The City Ground

WATFORD 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 10, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 10, 1983 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Watford
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vicarage Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-3

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

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: J Deakin
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 14,047
Pos Before/After:: 6 11
Opp Before/After:: 19 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 1)
Watford:: May 07, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3225 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1638 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3650 (of 5724)
Total:: 5068 (of 7505)
Played:: 40 years, 4 months, 13 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (15')
Garry Birtles (49')

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

Goals
Mo Johnston (4')
Nigel Callaghan (34')
George Reilly (36')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	27	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	M	19	Chris Fairclough
5	D	30	Paul Hart
6	M	32	Ian Bowyer
7	F	22	Steve Wigley
8	F	22	Peter Davenport
9	F	27	Garry Birtles (15') (49')
10	M	21	Colin Walsh
11	M	21	Steve Hodge
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Sherwood
2	D	Steve Sims
3	D	Wilf Rostron
4	D	Neil Price
5	D	Paul Franklin
6	M	David Bardsley
7	M	Kenny Jackett
8	M	Nigel Callaghan
9	M	John Barnes
10	F	George Reilly 68
11	F	Mo Johnston
Subs
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 10, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-1	Norwich City
Coventry City	4-0	Liverpool
Everton	1-1	Aston Villa
Ipswich Town	0-2	Manchester United
Leicester City	5-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Notts County	6-1	Sunderland
Stoke City	2-4	Luton Town
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Southampton
Watford	3-2	Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Queens Park Rangers
West Ham United	3-1	Arsenal

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	16	10	4	2	26	9	6	1	1	15	3	4	3	1	11	6	17	34	WWDWDW
	2	West Ham United	16	9	3	4	27	13	5	2	1	19	8	4	1	3	8	5	14	30	DWWWDL
	3	Manchester United	16	9	3	4	28	17	6	0	3	18	7	3	3	1	10	10	11	30	WLDWDL
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	16	8	4	4	28	23	3	2	2	10	10	5	2	2	18	13	5	28	WDDWWL
	5	Coventry City	16	8	4	4	24	20	3	2	2	8	7	5	2	2	16	13	4	28	WWWDDW
	6	Nottingham Forest	16	8	3	5	28	22	6	2	1	20	10	2	1	4	8	12	6	27	DWLWDW
	7	Southampton	16	8	3	5	18	13	6	1	1	12	5	2	2	4	6	8	5	27	LWLDLW
	8	Aston Villa	16	8	3	5	24	25	7	1	1	15	11	1	2	4	9	14	-1	27	LWDWLW
	9	Queens Park Rangers	16	8	2	6	25	15	5	1	2	11	5	3	1	4	14	10	10	26	WLLWLW
	10	Norwich City	17	7	5	5	25	21	5	1	3	16	12	2	4	2	9	9	4	26	LWDWWW
	11	Luton Town	16	8	2	6	27	25	4	2	2	19	13	4	0	4	8	12	2	26	LWDLWL
	12	West Bromwich Albion	16	7	2	7	20	23	4	1	2	9	6	3	1	5	11	17	-3	23	LWLLLW
	13	Ipswich Town	16	6	4	6	27	20	4	2	2	16	8	2	2	4	11	12	7	22	LLWLDD
	14	Sunderland	16	6	4	6	17	20	3	3	3	11	10	3	1	3	6	10	-3	22	DWWLWD
	15	Arsenal	16	7	0	9	26	22	4	0	5	14	12	3	0	4	12	10	4	21	WLLWLL
	16	Everton	16	6	3	7	10	17	3	2	3	4	5	3	1	4	6	12	-7	21	LLWLLW
	17	Birmingham City	16	5	3	8	14	19	4	0	3	7	5	1	3	5	7	14	-5	18	WLDLLL
	18	Notts County	16	4	2	10	18	27	2	2	3	9	12	2	0	7	9	15	-9	14	LLDWWL
	19	Watford	16	3	4	9	25	30	1	3	4	14	17	2	1	5	11	13	-5	13	DDLLLW
	20	Leicester City	17	3	4	10	20	34	3	2	3	10	14	0	2	7	10	20	-14	13	DDLWWL
	21	Stoke City	16	2	6	8	16	29	2	2	3	9	12	0	4	5	7	17	-13	12	LDDLDL
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	1	4	11	11	40	0	4	5	6	20	1	0	6	5	20	-29	7	LLLDWL

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	17	10	4	3	26	13	6	1	1	15	3	4	3	2	11	10	13	34	WDWDWL		0-4
	2	West Ham United	17	10	3	4	30	14	6	2	1	22	9	4	1	3	8	5	16	33	WWWDLW		3-1
	3	Manchester United	17	10	3	4	30	17	6	0	3	18	7	4	3	1	12	10	13	33	LDWDLW		2-0
1	4	Coventry City	17	9	4	4	28	20	4	2	2	12	7	5	2	2	16	13	8	31	WWDDWW		4-0
4	5	Queens Park Rangers	17	9	2	6	27	16	5	1	2	11	5	4	1	4	16	11	11	29	LLWLWW		2-1
2	6	Tottenham Hotspur	17	8	5	4	28	23	3	3	2	10	10	5	2	2	18	13	5	29	DDWWLD		0-0
3	7	Norwich City	18	8	5	5	26	21	5	1	3	16	12	3	4	2	10	9	5	29	WDWWWW		1-0
3	8	Luton Town	17	9	2	6	31	27	4	2	2	19	13	5	0	4	12	14	4	29	WDLWLW		4-2
2	9	Southampton	17	8	4	5	18	13	6	1	1	12	5	2	3	4	6	8	5	28	WLDLWD		0-0
2	10	Aston Villa	17	8	4	5	25	26	7	1	1	15	11	1	3	4	10	15	-1	28	WDWLWD		1-1
5	11	Nottingham Forest	17	8	3	6	30	25	6	2	1	20	10	2	1	5	10	15	5	27	WLWDWL		2-3
	12	West Bromwich Albion	17	7	2	8	21	25	4	1	3	10	8	3	1	5	11	17	-4	23	WLLLWL		1-2
	13	Ipswich Town	17	6	4	7	27	22	4	2	3	16	10	2	2	4	11	12	5	22	LWLDDL		0-2
2	14	Everton	17	6	4	7	11	18	3	3	3	5	6	3	1	4	6	12	-7	22	LWLLWD		1-1
1	15	Sunderland	17	6	4	7	18	26	3	3	3	11	10	3	1	4	7	16	-8	22	WWLWDL		1-6
1	16	Arsenal	17	7	0	10	27	25	4	0	5	14	12	3	0	5	13	13	2	21	LLWLLL		1-3
	17	Birmingham City	17	5	3	9	14	20	4	0	4	7	6	1	3	5	7	14	-6	18	LDLLLL		0-1
	18	Notts County	17	5	2	10	24	28	3	2	3	15	13	2	0	7	9	15	-4	17	LDWWLW		6-1
	19	Watford	17	4	4	9	28	32	2	3	4	17	19	2	1	5	11	13	-4	16	DLLLWW		3-2
	20	Leicester City	18	4	4	10	25	35	4	2	3	15	15	0	2	7	10	20	-10	16	DLWWLW		5-1
	21	Stoke City	17	2	6	9	18	33	2	2	4	11	16	0	4	5	7	17	-15	12	DDLDLL		2-4
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	1	4	12	12	45	0	4	5	6	20	1	0	7	6	25	-33	7	LLDWLL		1-5

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