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

Season:: 2002-03
Referee:: Mark Cowburn
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 25,831
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Apr 18, 2003

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4024 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1753 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4630 (of 5679)
Total:: 6271 (of 7451)

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

FOREST
Manager: Paul Hart
Prior form: WLWWLL (Old to recent)

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

READING
Manager: Alan Pardew
Prior form: WWWWDL (Old to recent)

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 (84) (84)
20	F	Andy Reid (36) off for Eoin Jess (90)
11	F	Marlon Harewood (67)
9	F	David Johnson (4) (8)
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
	GK	Marcus Hahnemann
	D	Nicky Shorey
	D	John Mackie
	D	Graeme Murty
	D	Adrian Williams
	M	Kevin Watson
	M	John Salako (71)
	M	Anthony Rougier (71)
	M	Andy Hughes
	F	James Harper
	F	Nicky Forster (31)
Subs
		Sammy Igoe (71)
		Nathan Tyson (31)
		Jamie Cureton (71)
		Jamie Ashdown
		Ricky Newman

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 21, 2002)

Home	Score	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

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	Portsmouth	23	16	5	2	48	21	9	1	1	27	10	7	4	1	21	11	27	53	WWWWDD
	2	Leicester City	24	15	6	3	38	21	10	1	1	24	6	5	5	2	14	15	17	51	WLWDWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	23	11	6	6	38	22	8	2	1	28	11	3	4	5	10	11	16	39	WLWWLL
	4	Norwich City	23	11	6	6	34	20	8	2	1	21	4	3	4	5	13	16	14	39	WWLWLL
	5	Sheffield United	22	11	6	5	35	24	5	4	1	14	9	6	2	4	21	15	11	39	LDWWDW
	6	Reading	22	12	3	7	24	16	6	2	4	14	10	6	1	3	10	6	8	39	WWWWDL
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	10	6	6	39	23	6	3	3	22	13	4	3	3	17	10	16	36	DWWDWL
	8	Rotherham United	23	9	7	7	40	28	4	6	1	13	7	5	1	6	27	21	12	34	WDLDWW
	9	Watford	23	10	4	9	29	36	7	3	1	20	11	3	1	8	9	25	-7	34	LLLWLL
	10	Crystal Palace	23	8	9	6	34	26	5	4	3	19	10	3	5	3	15	16	8	33	LWLLWW
	11	Derby County	23	10	3	10	28	28	6	2	4	19	15	4	1	6	9	13	0	33	LLWLWW
	12	Coventry City	23	9	6	8	29	30	4	3	4	13	14	5	3	4	16	16	-1	33	LLLLWW
	13	Burnley	23	9	5	9	33	41	6	2	4	16	18	3	3	5	17	23	-8	32	WDWLWL
	14	Preston North End	23	7	10	6	40	38	5	4	3	23	18	2	6	3	17	20	2	31	DDWWLW
	15	Wimbledon	23	9	4	10	38	38	6	1	4	20	15	3	3	6	18	23	0	31	WWLWWL
	16	Gillingham	23	8	7	8	26	29	3	4	4	10	14	5	3	4	16	15	-3	31	LDLDWW
	17	Millwall	23	8	5	10	24	35	5	3	3	14	16	3	2	7	10	19	-11	29	WDWWLL
	18	Walsall	23	8	4	11	36	38	6	1	5	22	20	2	3	6	14	18	-2	28	LLWLWW
	19	Ipswich Town	22	7	6	9	30	28	4	2	5	20	16	3	4	4	10	12	2	27	WWLLDW
	20	Bradford City	23	5	7	11	23	41	3	6	3	15	20	2	1	8	8	21	-18	22	LLLLLW
	21	Grimsby Town	23	4	5	14	24	47	2	4	5	15	20	2	1	9	9	27	-23	17	WDLLLL
	22	Stoke City	23	3	7	13	23	41	2	4	6	12	17	1	3	7	11	24	-18	16	LLLDLD
	23	Brighton and Hove Albion	24	3	5	16	22	43	2	2	8	11	21	1	3	8	11	22	-21	14	LLDDLL
	24	Sheffield Wednesday	23	2	8	13	17	38	2	4	6	9	16	0	4	7	8	22	-21	14	LDLLDL

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	Portsmouth	24	16	6	2	49	22	9	2	1	28	11	7	4	1	21	11	27	54	WWWDDD	1-1
	2	Leicester City	24	15	6	3	38	21	10	1	1	24	6	5	5	2	14	15	17	51	WLWDWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	24	12	6	6	40	22	9	2	1	30	11	3	4	5	10	11	18	42	LWWLLW	2-0
	4	Norwich City	24	12	6	6	36	21	9	2	1	23	5	3	4	5	13	16	15	42	WLWLLW	2-1
	5	Sheffield United	23	12	6	5	36	24	6	4	1	15	9	6	2	4	21	15	12	42	DWWDWW	1-0
	6	Reading	23	12	3	8	24	18	6	2	4	14	10	6	1	4	10	8	6	39	WWWDLL	0-2
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	10	7	6	40	24	6	3	3	22	13	4	4	3	18	11	16	37	WWDWLD	1-1
1	8	Watford	24	11	4	9	30	36	8	3	1	21	11	3	1	8	9	25	-6	37	LLWLLW	1-0
3	9	Coventry City	24	10	6	8	32	30	5	3	4	16	14	5	3	4	16	16	2	36	LLLWWW	3-0
2	10	Rotherham United	23	9	7	7	40	28	4	6	1	13	7	5	1	6	27	21	12	34	WDLDWW
5	11	Gillingham	24	9	7	8	30	31	4	4	4	14	16	5	3	4	16	15	-1	34	DLDWWW	4-2
2	12	Crystal Palace	23	8	9	6	34	26	5	4	3	19	10	3	5	3	15	16	8	33	LWLLWW
2	13	Derby County	24	10	3	11	28	31	6	2	4	19	15	4	1	7	9	16	-3	33	LWLWWL	0-3
1	14	Wimbledon	24	9	5	10	39	39	6	2	4	21	16	3	3	6	18	23	0	32	WLWWLD	1-1
2	15	Burnley	24	9	5	10	35	45	6	2	4	16	18	3	3	6	19	27	-10	32	DWLWLL	2-4
2	16	Preston North End	24	7	10	7	40	39	5	4	3	23	18	2	6	4	17	21	1	31	DWWLWL	0-1
	17	Millwall	24	8	6	10	25	36	5	4	3	15	17	3	2	7	10	19	-11	30	DWWLLD	1-1
1	18	Ipswich Town	23	7	7	9	31	29	4	2	5	20	16	3	5	4	11	13	2	28	WLLDWD	1-1
1	19	Walsall	24	8	4	12	37	40	6	1	5	22	20	2	3	7	15	20	-3	28	LWLWWL	1-2
	20	Bradford City	24	5	7	12	23	42	3	6	3	15	20	2	1	9	8	22	-19	22	LLLLWL	0-1
	21	Grimsby Town	24	5	5	14	26	47	3	4	5	17	20	2	1	9	9	27	-21	20	DLLLLW	2-0
	22	Stoke City	24	3	8	13	24	42	2	4	6	12	17	1	4	7	12	25	-18	17	LLDLDD	1-1
	23	Brighton and Hove Albion	24	3	5	16	22	43	2	2	8	11	21	1	3	8	11	22	-21	14	LLDDLL
	24	Sheffield Wednesday	24	2	8	14	17	40	2	4	6	9	16	0	4	8	8	24	-23	14	DLLDLL	0-2