The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 29, 1986 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 29, 1986 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Birmingham Weekly Mercury - Sunday 30 March 1986
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1985-86
Referee:: C Downey
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 9,500
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Nov 08, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3325 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1738 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3771 (of 5724)
Total:: 5230 (of 7505)
Played:: 38 years, 22 days ago

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

Goals

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

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Steve Sutton
2	D	19	Gary Fleming
3	D	18	Brett Williams 0
4	D	20	Des Walker
5	D	28	Johnny Metgod
6	M	34	Ian Bowyer
7	F	19	Franz Carr
8	F	20	David Campbell
9	F	20	Nigel Clough
10	F	29	Garry Birtles
11	F	22	Brian Rice
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Ogrizovic
2	D	Gregory Downs
3	D	Brian Kilcline 0
4	D	Nick Pickering
5	D	Trevor Peake
6	M	Brian Borrows
7	M	Jim McInally
8	M	David Bennett
9	M	Lloyd McGrath
10	F	Kenny Hibbitt
11	F	Alan Brazil
Subs
12		Paul Culpin

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 29, 1986)

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

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	33	20	6	7	73	38	12	3	2	43	16	8	3	5	30	22	35	66	WWWWDL	Safe
	2	Liverpool	34	19	9	6	71	36	13	4	1	46	14	6	5	5	25	22	35	66	DLWWWW	Safe
	3	Manchester United	33	19	6	8	56	27	11	4	2	30	8	8	2	6	26	19	29	63	DWLLWD	Safe
	4	Chelsea	31	18	8	5	49	31	12	2	2	29	15	6	6	3	20	16	18	62	DLWDDW	Safe
	5	Arsenal	31	17	7	7	42	32	12	3	1	24	9	5	4	6	18	23	10	58	WLWWWW	Safe
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	33	16	7	10	51	47	10	4	2	31	23	6	3	8	20	24	4	55	LLWWWL
	7	West Ham United	29	16	6	7	44	27	10	2	1	29	10	6	4	6	15	17	17	54	WLWLLW
	8	Luton Town	34	15	9	10	51	38	10	5	2	30	11	5	4	8	21	27	13	54	WDWLLW
	9	Newcastle United	32	14	10	8	49	47	9	4	3	31	22	5	6	5	18	25	2	52	WWWWWD
	10	Nottingham Forest	32	15	5	12	57	47	9	3	5	33	24	6	2	7	24	23	10	50	WWLLDW
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	33	13	6	14	51	41	8	1	7	35	20	5	5	7	16	21	10	45	LWLWWD
	12	Watford	29	12	6	11	48	45	9	2	2	30	14	3	4	9	18	31	3	42	DLWWWL
	13	Manchester City	34	11	9	14	38	45	7	5	5	21	20	4	4	9	17	25	-7	42	WLLLLD
	14	Queens Park Rangers	35	12	5	18	36	53	10	3	5	24	15	2	2	13	12	38	-17	41	LLLWDW
	15	Southampton	33	11	7	15	41	44	10	4	4	29	14	1	3	11	12	30	-3	40	LLWWLL
	16	Coventry City	35	9	9	17	44	60	4	4	9	27	31	5	5	8	17	29	-16	36	DWLLDL
	17	Leicester City	33	8	10	15	48	61	6	7	3	31	25	2	3	12	17	36	-13	34	DWWDLL
	18	Oxford United	33	8	8	17	48	66	5	4	6	24	20	3	4	11	24	46	-18	32	LWWWLL
	19	Ipswich Town	32	9	5	18	26	45	6	4	7	16	20	3	1	11	10	25	-19	32	LWWLLW
	20	Aston Villa	33	6	11	16	35	54	3	6	8	18	26	3	5	8	17	28	-19	29	DLLDWL
	21	Birmingham City	34	8	4	22	28	53	5	1	11	12	19	3	3	11	16	34	-25	28	DWLLLW
	22	West Bromwich Albion	34	3	9	22	27	76	2	6	8	15	29	1	3	14	12	47	-49	18	WLLDDL

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	34	21	6	7	74	38	13	3	2	44	16	8	3	5	30	22	36	69	WWWDLW	Safe	1-0
	2	Liverpool	35	19	10	6	71	36	13	4	1	46	14	6	6	5	25	22	35	67	LWWWWD	Safe	0-0
	3	Manchester United	34	19	7	8	57	28	11	4	2	30	8	8	3	6	27	20	29	64	WLLWDD	Safe	1-1
	4	Chelsea	32	18	8	6	49	35	12	2	3	29	19	6	6	3	20	16	14	62	LWDDWL	Safe	0-4
	5	Arsenal	32	17	7	8	42	33	12	3	1	24	9	5	4	7	18	24	9	58	LWWWWL	Safe	0-1
1	6	West Ham United	30	17	6	7	48	27	10	2	1	29	10	7	4	6	19	17	21	57	LWLLWW	Safe	4-0
1	7	Sheffield Wednesday	34	16	8	10	51	47	10	5	2	31	23	6	3	8	20	24	4	56	LWWWLD	Safe	0-0
	8	Luton Town	35	15	10	10	51	38	10	5	2	30	11	5	5	8	21	27	13	55	DWLLWD	Safe	0-0
	9	Newcastle United	33	14	10	9	49	48	9	4	3	31	22	5	6	6	18	26	1	52	WWWWDL		0-1
	10	Nottingham Forest	33	15	6	12	57	47	9	3	5	33	24	6	3	7	24	23	10	51	WLLDWD		0-0
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	34	14	6	14	52	41	9	1	7	36	20	5	5	7	16	21	11	48	WLWWDW		1-0
	12	Watford	30	12	7	11	48	45	9	3	2	30	14	3	4	9	18	31	3	43	LWWWLD		0-0
	13	Manchester City	35	11	10	14	40	47	7	6	5	23	22	4	4	9	17	25	-7	43	LLLLDD		2-2
	14	Queens Park Rangers	36	12	6	18	39	56	10	3	5	24	15	2	3	13	15	41	-17	42	LLWDWD		3-3
	15	Southampton	34	11	7	16	41	45	10	4	4	29	14	1	3	12	12	31	-4	40	LWWLLL		0-1
	16	Coventry City	36	9	10	17	44	60	4	5	9	27	31	5	5	8	17	29	-16	37	WLLDLD		0-0
	17	Leicester City	34	8	11	15	48	61	6	8	3	31	25	2	3	12	17	36	-13	35	WWDLLD		0-0
	18	Oxford United	34	8	9	17	51	69	5	5	6	27	23	3	4	11	24	46	-18	33	WWWLLD		3-3
	19	Ipswich Town	33	9	6	18	26	45	6	4	7	16	20	3	2	11	10	25	-19	33	WWLLWD		0-0
	20	Aston Villa	34	6	12	16	37	56	3	6	8	18	26	3	6	8	19	30	-19	30	LLDWLD		2-2
	21	Birmingham City	35	8	5	22	29	54	5	2	11	13	20	3	3	11	16	34	-25	29	WLLLWD		1-1
	22	West Bromwich Albion	35	4	9	22	28	76	3	6	8	16	29	1	3	14	12	47	-48	21	LLDDLW		1-0

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