The City Ground

LEEDS UNITED 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat May 01, 1971 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat May 01, 1971 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elland Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Hull Daily Mail - Saturday 01 May 1971

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: J Taylor
Attendance:: 43,083
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 16
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Mansfield Town (County Cup)
League:: Liverpool
Leeds United:: Nov 27, 1971

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2703 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 1327 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2988 (of 5829)
Total:: 4243 (of 7634)
Played:: 55 years, 4 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Don Revie
Prior form: WDDLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Bremner (25')
Peter Lorimer (42')

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	24	Tommy Jackson
8	M	21	Paul Richardson
9	F	20	Duncan McKenzie
10	F	24	Peter Cormack
11	F	26	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	27	Ronnie Rees

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Sprake
2	D	Paul Madeley
3	D	Terry Cooper
4	D	Norman Hunter
5	D	Jack Charlton
6	M	Billy Bremner
7	M	Johnny Giles
8	M	Peter Lorimer
9	M	Mick Jones
10	F	Eddie Gray
11	F	Allan Clarke
Subs
12		Bates

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat May 01, 1971)

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

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	41	26	10	5	70	30	15	2	3	38	12	11	8	2	32	18	40	62	WDDLWW	Safe
	2	Arsenal	40	27	7	6	69	29	17	3	0	40	6	10	4	6	29	23	40	61	WWWWDL	Safe
	3	Chelsea	41	18	14	9	52	42	12	6	3	34	21	6	8	6	18	21	10	50	LDWDWL	Safe
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	21	8	12	63	54	12	3	5	32	22	9	5	7	31	32	9	50	LWLLWD	Safe
	5	Liverpool	41	16	17	8	41	24	10	10	0	29	10	6	7	8	12	14	17	49	WLDWWD	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	39	17	14	8	52	32	11	5	4	33	18	6	9	4	19	14	20	48	WWDDWD	Safe
	7	Southampton	40	16	12	12	50	43	11	5	4	29	15	5	7	8	21	28	7	44	WLDWLL	Safe
	8	Manchester City	40	12	17	11	44	37	7	9	3	27	17	5	8	8	17	20	7	41	LLDDLD	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	41	14	13	14	44	44	9	9	3	27	16	5	4	11	17	28	0	41	DDDLDW	Safe
	10	Derby County	41	15	10	16	54	54	8	5	7	30	26	7	5	9	24	28	0	40	LWDWWD	Safe
	11	Manchester United	40	15	10	15	60	62	9	6	6	29	24	6	4	9	31	38	-2	40	LWLWLW	Safe
	12	Coventry City	41	15	10	16	35	38	11	4	5	22	12	4	6	11	13	26	-3	40	DLWWLD	Safe
	13	Stoke City	40	12	13	15	44	46	10	7	3	28	10	2	6	12	16	36	-2	37	WLDLWD	Safe
	14	Everton	41	12	13	16	54	58	10	7	4	32	16	2	6	12	22	42	-4	37	LDLWLD	Safe
	15	Nottingham Forest	41	14	8	19	42	59	9	4	8	29	26	5	4	11	13	33	-17	36	WWLWLD	Safe
	16	West Bromwich Albion	41	10	15	16	58	73	9	8	4	34	25	1	7	12	24	48	-15	35	LDLWDL	Safe
	17	West Ham United	41	10	14	17	47	59	6	8	6	28	29	4	6	11	19	30	-12	34	WLLWDW	Safe
	18	Huddersfield Town	41	10	14	17	39	49	7	8	6	19	16	3	6	11	20	33	-10	34	LWDLLD	Safe
	19	Ipswich Town	41	12	9	20	42	48	9	3	8	28	22	3	6	12	14	26	-6	33	DLWWLD	Safe
	20	Crystal Palace	40	11	11	18	37	51	8	5	7	22	24	3	6	11	15	27	-14	33	LWDLLL	Safe
	21	Burnley	41	7	13	21	29	62	4	8	9	20	31	3	5	12	9	31	-33	27	WWLLLW	Relegated
	22	Blackpool	41	4	14	23	33	65	3	8	9	21	30	1	6	14	12	35	-32	22	LDDLDW	Relegated

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	42	27	10	5	72	30	16	2	3	40	12	11	8	2	32	18	42	64	DDLWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Arsenal	41	28	7	6	70	29	18	3	0	41	6	10	4	6	29	23	41	63	WWWDLW	Safe	1-0
1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	8	12	64	54	13	3	5	33	22	9	5	7	31	32	10	52	WLLWDW	Safe	1-0
1	4	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	42	24	11	10	0	30	10	6	7	8	12	14	18	51	LDWWDW	Safe	1-0
2	5	Chelsea	42	18	15	9	52	42	12	6	3	34	21	6	9	6	18	21	10	51	DWDWLD	Safe	0-0
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	40	18	14	8	53	32	11	5	4	33	18	7	9	4	20	14	21	50	WDDWDW	Safe	1-0
	7	Southampton	41	16	12	13	50	44	11	5	4	29	15	5	7	9	21	29	6	44	LDWLLL	Safe	0-1
2	8	Derby County	42	16	10	16	56	54	9	5	7	32	26	7	5	9	24	28	2	42	WDWWDW	Safe	2-0
3	9	Coventry City	42	16	10	16	37	38	12	4	5	24	12	4	6	11	13	26	-1	42	LWWLDW	Safe	2-0
2	10	Manchester City	41	12	17	12	44	38	7	9	4	27	18	5	8	8	17	20	6	41	LDDLDL	Safe	0-1
	11	Manchester United	41	15	11	15	61	63	9	6	6	29	24	6	5	9	32	39	-2	41	WLWLWD	Safe	1-1
3	12	Newcastle United	42	14	13	15	44	46	9	9	3	27	16	5	4	12	17	30	-2	41	DDLDWL	Safe	0-2
	13	Stoke City	41	12	13	16	44	47	10	7	3	28	10	2	6	13	16	37	-3	37	LDLWDL	Safe	0-1
	14	Everton	42	12	13	17	54	60	10	7	4	32	16	2	6	13	22	44	-6	37	DLWLDL	Safe	0-2
3	15	Huddersfield Town	42	11	14	17	40	49	7	8	6	19	16	4	6	11	21	33	-9	36	WDLLDW	Safe	1-0
1	16	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	42	61	9	4	8	29	26	5	4	12	13	35	-19	36	WLWLDL	Safe	0-2
1	17	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	15	17	58	75	9	8	4	34	25	1	7	13	24	50	-17	35	DLWDLL	Safe	0-2
2	18	Crystal Palace	41	12	11	18	39	51	9	5	7	24	24	3	6	11	15	27	-12	35	WDLLLW	Safe	2-0
	19	Ipswich Town	42	12	10	20	42	48	9	4	8	28	22	3	6	12	14	26	-6	34	LWWLDD	Safe	0-0
3	20	West Ham United	42	10	14	18	47	60	6	8	7	28	30	4	6	11	19	30	-13	34	LLWDWL	Safe	0-1
	21	Burnley	42	7	13	22	29	63	4	8	9	20	31	3	5	13	9	32	-34	27	WLLLWL	Relegated	0-1
	22	Blackpool	42	4	15	23	34	66	3	9	9	22	31	1	6	14	12	35	-32	23	DDLDWD	Relegated	1-1

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