The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 1 - 3 FOREST - Fri Apr 09, 1971 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Apr 09, 1971 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Guardian - Saturday 10 April 1971

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: G Kew
Attendance:: 33,772
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Sep 18, 1971

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2697 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1321 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2982 (of 5724)
Total:: 4236 (of 7505)
Played:: 53 years, 1 month, 1 day ago

FOREST
Manager: Matt Gillies
Prior form: WLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Duncan McKenzie (19') - Duncan McKenzie first goal
Tommy Jackson (52') - Tommy Jackson first goal
Duncan McKenzie (82')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Joe Mercer
Prior form: LDDDDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Mike Doyle (33')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Jim Barron
2	D	26	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	John Winfield
4	F	24	Sammy Chapman
5	M	22	Liam O'Kane
6	M	29	Doug Fraser
7	F	24	Tommy Jackson (52')
8	M	21	Paul Richardson
9	F	30	Neil Martin
10	F	20	Duncan McKenzie (19') (82')
11	F	26	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	27	Ronnie Rees

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Ron Healy
2	2	Dave Connor
3	3	Tony Towers
4	4	Mike Doyle
5	5	Tommy Booth
6	6	Willie Donachie
7	7	Derek Jeffries (75')
8	8	Colin Bell
9	9	Francis Lee
10	10	Neil Young
11	11	Freddie Hill
Subs
12		Tony Book (75')

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Fri Apr 09, 1971)

Home	Score	Away
Manchester City	1-3	Nottingham Forest
West Ham United	2-1	West Bromwich Albion

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leeds United	36	24	8	4	64	27	14	2	2	36	10	10	6	2	28	17	2.37037	56	WWDWLW	Safe
	2	Arsenal	34	23	6	5	60	25	15	3	0	38	6	8	3	5	22	19	2.40000	52	LWWWWW	Safe
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	19	7	10	59	50	12	2	4	32	21	7	5	6	27	29	1.18000	45	LDWWWL	Safe
	4	Chelsea	36	16	12	8	47	38	10	5	2	30	18	6	7	6	17	20	1.23684	44	DWLDWL	Safe
	5	Liverpool	35	13	15	7	35	21	10	9	0	29	10	3	6	7	6	11	1.66667	41	LLWWDD	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	11	8	47	31	9	4	4	28	17	6	7	4	19	14	1.51613	41	LWDWDW	Safe
	7	Southampton	35	15	11	9	47	36	11	5	1	27	8	4	6	8	20	28	1.30556	41	DWWDDW	Safe
	8	Manchester City	34	12	14	8	40	28	7	7	2	23	11	5	7	6	17	17	1.42857	38	LDDDDW	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	36	13	10	13	39	41	8	6	3	22	14	5	4	10	17	27	.95122	36	LWDWWD	Safe
	10	Manchester United	34	12	10	12	49	51	7	6	4	24	18	5	4	8	25	33	.96078	34	LWLWWL
	11	Everton	37	11	12	14	49	53	9	6	3	28	14	2	6	11	21	39	.92453	34	WLLLLD
	12	Coventry City	35	13	8	14	29	32	9	3	5	17	11	4	5	9	12	21	.90625	34	LWDLDL
	13	Stoke City	35	11	11	13	41	43	9	6	2	25	8	2	5	11	16	35	.95349	33	DWLLLW
	14	Derby County	36	12	8	16	47	51	7	4	7	27	25	5	4	9	20	26	.92157	32	DLLLWL
	15	Crystal Palace	36	11	10	15	32	40	8	5	6	19	19	3	5	9	13	21	.80000	32	DLLLLW
	16	West Bromwich Albion	35	9	13	13	53	64	9	6	3	32	22	0	7	10	21	42	.82813	31	DWLLDD
	17	Huddersfield Town	36	9	12	15	36	44	6	7	5	17	14	3	5	10	19	30	.81818	30	WLDWWL
	18	Nottingham Forest	35	11	7	17	35	52	8	3	6	28	22	3	4	11	7	30	.67308	29	WLWWWL
	19	Ipswich Town	36	10	8	18	37	43	8	3	8	26	22	2	5	10	11	21	.86047	28	DLDLLD
	20	West Ham United	35	7	13	15	41	54	4	8	6	25	28	3	5	9	16	26	.75926	27	DDLDWW
	21	Burnley	35	4	13	18	25	56	2	8	8	17	29	2	5	10	8	27	.44643	21	WLWDDL
	22	Blackpool	35	3	11	21	27	59	2	7	8	16	26	1	4	13	11	33	.45763	17	DLDLDL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Leeds United	36	24	8	4	64	27	14	2	2	36	10	10	6	2	28	17	2.37037	56	WWDWLW	Safe
	2	Arsenal	34	23	6	5	60	25	15	3	0	38	6	8	3	5	22	19	2.40000	52	LWWWWW	Safe
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	19	7	10	59	50	12	2	4	32	21	7	5	6	27	29	1.18000	45	LDWWWL	Safe
	4	Chelsea	36	16	12	8	47	38	10	5	2	30	18	6	7	6	17	20	1.23684	44	DWLDWL	Safe
	5	Liverpool	35	13	15	7	35	21	10	9	0	29	10	3	6	7	6	11	1.66667	41	LLWWDD	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	11	8	47	31	9	4	4	28	17	6	7	4	19	14	1.51613	41	LWDWDW	Safe
	7	Southampton	35	15	11	9	47	36	11	5	1	27	8	4	6	8	20	28	1.30556	41	DWWDDW	Safe
	8	Manchester City	35	12	14	9	41	31	7	7	3	24	14	5	7	6	17	17	1.32258	38	DDDDWL	Safe	1-3
	9	Newcastle United	36	13	10	13	39	41	8	6	3	22	14	5	4	10	17	27	.95122	36	LWDWWD	Safe
	10	Manchester United	34	12	10	12	49	51	7	6	4	24	18	5	4	8	25	33	.96078	34	LWLWWL
	11	Everton	37	11	12	14	49	53	9	6	3	28	14	2	6	11	21	39	.92453	34	WLLLLD
	12	Coventry City	35	13	8	14	29	32	9	3	5	17	11	4	5	9	12	21	.90625	34	LWDLDL
	13	Stoke City	35	11	11	13	41	43	9	6	2	25	8	2	5	11	16	35	.95349	33	DWLLLW
	14	Derby County	36	12	8	16	47	51	7	4	7	27	25	5	4	9	20	26	.92157	32	DLLLWL
	15	Crystal Palace	36	11	10	15	32	40	8	5	6	19	19	3	5	9	13	21	.80000	32	DLLLLW
	16	West Bromwich Albion	36	9	13	14	54	66	9	6	3	32	22	0	7	11	22	44	.81818	31	WLLDDL		1-2
1	17	Nottingham Forest	36	12	7	17	38	53	8	3	6	28	22	4	4	11	10	31	.71698	31	LWWWLW		3-1
1	18	Huddersfield Town	36	9	12	15	36	44	6	7	5	17	14	3	5	10	19	30	.81818	30	WLDWWL
1	19	West Ham United	36	8	13	15	43	55	5	8	6	27	29	3	5	9	16	26	.78182	29	DLDWWW		2-1
1	20	Ipswich Town	36	10	8	18	37	43	8	3	8	26	22	2	5	10	11	21	.86047	28	DLDLLD
	21	Burnley	35	4	13	18	25	56	2	8	8	17	29	2	5	10	8	27	.44643	21	WLWDDL
	22	Blackpool	35	3	11	21	27	59	2	7	8	16	26	1	4	13	11	33	.45763	17	DLDLDL

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