The City Ground

CARDIFF CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 11, 1972 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 11, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ninian Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 11 November 1972

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: M Sinclair
Attendance:: 12,750
Pos Before/After:: 8 11
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Dec 08, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2762 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1305 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3052 (of 5724)
Total:: 4315 (of 7505)
Played:: 51 years, 5 months, 15 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Dave Mackay
Prior form: LDDDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Neil Martin (87')

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Jimmy Scoular
Prior form: LDWLWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Andy McCulloch (75')
Bobby Woodruff (86')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	29	Tommy Gemmell
4	M	20	David Serella
5	F	26	Sammy Chapman off for George Lyall
6	M	30	Doug Fraser 65
7	M	20	Martin O'Neill
8	F	19	John Robertson
9	F	32	Neil Martin (87')
10	M	23	Paul Richardson 32
11	F	21	Alan Buckley
Subs
12	M	25	George Lyall on for Sammy Chapman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Irwin
2	D	Dwyer
3	D	Bell
4	D	Phillips
5	D	Murray
6	M	Morgan
7	M	Kellock
8	M	Bobby Woodruff
9	M	Andy McCulloch
10	F	Vincent
11	F	Reece
Subs
12		Showers

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 11, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-0	Blackpool
Bristol City	1-2	Queens Park Rangers
Burnley	1-2	Leyton Orient
Cardiff City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Carlisle United	4-3	Sunderland
Hull City	2-2	Fulham
Millwall	3-0	Brighton and Hove Albion
Portsmouth	2-2	Luton Town
Preston North End	0-1	Middlesbrough
Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Oxford United
Swindon Town	1-1	Huddersfield Town

