The City Ground

PRESTON NORTH END 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 21, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Deepdale
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 21 April 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: H Williams
Attendance:: 7,701
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 14 14
Opp Before/After:: 19 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 2)
Preston North End:: Sep 22, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2784 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1327 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3078 (of 5829)
Total:: 4342 (of 7634)
Played:: 53 years, 4 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Hindley (44') - Peter Hindley last goal

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Frank Lord
Prior form: LLDLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Neil Young (4')
Bruce (70')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley (44') 56
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	D	18	Steve Baines	Debut
5	M	22	John Cottam
6	F	20	John Robertson
7	M	25	George Lyall
8	F	22	Duncan McKenzie
9	F	28	John Galley
10	M	21	Martin O'Neill
11	F	23	Miah Dennehy	Debut
Subs
12	F	26	Tommy Jackson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Brown
2	D	MacMahon
3	D	Snookes
4	D	Bird
5	D	Hawkins
6	M	Bruce
7	M	Lamb
8	M	Spark
9	M	Hugh McIlmoyle (45')
10	F	Wilson
11	F	Neil Young
Subs
12		Morley (45')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 21, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	3-0	Blackpool
Burnley	3-0	Brighton and Hove Albion
Cardiff City	4-1	Huddersfield Town
Hull City	0-2	Sunderland
Leyton Orient	1-0	Swindon Town
Luton Town	0-0	Aston Villa
Middlesbrough	3-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Millwall	0-1	Queens Park Rangers
Oxford United	1-1	Carlisle United
Portsmouth	1-2	Fulham
Preston North End	2-1	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	Burnley	39	22	13	4	65	34	11	6	2	38	18	11	7	2	27	16	31	57	WWLWWW	Promoted
	2	Queens Park Rangers	38	20	13	5	73	37	14	4	1	50	13	6	9	4	23	24	36	53	WWWLWD	Safe
	3	Aston Villa	38	17	11	10	46	43	11	5	4	25	16	6	6	6	21	27	3	45	WDLWWW	Safe
	4	Blackpool	39	17	10	12	54	47	11	6	3	35	17	6	4	9	19	30	7	44	WWLWLW	Safe
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	39	17	9	13	58	50	14	3	3	40	20	3	6	10	18	30	8	43	WDLWLW	Safe
	6	Fulham	39	15	12	12	54	43	11	6	4	32	16	4	6	8	22	27	11	42	LLDLWD	Safe
	7	Middlesbrough	39	14	13	12	39	41	10	6	3	23	13	4	7	9	16	28	-2	41	WDDLDW	Safe
	8	Oxford United	39	17	6	16	48	41	13	1	5	33	16	4	5	11	15	25	7	40	DWLWLL	Safe
	9	Bristol City	39	14	12	13	56	49	7	7	4	27	16	7	5	9	29	33	7	40	DWWDWL	Safe
	10	Luton Town	38	15	10	13	43	47	6	8	5	24	22	9	2	8	19	25	-4	40	LWLWLL	Safe
	11	Sunderland	35	14	10	11	52	42	10	6	2	32	13	4	4	9	20	29	10	38	WWDWWL	Safe
	12	Millwall	38	15	8	15	52	44	12	3	3	31	15	3	5	12	21	29	8	38	LWLLWD	Safe
	13	Hull City	37	13	11	13	60	53	9	6	4	39	20	4	5	9	21	33	7	37	WLLLWW	Safe
	14	Nottingham Forest	38	13	11	14	43	46	11	5	4	31	18	2	6	10	12	28	-3	37	LDWWLL	Safe
	15	Swindon Town	40	9	16	15	44	58	7	9	4	26	22	2	7	11	18	36	-14	34	DLWDDD
	16	Portsmouth	39	12	10	17	40	54	7	6	7	20	20	5	4	10	20	34	-14	34	LDLWLW
	17	Carlisle United	38	11	9	18	47	48	10	4	5	38	21	1	5	13	9	27	-1	31	LDLWLL
	18	Leyton Orient	38	10	11	17	42	47	9	5	4	28	15	1	6	13	14	32	-5	31	LWLWLL
	19	Preston North End	38	10	11	17	33	59	5	7	6	16	22	5	4	11	17	37	-26	31	LLDLDL
	20	Huddersfield Town	39	7	16	16	33	52	6	9	5	19	20	1	7	11	14	32	-19	30	DLWDLL
	21	Cardiff City	37	10	9	18	36	51	10	3	5	27	17	0	6	13	9	34	-15	29	LDDDLD
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	38	8	11	19	43	75	7	6	6	29	28	1	5	13	14	47	-32	27	DWWWDW

