The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BRISTOL CITY - Sat Mar 10, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 10, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 10 March 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: R Armstrong
Attendance:: 8,680
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 12
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Apr 12, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2777 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1320 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3071 (of 5824)
Total:: 4335 (of 7629)
Played:: 53 years, 5 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
John Galley (44')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Alan Dicks
Prior form: WDLWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	30	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	M	21	Martin O'Neill
10	F	28	John Galley (44')
11	M	25	George Lyall 77
Subs
12	F	21	Alan Buckley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bond
2	D	Sweeny
3	D	Drysdale
4	D	Emanuel
5	D	Rodgers (80')
6	M	Merrick
7	M	Tainton 77
8	M	Ritchie
9	M	Gillies
10	F	Gow
11	F	Fear
Subs
12		Woods (80')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 10, 1973)

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

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	31	16	13	2	52	29	8	6	1	30	16	8	7	1	22	13	23	45	LWWDDW
	2	Queens Park Rangers	32	16	12	4	61	35	10	4	1	38	13	6	8	3	23	22	26	44	WWDWWD
	3	Fulham	31	13	10	8	49	36	9	4	2	27	12	4	6	6	22	24	13	36	WWLWLW
	4	Blackpool	33	13	10	10	45	39	8	6	3	27	14	5	4	7	18	25	6	36	LLDLDW
	5	Aston Villa	31	13	10	8	38	36	8	5	4	20	15	5	5	4	18	21	2	36	WWWDLL
	6	Oxford United	32	15	5	12	40	32	11	1	3	26	11	4	4	9	14	21	8	35	LWLWWL
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	32	13	8	11	49	42	11	2	3	33	17	2	6	8	16	25	7	34	DLWLWW
	8	Luton Town	31	12	10	9	39	36	4	8	4	21	19	8	2	5	18	17	3	34	WWLDLD
	9	Middlesbrough	33	12	10	11	31	36	9	4	3	19	11	3	6	8	12	25	-5	34	DWWLWL
	10	Millwall	32	13	7	12	44	36	10	3	3	25	13	3	4	9	19	23	8	33	DLWWWW
	11	Bristol City	31	11	10	10	42	40	5	6	4	20	15	6	4	6	22	25	2	32	WDLWDW
	12	Hull City	30	10	10	10	45	39	8	6	3	34	18	2	4	7	11	21	6	30	DDWLLW
	13	Nottingham Forest	31	10	10	11	34	38	8	5	2	22	13	2	5	9	12	25	-4	30	WLDLWD
	14	Portsmouth	31	10	8	13	36	39	5	4	7	16	18	5	4	6	20	21	-3	28	DWWWLL
	15	Preston North End	31	10	8	13	30	47	5	4	5	14	18	5	4	8	16	29	-17	28	LLLLDL
	16	Sunderland	27	9	9	9	38	34	7	5	2	23	10	2	4	7	15	24	4	27	WDWLWW
	17	Carlisle United	29	9	8	12	42	37	8	4	4	35	20	1	4	8	7	17	5	26	DLDLDL
	18	Huddersfield Town	32	6	14	12	29	41	5	8	4	17	17	1	6	8	12	24	-12	26	LLWDDD
	19	Leyton Orient	31	7	11	13	32	39	6	5	4	19	13	1	6	9	13	26	-7	25	DDWLWL
	20	Cardiff City	30	10	5	15	34	45	10	1	4	26	15	0	4	11	8	30	-11	25	LWDLWL
	21	Swindon Town	32	7	11	14	38	53	5	7	4	23	22	2	4	10	15	31	-15	25	LLLLWL
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	31	3	9	19	31	70	2	6	6	19	25	1	3	13	12	45	-39	15	LLLWLL

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	1	Queens Park Rangers	33	17	12	4	62	35	11	4	1	39	13	6	8	3	23	22	27	46	WDWWDW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Burnley	32	16	13	3	52	30	8	6	2	30	17	8	7	1	22	13	22	45	WWDDWL	Safe	0-1
	3	Fulham	32	14	10	8	50	36	10	4	2	28	12	4	6	6	22	24	14	38	WLWLWW		1-0
	4	Blackpool	34	14	10	10	46	39	8	6	3	27	14	6	4	7	19	25	7	38	LDLDWW		1-0
2	5	Sheffield Wednesday	33	14	8	11	50	42	11	2	3	33	17	3	6	8	17	25	8	36	LWLWWW		1-0
2	6	Luton Town	32	13	10	9	40	36	5	8	4	22	19	8	2	5	18	17	4	36	WLDLDW		1-0
2	7	Aston Villa	32	13	10	9	38	37	8	5	4	20	15	5	5	5	18	22	1	36	WWDLLL		0-1
1	8	Middlesbrough	34	13	10	11	33	36	10	4	3	21	11	3	6	8	12	25	-3	36	WWLWLW		2-0
3	9	Oxford United	33	15	5	13	40	33	11	1	4	26	12	4	4	9	14	21	7	35	WLWWLL		0-1
	10	Millwall	33	13	7	13	45	39	10	3	3	25	13	3	4	10	20	26	6	33	LWWWWL		1-3
	11	Bristol City	32	11	10	11	42	41	5	6	4	20	15	6	4	7	22	26	1	32	DLWDWL		0-1
1	12	Nottingham Forest	32	11	10	11	35	38	9	5	2	23	13	2	5	9	12	25	-3	32	LDLWDW		1-0
1	13	Hull City	31	10	11	10	47	41	8	6	3	34	18	2	5	7	13	23	6	31	DWLLWD		2-2
	14	Portsmouth	32	10	9	13	38	41	5	5	7	18	20	5	4	6	20	21	-3	29	WWWLLD		2-2
	15	Preston North End	32	10	9	13	31	48	5	5	5	15	19	5	4	8	16	29	-17	29	LLLDLD		1-1
	16	Sunderland	28	9	9	10	38	35	7	5	2	23	10	2	4	8	15	25	3	27	DWLWWL		0-1
2	17	Leyton Orient	32	8	11	13	35	40	7	5	4	22	14	1	6	9	13	26	-5	27	DWLWLW		3-1
1	18	Carlisle United	30	9	8	13	42	38	8	4	4	35	20	1	4	9	7	18	4	26	LDLDLL		0-1
2	19	Swindon Town	33	7	12	14	39	54	5	7	4	23	22	2	5	10	16	32	-15	26	LLLWLD		1-1
2	20	Huddersfield Town	33	6	14	13	30	43	5	8	4	17	17	1	6	9	13	26	-13	26	LWDDDL		1-2
1	21	Cardiff City	31	10	5	16	34	47	10	1	4	26	15	0	4	12	8	32	-13	25	WDLWLL		0-2
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	32	4	9	19	33	71	3	6	6	21	26	1	3	13	12	45	-38	17	LLWLLW		2-1