The City Ground

CARDIFF CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 08, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 08, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ninian Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 08 December 1973

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: G Kew
Attendance:: 10,312
League Week:: 19 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 17 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Apr 20, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2806 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1349 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3102 (of 5824)
Total:: 4378 (of 7629)
Played:: 52 years, 8 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lyall (56') (Pen)

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Frank O'Farrell
Prior form: LLDLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Gil Reece (24')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	23	John Cottam
6	M	24	Paul Richardson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie	100th appearance
8	M	26	George Lyall (56')
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	F	23	Jim McIntosh off for Martin O'Neill (65')
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	M	21	Martin O'Neill on for Jim McIntosh (65')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Irwin
2	D	Dwyer
3	D	Bell
4	D	Powell
5	D	Murray
6	M	Woodruff
7	M	Farrington
8	M	McCulloch
9	M	Gil Reece
10	F	Carlin
11	F	Villars
Subs
12		Phillips

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 08, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Cardiff City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Carlisle United	2-3	Blackpool
Hull City	3-0	Crystal Palace
Millwall	0-1	Luton Town
Notts County	2-4	Leyton Orient
Portsmouth	1-0	Bristol City
Preston North End	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Middlesbrough
Sunderland	2-0	Aston Villa
Swindon Town	1-1	Fulham
West Bromwich Albion	1-0	Oxford United

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	18	11	6	1	23	10	6	2	1	12	5	5	4	0	11	5	13	28	DWWWWD
	2	Leyton Orient	19	8	8	3	29	18	5	3	2	15	8	3	5	1	14	10	11	24	DDWWWL
	3	Notts County	18	8	6	4	29	24	4	4	1	15	12	4	2	3	14	12	5	22	DDLWDD
	4	Nottingham Forest	18	7	7	4	25	13	6	2	1	18	4	1	5	3	7	9	12	21	DLWWWD
	5	Aston Villa	18	7	7	4	23	16	5	4	0	18	7	2	3	4	5	9	7	21	WWWLDL
	6	Luton Town	17	8	5	4	30	24	5	2	1	20	11	3	3	3	10	13	6	21	LWDWDL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	7	5	21	20	4	4	1	12	8	3	3	4	9	12	1	21	DWWLWW
	8	Sunderland	18	7	6	5	23	14	3	4	1	12	5	4	2	4	11	9	9	20	WWLDWL
	9	Blackpool	19	8	4	7	23	18	5	2	3	15	8	3	2	4	8	10	5	20	WWWWLL
	10	Bristol City	19	8	4	7	23	20	5	2	3	13	9	3	2	4	10	11	3	20	LLLWLD
	11	Carlisle United	18	8	4	6	25	22	6	2	1	17	6	2	2	5	8	16	3	20	DWDWLW
	12	Hull City	19	6	8	5	18	19	5	4	0	11	3	1	4	5	7	16	-1	20	DWLDWD
	13	Fulham	19	6	6	7	12	19	5	3	2	8	6	1	3	5	4	13	-7	18	LWLWLD
	14	Preston North End	18	5	8	5	23	25	4	4	1	15	11	1	4	4	8	14	-2	17*	LDDLDD
	15	Portsmouth	17	6	4	7	23	29	4	2	3	13	11	2	2	4	10	18	-6	16	LWLWLD
	16	Millwall	18	6	3	9	23	24	4	1	4	13	8	2	2	5	10	16	-1	15	WLDWDL
	17	Cardiff City	18	4	7	7	20	28	3	3	3	9	6	1	4	4	11	22	-8	15	LLDLWW
	18	Bolton Wanderers	18	6	2	10	13	20	5	1	3	10	8	1	1	7	3	12	-7	14	WLLLLW
	19	Oxford United	18	4	6	8	14	23	3	4	2	10	9	1	2	6	4	14	-9	14	WDLLDW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	18	5	2	11	18	24	4	2	3	13	8	1	0	8	5	16	-6	12	LDLLLL
	21	Swindon Town	19	4	4	11	15	29	4	2	3	9	8	0	2	8	6	21	-14	12	LDLLWL
	22	Crystal Palace	19	2	6	11	18	32	1	3	6	13	19	1	3	5	5	13	-14	10	DLWDDW

*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	19	11	7	1	25	12	6	2	1	12	5	5	5	0	13	7	13	29	WWWWDD		2-2
	2	Leyton Orient	20	9	8	3	33	20	5	3	2	15	8	4	5	1	18	12	13	26	DWWWLW		4-2
3	3	Luton Town	18	9	5	4	31	24	5	2	1	20	11	4	3	3	11	13	7	23	WDWDLW		1-0
3	4	West Bromwich Albion	20	8	7	5	22	20	5	4	1	13	8	3	3	4	9	12	2	23	WWLWWW		1-0
1	5	Nottingham Forest	19	7	8	4	26	14	6	2	1	18	4	1	6	3	8	10	12	22	LWWWDD		1-1
2	6	Sunderland	19	8	6	5	25	14	4	4	1	14	5	4	2	4	11	9	11	22	WLDWLW		2-0
2	7	Blackpool	20	9	4	7	26	20	5	2	3	15	8	4	2	4	11	12	6	22	WWWLLW		3-2
5	8	Notts County	19	8	6	5	31	28	4	4	2	17	16	4	2	3	14	12	3	22	DLWDDL		2-4
3	9	Hull City	20	7	8	5	21	19	6	4	0	14	3	1	4	5	7	16	2	22	WLDWDW		3-0
5	10	Aston Villa	19	7	7	5	23	18	5	4	0	18	7	2	3	5	5	11	5	21	WWLDLL		0-2
1	11	Bristol City	20	8	4	8	23	21	5	2	3	13	9	3	2	5	10	12	2	20	LLWLDL		0-1
1	12	Carlisle United	19	8	4	7	27	25	6	2	2	19	9	2	2	5	8	16	2	20	WDWLWL		2-3
1	13	Preston North End	19	6	8	5	25	26	5	4	1	17	12	1	4	4	8	14	-1	19*	DDLDDW		2-1
1	14	Fulham	20	6	7	7	13	20	5	3	2	8	6	1	4	5	5	14	-7	19	WLWLDD		1-1
	15	Portsmouth	18	7	4	7	24	29	5	2	3	14	11	2	2	4	10	18	-5	18	WLWLDW		1-0
1	16	Cardiff City	19	4	8	7	21	29	3	4	3	10	7	1	4	4	11	22	-8	16	LDLWWD		1-1
1	17	Millwall	19	6	3	10	23	25	4	1	5	13	9	2	2	5	10	16	-2	15	LDWDLL		0-1
	18	Bolton Wanderers	19	6	2	11	14	22	5	1	3	10	8	1	1	8	4	14	-8	14	LLLLWL		1-2
	19	Oxford United	19	4	6	9	14	24	3	4	2	10	9	1	2	7	4	15	-10	14	DLLDWL		0-1
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	19	5	3	11	20	26	4	3	3	15	10	1	0	8	5	16	-6	13	DLLLLD		2-2
	21	Swindon Town	20	4	5	11	16	30	4	3	3	10	9	0	2	8	6	21	-14	13	DLLWLD		1-1
	22	Crystal Palace	20	2	6	12	18	35	1	3	6	13	19	1	3	6	5	16	-17	10	LWDDWL		0-3

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