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MANCHESTER UNITED 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 13, 1971 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 13, 1971 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-2

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: D Smith
Attendance:: 40,473
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 13 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Dec 04, 1971

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2692 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1316 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 2977 (of 5676)
Total:: 4229 (of 7448)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Matt Busby
Prior form: WWWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Denis Law (12)
George Best (43)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jim Barron
2	D	Peter Hindley
3	D	John Winfield
4	F	Sammy Chapman
5	M	Liam O'Kane
6	M	Doug Fraser
7	F	Barry Lyons
8	M	Paul Richardson
9	F	Neil Martin
10	F	Peter Cormack
11	F	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	Ronnie Rees

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alex Stepney
2	D	John Fitzpatrick
3	D	Tony Dunne
4	D	Pat Crerand
5	D	Paul Edwards
6	M	David Sadler
7	M	Willie Morgan
8	M	George Best
9	M	Bobby Charlton
10	F	Denis Law
11	F	John Aston Jnr

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 13, 1971)

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

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	Leeds United	32	22	7	3	56	22	12	2	2	30	9	10	5	1	26	13	2.545	51	WLWWWW
	2	Arsenal	30	19	6	5	54	25	12	3	0	34	6	7	3	5	20	19	2.160	44	LLWWLW
	3	Chelsea	32	15	11	6	43	33	9	4	2	27	17	6	7	4	16	16	1.303	41	WLWWDW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	16	7	9	49	47	10	2	4	26	21	6	5	5	23	26	1.043	39	WWLWLD
	5	Liverpool	30	11	13	6	29	17	8	7	0	23	7	3	6	6	6	10	1.706	35	LWWWDL
	6	Southampton	31	13	9	9	40	32	10	4	1	25	7	3	5	8	15	25	1.250	35	WLDLDW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	29	12	9	8	41	28	7	4	4	24	15	5	5	4	17	13	1.464	33	LWLDLL
	8	Manchester City	30	11	11	8	36	27	6	6	2	19	10	5	5	6	17	17	1.333	33	DLLDLD
	9	Stoke City	31	10	11	10	37	36	8	6	1	23	6	2	5	9	14	30	1.028	31	WLWLDW
	10	Everton	31	10	11	10	44	44	8	6	2	26	13	2	5	8	18	31	1.000	31	LWDDWD
	11	Crystal Palace	31	10	10	11	27	28	7	5	4	16	12	3	5	7	11	16	.964	30	LWLLLD
	12	Coventry City	30	12	6	12	27	29	8	2	5	16	11	4	4	7	11	18	.931	30	DLLWWL
	13	Manchester United	31	10	10	11	44	48	6	6	4	22	18	4	4	7	22	30	.917	30	WWWLWL
	14	Derby County	30	11	7	12	41	40	6	3	6	23	21	5	4	6	18	19	1.025	29	WWWWWL
	15	West Bromwich Albion	31	9	11	11	50	58	9	5	2	30	18	0	6	9	20	40	.862	29	LWDWDW
	16	Newcastle United	30	10	8	12	30	35	6	5	3	15	10	4	3	9	15	25	.857	28	LDLDWL
	17	Huddersfield Town	31	7	11	13	30	40	5	7	4	16	13	2	4	9	14	27	.750	25	LLDLLW
	18	Ipswich Town	29	9	5	15	29	32	7	2	6	23	17	2	3	9	6	15	.906	23	LWLLLW
	19	Nottingham Forest	30	8	7	15	27	42	6	3	6	22	19	2	4	9	5	23	.643	23	WLWLLW
	20	West Ham United	31	5	12	14	36	49	3	7	6	21	25	2	5	8	15	24	.735	22	WLDWDD
	21	Burnley	31	3	11	17	22	50	2	6	8	15	27	1	5	9	7	23	.440	17	DLLDWL
	22	Blackpool	31	3	9	19	25	55	2	6	7	15	24	1	3	12	10	31	.455	15	LLLLDL

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	Leeds United	33	22	8	3	57	23	12	2	2	30	9	10	6	1	27	14	2.478	52	LWWWWD	1-1
	2	Arsenal	31	20	6	5	56	25	12	3	0	34	6	8	3	5	22	19	2.240	46	LWWLWW	2-0
	3	Chelsea	33	15	11	7	44	35	9	4	2	27	17	6	7	5	17	18	1.257	41	LWWDWL	1-2
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	17	7	9	51	47	11	2	4	28	21	6	5	5	23	26	1.085	41	WLWLDW	2-0
1	5	Southampton	32	14	9	9	41	32	11	4	1	26	7	3	5	8	15	25	1.281	37	LDLDWW	1-0
1	6	Liverpool	31	11	13	7	29	18	8	7	0	23	7	3	6	7	6	11	1.611	35	WWWDLL	0-1
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	9	8	43	29	8	4	4	26	16	5	5	4	17	13	1.483	35	WLDLLW	2-1
	8	Manchester City	31	11	12	8	36	27	6	6	2	19	10	5	6	6	17	17	1.333	34	LLDLDD	0-0
1	9	Everton	32	11	11	10	46	44	9	6	2	28	13	2	5	8	18	31	1.045	33	WDDWDW	2-0
2	10	Coventry City	31	13	6	12	28	29	9	2	5	17	11	4	4	7	11	18	.966	32	LLWWLW	1-0
2	11	Manchester United	32	11	10	11	46	48	7	6	4	24	18	4	4	7	22	30	.958	32	WWLWLW	2-0
3	12	Stoke City	32	10	11	11	37	38	8	6	1	23	6	2	5	10	14	32	.974	31	LWLDWL	0-2
1	13	Derby County	31	11	8	12	41	40	6	4	6	23	21	5	4	6	18	19	1.025	30	WWWWLD	0-0
3	14	Crystal Palace	32	10	10	12	27	30	7	5	5	16	14	3	5	7	11	16	.900	30	WLLLDL	0-2
	15	West Bromwich Albion	32	9	11	12	50	59	9	5	2	30	18	0	6	10	20	41	.847	29	WDWDWL	0-1
	16	Newcastle United	31	10	8	13	30	36	6	5	3	15	10	4	3	10	15	26	.833	28	DLDWLL	0-1
1	17	Ipswich Town	30	10	5	15	30	32	8	2	6	24	17	2	3	9	6	15	.938	25	WLLLWW	1-0
1	18	Huddersfield Town	32	7	11	14	30	41	5	7	5	16	14	2	4	9	14	27	.732	25	LDLLWL	0-1
	19	Nottingham Forest	31	8	7	16	27	44	6	3	6	22	19	2	4	10	5	25	.614	23	LWLLWL	0-2
	20	West Ham United	32	5	12	15	36	51	3	7	6	21	25	2	5	9	15	26	.706	22	LDWDDL	0-2
	21	Burnley	32	4	11	17	23	50	2	6	8	15	27	2	5	9	8	23	.460	19	LLDWLW	1-0
	22	Blackpool	32	3	10	19	26	56	2	7	7	16	25	1	3	12	10	31	.464	16	LLLDLD	1-1