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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

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: J Taylor
Attendance:: 43,083
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 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1327 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2988 (of 5721)
Total:: 4240 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Hull Daily Mail - Saturday 01 May 1971

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

Goals

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

Goals
Billy Bremner (25)
Peter Lorimer (42)

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	Tommy Jackson
8	M	Paul Richardson
9	F	Duncan McKenzie
10	F	Peter Cormack
11	F	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	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 the 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Leeds United	41	26	10	5	70	30	15	2	3	38	12	11	8	2	32	18	2.33333	62	WDDLWW
	2	Arsenal	40	27	7	6	69	29	17	3	0	40	6	10	4	6	29	23	2.37931	61	WWWWDL
	3	Chelsea	41	18	14	9	52	42	12	6	3	34	21	6	8	6	18	21	1.23810	50	LDWDWL
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	21	8	12	63	54	12	3	5	32	22	9	5	7	31	32	1.16667	50	LWLLWD
	5	Liverpool	41	16	17	8	41	24	10	10	0	29	10	6	7	8	12	14	1.70833	49	WLDWWD
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	39	17	14	8	52	32	11	5	4	33	18	6	9	4	19	14	1.62500	48	WWDDWD
	7	Southampton	40	16	12	12	50	43	11	5	4	29	15	5	7	8	21	28	1.16279	44	WLDWLL
	8	Manchester City	40	12	17	11	44	37	7	9	3	27	17	5	8	8	17	20	1.18919	41	LLDDLD
	9	Newcastle United	41	14	13	14	44	44	9	9	3	27	16	5	4	11	17	28	1.00000	41	DDDLDW
	10	Derby County	41	15	10	16	54	54	8	5	7	30	26	7	5	9	24	28	1.00000	40	LWDWWD
	11	Manchester United	40	15	10	15	60	62	9	6	6	29	24	6	4	9	31	38	.96774	40	LWLWLW
	12	Coventry City	41	15	10	16	35	38	11	4	5	22	12	4	6	11	13	26	.92105	40	DLWWLD
	13	Stoke City	40	12	13	15	44	46	10	7	3	28	10	2	6	12	16	36	.95652	37	WLDLWD
	14	Everton	41	12	13	16	54	58	10	7	4	32	16	2	6	12	22	42	.93103	37	LDLWLD
	15	Nottingham Forest	41	14	8	19	42	59	9	4	8	29	26	5	4	11	13	33	.71186	36	WWLWLD
	16	West Bromwich Albion	41	10	15	16	58	73	9	8	4	34	25	1	7	12	24	48	.79452	35	LDLWDL
	17	West Ham United	41	10	14	17	47	59	6	8	6	28	29	4	6	11	19	30	.79661	34	WLLWDW
	18	Huddersfield Town	41	10	14	17	39	49	7	8	6	19	16	3	6	11	20	33	.79592	34	LWDLLD
	19	Ipswich Town	41	12	9	20	42	48	9	3	8	28	22	3	6	12	14	26	.87500	33	DLWWLD
	20	Crystal Palace	40	11	11	18	37	51	8	5	7	22	24	3	6	11	15	27	.72549	33	LWDLLL
	21	Burnley	41	7	13	21	29	62	4	8	9	20	31	3	5	12	9	31	.46774	27	WWLLLW
	22	Blackpool	41	4	14	23	33	65	3	8	9	21	30	1	6	14	12	35	.50769	22	LDDLDW

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	42	27	10	5	72	30	16	2	3	40	12	11	8	2	32	18	2.40000	64	DDLWWW	2-0
	2	Arsenal	41	28	7	6	70	29	18	3	0	41	6	10	4	6	29	23	2.41379	63	WWWDLW	1-0
1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	8	12	64	54	13	3	5	33	22	9	5	7	31	32	1.18519	52	WLLWDW	1-0
1	4	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	42	24	11	10	0	30	10	6	7	8	12	14	1.75000	51	LDWWDW	1-0
2	5	Chelsea	42	18	15	9	52	42	12	6	3	34	21	6	9	6	18	21	1.23810	51	DWDWLD	0-0
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	40	18	14	8	53	32	11	5	4	33	18	7	9	4	20	14	1.65625	50	WDDWDW	1-0
	7	Southampton	41	16	12	13	50	44	11	5	4	29	15	5	7	9	21	29	1.13636	44	LDWLLL	0-1
2	8	Derby County	42	16	10	16	56	54	9	5	7	32	26	7	5	9	24	28	1.03704	42	WDWWDW	2-0
3	9	Coventry City	42	16	10	16	37	38	12	4	5	24	12	4	6	11	13	26	.97368	42	LWWLDW	2-0
2	10	Manchester City	41	12	17	12	44	38	7	9	4	27	18	5	8	8	17	20	1.15789	41	LDDLDL	0-1
	11	Manchester United	41	15	11	15	61	63	9	6	6	29	24	6	5	9	32	39	.96825	41	WLWLWD	1-1
3	12	Newcastle United	42	14	13	15	44	46	9	9	3	27	16	5	4	12	17	30	.95652	41	DDLDWL	0-2
	13	Stoke City	41	12	13	16	44	47	10	7	3	28	10	2	6	13	16	37	.93617	37	LDLWDL	0-1
	14	Everton	42	12	13	17	54	60	10	7	4	32	16	2	6	13	22	44	.90000	37	DLWLDL	0-2
3	15	Huddersfield Town	42	11	14	17	40	49	7	8	6	19	16	4	6	11	21	33	.81633	36	WDLLDW	1-0
1	16	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	42	61	9	4	8	29	26	5	4	12	13	35	.68852	36	WLWLDL	0-2
1	17	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	15	17	58	75	9	8	4	34	25	1	7	13	24	50	.77333	35	DLWDLL	0-2
2	18	Crystal Palace	41	12	11	18	39	51	9	5	7	24	24	3	6	11	15	27	.76471	35	WDLLLW	2-0
	19	Ipswich Town	42	12	10	20	42	48	9	4	8	28	22	3	6	12	14	26	.87500	34	LWWLDD	0-0
3	20	West Ham United	42	10	14	18	47	60	6	8	7	28	30	4	6	11	19	30	.78333	34	LLWDWL	0-1
	21	Burnley	42	7	13	22	29	63	4	8	9	20	31	3	5	13	9	32	.46032	27	WLLLWL	0-1
	22	Blackpool	42	4	15	23	34	66	3	9	9	22	31	1	6	14	12	35	.51515	23	DDLDWD	1-1

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