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NEWCASTLE UNITED 5 - 0 FOREST - Sun May 11, 1997 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sun May 11, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. James Park (Newcastle)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-5 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-4

Season:: 1996-97
Referee:: Mike Reed
Sponsor:: Labbats
Attendance:: 36,554
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (Pre-Season Friendly)
League:: Port Vale
Newcastle United:: Sep 26, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3778 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 2145 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 4357 (of 5679)
Total:: 5945 (of 7451)

Notes:: Dave Bassett's first game as manager

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Daily Mirror - Monday 12 May 1997

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett
Prior form: DDLDDD (Old to recent)

Goals:

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Prior form: DWWWDD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Faustino Asprilla (20)
Les Ferdinand (23)
Les Ferdinand (26)
Alan Shearer (36)
Robbie Elliott (77)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
13	GK	Alan Fettis
2	D	Des Lyttle
7	M	David Phillips
4	D	Colin Cooper
5	D	Steve Chettle
24	M	Brian O'Neil off for Dean Saunders (77)	Last game
8	M	Scot Gemmill
6	F	Chris Bart-Williams off for Chris Allen (45)
10	F	Kevin Campbell
23	F	Ian Thomas-Moore	First start
14	F	Ian Woan
Subs
9	F	Dean Saunders on for Brian O'Neil (77)
17	M	Chris Allen on for Chris Bart-Williams (45)
16	M	Nicola Jerkan
22	F	Brian Roy
31	GK	David Henry

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Pavel Srnicek
2	D	Warren Barton
3	D	John Beresford
5	D	Darren Peacock
19	D	Steve Watson
26	M	Robbie Elliott
27	M	Philippe Albert (68)
4	M	David Batty (72)
9	M	Alan Shearer
10	F	Les Ferdinand
11	F	Faustino Asprilla (65)
Subs
20		Lee Clark (65)
8		Peter Beardsley (72)
18		Keith Gillespie (68)
		Shaka Hislop
		Hamilton

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sun May 11, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-0	Southampton
Blackburn Rovers	2-4	Leicester City
Derby County	1-3	Arsenal
Everton	1-2	Chelsea
Leeds United	1-1	Middlesbrough
Manchester United	2-0	West Ham United
Newcastle United	5-0	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	Coventry City
Wimbledon	1-0	Sunderland

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	37	20	12	5	74	44	11	5	2	36	17	9	7	3	38	27	30	72	LWWDDD
2	Liverpool	37	19	10	8	61	36	10	6	3	38	19	9	4	5	23	17	25	67	LWDLWL
3	Newcastle United	37	18	11	8	68	40	12	3	3	49	20	6	8	5	19	20	28	65	DWWWDD
4	Arsenal	37	18	11	8	59	31	10	5	4	36	18	8	6	4	23	13	28	65	LWWDDL
5	Aston Villa	37	16	10	11	46	34	10	5	3	26	13	6	5	8	20	21	12	58	WWLDDL
6	Chelsea	37	15	11	11	56	54	9	8	2	33	22	6	3	9	23	32	2	56	LLLWWD
7	Sheffield Wednesday	37	14	14	9	49	50	8	9	1	24	15	6	5	8	25	35	-1	56	WDWLLL
8	Wimbledon	37	14	11	12	48	46	8	6	4	27	21	6	5	8	21	25	2	53	LWLLDW
9	Tottenham Hotspur	37	13	7	17	43	49	8	4	6	18	15	5	3	11	25	34	-6	46	WLLDWL
10	Derby County	37	11	13	13	44	55	8	6	4	24	19	3	7	9	20	36	-11	46	WDWLDW
11	Leeds United	37	11	12	14	27	37	7	6	5	14	12	4	6	9	13	25	-10	45	DDLDDD
12	Leicester City	37	11	11	15	42	52	7	5	7	22	26	4	6	8	20	26	-10	44	DLLLDW
13	Blackburn Rovers	37	9	15	13	40	39	8	4	6	26	19	1	11	7	14	20	1	42	DLDWLD
14	West Ham United	37	10	12	15	39	46	7	6	6	27	25	3	6	9	12	21	-7	42	DLDWWD
15	Everton	37	10	12	15	43	55	7	4	7	23	20	3	8	8	20	35	-12	42	LDWDDL
16	Southampton	37	10	11	16	50	55	6	7	6	32	24	4	4	10	18	31	-5	41	WDWDWW
17	Sunderland	37	10	10	17	35	52	7	6	6	20	18	3	4	11	15	34	-17	40	DDLWLW
18	Middlesbrough	37	10	11	16	50	59	8	5	6	34	25	2	6	10	16	34	-9	38*	DLLWDD
19	Coventry City	37	8	14	15	36	53	4	8	7	19	23	4	6	8	17	30	-17	38	LWWDDL
20	Nottingham Forest	37	6	16	15	31	54	3	9	7	15	27	3	7	8	16	27	-23	34	DDLDDD

*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	Result(s)
	1	Manchester United	38	21	12	5	76	44	12	5	2	38	17	9	7	3	38	27	32	75	WWDDDW	2-0
1	2	Newcastle United	38	19	11	8	73	40	13	3	3	54	20	6	8	5	19	20	33	68	WWWDDW	5-0
1	3	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	62	32	10	5	4	36	18	9	6	4	26	14	30	68	WWDDLW	3-1
2	4	Liverpool	38	19	11	8	62	37	10	6	3	38	19	9	5	5	24	18	25	68	WDLWLD	1-1
	5	Aston Villa	38	17	10	11	47	34	11	5	3	27	13	6	5	8	20	21	13	61	WLDDLW	1-0
	6	Chelsea	38	16	11	11	58	55	9	8	2	33	22	7	3	9	25	33	3	59	LLWWDW	2-1
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14	15	9	50	51	8	10	1	25	16	6	5	8	25	35	-1	57	DWLLLD	1-1
	8	Wimbledon	38	15	11	12	49	46	9	6	4	28	21	6	5	8	21	25	3	56		1-0
3	9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	46	54	7	5	7	22	26	5	6	8	24	28	-8	47	LLLDWW	4-2
1	10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	7	18	44	51	8	4	7	19	17	5	3	11	25	34	-7	46	LLDWLL	1-2
	11	Leeds United	38	11	13	14	28	38	7	7	5	15	13	4	6	9	13	25	-10	46	DLDDDD	1-1
2	12	Derby County	38	11	13	14	45	58	8	6	5	25	22	3	7	9	20	36	-13	46	DWLDWL	1-3
	13	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	15	14	42	43	8	4	7	28	23	1	11	7	14	20	-1	42	LDWLDL	2-4
	14	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	39	48	7	6	6	27	25	3	6	10	12	23	-9	42	LDWWDL	0-2
	15	Everton	38	10	12	16	44	57	7	4	8	24	22	3	8	8	20	35	-13	42	DWDDLL	1-2
	16	Southampton	38	10	11	17	50	56	6	7	6	32	24	4	4	11	18	32	-6	41	DWDWWL	0-1
2	17	Coventry City	38	9	14	15	38	54	4	8	7	19	23	5	6	8	19	31	-16	41	WWDDLW	2-1
1	18	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	35	53	7	6	6	20	18	3	4	12	15	35	-18	40	DLWLWL	0-1
1	19	Middlesbrough	38	10	12	16	51	60	8	5	6	34	25	2	7	10	17	35	-9	39*	LLWDDD	1-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	38	6	16	16	31	59	3	9	7	15	27	3	7	9	16	32	-28	34	DLDDDL	0-5

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture