The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Nov 17, 1984 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 17, 1984 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 19 November 1984
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: K Walmsley
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 9,894
Pos Before/After:: 13 9
Opp Before/After:: 18 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Australia (Friendly)
League:: Leicester City
Coventry City:: Apr 20, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3265 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1678 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3701 (of 5768)
Total:: 5139 (of 7556)
Played:: 40 years, 7 months, 19 days ago

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

Goals
Micky Adams (42') (OG)
Colin Walsh (78')
David Riley (85') - David Riley first goal

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Bobby Gould
Prior form: WDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Terry Gibson (56') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Hans Segers	Debut
2	M	23	Gary Mills
3	D	32	Kenny Swain
4	D	26	Johnny Metgod
5	M	20	Chris Fairclough
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer
7	F	23	Steve Wigley
8	M	22	Steve Hodge
9	M	18	Paul Raynor off for David Riley	Last game
10	F	23	Peter Davenport
11	M	22	Colin Walsh (78')
Subs
12	F	23	David Riley on for Paul Raynor (85')

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Hans Segers	Debut
2	M	23	Gary Mills	115	17	7	1
3	D	32	Kenny Swain	111	2	7	1
4	D	26	Johnny Metgod	20	1	7	1
5	M	20	Chris Fairclough	79	3	7	1
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer	506	119	7	1
7	F	23	Steve Wigley	77	6	7	1
8	M	22	Steve Hodge	116	48	7	1
9	M	18	Paul Raynor off for David Riley	3		7	1
10	F	23	Peter Davenport	88	48	7	1
11	M	22	Colin Walsh (78')	146	40	7	1
Subs
12	F	23	David Riley on for Paul Raynor (85')	4	1	11	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Ogrizovic
2	D	Kirk Stephens
3	D	Ian Butterworth
4	D	Trevor Peake
5	D	Micky Adams
6	M	Martin Jol
7	M	Martin Singleton
8	M	Micky Gynn
9	M	Kenny Hibbitt
10	F	Terry Gibson
11	F	Cyrille Regis
Subs
12		Latchford

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Nov 17, 1984)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Aston Villa	2-2	Southampton
Chelsea	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Coventry City	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Everton	4-0	Stoke City
Ipswich Town	0-3	Tottenham Hotspur
Leicester City	2-0	Norwich City
Manchester United	2-0	Luton Town
Watford	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
West Ham United	1-0	Sunderland

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	Everton	14	9	2	3	28	18	4	2	1	16	9	5	0	2	12	9	10	29	LWWWWW
2	Manchester United	14	7	5	2	27	18	4	3	0	18	6	3	2	2	9	12	9	26	LWWLWW
3	Arsenal	14	8	2	4	29	21	5	2	0	15	5	3	0	4	14	16	8	26	WWWLLD
4	Tottenham Hotspur	14	8	1	5	29	15	5	1	1	21	8	3	0	4	8	7	14	25	LWLWLW
5	Sheffield Wednesday	14	6	4	4	25	17	4	2	1	17	9	2	2	3	8	8	8	22	DWWLLD
6	West Ham United	14	6	4	4	20	20	4	2	1	11	4	2	2	3	9	16	0	22	WLWWDL
7	Southampton	14	5	6	3	17	15	4	2	1	8	5	1	4	2	9	10	2	21	WWWDWD
8	Newcastle United	14	5	6	3	28	27	4	2	1	14	7	1	4	2	14	20	1	21	WDDDDW
9	Sunderland	14	5	5	4	22	18	5	2	0	13	3	0	3	4	9	15	4	20	DWLWWL
10	Norwich City	14	5	5	4	21	19	4	3	0	13	6	1	2	4	8	13	2	20	DLDWWW
11	Chelsea	14	5	4	5	22	15	5	0	2	17	6	0	4	3	5	9	7	19	DLLWWL
12	West Bromwich Albion	14	5	4	5	22	18	4	2	1	15	6	1	2	4	7	12	4	19	DWLDWW
13	Nottingham Forest	14	5	3	6	21	20	4	1	2	13	8	1	2	4	8	12	1	18	DLDLLL
14	Liverpool	14	4	6	4	16	15	1	4	2	6	6	3	2	2	10	9	1	18	DLLWWD
15	Ipswich Town	14	3	7	4	17	18	3	4	0	13	7	0	3	4	4	11	-1	16	LDWLDL
16	Aston Villa	14	4	4	6	18	28	3	2	2	10	10	1	2	4	8	18	-10	16	WLDLDD
17	Queens Park Rangers	13	3	6	4	19	24	3	2	1	15	10	0	4	3	4	14	-5	15	LDWLLD
18	Coventry City	14	4	3	7	12	20	3	2	2	6	6	1	1	5	6	14	-8	15	WDLWLW
19	Luton Town	14	3	4	7	17	29	2	3	2	10	9	1	1	5	7	20	-12	13	WLWLDL
20	Watford	14	2	6	6	29	33	1	3	3	17	18	1	3	3	12	15	-4	12	LWLDDW
21	Leicester City	14	3	3	8	20	33	3	1	3	15	13	0	2	5	5	20	-13	12	LLLWLL
22	Stoke City	13	1	4	8	11	29	1	2	4	10	16	0	2	4	1	13	-18	7	DLLLLL

