The City Ground

BLACKPOOL 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Oct 16, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 16, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 16 October 1976

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: J Hough
Attendance:: 17,089
Pos Before/After:: 5 8
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ayr United (Anglo-Scottish Cup)
League:: Burnley
Blackpool:: Mar 26, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2923 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1466 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3246 (of 5724)
Total:: 4551 (of 7505)
Played:: 47 years, 6 months, 9 days ago

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

Goals

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Allan Brown
Prior form: WLLWLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Mickey Walsh (64')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	John Middleton
2	D	20	Viv Anderson
3	D	33	Frank Clark
4	M	26	John McGovern
5	D	28	Larry Lloyd
6	M	25	Ian Bowyer
7	M	21	Terry Curran off for Sean Haslegrave
8	M	24	Martin O'Neill
9	F	25	Peter Withe
10	F	26	Barry Butlin
11	F	23	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	25	Sean Haslegrave on for Terry Curran

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Gardiner
3	D	Harrison
4	D	Ronson
5	D	Hart
6	M	Suddaby
7	M	Ainscow
8	M	Spence
9	M	Mickey Walsh
10	F	Hatton
11	F	Bentley
Subs
12		Suddick

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 16, 1976)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Bristol Rovers
Burnley	4-4	Charlton Athletic
Carlisle United	1-1	Luton Town
Chelsea	4-3	Oldham Athletic
Hull City	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Millwall	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Notts County	0-1	Leyton Orient
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Cardiff City
Sheffield United	1-1	Fulham
Southampton	1-0	Hereford United

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Chelsea	9	6	1	2	13	11	3	1	0	7	4	3	0	2	6	7	2	13	LWWWWL
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	4	3	2	22	12	2	1	2	11	8	2	2	0	11	4	10	11	WDWLWL
	3	Blackpool	10	5	1	4	16	11	2	0	3	7	7	3	1	1	9	4	5	11	WLLWLD
	4	Oldham Athletic	9	4	3	2	11	11	3	2	0	9	5	1	1	2	2	6	0	11	WWLDLW
	5	Nottingham Forest	9	3	4	2	21	14	3	1	1	17	9	0	3	1	4	5	7	10	DWDWLW
	6	Millwall	9	4	2	3	14	10	3	1	0	8	0	1	1	3	6	10	4	10	WLWDWL
	7	Charlton Athletic	9	4	2	3	19	18	3	1	1	14	9	1	1	2	5	9	1	10	LWWWLW
	8	Bristol Rovers	9	4	2	3	11	10	3	1	1	9	6	1	1	2	2	4	1	10	LWDWLW
	9	Bolton Wanderers	9	4	1	4	16	14	3	0	1	10	5	1	1	3	6	9	2	9	WWLDLL
	10	Plymouth Argyle	9	3	3	3	15	13	2	1	2	9	6	1	2	1	6	7	2	9	DLLDWW
	11	Fulham	8	3	3	2	12	11	2	2	0	7	3	1	1	2	5	8	1	9	DWDWWL
	12	Luton Town	9	4	1	4	13	13	2	1	1	5	3	2	0	3	8	10	0	9	DLLWLW
	13	Hull City	9	3	3	3	12	12	3	1	0	9	2	0	2	3	3	10	0	9	DLDDWL
	14	Sheffield United	9	2	5	2	11	14	2	3	0	8	4	0	2	2	3	10	-3	9	DWDDWL
	15	Carlisle United	9	3	3	3	14	18	2	3	0	10	7	1	0	3	4	11	-4	9	LDWLWD
	16	Notts County	9	4	1	4	12	18	2	0	2	4	3	2	1	2	8	15	-6	9	LWWLWL
	17	Blackburn Rovers	9	3	2	4	12	12	2	1	1	9	3	1	1	3	3	9	0	8	LLDDWW
	18	Burnley	9	2	3	4	10	12	2	2	1	9	6	0	1	3	1	6	-2	7	LWLDLD
	19	Cardiff City	9	3	1	5	13	16	2	1	2	8	8	1	0	3	5	8	-3	7	LLLDLW
	20	Southampton	9	2	3	4	15	19	1	2	1	7	5	1	1	3	8	14	-4	7	DLDLWW
	21	Hereford United	9	2	2	5	13	21	2	0	2	6	8	0	2	3	7	13	-8	6	LDLLLL
	22	Leyton Orient	9	1	3	5	8	13	1	1	2	5	4	0	2	3	3	9	-5	5	DLWDLD

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Chelsea	10	7	1	2	17	14	4	1	0	11	7	3	0	2	6	7	3	15	WWWWLW		4-3
1	2	Blackpool	11	6	1	4	17	11	3	0	3	8	7	3	1	1	9	4	6	13	LLWLDW		1-0
1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	3	3	22	14	2	1	2	11	8	2	2	1	11	6	8	11	DWLWLL		0-2
5	4	Bolton Wanderers	10	5	1	4	17	14	4	0	1	11	5	1	1	3	6	9	3	11	WLDLLW		1-0
8	5	Hull City	10	4	3	3	14	12	4	1	0	11	2	0	2	3	3	10	2	11	LDDWLW		2-0
1	6	Charlton Athletic	10	4	3	3	23	22	3	1	1	14	9	1	2	2	9	13	1	11	WWWLWD		4-4
3	7	Oldham Athletic	10	4	3	3	14	15	3	2	0	9	5	1	1	3	5	10	-1	11	WLDLWL		3-4
3	8	Nottingham Forest	10	3	4	3	21	15	3	1	1	17	9	0	3	2	4	6	6	10	WDWLWL		0-1
3	9	Millwall	10	4	2	4	14	11	3	1	1	8	1	1	1	3	6	10	3	10	LWDWLL		0-1
	10	Plymouth Argyle	10	3	4	3	17	15	2	2	2	11	8	1	2	1	6	7	2	10	LLDWWD		2-2
6	11	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	2	4	13	12	2	1	1	9	3	2	1	3	4	9	1	10	LDDWWW		1-0
1	12	Fulham	9	3	4	2	13	12	2	2	0	7	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	10	WDWWLD		1-1
1	13	Luton Town	10	4	2	4	14	14	2	1	1	5	3	2	1	3	9	11	0	10	LLWLWD		1-1
6	14	Bristol Rovers	10	4	2	4	11	11	3	1	1	9	6	1	1	3	2	5	0	10	WDWLWL		0-1
1	15	Sheffield United	10	2	6	2	12	15	2	4	0	9	5	0	2	2	3	10	-3	10	WDDWLD		1-1
1	16	Carlisle United	10	3	4	3	15	19	2	4	0	11	8	1	0	3	4	11	-4	10	DWLWDD		1-1
3	17	Southampton	10	3	3	4	16	19	2	2	1	8	5	1	1	3	8	14	-3	9	LDLWWW		1-0
2	18	Notts County	10	4	1	5	12	19	2	0	3	4	4	2	1	2	8	15	-7	9	WWLWLL		0-1
1	19	Burnley	10	2	4	4	14	16	2	3	1	13	10	0	1	3	1	6	-2	8	WLDLDD		4-4
1	20	Cardiff City	10	3	2	5	15	18	2	1	2	8	8	1	1	3	7	10	-3	8	LLDLWD		2-2
1	21	Leyton Orient	10	2	3	5	9	13	1	1	2	5	4	1	2	3	4	9	-4	7	LWDLDW		1-0
1	22	Hereford United	10	2	2	6	13	22	2	0	2	6	8	0	2	4	7	14	-9	6	DLLLLL		0-1

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