The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 4 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 04, 1970 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 04, 1970 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-4 (Lost)

Season:: 1969-70
Referee:: K Styles
Attendance:: 20,691
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 17 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Aug 18, 1970

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2659 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1283 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 2933 (of 5679)
Total:: 4178 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Alan Ashman
Prior form: LDLDWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Tony Brown
Tony Brown
Jeff Astle
Allan Glover

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dave Hollins
2	D	Peter Hindley
3	D	John Winfield
4	F	Sammy Chapman
5	M	Liam O'Kane
6	M	Henry Newton
7	F	Barry Lyons
8	M	Paul Richardson
9	M	Alex Ingram
10	F	Peter Cormack	Debut
11	F	Dave Hilley
Subs
12		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Osbourne
2	D	Lyndon Hughes
3	D	Ray Wilson
4	D	Alistair Robertson
5	D	Alan Merrick
6	M	Doug Fraser
7	M	Len Cantello ()
8	M	Jeff Astle
9	M	Allan Glover
10	F	Colin Suggett
11	F	Tony Brown
Subs
12		Percy Freeman ()

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 04, 1970)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-1	West Ham United
Chelsea	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Coventry City	0-3	Stoke City
Derby County	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ipswich Town	2-0	Southampton
Leeds United	2-1	Burnley
Manchester City	0-1	Sunderland
Newcastle United	5-1	Manchester United
Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Everton
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Nottingham Forest

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
	1	Everton	40	28	7	5	71	34	17	3	1	46	19	11	4	4	25	15	2.08824	63	WWWWWW
	2	Leeds United	39	20	15	4	79	42	14	4	1	47	15	6	11	3	32	27	1.88095	55	WDWLLD
	3	Derby County	40	21	8	11	61	36	14	3	3	43	14	7	5	8	18	22	1.69444	50	WWWWDW
	4	Liverpool	40	19	11	10	63	40	10	7	4	34	20	9	4	6	29	20	1.57500	49	WLWLWW
	5	Chelsea	38	18	13	7	64	45	11	7	1	33	17	7	6	6	31	28	1.42222	49	DWWWLL
	6	Coventry City	38	17	11	10	53	40	9	6	5	35	25	8	5	5	18	15	1.32500	45	DWDDDW
	7	Newcastle United	40	15	13	12	48	34	12	2	5	33	15	3	11	7	15	19	1.41176	43	WDWDDL
	8	Manchester United	38	13	16	9	55	52	7	8	4	28	25	6	8	5	27	27	1.05769	42	DDLLDW
	9	Stoke City	39	13	15	11	49	48	9	7	3	27	19	4	8	8	22	29	1.02083	41	DLLDWL
	10	Arsenal	40	11	18	11	49	47	6	10	4	27	22	5	8	7	22	25	1.04255	40	WWWDWL
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	12	16	12	55	54	8	8	4	30	22	4	8	8	25	32	1.01852	40	LDLDLL
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	39	15	9	15	51	53	9	2	8	24	20	6	7	7	27	33	.96226	39	LLLWDW
	13	Manchester City	37	14	10	13	50	44	8	6	6	25	21	6	4	7	25	23	1.13636	38	WWLLLW
	14	Burnley	40	11	15	14	52	58	6	7	7	30	28	5	8	7	22	30	.89655	37	DWDDDW
	15	West Ham United	41	12	12	17	50	58	8	8	5	28	21	4	4	12	22	37	.86207	36	DWDWWD
	16	Nottingham Forest	39	9	18	12	48	63	7	9	3	26	24	2	9	9	22	39	.76190	36	DLLLDL
	17	West Bromwich Albion	39	13	9	17	52	56	9	6	5	35	25	4	3	12	17	31	.92857	35	LDLDWL
	18	Southampton	39	6	15	18	45	64	3	10	6	23	26	3	5	12	22	38	.70313	27	LLLDWL
	19	Ipswich Town	39	8	11	20	35	60	7	5	7	18	18	1	6	13	17	42	.58333	27	DDWLDW
	20	Crystal Palace	41	5	15	21	33	68	4	6	10	19	36	1	9	11	14	32	.48529	25	DLDDLL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	39	8	8	23	37	66	6	5	8	22	24	2	3	15	15	42	.56061	24	DLWLLL
	22	Sunderland	39	5	13	21	29	67	4	10	5	17	23	1	3	16	12	44	.43284	23	DWLDDD

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	Result(s)
	1	Everton	41	29	7	5	72	34	17	3	1	46	19	12	4	4	26	15	2.11765	65	WWWWWW	1-0
	2	Leeds United	40	21	15	4	81	43	15	4	1	49	16	6	11	3	32	27	1.88372	57	DWLLDW	2-1
	3	Derby County	41	22	8	11	63	36	15	3	3	45	14	7	5	8	18	22	1.75000	52	WWWDWW	2-0
1	4	Chelsea	39	19	13	7	65	45	12	7	1	34	17	7	6	6	31	28	1.44444	51	WWWLLW	1-0
1	5	Liverpool	40	19	11	10	63	40	10	7	4	34	20	9	4	6	29	20	1.57500	49	WLWLWW
1	6	Newcastle United	41	16	13	12	53	35	13	2	5	38	16	3	11	7	15	19	1.51429	45	DWDDLW	5-1
1	7	Coventry City	39	17	11	11	53	43	9	6	6	35	28	8	5	5	18	15	1.23256	45	WDDDWL	0-3
1	8	Stoke City	40	14	15	11	52	48	9	7	3	27	19	5	8	8	25	29	1.08333	43	LLDWLW	3-0
1	9	Arsenal	41	12	18	11	51	48	7	10	4	29	23	5	8	7	22	25	1.06250	42	WWDWLW	2-1
2	10	Manchester United	39	13	16	10	56	57	7	8	4	28	25	6	8	6	28	32	.98246	42	DLLDWL	1-5
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	12	16	13	55	56	8	8	4	30	22	4	8	9	25	34	.98214	40	DLDLLL	0-2
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	40	15	9	16	51	54	9	2	8	24	20	6	7	8	27	34	.94444	39	LLWDWL	0-1
	13	Manchester City	38	14	10	14	50	45	8	6	7	25	22	6	4	7	25	23	1.11111	38	WLLLWL	0-1
3	14	West Bromwich Albion	40	14	9	17	56	56	10	6	5	39	25	4	3	12	17	31	1.00000	37	DLDWLW	4-0
1	15	Burnley	41	11	15	15	53	60	6	7	7	30	28	5	8	8	23	32	.88333	37	WDDDWL	1-2
1	16	West Ham United	42	12	12	18	51	60	8	8	5	28	21	4	4	13	23	39	.85000	36	WDWWDL	1-2
1	17	Nottingham Forest	40	9	18	13	48	67	7	9	3	26	24	2	9	10	22	43	.71642	36	LLLDLL	0-4
1	18	Ipswich Town	40	9	11	20	37	60	8	5	7	20	18	1	6	13	17	42	.61667	29	DWLDWW	2-0
1	19	Southampton	40	6	15	19	45	66	3	10	6	23	26	3	5	13	22	40	.68182	27	LLDWLL	0-2
	20	Crystal Palace	41	5	15	21	33	68	4	6	10	19	36	1	9	11	14	32	.48529	25	DLDDLL
1	21	Sunderland	40	6	13	21	30	67	4	10	5	17	23	2	3	16	13	44	.44776	25	WLDDDW	1-0
1	22	Sheffield Wednesday	40	8	8	24	37	67	6	5	9	22	25	2	3	15	15	42	.55224	24	LWLLLL	0-1