The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Sat Feb 12, 1972 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 12, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 12 February 1972

Season:: 1971-72
Referee:: E Jolly
Attendance:: 20,209
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 22
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Tier 1)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Jan 04, 1975

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2732 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 1356 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 3021 (of 5829)
Total:: 4282 (of 7634)
Played:: 54 years, 7 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Bill Nicholson
Prior form: DLDDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Martin Peters (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Jim Barron
2	M	30	Doug Fraser
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell
4	F	25	Sammy Chapman
5	D	27	Peter Hindley
6	M	21	John Cottam
7	F	21	Jim McIntosh off for Martin O'Neill (69')
8	F	26	Barry Lyons
9	F	25	Peter Cormack
10	M	22	Paul Richardson
11	F	27	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	M	19	Martin O'Neill on for Jim McIntosh (69')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Pat Jennings
2	D	Phil Beal
3	D	Ray Evans
4	D	Mike England
5	D	Cyril Knowles
6	M	Phil Holder
7	M	Martin Peters
8	M	Roger Morgan
9	M	Ralph Coates
10	F	Martin Chivers
11	F	Alan Gilzean
Subs
12		Naylor

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 12, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-0	Derby County
Crystal Palace	2-2	Coventry City
Everton	0-0	Leeds United
Huddersfield Town	0-1	Liverpool
Leicester City	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United	0-2	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield United	3-3	Manchester City
Stoke City	3-3	Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	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	Manchester City	27	15	8	4	55	28	10	3	1	36	11	5	5	3	19	17	27	38	DWDDWW
	2	Leeds United	27	15	6	6	39	21	10	4	0	27	7	5	2	6	12	14	18	36	DWWDWL
	3	Derby County	27	14	8	5	46	26	9	4	0	27	8	5	4	5	19	18	20	36	WLWWDW
	4	Manchester United	27	14	7	6	51	36	9	1	3	26	16	5	6	3	25	20	15	35	DDLLLL
	5	Arsenal	27	14	5	8	41	27	9	1	3	23	9	5	4	5	18	18	14	33	WDDDWW
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	12	8	7	47	40	8	6	0	29	14	4	2	7	18	26	7	32	WWWWDL
	7	Sheffield United	27	13	6	8	45	39	7	5	2	29	17	6	1	6	16	22	6	32	WWDDLL
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	27	11	9	7	42	31	10	3	1	31	9	1	6	6	11	22	11	31	DLDDLW
	9	Chelsea	27	11	9	7	37	28	7	5	2	27	14	4	4	5	10	14	9	31	DWLDWW
	10	Liverpool	27	12	7	8	34	27	9	3	1	25	14	3	4	7	9	13	7	31	DLLLDW
	11	Stoke City	27	9	8	10	28	31	6	4	3	18	12	3	4	7	10	19	-3	26	LLDDWL
	12	Leicester City	27	8	9	10	29	32	5	4	5	12	10	3	5	5	17	22	-3	25	DLDWWW
	13	West Ham United	27	8	8	11	30	29	6	4	4	18	12	2	4	7	12	17	1	24	LWWLDL
	14	Ipswich Town	27	6	12	9	22	35	5	6	3	13	11	1	6	6	9	24	-13	24	DLLDDW
	15	Everton	27	8	7	12	28	32	8	3	3	23	11	0	4	9	5	21	-4	23	LDDWWL
	16	Newcastle United	27	8	7	12	32	38	6	3	4	21	15	2	4	8	11	23	-6	23	WLLWWD
	17	Coventry City	27	6	11	10	29	44	5	7	1	16	12	1	4	9	13	32	-15	23	DDWLDL
	18	Southampton	27	9	4	14	37	54	6	3	4	24	20	3	1	10	13	34	-17	22	WWLLLW
	19	Huddersfield Town	28	6	8	14	23	39	4	4	6	10	15	2	4	8	13	24	-16	20	LDDDLD
	20	West Bromwich Albion	27	6	6	15	23	39	3	3	7	11	17	3	3	8	12	22	-16	18	LWWDLW
	21	Crystal Palace	27	6	6	15	25	45	3	4	6	17	20	3	2	9	8	25	-20	18	DLDWLL
	22	Nottingham Forest	28	4	7	17	33	55	3	3	8	17	22	1	4	9	16	33	-22	15	LDDLLL

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	Manchester City	28	15	9	4	58	31	10	3	1	36	11	5	6	3	22	20	27	39	WDDWWD		3-3
	2	Leeds United	28	15	7	6	39	21	10	4	0	27	7	5	3	6	12	14	18	37	WWDWLD		0-0
	3	Derby County	28	14	8	6	46	28	9	4	0	27	8	5	4	6	19	20	18	36	LWWDWL		0-2
1	4	Arsenal	28	15	5	8	43	27	10	1	3	25	9	5	4	5	18	18	16	35	DDDWWW		2-0
1	5	Manchester United	28	14	7	7	51	38	9	1	4	26	18	5	6	3	25	20	13	35	DLLLLL		0-2
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	13	8	7	48	40	9	6	0	30	14	4	2	7	18	26	8	34	WWWDLW		1-0
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	28	12	9	7	43	31	10	3	1	31	9	2	6	6	12	22	12	33	LDDLWW		1-0
2	8	Liverpool	28	13	7	8	35	27	9	3	1	25	14	4	4	7	10	13	8	33	LLLDWW		1-0
2	9	Sheffield United	28	13	7	8	48	42	7	6	2	32	20	6	1	6	16	22	6	33	WDDLLD		3-3
1	10	Chelsea	27	11	9	7	37	28	7	5	2	27	14	4	4	5	10	14	9	31	DWLDWW
	11	Stoke City	28	9	9	10	31	34	6	5	3	21	15	3	4	7	10	19	-3	27	LDDWLD		3-3
4	12	Newcastle United	28	9	7	12	34	38	6	3	4	21	15	3	4	8	13	23	-4	25	LLWWDW		2-0
1	13	Leicester City	28	8	9	11	29	33	5	4	6	12	11	3	5	5	17	22	-4	25	LDWWWL		0-1
	14	Ipswich Town	28	6	13	9	25	38	5	6	3	13	11	1	7	6	12	27	-13	25	LLDDWD		3-3
2	15	West Ham United	28	8	8	12	30	30	6	4	4	18	12	2	4	8	12	18	0	24	WWLDLL		0-1
1	16	Everton	28	8	8	12	28	32	8	4	3	23	11	0	4	9	5	21	-4	24	DDWWLD		0-0
	17	Coventry City	28	6	12	10	31	46	5	7	1	16	12	1	5	9	15	34	-15	24	DWLDLD		2-2
	18	Southampton	27	9	4	14	37	54	6	3	4	24	20	3	1	10	13	34	-17	22	WWLLLW
1	19	West Bromwich Albion	28	7	6	15	24	39	3	3	7	11	17	4	3	8	13	22	-15	20	WWDLWW		1-0
1	20	Huddersfield Town	29	6	8	15	23	40	4	4	7	10	16	2	4	8	13	24	-17	20	DDDLDL		0-1
	21	Crystal Palace	28	6	7	15	27	47	3	5	6	19	22	3	2	9	8	25	-20	19	LDWLLD		2-2
	22	Nottingham Forest	29	4	7	18	33	56	3	3	9	17	23	1	4	9	16	33	-23	15	DDLLLL		0-1