| Forest |
20th September Score 1 - 0 Venue: The City Ground Attendance: 17,292 Referee: Mr. A. G Wiley Goal 1: van Hooijdonk 35mins |
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| Beasant | Flahavan | |||
| Lyttle | Pethick | |||
| Rogers | Russell | |||
| Cooper (capt) |  |
Hillier | ||
| Chettle |  |
Whitbread (capt) | ||
| Hjelde | |
Perrett | ||
| Saunders | Hall | |||
| Gemmill |  |
Turner | ||
| van Hooijdonk | Aloisi | |||
| Campbell | Durnin | |||
| Bart-Williams | |
Igoe | ||
| Substitutes | Substitutes | |||
| Johnson |  |
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Foster | |
| Smith |  |
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Waterman | |
| Guinan | |
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Svensson | |
| Scorers | Scorers | |||
| van Hooijdonk 35 mins | ||||
| Key | |||||
| Player booked |  | Player sent off |  | Player substituted |
| Substituted player |  | Player Injured |  | Player scored |
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