The City Ground

NOTTS COUNTY 0 - 1 FOREST - Wed Dec 26, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Dec 26, 1973 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Meadow Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 27 December 1973

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: R Matthewson
Attendance:: 32,310
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 4
Opp Before/After:: 5 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Notts County:: Mar 03, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2809 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1352 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3105 (of 5824)
Total:: 4381 (of 7629)
Played:: 52 years, 7 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lyall (37') (Pen)

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: Jimmy Sirrel
Prior form: WDDLWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	D	29	Peter Hindley
5	M	23	John Cottam
6	M	24	Paul Richardson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie
8	M	26	George Lyall (37')
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	M	21	Martin O'Neill
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	27	Tommy Jackson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Brown
2	D	Brindley
3	D	Worthington
4	D	Masson
5	D	Needham
6	M	McVay
7	M	Nixon (69')
8	M	Randall
9	M	Bradd
10	F	Probert
11	F	Mann
Subs
12		Collier (69')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Dec 26, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Blackpool
Cardiff City	2-1	Swindon Town
Leyton Orient	3-0	Crystal Palace
Luton Town	1-1	Fulham
Middlesbrough	2-1	Sunderland
Millwall	1-1	Portsmouth
Notts County	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Oxford United	5-0	Bristol City
Preston North End	0-1	Carlisle United
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Hull City
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Aston Villa

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	22	13	8	1	30	13	8	2	1	16	5	5	6	0	14	8	17	34	WDDWWD
	2	Leyton Orient	22	9	9	4	35	23	5	3	3	15	9	4	6	1	20	14	12	27	WWLWLD
	3	Luton Town	21	11	5	5	33	27	7	2	1	22	11	4	3	4	11	16	6	27	DLWWWL
	4	Blackpool	22	10	5	7	31	22	6	2	3	18	8	4	3	4	13	14	9	25	WLLWDW
	5	Notts County	21	9	7	5	35	31	5	4	2	20	18	4	3	3	15	13	4	25	WDDLWD
	6	Nottingham Forest	21	8	8	5	29	17	7	2	1	21	6	1	6	4	8	11	12	24	WWDDLW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	8	6	24	23	5	4	2	14	10	3	4	4	10	13	1	24	LWWWLD
	8	Sunderland	21	8	7	6	27	17	4	5	1	15	6	4	2	5	12	11	10	23	DWLWLD
	9	Bristol City	22	9	5	8	25	22	5	3	3	14	10	4	2	5	11	12	3	23	WLDLWD
	10	Carlisle United	21	9	5	7	29	26	6	3	2	20	10	3	2	5	9	16	3	23	WLWLWD
	11	Hull City	22	7	9	6	24	23	6	5	0	15	4	1	4	6	9	19	1	23	DWDWLD
	12	Fulham	22	8	7	7	19	21	6	3	2	11	7	2	4	5	8	14	-2	23	WLDDWW
	13	Aston Villa	21	7	8	6	24	20	5	5	0	19	8	2	3	6	5	12	4	22	LDLLLD
	14	Portsmouth	20	9	4	7	29	30	6	2	3	17	11	3	2	4	12	19	-1	22	WLDWWW
	15	Preston North End	22	6	9	7	26	33	5	5	1	18	13	1	4	6	8	20	-7	20*	DDWLDL
	16	Millwall	21	7	4	10	26	27	5	1	5	15	10	2	3	5	11	17	-1	18	WDLLWD
	17	Cardiff City	22	4	9	9	22	32	3	4	4	10	8	1	5	5	12	24	-10	17	WWDLLD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	21	7	2	12	18	25	6	1	3	12	8	1	1	9	6	17	-7	16	LLWLWL
	19	Oxford United	21	4	7	10	17	29	3	5	2	12	11	1	2	8	5	18	-12	15	LDWLDL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	21	5	4	12	20	29	4	3	4	15	13	1	1	8	5	16	-9	14	LLLDLD
	21	Swindon Town	22	4	6	12	18	34	4	4	3	12	11	0	2	9	6	23	-16	14	LWLDLD
	22	Crystal Palace	22	2	8	12	19	36	1	4	6	13	19	1	4	6	6	17	-17	12	DDWLDD

*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	23	14	8	1	32	14	9	2	1	18	6	5	6	0	14	8	18	36	DDWWDW		2-1
	2	Leyton Orient	23	10	9	4	38	23	6	3	3	18	9	4	6	1	20	14	15	29	WLWLDW		3-0
	3	Luton Town	22	11	6	5	34	28	7	3	1	23	12	4	3	4	11	16	6	28	LWWWLD		1-1
2	4	Nottingham Forest	22	9	8	5	30	17	7	2	1	21	6	2	6	4	9	11	13	26	WDDLWW		1-0
1	5	Blackpool	23	10	6	7	32	23	6	2	3	18	8	4	4	4	14	15	9	26	LLWDWD		1-1
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	23	9	8	6	26	23	6	4	2	16	10	3	4	4	10	13	3	26	WWWLDW		2-0
3	7	Carlisle United	22	10	5	7	30	26	6	3	2	20	10	4	2	5	10	16	4	25	LWLWDW		1-0
3	8	Notts County	22	9	7	6	35	32	5	4	3	20	19	4	3	3	15	13	3	25	DDLWDL		0-1
2	9	Hull City	23	7	10	6	25	24	6	5	0	15	4	1	5	6	10	20	1	24	WDWLDD		1-1
2	10	Fulham	23	8	8	7	20	22	6	3	2	11	7	2	5	5	9	15	-2	24	LDDWWD		1-1
3	11	Sunderland	22	8	7	7	28	19	4	5	1	15	6	4	2	6	13	13	9	23	WLWLDL		1-2
2	12	Portsmouth	21	9	5	7	30	31	6	2	3	17	11	3	3	4	13	20	-1	23	LDWWWD		1-1
4	13	Bristol City	23	9	5	9	25	27	5	3	3	14	10	4	2	6	11	17	-2	23	LDLWDL		0-5
1	14	Aston Villa	22	7	8	7	24	22	5	5	0	19	8	2	3	7	5	14	2	22	DLLLDL		0-2
	15	Preston North End	23	6	9	8	26	34	5	5	2	18	14	1	4	6	8	20	-8	20*	DWLDLL		0-1
	16	Millwall	22	7	5	10	27	28	5	2	5	16	11	2	3	5	11	17	-1	19	DLLWDD		1-1
	17	Cardiff City	23	5	9	9	24	33	4	4	4	12	9	1	5	5	12	24	-9	19	WDLLDW		2-1
1	18	Oxford United	22	5	7	10	22	29	4	5	2	17	11	1	2	8	5	18	-7	17	DWLDLW		5-0
1	19	Bolton Wanderers	22	7	3	12	19	26	6	2	3	13	9	1	1	9	6	17	-7	17	LWLWLD		1-1
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	22	5	5	12	21	30	4	4	4	16	14	1	1	8	5	16	-9	15	LLDLDD		1-1
	21	Swindon Town	23	4	6	13	19	36	4	4	3	12	11	0	2	10	7	25	-17	14	WLDLDL		1-2
	22	Crystal Palace	23	2	8	13	19	39	1	4	6	13	19	1	4	7	6	20	-20	12	DWLDDL		0-3

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