The City Ground

PORTSMOUTH 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 17, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 17, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Fratton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 February 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: G Kew
Attendance:: 11,151
Pos Before/After:: 13 15
Opp Before/After:: 15 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Portsmouth:: Feb 17, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2774 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1317 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3068 (of 5768)
Total:: 4332 (of 7556)
Played:: 52 years, 4 months, 23 days ago

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

Goals

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: Ron Tindall
Prior form: WDWDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Nick Jennings (29')
Ray Hiron (44')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley 62
3	D	29	John Winfield
4	F	26	Sammy Chapman
5	M	20	David Serella
6	M	31	Doug Fraser
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh
8	F	20	John Robertson
9	F	32	Neil Martin
10	F	28	John Galley
11	M	25	George Lyall
Subs
12	M	20	Martin O'Neill

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Milkins
2	D	Wilson
3	D	Collins
4	D	Piper
5	D	Stephenson
6	M	Munks
7	M	Foggo
8	M	Reynolds
9	M	Ray Hiron
10	F	Kellard
11	F	Nick Jennings
Subs
12		Lewis

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 17, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Preston North End
Blackpool	1-1	Huddersfield Town
Bristol City	3-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Carlisle United	1-1	Burnley
Fulham	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Hull City	0-2	Millwall
Luton Town	1-1	Cardiff City
Oxford United	2-1	Leyton Orient
Portsmouth	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers	5-0	Swindon Town
Sunderland	4-0	Middlesbrough

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	Status
	1	Burnley	28	15	11	2	49	27	8	5	1	29	15	7	6	1	20	12	1.81481	41	WDWLWW
	2	Queens Park Rangers	29	14	11	4	51	32	9	4	1	33	13	5	7	3	18	19	1.59375	39	LWDWWD
	3	Aston Villa	28	13	9	6	35	28	8	4	3	17	11	5	5	3	18	17	1.25000	35	DDLWWW
	4	Fulham	28	11	10	7	44	32	8	4	2	26	12	3	6	5	18	20	1.37500	32	WDWWWL
	5	Blackpool	29	12	8	9	42	35	7	4	3	24	12	5	4	6	18	23	1.20000	32	LWDWLL
	6	Luton Town	28	12	8	8	35	31	4	7	4	20	18	8	1	4	15	13	1.12903	32	DLDWWL
	7	Middlesbrough	30	11	10	9	28	31	8	4	3	16	11	3	6	6	12	20	.90323	32	WLDDWW
	8	Oxford United	29	13	5	11	35	29	10	1	3	24	10	3	4	8	11	19	1.20690	31	WLWLWL
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	29	11	8	10	45	40	9	2	3	29	16	2	6	7	16	24	1.12500	30	DDWDLW
	10	Hull City	28	9	10	9	43	37	7	6	2	32	16	2	4	7	11	21	1.16216	28	WWDDWL
	11	Millwall	29	10	7	12	38	34	8	3	3	21	11	2	4	9	17	23	1.11765	27	LWDDLW
	12	Bristol City	28	9	9	10	35	37	3	6	4	14	13	6	3	6	21	24	.94595	27	DWLWDL
	13	Nottingham Forest	28	9	9	10	31	34	7	5	2	20	12	2	4	8	11	22	.91176	27	WDLWLD
	14	Preston North End	29	10	7	12	28	44	5	4	5	14	18	5	3	7	14	26	.63636	27	LWLLLL
	15	Portsmouth	28	9	8	11	33	33	4	4	7	14	18	5	4	4	19	15	1.00000	26	WDWDWW
	16	Carlisle United	27	9	7	11	40	33	8	3	3	33	16	1	4	8	7	17	1.21212	25	LWDLDL
	17	Sunderland	25	7	9	9	33	34	5	5	2	18	10	2	4	7	15	24	.97059	23	WDWDWL
	18	Swindon Town	28	6	11	11	34	44	4	7	2	19	18	2	4	9	15	26	.77273	23	DDLDLL
	19	Leyton Orient	28	6	11	11	26	34	5	5	4	15	13	1	6	7	11	21	.76471	23	LLDDDW
	20	Huddersfield Town	29	6	11	12	25	37	5	6	4	14	14	1	5	8	11	23	.67568	23	DLLLLW
	21	Cardiff City	26	9	4	13	30	39	9	1	4	23	14	0	3	9	7	25	.76923	22	DLLWLW
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	29	3	9	17	30	65	2	6	6	19	25	1	3	11	11	40	.46154	15	LLLLLW

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Burnley	29	15	12	2	50	28	8	5	1	29	15	7	7	1	21	13	1.78571	42	DWLWWD		1-1
	2	Queens Park Rangers	30	15	11	4	56	32	10	4	1	38	13	5	7	3	18	19	1.75000	41	WDWWDW		5-0
	3	Aston Villa	29	13	10	6	36	29	8	5	3	18	12	5	5	3	18	17	1.24138	36	DLWWWD		1-1
	4	Fulham	29	12	10	7	45	32	9	4	2	27	12	3	6	5	18	20	1.40625	34	DWWWLW		1-0
3	5	Oxford United	30	14	5	11	37	30	11	1	3	26	11	3	4	8	11	19	1.23333	33	LWLWLW		2-1
1	6	Blackpool	30	12	9	9	43	36	7	5	3	25	13	5	4	6	18	23	1.19444	33	WDWLLD		1-1
1	7	Luton Town	29	12	9	8	36	32	4	8	4	21	19	8	1	4	15	13	1.12500	33	LDWWLD		1-1
1	8	Middlesbrough	31	11	10	10	28	35	8	4	3	16	11	3	6	7	12	24	.80000	32	LDDWWL		0-4
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	30	11	8	11	45	41	9	2	3	29	16	2	6	8	16	25	1.09756	30	DWDLWL		0-1
1	10	Millwall	30	11	7	12	40	34	8	3	3	21	11	3	4	9	19	23	1.17647	29	WDDLWW		2-0
1	11	Bristol City	29	10	9	10	38	38	4	6	4	17	14	6	3	6	21	24	1.00000	29	WLWDLW		3-1
2	12	Hull City	29	9	10	10	43	39	7	6	3	32	18	2	4	7	11	21	1.10256	28	WDDWLL		0-2
2	13	Portsmouth	29	10	8	11	35	33	5	4	7	16	18	5	4	4	19	15	1.06061	28	DWDWWW		2-0
	14	Preston North End	30	10	8	12	29	45	5	4	5	14	18	5	4	7	15	27	.64444	28	WLLLLD		1-1
2	15	Nottingham Forest	29	9	9	11	31	36	7	5	2	20	12	2	4	9	11	24	.86111	27	DLWLDL		0-2
	16	Carlisle United	28	9	8	11	41	34	8	4	3	34	17	1	4	8	7	17	1.20588	26	WDLDLD		1-1
	17	Sunderland	26	8	9	9	37	34	6	5	2	22	10	2	4	7	15	24	1.08824	25	DWDWLW		4-0
2	18	Huddersfield Town	30	6	12	12	26	38	5	6	4	14	14	1	6	8	12	24	.68421	24	LLLLWD		1-1
2	19	Cardiff City	27	9	5	13	31	40	9	1	4	23	14	0	4	9	8	26	.77500	23	LLWLWD		1-1
1	20	Leyton Orient	29	6	11	12	27	36	5	5	4	15	13	1	6	8	12	23	.75000	23	LDDDWL		1-2
3	21	Swindon Town	29	6	11	12	34	49	4	7	2	19	18	2	4	10	15	31	.69388	23	DLDLLL		0-5
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	30	3	9	18	31	68	2	6	6	19	25	1	3	12	12	43	.45588	15	LLLLWL		1-3