The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 OXFORD UNITED - Sat Aug 26, 1972 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 26, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Oxford United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 26 August 1972

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: C Fallon
Attendance:: 9,591
League Week:: 3 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 4
Opp Before/After:: 3 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brighton and Hove Albion (League Tier 2)
Oxford United:: Jan 06, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2748 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1291 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3037 (of 5790)
Total:: 4301 (of 7585)
Played:: 53 years, 3 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lyall (33') - George Lyall first goal
Martin O'Neill (38')

OXFORD UNITED
Manager: Gerry Summers
Prior form: DW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ken Skeen (13')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell
4	M	19	David Serella
5	F	26	Sammy Chapman
6	M	30	Doug Fraser
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh off for Alan Buckley (74')
8	M	25	George Lyall (33')
9	F	22	Duncan McKenzie
10	M	22	Paul Richardson
11	M	20	Martin O'Neill (38')
Subs
12	F	21	Alan Buckley on for Jim McIntosh (74')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Jim Barron	95		7	1
2	D	28	Peter Hindley	371	8	7	1
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell	21	5	7	1
4	M	19	David Serella	10		7	1
5	F	26	Sammy Chapman	235	14	7	1
6	M	30	Doug Fraser	64	1	7	1
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh off for Alan Buckley (74')	29	2	7	1
8	M	25	George Lyall (33')	2		7	1
9	F	22	Duncan McKenzie	51	12	7	1
10	M	22	Paul Richardson	135	9	7	1
11	M	20	Martin O'Neill (38')	24	2	7	1
Subs
12	F	21	Alan Buckley on for Jim McIntosh (74')	12		140	10

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Burton
2	D	Lucas
3	D	Shuker
4	D	Roberts
5	D	C Clarke
6	M	Evanson (58')
7	M	Sloan
8	M	Ken Skeen
9	M	D Clarke
10	F	Cassidy
11	F	Aylott
Subs
12		Clayton (58')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Aug 26, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Brighton and Hove Albion	2-2	Sunderland
Burnley	4-1	Aston Villa
Cardiff City	1-2	Blackpool
Leyton Orient	0-1	Luton Town
Middlesbrough	1-2	Fulham
Millwall	0-2	Portsmouth
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Oxford United
Preston North End	1-1	Queens Park Rangers
Sheffield Wednesday	4-2	Hull City
Swindon Town	2-1	Bristol City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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