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MANCHESTER UNITED 5 - 0 FOREST - Sun Apr 28, 1996 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sun Apr 28, 1996 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-5 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-2

Season:: 1995-96
Referee:: Jeff Winter
Sponsor:: Labbats
Attendance:: 53,926
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Aug 04, 1996

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3738 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 2105 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 4311 (of 5679)
Total:: 5889 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Frank Clark
Prior form: WLWWLD (Old to recent)

Goals:

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

Goals:
Paul Scholes (41)
David Beckham (44)
David Beckham (54)
Ryan Giggs (70)
Eric Cantona (89)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mark Crossley
18	M	Alfe-Inge Haaland
3	D	Stuart Pearce (85)
4	D	Colin Cooper
5	D	Steve Chettle
21	F	Chris Bart-Williams
11	M	Steve Stone
8	M	Scot Gemmill (42)
22	F	Brian Roy
12	F	Jason Lee
14	F	Ian Woan
Subs
2	D	Des Lyttle
19	F	Bobby Howe
20	F	Paul McGregor

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Schmeichel
3	D	Denis Irwin
6	D	Gary Pallister
12	D	David May
23	D	Phil Neville (82)
5	M	Lee Sharpe
11	M	Ryan Giggs
16	M	Roy Keane
22	M	Paul Scholes
24	F	David Beckham
7	F	Eric Cantona
Subs
20		Gary Neville (82)

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sun Apr 28, 1996)

Home	Score	Away
Manchester United	5-0	Nottingham Forest

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

PREMIER LEAGUE								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	Manchester United	36	23	7	6	65	35	14	4	0	31	9	9	3	6	34	26	30	76	WWWWLW
2	Newcastle United	35	23	4	8	63	35	17	0	1	37	8	6	4	7	26	27	28	73	LLWLWW
3	Liverpool	36	20	9	7	68	32	14	4	1	46	13	6	5	6	22	19	36	69	LWLWDW
4	Aston Villa	37	18	9	10	52	34	11	5	3	32	15	7	4	7	20	19	18	63	DWWLDL
5	Arsenal	36	16	11	9	47	31	9	6	2	28	15	7	5	7	19	16	16	59	LWWLDD
6	Everton	37	16	10	11	63	44	9	5	4	34	19	7	5	7	29	25	19	58	LWWLDW
7	Blackburn Rovers	37	17	7	13	58	45	14	2	3	44	19	3	5	10	14	26	13	58	LLWWWD
8	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	12	9	46	36	9	5	5	26	19	6	7	4	20	17	10	57	LWLDDD
9	Nottingham Forest	35	14	12	9	46	48	10	5	2	25	16	4	7	7	21	32	-2	54	WLWWLD
10	Chelsea	37	12	14	11	44	41	7	7	4	28	19	5	7	7	16	22	3	50	DLLWDD
11	West Ham United	37	14	8	15	42	51	9	4	5	24	20	5	4	10	18	31	-9	50	WDLWDL
12	Middlesbrough	37	11	10	16	35	47	8	3	7	27	24	3	7	9	8	23	-12	43	DWWDLL
13	Leeds United	35	12	6	17	39	53	8	3	6	20	17	4	3	11	19	36	-14	42	LWLLLL
14	Wimbledon	37	10	10	17	55	70	5	6	8	27	33	5	4	9	28	37	-15	40	WDWWLL
15	Sheffield Wednesday	37	10	9	18	47	60	7	5	7	30	31	3	4	11	17	29	-13	39	LLWLDL
16	Coventry City	37	8	13	16	42	60	6	6	6	21	23	2	7	10	21	37	-18	37	LWLWDW
17	Southampton	37	9	10	18	34	52	7	6	5	21	18	2	4	13	13	34	-18	37	LWLWLW
18	Manchester City	37	9	10	18	31	56	7	6	5	19	17	2	4	13	12	39	-25	37	LDLLWW
19	Queens Park Rangers	37	9	6	22	38	54	6	5	8	25	26	3	1	14	13	28	-16	33	DWLWLW
20	Bolton Wanderers	37	8	5	24	38	69	5	4	10	16	31	3	1	14	22	38	-31	29	WDLWLL

Table after:

PREMIER LEAGUE								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	Manchester United	37	24	7	6	70	35	15	4	0	36	9	9	3	6	34	26	35	79	WWWLWW	5-0
2	Newcastle United	35	23	4	8	63	35	17	0	1	37	8	6	4	7	26	27	28	73	LLWLWW
3	Liverpool	36	20	9	7	68	32	14	4	1	46	13	6	5	6	22	19	36	69	LWLWDW
4	Aston Villa	37	18	9	10	52	34	11	5	3	32	15	7	4	7	20	19	18	63	DWWLDL
5	Arsenal	36	16	11	9	47	31	9	6	2	28	15	7	5	7	19	16	16	59	LWWLDD
6	Everton	37	16	10	11	63	44	9	5	4	34	19	7	5	7	29	25	19	58	LWWLDW
7	Blackburn Rovers	37	17	7	13	58	45	14	2	3	44	19	3	5	10	14	26	13	58	LLWWWD
8	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	12	9	46	36	9	5	5	26	19	6	7	4	20	17	10	57	LWLDDD
9	Nottingham Forest	36	14	12	10	46	53	10	5	2	25	16	4	7	8	21	37	-7	54	LWWLDL	0-5
10	Chelsea	37	12	14	11	44	41	7	7	4	28	19	5	7	7	16	22	3	50	DLLWDD
11	West Ham United	37	14	8	15	42	51	9	4	5	24	20	5	4	10	18	31	-9	50	WDLWDL
12	Middlesbrough	37	11	10	16	35	47	8	3	7	27	24	3	7	9	8	23	-12	43	DWWDLL
13	Leeds United	35	12	6	17	39	53	8	3	6	20	17	4	3	11	19	36	-14	42	LWLLLL
14	Wimbledon	37	10	10	17	55	70	5	6	8	27	33	5	4	9	28	37	-15	40	WDWWLL
15	Sheffield Wednesday	37	10	9	18	47	60	7	5	7	30	31	3	4	11	17	29	-13	39	LLWLDL
16	Coventry City	37	8	13	16	42	60	6	6	6	21	23	2	7	10	21	37	-18	37	LWLWDW
17	Southampton	37	9	10	18	34	52	7	6	5	21	18	2	4	13	13	34	-18	37	LWLWLW
18	Manchester City	37	9	10	18	31	56	7	6	5	19	17	2	4	13	12	39	-25	37	LDLLWW
19	Queens Park Rangers	37	9	6	22	38	54	6	5	8	25	26	3	1	14	13	28	-16	33	DWLWLW
20	Bolton Wanderers	37	8	5	24	38	69	5	4	10	16	31	3	1	14	22	38	-31	29	WDLWLL