The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Sat Nov 05, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 05, 1983 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: I Borrett
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 13,855
Pos Before/After:: 11 7
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Mar 03, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3220 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1633 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3643 (of 5724)
Total:: 5061 (of 7505)
Played:: 40 years, 5 months, 20 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (6')
Peter Davenport (16') (Pen)
Colin Walsh (57')
Steve Hodge (60')
Steve Hodge (67')

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: Graham Hawkins
Prior form: LLLLDL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Steve Sutton
2	D	27	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	D	34	Colin Todd
5	M	19	Chris Fairclough
6	M	32	Ian Bowyer
7	F	22	Steve Wigley
8	F	22	Peter Davenport (16')
9	F	27	Garry Birtles (6')
10	M	31	Frans Thijssen off for Colin Walsh
11	M	21	Steve Hodge (60') (67')
Subs
12	M	21	Colin Walsh on for Frans Thijssen (57)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Paul Bradshaw
2	D	Robert Coy
3	D	Michael Bennett
4	D	Alan Dodd
5	D	John Humphrey
6	M	Stephen Mardenborough
7	M	Andy Blair
8	M	Kenny Hibbitt
9	M	Daniel Crainie
10	F	Wayne Clarke
11	F	Andy Gray
Subs
12		Dale Rudge

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Nov 05, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-2	Sunderland
Birmingham City	1-2	Coventry City
Manchester United	1-2	Aston Villa
Norwich City	1-0	Southampton
Nottingham Forest	5-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Queens Park Rangers	0-1	Luton Town
Stoke City	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Watford	3-3	Leicester City
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Notts County
West Ham United	2-1	Ipswich Town

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	Manchester United	11	8	1	2	21	11	5	0	1	13	3	3	1	1	8	8	10	25	LWDWWW
	2	Liverpool	11	7	2	2	18	6	3	1	1	10	3	4	1	1	8	3	12	23	WLLWWW
	3	Queens Park Rangers	11	6	2	3	20	9	3	1	1	8	3	3	1	2	12	6	11	20	WWWWLW
	4	West Ham United	11	6	2	3	20	10	4	1	1	16	6	2	1	2	4	4	10	20	LWLLDD
	5	Southampton	10	6	2	2	13	7	4	1	0	8	2	2	1	2	5	5	6	20	WWLWLW
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	11	6	2	3	17	14	2	1	2	5	6	4	1	1	12	8	3	20	LWWWWW
	7	Luton Town	11	6	1	4	19	15	4	1	0	14	4	2	0	4	5	11	4	19	WLWWWL
	8	Arsenal	11	6	0	5	23	14	3	0	3	11	8	3	0	2	12	6	9	18	WWLLWW
	9	Ipswich Town	11	5	2	4	22	14	3	1	2	14	7	2	1	2	8	7	8	17	LLWLDL
	10	Coventry City	11	5	2	4	17	17	2	1	2	7	7	3	1	2	10	10	0	17	WLLWLW
	11	Nottingham Forest	11	5	2	4	17	17	3	2	1	10	7	2	0	3	7	10	0	17	WWLWLD
	12	West Bromwich Albion	11	5	2	4	16	17	3	1	1	6	3	2	1	3	10	14	-1	17	WWWLWL
	13	Birmingham City	11	5	2	4	11	12	4	0	1	6	2	1	2	3	5	10	-1	17	WDWLLW
	14	Aston Villa	11	5	2	4	15	17	5	0	1	10	9	0	2	3	5	8	-2	17	LWLWDL
	15	Everton	11	4	3	4	7	10	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	4	7	-3	15	WDWLWL
	16	Norwich City	12	3	4	5	17	19	2	1	3	11	11	1	3	2	6	8	-2	13	LDWWDL
	17	Sunderland	11	3	3	5	10	17	2	2	2	7	8	1	1	3	3	9	-7	12	LWWDLD
	18	Watford	11	2	3	6	15	18	1	2	3	10	12	1	1	3	5	6	-3	9	WLLLLD
	19	Stoke City	11	2	3	6	12	22	2	0	3	7	10	0	3	3	5	12	-10	9	LDWDDL
	20	Notts County	11	2	1	8	10	21	1	1	3	3	9	1	0	5	7	12	-11	7	LLLLDL
	21	Leicester City	11	1	2	8	8	23	1	1	3	4	12	0	1	5	4	11	-15	5	LDLLDW
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	0	3	8	8	26	0	3	3	6	12	0	0	5	2	14	-18	3	LLLLDL

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	Manchester United	12	8	1	3	22	13	5	0	2	14	5	3	1	1	8	8	9	25	WDWWWL		1-2
	2	Liverpool	11	7	2	2	18	6	3	1	1	10	3	4	1	1	8	3	12	23	WLLWWW
1	3	West Ham United	12	7	2	3	22	11	5	1	1	18	7	2	1	2	4	4	11	23	WLLDDW		2-1
3	4	Luton Town	12	7	1	4	20	15	4	1	0	14	4	3	0	4	6	11	5	22	LWWWLW		1-0
1	5	Tottenham Hotspur	12	6	3	3	18	15	2	1	2	5	6	4	2	1	13	9	3	21	WWWWWD		1-1
3	6	Queens Park Rangers	12	6	2	4	20	10	3	1	2	8	4	3	1	2	12	6	10	20	WWWLWL		0-1
4	7	Nottingham Forest	12	6	2	4	22	17	4	2	1	15	7	2	0	3	7	10	5	20	WLWLDW		5-0
3	8	Southampton	11	6	2	3	13	8	4	1	0	8	2	2	1	3	5	6	5	20	WLWLWL		0-1
1	9	Coventry City	12	6	2	4	19	18	2	1	2	7	7	4	1	2	12	11	1	20	LLWLWW		2-1
2	10	West Bromwich Albion	12	6	2	4	18	17	4	1	1	8	3	2	1	3	10	14	1	20	WWLWLW		2-0
3	11	Aston Villa	12	6	2	4	17	18	5	0	1	10	9	1	2	3	7	9	-1	20	WLWDLW		2-1
4	12	Arsenal	12	6	0	6	24	16	3	0	4	12	10	3	0	2	12	6	8	18	WLLWWL		1-2
4	13	Ipswich Town	12	5	2	5	23	16	3	1	2	14	7	2	1	3	9	9	7	17	LWLDLL		1-2
1	14	Birmingham City	12	5	2	5	12	14	4	0	2	7	4	1	2	3	5	10	-2	17	DWLLWL		1-2
1	15	Norwich City	13	4	4	5	18	19	3	1	3	12	11	1	3	2	6	8	-1	16	DWWDLW		1-0
1	16	Everton	11	4	3	4	7	10	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	4	7	-3	15	WDWLWL
	17	Sunderland	12	4	3	5	12	18	2	2	2	7	8	2	1	3	5	10	-6	15	WWDLDW		2-1
	18	Watford	12	2	4	6	18	21	1	3	3	13	15	1	1	3	5	6	-3	10	LLLLDD		3-3
	19	Stoke City	12	2	4	6	13	23	2	1	3	8	11	0	3	3	5	12	-10	10	DWDDLD		1-1
	20	Notts County	12	2	1	9	10	23	1	1	3	3	9	1	0	6	7	14	-13	7	LLLDLL		0-2
	21	Leicester City	12	1	3	8	11	26	1	1	3	4	12	0	2	5	7	14	-15	6	DLLDWD		3-3
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	0	3	9	8	31	0	3	3	6	12	0	0	6	2	19	-23	3	LLLDLL		0-5

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