The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Sat Mar 24, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 24, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 24 March 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: E Garner
Attendance:: 10,488
Pos Before/After:: 13 12
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Sep 08, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2780 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1323 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3074 (of 5724)
Total:: 4337 (of 7505)
Played:: 51 years, 1 month, 1 day ago

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

Goals
John Galley (15') - John Galley last goal
Martin O'Neill (24')
John Cottam (67') - John Cottam first goal

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Derek Dooley
Prior form: LWWWWD (Old to recent)

Goals

Penalties Missed:
John Galley (66')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	M	24	Liam O'Kane
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	F	26	Sammy Chapman
5	M	22	John Cottam (67')
6	F	26	Tommy Jackson
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh
8	M	21	Martin O'Neill (24')
9	F	22	Duncan McKenzie off for John Robertson (85')
10	F	28	John Galley (15')
11	F	28	Barry Lyons
Subs
12	F	20	John Robertson on for Duncan McKenzie (85')

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Jim Barron	182		7	2
2	M	24	Liam O'Kane	225	1	7	2
3	D	30	John Winfield	414	4	7	2
4	F	26	Sammy Chapman	419	22	7	2
5	M	22	John Cottam (67)	107	4	7	2
6	F	26	Tommy Jackson	95	6	7	2
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh	62	3	7	2
8	M	21	Martin O'Neill (24)	364	62	7	2
9	F	22	Duncan McKenzie off for John Robertson (85)	130	46	7	2
10	F	28	John Galley (15)	43	8	7	2
11	F	28	Barry Lyons	242	34	7	2
Subs
12	F	20	John Robertson on for Duncan McKenzie (85)	516	95	11	3

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?
12		?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 24, 1973)

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

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	34	18	13	3	57	30	9	6	2	34	17	9	7	1	23	13	1.90000	49	DDWLWW	Safe
2	Queens Park Rangers	33	17	12	4	62	35	11	4	1	39	13	6	8	3	23	22	1.77143	46	WDWWDW	Safe
3	Blackpool	35	15	10	10	48	39	9	6	3	29	14	6	4	7	19	25	1.23077	40	DLDWWW
4	Sheffield Wednesday	35	15	9	11	54	45	12	3	3	37	20	3	6	8	17	25	1.20000	39	LWWWWD
5	Fulham	33	14	10	9	50	38	10	4	2	28	12	4	6	7	22	26	1.31579	38	LWLWWL
6	Oxford United	35	16	6	13	45	35	12	1	4	31	14	4	5	9	14	21	1.28571	38	WWLLDW
7	Aston Villa	33	14	10	9	40	37	9	5	4	22	15	5	5	5	18	22	1.08108	38	WDLLLW
8	Middlesbrough	35	13	11	11	34	37	10	4	3	21	11	3	7	8	13	26	.91892	37	WLWLWD
9	Luton Town	32	13	10	9	40	36	5	8	4	22	19	8	2	5	18	17	1.11111	36	WLDLDW
10	Millwall	34	14	7	13	49	40	11	3	3	29	14	3	4	10	20	26	1.22500	35	WWWWLW
11	Hull City	33	11	11	11	51	47	8	6	3	34	18	3	5	8	17	29	1.08511	33	LLWDWL
12	Bristol City	34	11	11	12	44	44	5	7	4	20	15	6	4	8	24	29	1.00000	33	WDWLLD
13	Nottingham Forest	34	11	11	12	36	40	9	5	3	24	15	2	6	9	12	25	.90000	33	LWDWLD
14	Sunderland	29	10	9	10	41	36	7	5	2	23	10	3	4	8	18	26	1.13889	29	WLWWLW
15	Portsmouth	34	10	9	15	38	47	5	5	7	18	20	5	4	8	20	27	.80851	29	WLLDLL
16	Swindon Town	35	8	13	14	41	54	6	8	4	25	22	2	5	10	16	32	.75926	29	LWLDWD
17	Preston North End	34	10	9	15	33	55	5	5	6	16	22	5	4	9	17	33	.60000	29	LDLDLL
18	Carlisle United	33	10	8	15	43	41	9	4	4	36	20	1	4	11	7	21	1.04878	28	DLLLWL
19	Leyton Orient	33	8	11	14	35	41	7	5	4	22	14	1	6	10	13	27	.85366	27	WLWLWL
20	Huddersfield Town	34	6	15	13	31	44	5	9	4	18	18	1	6	9	13	26	.70455	27	WDDDLD
21	Cardiff City	32	10	5	17	34	48	10	1	5	26	16	0	4	12	8	32	.70833	25	DLWLLL
22	Brighton and Hove Albion	34	5	10	19	35	72	4	6	6	22	26	1	4	13	13	46	.48611	20	WLLWDW

