The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 1 - 2 FOREST - Tue Apr 05, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 05, 1983 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 06 April 1983
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1982-83
Referee:: Don Shaw
Sponsor:: Panasonic
Attendance:: 9,720
Pos Before/After:: 9 5
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Dec 28, 1983

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3201 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1614 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3618 (of 5768)
Total:: 5020 (of 7556)
Played:: 42 years, 2 months, 28 days ago

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

Goals
Ian Wallace (56')
John Robertson (90') (Pen) - John Robertson last goal

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Dave Sexton
Prior form: LLDLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Steve Whitton (2')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	26	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	M	18	Chris Fairclough
5	M	31	Willie Young
6	M	31	Ian Bowyer
7	M	23	Danny Wilson off for Colin Walsh (55')
8	F	26	Ian Wallace (56')
9	F	22	Peter Davenport
10	M	20	Steve Hodge
11	F	30	John Robertson (90')
Subs
12	M	20	Colin Walsh on for Danny Wilson (55')

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Hans van Breukelen	21		3	1
2	D	26	Viv Anderson	375	22	3	1
3	D	31	Kenny Swain	29		3	1
4	M	18	Chris Fairclough	17	2	3	1
5	M	31	Willie Young	56	6	20	4
6	M	31	Ian Bowyer	423	104	3	1
7	M	23	Danny Wilson off for Colin Walsh (55')	9	1	3	1
8	F	26	Ian Wallace (56')	122	58	3	1
9	F	22	Peter Davenport	17	9	3	1
10	M	20	Steve Hodge	38	17	3	1
11	F	30	John Robertson (90')	502	117	3	1
Subs
12	M	20	Colin Walsh on for Danny Wilson (55')	77	19	10	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Les Sealey
2	D	Stephen Jacobs
3	D	Brian Roberts
4	D	Paul Dyson
5	D	Danny Thomas
6	M	Gary Gillespie
7	M	Steve Hunt
8	M	Gerry Francis
9	M	James Melrose
10	F	Steve Whitton
11	F	Mark Hateley
Subs
12		Ian Butterworth

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Apr 05, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Coventry City	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	0-0	Brighton and Hove Albion
Swansea City	1-5	West Ham United

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	23	8	3	80	26	15	3	0	51	13	8	5	3	29	13	54	77	WWDDWW	Safe
2	Watford	35	19	4	12	63	44	14	2	2	44	15	5	2	10	19	29	19	61	WLWLLW	Safe
3	Manchester United	33	16	11	6	45	25	11	6	0	31	8	5	5	6	14	17	20	59	LWDWWD
4	Aston Villa	35	18	4	13	52	42	14	2	2	40	14	4	2	11	12	28	10	58	WWLDWW
5	Stoke City	35	15	6	14	49	51	12	3	3	32	17	3	3	11	17	34	-2	51	LWDWWL
6	Tottenham Hotspur	34	14	8	12	49	43	11	4	2	39	13	3	4	10	10	30	6	50	LDWWLW
7	Southampton	34	14	8	12	46	48	10	3	3	30	15	4	5	9	16	33	-2	50	DWLWWD
8	Ipswich Town	35	13	10	12	53	41	9	2	6	31	19	4	8	6	22	22	12	49	LWDWLD
9	Nottingham Forest	34	14	7	13	45	42	10	3	4	27	13	4	4	9	18	29	3	49	DLLLLW
10	Everton	35	13	9	13	53	44	10	5	2	37	18	3	4	11	16	26	9	48	LWDLLW
11	West Bromwich Albion	35	12	11	12	46	43	9	5	3	32	16	3	6	9	14	27	3	47	DWWLLL
12	West Ham United	33	14	4	15	50	50	10	3	4	34	19	4	1	11	16	31	0	46	WLDLDW
13	Arsenal	34	12	10	12	44	46	8	6	3	28	17	4	4	9	16	29	-2	46	LWDWDL
14	Coventry City	33	12	8	13	41	47	10	4	2	26	9	2	4	11	15	38	-6	44	LLDLDL
15	Sunderland	34	11	11	12	40	47	7	7	3	25	16	4	4	9	15	31	-7	44	WWDWLD
16	Notts County	36	13	5	18	49	64	10	3	5	32	22	3	2	13	17	42	-15	44	LLDLLW
17	Manchester City	36	11	8	17	43	63	8	5	5	23	20	3	3	12	20	43	-20	41	LLLLWL
18	Norwich City	34	9	10	15	36	52	7	5	5	22	15	2	5	10	14	37	-16	37	LDDDWD
19	Swansea City	34	9	9	16	44	50	9	2	5	27	18	0	7	11	17	32	-6	36	LLWDWD
20	Birmingham City	34	7	13	14	31	46	7	6	4	25	19	0	7	10	6	27	-15	34	WLLWDL
21	Luton Town	33	8	10	15	52	70	4	6	6	25	25	4	4	9	27	45	-18	34	DWLLLL
22	Brighton and Hove Albion	34	8	10	16	33	60	7	7	4	23	19	1	3	12	10	41	-27	34	WLDDDW

