The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 ASTON VILLA - Sat Feb 22, 1997 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 22, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Monday 24 February 1997
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)

Season:: 1996-97
Referee:: Graham Barber
Sponsor:: Labbats
Attendance:: 25,239
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Nov 28, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3766 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 2133 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 4346 (of 5736)
Total:: 5935 (of 7523)
Played:: 27 years, 9 months, 0 days ago

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

Goals

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Brian Little
Prior form: DDLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Mark Crossley
2	D	25	Des Lyttle 0
7	M	33	David Phillips
4	D	29	Colin Cooper
5	D	28	Steve Chettle
22	F	27	Bryan Roy off for Ian Woan (75')
18	M	24	Alfe-Inge Haaland
6	F	22	Chris Bart-Williams
9	F	32	Dean Saunders
29	F	30	Nigel Clough
8	M	26	Scot Gemmill 0
Subs
14	F	29	Ian Woan on for Bryan Roy (75')
13	GK	26	Alan Fettis
17	M	24	Chris Allen
25	M	23	Steve Blatherwick
20	F	22	Paul McGregor

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mark Bosnich
3	D	Steve Staunton (46')
4	D	Gareth Southgate
14	D	Alan Wright
15	D	Nelson
16	M	Ugo Ehiogu
6	M	Andy Townsend
7	M	Ian Taylor
8	M	Mark Draper
9	F	Savo Milosevic
18	F	Dwight Yorke
Subs
20		Riccardo Scimeca (46')
		Oakes
		Johnson
		Joachim
		Hendrie

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 22, 1997)

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

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	Manchester United	26	15	8	3	52	29	9	3	1	26	10	6	5	2	26	19	23	53	DWWWWW
	2	Liverpool	26	15	7	4	46	20	8	5	1	30	10	7	2	3	16	10	26	52	WLDWWW
	3	Arsenal	27	13	9	5	45	25	8	4	1	30	13	5	5	4	15	12	20	48	LWWDDL
	4	Newcastle United	25	13	6	6	50	30	9	2	2	38	16	4	4	4	12	14	20	45	WWDDWW
	5	Aston Villa	26	12	6	8	34	26	8	3	3	21	11	4	3	5	13	15	8	42	DDLLWW
	6	Chelsea	24	11	8	5	38	33	6	5	1	22	14	5	3	4	16	19	5	41	WDWLWW
	7	Wimbledon	23	11	6	6	36	28	6	4	1	20	12	5	2	5	16	16	8	39	LWDLLD
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	25	8	12	5	28	29	4	7	1	11	8	4	5	4	17	21	-1	36	DWLWDD
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	25	9	5	11	27	33	5	4	5	15	14	4	1	6	12	19	-6	32	LLLWLD
	10	Everton	25	8	7	10	34	38	5	2	5	19	14	3	5	5	15	24	-4	31	LLLLLW
	11	Leeds United	26	8	6	12	21	31	5	3	5	12	12	3	3	7	9	19	-10	30	LWWDDL
	12	Derby County	26	6	11	9	25	32	5	4	4	14	13	1	7	5	11	19	-7	29	DLDLWD
	13	Sunderland	25	7	8	10	23	32	5	5	2	13	8	2	3	8	10	24	-9	29	LDWDDL
	14	Blackburn Rovers	24	6	9	9	26	25	5	2	4	15	11	1	7	5	11	14	1	27	DWWDLW
	15	Leicester City	24	7	6	11	25	35	4	3	5	12	17	3	3	6	13	18	-10	27	DDLWDL
	16	Coventry City	26	6	9	11	24	35	3	4	5	12	15	3	5	6	12	20	-11	27	DLLWDL
	17	Nottingham Forest	25	5	8	12	23	40	3	5	5	11	18	2	3	7	12	22	-17	23	DWWWLL
	18	West Ham United	25	5	7	13	20	33	4	3	6	13	17	1	4	7	7	16	-13	22	LDLLLL
	19	Southampton	23	5	5	13	32	41	4	3	4	20	13	1	2	9	12	28	-9	20	WLLWDL
	20	Middlesbrough	24	5	7	12	30	44	4	4	4	21	18	1	3	8	9	26	-14	19*	WLLLWD

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture

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	Manchester United	27	15	9	3	53	30	9	3	1	26	10	6	6	2	27	20	23	54	WWWWWD		1-1
	2	Liverpool	27	15	8	4	46	20	8	6	1	30	10	7	2	3	16	10	26	53	LDWWWD		0-0
1	3	Newcastle United	26	14	6	6	51	30	9	2	2	38	16	5	4	4	13	14	21	48	WDDWWW		1-0
1	4	Arsenal	27	13	9	5	45	25	8	4	1	30	13	5	5	4	15	12	20	48	LWWDDL
	5	Aston Villa	27	12	7	8	34	26	8	3	3	21	11	4	4	5	13	15	8	43	DLLWWD		0-0
	6	Chelsea	25	11	9	5	39	34	6	6	1	23	15	5	3	4	16	19	5	42	DWLWWD		1-1
	7	Wimbledon	23	11	6	6	36	28	6	4	1	20	12	5	2	5	16	16	8	39	LWDLLD
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	26	9	12	5	31	31	4	7	1	11	8	5	5	4	20	23	0	39	WLWDDW		3-2
2	9	Leeds United	27	9	6	12	22	31	5	3	5	12	12	4	3	7	10	19	-9	33	WWDDLW		1-0
	10	Everton	26	8	8	10	34	38	5	2	5	19	14	3	6	5	15	24	-4	32	LLLLWD		0-0
2	11	Tottenham Hotspur	25	9	5	11	27	33	5	4	5	15	14	4	1	6	12	19	-6	32	LLLWLD
3	12	Leicester City	25	8	6	11	29	37	5	3	5	16	19	3	3	6	13	18	-8	30	DLWDLW		4-2
1	13	Derby County	27	6	11	10	27	36	5	4	4	14	13	1	7	6	13	23	-9	29	LDLWDL		2-4
1	14	Sunderland	26	7	8	11	23	33	5	5	3	13	9	2	3	8	10	24	-10	29	DWDDLL		0-1
1	15	Blackburn Rovers	25	6	10	9	26	25	5	2	4	15	11	1	8	5	11	14	1	28	WWDLWD		0-0
	16	Coventry City	27	6	10	11	24	35	3	5	5	12	15	3	5	6	12	20	-11	28	LLWDLD		0-0
	17	Nottingham Forest	26	5	9	12	23	40	3	6	5	11	18	2	3	7	12	22	-17	24	WWWLLD		0-0
	18	West Ham United	25	5	7	13	20	33	4	3	6	13	17	1	4	7	7	16	-13	22	LDLLLL
	19	Southampton	24	5	5	14	34	44	4	3	5	22	16	1	2	9	12	28	-10	20	LLWDLL		2-3
	20	Middlesbrough	25	5	7	13	30	45	4	4	5	21	19	1	3	8	9	26	-15	19*	LLLWDL		0-1

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture