The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 3 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sat Apr 14, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 14, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 14 April 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: A Oliver
Attendance:: 9,258
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 14
Opp Before/After:: 10 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Dec 15, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2783 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1326 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3077 (of 5824)
Total:: 4341 (of 7629)
Played:: 53 years, 4 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Duncan McKenzie (88')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Harold Shepherdson
Prior form: LWDDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alan Foggon (35')
John Hickton (51') (Pen)
Alan Foggon (58')

Penalties Missed:
Tommy Jackson (66')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	M	24	Liam O'Kane off for John Robertson (21')
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 (88')
10	F	28	John Galley
11	F	28	Barry Lyons
Subs
12	F	20	John Robertson on for Liam O'Kane (21')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Jim Barron	135		7	1
2	M	24	Liam O'Kane off for John Robertson (21')	115		7	1
3	D	30	John Winfield	363	4	7	1
4	F	26	Sammy Chapman	247	15	7	1
5	M	22	John Cottam	35	1	7	1
6	F	26	Tommy Jackson	50	2	7	1
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh	46	3	7	1
8	M	21	Martin O'Neill	45	8	14	2
9	F	22	Duncan McKenzie (88')	75	16	7	1
10	F	28	John Galley	20	8	7	1
11	F	28	Barry Lyons	240	34	7	1
Subs
12	F	20	John Robertson on for Liam O'Kane (21')	46	4	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Platt
2	D	John Craggs
3	D	Frank Spraggon
4	D	Nobby Stiles
5	D	Stuart Boam
6	M	Willie Maddren
7	M	Bill Gates
8	M	David Mills
9	M	John Hickton
10	F	David Armstrong
11	F	Alan Foggon
Subs
12		Malcolm Smith

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 14, 1973)

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

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	36	19	13	4	59	34	10	6	2	36	18	9	7	2	23	16	25	51	WLWWWL	Safe
2	Queens Park Rangers	36	19	12	5	71	37	13	4	1	48	13	6	8	4	23	24	34	50	WDWWWL	Safe
3	Aston Villa	37	16	11	10	45	43	10	5	4	24	16	6	6	6	21	27	2	43	LWDLWW	Safe
4	Blackpool	38	16	10	12	52	47	10	6	3	33	17	6	4	9	19	30	5	42	WWWLWL	Safe
5	Sheffield Wednesday	38	16	9	13	57	50	13	3	3	39	20	3	6	10	18	30	7	41	WWDLWL	Safe
6	Oxford United	37	17	6	14	48	37	13	1	4	33	14	4	5	10	15	23	11	40	LLDWLW	Safe
7	Bristol City	38	14	12	12	56	48	7	7	4	27	16	7	5	8	29	32	8	40	LDWWDW	Safe
8	Luton Town	37	15	10	12	43	45	6	8	5	24	22	9	2	7	19	23	-2	40	WLWLWL	Safe
9	Fulham	37	14	11	12	52	43	10	5	4	30	16	4	6	8	22	27	9	39	WLLLDL	Safe
10	Middlesbrough	38	13	13	12	36	40	10	6	3	23	13	3	7	9	13	27	-4	39	LWDDLD	Safe
11	Millwall	37	15	7	15	52	44	12	3	3	31	15	3	4	12	21	29	8	37	WLWLLW
12	Nottingham Forest	37	13	11	13	42	43	11	5	3	30	15	2	6	10	12	28	-1	37	WLDWWL
13	Sunderland	33	13	10	10	50	40	9	6	2	30	13	4	4	8	20	27	10	36	LWWWDW
14	Hull City	36	12	11	13	59	53	9	6	4	39	20	3	5	9	20	33	6	35	DWLLLW
15	Swindon Town	38	9	14	15	44	58	7	8	4	26	22	2	6	11	18	36	-14	32	DWDLWD
16	Portsmouth	37	11	10	16	39	52	6	6	7	19	20	5	4	9	20	32	-13	32	DLLDLW
17	Carlisle United	37	11	9	17	47	47	10	4	4	38	20	1	5	13	9	27	0	31	WLDLWL
18	Leyton Orient	36	10	11	15	41	44	9	5	4	28	15	1	6	11	13	29	-3	31	LWLWLW
19	Preston North End	37	10	11	16	33	57	5	7	6	16	22	5	4	10	17	35	-24	31	DLLDLD
20	Huddersfield Town	38	7	16	15	33	50	6	9	4	19	18	1	7	11	14	32	-17	30	LDLWDL
21	Cardiff City	35	10	8	17	36	50	10	2	5	27	17	0	6	12	9	33	-14	28	LLLDDD
22	Brighton and Hove Albion	37	7	11	19	41	74	6	6	6	27	27	1	5	13	14	47	-33	25	WDWWWD

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	37	20	13	4	61	34	10	6	2	36	18	10	7	2	25	16	27	53	LWWWLW	Safe	2-0
	2	Queens Park Rangers	37	20	12	5	73	37	14	4	1	50	13	6	8	4	23	24	36	52	DWWWLW	Safe	2-0
	3	Aston Villa	38	17	11	10	46	43	11	5	4	25	16	6	6	6	21	27	3	45	WDLWWW	Safe	1-0
	4	Blackpool	39	17	10	12	54	47	11	6	3	35	17	6	4	9	19	30	7	44	WWLWLW	Safe	2-0
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	39	17	9	13	58	50	14	3	3	40	20	3	6	10	18	30	8	43	WDLWLW	Safe	1-0
3	6	Fulham	38	15	11	12	54	43	11	5	4	32	16	4	6	8	22	27	11	41	LLLDLW	Safe	2-0
3	7	Middlesbrough	39	14	13	12	39	41	10	6	3	23	13	4	7	9	16	28	-2	41	WDDLDW	Safe	3-1
2	8	Oxford United	38	17	6	15	48	39	13	1	4	33	14	4	5	11	15	25	9	40	LDWLWL	Safe	0-2
2	9	Bristol City	39	14	12	13	56	49	7	7	4	27	16	7	5	9	29	33	7	40	DWWDWL	Safe	0-1
2	10	Luton Town	38	15	10	13	43	47	6	8	5	24	22	9	2	8	19	25	-4	40	LWLWLL	Safe	0-2
2	11	Sunderland	34	14	10	10	52	40	10	6	2	32	13	4	4	8	20	27	12	38	WWWDWW	Safe	2-0
1	12	Millwall	38	15	8	15	52	44	12	3	3	31	15	3	5	12	21	29	8	38	LWLLWD	Safe	0-0
1	13	Hull City	37	13	11	13	60	53	9	6	4	39	20	4	5	9	21	33	7	37	WLLLWW	Safe	1-0
2	14	Nottingham Forest	38	13	11	14	43	46	11	5	4	31	18	2	6	10	12	28	-3	37	LDWWLL	Safe	1-3
	15	Swindon Town	39	9	15	15	44	58	7	9	4	26	22	2	6	11	18	36	-14	33	WDLWDD		0-0
	16	Portsmouth	38	11	10	17	39	54	6	6	7	19	20	5	4	10	20	34	-15	32	LLDLWL		0-2
	17	Carlisle United	38	11	9	18	47	48	10	4	5	38	21	1	5	13	9	27	-1	31	LDLWLL		0-1
	18	Leyton Orient	37	10	11	16	42	46	9	5	4	28	15	1	6	12	14	31	-4	31	WLWLWL		1-2
	19	Preston North End	38	10	11	17	33	59	5	7	6	16	22	5	4	11	17	37	-26	31	LLDLDL		0-2
	20	Huddersfield Town	39	7	16	16	33	52	6	9	5	19	20	1	7	11	14	32	-19	30	DLWDLL		0-2
	21	Cardiff City	36	10	8	18	36	51	10	2	5	27	17	0	6	13	9	34	-15	28	LLDDDL		0-1
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	38	8	11	19	43	75	7	6	6	29	28	1	5	13	14	47	-32	27	DWWWDW		2-1