The City Ground

TRANMERE ROVERS 0 - 0 FOREST - Tue Feb 24, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Feb 24, 1998 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Tranmere Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Prenton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Eddie Lomas
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 7,377
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Tranmere Rovers:: Nov 20, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3811 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1578 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4395 (of 5679)
Total:: 5989 (of 7451)

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

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett

Goals:

TRANMERE ROVERS
Manager: John Aldridge

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle
	D	Colin Cooper
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	M	Andy Johnson
	M	Scot Gemmill off for Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (46)
	F	Chris Bart-Williams
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore
Subs
	M	Geoff Thomas (1997-98) on for Scot Gemmill (46)
	D	Craig Armstrong
	F	Steve Guinan

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Steve Simonsen
	D	Andy Thompson
	D	Alan Morgan
	D	John McGreal
	D	Clint Hill
	M	Dave Challinor
	M	Liam O'Brien
	M	Micky Mellon
	M	Gary Jones (82)
	F	Kenny Irons
	F	Lee Jones
Subs
		Graham Branch (82)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Tue Feb 24, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	2-1	Port Vale
Huddersfield Town	2-3	Sunderland
Ipswich Town	5-2	Oxford United
Reading	3-0	Manchester City
Stockport County	2-2	Norwich City
Tranmere Rovers	0-0	Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion	0-3	Portsmouth

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	32	19	8	5	54	27	11	3	2	31	10	8	5	3	23	17	27	65
	2	Nottingham Forest	32	19	7	6	52	29	12	2	2	36	16	7	5	4	16	13	23	64
	3	Sunderland	31	17	7	7	54	32	9	4	2	31	13	8	3	5	23	19	22	58
	4	Sheffield United	31	14	12	5	46	33	11	4	0	28	11	3	8	5	18	22	13	54
	5	Charlton Athletic	32	15	8	9	54	42	10	4	1	30	14	5	4	8	24	28	12	53
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	15	6	11	42	32	10	4	2	29	14	5	2	9	13	18	10	51
	7	Stockport County	33	15	5	13	52	43	11	4	1	34	13	4	1	12	18	30	9	50
	8	Birmingham City	32	13	11	8	41	23	7	6	3	19	9	6	5	5	22	14	18	50
	9	West Bromwich Albion	33	14	8	11	35	32	8	4	5	18	15	6	4	6	17	17	3	50
	10	Ipswich Town	32	12	12	8	48	33	7	4	4	25	14	5	8	4	23	19	15	48
	11	Swindon Town	34	13	7	14	36	49	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	9	11	30	-13	46
	12	Bradford City	34	11	12	11	34	35	8	7	2	20	14	3	5	9	14	21	-1	45
	13	Crewe Alexandra	33	13	4	16	43	48	6	2	9	19	26	7	2	7	24	22	-5	43
	14	Norwich City	33	11	8	14	31	50	7	5	5	16	20	4	3	9	15	30	-19	41
	15	Queens Park Rangers	33	9	11	13	35	48	7	6	4	19	15	2	5	9	16	33	-13	38
	16	Oxford United	32	10	7	15	38	45	7	4	4	20	15	3	3	11	18	30	-7	37
	17	Tranmere Rovers	32	9	9	14	36	41	6	5	5	21	17	3	4	9	15	24	-5	36
	18	Huddersfield Town	33	9	9	15	34	49	6	4	6	18	17	3	5	9	16	32	-15	36
	19	Reading	32	9	9	14	32	50	6	4	7	22	24	3	5	7	10	26	-18	36
	20	Stoke City	33	8	11	14	32	47	5	5	6	20	26	3	6	8	12	21	-15	35
	21	Port Vale	33	9	7	17	38	50	5	5	7	20	20	4	2	10	18	30	-12	34
	22	Manchester City	33	8	9	16	37	38	4	4	9	21	20	4	5	7	16	18	-1	33
	23	Bury	33	5	17	11	29	41	3	9	5	15	19	2	8	6	14	22	-12	32
	24	Portsmouth	32	8	6	18	34	50	6	3	8	22	27	2	3	10	12	23	-16	30

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	32	19	8	5	54	27	11	3	2	31	10	8	5	3	23	17	27	65
	2	Nottingham Forest	33	19	8	6	52	29	12	2	2	36	16	7	6	4	16	13	23	65		0-0
	3	Sunderland	32	18	7	7	57	34	9	4	2	31	13	9	3	5	26	21	23	61		3-2
	4	Sheffield United	31	14	12	5	46	33	11	4	0	28	11	3	8	5	18	22	13	54
	5	Charlton Athletic	32	15	8	9	54	42	10	4	1	30	14	5	4	8	24	28	12	53
1	6	Stockport County	34	15	6	13	54	45	11	5	1	36	15	4	1	12	18	30	9	51		2-2
3	7	Ipswich Town	33	13	12	8	53	35	8	4	4	30	16	5	8	4	23	19	18	51		5-2
2	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	15	6	11	42	32	10	4	2	29	14	5	2	9	13	18	10	51
1	9	Birmingham City	32	13	11	8	41	23	7	6	3	19	9	6	5	5	22	14	18	50
1	10	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	8	12	35	35	8	4	6	18	18	6	4	6	17	17	0	50		0-3
1	11	Bradford City	35	12	12	11	36	36	9	7	2	22	15	3	5	9	14	21	0	48		2-1
1	12	Swindon Town	34	13	7	14	36	49	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	9	11	30	-13	46
	13	Crewe Alexandra	33	13	4	16	43	48	6	2	9	19	26	7	2	7	24	22	-5	43
	14	Norwich City	34	11	9	14	33	52	7	5	5	16	20	4	4	9	17	32	-19	42		2-2
4	15	Reading	33	10	9	14	35	50	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	7	10	26	-15	39		3-0
1	16	Queens Park Rangers	33	9	11	13	35	48	7	6	4	19	15	2	5	9	16	33	-13	38
1	17	Oxford United	33	10	7	16	40	50	7	4	4	20	15	3	3	12	20	35	-10	37		2-5
1	18	Tranmere Rovers	33	9	10	14	36	41	6	6	5	21	17	3	4	9	15	24	-5	37		0-0
1	19	Huddersfield Town	34	9	9	16	36	52	6	4	7	20	20	3	5	9	16	32	-16	36		2-3
	20	Stoke City	33	8	11	14	32	47	5	5	6	20	26	3	6	8	12	21	-15	35
	21	Port Vale	34	9	7	18	39	52	5	5	7	20	20	4	2	11	19	32	-13	34		1-2
	22	Manchester City	34	8	9	17	37	41	4	4	9	21	20	4	5	8	16	21	-4	33		0-3
1	23	Portsmouth	33	9	6	18	37	50	6	3	8	22	27	3	3	10	15	23	-13	33		3-0
1	24	Bury	33	5	17	11	29	41	3	9	5	15	19	2	8	6	14	22	-12	32