The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 MANCHESTER UNITED - Sat Dec 08, 1984 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 08, 1984 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 0-2

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

Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: A Ward
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 25,902
Pos Before/After:: 11 10
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Al-Hilal (Friendly)
League:: Everton
Manchester United:: May 06, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3268 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1681 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3704 (of 5768)
Total:: 5143 (of 7556)
Played:: 40 years, 6 months, 28 days ago

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

Goals
Steve Hodge (63')
Gary Mills (78')
Johnny Metgod (90')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Ron Atkinson
Prior form: LWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Gordon Strachan (14')
Gordon Strachan (26')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Hans Segers
2	D	24	Alan Davidson
3	D	32	Kenny Swain
4	M	20	Chris Fairclough
5	D	31	Paul Hart
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer
7	M	23	Gary Mills (78')
8	D	26	Johnny Metgod (90')
9	F	24	David Riley
10	F	23	Peter Davenport
11	M	22	Steve Hodge (63')
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Bailey
2	D	Mike Duxbury
3	D	Clayton Blackmore
4	D	Remi Moses
5	D	Gordon McQueen
6	M	Paul McGrath
7	M	Bryan Robson
8	M	Gordon Strachan
9	M	Frank Stapleton
10	F	Alan Brazil
11	F	Arnold Muhren
12		?

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 08, 1984)

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

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	17	10	3	4	35	23	5	3	1	21	10	5	0	3	14	13	12	33	WWWWLD
	2	Manchester United	17	9	5	3	33	21	6	3	0	22	6	3	2	3	11	15	12	32	LWWWLW
	3	Arsenal	17	10	2	5	34	24	7	2	0	19	6	3	0	5	15	18	10	32	LLDWLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	17	9	3	5	34	17	5	2	1	22	9	4	1	4	12	8	17	30	WLWWDD
	5	Southampton	17	7	7	3	21	17	5	2	1	9	5	2	5	2	12	12	4	28	DWDDWW
	6	Liverpool	18	7	6	5	24	19	3	4	2	11	7	4	2	3	13	12	5	27	WDWWLW
	7	Chelsea	17	7	5	5	29	18	7	0	2	23	8	0	5	3	6	10	11	26	WWLWDW
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	17	7	5	5	28	20	5	2	1	19	10	2	3	4	9	10	8	26	LLDLWD
	9	West Ham United	17	7	5	5	23	24	5	2	2	12	6	2	3	3	11	18	-1	26	WDLWDL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	17	7	4	6	30	23	5	2	1	20	8	2	2	5	10	15	7	25	DWWLWW
	11	Nottingham Forest	17	7	3	7	26	24	5	1	2	15	9	2	2	5	11	15	2	24	LLLWWL
	12	Newcastle United	17	6	6	5	30	31	5	2	2	16	10	1	4	3	14	21	-1	24	DDWLLW
	13	Sunderland	17	6	5	6	25	22	6	2	0	16	5	0	3	6	9	17	3	23	WWLLWL
	14	Norwich City	17	6	5	6	25	25	5	3	0	17	8	1	2	6	8	17	0	23	WWWLWL
	15	Watford	17	5	6	6	35	34	3	3	3	20	18	2	3	3	15	16	1	21	DDWWWW
	16	Queens Park Rangers	17	5	6	6	23	29	5	2	1	19	10	0	4	5	4	19	-6	21	LDLWLW
	17	Aston Villa	17	5	5	7	21	32	4	3	2	13	12	1	2	5	8	20	-11	20	LDDDLW
	18	Leicester City	17	5	3	9	27	35	5	1	3	21	13	0	2	6	6	22	-8	18	WLLWLW
	19	Ipswich Town	17	3	7	7	17	24	3	4	2	13	11	0	3	5	4	13	-7	16	LDLLLL
	20	Coventry City	18	4	4	10	17	32	3	3	3	8	10	1	1	7	9	22	-15	16	LWLLDL
	21	Luton Town	17	3	5	9	20	36	2	4	2	12	11	1	1	7	8	25	-16	14	LDLLDL
	22	Stoke City	17	1	4	12	13	40	1	2	5	11	19	0	2	7	2	21	-27	7	LLLLLL

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	18	10	4	4	35	23	5	3	1	21	10	5	1	3	14	13	12	34	WWWLDD		0-0
2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	18	10	3	5	37	18	6	2	1	25	10	4	1	4	12	8	19	33	LWWDDW		3-1
1	3	Manchester United	18	9	5	4	35	24	6	3	0	22	6	3	2	4	13	18	11	32	WWWLWL		2-3
1	4	Arsenal	18	10	2	6	34	25	7	2	0	19	6	3	0	6	15	19	9	32	LDWLWL		0-1
	5	Southampton	18	8	7	3	22	17	6	2	1	10	5	2	5	2	12	12	5	31	WDDWWW		1-0
4	6	West Bromwich Albion	18	8	4	6	32	24	6	2	1	22	9	2	2	5	10	15	8	28	WWLWWW		2-1
	7	Chelsea	18	7	6	5	30	19	7	0	2	23	8	0	6	3	7	11	11	27	WLWDWD		1-1
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	6	5	29	21	5	3	1	20	11	2	3	4	9	10	8	27	LDLWDD		1-1
3	9	Liverpool	18	7	6	5	24	19	3	4	2	11	7	4	2	3	13	12	5	27	WDWWLW
1	10	Nottingham Forest	18	8	3	7	29	26	6	1	2	18	11	2	2	5	11	15	3	27	LLWWLW		3-2
3	11	Norwich City	18	7	5	6	26	25	6	3	0	18	8	1	2	6	8	17	1	26	WWLWLW		1-0
3	12	West Ham United	18	7	5	6	23	25	5	2	2	12	6	2	3	4	11	19	-2	26	DLWDLL		0-1
1	13	Newcastle United	18	6	6	6	31	34	5	2	2	16	10	1	4	4	15	24	-3	24	DWLLWL		1-3
1	14	Sunderland	18	6	5	7	25	26	6	2	1	16	9	0	3	6	9	17	-1	23	WLLWLL		0-4
1	15	Queens Park Rangers	18	5	7	6	23	29	5	3	1	19	10	0	4	5	4	19	-6	22	DLWLWD		0-0
1	16	Watford	18	5	6	7	36	36	3	3	3	20	18	2	3	4	16	18	0	21	DWWWWL		1-2
1	17	Leicester City	18	6	3	9	31	35	5	1	3	21	13	1	2	6	10	22	-4	21	LLWLWW		4-0
1	18	Aston Villa	18	5	5	8	21	33	4	3	2	13	12	1	2	6	8	21	-12	20	DDDLWL		0-1
	19	Ipswich Town	18	4	7	7	19	24	3	4	2	13	11	1	3	5	6	13	-5	19	DLLLLW		2-0
1	20	Luton Town	18	4	5	9	21	36	3	4	2	13	11	1	1	7	8	25	-15	17	DLLDLW		1-0
1	21	Coventry City	18	4	4	10	17	32	3	3	3	8	10	1	1	7	9	22	-15	16	LWLLDL
	22	Stoke City	18	1	4	13	13	42	1	2	6	11	21	0	2	7	2	21	-29	7	LLLLLL		0-2