The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 PORT VALE - Sat Jan 10, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 10, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-1

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Andy d'Urso
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 17,639
Pos Before/After:: 2 1
Opp Before/After:: 18 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Oct 19, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3804 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1571 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4388 (of 5722)
Total:: 5983 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 11 January 1998
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals
Pierre van Hooijdonk (27)
Pierre van Hooijdonk (83)

PORT VALE
Manager: Jon Rudge
Prior form: LLLLLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Lee Mills (16)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle
	D	Colin Cooper
	D	Steve Chettle off for Craig Armstrong (54)
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Steve Stone
	M	Andy Johnson 0
	M	Scot Gemmill
	F	Ian Woan
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk (27) (83)
Subs
	D	Craig Armstrong on for Steve Chettle (54)
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Paul Musselwhite
	D	Allen Tankard
	D	Mark Snijders (68)
	D	Andy Hill
	D	Paul Beesley
	M	Neil Aspin
	M	Stewart Talbot
	M	Andy Porter
	M	Ian Bogie (87)
	F	Tony Naylor (80)
	F	Lee Mills
Subs
		Wayne Corden (87)
		Gareth Ainsworth (68)
		Martin Foyle (80)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 10, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Charlton Athletic	3-0	Middlesbrough
Huddersfield Town	5-1	Oxford United
Ipswich Town	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Port Vale
Portsmouth	0-3	Manchester City
Reading	1-1	Bury
Stockport County	1-2	Bradford City
Stoke City	0-7	Birmingham City
Sunderland	4-2	Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5-0	Norwich City

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	25	15	6	4	43	20	8	2	2	23	8	7	4	2	20	12	23	51	DWWLWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	25	15	6	4	43	23	10	2	1	30	12	5	4	3	13	11	20	51	WDLWWW
	3	Sheffield United	25	12	10	3	40	25	9	3	0	25	10	3	7	3	15	15	15	46	LLWDDW
	4	Charlton Athletic	25	13	5	7	46	34	9	2	1	26	13	4	3	6	20	21	12	44	LWWWWL
	5	Sunderland	24	12	7	5	38	22	6	4	2	19	8	6	3	3	19	14	16	43	WWWWWD
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	12	6	7	32	26	8	4	0	22	11	4	2	7	10	15	6	42	WLWDWW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	26	12	6	8	27	24	8	2	3	14	9	4	4	5	13	15	3	42	WLLLDD
	8	Stockport County	25	11	5	9	43	35	8	4	0	27	11	3	1	9	16	24	8	38	WLWLWL
	9	Swindon Town	25	11	5	9	32	36	8	3	2	23	12	3	2	7	9	24	-4	38	LWLDLL
	10	Birmingham City	25	9	9	7	25	19	5	4	3	12	7	4	5	4	13	12	6	36	WWWDWD
	11	Bradford City	25	8	10	7	23	25	6	5	2	14	12	2	5	5	9	13	-2	34	WDWLLD
	12	Norwich City	25	9	6	10	26	34	5	4	4	13	17	4	2	6	13	17	-8	33	DWWDLW
	13	Queens Park Rangers	25	8	7	10	30	40	6	5	2	16	11	2	2	8	14	29	-10	31	DLLWLD
	14	Ipswich Town	24	7	9	8	29	26	4	3	4	13	12	3	6	4	16	14	3	30	DDWWLW
	15	Stoke City	25	7	8	10	27	33	4	3	4	15	14	3	5	6	12	19	-6	29	LLLDDD
	16	Reading	25	7	8	10	24	37	5	3	5	18	19	2	5	5	6	18	-13	29	WWLDWD
	17	Oxford United	25	7	6	12	30	35	5	4	3	16	12	2	2	9	14	23	-5	27	WLWWLD
	18	Port Vale	25	7	5	13	26	35	4	4	5	14	13	3	1	8	12	22	-9	26	LLLLLL
	19	Tranmere Rovers	25	6	7	12	28	34	5	4	4	18	14	1	3	8	10	20	-6	25	DLLDDD
	20	Crewe Alexandra	25	7	4	14	28	40	3	2	8	13	23	4	2	6	15	17	-12	25	LLWLWD
	21	Manchester City	25	6	6	13	28	31	4	3	6	18	14	2	3	7	10	17	-3	24	WLLWLL
	22	Huddersfield Town	25	6	6	13	25	39	3	3	6	11	16	3	3	7	14	23	-14	24	WWLWLD
	23	Bury	25	4	12	9	23	33	3	7	3	12	13	1	5	6	11	20	-10	24	LLLDDD
	24	Portsmouth	24	6	5	13	29	39	5	2	6	20	22	1	3	7	9	17	-10	23	WWLLWL

