The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Apr 04, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 04, 1987 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: George Tyson
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 13,507
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Sep 19, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3369 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1782 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3822 (of 5724)
Total:: 5305 (of 7505)
Played:: 37 years, 22 days ago

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

Goals

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: John Sillett
Prior form: WWWWLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Steve Sutton
2	D	20	Gary Fleming
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce
4	D	21	Des Walker
5	M	22	Chris Fairclough
6	M	35	Ian Bowyer
7	M	25	Gary Mills
8	D	29	Johnny Metgod
9	F	21	Nigel Clough
10	F	30	Garry Birtles	Last game
11	F	23	Brian Rice
Subs
12	D	22	Colin Foster

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Ogrizovic
2	D	Gregory Downs
3	D	Brian Kilcline
4	D	Nick Pickering
5	D	Trevor Peake
6	M	Brian Borrows
7	M	David Bennett
8	M	Lloyd McGrath
9	M	David Phillips
10	F	Keith Houchen
11	F	Cyrille Regis
Subs
12		Gynn

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 04, 1987)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-0	Manchester City
Charlton Athletic	4-3	Watford
Chelsea	1-2	Everton
Luton Town	0-0	Wimbledon
Manchester United	3-2	Oxford United
Newcastle United	2-0	Leicester City
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Norwich City

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

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	Everton	34	20	7	7	62	27	12	3	1	38	10	8	4	6	24	17	35	67	DLWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	2	Liverpool	35	20	7	8	61	34	12	3	3	36	15	8	4	5	25	19	27	67	WWWWLL	Safe
	3	Luton Town	35	16	10	9	39	35	13	4	1	25	10	3	6	8	14	25	4	58	LWDLWD	Safe	0-0
1	4	Tottenham Hotspur	32	17	6	9	55	33	11	3	4	32	13	6	3	5	23	20	22	57	WWWDLW		3-0
1	5	Arsenal	33	15	10	8	42	21	9	5	2	22	6	6	5	6	20	15	21	55	DLLDLL
	6	Nottingham Forest	35	15	10	10	55	41	10	7	1	31	12	5	3	9	24	29	14	55	WLDWLD		0-0
	7	Norwich City	34	13	15	6	44	42	7	9	1	23	17	6	6	5	21	25	2	54	DDWDDL		0-3
	8	Wimbledon	34	15	7	12	44	39	9	4	4	25	16	6	3	8	19	23	5	52	DDDWWD		0-0
	9	Coventry City	34	14	8	12	38	36	12	2	3	28	14	2	6	9	10	22	2	50	WWWLLD		0-0
	10	Watford	33	13	8	12	54	43	9	4	2	29	12	4	4	10	25	31	11	47	WWWDLL		3-4
1	11	Manchester United	34	12	11	11	45	35	11	3	4	34	16	1	8	7	11	19	10	47	DWLLWW		3-2
1	12	Chelsea	34	12	9	13	43	52	7	4	7	23	25	5	5	6	20	27	-9	45	DWWWWL		1-2
	13	Queens Park Rangers	34	12	8	14	37	43	9	4	4	26	19	3	4	10	11	24	-6	44	LWLDLD
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	33	10	11	12	44	48	7	7	2	28	16	3	4	10	16	32	-4	41	DLLWWL
	15	West Ham United	33	11	8	14	44	53	7	2	7	25	25	4	6	7	19	28	-9	41	LLLLLW
	16	Oxford United	35	9	11	15	36	58	7	6	4	26	22	2	5	11	10	36	-22	38	LLLDWL		2-3
	17	Southampton	33	11	4	18	53	58	9	2	5	35	19	2	2	13	18	39	-5	37	LWLWWL
	18	Leicester City	35	10	6	19	47	65	8	5	4	34	20	2	1	15	13	45	-18	36	LWLWWL		0-2
1	19	Charlton Athletic	34	8	9	17	34	48	5	6	6	21	20	3	3	11	13	28	-14	33	LWLLDW		4-3
1	20	Newcastle United	33	8	9	16	36	53	7	4	6	26	24	1	5	10	10	29	-17	33	LWDDWW		2-0
2	21	Aston Villa	35	7	11	17	37	67	6	7	5	20	22	1	4	12	17	45	-30	32	DLLDWD		0-0
	22	Manchester City	34	6	13	15	27	46	6	5	5	20	17	0	8	10	7	29	-19	31	LLLDLD		0-0