The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 ARSENAL - Sat Oct 26, 1985 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 26, 1985 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 27 October 1985
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1985-86
Referee:: Jim McAuley
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 17,756
Pos Before/After:: 10 8
Opp Before/After:: 4 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Cup)
League:: West Bromwich Albion
Arsenal:: Apr 08, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3306 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1719 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3748 (of 5724)
Total:: 5202 (of 7505)
Played:: 38 years, 6 months, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Davenport (29') (Pen)
Peter Davenport (62')
Peter Davenport (68')

ARSENAL
Manager: Don Howe
Prior form: WLDWDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Graham Rix (87')
Paul Davis (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Steve Sutton
2	M	23	Gary Mills
3	D	23	Stuart Pearce
4	D	21	Ian Butterworth
5	F	29	Garry Birtles
6	M	22	Neil Webb
7	F	19	Franz Carr
8	D	27	Johnny Metgod off for Des Walker
9	F	19	Nigel Clough
10	F	24	Peter Davenport (29') (62') (68')
11	F	22	Brian Rice
Subs
12	D	19	Des Walker on for Johnny Metgod

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Lukic
2	D	Tommy Caton
3	D	Chris Whyte
4	D	Viv Anderson
5	D	Kenny Sansom
6	M	David O'Leary
7	M	Paul Davis
8	M	Graham Rix
9	M	Tony Woodcock
10	F	Ian Allinson
11	F	Charlie Nicholas
Subs
12		David Rocastle

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Oct 26, 1985)

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

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	Manchester United	13	11	2	0	31	5	6	1	0	16	1	5	1	0	15	4	26	35	WWWDWD
	2	Liverpool	13	7	4	2	28	14	6	0	0	17	2	1	4	2	11	12	14	25	DWWLWD
	3	Chelsea	13	7	3	3	18	13	6	0	0	12	2	1	3	3	6	11	5	24	WWLWWL
	4	Arsenal	13	7	3	3	16	12	5	1	1	10	6	2	2	2	6	6	4	24	WLDWDW
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	13	7	3	3	22	22	2	3	1	11	13	5	0	2	11	9	0	24	LLWWDW
	6	Everton	13	7	2	4	25	15	5	1	1	17	6	2	1	3	8	9	10	23	WLDWLW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	12	6	2	4	26	15	4	0	1	18	4	2	2	3	8	11	11	20	WWWLDW
	8	West Ham United	13	5	5	3	23	16	4	2	1	16	7	1	3	2	7	9	7	20	WDWWDW
	9	Watford	13	6	1	6	27	25	6	0	0	19	4	0	1	6	8	21	2	19	WLWLWL
	10	Nottingham Forest	13	6	1	6	21	19	3	0	3	9	9	3	1	3	12	10	2	19	LWLWWW
	11	Newcastle United	13	5	4	4	20	21	4	1	2	14	9	1	3	2	6	12	-1	19	WWDLDL
	12	Queens Park Rangers	13	6	1	6	15	17	5	1	1	11	4	1	0	5	4	13	-2	19	LLWWLD
	13	Luton Town	13	4	6	3	22	16	3	4	0	15	5	1	2	3	7	11	6	18	WLWDDW
	14	Birmingham City	12	5	1	6	11	18	4	1	1	7	4	1	0	5	4	14	-7	16	DWWLLL
	15	Coventry City	13	3	5	5	20	19	3	1	3	15	10	0	4	2	5	9	1	14	DDWWDL
	16	Aston Villa	13	3	5	5	17	19	1	3	2	8	8	2	2	3	9	11	-2	14	DWDLLL
	17	Oxford United	14	3	5	6	20	27	3	3	1	12	6	0	2	5	8	21	-7	14	LWDLDW
	18	Southampton	13	2	5	6	13	21	2	4	0	9	4	0	1	6	4	17	-8	11	LDLWLL
	19	Leicester City	14	2	5	7	16	30	2	4	2	14	15	0	1	5	2	15	-14	11	LWDLDL
	20	Manchester City	13	2	4	7	12	22	1	2	3	6	11	1	2	4	6	11	-10	10	LDLLLD
	21	Ipswich Town	13	2	2	9	7	21	1	2	3	4	8	1	0	6	3	13	-14	8	LLLLDL
	22	West Bromwich Albion	13	1	3	9	12	35	1	2	4	8	16	0	1	5	4	19	-23	6	LLLDDW

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	Manchester United	14	12	2	0	33	6	6	1	0	16	1	6	1	0	17	5	27	38	WWDWDW		2-1
	2	Liverpool	14	8	4	2	31	16	7	0	0	20	4	1	4	2	11	12	15	28	WWLWDW		3-2
2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	14	8	3	3	23	22	3	3	1	12	13	5	0	2	11	9	1	27	LWWDWW		1-0
2	4	Everton	14	7	3	4	26	16	5	1	1	17	6	2	2	3	9	10	10	24	LDWLWD		1-1
2	5	Chelsea	14	7	3	4	19	15	6	0	1	13	4	1	3	3	6	11	4	24	WLWWLL		1-2
2	6	Arsenal	14	7	3	4	18	15	5	1	1	10	6	2	2	3	8	9	3	24	LDWDWL		2-3
1	7	West Ham United	14	6	5	3	24	16	4	2	1	16	7	2	3	2	8	9	8	23	DWWDWW		1-0
2	8	Nottingham Forest	14	7	1	6	24	21	4	0	3	12	11	3	1	3	12	10	3	22	WLWWWW		3-2
2	9	Newcastle United	14	6	4	4	22	22	4	1	2	14	9	2	3	2	8	13	0	22	WDLDLW		2-1
3	10	Tottenham Hotspur	13	6	2	5	27	18	4	0	2	19	7	2	2	3	8	11	9	20	WWLDWL		1-3
2	11	Watford	14	6	2	6	29	27	6	1	0	21	6	0	1	6	8	21	2	20	LWLWLD		2-2
	12	Queens Park Rangers	14	6	1	7	15	20	5	1	1	11	4	1	0	6	4	16	-5	19	LWWLDL		0-3
	13	Luton Town	14	4	6	4	24	19	3	4	0	15	5	1	2	4	9	14	5	18	LWDDWL		2-3
1	14	Coventry City	14	4	5	5	21	19	3	1	3	15	10	1	4	2	6	9	2	17	DWWDLW		1-0
1	15	Birmingham City	13	5	1	7	11	19	4	1	2	7	5	1	0	5	4	14	-8	16	WWLLLL		0-1
1	16	Oxford United	15	3	6	6	22	29	3	3	1	12	6	0	3	5	10	23	-7	15	WDLDWD		2-2
1	17	Aston Villa	14	3	5	6	18	21	1	3	3	9	10	2	2	3	9	11	-3	14	WDLLLL		1-2
	18	Southampton	14	3	5	6	16	21	3	4	0	12	4	0	1	6	4	17	-5	14	DLWLLW		3-0
	19	Leicester City	15	3	5	7	19	31	2	4	2	14	15	1	1	5	5	16	-12	14	WDLDLW		3-1
	20	Manchester City	14	2	5	7	13	23	1	3	3	7	12	1	2	4	6	11	-10	11	DLLLDD		1-1
	21	Ipswich Town	14	2	2	10	7	22	1	2	4	4	9	1	0	6	3	13	-15	8	LLLDLL		0-1
	22	West Bromwich Albion	14	1	3	10	12	36	1	2	4	8	16	0	1	6	4	20	-24	6	LLDDWL		0-1

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