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SUNDERLAND 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 22, 1997 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 22, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Roker Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Monday 24 March 1997

Season:: 1996-97
Referee:: Paul Alcock
Sponsor:: Labbats
Attendance:: 22,120
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 15 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Sunderland:: Nov 08, 1997

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3772 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 2139 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 4352 (of 5724)
Total:: 5941 (of 7505)
Played:: 27 years, 1 month, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Des Lyttle (86') - Des Lyttle last goal

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Peter Reid
Prior form: LLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Kevin Ball (61')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Mark Crossley
2	D	25	Des Lyttle (86')
3	D	34	Stuart Pearce
4	D	30	Colin Cooper
5	D	28	Steve Chettle
7	M	33	David Phillips
18	M	24	Alfe-Inge Haaland
8	M	26	Scot Gemmill
9	F	32	Dean Saunders off for Ian Thomas-Moore (70')
15	F	27	Pierre van Hooijdonk
14	F	29	Ian Woan 0 off for Bryan Roy (64')
Subs
23	F	20	Ian Thomas-Moore on for Dean Saunders (70')	Debut
22	F	27	Bryan Roy on for Ian Woan (64')
12	F	25	Jason Lee
13	GK	26	Alan Fettis
24	M	24	Brian O'Neil	First bench appearance

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Lionel Perez
	D	Lee Howey
	D	Richard Ord
	D	Gareth Hall
	D	Dariusz Kubicki
3	M	Michael Gray
	M	Chris Waddle
	M	Paul Bracewell
	M	Kevin Ball
16	F	Alex Rae
	F	Michael Bridges (73')
Subs
		Paul Stewart (73')
		Preece
		Kelly
		Russell
		Eriksson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 22, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	0-2	Aston Villa
Coventry City	1-3	West Ham United
Derby County	4-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Everton	0-2	Manchester United
Middlesbrough	1-0	Chelsea
Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Leeds United
Southampton	2-2	Leicester City
Sunderland	1-1	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	Status
	1	Manchester United	30	17	9	4	59	33	11	3	1	31	11	6	6	3	28	22	26	60	WWDWLW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	30	16	9	5	51	25	9	6	1	34	13	7	3	4	17	12	26	57	WWDLWD	Safe
	3	Arsenal	31	16	9	6	51	26	9	4	2	32	14	7	5	4	19	12	25	57	DLLWWW	Safe
	4	Newcastle United	29	15	6	8	58	35	10	2	3	42	17	5	4	5	16	18	23	51	WWWLLW
	5	Chelsea	30	13	10	7	51	43	8	7	1	31	18	5	3	6	20	25	8	49	DLDLWW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	30	12	12	6	39	35	6	7	1	16	10	6	5	5	23	25	4	48	DWWWWL
	7	Aston Villa	30	13	8	9	35	27	9	4	3	22	11	4	4	6	13	16	8	47	WWDWLD
	8	Wimbledon	29	12	9	8	41	36	6	5	2	22	16	6	4	6	19	20	5	45	WDLDLD
	9	Leeds United	31	11	7	13	24	32	7	4	5	14	12	4	3	8	10	20	-8	40	LWWWDL
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	30	11	6	13	36	39	6	4	6	16	15	5	2	7	20	24	-3	39	DLLWWD
	11	Leicester City	30	10	8	12	35	42	6	4	6	19	23	4	4	6	16	19	-7	38	WWWDLD
	12	Blackburn Rovers	30	8	12	10	33	30	7	3	4	20	13	1	9	6	13	17	3	36	DWDDWL
	13	Everton	30	9	9	12	37	43	6	2	6	20	16	3	7	6	17	27	-6	36	WDLDLW
	14	Derby County	30	7	11	12	31	45	6	4	4	17	15	1	7	8	14	30	-14	32	WDLWLL
	15	Sunderland	31	8	8	15	28	47	6	5	4	15	14	2	3	11	13	33	-19	32	LLLWLL
	16	West Ham United	30	7	9	14	28	40	6	3	6	20	22	1	6	8	8	18	-12	30	LWLWDD
	17	Coventry City	31	6	12	13	26	43	3	7	5	13	16	3	5	8	13	27	-17	30	LDLDDL
	18	Nottingham Forest	31	6	11	14	26	47	3	7	6	12	22	3	4	8	14	25	-21	29	DWLLDD
	19	Middlesbrough	29	8	7	14	42	51	6	4	5	29	21	2	3	9	13	30	-9	28*	DLLWWW
	20	Southampton	30	6	8	16	37	49	4	5	6	24	20	2	3	10	13	29	-12	26	DWDDLL

*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	31	18	9	4	61	33	11	3	1	31	11	7	6	3	30	22	28	63	WDWLWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Liverpool	30	16	9	5	51	25	9	6	1	34	13	7	3	4	17	12	26	57	WWDLWD	Safe
	3	Arsenal	31	16	9	6	51	26	9	4	2	32	14	7	5	4	19	12	25	57	DLLWWW	Safe
	4	Newcastle United	29	15	6	8	58	35	10	2	3	42	17	5	4	5	16	18	23	51	WWWLLW	Safe
2	5	Aston Villa	31	14	8	9	37	27	9	4	3	22	11	5	4	6	15	16	10	50	WDWLDW	Safe	2-0
1	6	Chelsea	31	13	10	8	51	44	8	7	1	31	18	5	3	7	20	26	7	49	LDLWWL	Safe	0-1
1	7	Sheffield Wednesday	31	12	13	6	41	37	6	8	1	18	12	6	5	5	23	25	4	49	WWWWLD	Safe	2-2
	8	Wimbledon	29	12	9	8	41	36	6	5	2	22	16	6	4	6	19	20	5	45	WDLDLD
	9	Leeds United	32	11	8	13	26	34	7	4	5	14	12	4	4	8	12	22	-8	41	WWWDLD		2-2
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	31	11	6	14	38	43	6	4	6	16	15	5	2	8	22	28	-5	39	LLWWDL		2-4
	11	Leicester City	31	10	9	12	37	44	6	4	6	19	23	4	5	6	18	21	-7	39	WWDLDD		2-2
	12	Blackburn Rovers	31	8	12	11	33	32	7	3	5	20	15	1	9	6	13	17	1	36	WDDWLL		0-2
	13	Everton	31	9	9	13	37	45	6	2	7	20	18	3	7	6	17	27	-8	36	DLDLWL		0-2
	14	Derby County	31	8	11	12	35	47	7	4	4	21	17	1	7	8	14	30	-12	35	DLWLLW		4-2
1	15	West Ham United	31	8	9	14	31	41	6	3	6	20	22	2	6	8	11	19	-10	33	WLWDDW		3-1
1	16	Sunderland	32	8	9	15	29	48	6	6	4	16	15	2	3	11	13	33	-19	33	LLWLLD		1-1
2	17	Middlesbrough	30	9	7	14	43	51	7	4	5	30	21	2	3	9	13	30	-8	31*	LLWWWW		1-0
1	18	Coventry City	32	6	12	14	27	46	3	7	6	14	19	3	5	8	13	27	-19	30	DLDDLL		1-3
1	19	Nottingham Forest	32	6	12	14	27	48	3	7	6	12	22	3	5	8	15	26	-21	30	WLLDDD		1-1
	20	Southampton	31	6	9	16	39	51	4	6	6	26	22	2	3	10	13	29	-12	27	WDDLLD		2-2

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture