The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Mon Mar 31, 1986 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Mar 31, 1986 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 01 April 1986
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1985-86
Referee:: Joseph Worrall
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 12,134
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Feb 20, 1988

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3326 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1739 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3772 (of 5724)
Total:: 5231 (of 7505)
Played:: 38 years, 1 month, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Nigel Clough (28') (Pen)
Johnny Metgod (48')
Neil Webb (87')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: John Bond
Prior form: WLLLWD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Steve Sutton
2	D	19	Gary Fleming
3	D	23	Stuart Pearce
4	D	20	Des Walker
5	D	28	Johnny Metgod (48')
6	M	34	Ian Bowyer
7	F	20	David Campbell
8	M	22	Neil Webb (87')
9	F	20	Nigel Clough (28')
10	F	29	Garry Birtles off for Colin Walsh (73')
11	F	22	Brian Rice
Subs
12	M	23	Colin Walsh on for Garry Birtles (73')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David Seaman
2	D	Brian Roberts (64')
3	D	Billy Wright
4	D	Mark Smalley
5	D	Billy Garton
6	M	Ray Ranson
7	M	Ian Handysides
8	M	Martin Kuhl
9	M	Des Bremner
10	F	Robert Hopkins
11	F	Wayne Clarke
Subs
12		Andrew Kennedy (64')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Mar 31, 1986)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-2	Watford
Aston Villa	1-0	Leicester City
Ipswich Town	1-0	Coventry City
Liverpool	2-0	Manchester City
Manchester United	0-0	Everton
Newcastle United	4-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers	6-0	Chelsea
West Ham United	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur

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

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	1	Liverpool	36	20	10	6	73	36	14	4	1	48	14	6	6	5	25	22	37	70	WWWWDW	Safe	2-0
1	2	Everton	35	21	7	7	74	38	13	3	2	44	16	8	4	5	30	22	36	70	WWDLWD	Safe	0-0
	3	Manchester United	35	19	8	8	57	28	11	5	2	30	8	8	3	6	27	20	29	65	LLWDDD	Safe	0-0
	4	Chelsea	33	18	8	7	49	41	12	2	3	29	19	6	6	4	20	22	8	62	WDDWLL	Safe	0-6
1	5	West Ham United	31	18	6	7	50	28	11	2	1	31	11	7	4	6	19	17	22	60	WLLWWW	Safe	2-1
1	6	Arsenal	33	17	7	9	42	35	12	3	2	24	11	5	4	7	18	24	7	58	WWWWLL	Safe	0-2
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	35	16	8	11	52	51	10	5	2	31	23	6	3	9	21	28	1	56	WWWLDL	Safe	1-4
	8	Luton Town	35	15	10	10	51	38	10	5	2	30	11	5	5	8	21	27	13	55	DWLLWD	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	34	15	10	9	53	49	10	4	3	35	23	5	6	6	18	26	4	55	WWWDLW	Safe	4-1
	10	Nottingham Forest	34	16	6	12	60	47	10	3	5	36	24	6	3	7	24	23	13	54	LLDWDW	Safe	3-0
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	6	15	53	43	9	1	7	36	20	5	5	8	17	23	10	48	LWWDWL		1-2
	12	Watford	31	13	7	11	50	45	9	3	2	30	14	4	4	9	20	31	5	46	WWWLDW		2-0
1	13	Queens Park Rangers	37	13	6	18	45	56	11	3	5	30	15	2	3	13	15	41	-11	45	LWDWDW		6-0
1	14	Manchester City	36	11	10	15	40	49	7	6	5	23	22	4	4	10	17	27	-9	43	LLLDDL		0-2
	15	Southampton	34	11	7	16	41	45	10	4	4	29	14	1	3	12	12	31	-4	40	LWWLLL
	16	Coventry City	37	9	10	18	44	61	4	5	9	27	31	5	5	9	17	30	-17	37	LLDLDL		0-1
2	17	Ipswich Town	34	10	6	18	27	45	7	4	7	17	20	3	2	11	10	25	-18	36	WLLWDW		1-0
1	18	Leicester City	35	8	11	16	48	62	6	8	3	31	25	2	3	13	17	37	-14	35	WDLLDL		0-1
1	19	Oxford United	34	8	9	17	51	69	5	5	6	27	23	3	4	11	24	46	-18	33	WWWLLD
	20	Aston Villa	35	7	12	16	38	56	4	6	8	19	26	3	6	8	19	30	-18	33	LDWLDW		1-0
	21	Birmingham City	36	8	5	23	29	57	5	2	11	13	20	3	3	12	16	37	-28	29	LLLWDL		0-3
	22	West Bromwich Albion	35	4	9	22	28	76	3	6	8	16	29	1	3	14	12	47	-48	21	LLDDLW