The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 1 - 0 FOREST - Mon May 04, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon May 04, 1987 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 05 May 1987
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: J Lovatt
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 21,405
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Oct 27, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3375 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1788 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3828 (of 5724)
Total:: 5311 (of 7505)
Played:: 36 years, 11 months, 21 days ago

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

Goals

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

Goals
Imre Varadi (8')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Steve Sutton
2	D	21	Des Walker
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce
4	D	22	Colin Foster
5	M	23	Chris Fairclough
6	D	29	Johnny Metgod
7	M	25	Gary Mills
8	M	23	Neil Webb
9	F	21	Nigel Clough
10	F	22	Paul Wilkinson off for David Riley (73')
11	F	25	Kjetil Osvold
Subs
12	F	26	David Riley on for Paul Wilkinson (73')	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Eric Nixon
2	D	Mick McCarthy
3	D	Kenny Clements
4	D	Steve Redmond
5	D	Clive Wilson
6	M	Andy May
7	M	Kevin Langley
8	M	Neil McNab
9	M	Paul Stewart
10	F	Paul Simpson
11	F	Imre Varadi
Subs
12		Paul Moulden

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon May 04, 1987)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Leicester City	1-1	Coventry City
Liverpool	1-0	Watford
Manchester City	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Newcastle United	0-3	Charlton Athletic
Norwich City	0-1	Everton
Queens Park Rangers	1-4	Arsenal
Southampton	1-0	West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	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	39	23	8	8	71	30	14	4	1	45	10	9	4	7	26	20	41	77	WWWWLD	Safe
	2	Liverpool	40	22	7	11	68	39	14	3	3	42	16	8	4	8	26	23	29	73	LLWLWL	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	39	20	8	11	64	41	13	3	4	36	14	7	5	7	28	27	23	68	DWLDWL	Safe
	4	Arsenal	40	19	10	11	53	32	12	5	3	30	10	7	5	8	23	22	21	67	WLWWLW	Safe
	5	Luton Town	40	18	12	10	44	39	14	5	1	27	10	4	7	9	17	29	5	66	DDWLDW	Safe
	6	Norwich City	40	16	17	7	51	49	9	10	1	27	19	7	7	6	24	30	2	65	LWWDDW	Safe
	7	Nottingham Forest	40	17	11	12	62	49	11	8	1	34	13	6	3	11	28	36	13	62	DWLDLW	Safe
	8	Watford	40	17	9	14	66	53	11	5	4	37	20	6	4	10	29	33	13	60	WWWWLD	Safe
	9	Coventry City	39	17	9	13	47	42	14	2	3	33	15	3	7	10	14	27	5	60	DLWDWW	Safe
	10	Wimbledon	40	17	9	14	53	49	10	5	5	30	21	7	4	9	23	28	4	60	DLLDWW	Safe
	11	Manchester United	39	13	13	13	48	39	12	3	5	35	17	1	10	8	13	22	9	52	WDLWDL	Safe
	12	Chelsea	40	13	12	15	49	59	8	5	7	27	27	5	7	8	22	32	-10	51	DLDDLW	Safe
	13	Queens Park Rangers	40	13	11	16	46	58	9	7	4	30	23	4	4	12	16	35	-12	50	WDDLDL	Safe
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	40	12	13	15	56	56	9	7	4	39	22	3	6	11	17	34	0	49	LLWDDW	Safe
	15	West Ham United	40	13	10	17	50	66	9	4	7	31	28	4	6	10	19	38	-16	49	LDLWLD	Safe
	16	Southampton	40	13	9	18	67	67	10	5	5	43	24	3	4	13	24	43	0	48	WWDDDD	Safe
	17	Newcastle United	40	12	11	17	46	60	10	4	6	33	26	2	7	11	13	34	-14	47	DWWLWD	Safe
	18	Oxford United	40	10	12	18	41	67	8	7	5	30	25	2	5	13	11	42	-26	42	LDLWLL
	19	Leicester City	40	11	7	22	53	75	9	6	5	38	23	2	1	17	15	52	-22	40	LDWLLL
	20	Charlton Athletic	40	9	11	20	40	54	6	7	7	24	21	3	4	13	16	33	-14	38	DLLWDL
	21	Manchester City	40	7	15	18	35	55	7	6	7	27	24	0	9	11	8	31	-20	36	LDLLWD
	22	Aston Villa	40	8	12	20	43	74	7	7	6	24	23	1	5	14	19	51	-31	36	DDLLWL

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	40	24	8	8	72	30	14	4	1	45	10	10	4	7	27	20	42	80	WWWLDW	Champions	1-0
	2	Liverpool	41	23	7	11	69	39	15	3	3	43	16	8	4	8	26	23	30	76	LWLWLW	Safe	1-0
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	40	21	8	11	68	41	14	3	4	40	14	7	5	7	28	27	27	71	WLDWLW	Safe	4-0
	4	Arsenal	41	20	10	11	57	33	12	5	3	30	10	8	5	8	27	23	24	70	LWWLWW	Safe	4-1
	5	Luton Town	40	18	12	10	44	39	14	5	1	27	10	4	7	9	17	29	5	66	DDWLDW	Safe
	6	Norwich City	41	16	17	8	51	50	9	10	2	27	20	7	7	6	24	30	1	65	WWDDWL	Safe	0-1
	7	Nottingham Forest	41	17	11	13	62	50	11	8	1	34	13	6	3	12	28	37	12	62	WLDLWL	Safe	0-1
1	8	Coventry City	40	17	10	13	48	43	14	2	3	33	15	3	8	10	15	28	5	61	LWDWWD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Watford	41	17	9	15	66	54	11	5	4	37	20	6	4	11	29	34	12	60	WWWLDL	Safe	0-1
	10	Wimbledon	40	17	9	14	53	49	10	5	5	30	21	7	4	9	23	28	4	60	DLLDWW	Safe
	11	Manchester United	40	13	13	14	48	43	12	3	5	35	17	1	10	9	13	26	5	52	DLWDLL	Safe	0-4
2	12	Sheffield Wednesday	41	13	13	15	58	57	9	7	4	39	22	4	6	11	19	35	1	52	LWDDWW	Safe	2-1
3	13	Southampton	41	14	9	18	68	67	11	5	5	44	24	3	4	13	24	43	1	51	WDDDDW	Safe	1-0
2	14	Chelsea	40	13	12	15	49	59	8	5	7	27	27	5	7	8	22	32	-10	51	DLDDLW	Safe
2	15	Queens Park Rangers	41	13	11	17	47	62	9	7	5	31	27	4	4	12	16	35	-15	50	DDLDLL	Safe	1-4
1	16	West Ham United	41	13	10	18	50	67	9	4	7	31	28	4	6	11	19	39	-17	49	DLWLDL	Safe	0-1
	17	Newcastle United	41	12	11	18	46	63	10	4	7	33	29	2	7	11	13	34	-17	47	WWLWDL	Safe	0-3
	18	Oxford United	40	10	12	18	41	67	8	7	5	30	25	2	5	13	11	42	-26	42	LDLWLL
1	19	Charlton Athletic	41	10	11	20	43	54	6	7	7	24	21	4	4	13	19	33	-11	41	LLWDLW		3-0
1	20	Leicester City	41	11	8	22	54	76	9	7	5	39	24	2	1	17	15	52	-22	41	DWLLLD		1-1
	21	Manchester City	41	8	15	18	36	55	8	6	7	28	24	0	9	11	8	31	-19	39	DLLWDW		1-0
	22	Aston Villa	41	8	12	21	44	76	7	7	7	25	25	1	5	14	19	51	-32	36	DLLWLL	Relegated	1-2