The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 READING - Sat Dec 21, 2002 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 21, 2002 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Attendance:: 25,831
Pos Before/After:: 3/3
Opp Before/After:: 6/6
Referee:: Mark Cowburn
Season:: 2002-03
Forest Tier:: 2
Opponent Tier:: 2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Sheffield Wednesday

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4022 (of 4830)
League Tier 2:: 1751 (of 2413)
Competitive:: 4628 (of 5524)
Total:: 6262 (of 7268)

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

FOREST
Manager: Paul Hart

Goals:
David Johnson (4)
Marlon Harewood (67)

READING
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Darren Ward
2	M	Matthieu Louis-Jean
3	M	Jim Brennan
5	M	Jon Olav Hjelde
17	D	Michael Dawson
6	M	Riccardo Scimeca
8	F	Gareth Williams
10	F	Jack Lester
20	F	Andy Reid off for Eoin Jess (90)
11	F	Marlon Harewood
9	F	David Johnson
Subs
22	F	Eoin Jess on for Andy Reid (90)
14	D	Chris Doig
15	M	John Thompson
16	F	Eugen Bopp
12	GK	Barry Roche

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

All league games on this day (Sat Dec 21, 2002)

Home	F	A	Away
Coventry City	3	0	Derby County
Gillingham	4	2	Burnley
Grimsby Town	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday
Millwall	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Norwich City	2	1	Walsall
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Reading
Portsmouth	1	1	Ipswich Town
Sheffield United	1	0	Preston North End
Watford	1	0	Bradford City
Wimbledon	1	1	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	Portsmouth	23	16	5	2	48	21	9	1	1	27	10	7	4	1	21	11	27	53
	2	Leicester City	24	15	6	3	38	21	10	1	1	24	6	5	5	2	14	15	17	51
	3	Nottingham Forest	23	11	6	6	38	22	8	2	1	28	11	3	4	5	10	11	16	39
	4	Norwich City	23	11	6	6	34	20	8	2	1	21	4	3	4	5	13	16	14	39
	5	Sheffield United	22	11	6	5	35	24	5	4	1	14	9	6	2	4	21	15	11	39
	6	Reading	22	12	3	7	24	16	6	2	4	14	10	6	1	3	10	6	8	39
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	10	6	6	39	23	6	3	3	22	13	4	3	3	17	10	16	36
	8	Rotherham United	23	9	7	7	40	28	4	6	1	13	7	5	1	6	27	21	12	34
	9	Watford	23	10	4	9	29	36	7	3	1	20	11	3	1	8	9	25	-7	34
	10	Crystal Palace	23	8	9	6	34	26	5	4	3	19	10	3	5	3	15	16	8	33
	11	Derby County	23	10	3	10	28	28	6	2	4	19	15	4	1	6	9	13	0	33
	12	Coventry City	23	9	6	8	29	30	4	3	4	13	14	5	3	4	16	16	-1	33
	13	Burnley	23	9	5	9	33	41	6	2	4	16	18	3	3	5	17	23	-8	32
	14	Preston North End	23	7	10	6	40	38	5	4	3	23	18	2	6	3	17	20	2	31
	15	Wimbledon	23	9	4	10	38	38	6	1	4	20	15	3	3	6	18	23	0	31
	16	Gillingham	23	8	7	8	26	29	3	4	4	10	14	5	3	4	16	15	-3	31
	17	Millwall	23	8	5	10	24	35	5	3	3	14	16	3	2	7	10	19	-11	29
	18	Walsall	23	8	4	11	36	38	6	1	5	22	20	2	3	6	14	18	-2	28
	19	Ipswich Town	22	7	6	9	30	28	4	2	5	20	16	3	4	4	10	12	2	27
	20	Bradford City	23	5	7	11	23	41	3	6	3	15	20	2	1	8	8	21	-18	22
	21	Grimsby Town	23	4	5	14	24	47	2	4	5	15	20	2	1	9	9	27	-23	17
	22	Stoke City	23	3	7	13	23	41	2	4	6	12	17	1	3	7	11	24	-18	16
	23	Brighton and Hove Albion	24	3	5	16	22	43	2	2	8	11	21	1	3	8	11	22	-21	14
	24	Sheffield Wednesday	23	2	8	13	17	38	2	4	6	9	16	0	4	7	8	22	-21	14

Points per win: 3

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	Portsmouth	24	16	6	2	49	22	9	2	1	28	11	7	4	1	21	11	27	54
	2	Leicester City	24	15	6	3	38	21	10	1	1	24	6	5	5	2	14	15	17	51
	3	Nottingham Forest	24	12	6	6	40	22	9	2	1	30	11	3	4	5	10	11	18	42
	4	Norwich City	24	12	6	6	36	21	9	2	1	23	5	3	4	5	13	16	15	42
	5	Sheffield United	23	12	6	5	36	24	6	4	1	15	9	6	2	4	21	15	12	42
	6	Reading	23	12	3	8	24	18	6	2	4	14	10	6	1	4	10	8	6	39
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	10	7	6	40	24	6	3	3	22	13	4	4	3	18	11	16	37
	8	Watford	24	11	4	9	30	36	8	3	1	21	11	3	1	8	9	25	-6	37
	9	Coventry City	24	10	6	8	32	30	5	3	4	16	14	5	3	4	16	16	2	36
	10	Rotherham United	23	9	7	7	40	28	4	6	1	13	7	5	1	6	27	21	12	34
	11	Gillingham	24	9	7	8	30	31	4	4	4	14	16	5	3	4	16	15	-1	34
	12	Crystal Palace	23	8	9	6	34	26	5	4	3	19	10	3	5	3	15	16	8	33
	13	Derby County	24	10	3	11	28	31	6	2	4	19	15	4	1	7	9	16	-3	33
	14	Wimbledon	24	9	5	10	39	39	6	2	4	21	16	3	3	6	18	23	0	32
	15	Burnley	24	9	5	10	35	45	6	2	4	16	18	3	3	6	19	27	-10	32
	16	Preston North End	24	7	10	7	40	39	5	4	3	23	18	2	6	4	17	21	1	31
	17	Millwall	24	8	6	10	25	36	5	4	3	15	17	3	2	7	10	19	-11	30
	18	Ipswich Town	23	7	7	9	31	29	4	2	5	20	16	3	5	4	11	13	2	28
	19	Walsall	24	8	4	12	37	40	6	1	5	22	20	2	3	7	15	20	-3	28
	20	Bradford City	24	5	7	12	23	42	3	6	3	15	20	2	1	9	8	22	-19	22
	21	Grimsby Town	24	5	5	14	26	47	3	4	5	17	20	2	1	9	9	27	-21	20
	22	Stoke City	24	3	8	13	24	42	2	4	6	12	17	1	4	7	12	25	-18	17
	23	Brighton and Hove Albion	24	3	5	16	22	43	2	2	8	11	21	1	3	8	11	22	-21	14
	24	Sheffield Wednesday	24	2	8	14	17	40	2	4	6	9	16	0	4	8	8	24	-23	14

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of Seasons: 155 | Number of Games: 5524 | Number of Goals: 8092 | Number of Players: 1847