The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED - Sat Apr 08, 1972 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 08, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 08 April 1972

Season:: 1971-72
Referee:: R Challis
Attendance:: 12,470
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 22
Opp Before/After:: 11 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 1)
Newcastle United:: Mar 09, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2741 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 1365 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 3030 (of 5829)
Total:: 4291 (of 7634)
Played:: 54 years, 5 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Cormack (47')

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Joe Harvey
Prior form: WLDLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Jim Barron
2	D	27	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell
4	M	19	David Serella
5	M	21	John Cottam
6	M	30	Doug Fraser
7	F	21	Jim McIntosh
8	F	25	Peter Cormack (47')
9	F	20	Alan Buckley
10	M	22	Paul Richardson
11	F	21	Duncan McKenzie
Subs
12	F	19	John Robertson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Iam McFaul
2	D	Keith Kennedy
3	D	Patrick Howard
4	D	Irving Nattrass
5	D	Ron Guthrie
6	M	Dave Craig
7	M	Stewart Barrowclough
8	M	Gordon Hodgson
9	M	Bobby Moncur
10	F	Anthony Green
11	F	Malcolm MacDonald
Subs
12		Reid

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 08, 1972)

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

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	Derby County	38	21	10	7	61	31	14	4	1	39	10	7	6	6	22	21	30	52	WDWWLD	Safe
	2	Leeds United	37	21	9	7	66	28	16	4	0	52	10	5	5	7	14	18	38	51	DWWDLW	Safe
	3	Liverpool	37	21	8	8	57	28	15	3	1	43	15	6	5	7	14	13	29	50	DWWWWW	Safe
	4	Manchester City	37	20	10	7	67	40	14	3	2	43	14	6	7	5	24	26	27	50	WWWDLL	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	11	10	53	38	14	3	2	38	10	2	8	8	15	28	15	43	LWDWLL	Safe
	6	Manchester United	36	17	9	10	62	51	11	2	5	32	21	6	7	5	30	30	11	43	DWWWLD	Safe
	7	Arsenal	35	18	6	11	48	34	12	1	3	29	9	6	5	8	19	25	14	42	LLLWWD	Safe
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	15	11	9	57	48	9	7	1	32	17	6	4	8	25	31	9	41	DLWWDL	Safe
	9	Sheffield United	37	15	11	11	56	52	9	8	2	38	22	6	3	9	18	30	4	41	DDLLWD	Safe
	10	Chelsea	34	15	10	9	47	34	10	6	2	34	16	5	4	7	13	18	13	40	DLLWWW	Safe
	11	Newcastle United	37	13	9	15	41	46	8	5	5	25	16	5	4	10	16	30	-5	35	WLDLWL	Safe
	12	West Ham United	38	11	12	15	44	44	9	6	4	30	17	2	6	11	14	27	0	34	WDLDWD
	13	Leicester City	37	11	12	14	35	41	7	6	6	15	11	4	6	8	20	30	-6	34	LDWWDD
	14	Ipswich Town	38	9	15	14	34	49	6	7	6	17	18	3	8	8	17	31	-15	33	DLLLWW
	15	Stoke City	34	10	12	12	37	42	6	8	3	24	18	4	4	9	13	24	-5	32	LDDLWD
	16	Everton	38	8	15	15	34	46	8	7	4	27	16	0	8	11	7	30	-12	31	LDDDDL
	17	West Bromwich Albion	36	10	9	17	33	47	5	6	7	17	21	5	3	10	16	26	-14	29	WDWDLD
	18	Coventry City	36	7	14	15	38	59	6	9	3	23	19	1	5	12	15	40	-21	28	LDLLLW
	19	Southampton	36	11	5	20	47	73	7	3	7	28	25	4	2	13	19	48	-26	27	LDLLWW
	20	Crystal Palace	37	7	11	19	34	60	3	6	9	22	29	4	5	10	12	31	-26	25	LDLLLD
	21	Huddersfield Town	37	6	12	19	26	51	4	7	7	11	17	2	5	12	15	34	-25	24	LDDDDL
	22	Nottingham Forest	37	6	7	24	42	77	5	3	10	23	26	1	4	14	19	51	-35	19	LWLWLL

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	Derby County	39	22	10	7	65	31	14	4	1	39	10	8	6	6	26	21	34	54	DWWLDW	Safe	4-0
	2	Leeds United	38	22	9	7	69	28	16	4	0	52	10	6	5	7	17	18	41	53	WWDLWW	Safe	3-0
	3	Liverpool	38	22	8	8	60	29	16	3	1	46	16	6	5	7	14	13	31	52	WWWWWW	Safe	3-1
	4	Manchester City	38	21	10	7	70	41	15	3	2	46	15	6	7	5	24	26	29	52	WWDLLW	Safe	3-1
2	5	Arsenal	36	19	6	11	50	35	13	1	3	31	10	6	5	8	19	25	15	44	LLWWDW	Safe	2-1
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	12	10	54	39	14	3	2	38	10	2	9	8	16	29	15	44	WDWLLD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Manchester United	37	17	9	11	62	53	11	2	5	32	21	6	7	6	30	32	9	43	WWWLDL	Safe	0-2
2	8	Chelsea	35	16	10	9	49	35	11	6	2	36	17	5	4	7	13	18	14	42	LLWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	15	11	10	58	50	9	7	1	32	17	6	4	9	26	33	8	41	LWWDLL	Safe	1-2
1	10	Sheffield United	38	15	11	12	56	56	9	8	3	38	26	6	3	9	18	30	0	41	DLLWDL	Safe	0-4
2	11	Leicester City	38	12	12	14	37	41	8	6	6	17	11	4	6	8	20	30	-4	36	DWWDDW	Safe	2-0
1	12	Newcastle United	38	13	9	16	41	47	8	5	5	25	16	5	4	11	16	31	-6	35	LDLWLL	Safe	0-1
1	13	Ipswich Town	39	10	15	14	37	50	6	7	6	17	18	4	8	8	20	32	-13	35	LLLWWW	Safe	3-1
2	14	West Ham United	39	11	12	16	45	47	9	6	4	30	17	2	6	12	15	30	-2	34	DLDWDL	Safe	1-3
1	15	Everton	39	9	15	15	35	46	8	7	4	27	16	1	8	11	8	30	-11	33	DDDDLW	Safe	1-0
1	16	Stoke City	35	10	12	13	37	45	6	8	4	24	21	4	4	9	13	24	-8	32	DDLWDL		0-3
	17	West Bromwich Albion	37	10	10	17	34	48	5	7	7	18	22	5	3	10	16	26	-14	30	DWDLDD		1-1
	18	Coventry City	37	7	14	16	39	62	6	9	3	23	19	1	5	13	16	43	-23	28	DLLLWL		1-3
	19	Southampton	37	11	5	21	47	74	7	3	8	28	26	4	2	13	19	48	-27	27	DLLWWL		0-1
	20	Crystal Palace	38	7	11	20	35	62	3	6	9	22	29	4	5	11	13	33	-27	25	DLLLDL		1-2
	21	Huddersfield Town	38	6	12	20	27	54	4	7	8	12	20	2	5	12	15	34	-27	24	DDDDLL		1-3
	22	Nottingham Forest	38	7	7	24	43	77	6	3	10	24	26	1	4	14	19	51	-34	21	WLWLLW		1-0