The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 WIMBLEDON - Wed Dec 26, 1990 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Dec 26, 1990 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Wimbledon
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-1

Season:: 1990-91
Referee:: John Key
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 16,221
Pos Before/After:: 11 11
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (League Tier 1)
Wimbledon:: Mar 30, 1991

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3510 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1923 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 4009 (of 5721)
Total:: 5537 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 27 December 1990
: Newcastle Journal - Thursday 27 December 1990
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals
Stuart Pearce (11)
Roy Keane (45)

WIMBLEDON
Manager: Ray Harford
Prior form: WWWWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
John Fashanu (44)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Mark Crossley
2	D	Brian Laws
3	D	Stuart Pearce (11)
4	D	Des Walker
5	D	Steve Chettle
6	M	Steve Hodge off for Terry Wilson
7	F	Franz Carr
8	M	Roy Keane (45)
9	F	Nigel Clough
10	F	Nigel Jemson off for Phil Starbuck
11	F	Garry Parker
Subs
12	F	Terry Wilson on for Steve Hodge
13	F	Phil Starbuck on for Nigel Jemson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Hans Segers
2	D	Warren Barton
3	D	Roger Joseph
4	D	John Scales
5	D	Terry Phelan
6	M	Detsi Kruszynski
7	M	Keith Curle
8	M	Dean Blackwell
9	M	Paul McGee
10	F	Terry Gibson
11	F	John Fashanu
Subs
12		Alan Cork
13		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Dec 26, 1990)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-0	Derby County
Coventry City	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Crystal Palace	2-1	Sunderland
Everton	1-0	Aston Villa
Leeds United	4-1	Chelsea
Luton Town	0-1	Sheffield United
Manchester United	3-0	Norwich City
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Wimbledon
Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Liverpool
Southampton	2-1	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
	1	Liverpool	17	14	2	1	37	14	8	1	0	23	5	6	1	1	14	9	23	44	WWDLWW
	2	Arsenal	18	11	7	0	33	9	6	2	0	18	4	5	5	0	15	5	24	38*	WWWDDD
	3	Crystal Palace	18	10	6	2	28	17	5	3	0	13	8	5	3	2	15	9	11	36	WWWLWW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	18	9	6	3	33	20	7	2	1	25	13	2	4	2	8	7	13	33	DWLDLW
	5	Leeds United	18	9	6	3	29	17	5	2	2	17	9	4	4	1	12	8	12	33	WDWDWW
	6	Chelsea	18	8	5	5	32	31	6	4	0	17	11	2	1	5	15	20	1	29	LWWWWW
	7	Manchester United	18	8	5	5	26	21	5	1	3	15	9	3	4	2	11	12	5	28*	WLWDDW
	8	Manchester City	17	6	8	3	26	24	6	1	2	16	12	0	7	1	10	12	2	26	LDDWWL
	9	Norwich City	18	8	2	8	24	28	6	1	3	16	15	2	1	5	8	13	-4	26	WLLWWW
	10	Wimbledon	18	6	7	5	28	26	3	4	3	13	14	3	3	2	15	12	2	25	WWWWDL
	11	Nottingham Forest	17	5	6	6	24	25	3	2	2	12	9	2	4	4	12	16	-1	21	DWLDWL
	12	Luton Town	18	5	5	8	20	29	3	4	1	9	6	2	1	7	11	23	-9	20	DWDDLL
	13	Aston Villa	17	4	7	6	17	18	3	5	0	11	6	1	2	6	6	12	-1	19	DLLWDD
	14	Derby County	17	4	5	8	17	29	2	5	3	12	16	2	0	5	5	13	-12	17	DLWWLD
	15	Southampton	18	4	4	10	24	35	3	2	3	13	11	1	2	7	11	24	-11	16	LLLLDL
	16	Everton	18	3	6	9	19	24	3	3	3	13	9	0	3	6	6	15	-5	15	DLLWLL
	17	Sunderland	18	3	6	9	20	27	2	4	4	9	10	1	2	5	11	17	-7	15	LWLDLL
	18	Coventry City	18	3	5	10	16	24	2	4	3	12	12	1	1	7	4	12	-8	14	LDLLDL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	18	3	4	11	22	35	2	1	5	11	12	1	3	6	11	23	-13	13	LLLLLD
	20	Sheffield United	17	1	4	12	10	32	1	2	5	6	13	0	2	7	4	19	-22	7	DLLLLW

*Arsenal deducted 2 points for on-pitch brawl
*Man Utd deducted 1 point for on-pitch brawl

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	Result(s)
	1	Liverpool	18	14	3	1	38	15	8	1	0	23	5	6	2	1	15	10	23	45	WDLWWD	1-1
	2	Arsenal	19	12	7	0	36	9	7	2	0	21	4	5	5	0	15	5	27	41*	WWDDDW	3-0
	3	Crystal Palace	19	11	6	2	30	18	6	3	0	15	9	5	3	2	15	9	12	39	WWLWWW	2-1
1	4	Leeds United	19	10	6	3	33	18	6	2	2	21	10	4	4	1	12	8	15	36	DWDWWW	4-1
1	5	Tottenham Hotspur	19	9	6	4	33	22	7	2	1	25	13	2	4	3	8	9	11	33	WLDLWL	0-2
1	6	Manchester United	19	9	5	5	29	21	6	1	3	18	9	3	4	2	11	12	8	31*	LWDDWW	3-0
1	7	Chelsea	19	8	5	6	33	35	6	4	0	17	11	2	1	6	16	24	-2	29	WWWWWL	1-4
	8	Manchester City	18	6	8	4	27	26	6	1	2	16	12	0	7	2	11	14	1	26	DDWWLL	1-2
	9	Norwich City	19	8	2	9	24	31	6	1	3	16	15	2	1	6	8	16	-7	26	LLWWWL	0-3
	10	Wimbledon	19	6	7	6	29	28	3	4	3	13	14	3	3	3	16	14	1	25	WWWDLL	1-2
	11	Nottingham Forest	18	6	6	6	26	26	4	2	2	14	10	2	4	4	12	16	0	24	WLDWLW	2-1
	12	Luton Town	19	5	5	9	20	30	3	4	2	9	7	2	1	7	11	23	-10	20	WDDLLL	0-1
	13	Aston Villa	18	4	7	7	17	19	3	5	0	11	6	1	2	7	6	13	-2	19	LLWDDL	0-1
1	14	Southampton	19	5	4	10	26	36	4	2	3	15	12	1	2	7	11	24	-10	19	LLLDLW	2-1
1	15	Everton	19	4	6	9	20	24	4	3	3	14	9	0	3	6	6	15	-4	18	LLWLLW	1-0
2	16	Coventry City	19	4	5	10	18	24	3	4	3	14	12	1	1	7	4	12	-6	17	DLLDLW	2-0
3	17	Derby County	18	4	5	9	17	32	2	5	3	12	16	2	0	6	5	16	-15	17	LWWLDL	0-3
1	18	Sunderland	19	3	6	10	21	29	2	4	4	9	10	1	2	6	12	19	-8	15	WLDLLL	1-2
	19	Queens Park Rangers	19	3	5	11	23	36	2	2	5	12	13	1	3	6	11	23	-13	14	LLLLDD	1-1
	20	Sheffield United	18	2	4	12	11	32	1	2	5	6	13	1	2	7	5	19	-21	10	LLLLWW	1-0

*Arsenal deducted 2 points for on-pitch brawl
*Man Utd deducted 1 point for on-pitch brawl

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