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
Position Before:: 9
Position After:: 1
Referee:: J Kirkby
Season:: 1997-98

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Oxford United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3778 (of 4788)
League Tier 2: 1545 (of 2371)
Competitive:: 4358 (of 5478)
Total:: 5943 (of 7217)

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

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett

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

NORWICH CITY
Manager:

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other 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

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
	1	Oxford United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
	1	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
	1	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
	6	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
	6	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
	6	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
	9	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
	10	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	10	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
	12	Bury	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	12	Reading	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
	14	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	14	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	16	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
	16	Stockport County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
	16	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
	19	Port Vale	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
	20	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
	20	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
	20	Norwich City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
	20	Stoke City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
	20	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0

Table after:

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

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