The City Ground

WATFORD 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 1983 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Watford
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vicarage Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 17 April 1983
: Daily Mirror - Monday 18 April 1983
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1982-83
Referee:: D Letts
Sponsor:: Panasonic
Attendance:: 17,537
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (Friendly)
League:: Notts County
Watford:: Dec 10, 1983

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3203 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1616 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3620 (of 5724)
Total:: 5021 (of 7505)
Played:: 41 years, 11 days ago

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

Goals
Ian Bowyer (47')
Peter Davenport (56')
Steve Hodge (69')

WATFORD
Manager: Graham Taylor
Prior form: LWLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Luther Blissett (19') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	26	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	D	24	Bryn Gunn
5	M	31	Willie Young
6	M	31	Ian Bowyer (47')
7	M	20	Colin Walsh
8	F	26	Ian Wallace
9	F	22	Peter Davenport (56')
10	M	20	Steve Hodge (69')
11	F	30	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	23	Danny Wilson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Sherwood
2	D	Steve Terry
3	D	Wilf Rostron
4	D	Pat Rice
5	D	Richard Jobson
6	M	John Barnes
7	M	Jan Lohman (78')
8	M	Nigel Callaghan
9	M	Les Taylor
10	F	Kenny Jackett
11	F	Luther Blissett
Subs
12		Gerry Armstrong (78')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 16, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Coventry City	0-1	Birmingham City
Manchester City	2-0	West Ham United
Norwich City	2-0	Sunderland
Notts County	1-1	Luton Town
Southampton	3-2	Liverpool
Swansea City	1-1	Stoke City
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Ipswich Town
Watford	1-3	Nottingham Forest

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	36	24	9	3	83	26	16	3	0	54	13	8	6	3	29	13	57	81	DDWWWD	Safe
	2	Watford	36	20	4	12	66	45	14	2	2	44	15	6	2	10	22	30	21	64	LWLLWW	Safe
	3	Manchester United	34	16	12	6	46	26	11	7	0	32	9	5	5	6	14	17	20	60	WDWWDD	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	36	18	4	14	53	44	14	2	2	40	14	4	2	12	13	30	9	58	WLDWWL	Safe
	5	Stoke City	36	16	6	14	50	51	13	3	3	33	17	3	3	11	17	34	-1	54	WDWWLW
	6	Nottingham Forest	36	15	8	13	49	45	10	4	4	29	15	5	4	9	20	30	4	53	LLLWWD
	7	West Ham United	35	16	4	15	57	52	11	3	4	36	20	5	1	11	21	32	5	52	DLDWWW
	8	Southampton	36	14	10	12	47	49	10	4	3	30	15	4	6	9	17	34	-2	52	LWWDDD
	9	Everton	36	14	9	13	55	45	10	5	2	37	18	4	4	11	18	27	10	51	WDLLWW
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	9	12	51	45	11	4	2	39	13	3	5	10	12	32	6	51	DWWLWD
	11	Ipswich Town	36	13	11	12	53	41	9	3	6	31	19	4	8	6	22	22	12	50	WDWLDD
	12	Arsenal	35	13	10	12	46	47	9	6	3	30	18	4	4	9	16	29	-1	49	WDWDLW
	13	West Bromwich Albion	36	12	11	13	47	46	9	5	4	33	19	3	6	9	14	27	1	47	WWLLLL
	14	Coventry City	36	12	9	15	43	51	10	5	3	27	11	2	4	12	16	40	-8	45	LDLLLD
	15	Notts County	37	13	6	18	49	64	10	3	5	32	22	3	3	13	17	42	-15	45	LDLLWD
	16	Sunderland	35	11	11	13	41	49	7	7	3	25	16	4	4	10	16	33	-8	44	WDWLDL
	17	Manchester City	37	11	8	18	43	64	8	5	5	23	20	3	3	13	20	44	-21	41	LLLWLL
	18	Norwich City	35	10	10	15	40	52	7	5	5	22	15	3	5	10	18	37	-12	40	DDDWDW
	19	Luton Town	35	10	10	15	57	72	6	6	6	30	27	4	4	9	27	45	-15	40	LLLLWW
	20	Swansea City	36	9	9	18	45	58	9	2	6	28	23	0	7	12	17	35	-13	36	WDWDLL
	21	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	8	11	17	34	62	7	7	5	24	21	1	4	12	10	41	-28	35	DDDWDL
	22	Birmingham City	36	7	13	16	32	53	7	6	5	25	23	0	7	11	7	30	-21	34	LWDLLL

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	37	24	9	4	85	29	16	3	0	54	13	8	6	4	31	16	56	81	DWWWDL	Safe	2-3
	2	Watford	37	20	4	13	67	48	14	2	3	45	18	6	2	10	22	30	19	64	WLLWWL	Safe	1-3
	3	Manchester United	34	16	12	6	46	26	11	7	0	32	9	5	5	6	14	17	20	60	WDWWDD	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	36	18	4	14	53	44	14	2	2	40	14	4	2	12	13	30	9	58	WLDWWL	Safe
1	5	Nottingham Forest	37	16	8	13	52	46	10	4	4	29	15	6	4	9	23	31	6	56	LLWWDW	Safe	3-1
1	6	Stoke City	37	16	7	14	51	52	13	3	3	33	17	3	4	11	18	35	-1	55	DWWLWD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Southampton	37	15	10	12	50	51	11	4	3	33	17	4	6	9	17	34	-1	55	WWDDDW	Safe	3-2
2	8	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	9	12	54	46	12	4	2	42	14	3	5	10	12	32	8	54	WWLWDW	Safe	3-1
2	9	West Ham United	36	16	4	16	57	54	11	3	4	36	20	5	1	12	21	34	3	52	LDWWWL		0-2
1	10	Everton	36	14	9	13	55	45	10	5	2	37	18	4	4	11	18	27	10	51	WDLLWW
	11	Ipswich Town	37	13	11	13	54	44	9	3	6	31	19	4	8	7	23	25	10	50	DWLDDL		1-3
	12	Arsenal	35	13	10	12	46	47	9	6	3	30	18	4	4	9	16	29	-1	49	WDWDLW
	13	West Bromwich Albion	36	12	11	13	47	46	9	5	4	33	19	3	6	9	14	27	1	47	WWLLLL
1	14	Notts County	38	13	7	18	50	65	10	4	5	33	23	3	3	13	17	42	-15	46	DLLWDD		1-1
1	15	Coventry City	37	12	9	16	43	52	10	5	4	27	12	2	4	12	16	40	-9	45	DLLLDL		0-1
	16	Sunderland	36	11	11	14	41	51	7	7	3	25	16	4	4	11	16	35	-10	44	DWLDLL		0-2
	17	Manchester City	38	12	8	18	45	64	9	5	5	25	20	3	3	13	20	44	-19	44	LLWLLW		2-0
	18	Norwich City	36	11	10	15	42	52	8	5	5	24	15	3	5	10	18	37	-10	43	DDWDWW		2-0
	19	Luton Town	36	10	11	15	58	73	6	6	6	30	27	4	5	9	28	46	-15	41	LLLWWD		1-1
	20	Swansea City	37	9	10	18	46	59	9	3	6	29	24	0	7	12	17	35	-13	37	DWDLLD		1-1
1	21	Birmingham City	37	8	13	16	33	53	7	6	5	25	23	1	7	11	8	30	-20	37	WDLLLW		1-0
1	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	8	11	17	34	62	7	7	5	24	21	1	4	12	10	41	-28	35	DDDWDL

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