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	Everton	15	10	2	3	32	18	5	2	1	20	9	5	0	2	12	9	14	32	WWWWWW		4-0
	2	Manchester United	15	8	5	2	29	18	5	3	0	20	6	3	2	2	9	12	11	29	WWLWWW		2-0
	3	Arsenal	15	9	2	4	30	21	6	2	0	16	5	3	0	4	14	16	9	29	WWLLDW		1-0
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	15	9	1	5	32	15	5	1	1	21	8	4	0	4	11	7	17	28	WLWLWW		3-0
1	5	West Ham United	15	7	4	4	21	20	5	2	1	12	4	2	2	3	9	16	1	25	LWWDLW		1-0
5	6	Chelsea	15	6	4	5	25	16	6	0	2	20	7	0	4	3	5	9	9	22	LLWWLW		3-1
2	7	Sheffield Wednesday	15	6	4	5	25	18	4	2	1	17	9	2	2	4	8	9	7	22	WWLLDL		0-1
1	8	Southampton	15	5	7	3	19	17	4	2	1	8	5	1	5	2	11	12	2	22	WWDWDD		2-2
4	9	Nottingham Forest	15	6	3	6	24	21	4	1	2	13	8	2	2	4	11	13	3	21	LDLLLW		3-1
2	10	Newcastle United	14	5	6	3	28	27	4	2	1	14	7	1	4	2	14	20	1	21	WDDDDW
2	11	Sunderland	15	5	5	5	22	19	5	2	0	13	3	0	3	5	9	16	3	20	WLWWLL		0-1
2	12	Norwich City	15	5	5	5	21	21	4	3	0	13	6	1	2	5	8	15	0	20	LDWWWL		0-2
1	13	West Bromwich Albion	15	5	4	6	23	21	4	2	1	15	6	1	2	5	8	15	2	19	WLDWWL		1-3
	14	Liverpool	14	4	6	4	16	15	1	4	2	6	6	3	2	2	10	9	1	18	DLLWWD
1	15	Aston Villa	15	4	5	6	20	30	3	3	2	12	12	1	2	4	8	18	-10	17	LDLDDD		2-2
1	16	Ipswich Town	15	3	7	5	17	21	3	4	1	13	10	0	3	4	4	11	-4	16	DWLDLL		0-3
3	17	Watford	15	3	6	6	30	33	2	3	3	18	18	1	3	3	12	15	-3	15	WLDDWW		1-0
1	18	Queens Park Rangers	14	3	6	5	19	25	3	2	1	15	10	0	4	4	4	15	-6	15	DWLLDL		0-1
1	19	Coventry City	15	4	3	8	13	23	3	2	3	7	9	1	1	5	6	14	-10	15	DLWLWL		1-3
1	20	Leicester City	15	4	3	8	22	33	4	1	3	17	13	0	2	5	5	20	-11	15	LLWLLW		2-0
2	21	Luton Town	15	3	4	8	17	31	2	3	2	10	9	1	1	6	7	22	-14	13	LWLDLL		0-2
	22	Stoke City	14	1	4	9	11	33	1	2	4	10	16	0	2	5	1	17	-22	7	LLLLLL		0-4

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