The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 4 DONCASTER ROVERS - Fri Dec 26, 2008 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Dec 26, 2008 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-4 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-3

Season:: 2008-09
Referee:: Phil Dowd
Sponsor:: Capital One
Attendance:: 26,501
Pos Before/After:: 22 22
Opp Before/After:: 24 23

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Nov 28, 2009

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4305 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1892 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4948 (of 5721)
Total:: 6632 (of 7500)

Notes:: Colin Calderwood's last game as manager

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

FOREST
Manager: Colin Calderwood
Prior form: DWDLDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Sam Hird (68) (OG)
Joe Garner (85)

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Sean O'Driscoll
Prior form: DDWLLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Paul Heffernan (12)
Martin Woods (33)
Richie Wellens (45)
Paul Heffernan (65)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
21	GK	Lee Camp
27	M	Brendan Moloney 86
5	D	Wes Morgan
2	M	Kelvin Wilson off for Arron Davies (25)
3	M	Joel Lynch off for Julian Bennett (46)
11	F	Paul Anderson off for Nathan Tyson (46)
7	M	James Perch 57
8	F	Lewis McGugan
15	M	Chris Cohen
10	F	Robert Earnshaw
16	F	Joe Garner (85) 35
Subs
14	F	Arron Davies on for Kelvin Wilson (25) 74
29	M	Julian Bennett on for Joel Lynch (46)
9	F	Nathan Tyson on for Paul Anderson (46)
12	F	Garath McCleary
26	M	Matt Thornhill

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Neil Sullivan
2	D	James O'Connor
5	D	Matt Mills
6	D	James Chambers (69)
21	D	Sam Hird 84
8	M	Brian Stock 40 (69)
17	M	Martin Woods
19	M	Richie Wellens
20	M	John Spicer
7	F	Lewis Guy (75)
14	F	Paul Heffernan
Subs
3		Gareth Roberts (69)
15		Mark Wilson 76 (69)
26		James Coppinger (75)
		?
		?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Fri Dec 26, 2008)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-2	Barnsley
Charlton Athletic	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Crystal Palace	3-1	Norwich City
Ipswich Town	0-1	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	2-4	Doncaster Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	2-0	Southampton
Preston North End	2-0	Derby County
Reading	1-1	Cardiff City
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Blackpool
Swansea City	0-0	Coventry City
Watford	2-4	Bristol City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	Sheffield United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

CHAMPIONSHIP								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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	18	2	4	51	27	10	1	1	27	9	8	1	3	24	18	24	56	WDLWWW
2	Reading	24	15	4	5	51	22	10	1	1	31	7	5	3	4	20	15	29	49	DWWWWW
3	Birmingham City	24	14	5	5	33	23	9	0	3	18	11	5	5	2	15	12	10	47	WDWWLL
4	Burnley	24	12	7	5	38	31	7	4	1	20	11	5	3	4	18	20	7	43	LWWDWW
5	Cardiff City	24	10	10	4	34	24	7	3	2	20	11	3	7	2	14	13	10	40	DDWDWW
6	Sheffield United	24	10	7	7	33	23	5	4	3	17	12	5	3	4	16	11	10	37	LDLWDD
7	Crystal Palace	24	10	7	7	35	26	6	4	2	18	8	4	3	5	17	18	9	37	WDWWWD
8	Preston North End	24	11	4	9	33	31	9	0	3	19	12	2	4	6	14	19	2	37	DWLWWL
9	Queens Park Rangers	24	10	6	8	23	24	9	1	2	20	11	1	5	6	3	13	-1	36	WDWLDW
10	Swansea City	24	7	12	5	33	30	4	7	1	22	14	3	5	4	11	16	3	33	DDDDDD
11	Sheffield Wednesday	24	9	6	9	24	34	7	3	2	14	6	2	3	7	10	28	-10	33	WWDWDL
12	Ipswich Town	24	8	8	8	34	27	5	4	3	19	12	3	4	5	15	15	7	32	LDLWLD
13	Plymouth Argyle	24	8	6	10	25	28	4	3	5	16	15	4	3	5	9	13	-3	30	DLLLDL
14	Coventry City	24	7	8	9	27	31	3	5	4	14	16	4	3	5	13	15	-4	29	DLDWLD
15	Derby County	24	7	8	9	28	34	5	4	3	17	12	2	4	6	11	22	-6	29	DLLLDW
16	Blackpool	24	7	8	9	23	30	3	4	5	13	17	4	4	4	10	13	-7	29	LWWLDD
17	Barnsley	24	8	4	12	25	30	6	2	4	17	11	2	2	8	8	19	-5	28	WLLDLW
18	Bristol City	24	6	10	8	25	30	2	7	3	15	16	4	3	5	10	14	-5	28	DLDLDL
19	Watford	24	7	5	12	36	40	6	3	3	23	18	1	2	9	13	22	-4	26	DDLWWL
20	Norwich City	24	7	5	12	29	36	5	3	4	19	15	2	2	8	10	21	-7	26	LLWLLW
21	Southampton	24	5	7	12	21	37	1	5	6	8	15	4	2	6	13	22	-16	22	DDDLLL
22	Nottingham Forest	24	4	9	11	21	32	2	5	5	8	12	2	4	6	13	20	-11	21	DWDLDW
23	Charlton Athletic	24	4	6	14	25	40	3	3	6	17	23	1	3	8	8	17	-15	18	LDLLDL
24	Doncaster Rovers	24	4	6	14	11	28	3	4	5	4	8	1	2	9	7	20	-17	18	DDWLLL

