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WEST HAM UNITED 2 - 0 FOREST - Wed Feb 24, 1971 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Feb 24, 1971 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 25 February 1971

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: D Nippard
Attendance:: 35,601
League Week:: 28 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Huddersfield Town (League Tier 1)
West Ham United:: Apr 10, 1971

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2689 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 1313 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 2974 (of 5827)
Total:: 4229 (of 7632)
Played:: 55 years, 6 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Ron Greenwood
Prior form: LLLWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Geoff Hurst (17')
Pop Robson (58')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Jim Barron
2	D	26	Peter Hindley
3	D	27	John Winfield
4	F	24	Sammy Chapman
5	M	22	Liam O'Kane
6	F	24	Tommy Jackson
7	F	25	Barry Lyons
8	M	29	Doug Fraser
9	F	30	Neil Martin
10	F	24	Peter Cormack
11	F	26	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	M	21	Paul Richardson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Bobby Ferguson
2	2	John McDowell
3	3	Frank Lampard
4	4	Billy Bonds
5	5	Tommy Taylor
6	6	Bobby Moore
7	7	Harry Redknapp
8	8	Pop Robson
9	9	Geoff Hurst
10	10	Jimmy Greaves
11	11	Peter Eustace
Subs
12	12	Jimmy Lindsay

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Feb 24, 1971)

Home	Score	Away
West Ham United	2-0	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leeds United	30	20	7	3	54	22	11	2	2	29	9	9	5	1	25	13	32	47	LWWLWW	Safe
	2	Arsenal	28	18	6	4	51	23	12	3	0	34	6	6	3	4	17	17	28	42	DWLLWW	Safe
	3	Chelsea	30	14	10	6	41	33	8	4	2	25	17	6	6	4	16	16	8	38	LWWLWW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	15	6	8	48	44	9	2	3	25	18	6	4	5	23	26	4	36	WDWWWL
	5	Liverpool	29	11	13	5	29	16	8	7	0	23	7	3	6	5	6	9	13	35	DLWWWD
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	28	12	9	7	41	27	7	4	3	24	14	5	5	4	17	13	14	33	WLWLDL
	7	Manchester City	28	11	10	7	36	25	6	5	2	19	10	5	5	5	17	15	11	32	WDDLLD
	8	Southampton	29	12	8	9	39	32	10	3	1	25	7	2	5	8	14	25	7	32	WWWLDL
	9	Everton	30	10	10	10	41	41	8	5	2	23	10	2	5	8	18	31	0	30	WLWDDW
	10	Coventry City	29	12	6	11	27	28	8	2	4	16	10	4	4	7	11	18	-1	30	WDLLWW
	11	Crystal Palace	29	10	9	10	27	26	7	5	3	16	10	3	4	7	11	16	1	29	DWLWLL
	12	Stoke City	30	9	11	10	36	36	8	6	1	23	6	1	5	9	13	30	0	29	WWLWLD
	13	Manchester United	29	9	10	10	40	44	5	6	4	21	18	4	4	6	19	26	-4	28	WDWWWL
	14	Newcastle United	29	10	8	11	30	34	6	5	3	15	10	4	3	8	15	24	-4	28	LLDLDW
	15	Derby County	28	10	7	11	39	39	5	3	6	21	21	5	4	5	18	18	0	27	DLWWWW
	16	West Bromwich Albion	29	8	10	11	43	52	8	5	2	26	15	0	5	9	17	37	-9	26	LLLWDW
	17	Huddersfield Town	29	6	11	12	27	38	5	7	3	16	12	1	4	9	11	26	-11	23	LWLLDL
	18	Ipswich Town	28	8	5	15	27	32	6	2	6	21	17	2	3	9	6	15	-5	21	LLWLLL
	19	Nottingham Forest	27	7	7	13	25	37	6	3	5	21	16	1	4	8	4	21	-12	21	LWWWLW
	20	West Ham United	28	4	10	14	33	48	2	6	6	19	25	2	4	8	14	23	-15	18	LLLWLD
	21	Burnley	29	2	11	16	20	49	2	6	7	15	26	0	5	9	5	23	-29	15	DDDLLD
	22	Blackpool	29	3	8	18	24	52	2	5	7	14	23	1	3	11	10	29	-28	14	DDLLLL

Table after:

	FIRST 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	Leeds United	30	20	7	3	54	22	11	2	2	29	9	9	5	1	25	13	32	47	LWWLWW	Safe
	2	Arsenal	28	18	6	4	51	23	12	3	0	34	6	6	3	4	17	17	28	42	DWLLWW	Safe
	3	Chelsea	30	14	10	6	41	33	8	4	2	25	17	6	6	4	16	16	8	38	LWWLWW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	15	6	8	48	44	9	2	3	25	18	6	4	5	23	26	4	36	WDWWWL
	5	Liverpool	29	11	13	5	29	16	8	7	0	23	7	3	6	5	6	9	13	35	DLWWWD
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	28	12	9	7	41	27	7	4	3	24	14	5	5	4	17	13	14	33	WLWLDL
	7	Manchester City	28	11	10	7	36	25	6	5	2	19	10	5	5	5	17	15	11	32	WDDLLD
	8	Southampton	29	12	8	9	39	32	10	3	1	25	7	2	5	8	14	25	7	32	WWWLDL
	9	Everton	30	10	10	10	41	41	8	5	2	23	10	2	5	8	18	31	0	30	WLWDDW
	10	Coventry City	29	12	6	11	27	28	8	2	4	16	10	4	4	7	11	18	-1	30	WDLLWW
	11	Crystal Palace	29	10	9	10	27	26	7	5	3	16	10	3	4	7	11	16	1	29	DWLWLL
	12	Stoke City	30	9	11	10	36	36	8	6	1	23	6	1	5	9	13	30	0	29	WWLWLD
	13	Manchester United	29	9	10	10	40	44	5	6	4	21	18	4	4	6	19	26	-4	28	WDWWWL
	14	Newcastle United	29	10	8	11	30	34	6	5	3	15	10	4	3	8	15	24	-4	28	LLDLDW
	15	Derby County	28	10	7	11	39	39	5	3	6	21	21	5	4	5	18	18	0	27	DLWWWW
	16	West Bromwich Albion	29	8	10	11	43	52	8	5	2	26	15	0	5	9	17	37	-9	26	LLLWDW
	17	Huddersfield Town	29	6	11	12	27	38	5	7	3	16	12	1	4	9	11	26	-11	23	LWLLDL
	18	Ipswich Town	28	8	5	15	27	32	6	2	6	21	17	2	3	9	6	15	-5	21	LLWLLL
	19	Nottingham Forest	28	7	7	14	25	39	6	3	5	21	16	1	4	9	4	23	-14	21	WWWLWL		0-2
	20	West Ham United	29	5	10	14	35	48	3	6	6	21	25	2	4	8	14	23	-13	20	LLWLDW		2-0
	21	Burnley	29	2	11	16	20	49	2	6	7	15	26	0	5	9	5	23	-29	15	DDDLLD
	22	Blackpool	29	3	8	18	24	52	2	5	7	14	23	1	3	11	10	29	-28	14	DDLLLL

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