The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 FULHAM - Sat Feb 24, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 24, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-0

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: R Capey
Attendance:: 8,810
Pos Before/After:: 15 12
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Huddersfield Town (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: Nov 10, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2775 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1318 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3069 (of 5679)
Total:: 4330 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 24 February 1973

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

Goals:
John Galley (31)
Jim McIntosh (40) - Jim McIntosh last goal

FULHAM
Manager: Alec Stock
Prior form: DWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Earle (85)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jim Barron
2	D	Peter Hindley
3	D	John Winfield
4	F	Sammy Chapman
5	M	David Serella
6	M	Doug Fraser
7	F	Jim McIntosh (40)
8	F	John Robertson
9	F	Neil Martin
10	F	John Galley (31)
11	M	George Lyall
Subs
12	M	Martin O'Neill

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Meller
2	D	Cutbush
3	D	Callaghan
4	D	Mullery
5	D	Went
6	M	Dunne
7	M	Strong
8	M	Earle
9	M	Mitchell
10	F	Pinkney
11	F	Barrett
Subs
12		John Conway

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 24, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-1	Bristol City
Leyton Orient	4-0	Aston Villa
Middlesbrough	3-0	Portsmouth
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Fulham
Swindon Town	1-3	Oxford United

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

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	Burnley	30	15	13	2	51	29	8	6	1	30	16	7	7	1	21	13	1.75862	43	WLWWDD	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
	3	Aston Villa	30	13	10	7	36	33	8	5	3	18	12	5	5	4	18	21	1.09091	36	LWWWDL	0-4
1	4	Oxford United	31	15	5	11	40	31	11	1	3	26	11	4	4	8	14	20	1.29032	35	WLWLWW	3-1
1	5	Fulham	30	12	10	8	46	34	9	4	2	27	12	3	6	6	19	22	1.35294	34	WWWLWL	1-2
2	6	Middlesbrough	32	12	10	10	31	35	9	4	3	19	11	3	6	7	12	24	.88571	34	DDWWLW	3-0
1	7	Blackpool	30	12	9	9	43	36	7	5	3	25	13	5	4	6	18	23	1.19444	33	WDWLLD
1	8	Luton Town	29	12	9	8	36	32	4	8	4	21	19	8	1	4	15	13	1.12500	33	LDWWLD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	30	11	8	11	45	41	9	2	3	29	16	2	6	8	16	25	1.09756	30	DWDLWL
1	10	Bristol City	30	10	10	10	39	39	4	6	4	17	14	6	4	6	22	25	1.00000	30	LWDLWD	1-1
1	11	Millwall	30	11	7	12	40	34	8	3	3	21	11	3	4	9	19	23	1.17647	29	WDDLWW
3	12	Nottingham Forest	30	10	9	11	33	37	8	5	2	22	13	2	4	9	11	24	.89189	29	LWLDLW	2-1
1	13	Hull City	29	9	10	10	43	39	7	6	3	32	18	2	4	7	11	21	1.10256	28	WDDWLL
1	14	Portsmouth	30	10	8	12	35	36	5	4	7	16	18	5	4	5	19	18	.97222	28	WDWWWL	0-3
1	15	Preston North End	30	10	8	12	29	45	5	4	5	14	18	5	4	7	15	27	.64444	28	WLLLLD
	16	Carlisle United	28	9	8	11	41	34	8	4	3	34	17	1	4	8	7	17	1.20588	26	WDLDLD
	17	Sunderland	26	8	9	9	37	34	6	5	2	22	10	2	4	7	15	24	1.08824	25	DWDWLW
2	18	Leyton Orient	30	7	11	12	31	36	6	5	4	19	13	1	6	8	12	23	.86111	25	DDDWLW	4-0
1	19	Huddersfield Town	30	6	12	12	26	38	5	6	4	14	14	1	6	8	12	24	.68421	24	LLLLWD
1	20	Cardiff City	27	9	5	13	31	40	9	1	4	23	14	0	4	9	8	26	.77500	23	LLWLWD
	21	Swindon Town	30	6	11	13	35	52	4	7	3	20	21	2	4	10	15	31	.67308	23	LDLLLL	1-3
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	30	3	9	18	31	68	2	6	6	19	25	1	3	12	12	43	.45588	15	LLLLWL