The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 - 2 FOREST - Mon Dec 26, 1983 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Dec 26, 1983 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: David Richardson
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 14,482
Pos Before/After:: 9 6
Opp Before/After:: 17 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Apr 21, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3227 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1640 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3652 (of 5724)
Total:: 5070 (of 7505)
Played:: 40 years, 3 months, 24 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles
Steve Hodge

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

Goals
Kevin Rogers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	27	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	D	25	Bryn Gunn
5	M	19	Chris Fairclough
6	M	32	Ian Bowyer
7	F	22	Steve Wigley
8	F	22	Peter Davenport
9	F	27	Garry Birtles
10	M	21	Steve Hodge
11	M	21	Colin Walsh
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Coton
2	D	Billy Wright
3	D	Noel Blake
4	D	Pat van den Hauwe
5	D	Jim Hagan
6	M	Martin Kuhl
7	M	Ivor Linton
8	M	Kevin Rogers
9	M	Robert Hopkins
10	F	Tony Rees
11	F	Mick Harford
Subs
12		Wayne Mumford

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Dec 26, 1983)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	1-1	Manchester United
Everton	0-0	Sunderland
Ipswich Town	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leicester City	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Notts County	0-3	Luton Town
Stoke City	2-0	Norwich City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-4	Arsenal
Watford	3-2	Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Liverpool
West Ham United	0-1	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	18	11	4	3	31	13	7	1	1	20	3	4	3	2	11	10	18	37	DWDWLW
	2	Manchester United	18	11	3	4	34	19	7	0	3	22	9	4	3	1	12	10	15	36	DWDLWW
	3	West Ham United	18	10	3	5	30	17	6	2	1	22	9	4	1	4	8	8	13	33	WWDLWL
	4	Queens Park Rangers	18	10	2	6	29	16	6	1	2	13	5	4	1	4	16	11	13	32	LWLWWW
	5	Coventry City	18	9	5	4	28	20	4	2	2	12	7	5	3	2	16	13	8	32	WDDWWD
	6	Luton Town	18	10	2	6	33	27	5	2	2	21	13	5	0	4	12	14	6	32	DLWLWW
	7	Southampton	18	9	4	5	20	14	7	1	1	14	6	2	3	4	6	8	6	31	LDLWDW
	8	Aston Villa	18	9	4	5	29	26	8	1	1	19	11	1	3	4	10	15	3	31	DWLWDW
	9	Nottingham Forest	18	9	3	6	33	25	7	2	1	23	10	2	1	5	10	15	8	30	LWDWLW
	10	Norwich City	19	8	6	5	26	21	5	2	3	16	12	3	4	2	10	9	5	30	DWWWWD
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	18	8	5	5	30	27	3	3	2	10	10	5	2	3	20	17	3	29	DWWLDL
	12	Arsenal	18	8	0	10	30	26	5	0	5	17	13	3	0	5	13	13	4	24	LWLLLW
	13	West Bromwich Albion	18	7	2	9	21	27	4	1	3	10	8	3	1	6	11	19	-6	23	LLLWLL
	14	Sunderland	18	6	5	7	19	27	3	4	3	12	11	3	1	4	7	16	-8	23	WLWDLD
	15	Ipswich Town	18	6	4	8	27	26	4	2	3	16	10	2	2	5	11	16	1	22	WLDDLL
	16	Everton	18	6	4	8	11	20	3	3	3	5	6	3	1	5	6	14	-9	22	WLLWDL
	17	Birmingham City	18	5	3	10	15	22	4	0	4	7	6	1	3	6	8	16	-7	18	DLLLLL
	18	Notts County	18	5	2	11	24	33	3	2	3	15	13	2	0	8	9	20	-9	17	DWWLWL
	19	Leicester City	19	4	5	10	26	36	4	2	3	15	15	0	3	7	11	21	-10	17	LWWLWD
	20	Watford	18	4	4	10	29	35	2	3	4	17	19	2	1	6	12	16	-6	16	LLLWWL
	21	Stoke City	18	2	7	9	18	33	2	2	4	11	16	0	5	5	7	17	-15	13	DLDLLD
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	1	5	12	12	45	0	5	5	6	20	1	0	7	6	25	-33	8	LDWLLD

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	19	12	4	3	33	14	7	1	1	20	3	5	3	2	13	11	19	40	WDWLWW		2-1
	2	Manchester United	19	11	4	4	35	20	7	0	3	22	9	4	4	1	13	11	15	37	WDLWWD		1-1
3	3	Luton Town	19	11	2	6	36	27	5	2	2	21	13	6	0	4	15	14	9	35	LWLWWW		3-0
3	4	Southampton	19	10	4	5	21	14	7	1	1	14	6	3	3	4	7	8	7	34	DLWDWW		1-0
2	5	West Ham United	19	10	3	6	30	18	6	2	2	22	10	4	1	4	8	8	12	33	WDLWLL		0-1
3	6	Nottingham Forest	19	10	3	6	35	26	7	2	1	23	10	3	1	5	12	16	9	33	WDWLWW		2-1
2	7	Coventry City	19	9	6	4	29	21	4	3	2	13	8	5	3	2	16	13	8	33	DDWWDD		1-1
4	8	Queens Park Rangers	19	10	2	7	30	18	6	1	2	13	5	4	1	5	17	13	12	32	WLWWWL		1-2
1	9	Aston Villa	19	9	4	6	31	29	8	1	1	19	11	1	3	5	12	18	2	31	WLWDWL		2-3
	10	Norwich City	20	8	6	6	26	23	5	2	3	16	12	3	4	3	10	11	3	30	WWWWDL		0-2
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	5	6	32	31	3	3	3	12	14	5	2	3	20	17	1	29	WWLDLL		2-4
	12	Arsenal	19	9	0	10	34	28	5	0	5	17	13	4	0	5	17	15	6	27	WLLLWW		4-2
2	13	Ipswich Town	19	7	4	8	30	27	5	2	3	19	11	2	2	5	11	16	3	25	LDDLLW		3-1
	14	Sunderland	19	6	6	7	19	27	3	4	3	12	11	3	2	4	7	16	-8	24	LWDLDD		0-0
2	15	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	2	10	22	29	4	1	4	11	10	3	1	6	11	19	-7	23	LLWLLL		1-2
	16	Everton	19	6	5	8	11	20	3	4	3	5	6	3	1	5	6	14	-9	23	LLWDLD		0-0
2	17	Leicester City	20	5	5	10	28	37	5	2	3	17	16	0	3	7	11	21	-9	20	WWLWDW		2-1
2	18	Watford	19	5	4	10	32	37	3	3	4	20	21	2	1	6	12	16	-5	19	LLWWLW		3-2
2	19	Birmingham City	19	5	3	11	16	24	4	0	5	8	8	1	3	6	8	16	-8	18	LLLLLL		1-2
2	20	Notts County	19	5	2	12	24	36	3	2	4	15	16	2	0	8	9	20	-12	17	WWLWLL		0-3
	21	Stoke City	19	3	7	9	20	33	3	2	4	13	16	0	5	5	7	17	-13	16	LDLLDW		2-0
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	1	5	13	13	48	0	5	5	6	20	1	0	8	7	28	-35	8	DWLLDL		1-3