The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 - 3 FOREST - Tue Apr 14, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 14, 1987 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 06 April 1987
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: K Baker
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 18,597
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Oct 17, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3370 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1783 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3823 (of 5724)
Total:: 5306 (of 7505)
Played:: 37 years, 12 days ago

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

Goals
Nigel Clough (8')
Nigel Clough (81')
Brian Rice (90')

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Howard Wilkinson
Prior form: LLWWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Lee Chapman (52')
David Hirst (60')

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	D	22	Colin Foster	First start
6	M	35	Ian Bowyer
7	F	20	Franz Carr
8	D	29	Johnny Metgod
9	F	21	Nigel Clough (8') (81')
10	F	22	Paul Wilkinson
11	F	23	Brian Rice (90')
Subs
12	M	25	Gary Mills

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Martin Hodge
2	D	Nigel Worthington
3	D	Larry May
4	D	Lawrie Madden
5	D	Glynn Snodin
6	M	Gary Shelton
7	M	Tony Gregory (83')
8	M	Brian Marwood
9	M	Gary Megson
10	F	Lee Chapman
11	F	David Hirst
Subs
12		Carl Shutt (83')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Apr 14, 1987)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-1	Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Watford	3-1	Chelsea
West Ham United	0-0	Manchester United

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	35	21	7	7	66	27	13	3	1	42	10	8	4	6	24	17	39	70	LWWWWW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	36	20	7	9	62	36	12	3	3	36	15	8	4	6	26	21	26	67	WWWLLL	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	33	18	6	9	56	33	11	3	4	32	13	7	3	5	24	20	23	60	WWDLWW	Safe
	4	Luton Town	36	16	11	9	41	37	13	4	1	25	10	3	7	8	16	27	4	59	WDLWDD	Safe
	5	Arsenal	35	16	10	9	45	25	10	5	2	24	7	6	5	7	21	18	20	58	LDLLLW	Safe
	6	Norwich City	36	14	15	7	47	47	8	9	1	25	18	6	6	6	22	29	0	57	WDDLLW	Safe
	7	Nottingham Forest	35	15	10	10	55	41	10	7	1	31	12	5	3	9	24	29	14	55	WLDWLD	Safe
	8	Wimbledon	35	15	8	12	46	41	9	4	4	25	16	6	4	8	21	25	5	53	DDWWDD	Safe
	9	Coventry City	34	14	8	12	38	36	12	2	3	28	14	2	6	9	10	22	2	50	WWWLLD
	10	Queens Park Rangers	36	13	9	14	42	45	9	5	4	28	21	4	4	10	14	24	-3	48	LDLDWD
	11	Manchester United	34	12	11	11	45	35	11	3	4	34	16	1	8	7	11	19	10	47	DWLLWW
	12	Watford	34	13	8	13	54	46	9	4	3	29	15	4	4	10	25	31	8	47	WWDLLL
	13	Chelsea	35	12	10	13	43	52	7	4	7	23	25	5	6	6	20	27	-9	46	WWWWLD
	14	West Ham United	35	12	8	15	47	58	8	2	7	28	26	4	6	8	19	32	-11	44	LLLWWL
	15	Southampton	35	12	5	18	59	62	9	3	5	37	21	3	2	13	22	41	-3	41	LWWLDW
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	34	10	11	13	44	49	7	7	3	28	17	3	4	10	16	32	-5	41	LLWWLL
	17	Oxford United	36	9	12	15	37	59	7	7	4	27	23	2	5	11	10	36	-22	39	LLDWLD
	18	Newcastle United	35	9	10	16	41	55	8	4	6	30	25	1	6	10	11	30	-14	37	DDWWWD
	19	Leicester City	36	10	7	19	48	66	8	6	4	35	21	2	1	15	13	45	-18	37	WLWWLD
	20	Charlton Athletic	36	8	10	18	35	50	5	7	6	21	20	3	3	12	14	30	-15	34	LLDWDL
	21	Aston Villa	36	7	12	17	38	68	6	7	5	20	22	1	5	12	18	46	-30	33	LLDWDD
	22	Manchester City	35	6	13	16	29	50	6	5	6	22	21	0	8	10	7	29	-21	31	LLDLDL

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	Everton	35	21	7	7	66	27	13	3	1	42	10	8	4	6	24	17	39	70	LWWWWW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	36	20	7	9	62	36	12	3	3	36	15	8	4	6	26	21	26	67	WWWLLL	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	33	18	6	9	56	33	11	3	4	32	13	7	3	5	24	20	23	60	WWDLWW	Safe
	4	Luton Town	36	16	11	9	41	37	13	4	1	25	10	3	7	8	16	27	4	59	WDLWDD	Safe
	5	Arsenal	36	16	10	10	45	26	10	5	3	24	8	6	5	7	21	18	19	58	DLLLWL	Safe	0-1
1	6	Nottingham Forest	36	16	10	10	58	43	10	7	1	31	12	6	3	9	27	31	15	58	LDWLDW	Safe	3-2
1	7	Norwich City	36	14	15	7	47	47	8	9	1	25	18	6	6	6	22	29	0	57	WDDLLW	Safe
	8	Wimbledon	35	15	8	12	46	41	9	4	4	25	16	6	4	8	21	25	5	53	DDWWDD	Safe
3	9	Watford	35	14	8	13	57	47	10	4	3	32	16	4	4	10	25	31	10	50	WDLLLW		3-1
1	10	Coventry City	34	14	8	12	38	36	12	2	3	28	14	2	6	9	10	22	2	50	WWWLLD
	11	Manchester United	35	12	12	11	45	35	11	3	4	34	16	1	9	7	11	19	10	48	WLLWWD		0-0
2	12	Queens Park Rangers	36	13	9	14	42	45	9	5	4	28	21	4	4	10	14	24	-3	48	LDLDWD
	13	Chelsea	36	12	10	14	44	55	7	4	7	23	25	5	6	7	21	30	-11	46	WWWLDL		1-3
	14	West Ham United	36	12	9	15	47	58	8	3	7	28	26	4	6	8	19	32	-11	45	LLWWLD		0-0
	15	Southampton	35	12	5	18	59	62	9	3	5	37	21	3	2	13	22	41	-3	41	LWWLDW
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	11	14	46	52	7	7	4	30	20	3	4	10	16	32	-6	41	LWWLLL		2-3
1	17	Newcastle United	36	10	10	16	42	55	8	4	6	30	25	2	6	10	12	30	-13	40	DWWWDW		1-0
1	18	Oxford United	36	9	12	15	37	59	7	7	4	27	23	2	5	11	10	36	-22	39	LLDWLD
	19	Leicester City	36	10	7	19	48	66	8	6	4	35	21	2	1	15	13	45	-18	37	WLWWLD
	20	Charlton Athletic	36	8	10	18	35	50	5	7	6	21	20	3	3	12	14	30	-15	34	LLDWDL
	21	Aston Villa	36	7	12	17	38	68	6	7	5	20	22	1	5	12	18	46	-30	33	LLDWDD
	22	Manchester City	35	6	13	16	29	50	6	5	6	22	21	0	8	10	7	29	-21	31	LLDLDL