The City Ground

NORWICH CITY 2 - 3 FOREST - Sun Dec 28, 2008 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sun Dec 28, 2008 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Carrow Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-0

Attendance:: 25,475
Position Before:: 22
Position After:: 21
Referee:: J Moss
Season:: 2008-09

NEXT GAMES:
FA Cup:: Manchester City
League:: Charlton Athletic
League Tier 2:: Charlton Athletic

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4304 (of 4788)
League Tier 2: 1891 (of 2371)
Competitive:: 4947 (of 5478)
Total:: 6620 (of 7212)

Notes:: John Pemberton's first game as manager

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

Forest Goals:
Matt Thornhill (17)
Lewis McGugan (30)
Robert Earnshaw (89)

Norwich City Goals:

Forest Lineup
Manager: John Pemberton

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
21	GK	Lee Camp
4	D	Luke Chambers
5	D	Wes Morgan
6	D	Ian Breckin
36	M	Joe Heath off for Brendan Moloney (75)
11	F	Paul Anderson
7	M	James Perch
8	F	Lewis McGugan off for Joe Garner (75)
26	M	Matt Thornhill
15	F	Chris Cohen
9	F	Nathan Tyson off for Robert Earnshaw (80)
Subs
27	M	Brendan Moloney on for Joe Heath (75)
16	F	Joe Garner on for Lewis McGugan (75)
10	F	Robert Earnshaw on for Nathan Tyson (80)
12	F	Garath McCleary
1	GK	Paul Smith (2006-11)

Norwich City Lineup
Manager:

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sun Dec 28, 2008)

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

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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	18	3	4	52	28	10	2	1	28	10	8	1	3	24	18	24	57
	2	Reading	25	15	5	5	52	23	10	2	1	32	8	5	3	4	20	15	29	50
	3	Birmingham City	25	15	5	5	34	23	9	0	3	18	11	6	5	2	16	12	11	50
	4	Burnley	25	12	7	6	39	33	7	4	2	21	13	5	3	4	18	20	6	43
	5	Cardiff City	25	10	11	4	35	25	7	3	2	20	11	3	8	2	15	14	10	41
	6	Crystal Palace	25	11	7	7	38	27	7	4	2	21	9	4	3	5	17	18	11	40
	7	Preston North End	25	12	4	9	35	31	10	0	3	21	12	2	4	6	14	19	4	40
	8	Sheffield United	25	10	8	7	34	24	5	4	3	17	12	5	4	4	17	12	10	38
	9	Queens Park Rangers	25	10	7	8	25	26	9	1	2	20	11	1	6	6	5	15	-1	37
	10	Swansea City	25	7	13	5	33	30	4	8	1	22	14	3	5	4	11	16	3	34
	11	Sheffield Wednesday	25	9	7	9	25	35	7	4	2	15	7	2	3	7	10	28	-10	34
	12	Plymouth Argyle	25	9	6	10	27	28	5	3	5	18	15	4	3	5	9	13	-1	33
	13	Ipswich Town	25	8	8	9	34	28	5	4	4	19	13	3	4	5	15	15	6	32
	14	Bristol City	25	7	10	8	29	32	2	7	3	15	16	5	3	5	14	16	-3	31
	15	Barnsley	25	9	4	12	27	31	6	2	4	17	11	3	2	8	10	20	-4	31
	16	Coventry City	25	7	9	9	27	31	3	5	4	14	16	4	4	5	13	15	-4	30
	17	Blackpool	25	7	9	9	24	31	3	4	5	13	17	4	5	4	11	14	-7	30
	18	Derby County	25	7	8	10	28	36	5	4	3	17	12	2	4	7	11	24	-8	29
	19	Watford	25	7	5	13	38	44	6	3	4	25	22	1	2	9	13	22	-6	26
	20	Norwich City	25	7	5	13	30	39	5	3	4	19	15	2	2	9	11	24	-9	26
	21	Southampton	25	5	7	13	21	39	1	5	6	8	15	4	2	7	13	24	-18	22
	22	Nottingham Forest	25	4	9	12	23	36	2	5	6	10	16	2	4	6	13	20	-13	21
	23	Doncaster Rovers	25	5	6	14	15	30	3	4	5	4	8	2	2	9	11	22	-15	21
	24	Charlton Athletic	25	4	7	14	27	42	3	4	6	19	25	1	3	8	8	17	-15	19

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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	18	3	4	52	28	10	2	1	28	10	8	1	3	24	18	24	57
	2	Reading	26	15	6	5	53	24	10	2	1	32	8	5	4	4	21	16	29	51
	3	Birmingham City	26	15	6	5	34	23	9	1	3	18	11	6	5	2	16	12	11	51
⇧	4	Cardiff City	26	11	11	4	36	25	8	3	2	21	11	3	8	2	15	14	11	44
⇩	5	Burnley	26	12	7	7	40	35	7	4	2	21	13	5	3	5	19	22	5	43
⇧	6	Sheffield United	26	11	8	7	37	25	6	4	3	20	13	5	4	4	17	12	12	41
	7	Preston North End	26	12	5	9	36	32	10	0	3	21	12	2	5	6	15	20	4	41
⇩	8	Crystal Palace	26	11	7	8	38	28	7	4	2	21	9	4	3	6	17	19	10	40
	9	Queens Park Rangers	26	10	8	8	25	26	9	2	2	20	11	1	6	6	5	15	-1	38
⇧	10	Ipswich Town	26	9	8	9	35	28	5	4	4	19	13	4	4	5	16	15	7	35
⇩	11	Swansea City	26	7	14	5	33	30	4	8	1	22	14	3	6	4	11	16	3	35
⇧	12	Bristol City	26	8	10	8	30	32	3	7	3	16	16	5	3	5	14	16	-2	34
⇩	13	Sheffield Wednesday	26	9	7	10	25	37	7	4	2	15	7	2	3	8	10	30	-12	34
⇧	14	Coventry City	26	8	9	9	29	31	4	5	4	16	16	4	4	5	13	15	-2	33
⇩	15	Plymouth Argyle	26	9	6	11	27	29	5	3	5	18	15	4	3	6	9	14	-2	33
⇩	16	Barnsley	26	9	5	12	28	32	6	3	4	18	12	3	2	8	10	20	-4	32
	17	Blackpool	25	7	9	9	24	31	3	4	5	13	17	4	5	4	11	14	-7	30
	18	Derby County	26	7	8	11	28	37	5	4	4	17	13	2	4	7	11	24	-9	29
	19	Watford	26	7	6	13	38	44	6	3	4	25	22	1	3	9	13	22	-6	27
	20	Norwich City	26	7	5	14	32	42	5	3	5	21	18	2	2	9	11	24	-10	26
⇧	21	Nottingham Forest	26	5	9	12	26	38	2	5	6	10	16	3	4	6	16	22	-12	24
⇧	22	Doncaster Rovers	26	6	6	14	17	31	4	4	5	6	9	2	2	9	11	22	-14	24
⇩	23	Southampton	26	5	8	13	22	40	1	6	6	9	16	4	2	7	13	24	-18	23
	24	Charlton Athletic	26	4	7	15	28	45	3	4	6	19	25	1	3	9	9	20	-17	19