The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 CARLISLE UNITED - Sat Nov 17, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 17, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Carlisle United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-0

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: T Spencer
Attendance:: 11,153
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 7 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 2)
Carlisle United:: Apr 13, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2804 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1347 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3100 (of 5679)
Total:: 4373 (of 7451)

Notes:: Allan Brown's first game as manager

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 November 1973

FOREST
Manager: Allan Brown
Prior form: LDDLWW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Duncan McKenzie (5)
Neil Martin (31)

CARLISLE UNITED
Manager: Alan Ashman
Prior form: DWDWDW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jim Barron
2	M	Liam O'Kane
3	M	David Serella 80
4	F	Sammy Chapman
5	M	John Cottam
6	M	Paul Richardson
7	F	Duncan McKenzie (5)
8	M	George Lyall 9
9	F	Neil Martin (31)
10	F	Jim McIntosh
11	M	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	John Galley

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ross
2	D	Carr
3	D	Gorman
4	D	O'Neill
5	D	Winstanley
6	M	Ternent
7	M	D Martin
8	M	Balderstone
9	M	Owen
10	F	Clarke
11	F	Laidlaw
Subs
12		McCartney

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 17, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Hull City
Blackpool	2-0	Swindon Town
Bolton Wanderers	1-3	Notts County
Bristol City	2-0	Sunderland
Crystal Palace	1-1	Millwall
Fulham	2-0	Portsmouth
Leyton Orient	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
Luton Town	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Middlesbrough	3-0	Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Carlisle United
Oxford United	1-1	Preston North End

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	Middlesbrough	16	10	5	1	18	8	5	2	1	9	5	5	3	0	9	3	2.25000	25	WDDWWW
	2	Aston Villa	16	7	6	3	22	14	5	3	0	17	6	2	3	3	5	8	1.57143	20	WDWWWL
	3	Leyton Orient	16	6	8	2	25	16	4	3	1	12	6	2	5	1	13	10	1.56250	20	WWWDDW
	4	Nottingham Forest	16	6	6	4	23	13	5	2	1	16	4	1	4	3	7	9	1.76923	18	LDDLWW
	5	Blackpool	16	7	4	5	21	15	4	2	2	13	6	3	2	3	8	9	1.40000	18	LDWWWW
	6	Luton Town	14	7	4	3	26	19	4	2	0	18	8	3	2	3	8	11	1.36842	18	WLDLWD
	7	Carlisle United	16	7	4	5	23	19	5	2	1	15	5	2	2	4	8	14	1.21053	18	DWDWDW
	8	Notts County	15	7	4	4	22	19	4	3	1	13	10	3	1	3	9	9	1.15789	18	WWWDDL
	9	Sunderland	14	6	5	3	21	11	3	3	1	12	5	3	2	2	9	6	1.90909	17	LWDLWW
	10	Bristol City	16	7	3	6	18	16	4	1	3	9	7	3	2	3	9	9	1.12500	17	WDWLLL
	11	West Bromwich Albion	16	5	7	4	17	18	3	4	1	10	8	2	3	3	7	10	.94444	17	DDWDWW
	12	Hull City	16	5	6	5	16	18	4	4	0	10	3	1	2	5	6	15	.88889	16	LWDDWL
	13	Preston North End	16	5	6	5	20	22	4	3	1	13	9	1	3	4	7	13	.90909	15*	WLLDDL
	14	Portsmouth	15	6	3	6	21	25	4	1	3	11	9	2	2	3	10	16	.84000	15	WWLWLW
	15	Fulham	16	5	5	6	10	17	4	2	2	6	6	1	3	4	4	11	.58824	15	LLLLWL
	16	Millwall	16	6	2	8	22	22	4	1	3	13	7	2	1	5	9	15	1.00000	14	LWWLDW
	17	Sheffield Wednesday	16	5	2	9	17	21	4	2	2	13	7	1	0	7	4	14	.80952	12	LWLDLL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	15	5	2	8	11	16	4	1	2	8	5	1	1	6	3	11	.68750	12	LLDWLL
	19	Cardiff City	15	2	7	6	17	24	2	3	3	8	6	0	4	3	9	18	.70833	11	LLDLLD
	20	Oxford United	16	3	5	8	12	22	3	3	2	9	8	0	2	6	3	14	.54545	11	DLWDLL
	21	Swindon Town	16	3	4	9	12	23	3	2	3	8	8	0	2	6	4	15	.52174	10	LWLLDL
	22	Crystal Palace	16	1	4	11	11	27	0	2	6	8	16	1	2	5	3	11	.40741	6	DLLDLW

