The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 BRADFORD CITY - Sat Dec 06, 1997 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 06, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bradford City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 (Draw)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Rob Harris
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 17,943
Pos Before/After:: 1 2
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 2)
Bradford City:: Apr 11, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3799 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1566 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4382 (of 5722)
Total:: 5977 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 07 December 1997
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals
Colin Cooper (13)
Thierry Bonalair (63) - Thierry Bonalair first goal

BRADFORD CITY
Manager: Chris Kamara
Prior form: DLLDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Robert Steiner (72)
Nigel Pepper (90)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle 0 off for Thierry Bonalair (12)
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Steve Stone
	D	Colin Cooper (13)
	M	Scot Gemmill
	F	Ian Woan off for Craig Armstrong (48)
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	M	Thierry Bonalair on for Des Lyttle (12) (63)
	D	Craig Armstrong on for Ian Woan (48)
	F	Steve Guinan

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Gary Walsh
	D	Eddie Youds
	D	Andy O'Brien (46)
	D	Darren Moore 0
	D	George Kulcsar
	M	John Dreyer
	M	Nigel Pepper 0
	M	Shaun Murray 0
	M	Jamie Lawrence
	F	Robert Steiner
	F	John McGinlay (66)
Subs
		Chris Wilder (87)
		Peter Beagrie (46)
		Edinho (66) (66)

Lineup notes:
Edinho came on in the 66th minute and was replaced in the 87th minute

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 06, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	0-1	Middlesbrough
Crewe Alexandra	2-5	Huddersfield Town
Manchester City	0-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Norwich City	2-1	Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Bradford City
Port Vale	0-1	Birmingham City
Portsmouth	2-0	Stoke City
Queens Park Rangers	0-1	Sunderland
Reading	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Swindon Town	4-1	Oxford United
Tranmere Rovers	1-1	Ipswich Town
West Bromwich Albion	3-2	Stockport County

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								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	Nottingham Forest	20	12	5	3	32	16	8	1	1	23	9	4	4	2	9	7	16	41	LDWWDW
	2	Middlesbrough	20	11	6	3	34	17	6	2	2	16	7	5	4	1	18	10	17	39	WWWDWD
	3	Sheffield United	19	10	8	1	29	16	7	3	0	19	8	3	5	1	10	8	13	38	DDDDWW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	20	11	4	5	22	15	7	1	2	10	4	4	3	3	12	11	7	37	WWWWLL
	5	Swindon Town	20	10	4	6	26	27	7	2	1	18	8	3	2	5	8	19	-1	34	WWWLLL
	6	Charlton Athletic	19	9	5	5	38	26	6	2	1	21	11	3	3	4	17	15	12	32	WDLWLW
	7	Stockport County	20	9	5	6	33	26	6	4	0	21	10	3	1	6	12	16	7	32	DWLWWW
	8	Sunderland	19	8	6	5	29	21	4	4	2	15	8	4	2	3	14	13	8	30	DDDWDW
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	8	5	6	24	22	6	4	0	19	10	2	1	6	5	12	2	29	LWWLDW
	10	Bradford City	20	7	8	5	19	19	5	4	2	12	11	2	4	3	7	8	0	29	DLLDLW
	11	Queens Park Rangers	20	7	6	7	26	32	5	4	1	14	9	2	2	6	12	23	-6	27	LLDWLD
	12	Port Vale	20	7	5	8	25	25	4	4	2	13	7	3	1	6	12	18	0	26	DWWLDL
	13	Stoke City	20	7	5	8	24	26	4	2	3	13	10	3	3	5	11	16	-2	26	DWDLLL
	14	Birmingham City	20	6	7	7	20	17	4	3	3	10	6	2	4	4	10	11	3	25	DDLLLW
	15	Norwich City	20	6	5	9	18	30	3	3	4	9	16	3	2	5	9	14	-12	23	LWLWLD
	16	Tranmere Rovers	19	6	3	10	26	28	5	1	3	17	11	1	2	7	9	17	-2	21	LWLWWL
	17	Manchester City	20	5	6	9	23	24	3	3	4	14	10	2	3	5	9	14	-1	21	LLDWLW
	18	Bury	20	4	9	7	21	29	3	5	2	10	10	1	4	5	11	19	-8	21	DWLDDL
	19	Reading	20	5	6	9	19	31	3	2	5	14	18	2	4	4	5	13	-12	21	DLWLLW
	20	Oxford United	20	5	5	10	23	28	4	3	3	12	10	1	2	7	11	18	-5	20	DDLDLW
	21	Ipswich Town	19	4	8	7	21	23	3	3	3	11	11	1	5	4	10	12	-2	20	LDDWLD
	22	Crewe Alexandra	20	5	3	12	22	31	2	2	6	10	15	3	1	6	12	16	-9	18	LLWLLL
	23	Huddersfield Town	20	4	5	11	16	32	3	3	4	10	12	1	2	7	6	20	-16	17	WLWWLW
	24	Portsmouth	18	3	5	10	21	30	2	2	5	12	17	1	3	5	9	13	-9	14	DLDWLL

