Nott'm Forest 1-0 Wigan Athletic- Player Ratings
By Michael Lynch
May 1 2004
Nottingham Forest pulled the curtain down on their City Ground campaign with a good win over Wigan Athletic. After teh game the players re-emerged onto the field of play and did a lap of honour. Brilliant stuff- Well done, lads.
As we entered ther ground only 5 minutes before kick off the atmosphere had already been built up and was electric. This was our final home game of the season and a full house greetetd the players as they exited the tunne to a warm reception. Full match report Coming Soon. Forest:
Subs Not Used: Doig, Beaumont
Scorers: Johnson 57mins
Wigan: Filan, De Vos (C), Breckin, Ellington, McCulloch (Roberts 73mins), Mahon (Liddell 61mins), Farrelly, Eaden, Teale, Bullard, Baines
Subs Not Used: Mitchell, McMillan, Walsh
Referee: J Winter
Attn: 29,172 Away: 2,459
Match Ratings:
Paul Gerrard, 7- Commanded his penalty area well. Kept a clean sheet for the rime he was on but unfortunately picked up an injury that might see his Forest career prematurely over.
(Barry Roche, 7- The best ever performance from Barry Roche. Also commanding in the area. Caght a few crosses and stopped a few shots.)
Andy Impey, 6- Made a few good tackles and some okay crosses. Looked a little average, though.
Michael Dawson, 9- Won everything in the air and made a ot of important tackles. Man of the Match.
Des Walker, 8- Also won everything in the air and looked solid and consistent throughout.
Alan Rogers, 7- Played okay. Amde a few good contributions but not the best of 'Tank.'
Eoin Jess, 6- Played well for the first half but couldn't carry it over for the second.
(Danny Sonner, 7- Started off well and looked pretty decent. Didnt have enough time to make it past a 7, though.)
Paul Evans, 8- Played consistently well throughout today's game.
Gareth Williams, 6- Looked okay in the first half but went of the boil in the second playing very poorly.
Andy Reid, 6- Looked to have had one eye on Spurs.
Marlon King, 6- Looked okay if not a little average.
David Johnson, 9- Played very well and would have probably scored more goals if he had more support from his teammates.
(Craig Westcarr, 5- Didn't have enough time.)
Home fans, 9- Loud through most of today's game. Had a few periods where they were silent but came to life after the Forest goal and were supportive of the players during the lack of honour.
Away Fans (Wigan), 9- Had a good following and were loud... But they also sang 'You've never won **** all.' which was a little idiotic!