The City Ground

STOKE CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 21, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Brittania Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: David Pugh
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 16,899
Pos Before/After:: 1 2
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tranmere Rovers (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Sep 25, 2002

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3810 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1577 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4394 (of 5675)
Total:: 5988 (of 7447)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Sunday Mirror - Sunday 22 February 1998
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

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

Goals:
Ian Thomas-Moore (87) - Ian Thomas-Moore only goal

STOKE CITY
Manager: Chris Kamara
Prior form: WLLDLD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Dean Crowe (32)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle
	D	Colin Cooper
	D	Steve Chettle off for Craig Armstrong (13)
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Damien Johnson off for Chris Bart-Williams (57)
	M	Andy Johnson off for Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (84)
	M	Scot Gemmill
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore (87)
Subs
	D	Craig Armstrong on for Steve Chettle (13)
	F	Chris Bart-Williams on for Damien Johnson (57)
	M	Geoff Thomas (1997-98) on for Andy Johnson (84)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Carl Muggleton
	D	Justin Whittle
	D	Ray Wallace
	D	Danny Tiatto
	D	Larus Sigurdsson
	M	Ally Pickering
	M	Tony Scully (84)
	M	Graham Kavanagh (67)
	M	Paul Holsgrove
	F	Dean Crowe
	F	Kyle Lightbourne
Subs
		Neil MacKenzie (67)
		Kevin Keen (84)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 21, 1998)

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

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	31	19	6	6	51	28	12	2	2	36	16	7	4	4	15	12	23	63	WLWLWW
	2	Middlesbrough	31	18	8	5	51	26	10	3	2	28	9	8	5	3	23	17	25	62	DWWDWD
	3	Sunderland	30	17	7	6	53	29	9	4	2	31	13	8	3	4	22	16	24	58	WWLWWW
	4	Sheffield United	30	14	12	4	46	31	11	4	0	28	11	3	8	4	18	20	15	54	WLWDDW
	5	Charlton Athletic	31	15	8	8	54	39	10	4	1	30	14	5	4	7	24	25	15	53	WWDDLD
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	15	6	10	42	31	10	4	2	29	14	5	2	8	13	17	11	51	WLWLLW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	32	14	7	11	34	31	8	3	5	17	14	6	4	6	17	17	3	49	LLWWDL
	8	Stockport County	32	14	5	13	49	43	10	4	1	31	13	4	1	12	18	30	6	47	WLWLWL
	9	Birmingham City	31	12	11	8	39	23	6	6	3	17	9	6	5	5	22	14	16	47	WDWLDW
	10	Swindon Town	33	13	7	13	35	46	9	3	4	24	16	4	4	9	11	30	-11	46	DWDLLW
	11	Ipswich Town	31	11	12	8	43	33	6	4	4	20	14	5	8	4	23	19	10	45	DWWDWW
	12	Bradford City	33	11	11	11	34	35	8	6	2	20	14	3	5	9	14	21	-1	44	DWLWLL
	13	Norwich City	32	11	8	13	31	45	7	5	5	16	20	4	3	8	15	25	-14	41	WWLDDL
	14	Crewe Alexandra	32	12	4	16	40	48	6	2	9	19	26	6	2	7	21	22	-8	40	WWWLWL
	15	Queens Park Rangers	32	9	11	12	35	47	7	6	3	19	14	2	5	9	16	33	-12	38	DLLWDD
	16	Oxford United	31	10	6	15	38	45	7	4	4	20	15	3	2	11	18	30	-7	36	LLWWLW
	17	Tranmere Rovers	31	9	9	13	36	38	6	5	4	21	14	3	4	9	15	24	-2	36	DDLWWW
	18	Reading	31	9	9	13	32	49	6	4	6	22	23	3	5	7	10	26	-17	36	DWLWLL
	19	Stoke City	32	8	10	14	31	46	5	4	6	19	25	3	6	8	12	21	-15	34	WLLDLD
	20	Huddersfield Town	32	8	9	15	33	49	5	4	6	17	17	3	5	9	16	32	-16	33	DDDWLL
	21	Port Vale	32	8	7	17	37	50	5	5	7	20	20	3	2	10	17	30	-13	31	WLLDDL
	22	Bury	32	5	16	11	28	40	3	9	5	15	19	2	7	6	13	21	-12	31	LLDDWD
	23	Manchester City	32	7	9	16	34	37	4	4	9	21	20	3	5	7	13	17	-3	30	LDDDLL
	24	Portsmouth	31	7	6	18	33	50	6	3	8	22	27	1	3	10	11	23	-17	27	LLDLLW