Table after:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								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	1	Middlesbrough	21	12	6	3	35	17	6	2	2	16	7	6	4	1	19	10	18	42	WWDWDW	1-0
1	2	Nottingham Forest	21	12	6	3	34	18	8	2	1	25	11	4	4	2	9	7	16	42	DWWDWD	2-2
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	21	12	4	5	25	17	8	1	2	13	6	4	3	3	12	11	8	40	WWWLLW	3-2
1	4	Sheffield United	20	10	8	2	30	18	7	3	0	19	8	3	5	2	11	10	12	38	DDDWWL	1-2
	5	Swindon Town	21	11	4	6	30	28	8	2	1	22	9	3	2	5	8	19	2	37	WWLLLW	4-1
2	6	Sunderland	20	9	6	5	30	21	4	4	2	15	8	5	2	3	15	13	9	33	DDWDWW	1-0
1	7	Charlton Athletic	20	9	5	6	38	28	6	2	1	21	11	3	3	5	17	17	10	32	DLWLWL	0-2
1	8	Stockport County	21	9	5	7	35	29	6	4	0	21	10	3	1	7	14	19	6	32	WLWWWL	2-3
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	9	5	6	25	22	6	4	0	19	10	3	1	6	6	12	3	32	WWLDWW	1-0
	10	Bradford City	21	7	9	5	21	21	5	4	2	12	11	2	5	3	9	10	0	30	LLDLWD	2-2
3	11	Birmingham City	21	7	7	7	21	17	4	3	3	10	6	3	4	4	11	11	4	28	DLLLWW	1-0
1	12	Queens Park Rangers	21	7	6	8	26	33	5	4	2	14	10	2	2	6	12	23	-7	27	LDWLDL	0-1
1	13	Port Vale	21	7	5	9	25	26	4	4	3	13	8	3	1	6	12	18	-1	26	WWLDLL	0-1
1	14	Stoke City	21	7	5	9	24	28	4	2	3	13	10	3	3	6	11	18	-4	26	WDLLLL	0-2
	15	Norwich City	21	7	5	9	20	31	4	3	4	11	17	3	2	5	9	14	-11	26	WLWLDW	2-1
3	16	Reading	21	6	6	9	21	31	4	2	5	16	18	2	4	4	5	13	-10	24	LWLLWW	2-0
1	17	Tranmere Rovers	20	6	4	10	27	29	5	2	3	18	12	1	2	7	9	17	-2	22	WLWWLD	1-1
1	18	Manchester City	21	5	6	10	23	25	3	3	5	14	11	2	3	5	9	14	-2	21	LDWLWL	0-1
2	19	Ipswich Town	20	4	9	7	22	24	3	3	3	11	11	1	6	4	11	13	-2	21	DDWLDD	1-1
2	20	Bury	21	4	9	8	21	30	3	5	3	10	11	1	4	5	11	19	-9	21	WLDDLL	0-1
1	21	Oxford United	21	5	5	11	24	32	4	3	3	12	10	1	2	8	12	22	-8	20	DLDLWL	1-4
1	22	Huddersfield Town	21	5	5	11	21	34	3	3	4	10	12	2	2	7	11	22	-13	20	LWWLWW	5-2
1	23	Crewe Alexandra	21	5	3	13	24	36	2	2	7	12	20	3	1	6	12	16	-12	18	LWLLLL	2-5
	24	Portsmouth	19	4	5	10	23	30	3	2	5	14	17	1	3	5	9	13	-7	17	LDWLLW	2-0