The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sun Mar 01, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sun Mar 01, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Eddie Wolstenholme
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 25,286
Pos Before/After:: 2 1
Opp Before/After:: 1 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: May 08, 1998

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3812 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1579 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4396 (of 5721)
Total:: 5990 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals
Pierre van Hooijdonk (53) - Free kick
Kevin Campbell (55)
Colin Cooper (74) - Header from inside the area
Pierre van Hooijdonk (84) (Pen)

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Bryan Robson
Prior form: WWDWWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	D	Des Lyttle
	D	Colin Cooper (74)
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Steve Stone off for Thierry Bonalair (85)
	M	Andy Johnson
	M	Scot Gemmill
	F	Chris Bart-Williams
	F	Kevin Campbell (55)
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk (53) (84)
Subs
	M	Thierry Bonalair on for Steve Stone (85)
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Andy Dibble
	D	Nigel Pearson
	D	Vladimir Kinder (66)
	D	Curtis Fleming
	D	Gianluca Festa
	M	Michael Thomas
	M	Robbie Mustoe
	M	Neil Maddison
	M	Craig Hignett
	F	Paul Merson
	F	Marco Branca (66)
Subs
		Anthony Ormerod (66)
		Alun Armstrong (66)
		Beck

Videos:

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sun Mar 01, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Middlesbrough
Port Vale	0-0	Stoke 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	33	20	8	5	55	27	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	3	23	17	28	68	WWDWWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	33	19	8	6	52	29	12	2	2	36	16	7	6	4	16	13	23	65	WLWWDD
	3	Sunderland	33	18	8	7	59	36	9	5	2	33	15	9	3	5	26	21	23	62	WWWLWD
	4	Charlton Athletic	34	17	8	9	57	43	11	4	1	31	14	6	4	8	26	29	14	59	DLDLWW
	5	Sheffield United	33	15	13	5	50	36	12	4	0	30	12	3	9	5	20	24	14	58	DDWLDW
	6	Birmingham City	34	14	11	9	45	27	7	6	4	20	12	7	5	5	25	15	18	53	LDWWLW
	7	Ipswich Town	34	13	13	8	55	37	8	4	4	30	16	5	9	4	25	21	18	52	DWWWWD
	8	Stockport County	35	15	6	14	54	48	11	5	1	36	15	4	1	13	18	33	6	51	LWLWDL
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	15	6	12	43	35	10	4	3	30	17	5	2	9	13	18	8	51	WLLWLL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	8	13	35	36	8	4	6	18	18	6	4	7	17	18	-1	50	WDLDLL
	11	Bradford City	36	12	12	12	37	38	9	7	2	22	15	3	5	10	15	23	-1	48	WLLDWL
	12	Crewe Alexandra	35	14	4	17	44	49	7	2	9	20	26	7	2	8	24	23	-5	46	LWLWLW
	13	Swindon Town	35	13	7	15	36	50	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	10	11	31	-14	46	DLLWLL
	14	Norwich City	35	11	10	14	33	52	7	6	5	16	20	4	4	9	17	32	-19	43	DDLLDD
	15	Oxford United	34	11	7	16	43	50	8	4	4	23	15	3	3	12	20	35	-7	40	WLWDLW
	16	Queens Park Rangers	35	9	13	13	37	50	7	7	4	21	17	2	6	9	16	33	-13	40	WDDLDD
	17	Reading	34	10	9	15	35	51	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	8	10	27	-16	39	WLLLWL
	18	Bury	35	7	17	11	33	42	4	9	5	16	19	3	8	6	17	23	-9	38	DWDDWW
	19	Tranmere Rovers	34	9	10	15	36	42	6	6	5	21	17	3	4	10	15	25	-6	37	WWWLDL
	20	Manchester City	35	9	9	17	38	41	5	4	9	22	20	4	5	8	16	21	-3	36	DLLWLW
	21	Portsmouth	34	10	6	18	38	50	7	3	8	23	27	3	3	10	15	23	-12	36	LLWWWW
	22	Huddersfield Town	35	9	9	17	36	53	6	4	7	20	20	3	5	10	16	33	-17	36	WLLWLL
	23	Stoke City	34	8	11	15	33	49	5	5	7	21	28	3	6	8	12	21	-16	35	LDLDDL
	24	Port Vale	34	9	7	18	39	52	5	5	7	20	20	4	2	11	19	32	-13	34	LDDLWL

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	34	20	8	6	56	29	13	2	2	40	16	7	6	4	16	13	27	68	LWWDDW	4-0
1	2	Middlesbrough	34	20	8	6	55	31	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	4	23	21	24	68	WDWWWL	0-4
	3	Sunderland	33	18	8	7	59	36	9	5	2	33	15	9	3	5	26	21	23	62	WWWLWD
	4	Charlton Athletic	34	17	8	9	57	43	11	4	1	31	14	6	4	8	26	29	14	59	DLDLWW
	5	Sheffield United	33	15	13	5	50	36	12	4	0	30	12	3	9	5	20	24	14	58	DDWLDW
	6	Birmingham City	34	14	11	9	45	27	7	6	4	20	12	7	5	5	25	15	18	53	LDWWLW
	7	Ipswich Town	34	13	13	8	55	37	8	4	4	30	16	5	9	4	25	21	18	52	DWWWWD
	8	Stockport County	35	15	6	14	54	48	11	5	1	36	15	4	1	13	18	33	6	51	LWLWDL
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	15	6	12	43	35	10	4	3	30	17	5	2	9	13	18	8	51	WLLWLL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	8	13	35	36	8	4	6	18	18	6	4	7	17	18	-1	50	WDLDLL
	11	Bradford City	36	12	12	12	37	38	9	7	2	22	15	3	5	10	15	23	-1	48	WLLDWL
	12	Crewe Alexandra	35	14	4	17	44	49	7	2	9	20	26	7	2	8	24	23	-5	46	LWLWLW
	13	Swindon Town	35	13	7	15	36	50	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	10	11	31	-14	46	DLLWLL
	14	Norwich City	35	11	10	14	33	52	7	6	5	16	20	4	4	9	17	32	-19	43	DDLLDD
	15	Oxford United	34	11	7	16	43	50	8	4	4	23	15	3	3	12	20	35	-7	40	WLWDLW
	16	Queens Park Rangers	35	9	13	13	37	50	7	7	4	21	17	2	6	9	16	33	-13	40	WDDLDD
	17	Reading	34	10	9	15	35	51	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	8	10	27	-16	39	WLLLWL
	18	Bury	35	7	17	11	33	42	4	9	5	16	19	3	8	6	17	23	-9	38	DWDDWW
	19	Tranmere Rovers	34	9	10	15	36	42	6	6	5	21	17	3	4	10	15	25	-6	37	WWWLDL
	20	Manchester City	35	9	9	17	38	41	5	4	9	22	20	4	5	8	16	21	-3	36	DLLWLW
	21	Portsmouth	34	10	6	18	38	50	7	3	8	23	27	3	3	10	15	23	-12	36	LLWWWW
	22	Huddersfield Town	35	9	9	17	36	53	6	4	7	20	20	3	5	10	16	33	-17	36	WLLWLL
	23	Stoke City	35	8	12	15	33	49	5	5	7	21	28	3	7	8	12	21	-16	36	DLDDLD	0-0
	24	Port Vale	35	9	8	18	39	52	5	6	7	20	20	4	2	11	19	32	-13	35	DDLWLD	0-0