The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 4 MANCHESTER UNITED - Thu Dec 26, 1996 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu Dec 26, 1996 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-4 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-2

Season:: 1996-97
Referee:: Gerald Ashby
Sponsor:: Labbats
Attendance:: 29,032
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 5 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Nov 11, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3759 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 2126 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 4335 (of 5721)
Total:: 5922 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals

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

Goals
David Beckham (25)
Nicky Butt (44)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (67)
Andy Cole (76)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mark Crossley
16	M	Nicola Jerkan 0
3	D	Stuart Pearce
4	D	Colin Cooper
5	D	Steve Chettle
29	F	Nigel Clough off for Jason Lee (74)
18	M	Alfe-Inge Haaland
14	F	Ian Woan 0
9	F	Dean Saunders off for Scot Gemmill (46)
10	F	Kevin Campbell
17	M	Chris Allen
Subs
8	M	Scot Gemmill on for Dean Saunders (46)
12	F	Jason Lee on for Nigel Clough (74)
		?
		?
		?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Schmeichel
2	D	Gary Neville
3	D	Denis Irwin
4	D	David May 0
19	D	Ronny Johnsen
8	M	Nicky Butt (77)
10	M	David Beckham 0
11	M	Ryan Giggs (77)
18	M	Paul Scholes
7	F	Eric Cantona
20	F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (70)
Subs
15		Karel Poborsky (77)
9		Andy Cole (70)
13		Brian McClair (77)
		?
		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Thu Dec 26, 1996)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-2	Chelsea
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Newcastle United
Leeds United	1-3	Coventry City
Liverpool	1-1	Leicester City
Middlesbrough	4-2	Everton
Nottingham Forest	0-4	Manchester United
Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	Arsenal
Sunderland	2-0	Derby County
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Southampton

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	Liverpool	19	11	5	3	36	18	6	3	1	22	9	5	2	2	14	9	18	38	DWLWWD
2	Arsenal	18	10	5	3	35	18	6	3	0	22	8	4	2	3	13	10	17	35	LWWWDL
3	Wimbledon	18	10	4	4	30	22	6	2	1	18	10	4	2	3	12	12	8	34	DDWWWL
4	Aston Villa	18	10	3	5	27	15	6	2	1	16	5	4	1	4	11	10	12	33	LWWWWW
5	Manchester United	18	8	7	3	37	25	6	2	1	21	8	2	5	2	16	17	12	31	WDWDDW
6	Newcastle United	18	9	4	5	28	20	5	2	2	20	11	4	2	3	8	9	8	31	DDLDLD
7	Everton	18	7	7	4	26	20	4	2	3	16	9	3	5	1	10	11	6	28	DWLDWD
8	Chelsea	18	7	7	4	28	27	4	4	1	16	11	3	3	3	12	16	1	28	DDLDLW
9	Sheffield Wednesday	18	6	8	4	19	20	3	5	1	9	7	3	3	3	10	13	-1	26	WDDWDD
10	Tottenham Hotspur	18	7	4	7	18	18	3	3	3	8	8	4	1	4	10	10	0	25	WLLWDD
11	Derby County	18	5	7	6	20	23	4	2	3	11	10	1	5	3	9	13	-3	22	WDWDLL
12	Leeds United	18	6	4	8	15	20	4	1	4	8	9	2	3	4	7	11	-5	22	LWWDDD
13	Leicester City	18	6	3	9	17	24	3	1	5	8	14	3	2	4	9	10	-7	21	WLLWDL
14	Sunderland	18	5	5	8	17	26	3	4	2	10	8	2	1	6	7	18	-9	20	LDWLWL
15	West Ham United	18	4	6	8	16	25	3	3	3	10	12	1	3	5	6	13	-9	18	DDDLDL
16	Southampton	18	4	4	10	27	33	4	2	3	18	10	0	2	7	9	23	-6	16	LLLLLW
17	Coventry City	18	3	7	8	14	24	2	3	4	7	11	1	4	4	7	13	-10	16	DLLLWW
18	Middlesbrough	18	3	6	9	21	33	2	4	3	13	13	1	2	6	8	20	-12	15	LDLLDL
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

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	Liverpool	20	11	6	3	37	19	6	4	1	23	10	5	2	2	14	9	18	39	WLWWDD	1-1
	2	Arsenal	19	10	6	3	35	18	6	3	0	22	8	4	3	3	13	10	17	36	WWWDLD	0-0
2	3	Manchester United	19	9	7	3	41	25	6	2	1	21	8	3	5	2	20	17	16	34	DWDDWW	4-0
1	4	Wimbledon	18	10	4	4	30	22	6	2	1	18	10	4	2	3	12	12	8	34	DDWWWL
1	5	Aston Villa	19	10	3	6	27	17	6	2	2	16	7	4	1	4	11	10	10	33	WWWWWL	0-2
	6	Newcastle United	19	9	4	6	28	21	5	2	2	20	11	4	2	4	8	10	7	31	DLDLDL	0-1
1	7	Chelsea	19	8	7	4	30	27	4	4	1	16	11	4	3	3	14	16	3	31	DLDLWW	2-0
1	8	Everton	19	7	7	5	28	24	4	2	3	16	9	3	5	2	12	15	4	28	WLDWDL	2-4
1	9	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	4	7	21	19	4	3	3	11	9	4	1	4	10	10	2	28	LLWDDW	3-1
1	10	Sheffield Wednesday	19	6	9	4	19	20	3	6	1	9	7	3	3	3	10	13	-1	27	DDWDDD	0-0
3	11	Sunderland	19	6	5	8	19	26	4	4	2	12	8	2	1	6	7	18	-7	23	DWLWLW	2-0
1	12	Derby County	19	5	7	7	20	25	4	2	3	11	10	1	5	4	9	15	-5	22	DWDLLL	0-2
	13	Leicester City	19	6	4	9	18	25	3	1	5	8	14	3	3	4	10	11	-7	22	LLWDLD	1-1
2	14	Leeds United	19	6	4	9	16	23	4	1	5	9	12	2	3	4	7	11	-7	22	WWDDDL	1-3
2	15	Coventry City	19	4	7	8	17	25	2	3	4	7	11	2	4	4	10	14	-8	19	LLLWWW	3-1
1	16	West Ham United	18	4	6	8	16	25	3	3	3	10	12	1	3	5	6	13	-9	18	DDDLDL
2	17	Blackburn Rovers	18	3	7	8	17	22	3	2	4	9	10	0	5	4	8	12	-5	16	DDWDLW	1-0
2	18	Southampton	19	4	4	11	28	36	4	2	3	18	10	0	2	8	10	26	-8	16	LLLLWL	1-3
1	19	Middlesbrough	19	4	6	9	25	35	3	4	3	17	15	1	2	6	8	20	-10	15*	DLLDLW	4-2
	20	Nottingham Forest	19	2	7	10	16	34	1	5	4	7	16	1	2	6	9	18	-18	13	DLDLWL	0-4

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture