The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 PORTSMOUTH - Sat Dec 28, 2002 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 28, 2002 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 2002-03
Referee:: Chris Foy
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 28,165
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Walsall (League Tier 2)
Portsmouth:: Oct 29, 2003

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4026 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1755 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4632 (of 5721)
Total:: 6273 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals
Michael Dawson (90)

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: Harry Redknapp
Prior form: WWDDDD (Old to recent)

Goals
Matthew Taylor (56)
Vincent Pericard (87)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Darren Ward
2	M	Matthieu Louis-Jean off for John Thompson (45)
3	M	Jim Brennan
4	D	Des Walker off for Chris Doig (15)
17	D	Michael Dawson (90)
7	M	David Prutton
8	F	Gareth Williams
10	F	Jack Lester
20	F	Andy Reid
22	F	Eoin Jess off for Craig Westcarr (78)
9	F	David Johnson 31
Subs
15	M	John Thompson on for Matthieu Louis-Jean (45)
14	D	Chris Doig on for Des Walker (15)
19	F	Craig Westcarr on for Eoin Jess (78)
16	F	Eugen Bopp
12	GK	Barry Roche

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Shaka Hislop
5	D	Hayden Foxe
6	D	Arjan de Zeeuw
30	D	Linvoy Primus
7	D	Kevin Harper (86)
11	M	Nigel Quashie
13	M	Lassina Diabate
14	M	Matthew Taylor 61
	M	Gary O'Neil
9	F	Svetoslav Todorov
21	F	Deon Burton (80)
Subs
		Jason Crowe (86)
17		Vincent Pericard (80)
24		Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
		Carl Robinson
		Mark Burchill

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 28, 2002)

Home	Score	Away
Brighton and Hove Albion	2-2	Burnley
Crystal Palace	2-0	Preston North End
Grimsby Town	1-1	Norwich City
Ipswich Town	3-2	Walsall
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Portsmouth
Reading	2-1	Derby County
Rotherham United	1-3	Millwall
Sheffield United	0-0	Coventry City
Stoke City	3-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Watford	1-2	Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	Bradford 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	25	16	7	2	50	23	9	3	1	29	12	7	4	1	21	11	27	55	WWDDDD
	2	Leicester City	25	15	6	4	39	23	10	1	2	25	8	5	5	2	14	15	16	51	LWDWWL
	3	Sheffield United	24	13	6	5	37	24	6	4	1	15	9	7	2	4	22	15	13	45	WWDWWW
	4	Nottingham Forest	25	12	6	7	40	24	9	2	1	30	11	3	4	6	10	13	16	42	WWLLWL
	5	Norwich City	25	12	6	7	36	22	9	2	2	23	6	3	4	5	13	16	14	42	LWLLWL
	6	Coventry City	25	11	6	8	34	30	6	3	4	18	14	5	3	4	16	16	4	39	LLWWWW
	7	Reading	24	12	3	9	24	20	6	2	4	14	10	6	1	5	10	10	4	39	WWDLLL
	8	Watford	25	11	5	9	30	36	8	3	1	21	11	3	2	8	9	25	-6	38	LWLLWD
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	10	7	7	41	26	6	3	3	22	13	4	4	4	19	13	15	37	WDWLDL
	10	Rotherham United	25	10	7	8	43	31	4	6	2	14	10	6	1	6	29	21	12	37	LDWWLW
	11	Crystal Palace	25	9	10	6	38	28	5	4	3	19	10	4	6	3	19	18	10	37	LLWWWD
	12	Gillingham	25	9	8	8	32	33	4	4	4	14	16	5	4	4	18	17	-1	35	LDWWWD
	13	Burnley	25	10	5	10	37	46	7	2	4	18	19	3	3	6	19	27	-9	35	WLWLLW
	14	Wimbledon	25	9	6	10	39	39	6	3	4	21	16	3	3	6	18	23	0	33	LWWLDD
	15	Derby County	25	10	3	12	29	34	6	2	5	20	18	4	1	7	9	16	-5	33	WLWWLL
	16	Ipswich Town	24	8	7	9	33	30	4	2	5	20	16	4	5	4	13	14	3	31	LLDWDW
	17	Preston North End	25	7	10	8	40	41	5	4	4	23	20	2	6	4	17	21	-1	31	WWLWLL
	18	Millwall	25	8	7	10	27	38	5	5	3	17	19	3	2	7	10	19	-11	31	WWLLDD
	19	Walsall	25	8	4	13	37	41	6	1	6	22	21	2	3	7	15	20	-4	28	WLWWLL
	20	Bradford City	25	6	7	12	27	44	4	6	3	19	22	2	1	9	8	22	-17	25	LLLWLW
	21	Grimsby Town	25	6	5	14	29	48	3	4	5	17	20	3	1	9	12	28	-19	23	LLLLWW
	22	Stoke City	25	3	8	14	26	46	2	4	6	12	17	1	4	8	14	29	-20	17	LDLDDL
	23	Brighton and Hove Albion	25	4	5	16	23	43	2	2	8	11	21	2	3	8	12	22	-20	17	LDDLLW
	24	Sheffield Wednesday	25	3	8	14	19	40	3	4	6	11	16	0	4	8	8	24	-21	17	LLDLLW