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	18	3	4	52	28	10	2	1	28	10	8	1	3	24	18	24	57	DLWWWD	1-1
	2	Reading	25	15	5	5	52	23	10	2	1	32	8	5	3	4	20	15	29	50	WWWWWD	1-1
	3	Birmingham City	25	15	5	5	34	23	9	0	3	18	11	6	5	2	16	12	11	50	DWWLLW	1-0
	4	Burnley	25	12	7	6	39	33	7	4	2	21	13	5	3	4	18	20	6	43	WWDWWL	1-2
	5	Cardiff City	25	10	11	4	35	25	7	3	2	20	11	3	8	2	15	14	10	41	DWDWWD	1-1
1	6	Crystal Palace	25	11	7	7	38	27	7	4	2	21	9	4	3	5	17	18	11	40	DWWWDW	3-1
1	7	Preston North End	25	12	4	9	35	31	10	0	3	21	12	2	4	6	14	19	4	40	WLWWLW	2-0
2	8	Sheffield United	25	10	8	7	34	24	5	4	3	17	12	5	4	4	17	12	10	38	DLWDDD	1-1
	9	Queens Park Rangers	25	10	7	8	25	26	9	1	2	20	11	1	6	6	5	15	-1	37	DWLDWD	2-2
	10	Swansea City	25	7	13	5	33	30	4	8	1	22	14	3	5	4	11	16	3	34	DDDDDD	0-0
	11	Sheffield Wednesday	25	9	7	9	25	35	7	4	2	15	7	2	3	7	10	28	-10	34	WDWDLD	1-1
1	12	Plymouth Argyle	25	9	6	10	27	28	5	3	5	18	15	4	3	5	9	13	-1	33	LLLDLW	2-0
1	13	Ipswich Town	25	8	8	9	34	28	5	4	4	19	13	3	4	5	15	15	6	32	DLWLDL	0-1
4	14	Bristol City	25	7	10	8	29	32	2	7	3	15	16	5	3	5	14	16	-3	31	LDLDLW	4-2
2	15	Barnsley	25	9	4	12	27	31	6	2	4	17	11	3	2	8	10	20	-4	31	LLDLWW	2-1
2	16	Coventry City	25	7	9	9	27	31	3	5	4	14	16	4	4	5	13	15	-4	30	LDWLDD	0-0
1	17	Blackpool	25	7	9	9	24	31	3	4	5	13	17	4	5	4	11	14	-7	30	WWLDDD	1-1
3	18	Derby County	25	7	8	10	28	36	5	4	3	17	12	2	4	7	11	24	-8	29	LLLDWL	0-2
	19	Watford	25	7	5	13	38	44	6	3	4	25	22	1	2	9	13	22	-6	26	DLWWLL	2-4
	20	Norwich City	25	7	5	13	30	39	5	3	4	19	15	2	2	9	11	24	-9	26	LWLLWL	1-3
	21	Southampton	25	5	7	13	21	39	1	5	6	8	15	4	2	7	13	24	-18	22	DDLLLL	0-2
	22	Nottingham Forest	25	4	9	12	23	36	2	5	6	10	16	2	4	6	13	20	-13	21	WDLDWL	2-4
1	23	Doncaster Rovers	25	5	6	14	15	30	3	4	5	4	8	2	2	9	11	22	-15	21	DWLLLW	4-2
1	24	Charlton Athletic	25	4	7	14	27	42	3	4	6	19	25	1	3	8	8	17	-15	19	DLLDLD	2-2