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	16	7	9	0	30	17	5	3	0	18	8	2	6	0	12	9	1.76471	23	DWWWDD
	2	Queens Park Rangers	16	7	7	2	31	20	5	3	0	21	8	2	4	2	10	12	1.55000	21	WWWWLD
	3	Aston Villa	16	8	5	3	19	14	5	2	1	10	4	3	3	2	9	10	1.35714	21	LLDWDD
	4	Luton Town	16	8	3	5	22	18	3	3	3	14	12	5	0	2	8	6	1.22222	19	DWDLWL
	5	Blackpool	16	6	6	4	24	19	4	4	1	14	7	2	2	3	10	12	1.26316	18	DWDLWD
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	17	7	4	6	29	23	6	0	2	19	9	1	4	4	10	14	1.26087	18	DDLDLL
	7	Preston North End	16	7	4	5	15	14	3	3	1	5	3	4	1	4	10	11	1.07143	18	WDLWLW
	8	Nottingham Forest	16	6	6	4	19	21	4	4	1	12	9	2	2	3	7	12	.90476	18	LDDDWW
	9	Middlesbrough	16	6	6	4	16	19	5	2	1	11	7	1	4	3	5	12	.84211	18	WWLWDD
	10	Fulham	16	6	5	5	23	19	4	3	2	15	9	2	2	3	8	10	1.21053	17	WLLWDW
	11	Hull City	16	6	4	6	23	19	5	2	1	17	6	1	2	5	6	13	1.21053	16	WDWWLD
	12	Oxford United	16	7	2	7	22	20	5	0	3	15	10	2	2	4	7	10	1.10000	16	LWLLWL
	13	Bristol City	16	4	7	5	20	20	0	5	2	6	8	4	2	3	14	12	1.00000	15	DWDWLL
	14	Huddersfield Town	16	4	7	5	16	20	3	4	1	8	6	1	3	4	8	14	.80000	15	DDLLDW
	15	Sunderland	15	4	6	5	19	23	3	3	1	11	8	1	3	4	8	15	.82609	14	WLLLDD
	16	Swindon Town	17	4	6	7	22	28	3	4	1	11	10	1	2	6	11	18	.78571	14	LLWDDW
	17	Portsmouth	16	5	3	8	17	22	3	0	5	7	10	2	3	3	10	12	.77273	13	LLDLLW
	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	16	2	9	5	23	30	1	6	1	14	15	1	3	4	9	15	.76667	13	LDWDDD
	19	Carlisle United	15	4	4	7	18	19	4	1	2	14	7	0	3	5	4	12	.94737	12	DLWLWD
	20	Leyton Orient	16	2	8	6	12	18	2	4	3	9	10	0	4	3	3	8	.66667	12	DDLWDL
	21	Cardiff City	16	4	3	9	16	28	4	1	3	11	9	0	2	6	5	19	.57143	11	LDWLWD
	22	Millwall	16	4	2	10	17	22	3	1	3	8	8	1	1	7	9	14	.77273	10	LLWLDL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	17	7	9	1	31	19	5	3	1	19	10	2	6	0	12	9	1.63158	23	WWWDDL		1-2
	2	Queens Park Rangers	17	8	7	2	33	21	5	3	0	21	8	3	4	2	12	13	1.57143	23	WWWLDW		2-1
	3	Aston Villa	17	8	6	3	19	14	5	3	1	10	4	3	3	2	9	10	1.35714	22	LDWDDD		0-0
	4	Luton Town	17	8	4	5	24	20	3	3	3	14	12	5	1	2	10	8	1.20000	20	WDLWLD		2-2
4	5	Middlesbrough	17	7	6	4	17	19	5	2	1	11	7	2	4	3	6	12	.89474	20	WLWDDW		1-0
1	6	Blackpool	17	6	7	4	24	19	4	4	1	14	7	2	3	3	10	12	1.26316	19	WDLWDD		0-0
1	7	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	4	7	29	24	6	0	3	19	10	1	4	4	10	14	1.20833	18	DLDLLL		0-1
2	8	Fulham	17	6	6	5	25	21	4	3	2	15	9	2	3	3	10	12	1.19048	18	LLWDWD		2-2
3	9	Oxford United	17	8	2	7	23	20	5	0	3	15	10	3	2	4	8	10	1.15000	18	WLLWLW		1-0
3	10	Preston North End	17	7	4	6	15	15	3	3	2	5	4	4	1	4	10	11	1.00000	18	DLWLWL		0-1
3	11	Nottingham Forest	17	6	6	5	20	23	4	4	1	12	9	2	2	4	8	14	.86957	18	DDDWWL		1-2
1	12	Hull City	17	6	5	6	25	21	5	3	1	19	8	1	2	5	6	13	1.19048	17	DWWLDD		2-2
1	13	Huddersfield Town	17	4	8	5	17	21	3	4	1	8	6	1	4	4	9	15	.80952	16	DLLDWD		1-1
1	14	Bristol City	17	4	7	6	21	22	0	5	3	7	10	4	2	3	14	12	.95455	15	WDWLLL		1-2
1	15	Swindon Town	18	4	7	7	23	29	3	5	1	12	11	1	2	6	11	18	.79310	15	LWDDWD		1-1
3	16	Carlisle United	16	5	4	7	22	22	5	1	2	18	10	0	3	5	4	12	1.00000	14	LWLWDW		4-3
2	17	Sunderland	16	4	6	6	22	27	3	3	1	11	8	1	3	5	11	19	.81481	14	LLLDDL		3-4
1	18	Portsmouth	17	5	4	8	19	24	3	1	5	9	12	2	3	3	10	12	.79167	14	LDLLWD		2-2
1	19	Leyton Orient	17	3	8	6	14	19	2	4	3	9	10	1	4	3	5	9	.73684	14	DLWDLW		2-1
2	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	17	2	9	6	23	33	1	6	1	14	15	1	3	5	9	18	.69697	13	DWDDDL		0-3
	21	Cardiff City	17	5	3	9	18	29	5	1	3	13	10	0	2	6	5	19	.62069	13	DWLWDW		2-1
	22	Millwall	17	5	2	10	20	22	4	1	3	11	8	1	1	7	9	14	.90909	12	LWLDLW		3-0