The City Ground

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

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 13 March 1971

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: D Smith
Attendance:: 40,473
League Week:: 31 of 42
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 5087)
League Tier 1:: 1316 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2977 (of 5829)
Total:: 4232 (of 7634)
Played:: 55 years, 6 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Denis Law (12')
George Best (43')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Jim Barron
2	D	26	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	John Winfield
4	F	24	Sammy Chapman
5	M	22	Liam O'Kane
6	M	29	Doug Fraser
7	F	25	Barry Lyons
8	M	21	Paul Richardson
9	F	30	Neil Martin off for Ronnie Rees (66')
10	F	24	Peter Cormack
11	F	26	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	26	Ronnie Rees on for Neil Martin (66')

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 (80')
Subs
12		Burns (80')

All 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leeds United	32	22	7	3	56	22	12	2	2	30	9	10	5	1	26	13	34	51	WLWWWW	Safe
	2	Arsenal	30	19	6	5	54	25	12	3	0	34	6	7	3	5	20	19	29	44	LLWWLW	Safe
	3	Chelsea	32	15	11	6	43	33	9	4	2	27	17	6	7	4	16	16	10	41	WLWWDW	Safe
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	16	7	9	49	47	10	2	4	26	21	6	5	5	23	26	2	39	WWLWLD
	5	Liverpool	30	11	13	6	29	17	8	7	0	23	7	3	6	6	6	10	12	35	LWWWDL
	6	Southampton	31	13	9	9	40	32	10	4	1	25	7	3	5	8	15	25	8	35	WLDLDW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	29	12	9	8	41	28	7	4	4	24	15	5	5	4	17	13	13	33	LWLDLL
	8	Manchester City	30	11	11	8	36	27	6	6	2	19	10	5	5	6	17	17	9	33	DLLDLD
	9	Stoke City	31	10	11	10	37	36	8	6	1	23	6	2	5	9	14	30	1	31	WLWLDW
	10	Everton	31	10	11	10	44	44	8	6	2	26	13	2	5	8	18	31	0	31	LWDDWD
	11	Crystal Palace	31	10	10	11	27	28	7	5	4	16	12	3	5	7	11	16	-1	30	LWLLLD
	12	Coventry City	30	12	6	12	27	29	8	2	5	16	11	4	4	7	11	18	-2	30	DLLWWL
	13	Manchester United	31	10	10	11	44	48	6	6	4	22	18	4	4	7	22	30	-4	30	WWWLWL
	14	Derby County	30	11	7	12	41	40	6	3	6	23	21	5	4	6	18	19	1	29	WWWWWL
	15	West Bromwich Albion	31	9	11	11	50	58	9	5	2	30	18	0	6	9	20	40	-8	29	LWDWDW
	16	Newcastle United	30	10	8	12	30	35	6	5	3	15	10	4	3	9	15	25	-5	28	LDLDWL
	17	Huddersfield Town	31	7	11	13	30	40	5	7	4	16	13	2	4	9	14	27	-10	25	LLDLLW
	18	Ipswich Town	29	9	5	15	29	32	7	2	6	23	17	2	3	9	6	15	-3	23	LWLLLW
	19	Nottingham Forest	30	8	7	15	27	42	6	3	6	22	19	2	4	9	5	23	-15	23	WLWLLW
	20	West Ham United	31	5	12	14	36	49	3	7	6	21	25	2	5	8	15	24	-13	22	WLDWDD
	21	Burnley	31	3	11	17	22	50	2	6	8	15	27	1	5	9	7	23	-28	17	DLLDWL
	22	Blackpool	31	3	9	19	25	55	2	6	7	15	24	1	3	12	10	31	-30	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Leeds United	33	22	8	3	57	23	12	2	2	30	9	10	6	1	27	14	34	52	LWWWWD	Safe	1-1
	2	Arsenal	31	20	6	5	56	25	12	3	0	34	6	8	3	5	22	19	31	46	LWWLWW	Safe	2-0
	3	Chelsea	33	15	11	7	44	35	9	4	2	27	17	6	7	5	17	18	9	41	LWWDWL	Safe	1-2
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	17	7	9	51	47	11	2	4	28	21	6	5	5	23	26	4	41	WLWLDW	Safe	2-0
1	5	Southampton	32	14	9	9	41	32	11	4	1	26	7	3	5	8	15	25	9	37	LDLDWW		1-0
1	6	Liverpool	31	11	13	7	29	18	8	7	0	23	7	3	6	7	6	11	11	35	WWWDLL		0-1
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	9	8	43	29	8	4	4	26	16	5	5	4	17	13	14	35	WLDLLW		2-1
	8	Manchester City	31	11	12	8	36	27	6	6	2	19	10	5	6	6	17	17	9	34	LLDLDD		0-0
1	9	Everton	32	11	11	10	46	44	9	6	2	28	13	2	5	8	18	31	2	33	WDDWDW		2-0
2	10	Coventry City	31	13	6	12	28	29	9	2	5	17	11	4	4	7	11	18	-1	32	LLWWLW		1-0
2	11	Manchester United	32	11	10	11	46	48	7	6	4	24	18	4	4	7	22	30	-2	32	WWLWLW		2-0
3	12	Stoke City	32	10	11	11	37	38	8	6	1	23	6	2	5	10	14	32	-1	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	30	WWWWLD		0-0
3	14	Crystal Palace	32	10	10	12	27	30	7	5	5	16	14	3	5	7	11	16	-3	30	WLLLDL		0-2
	15	West Bromwich Albion	32	9	11	12	50	59	9	5	2	30	18	0	6	10	20	41	-9	29	WDWDWL		0-1
	16	Newcastle United	31	10	8	13	30	36	6	5	3	15	10	4	3	10	15	26	-6	28	DLDWLL		0-1
1	17	Ipswich Town	30	10	5	15	30	32	8	2	6	24	17	2	3	9	6	15	-2	25	WLLLWW		1-0
1	18	Huddersfield Town	32	7	11	14	30	41	5	7	5	16	14	2	4	9	14	27	-11	25	LDLLWL		0-1
	19	Nottingham Forest	31	8	7	16	27	44	6	3	6	22	19	2	4	10	5	25	-17	23	LWLLWL		0-2
	20	West Ham United	32	5	12	15	36	51	3	7	6	21	25	2	5	9	15	26	-15	22	LDWDDL		0-2
	21	Burnley	32	4	11	17	23	50	2	6	8	15	27	2	5	9	8	23	-27	19	LLDWLW		1-0
	22	Blackpool	32	3	10	19	26	56	2	7	7	16	25	1	3	12	10	31	-30	16	LLLDLD		1-1