The City Ground

ARSENAL 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 17, 1982 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 17, 1982 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ireland's Saturday Night - Saturday 17 April 1982
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1981-82
Referee:: I Borrett
Sponsor:: Panasonic
Attendance:: 21,986
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Oct 23, 1982

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3159 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1572 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3570 (of 5736)
Total:: 4953 (of 7523)
Played:: 42 years, 7 months, 4 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: DDWLLW (Old to recent)

Goals

ARSENAL
Manager: Bertie Mee
Prior form: LWDDLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Brian Talbot (38')
Graham Rix (64')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Peter Shilton
2	D	25	Viv Anderson
3	M	21	Stuart Gray off for John McGovern
4	D	23	Bryn Gunn
5	M	30	Willie Young
6	M	30	Ian Bowyer
7	F	28	Jurgen Rober
8	F	19	Calvin Plummer
9	M	21	Justin Fashanu
10	F	21	Mark Proctor
11	F	29	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	32	John McGovern on for Stuart Gray

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Wood
2	D	David O'Leary
3	D	Chris Whyte
4	D	Kenny Sansom
5	D	Stewart Robson
6	M	John Hollins
7	M	Brian Talbot
8	M	Paul Davis
9	M	Graham Rix
10	F	John Hawley
11	F	Raphael Meade
12		?

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 17, 1982)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa	1-0	Middlesbrough
Coventry City	1-0	West Ham United
Ipswich Town	2-0	Stoke City
Leeds United	1-3	Southampton
Liverpool	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Notts County	4-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Sunderland	3-1	Everton
Swansea City	2-0	Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	Birmingham City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Liverpool	34	21	6	7	67	26	11	3	4	33	13	10	3	3	34	13	41	69	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Ipswich Town	34	20	4	10	61	45	13	1	2	37	19	7	3	8	24	26	16	64	WWWDLW	Safe
	3	Swansea City	35	19	6	10	50	39	12	3	3	30	11	7	3	7	20	28	11	63	WLLWDW	Safe
	4	Manchester United	34	16	11	7	47	26	9	6	3	22	9	7	5	4	25	17	21	59	WDDLDW	Safe
	5	Southampton	36	17	8	11	60	53	14	1	3	41	22	3	7	8	19	31	7	59	DLWDLL	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	31	17	7	7	53	31	9	2	5	31	20	8	5	2	22	11	22	58	DLDWWD	Safe
	7	Arsenal	35	15	10	10	34	32	10	4	3	18	13	5	6	7	16	19	2	55	LWDDLL	Safe
	8	West Ham United	35	13	13	9	57	45	8	7	2	34	22	5	6	7	23	23	12	52	LWWWDL
	9	Manchester City	35	13	11	11	45	43	8	6	4	29	19	5	5	7	16	24	2	50	DDDLLL
	10	Nottingham Forest	34	13	11	10	35	37	6	6	5	16	16	7	5	5	19	21	-2	50	DDWLLW
	11	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	12	13	10	38	39	7	7	4	28	22	5	6	6	10	17	-1	49	DLLDWL
	12	Everton	35	12	12	11	44	42	8	6	3	27	18	4	6	8	17	24	2	48	DLWWDL
	13	Aston Villa	34	12	10	12	47	45	7	5	4	22	18	5	5	8	25	27	2	46	WLLWWW
	14	Notts County	34	11	7	16	49	54	6	5	5	23	24	5	2	11	26	30	-5	40	LWWLLL
	15	Coventry City	35	10	8	17	41	54	7	3	7	24	22	3	5	10	17	32	-13	38	WWDLWW
	16	West Bromwich Albion	32	8	11	13	37	41	5	6	4	19	15	3	5	9	18	26	-4	35	LWLLLL
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	9	8	19	26	54	7	4	7	15	16	2	4	12	11	38	-28	35	LDDLWW
	18	Leeds United	33	8	10	15	25	44	5	9	3	17	13	3	1	12	8	31	-19	34	DLDDWD
	19	Stoke City	34	9	6	19	35	53	6	1	10	19	25	3	5	9	16	28	-18	33	LLDLLL
	20	Birmingham City	34	7	11	16	41	52	7	6	5	27	22	0	5	11	14	30	-11	32	DWLLLL
	21	Sunderland	35	7	10	18	26	47	3	5	10	12	25	4	5	8	14	22	-21	31	DLDWWD
	22	Middlesbrough	34	5	13	16	27	43	4	7	6	17	20	1	6	10	10	23	-16	28	LDWDWD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Liverpool	35	22	6	7	68	26	12	3	4	34	13	10	3	3	34	13	42	72	WWWWWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Ipswich Town	35	21	4	10	63	45	14	1	2	39	19	7	3	8	24	26	18	67	WWDLWW	Safe	2-0
	3	Swansea City	36	20	6	10	52	39	13	3	3	32	11	7	3	7	20	28	13	66	LLWDWW	Safe	2-0
	4	Manchester United	35	17	11	7	49	26	10	6	3	24	9	7	5	4	25	17	23	62	DDLDWW	Safe	2-0
	5	Southampton	37	18	8	11	63	54	14	1	3	41	22	4	7	8	22	32	9	62	LWDLLW	Safe	3-1
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	32	17	7	8	53	33	9	2	5	31	20	8	5	3	22	13	20	58	LDWWDL	Safe	0-2
	7	Arsenal	36	16	10	10	36	32	11	4	3	20	13	5	6	7	16	19	4	58	WDDLLW	Safe	2-0
	8	West Ham United	36	13	13	10	57	46	8	7	2	34	22	5	6	8	23	24	11	52	WWWDLL		0-1
	9	Manchester City	36	13	11	12	45	45	8	6	4	29	19	5	5	8	16	26	0	50	DDLLLL		0-2
	10	Nottingham Forest	35	13	11	11	35	39	6	6	5	16	16	7	5	6	19	23	-4	50	DWLLWL		0-2
2	11	Aston Villa	35	13	10	12	48	45	8	5	4	23	18	5	5	8	25	27	3	49	LLWWWW		1-0
1	12	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	12	13	11	39	43	7	7	4	28	22	5	6	7	11	21	-4	49	LLDWLL		1-4
1	13	Everton	36	12	12	12	45	45	8	6	3	27	18	4	6	9	18	27	0	48	LWWDLL		1-3
	14	Notts County	35	12	7	16	53	55	7	5	5	27	25	5	2	11	26	30	-2	43	WWLLLW		4-1
	15	Coventry City	36	11	8	17	42	54	8	3	7	25	22	3	5	10	17	32	-12	41	WDLWWW		1-0
1	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	9	9	19	27	55	7	5	7	16	17	2	4	12	11	38	-28	36	DDLWWD		1-1
1	17	West Bromwich Albion	33	8	11	14	37	42	5	6	4	19	15	3	5	10	18	27	-5	35	WLLLLL		0-1
3	18	Sunderland	36	8	10	18	29	48	4	5	10	15	26	4	5	8	14	22	-19	34	LDWWDW		3-1
1	19	Leeds United	34	8	10	16	26	47	5	9	4	18	16	3	1	12	8	31	-21	34	LDDWDL		1-3
	20	Birmingham City	35	7	12	16	42	53	7	6	5	27	22	0	6	11	15	31	-11	33	WLLLLD		1-1
2	21	Stoke City	35	9	6	20	35	55	6	1	10	19	25	3	5	10	16	30	-20	33	LDLLLL		0-2
	22	Middlesbrough	35	5	13	17	27	44	4	7	6	17	20	1	6	11	10	24	-17	28	DWDWDL		0-1

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