The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 15, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 15, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ayresome Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 15 December 1973
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: A Morrissey
Attendance:: 16,764
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 7
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Feb 02, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2807 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1350 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3103 (of 5824)
Total:: 4379 (of 7629)
Played:: 52 years, 8 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Jack Charlton
Prior form: WWWDDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Stuart Boam (30')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane 30 47
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
8	M	26	George Lyall
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	M	21	Martin O'Neill
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	D	29	Peter Hindley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Platt
2	D	Craggs
3	D	Spraggon
4	D	Souness
5	D	Stuart Boam
6	M	Maddren
7	M	Murdoch
8	M	Mills
9	M	Hickton
10	F	Foggon
11	F	Armstrong
Subs
12		Smith

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 15, 1973)

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

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	20	12	7	1	28	12	7	2	1	15	5	5	5	0	13	7	16	31	WWWDDW
	2	Leyton Orient	20	9	8	3	33	20	5	3	2	15	8	4	5	1	18	12	13	26	DWWWLW
	3	Luton Town	19	10	5	4	32	24	6	2	1	21	11	4	3	3	11	13	8	25	DWDLWW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	20	8	7	5	22	20	5	4	1	13	8	3	3	4	9	12	2	23	WWLWWW
	5	Nottingham Forest	19	7	8	4	26	14	6	2	1	18	4	1	6	3	8	10	12	22	LWWWDD
	6	Sunderland	19	8	6	5	25	14	4	4	1	14	5	4	2	4	11	9	11	22	WLDWLW
	7	Blackpool	20	9	4	7	26	20	5	2	3	15	8	4	2	4	11	12	6	22	WWWLLW
	8	Notts County	19	8	6	5	31	28	4	4	2	17	16	4	2	3	14	12	3	22	DLWDDL
	9	Hull City	20	7	8	5	21	19	6	4	0	14	3	1	4	5	7	16	2	22	WLDWDW
	10	Aston Villa	19	7	7	5	23	18	5	4	0	18	7	2	3	5	5	11	5	21	WWLDLL
	11	Bristol City	20	8	4	8	23	21	5	2	3	13	9	3	2	5	10	12	2	20	LLWLDL
	12	Carlisle United	19	8	4	7	27	25	6	2	2	19	9	2	2	5	8	16	2	20	WDWLWL
	13	Preston North End	20	6	8	6	25	29	5	4	1	17	12	1	4	5	8	17	-4	19*	DLDDWL
	14	Fulham	20	6	7	7	13	20	5	3	2	8	6	1	4	5	5	14	-7	19	WLWLDD
	15	Portsmouth	18	7	4	7	24	29	5	2	3	14	11	2	2	4	10	18	-5	18	WLWLDW
	16	Cardiff City	20	4	8	8	21	30	3	4	3	10	7	1	4	5	11	23	-9	16	DLWWDL
	17	Millwall	19	6	3	10	23	25	4	1	5	13	9	2	2	5	10	16	-2	15	LDWDLL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	19	6	2	11	14	22	5	1	3	10	8	1	1	8	4	14	-8	14	LLLLWL
	19	Oxford United	19	4	6	9	14	24	3	4	2	10	9	1	2	7	4	15	-10	14	DLLDWL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	19	5	3	11	20	26	4	3	3	15	10	1	0	8	5	16	-6	13	DLLLLD
	21	Swindon Town	20	4	5	11	16	30	4	3	3	10	9	0	2	8	6	21	-14	13	DLLWLD
	22	Crystal Palace	20	2	6	12	18	35	1	3	6	13	19	1	3	6	5	16	-17	10	LWDDWL

*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	21	13	7	1	29	12	8	2	1	16	5	5	5	0	13	7	17	33	WWDDWW		1-0
1	2	Luton Town	20	11	5	4	33	24	7	2	1	22	11	4	3	3	11	13	9	27	WDLWWW		1-0
1	3	Leyton Orient	21	9	8	4	33	21	5	3	3	15	9	4	5	1	18	12	12	26	WWWLWL		0-1
4	4	Notts County	20	9	6	5	34	30	5	4	2	20	18	4	2	3	14	12	4	24	LWDDLW		3-2
2	5	Blackpool	21	9	5	7	28	22	5	2	3	15	8	4	3	4	13	14	6	23	WWLLWD		2-2
2	6	West Bromwich Albion	21	8	7	6	23	22	5	4	2	14	10	3	3	4	9	12	1	23	WLWWWL		1-2
2	7	Nottingham Forest	20	7	8	5	26	15	6	2	1	18	4	1	6	4	8	11	11	22	WWWDDL		0-1
2	8	Sunderland	20	8	6	6	26	16	4	4	1	14	5	4	2	5	12	11	10	22	LDWLWL		1-2
2	9	Bristol City	21	9	4	8	24	21	5	2	3	13	9	4	2	5	11	12	3	22	LWLDLW		1-0
2	10	Carlisle United	20	9	4	7	28	25	6	2	2	19	9	3	2	5	9	16	3	22	DWLWLW		1-0
2	11	Hull City	21	7	8	6	23	22	6	4	0	14	3	1	4	6	9	19	1	22	LDWDWL		2-3
2	12	Aston Villa	20	7	7	6	23	19	5	4	0	18	7	2	3	6	5	12	4	21	WLDLLL		0-1
1	13	Fulham	21	7	7	7	16	20	5	3	2	8	6	2	4	5	8	14	-4	21	LWLDDW		3-0
1	14	Portsmouth	19	8	4	7	26	30	5	2	3	14	11	3	2	4	12	19	-4	20	LWLDWW		2-1
2	15	Preston North End	21	6	9	6	26	30	5	5	1	18	13	1	4	5	8	17	-4	20*	LDDWLD		1-1
1	16	Millwall	20	7	3	10	25	26	5	1	5	15	10	2	2	5	10	16	-1	17	DWDLLW		2-1
1	17	Bolton Wanderers	20	7	2	11	16	22	6	1	3	12	8	1	1	8	4	14	-6	16	LLLWLW		2-0
2	18	Cardiff City	21	4	8	9	21	31	3	4	4	10	8	1	4	5	11	23	-10	16	LWWDLL		0-1
	19	Oxford United	20	4	7	9	16	26	3	5	2	12	11	1	2	7	4	15	-10	15	LLDWLD		2-2
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	20	5	3	12	20	29	4	3	4	15	13	1	0	8	5	16	-9	13	LLLLDL		0-3
	21	Swindon Town	21	4	5	12	16	32	4	3	3	10	9	0	2	9	6	23	-16	13	LLWLDL		0-2
	22	Crystal Palace	21	2	7	12	19	36	1	3	6	13	19	1	4	6	6	17	-17	11	WDDWLD		1-1

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