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)

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: C Fallon
Attendance:: 9,591
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 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1291 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3037 (of 5679)
Total:: 4298 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
George Lyall - George Lyall first goal
Martin O'Neill

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

Goals:
?

Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the 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

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Aston Villa	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	4	WW
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	0	1	7	5	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	2	4	1.40000	4	WWL
	3	Oxford United	2	1	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	5.00000	3	DW
	4	Portsmouth	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.00000	3	DW
	5	Carlisle United	2	1	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	2.50000	3	DW
	6	Millwall	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2.00000	3	WD
	7	Queens Park Rangers	2	1	1	0	6	4	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.50000	3	DW
	8	Blackpool	2	1	0	1	6	3	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	2.00000	2	LW
	9	Bristol City	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	2	DD
	10	Burnley	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	2	DD
	11	Luton Town	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.00000	2	LW
	12	Sunderland	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.00000	2	LW
	13	Cardiff City	2	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	.75000	2	WL
	14	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.50000	2	WL
	15	Middlesbrough	2	1	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	.40000	2	WL
	16	Nottingham Forest	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	2	DD
	17	Leyton Orient	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.50000	1	DL
	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	0	1	1	3	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	6	.42857	1	DL
	19	Swindon Town	3	0	1	2	3	7	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	5	.42857	1	DLL
	20	Fulham	2	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	.25000	1	LD
	21	Hull City	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.00000	1	LD
	22	Preston North End	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.00000	0	LL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	1	Sheffield Wednesday	4	3	0	1	11	7	3	0	0	9	3	0	0	1	2	4	1.57143	6	WWLW	4-2
2	2	Portsmouth	3	2	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	5.00000	5	DWW	2-0
5	3	Blackpool	3	2	0	1	8	4	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	1	2	2	2.00000	4	LWW	2-1
12	4	Nottingham Forest	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.00000	4	DDW	2-1
5	5	Burnley	3	1	2	0	7	4	1	1	0	6	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.75000	4	DDW	4-1
5	6	Luton Town	3	2	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	1.50000	4	LWW	1-0
	7	Queens Park Rangers	3	1	2	0	7	5	1	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	3	3	1.40000	4	DWD	1-1
7	8	Aston Villa	3	2	0	1	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	4	1.00000	4	WWL	1-4
4	9	Carlisle United	2	1	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	2.50000	3	DW
7	10	Oxford United	3	1	1	1	6	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	3	2.00000	3	DWL	1-2
5	11	Millwall	3	1	1	1	4	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	3	WDL	0-2
	12	Sunderland	3	1	1	1	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	1.00000	3	LWD	2-2
6	13	Swindon Town	4	1	1	2	5	8	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	2	1	5	.62500	3	DLLW	2-1
6	14	Fulham	3	1	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	.60000	3	LDW	2-1
6	15	Bristol City	3	0	2	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	.80000	2	DDL	1-2
3	16	Cardiff City	3	1	0	2	4	6	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	1	3	.66667	2	WLL	1-2
1	17	Brighton and Hove Albion	3	0	2	1	5	9	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	6	.55556	2	DLD	2-2
4	18	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.50000	2	WL
4	19	Middlesbrough	3	1	0	2	3	7	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	0	4	.42857	2	WLL	1-2
1	20	Hull City	3	0	1	2	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	.33333	1	LDL	2-4
4	21	Leyton Orient	3	0	1	2	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.33333	1	DLL	0-1
	22	Preston North End	3	0	1	2	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.33333	1	LLD	1-1