The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1 - 1 FOREST - Sun May 03, 1998 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sun May 03, 1998 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: David Orr
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 23,013
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (Friendly)
League:: Arsenal
West Bromwich Albion:: Aug 20, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3824 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1591 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4408 (of 5722)
Total:: 6004 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Albion Till We Die (Link)

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

Goals
Steve Stone (18)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Denis Smith
Prior form: LWLDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Lee Hughes (88) (Pen)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
	GK	Dave Beasant
	M	Thierry Bonalair
	D	Colin Cooper	Last game
	D	Steve Chettle
	D	Alan Rogers
	M	Steve Stone (18)
	M	Andy Johnson off for Jon Olav Hjelde (79)
	M	Scot Gemmill off for Ian Woan (67)
	F	Chris Bart-Williams
	F	Marlon Harewood	Debut
	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Subs
	M	Jon Olav Hjelde on for Andy Johnson (79)
	F	Ian Woan on for Scot Gemmill (67)
	F	Ian Thomas-Moore

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Paul Crichton
	D	Paul Beesley (79)
	D	Steve Nicol
	D	Andy McDermott
	D	Jason Van Blerk
	M	Matt Carbon
	M	Sean Flynn (79)
	M	Richard Sneekes
	M	Kevin Kilbane
	F	James Quinn
	F	Lee Hughes
Subs
		Shaun Murphy (79)
		Brian Quailey (79)
		?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sun May 03, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-0	Charlton Athletic
Bradford City	1-3	Portsmouth
Huddersfield Town	0-4	Port Vale
Ipswich Town	3-2	Crewe Alexandra
Middlesbrough	4-1	Oxford United
Queens Park Rangers	0-1	Bury
Reading	0-1	Norwich City
Stockport County	1-0	Sheffield United
Stoke City	2-5	Manchester City
Swindon Town	1-2	Sunderland
Tranmere Rovers	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Nottingham Forest

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	45	28	9	8	81	41	18	2	3	52	20	10	7	5	29	21	40	93	WWWWDW
	2	Middlesbrough	45	26	10	9	73	40	16	4	2	47	11	10	6	7	26	29	33	88	LWWWWD
	3	Sunderland	45	25	12	8	84	49	14	7	2	49	22	11	5	6	35	27	35	87	WDDWWL
	4	Charlton Athletic	45	26	9	10	80	49	17	5	1	48	17	9	4	9	32	32	31	87	WWWWWW
	5	Ipswich Town	45	22	14	9	74	41	13	5	4	44	18	9	9	5	30	23	33	80	LDWWWW
	6	Sheffield United	45	19	17	9	69	53	16	5	2	44	20	3	12	7	25	33	16	74	DDWLDL
	7	Birmingham City	45	19	16	10	60	35	10	7	5	27	15	9	9	5	33	20	25	73	WDDWWW
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	45	18	11	16	56	51	13	6	4	42	25	5	5	12	14	26	5	65	LDLWLD
	9	Stockport County	45	18	8	19	70	69	13	6	3	45	21	5	2	16	25	48	1	62	LLWLDW
	10	West Bromwich Albion	45	16	12	17	49	55	9	7	6	26	25	7	5	11	23	30	-6	60	LWLDLW
	11	Crewe Alexandra	45	18	5	22	56	62	10	2	11	30	34	8	3	11	26	28	-6	59	WLWLWW
	12	Oxford United	45	16	10	19	59	60	12	6	5	36	20	4	4	14	23	40	-1	58	WLWDDL
	13	Bradford City	45	14	15	16	45	56	10	9	3	25	20	4	6	13	20	36	-11	57	WWLLDL
	14	Tranmere Rovers	45	13	14	18	52	56	8	8	6	32	25	5	6	12	20	31	-4	53	DDWDLD
	15	Huddersfield Town	45	14	11	20	50	68	9	5	8	28	24	5	6	12	22	44	-18	53	DDWLWL
	16	Norwich City	45	13	13	19	51	69	9	8	6	32	27	4	5	13	19	42	-18	52	LLDWLW
	17	Swindon Town	45	14	10	21	41	71	9	6	7	27	23	5	4	14	14	48	-30	52	DLLDLL
	18	Queens Park Rangers	45	10	19	16	51	62	8	9	5	28	20	2	10	11	23	42	-11	49	DDDDDD
	19	Bury	45	10	19	16	41	58	7	10	6	22	22	3	9	10	19	36	-17	49	LDLWLL
	20	Port Vale	45	12	10	23	52	66	7	6	10	25	24	5	4	13	27	42	-14	46	LWDLLL
	21	Portsmouth	45	12	10	23	48	62	8	6	9	28	30	4	4	14	20	32	-14	46	DDLLLW
	22	Stoke City	45	11	13	21	42	69	8	5	9	28	35	3	8	12	14	34	-27	46	LLWLWL
	23	Manchester City	45	11	12	22	51	55	6	6	11	28	26	5	6	11	23	29	-4	45	LWDLLD
	24	Reading	45	11	9	25	39	77	8	4	10	27	30	3	5	15	12	47	-38	42	LWLLLL