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	32	19	8	5	54	27	11	3	2	31	10	8	5	3	23	17	27	65	WWDWDW	3-1
1	2	Nottingham Forest	32	19	7	6	52	29	12	2	2	36	16	7	5	4	16	13	23	64	LWLWWD	1-1
	3	Sunderland	31	17	7	7	54	32	9	4	2	31	13	8	3	5	23	19	22	58	WLWWWL	1-3
	4	Sheffield United	30	14	12	4	46	31	11	4	0	28	11	3	8	4	18	20	15	54	WLWDDW
	5	Charlton Athletic	32	15	8	9	54	42	10	4	1	30	14	5	4	8	24	28	12	53	WDDLDL	0-3
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	15	6	11	42	32	10	4	2	29	14	5	2	9	13	18	10	51	LWLLWL	0-1
1	7	Stockport County	33	15	5	13	52	43	11	4	1	34	13	4	1	12	18	30	9	50	LWLWLW	3-0
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	33	14	8	11	35	32	8	4	5	18	15	6	4	6	17	17	3	50	LWWDLD	1-1
2	9	Ipswich Town	32	12	12	8	48	33	7	4	4	25	14	5	8	4	23	19	15	48	WWDWWW	5-0
1	10	Birmingham City	31	12	11	8	39	23	6	6	3	17	9	6	5	5	22	14	16	47	WDWLDW
1	11	Swindon Town	34	13	7	14	36	49	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	9	11	30	-13	46	WDLLWL	1-3
	12	Bradford City	34	11	12	11	34	35	8	7	2	20	14	3	5	9	14	21	-1	45	WLWLLD	0-0
1	13	Crewe Alexandra	33	13	4	16	43	48	6	2	9	19	26	7	2	7	24	22	-5	43	WWLWLW	3-0
1	14	Norwich City	33	11	8	14	31	50	7	5	5	16	20	4	3	9	15	30	-19	41	WLDDLL	0-5
	15	Queens Park Rangers	33	9	11	13	35	48	7	6	4	19	15	2	5	9	16	33	-13	38	LLWDDL	0-1
	16	Oxford United	32	10	7	15	38	45	7	4	4	20	15	3	3	11	18	30	-7	37	LWWLWD	0-0
	17	Tranmere Rovers	32	9	9	14	36	41	6	5	5	21	17	3	4	9	15	24	-5	36	DLWWWL	0-3
2	18	Huddersfield Town	33	9	9	15	34	49	6	4	6	18	17	3	5	9	16	32	-15	36	DDWLLW	1-0
1	19	Reading	32	9	9	14	32	50	6	4	7	22	24	3	5	7	10	26	-18	36	WLWLLL	0-1
1	20	Stoke City	33	8	11	14	32	47	5	5	6	20	26	3	6	8	12	21	-15	35	LLDLDD	1-1
	21	Port Vale	33	9	7	17	38	50	5	5	7	20	20	4	2	10	18	30	-12	34	LLDDLW	1-0
1	22	Manchester City	33	8	9	16	37	38	4	4	9	21	20	4	5	7	16	18	-1	33	DDDLLW	3-1
1	23	Bury	33	5	17	11	29	41	3	9	5	15	19	2	8	6	14	22	-12	32	LDDWDD	1-1
	24	Portsmouth	32	8	6	18	34	50	6	3	8	22	27	2	3	10	12	23	-16	30	LDLLWW	1-0