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	Nottingham Forest	26	16	6	4	45	24	11	2	1	32	13	5	4	3	13	11	21	54	DLWWWW	2-1
1	2	Middlesbrough	26	15	6	5	43	23	8	2	2	23	8	7	4	3	20	15	20	51	WWLWWL	0-3
1	3	Charlton Athletic	26	14	5	7	49	34	10	2	1	29	13	4	3	6	20	21	15	47	WWWWLW	3-0
1	4	Sunderland	25	13	7	5	42	24	7	4	2	23	10	6	3	3	19	14	18	46	WWWWDW	4-2
2	5	Sheffield United	26	12	10	4	42	29	9	3	0	25	10	3	7	4	17	19	13	46	LWDDWL	2-4
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	13	6	7	37	26	9	4	0	27	11	4	2	7	10	15	11	45	LWDWWW	5-0
	7	West Bromwich Albion	26	12	6	8	27	24	8	2	3	14	9	4	4	5	13	15	3	42	WLLLDD
2	8	Birmingham City	26	10	9	7	32	19	5	4	3	12	7	5	5	4	20	12	13	39	WWDWDW	7-0
1	9	Stockport County	26	11	5	10	44	37	8	4	1	28	13	3	1	9	16	24	7	38	LWLWLL	1-2
1	10	Swindon Town	25	11	5	9	32	36	8	3	2	23	12	3	2	7	9	24	-4	38	LWLDLL
	11	Bradford City	26	9	10	7	25	26	6	5	2	14	12	3	5	5	11	14	-1	37	DWLLDW	2-1
	12	Norwich City	26	9	6	11	26	39	5	4	4	13	17	4	2	7	13	22	-13	33	WWDLWL	0-5
	13	Queens Park Rangers	26	8	8	10	30	40	6	5	2	16	11	2	3	8	14	29	-10	32	LLWLDD	0-0
	14	Ipswich Town	25	7	10	8	29	26	4	4	4	13	12	3	6	4	16	14	3	31	DWWLWD	0-0
1	15	Reading	26	7	9	10	25	38	5	4	5	19	20	2	5	5	6	18	-13	30	WLDWDD	1-1
1	16	Stoke City	26	7	8	11	27	40	4	3	5	15	21	3	5	6	12	19	-13	29	LLDDDL	0-7
4	17	Manchester City	26	7	6	13	31	31	4	3	6	18	14	3	3	7	13	17	0	27	LLWLLW	3-0
1	18	Oxford United	26	7	6	13	31	40	5	4	3	16	12	2	2	10	15	28	-9	27	LWWLDL	1-5
3	19	Huddersfield Town	26	7	6	13	30	40	4	3	6	16	17	3	3	7	14	23	-10	27	WLWLDW	5-1
2	20	Port Vale	26	7	5	14	27	37	4	4	5	14	13	3	1	9	13	24	-10	26	LLLLLL	1-2
2	21	Tranmere Rovers	25	6	7	12	28	34	5	4	4	18	14	1	3	8	10	20	-6	25	DLLDDD
2	22	Crewe Alexandra	25	7	4	14	28	40	3	2	8	13	23	4	2	6	15	17	-12	25	LLWLWD
	23	Bury	26	4	13	9	24	34	3	7	3	12	13	1	6	6	12	21	-10	25	LLDDDD	1-1
	24	Portsmouth	25	6	5	14	29	42	5	2	7	20	25	1	3	7	9	17	-13	23	WLLWLL	0-3