The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Tue Apr 20, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Apr 20, 1976 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 21 April 1976

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: M Sinclair
Attendance:: 13,006
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Nov 06, 1976

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2912 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1455 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3228 (of 5724)
Total:: 4525 (of 7505)
Played:: 48 years, 3 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: LWDWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Barry Butlin (52')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jim Smith
Prior form: WWWLWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Wells
2	D	23	Colin Barrett
3	D	32	Frank Clark
4	M	26	John McGovern
5	F	29	Sammy Chapman
6	M	24	Ian Bowyer
7	M	21	Terry Curran
8	M	24	Martin O'Neill
9	F	29	John O'Hare
10	F	26	Barry Butlin (52')
11	F	23	John Robertson
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bradshaw
2	D	Waddington
3	D	Wood
4	D	Bailey
5	D	Hawkins
6	M	Fazackerly
7	M	Taylor
8	M	Hird
9	M	Beamish
10	F	Parkes
11	F	Wagstaff
Subs
12		Kenyon

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Tue Apr 20, 1976)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	1-0	Sunderland
Bristol City	1-0	Portsmouth
Carlisle United	0-0	Hull City
Leyton Orient	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Blackburn Rovers

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	Sunderland	40	23	8	9	65	35	18	2	0	46	10	5	6	9	19	25	1.85714	54	WWDWWW	Promoted
	2	Bristol City	40	18	15	7	57	33	10	7	2	32	12	8	8	5	25	21	1.72727	51	DDWLDD	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	40	19	12	9	49	33	10	9	2	29	12	9	3	7	20	21	1.48485	50	WDWLWW	Safe
	4	Bolton Wanderers	40	18	12	10	57	37	11	5	4	33	13	7	7	6	24	24	1.54054	48	WDDLWL	Safe
	5	Southampton	41	20	7	14	65	50	17	2	1	48	16	3	5	13	17	34	1.30000	47	WWWLLW	Safe
	6	Luton Town	41	18	10	13	58	51	12	6	2	35	15	6	4	11	23	36	1.13725	46	DLDDWW	Safe
	7	Notts County	40	17	11	12	56	40	10	6	4	31	13	7	5	8	25	27	1.40000	45	LDDDWD	Safe
	8	Nottingham Forest	40	15	12	13	51	40	11	1	7	30	18	4	11	6	21	22	1.27500	42	LWDWDL	Safe
	9	Charlton Athletic	41	15	12	14	61	68	11	5	4	40	30	4	7	10	21	38	.89706	42	DWLLDD	Safe
	10	Blackpool	40	13	14	13	39	46	8	9	3	25	22	5	5	10	14	24	.84783	40	DDWLWD	Safe
	11	Chelsea	41	12	15	14	51	52	7	9	5	25	20	5	6	9	26	32	.98077	39	LDDDLD	Safe
	12	Fulham	41	13	13	15	44	46	9	7	4	26	13	4	6	11	18	33	.95652	39	WDDLLD	Safe
	13	Hull City	40	14	10	16	45	48	9	5	7	29	23	5	5	9	16	25	.93750	38	DDDDWL	Safe
	14	Plymouth Argyle	41	13	12	16	48	52	13	4	4	36	20	0	8	12	12	32	.92308	38	DDWLWD	Safe
	15	Oldham Athletic	41	13	12	16	57	67	11	8	1	37	23	2	4	15	20	44	.85075	38	LLWLLD	Safe
	16	Bristol Rovers	40	11	16	13	37	44	7	9	5	20	15	4	7	8	17	29	.84091	38	LDLDWL	Safe
	17	Leyton Orient	39	12	13	14	35	36	9	5	5	19	11	3	8	9	16	25	.97222	37	DLDDLW	Safe
	18	Blackburn Rovers	40	12	13	15	44	48	8	6	7	27	22	4	7	8	17	26	.91667	37	WWWLWW	Safe
	19	Carlisle United	40	11	12	17	43	59	8	7	4	27	22	3	5	13	16	37	.72881	34	DLLWLL
	20	Oxford United	41	11	11	19	38	57	7	7	7	23	25	4	4	12	15	32	.66667	33	WWLWLL
	21	York City	41	10	7	24	37	69	8	2	10	26	32	2	5	14	11	37	.53623	27	LLWWLD	Relegated
	22	Portsmouth	40	9	7	24	32	58	4	6	11	15	23	5	1	13	17	35	.55172	25	LLLLWD	Relegated

