The City Ground

SUNDERLAND 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Nov 24, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 24, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Roker Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 24 November 1973

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: A Jones
Attendance:: 22,252
League Week:: 18 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 10 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 2)
Sunderland:: Apr 06, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2805 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 1348 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3101 (of 5827)
Total:: 4377 (of 7632)
Played:: 52 years, 9 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Bob Stokoe
Prior form: WDLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Penalties Missed:
Vic Halom (3')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	M	21	David Serella
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	23	John Cottam
6	M	24	Paul Richardson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie
8	M	26	George Lyall
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	F	23	Jim McIntosh
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	23	Miah Dennehy

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Montgomery
2	D	Malone
3	D	Bolton
4	D	Horswill
5	D	Watson
6	M	Ashurst
7	M	Kerr
8	M	Belfitt (65')
9	M	Vic Halom
10	F	Porterfield
11	F	Lathan
Subs
12		Hegan (65')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 24, 1973)

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

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

*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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	18	11	6	1	23	10	6	2	1	12	5	5	4	0	11	5	13	28	DWWWWD		2-2
	2	Leyton Orient	18	8	8	2	28	16	5	3	1	14	6	3	5	1	14	10	12	24	WDDWWW		1-0
1	3	Nottingham Forest	18	7	7	4	25	13	6	2	1	18	4	1	5	3	7	9	12	21	DLWWWD		0-0
1	4	Aston Villa	18	7	7	4	23	16	5	4	0	18	7	2	3	4	5	9	7	21	WWWLDL		0-1
1	5	Luton Town	16	8	5	3	30	22	5	2	0	20	9	3	3	3	10	13	8	21	DLWDWD		2-2
1	6	Notts County	17	8	5	4	27	22	4	4	1	15	12	4	1	3	12	10	5	21	WDDLWD		2-2
2	7	Blackpool	18	8	4	6	23	16	5	2	2	15	6	3	2	4	8	10	7	20	WWWWWL		0-1
1	8	Carlisle United	18	8	4	6	25	22	6	2	1	17	6	2	2	5	8	16	3	20	DWDWLW		2-1
1	9	Bristol City	18	8	3	7	21	18	5	1	3	11	7	3	2	4	10	11	3	19	WLLLWL		1-2
2	10	West Bromwich Albion	18	6	7	5	19	20	4	4	1	12	8	2	3	4	7	12	-1	19	WDWWLW		2-0
	11	Hull City	18	6	7	5	18	19	5	4	0	11	3	1	3	5	7	16	-1	19	DDWLDW		1-0
2	12	Sunderland	16	6	6	4	21	13	3	4	1	12	5	3	2	3	9	8	8	18	DLWWLD		0-0
1	13	Preston North End	18	5	8	5	23	25	4	4	1	15	11	1	4	4	8	14	-2	17*	LDDLDD		2-2
1	14	Fulham	18	6	5	7	12	19	5	2	2	8	6	1	3	5	4	13	-7	17	LLWLWL		0-2
1	15	Portsmouth	17	6	4	7	23	29	4	2	3	13	11	2	2	4	10	18	-6	16	LWLWLD		2-2
1	16	Millwall	18	6	3	9	23	24	4	1	4	13	8	2	2	5	10	16	-1	15	WLDWDL		0-1
2	17	Oxford United	18	4	6	8	14	23	3	4	2	10	9	1	2	6	4	14	-9	14	WDLLDW		1-0
2	18	Cardiff City	17	3	7	7	18	27	3	3	3	9	6	0	4	4	9	21	-9	13	DLLDLW		1-0
2	19	Sheffield Wednesday	18	5	2	11	18	24	4	2	3	13	8	1	0	8	5	16	-6	12	LDLLLL		0-1
2	20	Bolton Wanderers	17	5	2	10	12	20	4	1	3	9	8	1	1	7	3	12	-8	12	DWLLLL		0-1
	21	Swindon Town	18	4	4	10	13	25	4	2	3	9	8	0	2	7	4	17	-12	12	LLDLLW		1-0
	22	Crystal Palace	18	1	6	11	14	30	0	3	6	9	17	1	3	5	5	13	-16	8	LDLWDD		2-2

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