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

Attendance:: 14,482
Pos Before/After:: 9/6
Opp Before/After:: 17/19
Referee:: Ron Saunders
Season:: 1983-84
Forest/Opp Tier:: 1/1

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Coventry City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3225 (of 4860)
League Tier 1:: 1640 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3650 (of 5556)
Total:: 5061 (of 7304)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals:
Garry Birtles
Steve Hodge

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

Goals:
Kevin Rogers

Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
		Tony Coton
		Billy Wright
		Noel Blake
		Pat van den Hauwe
		Jim Hagan
		Martin Kuhl
		Ivor Linton
		Kevin Rogers
		Robert Hopkins
		Tony Rees
		Mick Harford
Subs
		Wayne Mumford

All league games on this day (Mon Dec 26, 1983)

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