The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Mar 21, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 21, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-0

Attendance:: 24,663
Pos Before/After:: 1/1
Opp Before/After:: 7/7
Referee:: Scott Mathieson
Season:: 1997-98
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Charlton Athletic

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3815 (of 4876)
League Tier 2:: 1582 (of 2459)
Competitive:: 4399 (of 5573)
Total:: 5988 (of 7321)

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

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

Goals:
Pierre van Hooijdonk (84) - Free kick from just outside the area
Pierre van Hooijdonk (87) - Long range shot from left side of the area

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager:
Prior form: LWDWDD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Peter Ndlovu (60) (Pen)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	D	Colin Cooper
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Steve Stone
	F	Andy Johnson off for Ian Thomas-Moore ()
	M	Scot Gemmill off for Ian Woan ()
	F	Chris Bart-Williams
	F	Kevin Campbell
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore on for Andy Johnson ()	Last game
	F	Ian Woan on for Scot Gemmill ()
	D	Craig Armstrong
		?
		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

Videos:

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

Home	F	A	Away
Birmingham City	1	2	Nottingham Forest
Bury	1	0	Oxford United
Crewe Alexandra	0	3	Charlton Athletic
Ipswich Town	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City	0	0	Sheffield United
Reading	0	2	Huddersfield Town
Stoke City	2	1	Queens Park Rangers
Sunderland	2	1	Portsmouth
Swindon Town	1	1	Stockport County
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Bradford City
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Port Vale

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

FOOTBALL 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	37	22	8	7	63	33	14	2	3	43	19	8	6	4	20	14	30	74	DDWLWW
2	Middlesbrough	37	21	9	7	61	36	13	3	2	38	10	8	6	5	23	26	25	72	WWLLWD
3	Sunderland	37	20	10	7	68	39	10	6	2	38	17	10	4	5	30	22	29	70	WDWWDD
4	Charlton Athletic	37	18	9	10	64	47	12	5	1	37	15	6	4	9	27	32	17	63	LWWWLD
5	Ipswich Town	37	16	13	8	60	38	9	4	4	33	17	7	9	4	27	21	22	61	WWDWWW
6	Sheffield United	35	16	13	6	54	37	13	4	1	34	13	3	9	5	20	24	17	61	WLDWLW
7	Birmingham City	38	15	14	9	50	31	8	6	4	21	12	7	8	5	29	19	19	59	LWDWDD
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	16	8	12	45	36	11	5	3	32	18	5	3	9	13	18	9	56	WLLDWD
9	Stockport County	38	16	6	16	60	54	12	5	2	41	17	4	1	14	19	37	6	54	WDLWLL
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	14	10	14	37	43	8	5	6	19	19	6	5	8	18	24	-6	52	DLLLDD
11	Oxford United	38	14	8	16	53	51	10	5	4	31	16	4	3	12	22	35	2	50	LWDWWW
12	Bradford City	38	12	14	12	38	39	9	8	2	22	15	3	6	10	16	24	-1	50	LDWLDD
13	Swindon Town	39	14	8	17	38	58	9	4	6	25	20	5	4	11	13	38	-20	50	LLLLWD
14	Crewe Alexandra	38	14	5	19	45	54	7	2	10	21	30	7	3	9	24	24	-9	47	WLWDLL
15	Norwich City	38	11	12	15	37	57	7	8	5	20	24	4	4	10	17	33	-20	45	LDDDLD
16	Queens Park Rangers	38	10	13	15	43	53	8	7	5	27	19	2	6	10	16	34	-10	43	LDDWLL
17	Huddersfield Town	38	11	9	18	42	57	7	4	8	24	23	4	5	10	18	34	-15	42	WLLLWW
18	Bury	38	8	18	12	35	46	5	9	5	17	19	3	9	7	18	27	-11	42	DWWDWL
19	Port Vale	38	11	8	19	44	54	6	6	8	22	22	5	2	11	22	32	-10	41	WLDLWW
20	Portsmouth	37	11	8	18	40	51	7	5	8	24	28	4	3	10	16	23	-11	41	WWWDWD
21	Tranmere Rovers	36	10	10	16	37	45	6	6	5	21	17	4	4	11	16	28	-8	40	WLDLWL
22	Manchester City	38	10	9	19	42	46	5	4	10	22	22	5	5	9	20	24	-4	39	WLWWLL
23	Reading	38	10	9	19	36	66	7	4	8	25	27	3	5	11	11	39	-30	39	WLLLLL
24	Stoke City	38	8	13	17	36	57	5	5	8	22	30	3	8	9	14	27	-21	37	DLDDLL

