The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 LIVERPOOL - Sat Apr 02, 1988 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 02, 1988 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
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)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 03 April 1988
: Sunday Tribune - Sunday 03 April 1988
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1987-88
Referee:: Keren Barratt
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 29,188
Pos Before/After:: 5 3
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Portsmouth (League Tier 1)
Liverpool:: Apr 09, 1988

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3408 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1821 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3869 (of 5724)
Total:: 5362 (of 7505)
Played:: 36 years, 21 days ago

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

Goals
Alan Hansen (24') (OG)
Neil Webb (59')

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

Goals
John Aldridge (70') (Pen)

Penalties Missed:
Nigel Clough (47')

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 (59')
9	F	22	Nigel Clough
10	F	23	Paul Wilkinson
11	F	24	Brian Rice
Subs
12	F	17	Lee Glover
13	F	21	Franz Carr

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bruce Grobelaar
2	D	Gillespie
3	D	Ablett
4	D	Nicol
5	D	Spackman
6	M	Alan Hansen
7	M	Jan Molby
8	M	John Aldridge (83')
9	M	Johnston
10	F	John Barnes
11	F	Steve McMahon
Subs
12		Ray Houghton (83')
13		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 02, 1988)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	1-1	Arsenal
Coventry City	1-0	Oxford United
Manchester United	4-1	Derby County
Newcastle United	4-0	Luton Town
Norwich City	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Liverpool
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	West Ham United
Southampton	2-2	Wimbledon
Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	Portsmouth

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	33	17	7	9	40	32	11	3	4	27	13	6	4	5	13	19	8	58	WLWWWW	Safe
	5	Nottingham Forest	31	16	9	6	55	28	8	4	2	30	12	8	5	4	25	16	27	57	DWLDDW	Safe
	6	Arsenal	32	15	9	8	46	28	10	3	4	32	14	5	6	4	14	14	18	54	WWWDDD	Safe
	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
	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
	21	Watford	33	5	9	19	20	43	3	3	11	10	22	2	6	8	10	21	-23	24	LLLLDL

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	32	23	7	2	70	17	13	2	0	38	4	10	5	2	32	13	53	76	WWDLWL	Safe	1-2
	2	Manchester United	34	18	11	5	55	32	10	5	1	30	14	8	6	4	25	18	23	65	DLWDWW	Safe	4-1
2	3	Nottingham Forest	32	17	9	6	57	29	9	4	2	32	13	8	5	4	25	16	28	60	WLDDWW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Everton	33	17	9	7	46	21	13	3	1	30	7	4	6	6	16	14	25	60	WLDWWD	Safe
1	5	Queens Park Rangers	33	17	7	9	40	32	11	3	4	27	13	6	4	5	13	19	8	58	WLWWWW	Safe
	6	Arsenal	33	15	10	8	47	29	10	3	4	32	14	5	7	4	15	15	18	55	WWDDDD	Safe	1-1
	7	Wimbledon	33	13	11	9	50	38	8	6	2	26	13	5	5	7	24	25	12	50	LWWLDD		2-2
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	34	14	4	16	41	54	10	1	7	23	22	4	3	9	18	32	-13	46	LLLWWW		2-1
3	9	Coventry City	33	11	10	12	40	48	5	6	5	21	23	6	4	7	19	25	-8	43	DWWLDW		1-0
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	36	11	10	15	35	43	8	5	6	24	22	3	5	9	11	21	-8	43	LWLLDL		0-1
2	11	Newcastle United	32	10	12	10	42	44	6	5	5	23	20	4	7	5	19	24	-2	42	WDLDDW		4-0
2	12	Norwich City	34	12	6	16	36	43	7	3	7	24	23	5	3	9	12	20	-7	42	WWWLLW		2-0
3	13	Luton Town	30	12	5	13	44	43	9	4	3	33	16	3	1	10	11	27	1	41	WLLLWL		0-4
3	14	Southampton	34	10	11	13	41	46	4	7	6	20	22	6	4	7	21	24	-5	41	DWLLWD		2-2
	15	West Ham United	33	8	12	13	33	45	5	7	4	18	18	3	5	9	15	27	-12	36	LDLWLL		1-2
1	16	Chelsea	35	8	12	15	44	60	6	9	2	21	15	2	3	13	23	45	-16	36	DDDLDD		1-1
1	17	Derby County	34	8	11	15	30	40	4	6	6	14	14	4	5	9	16	26	-10	35	DDWDLL		1-4
1	18	Portsmouth	33	7	12	14	29	52	4	7	6	18	22	3	5	8	11	30	-23	33	DLLLLW		1-0
1	19	Charlton Athletic	34	7	11	16	32	49	5	6	6	19	20	2	5	10	13	29	-17	32	LDWWDL		0-2
	20	Oxford United	33	6	11	16	39	63	5	5	6	23	28	1	6	10	16	35	-24	29	DLDDDL		0-1
	21	Watford	33	5	9	19	20	43	3	3	11	10	22	2	6	8	10	21	-23	24	LLLLDL