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

Attendance:: 25,286
Position Before:: 2
Position After:: 1
Referee:: Eddie Wolstenholme
Season:: 1997-98

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Sunderland

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3810 (of 4788)
League Tier 2: 1577 (of 2371)
Competitive:: 4394 (of 5478)
Total:: 5979 (of 7212)

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

Forest Goals:
Pierre van Hooijdonk - Free kick
Kevin Campbell
Colin Cooper - Header from inside the area
Pierre van Hooijdonk (Pen)

Middlesbrough Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Dave Bassett

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

Videos:

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sun Mar 01, 1998)

Home	F	A	Away
Nottingham Forest	4	0	Middlesbrough
Port Vale	0	0	Stoke City

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Middlesbrough	33	20	8	5	55	27	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	3	23	17	28	68
	2	Nottingham Forest	33	19	8	6	52	29	12	2	2	36	16	7	6	4	16	13	23	65
	3	Sunderland	33	18	8	7	59	36	9	5	2	33	15	9	3	5	26	21	23	62
	4	Charlton Athletic	34	17	8	9	57	43	11	4	1	31	14	6	4	8	26	29	14	59
	5	Sheffield United	33	15	13	5	50	36	12	4	0	30	12	3	9	5	20	24	14	58
	6	Birmingham City	34	14	11	9	45	27	7	6	4	20	12	7	5	5	25	15	18	53
	7	Ipswich Town	34	13	13	8	55	37	8	4	4	30	16	5	9	4	25	21	18	52
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	15	6	12	43	35	10	4	3	30	17	5	2	9	13	18	8	51
	9	Stockport County	35	15	6	14	54	48	11	5	1	36	15	4	1	13	18	33	6	51
	10	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	8	13	35	36	8	4	6	18	18	6	4	7	17	18	-1	50
	11	Bradford City	36	12	12	12	37	38	9	7	2	22	15	3	5	10	15	23	-1	48
	12	Crewe Alexandra	35	14	4	17	44	49	7	2	9	20	26	7	2	8	24	23	-5	46
	13	Swindon Town	35	13	7	15	36	50	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	10	11	31	-14	46
	14	Norwich City	35	11	10	14	33	52	7	6	5	16	20	4	4	9	17	32	-19	43
	15	Oxford United	34	11	7	16	43	50	8	4	4	23	15	3	3	12	20	35	-7	40
	16	Queens Park Rangers	35	9	13	13	37	50	7	7	4	21	17	2	6	9	16	33	-13	40
	17	Reading	34	10	9	15	35	51	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	8	10	27	-16	39
	18	Bury	35	7	17	11	33	42	4	9	5	16	19	3	8	6	17	23	-9	38
	19	Tranmere Rovers	34	9	10	15	36	42	6	6	5	21	17	3	4	10	15	25	-6	37
	20	Manchester City	35	9	9	17	38	41	5	4	9	22	20	4	5	8	16	21	-3	36
	21	Portsmouth	34	10	6	18	38	50	7	3	8	23	27	3	3	10	15	23	-12	36
	22	Huddersfield Town	35	9	9	17	36	53	6	4	7	20	20	3	5	10	16	33	-17	36
	23	Stoke City	34	8	11	15	33	49	5	5	7	21	28	3	6	8	12	21	-16	35
	24	Port Vale	34	9	7	18	39	52	5	5	7	20	20	4	2	11	19	32	-13	34

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
⇧	1	Nottingham Forest	34	20	8	6	56	29	13	2	2	40	16	7	6	4	16	13	27	68
⇩	2	Middlesbrough	34	20	8	6	55	31	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	4	23	21	24	68
	3	Sunderland	33	18	8	7	59	36	9	5	2	33	15	9	3	5	26	21	23	62
	4	Charlton Athletic	34	17	8	9	57	43	11	4	1	31	14	6	4	8	26	29	14	59
	5	Sheffield United	33	15	13	5	50	36	12	4	0	30	12	3	9	5	20	24	14	58
	6	Birmingham City	34	14	11	9	45	27	7	6	4	20	12	7	5	5	25	15	18	53
	7	Ipswich Town	34	13	13	8	55	37	8	4	4	30	16	5	9	4	25	21	18	52
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	15	6	12	43	35	10	4	3	30	17	5	2	9	13	18	8	51
	9	Stockport County	35	15	6	14	54	48	11	5	1	36	15	4	1	13	18	33	6	51
	10	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	8	13	35	36	8	4	6	18	18	6	4	7	17	18	-1	50
	11	Bradford City	36	12	12	12	37	38	9	7	2	22	15	3	5	10	15	23	-1	48
	12	Crewe Alexandra	35	14	4	17	44	49	7	2	9	20	26	7	2	8	24	23	-5	46
	13	Swindon Town	35	13	7	15	36	50	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	10	11	31	-14	46
	14	Norwich City	35	11	10	14	33	52	7	6	5	16	20	4	4	9	17	32	-19	43
	15	Oxford United	34	11	7	16	43	50	8	4	4	23	15	3	3	12	20	35	-7	40
	16	Queens Park Rangers	35	9	13	13	37	50	7	7	4	21	17	2	6	9	16	33	-13	40
	17	Reading	34	10	9	15	35	51	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	8	10	27	-16	39
	18	Bury	35	7	17	11	33	42	4	9	5	16	19	3	8	6	17	23	-9	38
	19	Tranmere Rovers	34	9	10	15	36	42	6	6	5	21	17	3	4	10	15	25	-6	37
	20	Manchester City	35	9	9	17	38	41	5	4	9	22	20	4	5	8	16	21	-3	36
	21	Portsmouth	34	10	6	18	38	50	7	3	8	23	27	3	3	10	15	23	-12	36
⇧	22	Stoke City	35	8	12	15	33	49	5	5	7	21	28	3	7	8	12	21	-16	36
⇩	23	Huddersfield Town	35	9	9	17	36	53	6	4	7	20	20	3	5	10	16	33	-17	36
	24	Port Vale	35	9	8	18	39	52	5	6	7	20	20	4	2	11	19	32	-13	35