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	40	23	13	4	68	34	12	6	2	41	18	11	7	2	27	16	34	59	WLWWWW	Promoted	3-0
	2	Queens Park Rangers	39	21	13	5	74	37	14	4	1	50	13	7	9	4	24	24	37	55	WWLWDW	Promoted	1-0
	3	Aston Villa	39	17	12	10	46	43	11	5	4	25	16	6	7	6	21	27	3	46	DLWWWD	Safe	0-0
2	4	Fulham	40	16	12	12	56	44	11	6	4	32	16	5	6	8	24	28	12	44	LDLWDW	Safe	2-1
1	5	Blackpool	40	17	10	13	54	50	11	6	3	35	17	6	4	10	19	33	4	44	WLWLWL	Safe	0-3
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	40	17	9	14	58	53	14	3	3	40	20	3	6	11	18	33	5	43	DLWLWL	Safe	0-3
	7	Middlesbrough	40	15	13	12	42	41	11	6	3	26	13	4	7	9	16	28	1	43	DDLDWW	Safe	3-0
1	8	Bristol City	40	15	12	13	59	49	8	7	4	30	16	7	5	9	29	33	10	42	WWDWLW	Safe	3-0
1	9	Oxford United	40	17	7	16	49	42	13	2	5	34	17	4	5	11	15	25	7	41	WLWLLD	Safe	1-1
	10	Luton Town	39	15	11	13	43	47	6	9	5	24	22	9	2	8	19	25	-4	41	WLWLLD	Safe	0-0
	11	Sunderland	36	15	10	11	54	42	10	6	2	32	13	5	4	9	22	29	12	40	WDWWLW	Safe	2-0
	12	Millwall	39	15	8	16	52	45	12	3	4	31	16	3	5	12	21	29	7	38	WLLWDL	Safe	0-1
	13	Hull City	38	13	11	14	60	55	9	6	5	39	22	4	5	9	21	33	5	37	LLLWWL	Safe	0-2
	14	Nottingham Forest	39	13	11	15	44	48	11	5	4	31	18	2	6	11	13	30	-4	37	DWWLLL	Safe	1-2
	15	Swindon Town	41	9	16	16	44	59	7	9	4	26	22	2	7	12	18	37	-15	34	LWDDDL		0-1
	16	Portsmouth	40	12	10	18	41	56	7	6	8	21	22	5	4	10	20	34	-15	34	DLWLWL		1-2
1	17	Leyton Orient	39	11	11	17	43	47	10	5	4	29	15	1	6	13	14	32	-4	33	WLWLLW		1-0
1	18	Preston North End	39	11	11	17	35	60	6	7	6	18	23	5	4	11	17	37	-25	33	LDLDLW		2-1
2	19	Carlisle United	39	11	10	18	48	49	10	4	5	38	21	1	6	13	10	28	-1	32	DLWLLD		1-1
1	20	Cardiff City	38	11	9	18	40	52	11	3	5	31	18	0	6	13	9	34	-12	31	DDDLDW		4-1
1	21	Huddersfield Town	40	7	16	17	34	56	6	9	5	19	20	1	7	12	15	36	-22	30	LWDLLL		1-4
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	39	8	11	20	43	78	7	6	6	29	28	1	5	14	14	50	-35	27	WWWDWL		0-3