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	Sunderland	41	23	8	10	65	36	18	2	0	46	10	5	6	10	19	26	1.80556	54	WDWWWL	Promoted	0-1
	2	Bristol City	41	19	15	7	58	33	11	7	2	33	12	8	8	5	25	21	1.75758	53	DWLDDW	Promoted	1-0
	3	West Bromwich Albion	41	19	13	9	49	33	10	9	2	29	12	9	4	7	20	21	1.48485	51	DWLWWD	Safe	0-0
	4	Bolton Wanderers	40	18	12	10	57	37	11	5	4	33	13	7	7	6	24	24	1.54054	48	WDDLWL	Safe
	5	Southampton	41	20	7	14	65	50	17	2	1	48	16	3	5	13	17	34	1.30000	47	WWWLLW	Safe
	6	Luton Town	41	18	10	13	58	51	12	6	2	35	15	6	4	11	23	36	1.13725	46	DLDDWW	Safe
	7	Notts County	40	17	11	12	56	40	10	6	4	31	13	7	5	8	25	27	1.40000	45	LDDDWD	Safe
	8	Nottingham Forest	41	16	12	13	52	40	12	1	7	31	18	4	11	6	21	22	1.30000	44	WDWDLW	Safe	1-0
	9	Charlton Athletic	41	15	12	14	61	68	11	5	4	40	30	4	7	10	21	38	.89706	42	DWLLDD	Safe
	10	Blackpool	41	14	14	13	40	46	9	9	3	26	22	5	5	10	14	24	.86957	42	DWLWDW	Safe	1-0
	11	Chelsea	41	12	15	14	51	52	7	9	5	25	20	5	6	9	26	32	.98077	39	LDDDLD	Safe
	12	Fulham	41	13	13	15	44	46	9	7	4	26	13	4	6	11	18	33	.95652	39	WDDLLD	Safe
	13	Hull City	41	14	11	16	45	48	9	5	7	29	23	5	6	9	16	25	.93750	39	DDDWLD	Safe	0-0
3	14	Leyton Orient	40	12	14	14	35	36	9	6	5	19	11	3	8	9	16	25	.97222	38	LDDLWD	Safe	0-0
1	15	Plymouth Argyle	41	13	12	16	48	52	13	4	4	36	20	0	8	12	12	32	.92308	38	DDWLWD	Safe
1	16	Oldham Athletic	41	13	12	16	57	67	11	8	1	37	23	2	4	15	20	44	.85075	38	LLWLLD	Safe
1	17	Bristol Rovers	40	11	16	13	37	44	7	9	5	20	15	4	7	8	17	29	.84091	38	LDLDWL	Safe
	18	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	13	16	44	49	8	6	7	27	22	4	7	9	17	27	.89796	37	WWLWWL	Safe	0-1
	19	Carlisle United	41	11	13	17	43	59	8	8	4	27	22	3	5	13	16	37	.72881	35	LLWLLD		0-0
	20	Oxford United	41	11	11	19	38	57	7	7	7	23	25	4	4	12	15	32	.66667	33	WWLWLL
	21	York City	41	10	7	24	37	69	8	2	10	26	32	2	5	14	11	37	.53623	27	LLWWLD	Relegated
	22	Portsmouth	41	9	7	25	32	59	4	6	11	15	23	5	1	14	17	36	.54237	25	LLLWDL	Relegated	0-1