The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 LEYTON ORIENT - Tue Feb 26, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Feb 26, 1974 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leyton Orient
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: K Styles
Attendance:: 16,632
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 2 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Leyton Orient:: Nov 30, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2817 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1360 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3116 (of 5679)
Total:: 4389 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
George Lyall
Neil Martin

LEYTON ORIENT
Manager: George Petchey
Prior form: WWDWLD (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jim Barron
2	M	Liam O'Kane
3	D	John Winfield
4	F	Sammy Chapman
5	M	David Serella
6	M	Paul Richardson
7	F	Duncan McKenzie
8	M	George Lyall
9	F	Neil Martin
10	F	Tommy Jackson
11	M	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Tue Feb 26, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	5-2	Millwall
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Leyton Orient
Swindon Town	0-2	Luton Town

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
	1	Middlesbrough	30	18	10	2	44	22	12	3	1	25	7	6	7	1	19	15	2.00000	46	DWLDWW
	2	Leyton Orient	29	13	11	5	45	29	8	4	3	22	11	5	7	2	23	18	1.55172	37	WWDWLD
	3	Blackpool	31	13	11	7	43	28	8	4	3	23	10	5	7	4	20	18	1.53571	37	DDWDWW
	4	Luton Town	29	14	9	6	41	34	9	5	1	29	16	5	4	5	12	18	1.20588	37	LDDWDW
	5	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	11	7	37	29	7	6	2	21	13	5	5	5	16	16	1.27586	35	LWDDDW
	6	Carlisle United	29	13	7	9	42	33	8	4	3	27	13	5	3	6	15	20	1.27273	33	WDDWLL
	7	Nottingham Forest	29	10	12	7	41	28	8	3	2	28	12	2	9	5	13	16	1.46429	32	DLDWLD
	8	Notts County	32	12	8	12	47	48	6	4	6	25	28	6	4	6	22	20	.97917	32	LDWLWL
	9	Hull City	31	8	15	8	31	33	7	7	1	18	8	1	8	7	13	25	.93939	31	DDDWLD
	10	Sunderland	29	11	8	10	38	28	6	6	2	22	9	5	2	8	16	19	1.35714	30	LDLWWW
	11	Fulham	29	11	8	10	27	26	8	3	3	17	9	3	5	7	10	17	1.03846	30	LLLWWW
	12	Millwall	30	10	9	11	37	35	7	4	5	22	13	3	5	6	15	22	1.05714	29	DWWLWD
	13	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	6	12	33	31	10	2	3	25	12	1	4	9	8	19	1.06452	28	DDWDWW
	14	Portsmouth	29	10	8	11	33	47	7	5	3	20	13	3	3	8	13	34	.70213	28	DLDLDL
	15	Aston Villa	28	8	11	9	27	26	5	7	1	20	10	3	4	8	7	16	1.03846	27	LDDDLW
	16	Bristol City	30	10	7	13	32	39	6	4	4	17	14	4	3	9	15	25	.82051	27	LDLWLD
	17	Cardiff City	31	8	10	13	35	43	6	5	5	19	13	2	5	8	16	30	.81395	26	WDWLLL
	18	Preston North End	31	8	11	12	32	43	7	6	3	22	16	1	5	9	10	27	.74419	26*	DDLWLL
	19	Oxford United	30	7	10	13	29	39	6	6	3	23	16	1	4	10	6	23	.74359	24	DDLLLW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	31	7	9	15	33	45	6	5	5	22	18	1	4	10	11	27	.73333	23	WLWLDL
	21	Crystal Palace	30	6	9	15	28	44	4	5	6	18	19	2	4	9	10	25	.63636	21	WDWWWL
	22	Swindon Town	31	5	8	18	28	53	5	6	4	19	19	0	2	14	9	34	.52830	18	LDDLLL

*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	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	30	18	10	2	44	22	12	3	1	25	7	6	7	1	19	15	2.00000	46	DWLDWW
2	2	Luton Town	30	15	9	6	43	34	9	5	1	29	16	6	4	5	14	18	1.26471	39	DDWDWW	2-0
	3	Blackpool	31	13	11	7	43	28	8	4	3	23	10	5	7	4	20	18	1.53571	37	DDWDWW
2	4	Leyton Orient	30	13	11	6	46	31	8	4	3	22	11	5	7	3	24	20	1.48387	37	WDWLDL	1-2
	5	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	11	7	37	29	7	6	2	21	13	5	5	5	16	16	1.27586	35	LWDDDW
1	6	Nottingham Forest	30	11	12	7	43	29	9	3	2	30	13	2	9	5	13	16	1.48276	34	LDWLDW	2-1
1	7	Carlisle United	29	13	7	9	42	33	8	4	3	27	13	5	3	6	15	20	1.27273	33	WDDWLL
	8	Notts County	32	12	8	12	47	48	6	4	6	25	28	6	4	6	22	20	.97917	32	LDWLWL
	9	Hull City	31	8	15	8	31	33	7	7	1	18	8	1	8	7	13	25	.93939	31	DDDWLD
	10	Sunderland	29	11	8	10	38	28	6	6	2	22	9	5	2	8	16	19	1.35714	30	LDLWWW
	11	Fulham	29	11	8	10	27	26	8	3	3	17	9	3	5	7	10	17	1.03846	30	LLLWWW
	12	Millwall	31	10	9	12	39	40	7	4	5	22	13	3	5	7	17	27	.97500	29	WWLWDL	2-5
3	13	Bristol City	31	11	7	13	37	41	7	4	4	22	16	4	3	9	15	25	.90244	29	DLWLDW	5-2
1	14	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	6	12	33	31	10	2	3	25	12	1	4	9	8	19	1.06452	28	DDWDWW
1	15	Portsmouth	29	10	8	11	33	47	7	5	3	20	13	3	3	8	13	34	.70213	28	DLDLDL
1	16	Aston Villa	28	8	11	9	27	26	5	7	1	20	10	3	4	8	7	16	1.03846	27	LDDDLW
	17	Cardiff City	31	8	10	13	35	43	6	5	5	19	13	2	5	8	16	30	.81395	26	WDWLLL
	18	Preston North End	31	8	11	12	32	43	7	6	3	22	16	1	5	9	10	27	.74419	26*	DDLWLL
	19	Oxford United	30	7	10	13	29	39	6	6	3	23	16	1	4	10	6	23	.74359	24	DDLLLW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	31	7	9	15	33	45	6	5	5	22	18	1	4	10	11	27	.73333	23	WLWLDL
	21	Crystal Palace	30	6	9	15	28	44	4	5	6	18	19	2	4	9	10	25	.63636	21	WDWWWL
	22	Swindon Town	32	5	8	19	28	55	5	6	5	19	21	0	2	14	9	34	.50909	18	DDLLLL	0-2

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