The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 SOUTHAMPTON - Sat Feb 23, 1985 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 23, 1985 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 25 February 1985


: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: P Vanes
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 14,752
Pos Before/After:: 8 5
Opp Before/After:: 5 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (Testimonial)
League:: Liverpool
Southampton:: Aug 24, 1985

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3276 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1689 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3716 (of 5724)
Total:: 5158 (of 7505)
Played:: 39 years, 1 month, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Steve Hodge (25')
Peter Davenport (29') (Pen)

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Lawrie McMenemy
Prior form: LLWLWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Hans Segers
2	D	21	Jim McInally
3	D	33	Kenny Swain
4	M	20	Chris Fairclough
5	D	31	Paul Hart
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer
7	F	23	Steve Wigley
8	D	26	Johnny Metgod
9	F	28	Garry Birtles
10	F	23	Peter Davenport (29')
11	M	22	Steve Hodge (25')
Subs
12	M	22	Colin Walsh

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	Steve Baker
3	D	Mark Dennis
4	D	Kevin Bond
5	D	Mick Mills
6	M	Mark Wright
7	M	David Armstrong
8	M	Alan Curtis
9	M	Steve Moran
10	F	Danny Wallace
11	F	Ian Baird
Subs
12		David Puckett

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 23, 1985)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-1	Manchester United
Coventry City	1-0	Chelsea
Leicester City	1-2	Everton
Liverpool	2-0	Stoke City
Newcastle United	1-0	Luton Town
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Southampton
Queens Park Rangers	1-0	Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United	1-2	Aston Villa

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	25	16	4	5	57	29	9	3	2	39	15	7	1	3	18	14	28	52	LWWWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	25	14	6	5	51	27	7	3	1	29	12	7	3	4	22	15	24	48	WDWWDD
	3	Manchester United	26	13	6	7	49	31	9	3	2	31	9	4	3	5	18	22	18	45	LWLLWD
	4	Arsenal	26	13	4	9	46	35	9	3	1	27	10	4	1	8	19	25	11	43	LWLDWL
	5	Southampton	26	12	7	7	34	28	7	2	3	12	10	5	5	4	22	18	6	43	LLWLWW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	25	11	9	5	40	25	7	5	1	26	14	4	4	4	14	11	15	42	WDWWWD
	7	Liverpool	26	11	9	6	37	23	6	4	3	20	9	5	5	3	17	14	14	42	LWDWDW
	8	Nottingham Forest	25	13	3	9	39	34	9	1	2	25	13	4	2	7	14	21	5	42	WWWLWW
	9	Chelsea	26	10	10	6	42	30	9	2	3	28	13	1	8	3	14	17	12	40	DLWDDW
	10	Norwich City	26	10	6	10	31	35	8	3	2	21	11	2	3	8	10	24	-4	36	WWLWLL
	11	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	5	11	37	38	7	3	2	24	11	3	2	9	13	27	-1	35	WLLLDL
	12	Aston Villa	25	9	7	9	36	39	7	4	2	22	14	2	3	7	14	25	-3	34	WDLWWW
	13	West Ham United	24	8	8	8	31	35	5	4	4	16	13	3	4	4	15	22	-4	32	DLDWLD
	14	Queens Park Rangers	27	7	10	10	32	45	5	5	3	23	20	2	5	7	9	25	-13	31	WWDDLL
	15	Leicester City	25	8	6	11	43	46	6	4	4	30	19	2	2	7	13	27	-3	30	WWLLDD
	16	Newcastle United	27	7	9	11	39	52	6	4	3	22	16	1	5	8	17	36	-13	30	LWLDDL
	17	Watford	24	7	8	9	45	46	4	4	4	26	22	3	4	5	19	24	-1	29	LDWWDL
	18	Sunderland	25	8	5	12	30	36	7	2	3	18	13	1	3	9	12	23	-6	29	LLLLLW
	19	Coventry City	26	7	4	15	27	47	5	3	5	15	16	2	1	10	12	31	-20	25	LLWWLL
	20	Ipswich Town	24	5	7	12	22	35	4	4	4	15	15	1	3	8	7	20	-13	22	LLLLWL
	21	Luton Town	24	5	7	12	29	45	4	5	3	18	15	1	2	9	11	30	-16	22	DLWLLD
	22	Stoke City	25	2	6	17	17	53	2	2	7	13	24	0	4	10	4	29	-36	12	LWLLDL

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	26	17	4	5	59	30	9	3	2	39	15	8	1	3	20	15	29	55	WWWWWW		2-1
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	26	15	6	5	52	27	7	3	1	29	12	8	3	4	23	15	25	51	DWWDDW		1-0
	3	Manchester United	27	14	6	7	50	31	9	3	2	31	9	5	3	5	19	22	19	48	WLLWDW		1-0
3	4	Liverpool	27	12	9	6	39	23	7	4	3	22	9	5	5	3	17	14	16	45	WDWDWW		2-0
3	5	Nottingham Forest	26	14	3	9	41	34	10	1	2	27	13	4	2	7	14	21	7	45	WWLWWW		2-0
2	6	Arsenal	27	13	4	10	46	36	9	3	2	27	11	4	1	8	19	25	10	43	WLDWLL		0-1
2	7	Southampton	27	12	7	8	34	30	7	2	3	12	10	5	5	5	22	20	4	43	LWLWWL		0-2
2	8	Sheffield Wednesday	25	11	9	5	40	25	7	5	1	26	14	4	4	4	14	11	15	42	WDWWWD
	9	Chelsea	27	10	10	7	42	31	9	2	3	28	13	1	8	4	14	18	11	40	LWDDWL		0-1
2	10	Aston Villa	26	10	7	9	38	40	7	4	2	22	14	3	3	7	16	26	-2	37	DLWWWW		2-1
1	11	Norwich City	26	10	6	10	31	35	8	3	2	21	11	2	3	8	10	24	-4	36	WWLWLL
1	12	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	5	12	37	39	7	3	3	24	12	3	2	9	13	27	-2	35	LLLDLL		0-1
1	13	Queens Park Rangers	28	8	10	10	33	45	6	5	3	24	20	2	5	7	9	25	-12	34	WDDLLW		1-0
2	14	Newcastle United	28	8	9	11	40	52	7	4	3	23	16	1	5	8	17	36	-12	33	WLDDLW		1-0
2	15	West Ham United	25	8	8	9	32	37	5	4	5	17	15	3	4	4	15	22	-5	32	LDWLDL		1-2
1	16	Leicester City	26	8	6	12	44	48	6	4	5	31	21	2	2	7	13	27	-4	30	WLLDDL		1-2
	17	Watford	24	7	8	9	45	46	4	4	4	26	22	3	4	5	19	24	-1	29	LDWWDL
	18	Sunderland	26	8	5	13	30	37	7	2	3	18	13	1	3	10	12	24	-7	29	LLLLWL		0-1
	19	Coventry City	27	8	4	15	28	47	6	3	5	16	16	2	1	10	12	31	-19	28	LWWLLW		1-0
	20	Ipswich Town	24	5	7	12	22	35	4	4	4	15	15	1	3	8	7	20	-13	22	LLLLWL
	21	Luton Town	25	5	7	13	29	46	4	5	3	18	15	1	2	10	11	31	-17	22	LWLLDL		0-1
	22	Stoke City	26	2	6	18	17	55	2	2	7	13	24	0	4	11	4	31	-38	12	WLLDLL		0-2

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