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	26	17	7	2	52	24	9	3	1	29	12	8	4	1	23	12	28	58	WDDDDW	2-1
	2	Leicester City	26	16	6	4	41	24	10	1	2	25	8	6	5	2	16	16	17	54	WDWWLW	2-1
	3	Sheffield United	25	13	7	5	37	24	6	5	1	15	9	7	2	4	22	15	13	46	WDWWWD	0-0
1	4	Norwich City	26	12	7	7	37	23	9	2	2	23	6	3	5	5	14	17	14	43	WLLWLD	1-1
1	5	Nottingham Forest	26	12	6	8	41	26	9	2	2	31	13	3	4	6	10	13	15	42	WLLWLL	1-2
1	6	Reading	25	13	3	9	26	21	7	2	4	16	11	6	1	5	10	10	5	42	WDLLLW	2-1
4	7	Crystal Palace	26	10	10	6	40	28	6	4	3	21	10	4	6	3	19	18	12	40	LWWWDW	2-0
2	8	Coventry City	26	11	7	8	34	30	6	3	4	18	14	5	4	4	16	16	4	40	LWWWWD	0-0
1	9	Watford	26	11	5	10	31	38	8	3	2	22	13	3	2	8	9	25	-7	38	WLLWDL	1-2
1	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	10	7	8	42	28	6	3	4	23	15	4	4	4	19	13	14	37	DWLDLL	1-2
1	11	Rotherham United	26	10	7	9	44	34	4	6	3	15	13	6	1	6	29	21	10	37	DWWLWL	1-3
1	12	Burnley	26	10	6	10	39	48	7	2	4	18	19	3	4	6	21	29	-9	36	LWLLWD	2-2
1	13	Gillingham	25	9	8	8	32	33	4	4	4	14	16	5	4	4	18	17	-1	35	LDWWWD
2	14	Ipswich Town	25	9	7	9	36	32	5	2	5	23	18	4	5	4	13	14	4	34	LDWDWW	3-2
3	15	Millwall	26	9	7	10	30	39	5	5	3	17	19	4	2	7	13	20	-9	34	WLLDDW	3-1
2	16	Wimbledon	25	9	6	10	39	39	6	3	4	21	16	3	3	6	18	23	0	33	LWWLDD
2	17	Derby County	26	10	3	13	30	36	6	2	5	20	18	4	1	8	10	18	-6	33	LWWLLL	1-2
1	18	Preston North End	26	7	10	9	40	43	5	4	4	23	20	2	6	5	17	23	-3	31	WLWLLL	0-2
	19	Walsall	26	8	4	14	39	44	6	1	6	22	21	2	3	8	17	23	-5	28	LWWLLL	2-3
	20	Bradford City	26	7	7	12	29	45	4	6	3	19	22	3	1	9	10	23	-16	28	LLWLWW	2-1
	21	Grimsby Town	26	6	6	14	30	49	3	5	5	18	21	3	1	9	12	28	-19	24	LLLWWD	1-1
	22	Stoke City	26	4	8	14	29	48	3	4	6	15	19	1	4	8	14	29	-19	20	DLDDLW	3-2
	23	Brighton and Hove Albion	26	4	6	16	25	45	2	3	8	13	23	2	3	8	12	22	-20	18	DDLLWD	2-2
	24	Sheffield Wednesday	26	3	8	15	21	43	3	4	6	11	16	0	4	9	10	27	-22	17	LDLLWL	2-3