The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 ARSENAL - Sat Dec 21, 1996 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 21, 1996 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1996-97
Referee:: Steve Lodge
Sponsor:: Labbats
Attendance:: 27,384
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Mar 08, 1997

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3758 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 2125 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 4335 (of 5724)
Total:: 5924 (of 7505)
Played:: 27 years, 4 months, 4 days ago

Notes:: Stuart Pearce's first game as manager (first spell)

FOREST
Manager: Stuart Pearce
Prior form: LLDLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Alfe-Inge Haaland (67')
Alfe-Inge Haaland (89')

ARSENAL
Manager: Arsene Wenger
Prior form: DLWWWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Ian Wright (63')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Mark Crossley
16	M	32	Nicola Jerkan 26 off for Des Lyttle (85')
3	D	34	Stuart Pearce
4	D	29	Colin Cooper
5	D	28	Steve Chettle
22	F	26	Bryan Roy off for Nigel Clough (65')
18	M	24	Alfe-Inge Haaland (67') (89')
14	F	29	Ian Woan
9	F	32	Dean Saunders
10	F	26	Kevin Campbell
17	M	24	Chris Allen
Subs
2	D	25	Des Lyttle on for Nicola Jerkan (85')
29	F	30	Nigel Clough on for Bryan Roy (65')	400th appearance
8	M	25	Scot Gemmill
7	M	33	David Phillips
13	GK	25	Alan Fettis

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
24	GK	John Lukic
	D	Andy Linighan
	D	Gavin McGowan (69')
3	D	Nigel Winterburn
5	D	Steve Bould
14	M	Martin Keown
7	M	David Platt
19	M	Remi Garde (78')
	M	Paul Merson
8	F	Ian Wright 70
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp (74')
Subs
		Steve Morrow (78')
15		Ray Parlour (69')
		John Hartson (74')
		Bartram
		Marshall

Videos:

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 21, 1996)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	3-1	West Ham United
Everton	0-0	Leeds United
Leicester City	0-2	Coventry City
Manchester United	5-0	Sunderland
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Arsenal
Southampton	3-1	Derby County
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday

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	Status
	1	Liverpool	18	11	4	3	35	17	6	3	1	22	9	5	1	2	13	8	18	37	DDWLWW
	2	Arsenal	17	10	5	2	34	16	6	3	0	22	8	4	2	2	12	8	18	35	DLWWWD
	3	Wimbledon	17	10	4	3	30	17	6	2	1	18	10	4	2	2	12	7	13	34	DDDWWW
	4	Newcastle United	17	9	3	5	27	19	5	1	2	19	10	4	2	3	8	9	8	30	WDDLDL
	5	Aston Villa	17	9	3	5	22	15	5	2	1	11	5	4	1	4	11	10	7	30	WLWWWW
	6	Manchester United	17	7	7	3	32	25	5	2	1	16	8	2	5	2	16	17	7	28	LWDWDD
	7	Everton	17	7	6	4	26	20	4	1	3	16	9	3	5	1	10	11	6	27	WDWLDW
	8	Chelsea	17	6	7	4	25	26	3	4	1	13	10	3	3	3	12	16	-1	25	WDDLDL
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	17	6	7	4	18	19	3	5	1	9	7	3	2	3	9	12	-1	25	DWDDWD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	17	7	3	7	17	17	3	2	3	7	7	4	1	4	10	10	0	24	WWLLWD
	11	Derby County	17	5	7	5	19	20	4	2	3	11	10	1	5	2	8	10	-1	22	WWDWDL
	12	Leicester City	17	6	3	8	17	22	3	1	4	8	12	3	2	4	9	10	-5	21	LWLLWD
	13	Leeds United	17	6	3	8	15	20	4	1	4	8	9	2	2	4	7	11	-5	21	WLWWDD
	14	Sunderland	17	5	5	7	17	21	3	4	2	10	8	2	1	5	7	13	-4	20	LLDWLW
	15	West Ham United	17	4	6	7	15	22	3	3	3	10	12	1	3	4	5	10	-7	18	LDDDLD
	16	Middlesbrough	18	3	6	9	21	33	2	4	3	13	13	1	2	6	8	20	-12	15	LDLLDL
	17	Blackburn Rovers	17	2	7	8	16	22	2	2	4	8	10	0	5	4	8	12	-6	13	WDDWDL
	18	Southampton	17	3	4	10	24	32	3	2	3	15	9	0	2	7	9	23	-8	13	DLLLLL
	19	Coventry City	17	2	7	8	12	24	2	3	4	7	11	0	4	4	5	13	-12	13	DDLLLW
	20	Nottingham Forest	17	1	7	9	14	29	0	5	3	5	11	1	2	6	9	18	-15	10	LLDLDL

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Liverpool	18	11	4	3	35	17	6	3	1	22	9	5	1	2	13	8	18	37	DDWLWW
	2	Arsenal	18	10	5	3	35	18	6	3	0	22	8	4	2	3	13	10	17	35	LWWWDL		1-2
	3	Wimbledon	17	10	4	3	30	17	6	2	1	18	10	4	2	2	12	7	13	34	DDDWWW
2	4	Manchester United	18	8	7	3	37	25	6	2	1	21	8	2	5	2	16	17	12	31	WDWDDW		5-0
1	5	Newcastle United	17	9	3	5	27	19	5	1	2	19	10	4	2	3	8	9	8	30	WDDLDL
1	6	Aston Villa	17	9	3	5	22	15	5	2	1	11	5	4	1	4	11	10	7	30	WLWWWW
	7	Everton	18	7	7	4	26	20	4	2	3	16	9	3	5	1	10	11	6	28	DWLDWD		0-0
	8	Chelsea	18	7	7	4	28	27	4	4	1	16	11	3	3	3	12	16	1	28	DDLDLW		3-1
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	18	6	8	4	19	20	3	5	1	9	7	3	3	3	10	13	-1	26	WDDWDD		1-1
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	18	7	4	7	18	18	3	3	3	8	8	4	1	4	10	10	0	25	WLLWDD		1-1
	11	Derby County	18	5	7	6	20	23	4	2	3	11	10	1	5	3	9	13	-3	22	WDWDLL		1-3
1	12	Leeds United	18	6	4	8	15	20	4	1	4	8	9	2	3	4	7	11	-5	22	LWWDDD		0-0
1	13	Leicester City	18	6	3	9	17	24	3	1	5	8	14	3	2	4	9	10	-7	21	WLLWDL		0-2
	14	Sunderland	18	5	5	8	17	26	3	4	2	10	8	2	1	6	7	18	-9	20	LDWLWL		0-5
	15	West Ham United	18	4	6	8	16	25	3	3	3	10	12	1	3	5	6	13	-9	18	DDDLDL		1-3
2	16	Southampton	18	4	4	10	27	33	4	2	3	18	10	0	2	7	9	23	-6	16	LLLLLW		3-1
2	17	Coventry City	18	3	7	8	14	24	2	3	4	7	11	1	4	4	7	13	-10	16	DLLLWW		2-0
2	18	Middlesbrough	18	3	6	9	21	33	2	4	3	13	13	1	2	6	8	20	-12	15	LDLLDL
2	19	Blackburn Rovers	17	2	7	8	16	22	2	2	4	8	10	0	5	4	8	12	-6	13	WDDWDL
	20	Nottingham Forest	18	2	7	9	16	30	1	5	3	7	12	1	2	6	9	18	-14	13	LDLDLW		2-1