The City Ground

BLACKPOOL 2 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 17, 1971 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 17, 1971 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-2

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: K Styles
Attendance:: 10,028
Pos Before/After:: 17 14
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Blackpool:: Dec 23, 1972

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2700 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1324 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2985 (of 5721)
Total:: 4237 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 April 1971

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

Goals
Peter Cormack (13)
Peter Hindley (43)
Ian Storey-Moore (82)

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Jimmy Meadows
Prior form: LDLLDD (Old to recent)

Goals
William McGrotty (10)
John Craven (40)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jim Barron
2	D	Peter Hindley (43)
3	D	John Winfield
4	F	Sammy Chapman
5	M	Liam O'Kane off for Ronnie Rees (18)
6	M	Doug Fraser
7	F	Tommy Jackson
8	M	Paul Richardson
9	F	Duncan McKenzie
10	F	Peter Cormack (13)
11	F	Ian Storey-Moore (82)
Subs
12	F	Ronnie Rees on for Liam O'Kane (18)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alan Taylor
2	D	William Bentley
3	D	Terrence Alcock
4	D	Peter Suddaby ()
5	D	Edward James
6	M	Tommy Hutchison
7	M	William McGrotty
8	M	John Craven
9	M	John Johnston
10	F	Anthony Green
11	F	Dennis Wann
Subs
12		Micky Burns ()
13		Ray Clemence

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 17, 1971)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Newcastle United
Blackpool	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	3-0	Burnley
Crystal Palace	3-5	Manchester United
Derby County	3-1	Everton
Ipswich Town	2-0	Huddersfield Town
Leeds United	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Liverpool	0-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City	1-1	Chelsea
West Ham United	1-0	Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Southampton

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	38	24	10	4	65	28	14	2	2	36	10	10	8	2	29	18	2.32143	58	DWLWDD
	2	Arsenal	36	25	6	5	65	26	15	3	0	38	6	10	3	5	27	20	2.50000	56	WWWWWW
	3	Chelsea	38	17	13	8	49	39	11	6	2	32	19	6	7	6	17	20	1.25641	47	LDWLDW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	20	7	11	61	52	12	2	4	32	21	8	5	7	29	31	1.17308	47	WWWLWL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	36	16	12	8	49	31	10	4	4	30	17	6	8	4	19	14	1.58065	44	DWDWWD
	6	Liverpool	37	14	15	8	36	22	10	9	0	29	10	4	6	8	7	12	1.63636	43	WWDDWL
	7	Southampton	37	15	12	10	48	38	11	5	2	28	10	4	7	8	20	28	1.26316	42	WDDWLD
	8	Manchester City	37	12	15	10	41	32	7	7	3	24	14	5	8	7	17	18	1.28125	39	DDWLLD
	9	Newcastle United	38	13	12	13	40	42	8	8	3	23	15	5	4	10	17	27	.95238	38	DWWDDD
	10	Coventry City	38	14	9	15	31	36	10	3	5	19	12	4	6	10	12	24	.86111	37	LDLDLW
	11	Everton	39	12	12	15	53	55	10	6	4	32	16	2	6	11	21	39	.96364	36	LLLDLW
	12	Manchester United	37	13	10	14	52	55	8	6	5	26	20	5	4	9	26	35	.94545	36	WWLLWL
	13	Derby County	38	13	9	16	49	52	7	5	7	27	25	6	4	9	22	27	.94231	35	LLWLWD
	14	Stoke City	37	11	12	14	42	45	9	7	3	26	10	2	5	11	16	35	.93333	34	LLLWLD
	15	Huddersfield Town	38	10	13	15	37	44	7	8	5	18	14	3	5	10	19	30	.84091	33	DWWLWD
	16	Crystal Palace	37	11	11	15	33	41	8	5	6	19	19	3	6	9	14	22	.80488	33	LLLLWD
	17	Nottingham Forest	38	13	7	18	39	56	9	3	7	29	25	4	4	11	10	31	.69643	33	WWLWWL
	18	West Bromwich Albion	38	9	14	15	54	67	9	7	4	32	23	0	7	11	22	44	.80597	32	LDDLDL
	19	Ipswich Town	38	11	8	19	38	45	8	3	8	26	22	3	5	11	12	23	.84444	30	DLLDLW
	20	West Ham United	38	8	13	17	43	57	5	8	6	27	29	3	5	11	16	28	.75439	29	DWWWLL
	21	Burnley	37	6	13	18	27	56	4	8	8	19	29	2	5	10	8	27	.48214	25	WDDLWW
	22	Blackpool	38	3	13	22	28	61	2	8	8	16	26	1	5	14	12	35	.45902	19	LDLLDD

