The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Dec 06, 1986 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 06, 1986 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Birmingham Weekly Mercury - Sunday 07 December 1986
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 08 December 1986
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: T Simpson
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 19,129
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: May 04, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3352 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1765 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3803 (of 5724)
Total:: 5285 (of 7505)
Played:: 37 years, 4 months, 17 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (47')
Franz Carr (86')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Jimmy Frizzell
Prior form: DDWWLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Hans Segers
2	D	19	Gary Fleming
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce
4	D	21	Des Walker
5	M	22	Chris Fairclough
6	D	28	Johnny Metgod
7	F	20	Franz Carr (86')
8	M	23	Neil Webb
9	F	20	Nigel Clough
10	F	30	Garry Birtles (47')
11	M	25	Gary Mills
Subs
12	M	35	Ian Bowyer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Perry Suckling
2	D	Mick McCarthy
3	D	Kenny Clements
4	D	John Gidman
5	D	Clive Wilson
6	M	Graham Baker (45')
7	M	Neil McNab
8	M	Tony Grealish
9	M	David White
10	F	Imre Varadi
11	F	Paul Moulden
Subs
12		Nicky Reid (45')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 06, 1986)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-1	Queens Park Rangers
Charlton Athletic	1-1	Newcastle United
Chelsea	0-4	Wimbledon
Coventry City	1-0	Leicester City
Everton	4-0	Norwich City
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Manchester City
Oxford United	4-2	Luton Town
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Aston Villa
Watford	2-0	Liverpool
West Ham United	3-1	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	Arsenal	17	10	4	3	27	8	5	3	0	12	2	5	1	3	15	6	19	34	WWDWWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	17	10	2	5	38	24	6	2	0	20	6	4	0	5	18	18	14	32	LWLLWW
	3	Liverpool	17	9	4	4	36	20	5	3	1	20	8	4	1	3	16	12	16	31	LWWDDW
	4	Everton	17	8	5	4	27	18	4	3	1	13	7	4	2	3	14	11	9	29	WLDWDW
	5	Luton Town	17	8	5	4	19	12	6	3	0	13	4	2	2	4	6	8	7	29	WWWWLW
	6	Norwich City	17	8	5	4	26	24	6	2	1	15	10	2	3	3	11	14	2	29	LLWDLW
	7	West Ham United	17	7	6	4	26	27	4	1	3	14	14	3	5	1	12	13	-1	27	LWDWDL
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	17	6	8	3	32	25	4	4	0	20	10	2	4	3	12	15	7	26	DLWDWD
	9	Coventry City	17	7	5	5	16	14	6	1	1	11	4	1	4	4	5	10	2	26	DDWLWL
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	17	7	4	6	21	19	3	3	3	10	10	4	1	3	11	9	2	25	LLLWWL
	11	Southampton	17	7	2	8	33	36	5	1	3	18	14	2	1	5	15	22	-3	23	WDLLWW
	12	Watford	17	6	4	7	31	25	5	1	2	19	8	1	3	5	12	17	6	22	LDWDWL
	13	Wimbledon	17	7	1	9	19	22	4	1	4	11	11	3	0	5	8	11	-3	22	WWLLLW
	14	Oxford United	17	5	6	6	18	28	4	3	1	12	8	1	3	5	6	20	-10	21	WDWDLL
	15	Queens Park Rangers	17	5	4	8	17	22	4	2	3	14	13	1	2	5	3	9	-5	19	WLLDLD
	16	Aston Villa	17	5	3	9	21	36	4	1	4	11	15	1	2	5	10	21	-15	18	WWLDDL
	17	Manchester United	17	4	5	8	17	19	4	1	3	13	8	0	4	5	4	11	-2	17	DDLDWL
	18	Newcastle United	17	4	5	8	19	26	3	2	4	13	12	1	3	4	6	14	-7	17	LDDDWW
	19	Leicester City	17	4	5	8	20	29	2	4	3	13	14	2	1	5	7	15	-9	17	LLDLLD
	20	Charlton Athletic	17	5	2	10	18	29	2	2	4	9	12	3	0	6	9	17	-11	17	WLLLLL
	21	Chelsea	17	3	7	7	19	30	1	3	4	6	14	2	4	3	13	16	-11	16	LDDDLD
	22	Manchester City	17	3	6	8	16	23	3	3	3	13	12	0	3	5	3	11	-7	15	DDWWLL

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	Arsenal	18	11	4	3	30	9	6	3	0	15	3	5	1	3	15	6	21	37	WDWWWW		3-1
	2	Nottingham Forest	18	11	2	5	40	24	7	2	0	22	6	4	0	5	18	18	16	35	WLLWWW		2-0
1	3	Everton	18	9	5	4	31	18	5	3	1	17	7	4	2	3	14	11	13	32	LDWDWW		4-0
1	4	Liverpool	18	9	4	5	36	22	5	3	1	20	8	4	1	4	16	14	14	31	WWDDWL		0-2
2	5	West Ham United	18	8	6	4	29	28	5	1	3	17	15	3	5	1	12	13	1	30	WDWDLW		3-1
2	6	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	8	3	34	26	5	4	0	22	11	2	4	3	12	15	8	29	LWDWDW		2-1
2	7	Luton Town	18	8	5	5	21	16	6	3	0	13	4	2	2	5	8	12	5	29	WWWLWL		2-4
1	8	Coventry City	18	8	5	5	17	14	7	1	1	12	4	1	4	4	5	10	3	29	DWLWLW		1-0
3	9	Norwich City	18	8	5	5	26	28	6	2	1	15	10	2	3	4	11	18	-2	29	LWDLWL		0-4
2	10	Watford	18	7	4	7	33	25	6	1	2	21	8	1	3	5	12	17	8	25	DWDWLW		2-0
1	11	Tottenham Hotspur	17	7	4	6	21	19	3	3	3	10	10	4	1	3	11	9	2	25	LLLWWL
1	12	Wimbledon	18	8	1	9	23	22	4	1	4	11	11	4	0	5	12	11	1	25	WLLLWW		4-0
1	13	Oxford United	18	6	6	6	22	30	5	3	1	16	10	1	3	5	6	20	-8	24	DWDLLW		4-2
3	14	Southampton	18	7	2	9	34	39	5	1	3	18	14	2	1	6	16	25	-5	23	DLLWWL		1-3
	15	Queens Park Rangers	18	5	4	9	18	25	4	2	3	14	13	1	2	6	4	12	-7	19	LLDLDL		1-3
2	16	Newcastle United	18	4	6	8	20	27	3	2	4	13	12	1	4	4	7	15	-7	18	DDDWWD		1-1
3	17	Charlton Athletic	18	5	3	10	19	30	2	3	4	10	13	3	0	6	9	17	-11	18	LLLLLD		1-1
2	18	Aston Villa	18	5	3	10	22	38	4	1	4	11	15	1	2	6	11	23	-16	18	WLDDLL		1-2
2	19	Manchester United	17	4	5	8	17	19	4	1	3	13	8	0	4	5	4	11	-2	17	DDLDWL
1	20	Leicester City	18	4	5	9	20	30	2	4	3	13	14	2	1	6	7	16	-10	17	LDLLDL		0-1
	21	Chelsea	18	3	7	8	19	34	1	3	5	6	18	2	4	3	13	16	-15	16	DDDLDL		0-4
	22	Manchester City	18	3	6	9	16	25	3	3	3	13	12	0	3	6	3	13	-9	15	DWWLLL		0-2