The City Ground

STOKE CITY 1 - 4 FOREST - Sat Mar 23, 1985 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 23, 1985 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-1 WON

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

Season:: 1984-85
Referee:: George Courtney
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 7,453
Pos Before/After:: 8 6
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 1)
Stoke City:: Mar 04, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3281 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1694 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3721 (of 5724)
Total:: 5164 (of 7505)
Played:: 39 years, 1 month, 2 days ago

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

Goals
Paul Hart - Paul Hart last goal
Steve Hodge
David Riley - David Riley last goal
Peter Davenport (78') (Pen)

STOKE CITY
Manager: Bill Asprey
Prior form: DLLLDD (Old to recent)

Goals
Steve Parkin

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 off for Gary Mills
5	D	31	Paul Hart
6	M	33	Ian Bowyer
7	F	23	Steve Wigley
8	M	22	Steve Hodge
9	F	24	David Riley
10	F	23	Peter Davenport (78')
11	D	27	Johnny Metgod
Subs
12	M	23	Gary Mills on for Chris Fairclough

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Barry Siddall
2	D	Christopher Hemming
3	D	Paul Dyson
4	D	Alan Dodd
5	D	Steve Parkin
6	M	George Berry
7	M	Steve Bould
8	M	Sammy McIlroy
9	M	Philip Heath
10	F	Keith Bertschin
11	F	Ian Painter
Subs
12		Aaron Callaghan

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

Home	Score	Away
Coventry City	3-1	Watford
Everton	2-0	Arsenal
Ipswich Town	1-1	Newcastle United
Leicester City	1-0	West Ham United
Luton Town	2-0	Queens Park Rangers
Manchester United	4-0	Aston Villa
Stoke City	1-4	Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur	5-1	Southampton
West Bromwich Albion	0-5	Liverpool

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	28	17	6	5	61	32	9	3	2	39	15	8	3	3	22	17	29	57	WWWWDD
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	29	17	6	6	55	29	7	3	2	30	14	10	3	4	25	15	26	57	DDWWLW
	3	Manchester United	30	15	8	7	55	35	9	4	2	32	10	6	4	5	23	25	20	53	WDWDWD
	4	Arsenal	32	15	7	10	51	38	11	4	2	32	13	4	3	8	19	25	13	52	LWDDWD
	5	Southampton	30	14	8	8	40	33	8	3	3	16	13	6	5	5	24	20	7	50	WWLWWD
	6	Liverpool	29	13	9	7	40	24	8	4	4	23	10	5	5	3	17	14	16	48	WDWWWL
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	30	12	12	6	44	30	8	7	1	29	16	4	5	5	15	14	14	48	DDWLDD
	8	Nottingham Forest	30	14	5	11	42	37	10	3	3	28	15	4	2	8	14	22	5	47	WWLDLD
	9	Chelsea	30	11	10	9	45	36	9	2	4	28	15	2	8	5	17	21	9	43	DWLLLW
	10	Aston Villa	30	10	10	10	41	44	7	6	3	23	16	3	4	7	18	28	-3	40	WWLDDD
	11	Leicester City	30	11	6	13	52	52	7	4	5	34	22	4	2	8	18	30	0	39	DLWWLW
	12	West Bromwich Albion	30	11	6	13	42	44	7	3	3	24	12	4	3	10	18	32	-2	39	DLLLDW
	13	Norwich City	29	10	8	11	36	42	8	4	3	24	16	2	4	8	12	26	-6	38	WLLDDL
	14	Queens Park Rangers	31	9	11	11	38	50	7	6	3	29	22	2	5	8	9	28	-12	38	LLWDLW
	15	Newcastle United	31	9	10	12	44	57	8	4	4	27	21	1	6	8	17	36	-13	37	DLWWDL
	16	Watford	29	8	10	11	52	54	5	4	5	30	25	3	6	6	22	29	-2	34	LDLDLW
	17	Sunderland	30	9	7	14	35	41	7	4	3	19	14	2	3	11	16	27	-6	34	WLLDDW
	18	West Ham United	27	8	9	10	35	41	5	5	5	19	17	3	4	5	16	24	-6	33	WLDLLD
	19	Coventry City	29	9	4	16	31	48	7	3	5	19	16	2	1	11	12	32	-17	31	WLLWLW
	20	Ipswich Town	27	6	8	13	25	39	5	4	4	17	15	1	4	9	8	24	-14	26	LWLWLD
	21	Luton Town	28	6	8	14	32	51	5	5	3	20	16	1	3	11	12	35	-19	26	LDLWDL
	22	Stoke City	29	2	8	19	17	56	2	3	8	13	25	0	5	11	4	31	-39	14	DLLLDD

