The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 COVENTRY CITY - Wed Jan 01, 1986 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Jan 01, 1986 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Birmingham Mail - Thursday 02 January 1986
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1985-86
Referee:: M Cotton
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 13,860
Pos Before/After:: 10 9
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (FA Cup)
League:: Tottenham Hotspur
Coventry City:: Mar 29, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3317 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1730 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3761 (of 5724)
Total:: 5215 (of 7505)
Played:: 38 years, 3 months, 15 days ago

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

Goals
Neil Webb (41')
Neil Webb (53')
Neil Webb (75')
Johnny Metgod (80')
Peter Davenport (84')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Don Mackay
Prior form: LWDLLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Cyrille Regis (19')
Micky Adams (21')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Steve Sutton
2	M	24	Gary Mills
3	D	17	Brett Williams
4	D	20	Des Walker
5	F	29	Garry Birtles
6	M	34	Ian Bowyer
7	D	27	Johnny Metgod (80')
8	M	22	Neil Webb (41') (53') (75')
9	F	19	Nigel Clough
10	F	24	Peter Davenport (84')
11	F	32	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	23	Colin Walsh

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Ogrizovic
2	D	Micky Adams
3	D	Gregory Downs
4	D	Brian Kilcline
5	D	Brian Borrows
6	M	Wayne Turner
7	M	David Bennett
8	M	Lloyd McGrath
9	M	Dave Bowman 0
10	F	Terry Gibson 0
11	F	Cyrille Regis
Subs
12		Rodger

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Jan 01, 1986)

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

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	23	15	4	4	41	16	8	3	1	20	3	7	1	3	21	13	25	49	LDWWLL
	2	Chelsea	23	14	5	4	38	23	10	0	1	23	8	4	5	3	15	15	15	47	WDDWWW
	3	Everton	24	14	4	6	54	30	8	2	2	31	12	6	2	4	23	18	24	46	WWLWWW
	4	Liverpool	24	13	7	4	47	23	10	2	0	30	7	3	5	4	17	16	24	46	DWLDLD
	5	West Ham United	23	13	6	4	38	20	8	2	1	26	9	5	4	3	12	11	18	45	WWWWDL
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	24	12	6	6	38	37	7	4	1	22	19	5	2	5	16	18	1	42	LWLWDL
	7	Arsenal	23	12	5	6	28	26	9	2	1	18	8	3	3	5	10	18	2	41	DDLWWW
	8	Luton Town	24	10	8	6	38	27	6	5	1	21	7	4	3	5	17	20	11	38	WWLDWD
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	23	10	4	9	39	28	7	1	3	29	12	3	3	6	10	16	11	34	WWLWWL
	10	Nottingham Forest	24	10	4	10	36	36	6	2	4	18	16	4	2	6	18	20	0	34	DLWLWD
	11	Newcastle United	23	9	7	7	32	34	6	2	3	20	15	3	5	4	12	19	-2	34	LWLWDD
	12	Watford	23	9	5	9	40	39	8	2	1	26	10	1	3	8	14	29	1	32	LDWWLW
	13	Southampton	23	7	6	10	30	34	7	4	1	22	8	0	2	9	8	26	-4	27	LLWLWL
	14	Queens Park Rangers	23	8	3	12	21	30	6	2	4	14	9	2	1	8	7	21	-9	27	DLLLLL
	15	Manchester City	24	6	8	10	28	33	4	5	3	16	15	2	3	7	12	18	-5	26	LDWLWD
	16	Leicester City	24	6	7	11	32	43	4	6	2	23	19	2	1	9	9	24	-11	25	WLDWWL
	17	Coventry City	23	6	6	11	27	35	3	2	7	17	19	3	4	4	10	16	-8	24	LWDLLL
	18	Aston Villa	24	5	8	11	28	37	2	5	5	15	17	3	3	6	13	20	-9	23	LLLWLD
	19	Oxford United	23	5	8	10	35	46	5	4	2	22	13	0	4	8	13	33	-11	23	LWDLDW
	20	Ipswich Town	24	5	4	15	19	38	3	3	6	11	17	2	1	9	8	21	-19	19	WLWLWD
	21	Birmingham City	23	5	3	15	14	33	4	1	7	9	13	1	2	8	5	20	-19	18	DLLLLD
	22	West Bromwich Albion	24	2	6	16	21	56	2	3	7	12	23	0	3	9	9	33	-35	12	LLDWLD

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	24	16	4	4	42	16	9	3	1	21	3	7	1	3	21	13	26	52	DWWLLW		1-0
1	2	Everton	25	14	5	6	56	32	8	2	2	31	12	6	3	4	25	20	24	47	WLWWWD		2-2
1	3	Liverpool	25	13	8	4	49	25	10	3	0	32	9	3	5	4	17	16	24	47	WLDLDD		2-2
2	4	Chelsea	23	14	5	4	38	23	10	0	1	23	8	4	5	3	15	15	15	47	WDDWWW
	5	West Ham United	23	13	6	4	38	20	8	2	1	26	9	5	4	3	12	11	18	45	WWWWDL
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	25	12	7	6	40	39	7	4	1	22	19	5	3	5	18	20	1	43	WLWDLD		2-2
	7	Arsenal	24	12	6	6	28	26	9	3	1	18	8	3	3	5	10	18	2	42	DLWWWD		0-0
	8	Luton Town	25	11	8	6	41	28	7	5	1	24	8	4	3	5	17	20	13	41	WLDWDW		3-1
1	9	Nottingham Forest	25	11	4	10	41	38	7	2	4	23	18	4	2	6	18	20	3	37	LWLWDW		5-2
1	10	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	5	9	39	28	7	1	3	29	12	3	4	6	10	16	11	35	WLWWLD		0-0
	11	Newcastle United	24	9	8	7	34	36	6	3	3	22	17	3	5	4	12	19	-2	35	WLWDDD		2-2
	12	Watford	24	9	6	9	40	39	8	2	1	26	10	1	4	8	14	29	1	33	DWWLWD		0-0
	13	Southampton	24	8	6	10	33	35	8	4	1	25	9	0	2	9	8	26	-2	30	LWLWLW		3-1
	14	Queens Park Rangers	24	9	3	12	24	31	7	2	4	17	10	2	1	8	7	21	-7	30	LLLLLW		3-1
	15	Manchester City	25	7	8	10	29	33	4	5	3	16	15	3	3	7	13	18	-4	29	DWLWDW		1-0
	16	Leicester City	25	6	7	12	33	46	4	6	2	23	19	2	1	10	10	27	-13	25	LDWWLL		1-3
	17	Coventry City	24	6	6	12	29	40	3	2	7	17	19	3	4	5	12	21	-11	24	WDLLLL		2-5
	18	Aston Villa	25	5	8	12	28	38	2	5	6	15	18	3	3	6	13	20	-10	23	LLWLDL		0-1
	19	Oxford United	24	5	8	11	36	49	5	4	2	22	13	0	4	9	14	36	-13	23	WDLDWL		1-3
	20	Ipswich Town	25	5	5	15	19	38	3	4	6	11	17	2	1	9	8	21	-19	20	LWLWDD		0-0
	21	Birmingham City	24	5	3	16	14	34	4	1	7	9	13	1	2	9	5	21	-20	18	LLLLDL		0-1
	22	West Bromwich Albion	25	2	6	17	22	59	2	3	7	12	23	0	3	10	10	36	-37	12	LDWLDL		1-3