The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 SWINDON TOWN - Fri Dec 26, 1997 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Dec 26, 1997 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Swindon Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 3-0

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Graham Laws
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 26,500
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 7 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (League Tier 2)
Swindon Town:: Sep 11, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3802 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1569 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4385 (of 5679)
Total:: 5979 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Swindon Town FC.com (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals:
Kevin Campbell (10)
Kevin Campbell (22)
Andy Johnson (29)

SWINDON TOWN
Manager: Steve McMahon
Prior form: LLLWLD (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle
	D	Colin Cooper
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Steve Stone off for Ian Thomas-Moore (88)
	M	Andy Johnson (29)
	M	Scot Gemmill off for Thierry Bonalair (83)
	F	Ian Woan off for Craig Armstrong (83)
	F	Kevin Campbell (10) (22)
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore on for Steve Stone (88)
	M	Thierry Bonalair on for Scot Gemmill (83)
	D	Craig Armstrong on for Ian Woan (83)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Fraser Digby
	D	Brian Borrows (38)
	D	Mark Robinson
	D	Scott Leitch
	D	Craig Taylor
	M	Alan McDonald
	M	David Thompson 0
	M	Lee Collins
	M	Steve Finney (55)
	F	George Ndah
	F	Ty Gooden
Subs
		Chris Hay (55)
		Jason Drysdale (38)
		Mark Walters

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Fri Dec 26, 1997)

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

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	Middlesbrough	23	13	6	4	39	19	7	2	2	20	7	6	4	2	19	12	20	45	DWDWWL
	2	Nottingham Forest	23	13	6	4	37	21	9	2	1	27	12	4	4	3	10	9	16	45	WDWDLW
	3	Sheffield United	23	11	9	3	34	22	8	3	0	21	9	3	6	3	13	13	12	42	WWLLWD
	4	Charlton Athletic	23	12	5	6	43	29	8	2	1	24	12	4	3	5	19	17	14	41	LWLWWW
	5	West Bromwich Albion	23	12	4	7	25	21	8	1	3	13	8	4	3	4	12	13	4	40	WLLWLL
	6	Sunderland	22	11	6	5	35	21	5	4	2	17	8	6	2	3	18	13	14	39	WDWWWW
	7	Swindon Town	23	11	5	7	32	31	8	3	1	23	10	3	2	6	9	21	1	38	LLLWLD
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	10	6	7	29	26	7	4	0	21	11	3	2	7	8	15	3	36	DWWLWD
	9	Stockport County	23	10	5	8	39	32	7	4	0	24	11	3	1	8	15	21	7	35	WWWLWL
	10	Bradford City	23	8	9	6	22	22	6	4	2	13	11	2	5	4	9	11	0	33	DLWDWL
	11	Birmingham City	23	8	8	7	24	19	5	3	3	12	7	3	5	4	12	12	5	32	LLWWWD
	12	Queens Park Rangers	23	8	6	9	28	36	6	4	2	15	10	2	2	7	13	26	-8	30	WLDLLW
	13	Norwich City	23	8	6	9	23	32	4	4	4	11	17	4	2	5	12	15	-9	30	WLDWWD
	14	Ipswich Town	22	6	9	7	27	25	4	3	3	13	11	2	6	4	14	14	2	27	WLDDWW
	15	Stoke City	23	7	6	10	24	30	4	2	4	13	12	3	4	6	11	18	-6	27	LLLLLD
	16	Oxford United	23	7	5	11	29	33	5	3	3	15	11	2	2	8	14	22	-4	26	DLWLWW
	17	Port Vale	23	7	5	11	26	30	4	4	4	14	11	3	1	7	12	19	-4	26	LDLLLL
	18	Reading	23	6	7	10	21	35	4	3	5	16	18	2	4	5	5	17	-14	25	LLWWLD
	19	Manchester City	23	6	6	11	26	27	4	3	5	16	11	2	3	6	10	16	-1	24	WLWLLW
	20	Huddersfield Town	23	6	5	12	24	37	3	3	5	11	15	3	2	7	13	22	-13	23	WLWWLW
	21	Tranmere Rovers	22	6	4	12	28	34	5	2	4	18	14	1	2	8	10	20	-6	22	WWLDLL
	22	Bury	23	4	10	9	22	32	3	6	3	11	12	1	4	6	11	20	-10	22	DDLLLD
	23	Crewe Alexandra	23	6	3	14	26	39	2	2	8	12	23	4	1	6	14	16	-13	21	LLLLWL
	24	Portsmouth	22	5	5	12	26	36	4	2	6	17	21	1	3	6	9	15	-10	20	LLWWLL