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	29	18	6	5	63	32	10	3	2	41	15	8	3	3	22	17	31	60	WWWDDW		2-0
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	18	6	6	60	30	8	3	2	35	15	10	3	4	25	15	30	60	DWWLWW		5-1
	3	Manchester United	31	16	8	7	59	35	10	4	2	36	10	6	4	5	23	25	24	56	DWDWDW		4-0
	4	Arsenal	33	15	7	11	51	40	11	4	2	32	13	4	3	9	19	27	11	52	WDDWDL		0-2
1	5	Liverpool	30	14	9	7	45	24	8	4	4	23	10	6	5	3	22	14	21	51	DWWWLW		5-0
2	6	Nottingham Forest	31	15	5	11	46	38	10	3	3	28	15	5	2	8	18	23	8	50	WLDLDW		4-1
2	7	Southampton	31	14	8	9	41	38	8	3	3	16	13	6	5	6	25	25	3	50	WLWWDL		1-5
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	30	12	12	6	44	30	8	7	1	29	16	4	5	5	15	14	14	48	DDWLDD
	9	Chelsea	30	11	10	9	45	36	9	2	4	28	15	2	8	5	17	21	9	43	DWLLLW
1	10	Leicester City	31	12	6	13	53	52	8	4	5	35	22	4	2	8	18	30	1	42	LWWLWW		1-0
1	11	Aston Villa	31	10	10	11	41	48	7	6	3	23	16	3	4	8	18	32	-7	40	WLDDDL		0-4
	12	West Bromwich Albion	31	11	6	14	42	49	7	3	4	24	17	4	3	10	18	32	-7	39	LLLDWL		0-5
	13	Norwich City	29	10	8	11	36	42	8	4	3	24	16	2	4	8	12	26	-6	38	WLLDDL
1	14	Newcastle United	32	9	11	12	45	58	8	4	4	27	21	1	7	8	18	37	-13	38	LWWDLD		1-1
1	15	Queens Park Rangers	32	9	11	12	38	52	7	6	3	29	22	2	5	9	9	30	-14	38	LWDLWL		0-2
	16	Watford	30	8	10	12	53	57	5	4	5	30	25	3	6	7	23	32	-4	34	DLDLWL		1-3
	17	Sunderland	30	9	7	14	35	41	7	4	3	19	14	2	3	11	16	27	-6	34	WLLDDW
1	18	Coventry City	30	10	4	16	34	49	8	3	5	22	17	2	1	11	12	32	-15	34	LLWLWW		3-1
1	19	West Ham United	28	8	9	11	35	42	5	5	5	19	17	3	4	6	16	25	-7	33	LDLLDL		0-1
1	20	Luton Town	29	7	8	14	34	51	6	5	3	22	16	1	3	11	12	35	-17	29	DLWDLW		2-0
1	21	Ipswich Town	28	6	9	13	26	40	5	5	4	18	16	1	4	9	8	24	-14	27	WLWLDD		1-1
	22	Stoke City	30	2	8	20	18	60	2	3	9	14	29	0	5	11	4	31	-42	14	LLLDDL		1-4

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