The City Ground

MILLWALL 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 23, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 23, 1974 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Millwall
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Den
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 February 1974

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: A Lees
Attendance:: 8,833
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 11 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leyton Orient (League Tier 2)
Millwall:: Aug 19, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2816 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1359 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3115 (of 5824)
Total:: 4391 (of 7629)
Played:: 52 years, 6 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers

MILLWALL
Manager: Benny Fenton
Prior form: DDWWLW (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	400th appearance
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	21	David Serella
6	M	24	Paul Richardson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie
8	M	21	Martin O'Neill
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	F	27	Tommy Jackson
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	21	John Robertson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	King
2	D	Donaldson
3	D	Jones
4	D	Dorney
5	D	Kitchener
6	M	Allder
7	M	Bolland
8	M	Clark
9	M	Wood
10	F	Smethurst
11	F	Hill
Subs
12		Saul

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 23, 1974)

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

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	29	17	10	2	42	21	11	3	1	23	6	6	7	1	19	15	21	44	WDWLDW
	2	Leyton Orient	28	13	10	5	44	28	8	3	3	21	10	5	7	2	23	18	16	36	WWWDWL
	3	Blackpool	30	12	11	7	40	28	8	4	3	23	10	4	7	4	17	18	12	35	DDDWDW
	4	Luton Town	28	13	9	6	39	33	8	5	1	27	15	5	4	5	12	18	6	35	WLDDWD
	5	Carlisle United	27	13	7	7	42	30	8	4	2	27	12	5	3	5	15	18	12	33	WWWDDW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	28	11	10	7	34	27	7	5	2	19	11	4	5	5	15	16	7	32	WWLWDD
	7	Notts County	31	12	8	11	47	45	6	4	5	25	25	6	4	6	22	20	2	32	LLDWLW
	8	Nottingham Forest	28	10	11	7	41	28	8	3	2	28	12	2	8	5	13	16	13	31	DDLDWL
	9	Hull City	30	8	14	8	30	32	7	7	1	18	8	1	7	7	12	24	-2	30	DDDDWL
	10	Sunderland	28	10	8	10	37	28	6	6	2	22	9	4	2	8	15	19	9	28	LLDLWW
	11	Millwall	29	10	8	11	37	35	7	3	5	22	13	3	5	6	15	22	2	28	DDWWLW
	12	Fulham	28	10	8	10	26	26	8	3	3	17	9	2	5	7	9	17	0	28	DLLLWW
	13	Portsmouth	28	10	8	10	33	44	7	5	3	20	13	3	3	7	13	31	-11	28	WDLDLD
	14	Bolton Wanderers	28	10	6	12	31	31	9	2	3	23	12	1	4	9	8	19	0	26	WDDWDW
	15	Cardiff City	30	8	10	12	35	42	6	5	4	19	12	2	5	8	16	30	-7	26	LWDWLL
	16	Bristol City	29	10	6	13	30	37	6	4	4	17	14	4	2	9	13	23	-7	26	LLDLWL
	17	Preston North End	30	8	11	11	32	42	7	6	2	22	15	1	5	9	10	27	-10	26*	LDDLWL
	18	Aston Villa	27	7	11	9	26	26	5	7	1	20	10	2	4	8	6	16	0	25	LLDDDL
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	30	7	9	14	33	44	6	5	4	22	17	1	4	10	11	27	-11	23	DWLWLD
	20	Oxford United	29	6	10	13	26	39	5	6	3	20	16	1	4	10	6	23	-13	22	DDDLLL
	21	Crystal Palace	29	6	9	14	27	42	4	5	6	18	19	2	4	8	9	23	-15	21	LWDWWW
	22	Swindon Town	30	5	8	17	27	51	5	6	4	19	19	0	2	13	8	32	-24	18	WLDDLL

*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	30	18	10	2	44	22	12	3	1	25	7	6	7	1	19	15	22	46	DWLDWW	Safe	2-1
	2	Leyton Orient	29	13	11	5	45	29	8	4	3	22	11	5	7	2	23	18	16	37	WWDWLD		1-1
	3	Blackpool	31	13	11	7	43	28	8	4	3	23	10	5	7	4	20	18	15	37	DDWDWW		3-0
	4	Luton Town	29	14	9	6	41	34	9	5	1	29	16	5	4	5	12	18	7	37	LDDWDW		2-1
	5	Carlisle United	28	13	7	8	42	32	8	4	2	27	12	5	3	6	15	20	10	33	WWDDWL		0-2
	6	West Bromwich Albion	29	11	11	7	36	29	7	6	2	21	13	4	5	5	15	16	7	33	WLWDDD		2-2
1	7	Nottingham Forest	29	10	12	7	41	28	8	3	2	28	12	2	9	5	13	16	13	32	DLDWLD		0-0
1	8	Notts County	32	12	8	12	47	48	6	4	6	25	28	6	4	6	22	20	-1	32	LDWLWL		0-3
	9	Hull City	31	8	15	8	31	33	7	7	1	18	8	1	8	7	13	25	-2	31	DDDWLD		1-1
	10	Sunderland	29	11	8	10	38	28	6	6	2	22	9	5	2	8	16	19	10	30	LDLWWW		1-0
1	11	Fulham	29	11	8	10	27	26	8	3	3	17	9	3	5	7	10	17	1	30	LLLWWW		1-0
1	12	Millwall	30	10	9	11	37	35	7	4	5	22	13	3	5	6	15	22	2	29	DWWLWD		0-0
1	13	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	6	12	33	31	10	2	3	25	12	1	4	9	8	19	2	28	DDWDWW		2-0
1	14	Portsmouth	29	10	8	11	33	47	7	5	3	20	13	3	3	8	13	34	-14	28	DLDLDL		0-3
3	15	Aston Villa	28	8	11	9	27	26	5	7	1	20	10	3	4	8	7	16	1	27	LDDDLW		1-0
	16	Bristol City	30	10	7	13	32	39	6	4	4	17	14	4	3	9	15	25	-7	27	LDLWLD		2-2
2	17	Cardiff City	31	8	10	13	35	43	6	5	5	19	13	2	5	8	16	30	-8	26	WDWLLL		0-1
1	18	Preston North End	31	8	11	12	32	43	7	6	3	22	16	1	5	9	10	27	-11	26*	DDLWLL		0-1
1	19	Oxford United	30	7	10	13	29	39	6	6	3	23	16	1	4	10	6	23	-10	24	DDLLLW		3-0
1	20	Sheffield Wednesday	31	7	9	15	33	45	6	5	5	22	18	1	4	10	11	27	-12	23	WLWLDL		0-1
	21	Crystal Palace	30	6	9	15	28	44	4	5	6	18	19	2	4	9	10	25	-16	21	WDWWWL		1-2
	22	Swindon Town	31	5	8	18	28	53	5	6	4	19	19	0	2	14	9	34	-25	18	LDDLLL		1-2

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