The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Oct 11, 1986 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 11, 1986 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Birmingham Weekly Mercury - Sunday 12 October 1986
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: John Martin
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 18,402
Pos Before/After:: 1 2
Opp Before/After:: 13 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (Friendly)
League:: Queens Park Rangers
Leicester City:: Mar 22, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3344 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1757 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3792 (of 5768)
Total:: 5272 (of 7556)
Played:: 38 years, 8 months, 21 days ago

Review
Steve Sutton was carried off in the 76th minute and Ian Bowyer went in goal for the second time in his Forest career. We had just gone 2-1 down, and eventually lost 3-1.

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (42')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Gordon Milne
Prior form: DDLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Alan Smith (58')
Gary McAllister (75')
Gary McAllister (79') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Steve Sutton off for Gary Mills (76')	100th appearance
2	D	19	Gary Fleming
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce
4	D	20	Des Walker
5	D	28	Johnny Metgod
6	M	35	Ian Bowyer	Went in goal after Steve Sutton carried off
7	F	20	Franz Carr
8	M	23	Neil Webb
9	F	20	Nigel Clough
10	F	30	Garry Birtles (42')
11	F	21	David Campbell
Subs
12	M	24	Gary Mills on for Steve Sutton (76')

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Steve Sutton off for Gary Mills (76')	101		3	1
2	D	19	Gary Fleming	29		3	1
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce	45	5	3	1
4	D	20	Des Walker	61		3	1
5	D	28	Johnny Metgod	107	15	3	1
6	M	35	Ian Bowyer	574	128	7	2
7	F	20	Franz Carr	36	14	3	1
8	M	23	Neil Webb	55	36	3	1
9	F	20	Nigel Clough	67	42	3	1
10	F	30	Garry Birtles (42')	266	124	3	1
11	F	21	David Campbell	34	14	3	1
Subs
12	M	24	Gary Mills on for Steve Sutton (76')	160	23	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ian Andrews
2	D	Ally Mauchlen
3	D	Russell Osman
4	D	Simon Morgan
5	D	Mark Venus
6	M	Steve Walsh
7	M	Gary McAllister
8	M	Paul Bunce
9	M	Ian Wilson
10	F	Steve Moran (45')
11	F	Alan Smith
Subs
12		Tony Sealy (45')

Lineup notes:
After Steve Sutton was carried off in the 76th minute, Ian Bowyer went in goal for the last 10 minutes

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Oct 11, 1986)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-1	Watford
Aston Villa	3-1	Southampton
Charlton Athletic	3-2	Everton
Leicester City	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Liverpool	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Luton Town	0-0	Norwich City
Manchester United	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Newcastle United	3-1	Manchester City
Oxford United	2-0	Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Wimbledon
West Ham United	5-3	Chelsea

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	Nottingham Forest	9	6	2	1	24	8	3	2	0	13	2	3	0	1	11	6	16	20	WWWWWD
2	Norwich City	9	6	2	1	18	11	4	0	1	10	7	2	2	0	8	4	7	20	WLWWWW
3	Liverpool	9	5	2	2	19	11	2	2	0	7	4	3	0	2	12	7	8	17	LWWLDW
4	Sheffield Wednesday	9	4	4	1	19	12	2	3	0	14	7	2	1	1	5	5	7	16	LWDWDW
5	Everton	9	4	3	2	13	9	3	1	1	8	3	1	2	1	5	6	4	15	WDWWLL
6	Coventry City	9	4	3	2	9	5	3	1	1	7	3	1	2	1	2	2	4	15	DWWDWL
7	Tottenham Hotspur	9	4	3	2	10	7	2	2	1	5	4	2	1	1	5	3	3	15	LDLWWD
8	West Ham United	9	4	3	2	16	15	2	0	2	6	7	2	3	0	10	8	1	15	LLWWDD
9	Southampton	9	4	1	4	21	19	4	0	1	14	6	0	1	3	7	13	2	13	WLLWDW
10	Luton Town	9	3	4	2	8	7	2	2	0	3	1	1	2	2	5	6	1	13	LWDLWD
11	Wimbledon	9	4	1	4	11	13	2	1	2	8	9	2	0	2	3	4	-2	13	WWLLDL
12	Arsenal	9	3	3	3	6	5	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	3	3	5	1	12	WDDDLW
13	Leicester City	9	3	3	3	11	11	1	2	1	5	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	12	DDLLWW
14	Watford	9	3	2	4	12	10	2	1	2	6	4	1	1	2	6	6	2	11	LWWLLD
15	Queens Park Rangers	9	3	2	4	9	12	2	0	2	6	6	1	2	2	3	6	-3	11	WDLDLL
16	Oxford United	9	2	4	3	8	16	1	3	0	4	3	1	1	3	4	13	-8	10	LWDDWL
17	Chelsea	9	2	3	4	8	14	0	2	3	3	10	2	1	1	5	4	-6	9	DLWLWL
18	Charlton Athletic	9	2	2	5	7	14	0	2	2	3	5	2	0	3	4	9	-7	8	LLLDLW
19	Manchester City	9	1	4	4	6	8	1	2	2	6	6	0	2	2	0	2	-2	7	DLDDLL
20	Aston Villa	9	2	1	6	10	23	1	0	3	4	10	1	1	3	6	13	-13	7	WLLLDW
21	Manchester United	9	1	2	6	10	13	1	0	3	7	6	0	2	3	3	7	-3	5	DWLLLD
22	Newcastle United	9	1	2	6	5	17	1	0	3	3	7	0	2	3	2	10	-12	5	LLLWLL

