The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 NEWCASTLE UNITED - Sat May 09, 1987 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat May 09, 1987 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1986-87
Referee:: C Downey
Sponsor:: Home Ales
Attendance:: 17,788
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Spartak Varna (Friendly)
League:: Charlton Athletic
Newcastle United:: Aug 29, 1987

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3376 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1789 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3829 (of 5724)
Total:: 5312 (of 7505)
Played:: 36 years, 11 months, 11 days ago

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

Goals
Colin Foster (35') - Colin Foster first goal
Stuart Pearce (41') (Pen)

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Willie McFaul
Prior form: WWLWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Paul Gascoigne (70')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Steve Sutton
2	D	21	Des Walker
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce (41')
4	D	22	Colin Foster (35')
5	M	23	Chris Fairclough	Last game
6	D	29	Johnny Metgod	Last game
7	M	25	Gary Mills	Last game
8	M	23	Neil Webb
9	F	21	Nigel Clough
10	F	22	Paul Wilkinson
11	F	25	Kjetil Osvold
Subs
12	F	17	Lee Glover

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Steve Sutton	258		5	2
2	D	21	Des Walker	407	1	5	2
3	D	24	Stuart Pearce (41)	522	88	5	2
4	D	22	Colin Foster (35)	86	6	5	2
5	M	23	Chris Fairclough	134	2	5	2
6	D	29	Johnny Metgod	138	17	5	2
7	M	25	Gary Mills	171	15	5	2
8	M	23	Neil Webb	228	62	5	2
9	F	21	Nigel Clough	412	131	5	2
10	F	22	Paul Wilkinson	43	8	5	2
11	F	25	Kjetil Osvold	8		5	2
Subs
12	F	17	Lee Glover	103	13	7	3

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Martin Thomas
2	D	Kenny Wharton
3	D	Peter Jackson
4	D	Glenn Roeder
5	D	John Anderson
6	M	Andy Thomas
7	M	Brian Tinnion
8	M	David McCreery
9	M	Paul Gascoigne
10	F	Darren Jackson (6')
11	F	Anthony Cunningham
Subs
12		Alan Davies (6')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat May 09, 1987)

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

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	41	25	8	8	75	31	15	4	1	48	11	10	4	7	27	20	44	83	WWLDWW	Champions	3-1
	2	Liverpool	42	23	8	11	72	42	15	3	3	43	16	8	5	8	29	26	30	77	WLWLWD	Safe	3-3
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	41	21	8	12	68	42	14	3	4	40	14	7	5	8	28	28	26	71	LDWLWL	Safe	0-1
	4	Arsenal	42	20	10	12	58	35	12	5	4	31	12	8	5	8	27	23	23	70	WWLWWL	Safe	1-2
1	5	Norwich City	42	17	17	8	53	51	9	10	2	27	20	8	7	6	26	31	2	68	WDDWLW	Safe	2-1
1	6	Wimbledon	42	19	9	14	57	50	11	5	5	32	22	8	4	9	25	28	7	66	LDWWWW	Safe	2-0
2	7	Luton Town	42	18	12	12	47	45	14	5	2	29	13	4	7	10	18	32	2	66	WLDWLL	Safe	1-3
	8	Nottingham Forest	42	18	11	13	64	51	12	8	1	36	14	6	3	12	28	37	13	65	LDLWLW	Safe	2-1
1	9	Watford	42	18	9	15	67	54	12	5	4	38	20	6	4	11	29	34	13	63	WWLDLW	Safe	1-0
1	10	Coventry City	42	17	12	13	50	45	14	4	3	35	17	3	8	10	15	28	5	63	DWWDDD	Safe	1-1
	11	Manchester United	42	14	14	14	52	45	13	3	5	38	18	1	11	9	14	27	7	56	WDLLDW	Safe	3-1
1	12	Southampton	42	14	10	18	69	68	11	5	5	44	24	3	5	13	25	44	1	52	DDDDWD	Safe	1-1
1	13	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	13	16	58	59	9	7	5	39	24	4	6	11	19	35	-1	52	WDDWWL	Safe	0-2
	14	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	53	64	8	6	7	30	30	5	7	9	23	34	-11	52	DDLWLD	Safe	3-3
1	15	West Ham United	42	14	10	18	52	67	10	4	7	33	28	4	6	11	19	39	-15	52	LWLDLW	Safe	2-0
1	16	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	11	18	48	64	9	7	5	31	27	4	4	13	17	37	-16	50	DLDLLL	Safe	1-2
	17	Newcastle United	42	12	11	19	47	65	10	4	7	33	29	2	7	12	14	36	-18	47	WLWDLL	Safe	1-2
	18	Oxford United	42	11	13	18	44	69	8	8	5	30	25	3	5	13	14	44	-25	46	LWLLWD	Safe	0-0
	19	Charlton Athletic	42	11	11	20	45	55	7	7	7	26	22	4	4	13	19	33	-10	44	LWDLWW	Safe	2-1
	20	Leicester City	42	11	9	22	54	76	9	7	5	39	24	2	2	17	15	52	-22	42	WLLLDD	Relegated	0-0
	21	Manchester City	42	8	15	19	36	57	8	6	7	28	24	0	9	12	8	33	-21	39	LLWDWL	Relegated	0-2
	22	Aston Villa	42	8	12	22	45	79	7	7	7	25	25	1	5	15	20	54	-34	36	LLWLLL	Relegated	1-3