1992 01 03 Nottingham Forest v Southampton FA Cup 3rd Round

[Music] now to a meeting between two premier league teams Nottingham Forest and Southampton at the city ground in Nottingham a frosty pitch and the 13 a half thousand crowd came well prepared against the bitterly cold conditions the temperature of kickoff well below freezing Brian club's Forest side has had a disastrous start to the season and they're firmly placed at the bottom of the Premier League the FA Cup provides welcome relief from their worries especially as it Remains the only major prize in English football that Brian Club hasn't won the commentators Trevor Brooking and John mson that was call and it's uh been said by many professionals that the back pass interpretation will cause greater concern to Defenders when the pitches get more difficult we shall see gel C in the middle number nine Crosby further over number seven appeals by the crowd mainly against Bernal hands but it's a corner to be taken on The Far Side by Ian Wan back to Stewart Pierce here's W again oh a Mis kick by Adams Crosby and cff appeals for offside didn't see a flag Trevor no and Tim flowers is waving to the line for saying why didn't I see you flag it this is the Mis kick which going to get a bit of this today and in all honesty it was a good chance Nigel K trying to pick his spot just losing his footing on his standing foot and didn't make a good [Applause] contact and here's coal with the header back in oh and latier and Southampton take the lead and Matt latier with the header puts them in front with just under a quarter of an hour gone a very very simple goal well it's a very soft goal isn't it look Mark Crosley comes to punch gets in the way with Tyler the punch goes right into the middle of the goal headed on and really mtio just guides it and once he's deflected it on the sixy box no chance of recovery MCA second time he was uh fouling kff or a combination of he and Bernal kff takes the free kick to pierce outside him is wan Pierce again oh off the feet of flowers and luckily for South Anton it shot out to Mona and not to one of the three Forest players who were waiting it only needs a foot to go out like that did offw and was a faint deflection wasn't it but gain good use of the legs and the feet and Tim Flair's having a good game Kean Crosby K off Adams beral coo corner off benale the crowd start to get behind Forest a bit more [Applause] now there's on Kean com in behind him and there's The Equalizer Roy clean came in behind Stuart Pierce and got a firm header in and Forest are level a kiss of the shirt but watch him come in here as the Southampton Defender attention is taken by Pierce there's Kean right in the corner just wondered whether it was Richard Hall who was picking him up I mean he couldn't have got it closer into the corner marvelous header not much emotion there but plenty in his side because that was a vital goal wasn't it just before the end of it web [Applause] Keane kff oh well played it's Kean again good save by flowers well that would have been two in two minutes for Roy Kee terrific play by Kean and cluck superb layoff under that pressure from the defender but what a marvelous save by Flair low down like that to get to that was terrific this is Webb now looking for tarce on the far side goalkeepers had an excellent half for Southampton that was his third important save and arguably his best Pierce gel oh it's another one it's Neil web it's Neil web's first goal since returning to Forest and from one down with barely minute left in the half Brian club's team are 21 up web turning and chipping a beauty from what 14 yards this time flowers were stranded and it's 2-1 to [Applause] Forest brought a bit more atmosphere to the whole occasion that's aimed at latier oh he's found him latier for southton and the keeper didn't well latier again against the bar and Away by Pierce who've got there in front of DOD so the second half starts very much the way the first half ended with uh unexpected goal Mount action that came out of very little for ler and he could so easily have squared it up there at 22 that's a free kick Scot [Applause] Bali piss good Save By Tim FL as he just got to it again the second time bit of a collision actually as the player following in might have caught him inadvertently that was a brave example of goalkeeping it's Scott G actually who might have just collided with flowers Trevor well he had to go in on the ball because it did come away I mean he he did very well to get his body behind it it's the worst possible free kick really one bouncing in front of the goalkeeper like [Applause] that every time you see Forest Play You Remind yourself they're bottom of the Premier League and you have to remind yourself because their football crossed by Adams latier oh Pierce couldn't stop it was it over the line or not the referee looked at the linesman there's no flag play seems to have gone on and over here on my side of the pitch Perry Groves comes and remonstrates with the linesman and says was that over the line the ball in is by Adams watch for Stewart Pierce here it comes off latier where was it not over in my opinion Trevor Adams Mara's coming in and it was Groves and there's the cross and there's the header and there's the save brilliantly turned aside by Crosley I think it was kry Dixon who got the header in Trev bit M from me that I think it was Dixon well who knows that might do Mark Crosley a lot of good because uh the home supporters have been you know a bit frustrated and he's been and his criticisms but Perry Groves hangs a a fine ball towards the far post headed it back across across ly changing direction does extremely [Applause] [Music] well and there it is Nottingham Forest are through to the fourth round of the FA Cup to Mark Bryan club's 18th anniversary in charge Roy kean's Dynamic header put them back in the game at 1-1 and then a piece of magic from Neil Webb gave them a halftime lead which in an EXC in second half remained untouched despite scares at both ends so webs goal is the winner and the final score at the city ground the players doing awfully well in the conditions players on both sides Nottingham Forest 2 Southampton 1 [Applause]