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	Middlesbrough	24	14	6	4	40	19	7	2	2	20	7	7	4	2	20	12	21	48	WDWWLW	1-0
	2	Nottingham Forest	24	14	6	4	40	21	10	2	1	30	12	4	4	3	10	9	19	48	DWDLWW	3-0
1	3	Charlton Athletic	24	13	5	6	45	30	9	2	1	26	13	4	3	5	19	17	15	44	WLWWWW	2-1
1	4	Sheffield United	24	11	10	3	36	24	8	3	0	21	9	3	7	3	15	15	12	43	WLLWDD	2-2
1	5	Sunderland	23	12	6	5	37	21	6	4	2	19	8	6	2	3	18	13	16	42	DWWWWW	2-0
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	24	12	4	8	26	23	8	1	3	13	8	4	3	5	13	15	3	40	LLWLLL	1-2
1	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	11	6	7	30	26	8	4	0	22	11	3	2	7	8	15	4	39	WWLWDW	1-0
1	8	Stockport County	24	11	5	8	42	32	8	4	0	27	11	3	1	8	15	21	10	38	WWLWLW	3-0
2	9	Swindon Town	24	11	5	8	32	34	8	3	1	23	10	3	2	7	9	24	-2	38	LLWLDL	0-3
1	10	Birmingham City	24	9	8	7	25	19	5	3	3	12	7	4	5	4	13	12	6	35	LWWWDW	1-0
1	11	Bradford City	24	8	9	7	22	24	6	4	2	13	11	2	5	5	9	13	-2	33	LWDWLL	0-2
	12	Queens Park Rangers	24	8	6	10	29	39	6	4	2	15	10	2	2	8	14	29	-10	30	LDLLWL	1-3
	13	Norwich City	24	8	6	10	24	34	4	4	4	11	17	4	2	6	13	17	-10	30	LDWWDL	1-2
1	14	Stoke City	24	7	7	10	26	32	4	3	4	15	14	3	4	6	11	18	-6	28	LLLLDD	2-2
3	15	Reading	24	7	7	10	23	36	5	3	5	18	19	2	4	5	5	17	-13	28	LWWLDW	2-1
2	16	Ipswich Town	23	6	9	8	27	26	4	3	4	13	12	2	6	4	14	14	1	27	LDDWWL	0-1
1	17	Oxford United	24	7	5	12	29	34	5	3	3	15	11	2	2	9	14	23	-5	26	LWLWWL	0-1
1	18	Port Vale	24	7	5	12	26	33	4	4	4	14	11	3	1	8	12	22	-7	26	DLLLLL	0-3
4	19	Crewe Alexandra	24	7	3	14	27	39	3	2	8	13	23	4	1	6	14	16	-12	24	LLLWLW	1-0
1	20	Manchester City	24	6	6	12	26	28	4	3	5	16	11	2	3	7	10	17	-2	24	LWLLWL	0-1
3	21	Portsmouth	23	6	5	12	29	37	5	2	6	20	22	1	3	6	9	15	-8	23	LWWLLW	3-1
1	22	Tranmere Rovers	23	6	5	12	28	34	5	3	4	18	14	1	2	8	10	20	-6	23	WLDLLD	0-0
3	23	Huddersfield Town	24	6	5	13	24	38	3	3	6	11	16	3	2	7	13	22	-14	23	LWWLWL	0-1
2	24	Bury	24	4	11	9	22	32	3	6	3	11	12	1	5	6	11	20	-10	23	DLLLDD	0-0