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	34	23	8	3	80	26	15	3	0	51	13	8	5	3	29	13	54	77	WWDDWW	Safe
	2	Watford	35	19	4	12	63	44	14	2	2	44	15	5	2	10	19	29	19	61	WLWLLW	Safe
	3	Manchester United	33	16	11	6	45	25	11	6	0	31	8	5	5	6	14	17	20	59	LWDWWD	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	35	18	4	13	52	42	14	2	2	40	14	4	2	11	12	28	10	58	WWLDWW
4	5	Nottingham Forest	35	15	7	13	47	43	10	3	4	27	13	5	4	9	20	30	4	52	LLLLWW		2-1
1	6	Stoke City	35	15	6	14	49	51	12	3	3	32	17	3	3	11	17	34	-2	51	LWDWWL
	7	Southampton	35	14	9	12	46	48	10	4	3	30	15	4	5	9	16	33	-2	51	WLWWDD		0-0
2	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	14	8	12	49	43	11	4	2	39	13	3	4	10	10	30	6	50	LDWWLW
1	9	Ipswich Town	35	13	10	12	53	41	9	2	6	31	19	4	8	6	22	22	12	49	LWDWLD
2	10	West Ham United	34	15	4	15	55	51	10	3	4	34	19	5	1	11	21	32	4	49	LDLDWW		5-1
1	11	Everton	35	13	9	13	53	44	10	5	2	37	18	3	4	11	16	26	9	48	LWDLLW
1	12	West Bromwich Albion	35	12	11	12	46	43	9	5	3	32	16	3	6	9	14	27	3	47	DWWLLL
	13	Arsenal	34	12	10	12	44	46	8	6	3	28	17	4	4	9	16	29	-2	46	LWDWDL
	14	Coventry City	34	12	8	14	42	49	10	4	3	27	11	2	4	11	15	38	-7	44	LDLDLL		1-2
	15	Sunderland	34	11	11	12	40	47	7	7	3	25	16	4	4	9	15	31	-7	44	WWDWLD
	16	Notts County	36	13	5	18	49	64	10	3	5	32	22	3	2	13	17	42	-15	44	LLDLLW
	17	Manchester City	36	11	8	17	43	63	8	5	5	23	20	3	3	12	20	43	-20	41	LLLLWL
	18	Norwich City	34	9	10	15	36	52	7	5	5	22	15	2	5	10	14	37	-16	37	LDDDWD
	19	Swansea City	35	9	9	17	45	55	9	2	6	28	23	0	7	11	17	32	-10	36	LWDWDL		1-5
2	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	8	11	16	33	60	7	7	4	23	19	1	4	12	10	41	-27	35	LDDDWD		0-0
1	21	Birmingham City	34	7	13	14	31	46	7	6	4	25	19	0	7	10	6	27	-15	34	WLLWDL
1	22	Luton Town	33	8	10	15	52	70	4	6	6	25	25	4	4	9	27	45	-18	34	DWLLLL

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