The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Aug 15, 1970 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Aug 15, 1970 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-0

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: P Baldwin
Attendance:: 25,137
Pos Before/After:: - 3
Opp Before/After:: - 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Oct 17, 1970

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2662 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1286 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2936 (of 5722)
Total:: 4189 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 15 August 1970

FOREST
Manager: Matt Gillies

Goals
Peter Cormack (16) - Peter Cormack first goal
Ian Storey-Moore (30)

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Noel Cantwell

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jim Barron	Debut
2	D	Peter Hindley
3	D	John Winfield
4	F	Sammy Chapman
5	M	Liam O'Kane off for Dave Hilley (75)
6	M	Henry Newton
7	F	Barry Lyons
8	F	Ronnie Rees
9	M	Alex Ingram
10	F	Peter Cormack (16)
11	F	Ian Storey-Moore (30)
Subs
12	F	Dave Hilley on for Liam O'Kane (75)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Glazier
2	D	Mick Coop
3	D	Dietmar Bruck
4	D	Jeff Blockley
5	D	Dave Clements
6	M	Willie Carr
7	M	Geoff Strong
8	M	Brian Joicey
9	M	John O'Rourke
10	F	Ernie Hunt
11	F	Neil Martin
Subs
12		Mortimer

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Aug 15, 1970)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-2	Liverpool
Chelsea	2-1	Derby County
Everton	2-2	Arsenal
Huddersfield Town	3-0	Blackpool
Manchester United	0-1	Leeds United
Newcastle United	3-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Coventry City
Southampton	1-1	Manchester City
Stoke City	0-0	Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Crystal Palace

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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	Huddersfield Town	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W	3-0
	2	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	2	W	1-0
	3	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W	2-0
	4	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W	2-1
	5	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2.00000	2	W	2-1
	6	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	2	W	3-2
	7	Arsenal	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	1	D	2-2
	8	Everton	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D	2-2
	9	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D	1-1
	10	Southampton	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D	1-1
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D	2-2
	12	West Ham United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	1	D	2-2
	13	Crystal Palace	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	1	D	0-0
	14	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	1	D	0-0
	15	Stoke City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	1	D	0-0
	16	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	1	D	0-0
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	L	2-3
	18	Burnley	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50000	0	L	1-2
	19	Derby County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L	1-2
	20	Blackpool	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	0	L	0-3
	21	Coventry City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.00000	0	L	0-2
	22	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L	0-1