The City Ground

LIVERPOOL 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 18, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 18, 1987 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Anfield
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: Mike Peck
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 37,359
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (League Tier 1)
Liverpool:: Apr 02, 1988

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3371 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1784 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3824 (of 5724)
Total:: 5307 (of 7505)
Played:: 36 years, 11 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Prior form: WWWLLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Kenny Dalglish (35')
Ronnie Whelan (50')
Gary Ablett (69')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Steve Sutton
2	D	20	Gary Fleming
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce
4	D	21	Des Walker
5	D	22	Colin Foster
6	M	35	Ian Bowyer
7	F	20	Franz Carr
8	D	29	Johnny Metgod
9	F	21	Nigel Clough
10	F	22	Paul Wilkinson off for Gary Mills (74')
11	F	23	Brian Rice
Subs
12	M	25	Gary Mills on for Paul Wilkinson (74')

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Steve Sutton	258		4	2
2	D	20	Gary Fleming	84		4	2
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce	522	88	4	2
4	D	21	Des Walker	407	1	4	2
5	D	22	Colin Foster	86	6	4	2
6	M	35	Ian Bowyer	566	99	4	2
7	F	20	Franz Carr	158	23	4	2
8	D	29	Johnny Metgod	138	17	4	2
9	F	21	Nigel Clough	412	131	4	2
10	F	22	Paul Wilkinson off for Gary Mills (74)	43	8	4	2
11	F	23	Brian Rice	112	12	4	2
Subs
12	M	25	Gary Mills on for Paul Wilkinson (74)	171	15	14	3

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bruce Grobbelaar
2	D	Barry Venison
3	D	Gary Ablett
4	D	Alan Hansen
5	D	Craig Johnston
6	M	Paul Walsh
7	M	Steve McMahon
8	M	Gary Gillespie
9	M	Ronnie Whelan
10	F	Kenny Dalglish
11	F	Ian Rush (74')
Subs
12		John Aldridge (74')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 18, 1987)

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

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	34	18	7	9	57	34	11	3	4	32	13	7	4	5	25	21	23	61	WDLWWD	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
6	Nottingham Forest	36	16	10	10	58	43	10	7	1	31	12	6	3	9	27	31	15	58	LDWLDW	Safe
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
9	Watford	35	14	8	13	57	47	10	4	3	32	16	4	4	10	25	31	10	50	WDLLLW
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
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
14	West Ham United	36	12	9	15	47	58	8	3	7	28	26	4	6	8	19	32	-11	45	LLWWLD
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
17	Newcastle United	36	10	10	16	42	55	8	4	6	30	25	2	6	10	12	30	-13	40	DWWWDW
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	36	6	14	16	30	51	6	6	6	23	22	0	8	10	7	29	-21	32	LDLDLD

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	36	22	7	7	67	27	13	3	1	42	10	9	4	6	25	17	40	73	WWWWWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Liverpool	37	21	7	9	65	36	13	3	3	39	15	8	4	6	26	21	29	70	WWLLLW	Safe	3-0
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	35	19	7	9	58	34	12	3	4	33	13	7	4	5	25	21	24	64	DLWWDW	Safe	1-0
	4	Luton Town	37	17	11	9	43	37	14	4	1	27	10	3	7	8	16	27	6	62	DLWDDW	Safe	2-0
	5	Arsenal	37	17	10	10	47	27	10	5	3	24	8	7	5	7	23	19	20	61	LLLWLW	Safe	2-1
1	6	Norwich City	37	15	15	7	48	47	9	9	1	26	18	6	6	6	22	29	1	60	DDLLWW	Safe	1-0
1	7	Nottingham Forest	37	16	10	11	58	46	10	7	1	31	12	6	3	10	27	34	12	58	DWLDWL	Safe	0-3
1	8	Watford	36	15	8	13	59	48	10	4	3	32	16	5	4	10	27	32	11	53	DLLLWW	Safe	2-1
1	9	Wimbledon	36	15	8	13	47	43	9	4	5	26	18	6	4	8	21	25	4	53	DWWDDL	Safe	1-2
	10	Coventry City	35	14	8	13	38	38	12	2	3	28	14	2	6	10	10	24	0	50	WWLLDL	Safe	0-2
1	11	Queens Park Rangers	37	13	10	14	43	46	9	6	4	29	22	4	4	10	14	24	-3	49	DLDWDD		1-1
1	12	Manchester United	36	12	12	12	46	37	11	3	4	34	16	1	9	8	12	21	9	48	LLWWDL		1-2
	13	Chelsea	37	12	11	14	45	56	7	4	7	23	25	5	7	7	22	31	-11	47	WWLDLD		1-1
	14	West Ham United	37	12	9	16	47	60	8	3	7	28	26	4	6	9	19	34	-13	45	LWWLDL		0-2
	15	Southampton	36	13	5	18	62	62	10	3	5	40	21	3	2	13	22	41	0	44	WWLDWW		3-0
1	16	Newcastle United	37	11	10	16	44	56	9	4	6	32	26	2	6	10	12	30	-12	43	WWWDWW		2-1
1	17	Sheffield Wednesday	36	10	11	15	46	53	7	7	4	30	20	3	4	11	16	33	-7	41	WWLLLL		0-1
1	18	Leicester City	37	11	7	19	50	66	9	6	4	37	21	2	1	15	13	45	-16	40	LWWLDW		2-0
1	19	Oxford United	37	9	12	16	37	62	7	7	4	27	23	2	5	12	10	39	-25	39	LDWLDL		0-3
	20	Charlton Athletic	37	8	10	19	35	51	5	7	6	21	20	3	3	13	14	31	-16	34	LDWDLL		0-1
	21	Aston Villa	37	7	12	18	38	69	6	7	6	20	23	1	5	12	18	46	-31	33	LDWDDL		0-1
	22	Manchester City	37	6	14	17	31	53	6	6	7	24	24	0	8	10	7	29	-22	32	DLDLDL		1-2