The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 26, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 26, 1983 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Stapleford & Sandiacre News - Thursday 03 March 1983
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1982-83
Referee:: M Heath
Sponsor:: Panasonic
Attendance:: 12,987
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Dec 26, 1983

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3194 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1607 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3611 (of 5724)
Total:: 5011 (of 7505)
Played:: 41 years, 1 month, 24 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Davenport (83')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Ron Saunders
Prior form: DDDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Mick Harford (10')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	21	Steve Sutton
2	D	26	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	D	34	Colin Todd
5	M	31	Willie Young
6	M	31	Ian Bowyer
7	M	23	Danny Wilson
8	F	26	Ian Wallace
9	F	26	Garry Birtles off for Peter Davenport
10	M	20	Steve Hodge
11	M	20	Colin Walsh
Subs
12	F	21	Peter Davenport on for Garry Birtles (83)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Coton
2	D	Kevan Broadhurst
3	D	Mark Dennis
4	D	Noel Blake
5	D	Byron Stevenson
6	M	Jim Hagan
7	M	Alan Curbishley
8	M	Kevin Dillon
9	M	Michael Ferguson
10	F	Howard Gayle
11	F	Mick Harford
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 26, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Brighton and Hove Albion	1-2	Stoke City
Everton	2-2	Swansea City
Ipswich Town	3-0	Luton Town
Manchester United	1-1	Liverpool
Notts County	5-1	Coventry City
Sunderland	3-2	Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Norwich City
Watford	2-1	Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Arsenal
West Ham United	1-1	Southampton

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	27	19	5	3	64	22	12	2	0	42	12	7	3	3	22	10	42	62	WWWWWW
	2	Manchester United	26	13	8	5	36	20	9	4	0	24	5	4	4	5	12	15	16	47	LWDWWD
	3	Watford	26	14	4	8	47	27	10	2	1	30	7	4	2	7	17	20	20	46	WDWLWW
	4	Nottingham Forest	27	13	5	9	41	35	9	3	2	24	10	4	2	7	17	25	6	44	DDWLLD
	5	Coventry City	27	12	6	9	38	32	10	3	1	25	7	2	3	8	13	25	6	42	WWDDLW
	6	Aston Villa	27	13	3	11	39	35	10	2	2	30	12	3	1	9	9	23	4	42	LWLDWW
	7	Everton	27	11	6	10	43	34	8	4	1	28	12	3	2	9	15	22	9	39	DLWWWL
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	27	11	6	10	39	37	9	3	2	32	13	2	3	8	7	24	2	39	LWDDDW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	28	10	9	9	38	36	7	4	2	26	13	3	5	7	12	23	2	39	DLWDDD
	10	Southampton	28	11	6	11	37	42	8	3	3	24	13	3	3	8	13	29	-5	39	LDLWWW
	11	West Ham United	26	12	1	13	42	40	8	1	4	28	15	4	0	9	14	25	2	37	LWLLLL
	12	Manchester City	28	10	7	11	36	45	8	4	2	22	13	2	3	9	14	32	-9	37	LWDDLL
	13	Arsenal	26	10	6	10	34	34	7	3	3	22	14	3	3	7	12	20	0	36	DWLWLW
	14	Ipswich Town	27	9	8	10	40	32	6	2	5	22	16	3	6	5	18	16	8	35	DWWLDL
	15	Stoke City	26	10	5	11	37	40	8	3	2	25	16	2	2	9	12	24	-3	35	LWDLWD
	16	Notts County	28	10	4	14	34	49	7	2	5	20	18	3	2	9	14	31	-15	34	LLWLLW
	17	Luton Town	26	7	9	10	47	54	4	5	4	24	21	3	4	6	23	33	-7	30	LLWDWL
	18	Sunderland	27	7	9	11	30	41	5	5	3	19	12	2	4	8	11	29	-11	30	DWWDWL
	19	Swansea City	27	7	6	14	32	40	7	2	4	20	14	0	4	10	12	26	-8	27	LLWDLL
	20	Birmingham City	26	5	11	10	22	35	5	4	4	18	16	0	7	6	4	19	-13	26	DDDLLW
	21	Norwich City	26	7	5	14	26	45	6	2	5	17	13	1	3	9	9	32	-19	26	WLWLLL
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	27	6	7	14	24	51	6	5	3	18	14	0	2	11	6	37	-27	25	DDLLLD

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	28	19	6	3	65	23	12	2	0	42	12	7	4	3	23	11	42	63	WWWWWD		1-1
1	2	Watford	27	15	4	8	49	28	11	2	1	32	8	4	2	7	17	20	21	49	DWLWWW		2-1
1	3	Manchester United	27	13	9	5	37	21	9	5	0	25	6	4	4	5	12	15	16	48	WDWWDD		1-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	28	13	6	9	42	36	9	3	2	24	10	4	3	7	18	26	6	45	DWLLDD		1-1
1	5	Aston Villa	28	13	3	12	40	37	10	2	2	30	12	3	1	10	10	25	3	42	WLDWWL		1-2
1	6	Coventry City	28	12	6	10	39	37	10	3	1	25	7	2	3	9	14	30	2	42	WDDLWL		1-5
	7	Everton	28	11	7	10	45	36	8	5	1	30	14	3	2	9	15	22	9	40	LWWWLD		2-2
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	28	11	7	10	39	37	9	4	2	32	13	2	3	8	7	24	2	40	WDDDWD		0-0
	9	West Bromwich Albion	29	10	10	9	38	36	7	5	2	26	13	3	5	7	12	23	2	40	LWDDDD		0-0
	10	Southampton	29	11	7	11	38	43	8	3	3	24	13	3	4	8	14	30	-5	40	DLWWWD		1-1
3	11	Ipswich Town	28	10	8	10	43	32	7	2	5	25	16	3	6	5	18	16	11	38	WWLDLW		3-0
1	12	West Ham United	27	12	2	13	43	41	8	2	4	29	16	4	0	9	14	25	2	38	WLLLLD		1-1
2	13	Stoke City	27	11	5	11	39	41	8	3	2	25	16	3	2	9	14	25	-2	38	WDLWDW		2-1
1	14	Arsenal	27	10	7	10	34	34	7	3	3	22	14	3	4	7	12	20	0	37	WLWLWD		0-0
3	15	Manchester City	29	10	7	12	38	48	8	4	2	22	13	2	3	10	16	35	-10	37	WDDLLL		2-3
	16	Notts County	29	11	4	14	39	50	8	2	5	25	19	3	2	9	14	31	-11	37	LWLLWW		5-1
1	17	Sunderland	28	8	9	11	33	43	6	5	3	22	14	2	4	8	11	29	-10	33	WWDWLW		3-2
1	18	Luton Town	27	7	9	11	47	57	4	5	4	24	21	3	4	7	23	36	-10	30	LWDWLL		0-3
	19	Swansea City	28	7	7	14	34	42	7	2	4	20	14	0	5	10	14	28	-8	28	LWDLLD		2-2
	20	Birmingham City	27	5	12	10	23	36	5	5	4	19	17	0	7	6	4	19	-13	27	DDLLWD		1-1
	21	Norwich City	27	7	6	14	26	45	6	2	5	17	13	1	4	9	9	32	-19	27	LWLLLD		0-0
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	28	6	7	15	25	53	6	5	4	19	16	0	2	11	6	37	-28	25	DLLLDL		1-2