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	Norwich City	10	6	3	1	18	11	4	0	1	10	7	2	3	0	8	4	7	21	LWWWWD		0-0
1	2	Nottingham Forest	10	6	2	2	25	11	3	2	0	13	2	3	0	2	12	9	14	20	WWWWDL		1-3
4	3	Tottenham Hotspur	10	5	3	2	11	7	2	2	1	5	4	3	1	1	6	3	4	18	DLWWDW		1-0
4	4	West Ham United	10	5	3	2	21	18	3	0	2	11	10	2	3	0	10	8	3	18	LWWDDW		5-3
2	5	Liverpool	10	5	2	3	19	12	2	2	1	7	5	3	0	2	12	7	7	17	WWLDWL		0-1
2	6	Sheffield Wednesday	10	4	4	2	20	15	2	3	0	14	7	2	1	2	6	8	5	16	WDWDWL		1-3
2	7	Everton	10	4	3	3	15	12	3	1	1	8	3	1	2	2	7	9	3	15	DWWLLL		2-3
4	8	Arsenal	10	4	3	3	9	6	3	2	0	6	1	1	1	3	3	5	3	15	DDDLWW		3-1
4	9	Leicester City	10	4	3	3	14	12	2	2	1	8	6	2	1	2	6	6	2	15	DLLWWW		3-1
4	10	Coventry City	10	4	3	3	9	7	3	1	1	7	3	1	2	2	2	4	2	15	WWDWLL		0-2
1	11	Luton Town	10	3	5	2	8	7	2	3	0	3	1	1	2	2	5	6	1	14	WDLWDD		0-0
3	12	Queens Park Rangers	10	4	2	4	11	13	3	0	2	8	7	1	2	2	3	6	-2	14	DLDLLW		2-1
4	13	Southampton	10	4	1	5	22	22	4	0	1	14	6	0	1	4	8	16	0	13	LLWDWL		1-3
3	14	Wimbledon	10	4	1	5	12	15	2	1	2	8	9	2	0	3	4	6	-3	13	WLLDLL		1-2
1	15	Oxford United	10	3	4	3	10	16	2	3	0	6	3	1	1	3	4	13	-6	13	WDDWLW		2-0
2	16	Watford	10	3	2	5	13	13	2	1	2	6	4	1	1	3	7	9	0	11	WWLLDL		1-3
1	17	Charlton Athletic	10	3	2	5	10	16	1	2	2	6	7	2	0	3	4	9	-6	11	LLDLWW		3-2
2	18	Aston Villa	10	3	1	6	13	24	2	0	3	7	11	1	1	3	6	13	-11	10	LLLDWW		3-1
2	19	Chelsea	10	2	3	5	11	19	0	2	3	3	10	2	1	2	8	9	-8	9	LWLWLL		3-5
1	20	Manchester United	10	2	2	6	13	14	2	0	3	10	7	0	2	3	3	7	-1	8	WLLLDW		3-1
1	21	Newcastle United	10	2	2	6	8	18	2	0	3	6	8	0	2	3	2	10	-10	8	LLWLLW		3-1
3	22	Manchester City	10	1	4	5	7	11	1	2	2	6	6	0	2	3	1	5	-4	7	LDDLLL		1-3

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