The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 04, 1972 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 04, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 04 March 1972

Season:: 1971-72
Referee:: K Walker
Attendance:: 16,702
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 22
Opp Before/After:: 19 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ipswich Town (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Jan 13, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2734 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1358 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 3023 (of 5824)
Total:: 4284 (of 7629)
Played:: 54 years, 5 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Don Howe
Prior form: DLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Wile (33')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Jim Barron
2	D	27	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell
4	F	25	Sammy Chapman 43
5	M	21	John Cottam
6	M	30	Doug Fraser
7	F	26	Barry Lyons
8	M	20	Martin O'Neill
9	F	25	Peter Cormack
10	M	22	Paul Richardson
11	F	21	Duncan McKenzie
Subs
12	F	21	Jim McIntosh

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Osbourne
2	D	Gordon Nisbet
3	D	Ray Wilson
4	D	Alistair Robertson
5	D	John Wile
6	M	Len Cantello
7	M	Asa Hartford
8	M	Jeff Astle
9	M	Colin Suggett
10	F	Bobby Gould
11	F	Tony Brown
Subs
12		Hughes

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 04, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Derby County	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ipswich Town	0-2	Crystal Palace
Leeds United	7-0	Southampton
Liverpool	4-0	Everton
Manchester City	2-0	Arsenal
Newcastle United	2-0	Leicester City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Manchester United
West Bromwich Albion	1-0	Nottingham Forest
West Ham United	3-0	Huddersfield Town

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	31	17	9	5	61	35	12	3	1	39	12	5	6	4	22	23	26	43	WWDWLW
	2	Leeds United	29	16	7	6	44	22	11	4	0	32	8	5	3	6	12	14	22	39	WDWLDW
	3	Derby County	29	15	8	6	50	28	10	4	0	31	8	5	4	6	19	20	22	38	WWDWLW
	4	Arsenal	29	16	5	8	44	27	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	5	19	18	17	37	DDWWWW
	5	Liverpool	30	15	7	8	40	27	11	3	1	30	14	4	4	7	10	13	13	37	LDWWWW
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	10	7	46	32	11	3	1	33	9	2	7	6	13	23	14	36	DLWWWD
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	13	10	7	50	42	9	7	0	32	16	4	3	7	18	26	8	36	WDLWDD
	8	Manchester United	29	14	7	8	52	43	9	1	4	26	18	5	6	4	26	25	9	35	LLLLLL
	9	Sheffield United	30	14	7	9	51	44	8	6	2	35	20	6	1	7	16	24	7	35	DLLDLW
	10	Chelsea	28	12	9	7	39	29	8	5	2	29	15	4	4	5	10	14	10	33	WLDWWW
	11	Newcastle United	30	10	8	12	36	39	6	4	4	21	15	4	4	8	15	24	-3	28	WWDWDW
	12	Stoke City	29	9	9	11	31	36	6	5	3	21	15	3	4	8	10	21	-5	27	DDWLDL
	13	Everton	30	8	10	12	29	33	8	5	3	24	12	0	5	9	5	21	-4	26	WWLDDD
	14	Ipswich Town	30	6	14	10	27	41	5	6	4	13	12	1	8	6	14	29	-14	26	DDWDLD
	15	West Ham United	30	8	9	13	31	34	6	5	4	19	13	2	4	9	12	21	-3	25	LDLLDL
	16	Leicester City	29	8	9	12	30	35	5	4	6	12	11	3	5	6	18	24	-5	25	DWWWLL
	17	Coventry City	29	6	13	10	31	46	5	8	1	16	12	1	5	9	15	34	-15	25	WLDLDD
	18	Southampton	29	9	4	16	40	59	6	3	5	25	22	3	1	11	15	37	-19	22	LLLWLL
	19	West Bromwich Albion	30	8	6	16	28	43	4	3	7	14	19	4	3	9	14	24	-15	22	DLWWWL
	20	Crystal Palace	29	6	8	15	28	48	3	5	6	19	22	3	3	9	9	26	-20	20	DWLLDD
	21	Huddersfield Town	30	6	8	16	23	41	4	4	7	10	16	2	4	9	13	25	-18	20	DDLDLL
	22	Nottingham Forest	30	4	7	19	33	60	3	3	9	17	23	1	4	10	16	37	-27	15	DLLLLL

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	32	18	9	5	63	35	13	3	1	41	12	5	6	4	22	23	28	45	WDWLWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Leeds United	30	17	7	6	51	22	12	4	0	39	8	5	3	6	12	14	29	41	DWLDWW		7-0
	3	Derby County	30	16	8	6	52	29	11	4	0	33	9	5	4	6	19	20	23	40	WDWLWW		2-1
1	4	Liverpool	31	16	7	8	44	27	12	3	1	34	14	4	4	7	10	13	17	39	DWWWWW		4-0
1	5	Tottenham Hotspur	31	14	10	7	48	32	12	3	1	35	9	2	7	6	13	23	16	38	LWWWDW		2-0
2	6	Arsenal	30	16	5	9	44	29	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	6	19	20	15	37	DWWWWL		0-2
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	13	10	8	51	44	9	7	0	32	16	4	3	8	19	28	7	36	DLWDDL		1-2
1	8	Sheffield United	30	14	7	9	51	44	8	6	2	35	20	6	1	7	16	24	7	35	DLLDLW
1	9	Manchester United	30	14	7	9	52	45	9	1	4	26	18	5	6	5	26	27	7	35	LLLLLL		0-2
	10	Chelsea	28	12	9	7	39	29	8	5	2	29	15	4	4	5	10	14	10	33	WLDWWW
	11	Newcastle United	31	11	8	12	38	39	7	4	4	23	15	4	4	8	15	24	-1	30	WDWDWW		2-0
3	12	West Ham United	31	9	9	13	34	34	7	5	4	22	13	2	4	9	12	21	0	27	DLLDLW		3-0
1	13	Stoke City	29	9	9	11	31	36	6	5	3	21	15	3	4	8	10	21	-5	27	DDWLDL
1	14	Everton	31	8	10	13	29	37	8	5	3	24	12	0	5	10	5	25	-8	26	WLDDDL		0-4
1	15	Ipswich Town	31	6	14	11	27	43	5	6	5	13	14	1	8	6	14	29	-16	26	DWDLDL		0-2
	16	Leicester City	30	8	9	13	30	37	5	4	6	12	11	3	5	7	18	26	-7	25	WWWLLL		0-2
	17	Coventry City	29	6	13	10	31	46	5	8	1	16	12	1	5	9	15	34	-15	25	WLDLDD
1	18	West Bromwich Albion	31	9	6	16	29	43	5	3	7	15	19	4	3	9	14	24	-14	24	LWWWLW		1-0
1	19	Crystal Palace	30	7	8	15	30	48	3	5	6	19	22	4	3	9	11	26	-18	22	WLLDDW		2-0
2	20	Southampton	30	9	4	17	40	66	6	3	5	25	22	3	1	12	15	44	-26	22	LLWLLL		0-7
	21	Huddersfield Town	31	6	8	17	23	44	4	4	7	10	16	2	4	10	13	28	-21	20	DLDLLL		0-3
	22	Nottingham Forest	31	4	7	20	33	61	3	3	9	17	23	1	4	11	16	38	-28	15	LLLLLL		0-1