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	1	Arsenal	37	26	6	5	66	26	16	3	0	39	6	10	3	5	27	20	2.53846	58	WWWWWW	1-0
1	2	Leeds United	39	24	10	5	66	30	14	2	3	37	12	10	8	2	29	18	2.20000	58	WLWDDL	1-2
	3	Chelsea	39	17	14	8	50	40	11	6	2	32	19	6	8	6	18	21	1.25000	48	DWLDWD	1-1
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	20	7	12	61	53	12	2	5	32	22	8	5	7	29	31	1.15094	47	WWLWLL	0-1
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	13	8	49	31	10	4	4	30	17	6	9	4	19	14	1.58065	45	WDWWDD	0-0
	6	Liverpool	38	14	16	8	36	22	10	10	0	29	10	4	6	8	7	12	1.63636	44	WDDWLD	0-0
	7	Southampton	38	16	12	10	49	38	11	5	2	28	10	5	7	8	21	28	1.28947	44	DDWLDW	1-0
	8	Manchester City	38	12	16	10	42	33	7	8	3	25	15	5	8	7	17	18	1.27273	40	DWLLDD	1-1
1	9	Coventry City	39	15	9	15	34	36	11	3	5	22	12	4	6	10	12	24	.94444	39	DLDLWW	3-0
2	10	Manchester United	38	14	10	14	57	58	8	6	5	26	20	6	4	9	31	38	.98276	38	WLLWLW	5-3
2	11	Newcastle United	39	13	12	14	40	43	8	8	3	23	15	5	4	11	17	28	.93023	38	WWDDDL	0-1
1	12	Derby County	39	14	9	16	52	53	8	5	7	30	26	6	4	9	22	27	.98113	37	LWLWDW	3-1
2	13	Everton	40	12	12	16	54	58	10	6	4	32	16	2	6	12	22	42	.93103	36	LLDLWL	1-3
3	14	Nottingham Forest	39	14	7	18	42	58	9	3	7	29	25	5	4	11	13	33	.72414	35	WLWWLW	3-2
1	15	Stoke City	38	11	12	15	42	46	9	7	3	26	10	2	5	12	16	36	.91304	34	LLWLDL	0-1
2	16	West Bromwich Albion	39	10	14	15	56	68	9	7	4	32	23	1	7	11	24	45	.82353	34	DDLDLW	2-1
2	17	Huddersfield Town	39	10	13	16	37	46	7	8	5	18	14	3	5	11	19	32	.80435	33	WWLWDL	0-2
2	18	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	36	46	8	5	7	22	24	3	6	9	14	22	.78261	33	LLLWDL	3-5
	19	Ipswich Town	39	12	8	19	40	45	9	3	8	28	22	3	5	11	12	23	.88889	32	LLDLWW	2-0
	20	West Ham United	39	9	13	17	44	57	6	8	6	28	29	3	5	11	16	28	.77193	31	WWWLLW	1-0
	21	Burnley	38	6	13	19	27	59	4	8	8	19	29	2	5	11	8	30	.45763	25	DDLWWL	0-3
	22	Blackpool	39	3	13	23	30	64	2	8	9	18	29	1	5	14	12	35	.46875	19	DLLDDL	2-3