The City Ground

MANCHESTER UNITED 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 28, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 28, 1987 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-2

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: N Ashley
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 39,182
Pos Before/After:: 5 6
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: VF Frolunda (Friendly)
League:: Coventry City
Manchester United:: Oct 31, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3368 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1781 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3821 (of 5679)
Total:: 5301 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 30 March 1987
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Alex Ferguson
Prior form: WDDWLL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Paul McGrath (12)
Bryan Robson (44)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Gary Fleming
3	D	Stuart Pearce
4	D	Des Walker
5	M	Chris Fairclough (31)
6	M	Ian Bowyer
7	F	Paul Wilkinson	Debut
8	D	Johnny Metgod
9	F	Nigel Clough
10	F	Garry Birtles off for Colin Foster (45)
11	M	Gary Mills
Subs
12	D	Colin Foster on for Garry Birtles (45)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Walsh
2	D	Paul McGrath
3	D	Colin Gibson
4	D	Michael Duxbury
5	D	John Sivebaek
6	M	Remi Moses
7	M	Liam O'Brien
8	M	Bryan Robson
9	M	Nicholas Wood (46)
10	F	Norman Whiteside
11	F	Frank Stapleton
Subs
12		Arthur Albiston (46)

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 28, 1987)

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

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
	1	Liverpool	34	20	7	7	60	32	12	3	2	35	13	8	4	5	25	19	28	67	WWWWWL
	2	Everton	32	18	7	7	59	26	12	3	1	38	10	6	4	6	21	16	33	61	WDDLWW
	3	Arsenal	32	15	10	7	42	20	9	5	1	22	5	6	5	6	20	15	22	55	DDLLDL
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	30	16	6	8	51	30	10	3	4	29	13	6	3	4	22	17	21	54	WWWWWD
	5	Nottingham Forest	33	15	9	9	55	39	10	6	1	31	12	5	3	8	24	27	16	54	DLWLDW
	6	Luton Town	33	15	9	9	36	34	12	3	1	22	9	3	6	8	14	25	2	54	DWLWDL
	7	Norwich City	32	13	14	5	43	38	7	9	1	23	17	6	5	4	20	21	5	53	DWDDWD
	8	Coventry City	32	14	7	11	38	35	12	2	3	28	14	2	5	8	10	21	3	49	LWWWWL
	9	Wimbledon	32	14	6	12	42	38	9	4	4	25	16	5	2	8	17	22	4	48	WWDDDW
	10	Watford	31	13	8	10	51	38	9	4	2	29	12	4	4	8	22	26	13	47	DLWWWD
	11	Chelsea	33	12	9	12	42	50	7	4	6	22	23	5	5	6	20	27	-8	45	LDWWWW
	12	Queens Park Rangers	33	12	7	14	36	42	9	3	4	25	18	3	4	10	11	24	-6	43	WLWLDL
	13	Manchester United	32	10	11	11	40	33	9	3	4	29	14	1	8	7	11	19	7	41	WDDWLL
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	32	10	11	11	43	46	7	7	2	28	16	3	4	9	15	30	-3	41	LDLLWW
	15	West Ham United	32	10	8	14	43	53	6	2	7	24	25	4	6	7	19	28	-10	38	DLLLLL
	16	Southampton	32	11	4	17	53	56	9	2	5	35	19	2	2	12	18	37	-3	37	LLWLWW
	17	Oxford United	33	8	11	14	32	54	6	6	4	24	21	2	5	10	8	33	-22	35	DDLLLD
	18	Leicester City	33	9	6	18	43	63	7	5	4	30	20	2	1	14	13	43	-20	33	LLLWLW
	19	Charlton Athletic	33	7	9	17	30	45	4	6	6	17	17	3	3	11	13	28	-15	30	LLWLLD
	20	Manchester City	32	6	12	14	27	42	6	5	5	20	17	0	7	9	7	25	-15	30	DDLLLD
	21	Aston Villa	33	6	10	17	36	67	5	6	5	19	22	1	4	12	17	45	-31	28	DDDLLD
	22	Newcastle United	31	6	9	16	32	53	5	4	6	22	24	1	5	10	10	29	-21	27	DLLWDD

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	Result(s)
	1	Liverpool	35	20	7	8	61	34	12	3	3	36	15	8	4	5	25	19	27	67	WWWWLL	1-2
	2	Everton	33	19	7	7	60	26	12	3	1	38	10	7	4	6	22	16	34	64	DDLWWW	1-0
3	3	Luton Town	34	16	9	9	39	35	13	3	1	25	10	3	6	8	14	25	4	57	WLWDLW	3-1
1	4	Arsenal	33	15	10	8	42	21	9	5	2	22	6	6	5	6	20	15	21	55	DLLDLL	0-1
1	5	Tottenham Hotspur	31	16	6	9	52	33	10	3	4	29	13	6	3	5	23	20	19	54	WWWWDL	1-3
1	6	Nottingham Forest	34	15	9	10	55	41	10	6	1	31	12	5	3	9	24	29	14	54	LWLDWL	0-2
	7	Norwich City	33	13	15	5	44	39	7	9	1	23	17	6	6	4	21	22	5	54	WDDWDD	1-1
1	8	Wimbledon	33	15	6	12	44	39	9	4	4	25	16	6	2	8	19	23	5	51	WDDDWW	2-1
1	9	Coventry City	33	14	7	12	38	36	12	2	3	28	14	2	5	9	10	22	2	49	WWWWLL	0-1
	10	Watford	32	13	8	11	51	39	9	4	2	29	12	4	4	9	22	27	12	47	LWWWDL	0-1
	11	Chelsea	33	12	9	12	42	50	7	4	6	22	23	5	5	6	20	27	-8	45	LDWWWW
1	12	Manchester United	33	11	11	11	42	33	10	3	4	31	14	1	8	7	11	19	9	44	DDWLLW	2-0
1	13	Queens Park Rangers	34	12	8	14	37	43	9	4	4	26	19	3	4	10	11	24	-6	44	LWLDLD	1-1
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	33	10	11	12	44	48	7	7	2	28	16	3	4	10	16	32	-4	41	DLLWWL	1-2
	15	West Ham United	33	11	8	14	44	53	7	2	7	25	25	4	6	7	19	28	-9	41	LLLLLW	1-0
1	16	Oxford United	34	9	11	14	34	55	7	6	4	26	22	2	5	10	8	33	-21	38	DLLLDW	2-1
1	17	Southampton	33	11	4	18	53	58	9	2	5	35	19	2	2	13	18	39	-5	37	LWLWWL	0-2
	18	Leicester City	34	10	6	18	47	63	8	5	4	34	20	2	1	14	13	43	-16	36	LLWLWW	4-0
2	19	Aston Villa	34	7	10	17	37	67	6	6	5	20	22	1	4	12	17	45	-30	31	DDLLDW	1-0
1	20	Charlton Athletic	33	7	9	17	30	45	4	6	6	17	17	3	3	11	13	28	-15	30	LLWLLD
1	21	Newcastle United	32	7	9	16	34	53	6	4	6	24	24	1	5	10	10	29	-19	30	LLWDDW	2-0
2	22	Manchester City	33	6	12	15	27	46	6	5	5	20	17	0	7	10	7	29	-19	30	DLLLDL	0-4