The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 NORWICH CITY - Fri Aug 15, 1997 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Aug 15, 1997 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-1

Attendance:: 16,524
Pos Before/After:: 9/1
Opp Before/After:: 22/21
Referee:: J Kirkby
Season:: 1997-98
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Oxford United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3779 (of 4842)
League Tier 2:: 1546 (of 2425)
Competitive:: 4359 (of 5537)
Total:: 5947 (of 7285)

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

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

Goals:
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Geoff Thomas (1997-98)
Geoff Thomas (1997-98)
Kevin Campbell

NORWICH CITY
Manager:
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Marco Pascolo
	M	Des Lyttle
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde
	F	Steve Chettle
	F	Alan Rogers off for Andy Johnson ()
	M	Steve Stone off for Dean Saunders ()
	F	Geoff Thomas (1997-98) off for Craig Armstrong ()
	F	Scot Gemmill
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	F	Andy Johnson on for Alan Rogers ()
	F	Dean Saunders on for Steve Stone ()
	F	Craig Armstrong on for Geoff Thomas (1997-98) ()
		?
		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Fri Aug 15, 1997)

Home	F	A	Away
Bradford City	0	0	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	4	1	Norwich City
Sunderland	3	1	Manchester City
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Queens Park Rangers

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

									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	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	2	Oxford United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	3	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	4	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	W
	6	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	7	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	8	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
	9	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W
	10	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	11	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	12	Bury	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	13	Reading	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	14	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	15	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	16	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	17	Stockport County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	18	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	19	Port Vale	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	20	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	21	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	22	Norwich City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L
	23	Stoke City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	24	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
8	1	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	6	WW
4	2	Bradford City	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	WD
21	3	Sunderland	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	LW
14	4	Tranmere Rovers	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	LW
4	5	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
4	6	Oxford United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
4	7	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
4	8	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
4	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	W
3	10	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
3	11	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
2	12	Manchester City	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	DL
2	13	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
2	14	Bury	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
2	15	Reading	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
1	16	Queens Park Rangers	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	DL
3	17	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
5	18	Stoke City	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1	LD
3	19	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
3	20	Stockport County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
1	21	Norwich City	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	-5	0	LL
3	22	Port Vale	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
3	23	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
3	24	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L