*Preston North End deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player

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	Middlesbrough	17	11	5	1	21	8	6	2	1	12	5	5	3	0	9	3	2.62500	27	DDWWWW	3-0
1	2	Leyton Orient	17	7	8	2	27	16	5	3	1	14	6	2	5	1	13	10	1.68750	22	WWDDWW	2-0
1	3	Aston Villa	17	7	7	3	23	15	5	4	0	18	7	2	3	3	5	8	1.53333	21	DWWWLD	1-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	17	7	6	4	25	13	6	2	1	18	4	1	4	3	7	9	1.92308	20	DDLWWW	2-0
	5	Blackpool	17	8	4	5	23	15	5	2	2	15	6	3	2	3	8	9	1.53333	20	DWWWWW	2-0
	6	Luton Town	15	8	4	3	28	20	5	2	0	20	9	3	2	3	8	11	1.40000	20	LDLWDW	2-1
1	7	Notts County	16	8	4	4	25	20	4	3	1	13	10	4	1	3	12	10	1.25000	20	WWDDLW	3-1
2	8	Bristol City	17	8	3	6	20	16	5	1	3	11	7	3	2	3	9	9	1.25000	19	DWLLLW	2-0
2	9	Carlisle United	17	7	4	6	23	21	5	2	1	15	5	2	2	5	8	16	1.09524	18	WDWDWL	0-2
1	10	Sunderland	15	6	5	4	21	13	3	3	1	12	5	3	2	3	9	8	1.61538	17	WDLWWL	0-2
1	11	Hull City	17	5	7	5	17	19	4	4	0	10	3	1	3	5	7	16	.89474	17	WDDWLD	1-1
1	12	West Bromwich Albion	17	5	7	5	17	20	3	4	1	10	8	2	3	4	7	12	.85000	17	DWDWWL	0-2
2	13	Fulham	17	6	5	6	12	17	5	2	2	8	6	1	3	4	4	11	.70588	17	LLLWLW	2-0
1	14	Preston North End	17	5	7	5	21	23	4	3	1	13	9	1	4	4	8	14	.91304	16*	LLDDLD	1-1
1	15	Millwall	17	6	3	8	23	23	4	1	3	13	7	2	2	5	10	16	1.00000	15	WWLDWD	1-1
2	16	Portsmouth	16	6	3	7	21	27	4	1	3	11	9	2	2	4	10	18	.77778	15	WLWLWL	0-2
	17	Sheffield Wednesday	17	5	2	10	18	23	4	2	2	13	7	1	0	8	5	16	.78261	12	WLDLLL	1-2
	18	Bolton Wanderers	16	5	2	9	12	19	4	1	3	9	8	1	1	6	3	11	.63158	12	LDWLLL	1-3
1	19	Oxford United	17	3	6	8	13	23	3	4	2	10	9	0	2	6	3	14	.56522	12	LWDLLD	1-1
1	20	Cardiff City	16	2	7	7	17	27	2	3	3	8	6	0	4	4	9	21	.62963	11	LDLLDL	0-3
	21	Swindon Town	17	3	4	10	12	25	3	2	3	8	8	0	2	7	4	17	.48000	10	WLLDLL	0-2
	22	Crystal Palace	17	1	5	11	12	28	0	3	6	9	17	1	2	5	3	11	.42857	7	LLDLWD	1-1

*Preston North End deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player

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