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	Nottingham Forest	46	28	10	8	82	42	18	2	3	52	20	10	8	5	30	22	40	94	WWWDWD	1-1
	2	Middlesbrough	46	27	10	9	77	41	17	4	2	51	12	10	6	7	26	29	36	91	WWWWDW	4-1
	3	Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	14	7	2	49	22	12	5	6	37	28	36	90	DDWWLW	2-1
	4	Charlton Athletic	46	26	10	10	80	49	17	5	1	48	17	9	5	9	32	32	31	88	WWWWWD	0-0
	5	Ipswich Town	46	23	14	9	77	43	14	5	4	47	20	9	9	5	30	23	34	83	DWWWWW	3-2
	6	Sheffield United	46	19	17	10	69	54	16	5	2	44	20	3	12	8	25	34	15	74	DWLDLL	0-1
	7	Birmingham City	46	19	17	10	60	35	10	8	5	27	15	9	9	5	33	20	25	74	DDWWWD	0-0
1	8	Stockport County	46	19	8	19	71	69	14	6	3	46	21	5	2	16	25	48	2	65	LWLDWW	1-0
1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	11	17	57	53	13	6	4	42	25	5	5	13	15	28	4	65	DLWLDL	1-2
	10	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	13	17	50	56	9	8	6	27	26	7	5	11	23	30	-6	61	WLDLWD	1-1
	11	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	5	23	58	65	10	2	11	30	34	8	3	12	28	31	-7	59	LWLWWL	2-3
	12	Oxford United	46	16	10	20	60	64	12	6	5	36	20	4	4	15	24	44	-4	58	LWDDLL	1-4
	13	Bradford City	46	14	15	17	46	59	10	9	4	26	23	4	6	13	20	36	-13	57	WLLDLL	1-3
	14	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	54	57	9	8	6	34	26	5	6	12	20	31	-3	56	DWDLDW	2-1
1	15	Norwich City	46	14	13	19	52	69	9	8	6	32	27	5	5	13	20	42	-17	55	LDWLWW	1-0
1	16	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	50	72	9	5	9	28	28	5	6	12	22	44	-22	53	DWLWLL	0-4
2	17	Bury	46	11	19	16	42	58	7	10	6	22	22	4	9	10	20	36	-16	52	DLWLLW	1-0
1	18	Swindon Town	46	14	10	22	42	73	9	6	8	28	25	5	4	14	14	48	-31	52	LLDLLL	1-2
1	19	Port Vale	46	13	10	23	56	66	7	6	10	25	24	6	4	13	31	42	-10	49	WDLLLW	4-0
1	20	Portsmouth	46	13	10	23	51	63	8	6	9	28	30	5	4	14	23	33	-12	49	DLLLWW	3-1
3	21	Queens Park Rangers	46	10	19	17	51	63	8	9	6	28	21	2	10	11	23	42	-12	49	DDDDDL	0-1
1	22	Manchester City	46	12	12	22	56	57	6	6	11	28	26	6	6	11	28	31	-1	48	WDLLDW	5-2
1	23	Stoke City	46	11	13	22	44	74	8	5	10	30	40	3	8	12	14	34	-30	46	LWLWLL	2-5
	24	Reading	46	11	9	26	39	78	8	4	11	27	31	3	5	15	12	47	-39	42	WLLLLL	0-1