The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 DERBY COUNTY - Wed Mar 30, 1988 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Mar 30, 1988 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 31 March 1988
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1987-88
Referee:: Joseph Worrall
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 25,017
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Derby County:: Sep 17, 1988

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3407 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1820 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3868 (of 5724)
Total:: 5361 (of 7505)
Played:: 36 years, 27 days ago

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

Goals
Nigel Clough (24')
Nigel Clough (47')

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Arthur Cox
Prior form: WDDDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Colin Foster (74') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Steve Sutton
2	D	19	Steve Chettle
3	D	25	Stuart Pearce
4	D	22	Des Walker
5	D	23	Colin Foster
6	F	19	Terry Wilson
7	F	23	Gary Crosby
8	M	24	Neil Webb
9	F	22	Nigel Clough (24') (47')
10	F	23	Paul Wilkinson
11	F	24	Brian Rice
Subs
12	F	21	Franz Carr
13	F	17	Lee Glover

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	Mickey Lewis
3	D	Rob Hindmarch
4	D	Michael Forsyth
5	D	Paul Blades
6	M	Mark Wright
7	M	Nigel Callaghan
8	M	Geraint Williams
9	M	John Gregory
10	F	Phil Gee
11	F	Frank Stapleton
Subs
12		Ross MacLaren
13		Gary Micklewhite

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Mar 30, 1988)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Derby County
Oxford United	0-0	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	Liverpool	31	23	7	1	69	15	13	2	0	38	4	10	5	1	31	11	54	76	WWWDLW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	33	17	11	5	51	31	9	5	1	26	13	8	6	4	25	18	20	62	WDLWDW	Safe
	3	Everton	33	17	9	7	46	21	13	3	1	30	7	4	6	6	16	14	25	60	WLDWWD	Safe
	4	Queens Park Rangers	32	16	7	9	39	32	11	3	4	27	13	5	4	5	12	19	7	55	LWLWWW	Safe
	5	Nottingham Forest	30	15	9	6	53	27	7	4	2	28	11	8	5	4	25	16	26	54	WDWLDD	Safe
	6	Arsenal	31	15	8	8	46	28	10	3	4	32	14	5	5	4	14	14	18	53	LWWWDD
	7	Wimbledon	32	13	10	9	48	36	8	6	2	26	13	5	4	7	22	23	12	49	DLWWLD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	35	11	10	14	35	42	8	5	5	24	21	3	5	9	11	21	-7	43	DLWLLD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	33	13	4	16	39	53	9	1	7	21	21	4	3	9	18	32	-14	43	LLLLWW
	10	Luton Town	29	12	5	12	44	39	9	4	3	33	16	3	1	9	11	23	5	41	WWLLLW
	11	Southampton	33	10	10	13	39	44	4	6	6	18	20	6	4	7	21	24	-5	40	LDWLLW
	12	Coventry City	32	10	10	12	39	48	4	6	5	20	23	6	4	7	19	25	-9	40	WDWWLD
	13	Newcastle United	31	9	12	10	38	44	5	5	5	19	20	4	7	5	19	24	-6	39	LWDLDD
	14	Norwich City	33	11	6	16	34	43	6	3	7	22	23	5	3	9	12	20	-9	39	DWWWLL
	15	West Ham United	32	8	12	12	32	43	5	7	4	18	18	3	5	8	14	25	-11	36	DLDLWL
	16	Derby County	32	8	11	13	28	34	4	6	6	14	14	4	5	7	14	20	-6	35	WDDDWD
	17	Chelsea	34	8	11	15	43	59	6	8	2	20	14	2	3	13	23	45	-16	35	LDDDLD
	18	Charlton Athletic	33	7	11	15	32	47	5	6	6	19	20	2	5	9	13	27	-15	32	WLDWWD
	19	Portsmouth	32	6	12	14	28	52	4	7	6	18	22	2	5	8	10	30	-24	30	WDLLLL
	20	Oxford United	31	6	10	15	39	62	5	4	6	23	28	1	6	9	16	34	-23	28	DDDLDD
	21	Watford	32	5	9	18	20	42	3	3	10	10	21	2	6	8	10	21	-22	24	LLLLLD

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	Liverpool	31	23	7	1	69	15	13	2	0	38	4	10	5	1	31	11	54	76	WWWDLW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	33	17	11	5	51	31	9	5	1	26	13	8	6	4	25	18	20	62	WDLWDW	Safe
	3	Everton	33	17	9	7	46	21	13	3	1	30	7	4	6	6	16	14	25	60	WLDWWD	Safe
1	4	Nottingham Forest	31	16	9	6	55	28	8	4	2	30	12	8	5	4	25	16	27	57	DWLDDW	Safe	2-1
1	5	Queens Park Rangers	32	16	7	9	39	32	11	3	4	27	13	5	4	5	12	19	7	55	LWLWWW	Safe
	6	Arsenal	32	15	9	8	46	28	10	3	4	32	14	5	6	4	14	14	18	54	WWWDDD	Safe	0-0
	7	Wimbledon	32	13	10	9	48	36	8	6	2	26	13	5	4	7	22	23	12	49	DLWWLD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	35	11	10	14	35	42	8	5	5	24	21	3	5	9	11	21	-7	43	DLWLLD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	33	13	4	16	39	53	9	1	7	21	21	4	3	9	18	32	-14	43	LLLLWW
	10	Luton Town	29	12	5	12	44	39	9	4	3	33	16	3	1	9	11	23	5	41	WWLLLW
	11	Southampton	33	10	10	13	39	44	4	6	6	18	20	6	4	7	21	24	-5	40	LDWLLW
	12	Coventry City	32	10	10	12	39	48	4	6	5	20	23	6	4	7	19	25	-9	40	WDWWLD
	13	Newcastle United	31	9	12	10	38	44	5	5	5	19	20	4	7	5	19	24	-6	39	LWDLDD
	14	Norwich City	33	11	6	16	34	43	6	3	7	22	23	5	3	9	12	20	-9	39	DWWWLL
	15	West Ham United	32	8	12	12	32	43	5	7	4	18	18	3	5	8	14	25	-11	36	DLDLWL
	16	Derby County	33	8	11	14	29	36	4	6	6	14	14	4	5	8	15	22	-7	35	DDDWDL		1-2
	17	Chelsea	34	8	11	15	43	59	6	8	2	20	14	2	3	13	23	45	-16	35	LDDDLD
	18	Charlton Athletic	33	7	11	15	32	47	5	6	6	19	20	2	5	9	13	27	-15	32	WLDWWD
	19	Portsmouth	32	6	12	14	28	52	4	7	6	18	22	2	5	8	10	30	-24	30	WDLLLL
	20	Oxford United	32	6	11	15	39	62	5	5	6	23	28	1	6	9	16	34	-23	29	DDLDDD		0-0
	21	Watford	32	5	9	18	20	42	3	3	10	10	21	2	6	8	10	21	-22	24	LLLLLD