The City Ground

SWINDON TOWN 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 17, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 17, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swindon Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: County Ground (Swindon)
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Swindon Town FC.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 March 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: R Lee
Attendance:: 9,842
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 16 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Swindon Town:: Sep 18, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2779 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1322 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3073 (of 5824)
Total:: 4337 (of 7629)
Played:: 53 years, 5 months, 4 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

SWINDON TOWN
Manager: Les Allen
Prior form: LLWLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	M	24	Liam O'Kane
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	F	26	Sammy Chapman
5	M	22	John Cottam
6	F	26	Tommy Jackson
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh
8	M	21	Martin O'Neill
9	F	22	Duncan McKenzie
10	F	28	John Galley
11	F	28	Barry Lyons
Subs
12	D	29	Tommy Gemmell

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Downsborough
2	D	Rod Thomas
3	D	Joe Butler
4	D	Ray Bunkell
5	D	Frank Burrows
6	M	Ron Potter
7	M	David Moss
8	M	Roger Smart
9	M	Ray Treacy
10	F	Peter Noble
11	F	Mick McGovern (63')
Subs
12		Tom Jenkins (63')

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

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

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	Queens Park Rangers	33	17	12	4	62	35	11	4	1	39	13	6	8	3	23	22	27	46	WDWWDW	Safe
	2	Burnley	32	16	13	3	52	30	8	6	2	30	17	8	7	1	22	13	22	45	WWDDWL	Safe
	3	Fulham	32	14	10	8	50	36	10	4	2	28	12	4	6	6	22	24	14	38	WLWLWW
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	34	15	8	11	53	44	12	2	3	36	19	3	6	8	17	25	9	38	WLWWWW
	5	Blackpool	34	14	10	10	46	39	8	6	3	27	14	6	4	7	19	25	7	38	LDLDWW
	6	Luton Town	32	13	10	9	40	36	5	8	4	22	19	8	2	5	18	17	4	36	WLDLDW
	7	Aston Villa	32	13	10	9	38	37	8	5	4	20	15	5	5	5	18	22	1	36	WWDLLL
	8	Middlesbrough	34	13	10	11	33	36	10	4	3	21	11	3	6	8	12	25	-3	36	WWLWLW
	9	Oxford United	33	15	5	13	40	33	11	1	4	26	12	4	4	9	14	21	7	35	WLWWLL
	10	Hull City	32	11	11	10	49	42	8	6	3	34	18	3	5	7	15	24	7	33	WLLWDW
	11	Millwall	33	13	7	13	45	39	10	3	3	25	13	3	4	10	20	26	6	33	LWWWWL
	12	Bristol City	33	11	10	12	44	44	5	6	4	20	15	6	4	8	24	29	0	32	LWDWLL
	13	Nottingham Forest	33	11	10	12	36	40	9	5	3	24	15	2	5	9	12	25	-4	32	DLWDWL
	14	Portsmouth	32	10	9	13	38	41	5	5	7	18	20	5	4	6	20	21	-3	29	WWWLLD
	15	Preston North End	32	10	9	13	31	48	5	5	5	15	19	5	4	8	16	29	-17	29	LLLDLD
	16	Swindon Town	34	8	12	14	41	54	6	7	4	25	22	2	5	10	16	32	-13	28	LLWLDW
	17	Sunderland	28	9	9	10	38	35	7	5	2	23	10	2	4	8	15	25	3	27	DWLWWL
	18	Leyton Orient	32	8	11	13	35	40	7	5	4	22	14	1	6	9	13	26	-5	27	DWLWLW
	19	Carlisle United	31	9	8	14	42	40	8	4	4	35	20	1	4	10	7	20	2	26	DLDLLL
	20	Huddersfield Town	33	6	14	13	30	43	5	8	4	17	17	1	6	9	13	26	-13	26	LWDDDL
	21	Cardiff City	31	10	5	16	34	47	10	1	4	26	15	0	4	12	8	32	-13	25	WDLWLL
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	32	4	9	19	33	71	3	6	6	21	26	1	3	13	12	45	-38	17	LLWLLW

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	Burnley	33	17	13	3	53	30	8	6	2	30	17	9	7	1	23	13	23	47	WDDWLW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Queens Park Rangers	33	17	12	4	62	35	11	4	1	39	13	6	8	3	23	22	27	46	WDWWDW	Safe
2	3	Blackpool	35	15	10	10	48	39	9	6	3	29	14	6	4	7	19	25	9	40	DLDWWW		2-0
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	35	15	9	11	54	45	12	3	3	37	20	3	6	8	17	25	9	39	LWWWWD		1-1
2	5	Fulham	33	14	10	9	50	38	10	4	2	28	12	4	6	7	22	26	12	38	LWLWWL		0-2
1	6	Aston Villa	33	14	10	9	40	37	9	5	4	22	15	5	5	5	18	22	3	38	WDLLLW		2-0
1	7	Middlesbrough	35	13	11	11	34	37	10	4	3	21	11	3	7	8	13	26	-3	37	WLWLWD		1-1
1	8	Oxford United	34	15	6	13	40	33	11	1	4	26	12	4	5	9	14	21	7	36	LWWLLD		0-0
3	9	Luton Town	32	13	10	9	40	36	5	8	4	22	19	8	2	5	18	17	4	36	WLDLDW
1	10	Millwall	34	14	7	13	49	40	11	3	3	29	14	3	4	10	20	26	9	35	WWWWLW		4-1
1	11	Hull City	32	11	11	10	49	42	8	6	3	34	18	3	5	7	15	24	7	33	WLLWDW
	12	Bristol City	34	11	11	12	44	44	5	7	4	20	15	6	4	8	24	29	0	33	WDWLLD		0-0
	13	Nottingham Forest	34	11	11	12	36	40	9	5	3	24	15	2	6	9	12	25	-4	33	LWDWLD		0-0
	14	Portsmouth	33	10	9	14	38	43	5	5	7	18	20	5	4	7	20	23	-5	29	WWLLDL		0-2
1	15	Swindon Town	35	8	13	14	41	54	6	8	4	25	22	2	5	10	16	32	-13	29	LWLDWD		0-0
1	16	Preston North End	33	10	9	14	32	52	5	5	5	15	19	5	4	9	17	33	-20	29	LLDLDL		1-4
2	17	Carlisle United	32	10	8	14	43	40	9	4	4	36	20	1	4	10	7	20	3	28	LDLLLW		1-0
1	18	Sunderland	28	9	9	10	38	35	7	5	2	23	10	2	4	8	15	25	3	27	DWLWWL
1	19	Leyton Orient	33	8	11	14	35	41	7	5	4	22	14	1	6	10	13	27	-6	27	WLWLWL		0-1
	20	Huddersfield Town	34	6	15	13	31	44	5	9	4	18	18	1	6	9	13	26	-13	27	WDDDLD		1-1
	21	Cardiff City	32	10	5	17	34	48	10	1	5	26	16	0	4	12	8	32	-14	25	DLWLLL		0-1
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	33	4	10	19	34	72	3	6	6	21	26	1	4	13	13	46	-38	18	LWLLWD		1-1