The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 BOLTON WANDERERS - Sat Dec 22, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 22, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 22 December 1973

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: R Challis
Attendance:: 9,498
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Bolton Wanderers:: Nov 02, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2808 (of 5043)
League Tier 2:: 1351 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3104 (of 5766)
Total:: 4380 (of 7554)
Played:: 51 years, 4 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Ian Bowyer (6')
John Cottam (22')
Ian Bowyer (57')

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Jimmy Armfield
Prior form: LLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Byrom (34')
Gary Jones (71')

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 (c)
5	M	23	John Cottam (22')
6	M	24	Paul Richardson 40
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 (6') (57')
Subs
12	F	29	John Galley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Siddall
2	D	Ritson
3	D	McAllister
4	D	Nicholson
5	D	P Jones
6	M	Waldron
7	M	Byrom
8	M	Gary Jones
9	M	Greaves
10	F	Whatmore
11	F	Thompson
Subs
12		Rimmer

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 22, 1973)

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

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	Status
	1	Middlesbrough	21	13	7	1	29	12	8	2	1	16	5	5	5	0	13	7	2.41667	33	WWDDWW
	2	Luton Town	20	11	5	4	33	24	7	2	1	22	11	4	3	3	11	13	1.37500	27	WDLWWW
	3	Leyton Orient	21	9	8	4	33	21	5	3	3	15	9	4	5	1	18	12	1.57143	26	WWWLWL
	4	Notts County	20	9	6	5	34	30	5	4	2	20	18	4	2	3	14	12	1.13333	24	LWDDLW
	5	Blackpool	21	9	5	7	28	22	5	2	3	15	8	4	3	4	13	14	1.27273	23	WWLLWD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	21	8	7	6	23	22	5	4	2	14	10	3	3	4	9	12	1.04545	23	WLWWWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	20	7	8	5	26	15	6	2	1	18	4	1	6	4	8	11	1.73333	22	WWWDDL
	8	Sunderland	20	8	6	6	26	16	4	4	1	14	5	4	2	5	12	11	1.62500	22	LDWLWL
	9	Bristol City	21	9	4	8	24	21	5	2	3	13	9	4	2	5	11	12	1.14286	22	LWLDLW
	10	Carlisle United	20	9	4	7	28	25	6	2	2	19	9	3	2	5	9	16	1.12000	22	DWLWLW
	11	Hull City	21	7	8	6	23	22	6	4	0	14	3	1	4	6	9	19	1.04545	22	LDWDWL
	12	Aston Villa	20	7	7	6	23	19	5	4	0	18	7	2	3	6	5	12	1.21053	21	WLDLLL
	13	Fulham	21	7	7	7	16	20	5	3	2	8	6	2	4	5	8	14	.80000	21	LWLDDW
	14	Portsmouth	19	8	4	7	26	30	5	2	3	14	11	3	2	4	12	19	.86667	20	LWLDWW
	15	Preston North End	21	6	9	6	26	30	5	5	1	18	13	1	4	5	8	17	.86667	20*	LDDWLD
	16	Millwall	20	7	3	10	25	26	5	1	5	15	10	2	2	5	10	16	.96154	17	DWDLLW
	17	Bolton Wanderers	20	7	2	11	16	22	6	1	3	12	8	1	1	8	4	14	.72727	16	LLLWLW
	18	Cardiff City	21	4	8	9	21	31	3	4	4	10	8	1	4	5	11	23	.67742	16	LWWDLL
	19	Oxford United	20	4	7	9	16	26	3	5	2	12	11	1	2	7	4	15	.61538	15	LLDWLD
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	20	5	3	12	20	29	4	3	4	15	13	1	0	8	5	16	.68966	13	LLLLDL
	21	Swindon Town	21	4	5	12	16	32	4	3	3	10	9	0	2	9	6	23	.50000	13	LLWLDL
	22	Crystal Palace	21	2	7	12	19	36	1	3	6	13	19	1	4	6	6	17	.52778	11	WDDWLD

*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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	22	13	8	1	30	13	8	2	1	16	5	5	6	0	14	8	2.30769	34	WDDWWD		1-1
1	2	Leyton Orient	22	9	9	4	35	23	5	3	3	15	9	4	6	1	20	14	1.52174	27	WWLWLD		2-2
1	3	Luton Town	21	11	5	5	33	27	7	2	1	22	11	4	3	4	11	16	1.22222	27	DLWWWL		0-3
1	4	Blackpool	22	10	5	7	31	22	6	2	3	18	8	4	3	4	13	14	1.40909	25	WLLWDW		3-0
1	5	Notts County	21	9	7	5	35	31	5	4	2	20	18	4	3	3	15	13	1.12903	25	WDDLWD		1-1
1	6	Nottingham Forest	21	8	8	5	29	17	7	2	1	21	6	1	6	4	8	11	1.70588	24	WWDDLW		3-2
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	8	6	24	23	5	4	2	14	10	3	4	4	10	13	1.04348	24	LWWWLD		1-1
	8	Sunderland	21	8	7	6	27	17	4	5	1	15	6	4	2	5	12	11	1.58824	23	DWLWLD		1-1
	9	Bristol City	22	9	5	8	25	22	5	3	3	14	10	4	2	5	11	12	1.13636	23	WLDLWD		1-1
	10	Carlisle United	21	9	5	7	29	26	6	3	2	20	10	3	2	5	9	16	1.11538	23	WLWLWD		1-1
	11	Hull City	22	7	9	6	24	23	6	5	0	15	4	1	4	6	9	19	1.04348	23	DWDWLD		1-1
1	12	Fulham	22	8	7	7	19	21	6	3	2	11	7	2	4	5	8	14	.90476	23	WLDDWW		3-1
1	13	Aston Villa	21	7	8	6	24	20	5	5	0	19	8	2	3	6	5	12	1.20000	22	LDLLLD		1-1
	14	Portsmouth	20	9	4	7	29	30	6	2	3	17	11	3	2	4	12	19	.96667	22	WLDWWW		3-0
	15	Preston North End	22	6	9	7	26	33	5	5	1	18	13	1	4	6	8	20	.78788	20*	DDWLDL		0-3
	16	Millwall	21	7	4	10	26	27	5	1	5	15	10	2	3	5	11	17	.96296	18	WDLLWD		1-1
1	17	Cardiff City	22	4	9	9	22	32	3	4	4	10	8	1	5	5	12	24	.68750	17	WWDLLD		1-1
1	18	Bolton Wanderers	21	7	2	12	18	25	6	1	3	12	8	1	1	9	6	17	.72000	16	LLWLWL		2-3
	19	Oxford United	21	4	7	10	17	29	3	5	2	12	11	1	2	8	5	18	.58621	15	LDWLDL		1-3
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	21	5	4	12	20	29	4	3	4	15	13	1	1	8	5	16	.68966	14	LLLDLD		0-0
	21	Swindon Town	22	4	6	12	18	34	4	4	3	12	11	0	2	9	6	23	.52941	14	LWLDLD		2-2
	22	Crystal Palace	22	2	8	12	19	36	1	4	6	13	19	1	4	6	6	17	.52778	12	DDWLDD		0-0

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

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