The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 09, 1972 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 09, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ayresome Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 09 December 1972

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: W Johnson
Attendance:: 10,326
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 11
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Apr 14, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2766 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1309 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3056 (of 5828)
Total:: 4320 (of 7633)
Played:: 53 years, 9 months, 1 day ago

FOREST
Manager: Dave Mackay
Prior form: WWLLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Stan Anderson
Prior form: DDWLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	29	John Winfield
4	F	26	Sammy Chapman
5	M	20	David Serella
6	M	23	Paul Richardson
7	M	20	Martin O'Neill
8	M	25	George Lyall
9	F	27	Barry Lyons
10	F	19	John Robertson
11	F	22	Duncan McKenzie off for Jim McIntosh (62')
Subs
12	F	22	Jim McIntosh on for Duncan McKenzie (62')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Platt
2	D	Craggs
3	D	Jones
4	D	Spraggon
5	D	Beam
6	M	Maddren
7	M	Gates
8	M	Hickton
9	M	Smith
10	F	Mills (85')
11	F	Armstrong
Subs
12		Foggen (85')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 09, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Cardiff City	4-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Hull City	1-1	Carlisle United
Leyton Orient	1-0	Brighton and Hove Albion
Luton Town	2-2	Queens Park Rangers
Middlesbrough	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Millwall	1-1	Swindon Town
Oxford United	0-0	Fulham
Portsmouth	2-3	Sunderland
Preston North End	0-3	Blackpool

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Burnley	20	10	9	1	34	19	6	3	1	20	10	4	6	0	14	9	15	29	DDLWWW
	2	Queens Park Rangers	20	9	8	3	35	24	5	4	1	22	11	4	4	2	13	13	11	26	LDWLWD
	3	Blackpool	20	9	7	4	32	21	6	4	1	20	8	3	3	3	12	13	11	25	WDDWWW
	4	Aston Villa	20	9	6	5	21	18	6	3	2	12	6	3	3	3	9	12	3	24	DDDLLW
	5	Preston North End	20	9	5	6	20	15	4	3	2	9	4	5	2	4	11	11	5	23	LWLWWD
	6	Luton Town	19	9	4	6	26	21	3	3	4	14	13	6	1	2	12	8	5	22	LWLDWL
	7	Middlesbrough	20	8	6	6	20	23	5	2	2	11	9	3	4	4	9	14	-3	22	DDWLLW
	8	Oxford United	20	9	3	8	26	22	6	0	3	17	10	3	3	5	9	12	4	21	WLWLWD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8	5	8	35	30	7	1	3	23	13	1	4	5	12	17	5	21	LLLWLD
	10	Bristol City	21	7	7	7	25	26	1	5	3	8	10	6	2	4	17	16	-1	21	LLWLWW
	11	Nottingham Forest	20	7	6	7	22	26	5	4	2	14	11	2	2	5	8	15	-4	20	WWLLLW
	12	Fulham	19	6	7	6	26	24	4	4	2	15	9	2	3	4	11	15	2	19	WDWDDL
	13	Swindon Town	20	6	7	7	28	30	4	5	1	15	12	2	2	6	13	18	-2	19	DDWDWW
	14	Huddersfield Town	21	5	9	7	19	24	4	5	2	10	8	1	4	5	9	16	-5	19	WDLWLD
	15	Carlisle United	19	7	4	8	26	25	6	1	3	21	13	1	3	5	5	12	1	18	WDWWWL
	16	Hull City	20	6	6	8	27	26	5	3	2	20	10	1	3	6	7	16	1	18	LDDDLL
	17	Millwall	20	7	3	10	26	25	5	1	3	12	8	2	2	7	14	17	1	17	DLWWWD
	18	Leyton Orient	20	4	8	8	19	26	3	4	3	12	12	1	4	5	7	14	-7	16	DLWLWL
	19	Sunderland	19	4	7	8	23	30	3	4	2	12	10	1	3	6	11	20	-7	15	DDLDLL
	20	Portsmouth	20	5	5	10	20	28	3	1	6	9	13	2	4	4	11	15	-8	15	LWDDLL
	21	Cardiff City	19	6	3	10	22	32	6	1	3	16	11	0	2	7	6	21	-10	15	LWDWLW
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	20	2	9	9	23	40	1	6	3	14	18	1	3	6	9	22	-17	13	DDLLLL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	20	10	9	1	34	19	6	3	1	20	10	4	6	0	14	9	15	29	DDLWWW
1	2	Blackpool	21	10	7	4	35	21	6	4	1	20	8	4	3	3	15	13	14	27	DDWWWW		3-0
1	3	Queens Park Rangers	21	9	9	3	37	26	5	4	1	22	11	4	5	2	15	15	11	27	DWLWDD		2-2
	4	Aston Villa	20	9	6	5	21	18	6	3	2	12	6	3	3	3	9	12	3	24	DDDLLW
1	5	Luton Town	20	9	5	6	28	23	3	4	4	16	15	6	1	2	12	8	5	23	WLDWLD		2-2
1	6	Preston North End	21	9	5	7	20	18	4	3	3	9	7	5	2	4	11	11	2	23	WLWWDL		0-3
	7	Middlesbrough	21	8	7	6	20	23	5	3	2	11	9	3	4	4	9	14	-3	23	DWLLWD		0-0
	8	Oxford United	21	9	4	8	26	22	6	1	3	17	10	3	3	5	9	12	4	22	LWLWDD		0-0
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	5	9	36	34	7	1	3	23	13	1	4	6	13	21	2	21	LLWLDL		1-4
	10	Bristol City	21	7	7	7	25	26	1	5	3	8	10	6	2	4	17	16	-1	21	LLWLWW
	11	Nottingham Forest	21	7	7	7	22	26	5	4	2	14	11	2	3	5	8	15	-4	21	WLLLWD		0-0
	12	Fulham	20	6	8	6	26	24	4	4	2	15	9	2	4	4	11	15	2	20	DWDDLD		0-0
	13	Swindon Town	21	6	8	7	29	31	4	5	1	15	12	2	3	6	14	19	-2	20	DWDWWD		1-1
1	14	Carlisle United	20	7	5	8	27	26	6	1	3	21	13	1	4	5	6	13	1	19	DWWWLD		1-1
1	15	Hull City	21	6	7	8	28	27	5	4	2	21	11	1	3	6	7	16	1	19	DDDLLD		1-1
2	16	Huddersfield Town	21	5	9	7	19	24	4	5	2	10	8	1	4	5	9	16	-5	19	WDLWLD
	17	Millwall	21	7	4	10	27	26	5	2	3	13	9	2	2	7	14	17	1	18	LWWWDD		1-1
	18	Leyton Orient	21	5	8	8	20	26	4	4	3	13	12	1	4	5	7	14	-6	18	LWLWLW		1-0
	19	Sunderland	20	5	7	8	26	32	3	4	2	12	10	2	3	6	14	22	-6	17	DLDLLW		3-2
1	20	Cardiff City	20	7	3	10	26	33	7	1	3	20	12	0	2	7	6	21	-7	17	WDWLWW		4-1
1	21	Portsmouth	21	5	5	11	22	31	3	1	7	11	16	2	4	4	11	15	-9	15	WDDLLL		2-3
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	21	2	9	10	23	41	1	6	3	14	18	1	3	7	9	23	-18	13	DLLLLL		0-1