Table after:

	FOOTBALL 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	38	23	8	7	65	34	14	2	3	43	19	9	6	4	22	15	31	77	DWLWWW
1	2	Sunderland	38	21	10	7	70	40	11	6	2	40	18	10	4	5	30	22	30	73	DWWDDW
1	3	Middlesbrough	37	21	9	7	61	36	13	3	2	38	10	8	6	5	23	26	25	72	WWLLWD
	4	Charlton Athletic	38	19	9	10	67	47	12	5	1	37	15	7	4	9	30	32	20	66	WWWLDW
	5	Ipswich Town	38	17	13	8	63	38	10	4	4	36	17	7	9	4	27	21	25	64	WDWWWW
	6	Sheffield United	36	16	14	6	54	37	13	4	1	34	13	3	10	5	20	24	17	62	LDWLWD
	7	Birmingham City	39	15	14	10	51	33	8	6	5	22	14	7	8	5	29	19	18	59	WDWDDL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	16	8	13	45	39	11	5	3	32	18	5	3	10	13	21	6	56	LLDWDL
	9	Stockport County	39	16	7	16	61	55	12	5	2	41	17	4	2	14	20	38	6	55	DLWLLD
	10	West Bromwich Albion	39	14	11	14	39	45	8	6	6	21	21	6	5	8	18	24	-6	53	LLLDDD
2	11	Swindon Town	40	14	9	17	39	59	9	5	6	26	21	5	4	11	13	38	-20	51	LLLWDD
1	12	Oxford United	39	14	8	17	53	52	10	5	4	31	16	4	3	13	22	36	1	50	WDWWWL
1	13	Bradford City	39	12	14	13	39	42	9	8	2	22	15	3	6	11	17	27	-3	50	DWLDDL
	14	Crewe Alexandra	39	14	5	20	45	57	7	2	11	21	33	7	3	9	24	24	-12	47	LWDLLL
2	15	Huddersfield Town	39	12	9	18	44	57	7	4	8	24	23	5	5	10	20	34	-13	45	LLLWWW
1	16	Norwich City	38	11	12	15	37	57	7	8	5	20	24	4	4	10	17	33	-20	45	LDDDLD
1	17	Bury	39	9	18	12	36	46	6	9	5	18	19	3	9	7	18	27	-10	45	WWDWLW
2	18	Queens Park Rangers	39	10	13	16	44	55	8	7	5	27	19	2	6	11	17	36	-11	43	DDWLLL
2	19	Tranmere Rovers	37	11	10	16	40	46	7	6	5	24	18	4	4	11	16	28	-6	43	LDLWLW
1	20	Port Vale	39	11	9	19	46	56	6	6	8	22	22	5	3	11	24	34	-10	42	LDLWWD
1	21	Portsmouth	38	11	8	19	41	53	7	5	8	24	28	4	3	11	17	25	-12	41	WWDWDL
	22	Manchester City	39	10	10	19	42	46	5	5	10	22	22	5	5	9	20	24	-4	40	LWWLLD
1	23	Stoke City	39	9	13	17	38	58	6	5	8	24	31	3	8	9	14	27	-20	40	LDDLLW
1	24	Reading	39	10	9	20	36	68	7	4	9	25	29	3	5	11	11	39	-32	39	LLLLLL