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	35	19	13	3	59	31	10	6	2	36	18	9	7	1	23	13	1.90323	51	DWLWWW	Safe	2-1
	2	Queens Park Rangers	34	18	12	4	66	35	12	4	1	43	13	6	8	3	23	22	1.88571	48	DWWDWW	Safe	4-0
	3	Blackpool	36	15	10	11	48	43	9	6	3	29	14	6	4	8	19	29	1.11628	40	LDWWWL		0-4
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	36	15	9	12	54	48	12	3	3	37	20	3	6	9	17	28	1.12500	39	WWWWDL		0-3
2	5	Aston Villa	34	14	11	9	41	38	9	5	4	22	15	5	6	5	19	23	1.07895	39	DLLLWD		1-1
	6	Oxford United	35	16	6	13	45	35	12	1	4	31	14	4	5	9	14	21	1.28571	38	WWLLDW
2	7	Fulham	34	14	10	10	51	40	10	4	3	29	14	4	6	7	22	26	1.27500	38	WLWWLL		1-2
	8	Middlesbrough	36	13	12	11	35	38	10	5	3	22	12	3	7	8	13	26	.92105	38	LWLWDD		1-1
	9	Luton Town	33	13	10	10	41	39	5	8	5	23	22	8	2	5	18	17	1.05128	36	LDLDWL		1-3
	10	Millwall	35	14	7	14	50	42	11	3	3	29	14	3	4	11	21	28	1.19048	35	WWWLWL		1-2
1	11	Bristol City	35	12	11	12	47	45	5	7	4	20	15	7	4	8	27	30	1.04444	35	DWLLDW		3-1
1	12	Nottingham Forest	35	12	11	12	39	40	10	5	3	27	15	2	6	9	12	25	.97500	35	WDWLDW		3-0
2	13	Hull City	33	11	11	11	51	47	8	6	3	34	18	3	5	8	17	29	1.08511	33	LLWDWL
	14	Sunderland	30	11	9	10	43	37	7	5	2	23	10	4	4	8	20	27	1.16216	31	LWWLWW		2-1
	15	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	38	47	5	6	7	18	20	5	4	8	20	27	.80851	30	LLDLLD		0-0
1	16	Preston North End	35	10	10	15	33	55	5	6	6	16	22	5	4	9	17	33	.60000	30	DLDLLD		0-0
1	17	Carlisle United	34	10	9	15	43	41	9	4	4	36	20	1	5	11	7	21	1.04878	29	LLLWLD		0-0
1	18	Leyton Orient	34	9	11	14	38	42	8	5	4	25	15	1	6	10	13	27	.90476	29	LWLWLW		3-1
3	19	Swindon Town	36	8	13	15	42	57	6	8	4	25	22	2	5	11	17	35	.73684	29	WLDWDL		1-3
	20	Huddersfield Town	35	6	15	14	32	47	5	9	4	18	18	1	6	10	14	29	.68085	27	DDDLDL		1-3
	21	Cardiff City	33	10	6	17	34	48	10	1	5	26	16	0	5	12	8	32	.70833	26	LWLLLD		0-0
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	6	10	19	38	73	5	6	6	25	27	1	4	13	13	46	.52055	22	LLWDWW		3-1