The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED - Mon Mar 27, 1989 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Mar 27, 1989 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1988-89
Referee:: David Hutchinson
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 30,092
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wimbledon (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Nov 12, 1989

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3445 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1858 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3922 (of 5724)
Total:: 5433 (of 7505)
Played:: 35 years, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Stuart Pearce (4')
Lee Chapman (62')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Alex Ferguson
Prior form: WWWLDW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Steve Sutton
2	D	27	Brian Laws
3	D	26	Stuart Pearce (4') off for Steve Chettle (77')
4	D	23	Des Walker
5	F	20	Terry Wilson
6	M	26	Steve Hodge
7	F	26	Tommy Gaynor
8	M	25	Neil Webb
9	F	23	Nigel Clough
10	F	29	Lee Chapman (62')
11	F	23	Garry Parker
Subs
12	D	20	Steve Chettle on for Stuart Pearce (77')
13	F	25	Brian Rice

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Leighton
2	D	Mal Donaghy
3	D	Viv Anderson
4	D	Paul McGrath (72')
5	D	Steve Bruce
6	M	Clayton Blackmore
7	M	Russell Beardsmore
8	M	Ralph Milne (72')
9	M	Bryan Robson
10	F	Brian McClair
11	F	Mark Hughes
Subs
12		Lee Martin (72')
13		Anthony Gill (72')

Lineup notes:
Lee Martin was stretchered off 2 minutes after coming on in the 72nd minute, leaving United down to 10 men

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Mar 27, 1989)

Home	Score	Away
Coventry City	2-1	Southampton
Middlesbrough	3-3	Everton
Millwall	0-1	Wimbledon
Newcastle United	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Manchester United
Queens Park Rangers	1-0	Aston Villa
West Ham United	0-2	Norwich 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	Arsenal	30	17	8	5	58	31	7	5	2	24	15	10	3	3	34	16	27	59	LWDLDW	Safe
	2	Norwich City	28	15	8	5	40	30	7	6	3	20	17	8	2	2	20	13	10	53	WWLWWL
	3	Liverpool	28	14	9	5	46	22	6	5	2	19	7	8	4	3	27	15	24	51	DWWWWW
	4	Millwall	29	14	8	7	43	32	10	1	3	25	12	4	7	4	18	20	11	50	WWDWWD
	5	Nottingham Forest	28	11	12	5	41	30	3	7	3	15	13	8	5	2	26	17	11	45	WDWDLW
	6	Manchester United	27	11	10	6	37	21	8	4	1	22	7	3	6	5	15	14	16	43	WWWLDW
	7	Coventry City	30	11	10	9	37	31	7	3	5	22	16	4	7	4	15	15	6	43	WLDDLD
	8	Derby County	28	12	6	10	31	27	6	3	7	19	17	6	3	3	12	10	4	42	LWLDWL
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	31	10	11	10	45	42	6	5	5	26	23	4	6	5	19	19	3	41	WWDDWL
	10	Wimbledon	27	11	6	10	33	32	8	3	4	20	14	3	3	6	13	18	1	39	DWWWLD
	11	Everton	28	9	10	9	33	32	6	6	2	22	14	3	4	7	11	18	1	37	DDLWLD
	12	Queens Park Rangers	29	8	10	11	29	26	4	4	5	13	11	4	6	6	16	15	3	34	DDDWDW
	13	Middlesbrough	29	8	8	13	32	45	6	5	4	19	19	2	3	9	13	26	-13	32	LLDLLD
	14	Aston Villa	30	7	10	13	35	45	6	4	5	20	17	1	6	8	15	28	-10	31	DLLDLL
	15	Charlton Athletic	30	6	12	12	33	45	2	7	6	18	24	4	5	6	15	21	-12	30	WLLDDD
	16	Luton Town	30	7	9	14	29	42	5	5	4	20	14	2	4	10	9	28	-13	30	LLLLDL
	17	Sheffield Wednesday	29	7	9	13	23	39	4	4	6	14	20	3	5	7	9	19	-16	30	DLWLWL
	18	Southampton	28	6	11	11	40	54	4	5	6	22	25	2	6	5	18	29	-14	29	LDDLDL
	19	Newcastle United	29	7	8	14	28	47	3	4	7	15	20	4	4	7	13	27	-19	29	WDLDWW
	20	West Ham United	26	5	7	14	22	42	1	5	7	12	23	4	2	7	10	19	-20	22	WLLDDW

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	Arsenal	30	17	8	5	58	31	7	5	2	24	15	10	3	3	34	16	27	59	LWDLDW	Safe
	2	Norwich City	29	16	8	5	42	30	7	6	3	20	17	9	2	2	22	13	12	56	WLWWLW	Safe	2-0
	3	Liverpool	28	14	9	5	46	22	6	5	2	19	7	8	4	3	27	15	24	51	DWWWWW
	4	Millwall	30	14	8	8	43	33	10	1	4	25	13	4	7	4	18	20	10	50	WDWWDL		0-1
	5	Nottingham Forest	29	12	12	5	43	30	4	7	3	17	13	8	5	2	26	17	13	48	DWDLWW		2-0
1	6	Coventry City	31	12	10	9	39	32	8	3	5	24	17	4	7	4	15	15	7	46	LDDLDW		2-1
1	7	Manchester United	28	11	10	7	37	23	8	4	1	22	7	3	6	6	15	16	14	43	WWLDWL		0-2
	8	Derby County	28	12	6	10	31	27	6	3	7	19	17	6	3	3	12	10	4	42	LWLDWL
1	9	Wimbledon	28	12	6	10	34	32	8	3	4	20	14	4	3	6	14	18	2	42	WWWLDW		1-0
1	10	Tottenham Hotspur	31	10	11	10	45	42	6	5	5	26	23	4	6	5	19	19	3	41	WWDDWL
	11	Everton	29	9	11	9	36	35	6	6	2	22	14	3	5	7	14	21	1	38	DLWLDD		3-3
	12	Queens Park Rangers	30	9	10	11	30	26	5	4	5	14	11	4	6	6	16	15	4	37	DDWDWW		1-0
	13	Middlesbrough	30	8	9	13	35	48	6	6	4	22	22	2	3	9	13	26	-13	33	LDLLDD		3-3
3	14	Sheffield Wednesday	30	8	9	13	26	40	4	4	6	14	20	4	5	7	12	20	-14	33	LWLWLW		3-1
1	15	Aston Villa	31	7	10	14	35	46	6	4	5	20	17	1	6	9	15	29	-11	31	LLDLLL		0-1
1	16	Charlton Athletic	30	6	12	12	33	45	2	7	6	18	24	4	5	6	15	21	-12	30	WLLDDD
1	17	Luton Town	30	7	9	14	29	42	5	5	4	20	14	2	4	10	9	28	-13	30	LLLLDL
	18	Southampton	29	6	11	12	41	56	4	5	6	22	25	2	6	6	19	31	-15	29	DDLDLL		1-2
	19	Newcastle United	30	7	8	15	29	50	3	4	8	16	23	4	4	7	13	27	-21	29	DLDWWL		1-3
	20	West Ham United	27	5	7	15	22	44	1	5	8	12	25	4	2	7	10	19	-22	22	LLDDWL		0-2