10 points for entering administration