The City Ground

FULHAM 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 23, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 23, 1974 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Craven Cottage
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: D Nippard
Attendance:: 8,884
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 15 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Portsmouth (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: Dec 07, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2820 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 1363 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3122 (of 5830)
Total:: 4398 (of 7635)
Played:: 52 years, 6 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

FULHAM
Manager: Alec Stock
Prior form: WWWLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Viv Busby (34')
Jimmy Conway (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	D	31	John Winfield
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	21	David Serella
6	M	24	Paul Richardson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie
8	M	26	George Lyall
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	F	27	Tommy Jackson off for Martin O'Neill (75')
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	M	22	Martin O'Neill on for Tommy Jackson (75')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Meller
2	D	Cutbush
3	D	Strong
4	D	Moore
5	D	Lacy
6	M	Dunne
7	M	Jimmy Conway
8	M	Mullery
9	M	Viv Busby
10	F	Lloyd
11	F	Barrett
Subs
12		John Conway

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

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-1	Portsmouth
Blackpool	3-0	Preston North End
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Luton Town
Cardiff City	1-3	Millwall
Crystal Palace	3-1	Bristol City
Fulham	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Hull City	1-1	Carlisle United
Leyton Orient	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Middlesbrough	1-0	Oxford United
Notts County	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Swindon Town	0-2	Sunderland

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	34	22	10	2	56	23	13	3	1	27	8	9	7	1	29	15	33	54	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Luton Town	33	17	9	7	50	38	10	5	1	32	17	7	4	6	18	21	12	43	DWWLWW
	3	Leyton Orient	33	13	13	7	48	35	8	5	3	23	12	5	8	4	25	23	13	39	LDLDDL
	4	Blackpool	34	13	12	9	45	34	8	5	4	25	14	5	7	5	20	20	11	38	DWWLLD
	5	Carlisle United	33	15	8	10	48	37	9	5	3	30	15	6	3	7	18	22	11	38	LLDWLW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	34	13	12	9	43	38	7	6	4	23	20	6	6	5	20	18	5	38	DWWDLL
	7	Nottingham Forest	32	12	13	7	45	29	10	4	2	32	13	2	9	5	13	16	16	37	WLDWDW
	8	Notts County	35	13	9	13	50	53	6	4	7	26	33	7	5	6	24	20	-3	35	LWLDLW
	9	Hull City	35	10	15	10	38	42	8	7	2	21	12	2	8	8	17	30	-4	35	LDWLLW
	10	Sunderland	33	13	8	12	42	33	8	6	3	26	11	5	2	9	16	22	9	34	WWLWLW
	11	Portsmouth	33	12	9	12	38	52	8	6	3	23	14	4	3	9	15	38	-14	33	DLDLWW
	12	Bolton Wanderers	33	12	8	13	38	35	10	3	3	26	13	2	5	10	12	22	3	32	WWDWDL
	13	Aston Villa	32	10	12	10	32	31	6	8	2	24	15	4	4	8	8	16	1	32	LWDLWW
	14	Millwall	34	11	10	13	42	43	8	4	5	24	14	3	6	8	18	29	-1	32	WDLDLW
	15	Fulham	33	12	8	13	29	34	9	3	5	19	16	3	5	8	10	18	-5	32	WWWLLL
	16	Bristol City	34	11	9	14	39	44	7	5	5	22	17	4	4	9	17	27	-5	31	LDWDLD
	17	Cardiff City	34	9	11	14	38	49	7	5	5	21	13	2	6	9	17	36	-11	29	LLLDWL
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	9	16	44	48	7	5	5	27	18	2	4	11	17	30	-4	27	LDLLWW
	19	Oxford United	33	7	13	13	31	41	6	7	3	24	17	1	6	10	7	24	-10	27	LLWDDD
	20	Preston North End	34	8	12	14	34	49	7	6	4	22	18	1	6	10	12	31	-15	27*	WLLDLL
	21	Crystal Palace	33	7	10	16	31	45	5	6	6	21	19	2	4	10	10	26	-14	24	WWLDWL
	22	Swindon Town	35	5	10	20	31	59	5	7	6	21	24	0	3	14	10	35	-28	20	LLLDLD

*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	35	23	10	2	57	23	14	3	1	28	8	9	7	1	29	15	34	56	WWWWWW	Promoted	1-0
	2	Luton Town	34	17	9	8	50	39	10	5	1	32	17	7	4	7	18	22	11	43	WWLWWL	Safe	0-1
1	3	Blackpool	35	14	12	9	48	34	9	5	4	28	14	5	7	5	20	20	14	40	WWLLDW		3-0
1	4	Leyton Orient	34	13	13	8	48	36	8	5	4	23	13	5	8	4	25	23	12	39	DLDDLL		0-1
	5	Carlisle United	34	15	9	10	49	38	9	5	3	30	15	6	4	7	19	23	11	39	LDWLWD		1-1
	6	West Bromwich Albion	35	13	12	10	43	39	7	6	4	23	20	6	6	6	20	19	4	38	WWDLLL		0-1
	7	Nottingham Forest	33	12	13	8	45	31	10	4	2	32	13	2	9	6	13	18	14	37	LDWDWL		0-2
	8	Notts County	36	14	9	13	51	53	7	4	7	27	33	7	5	6	24	20	-2	37	WLDLWW		1-0
1	9	Sunderland	34	14	8	12	44	33	8	6	3	26	11	6	2	9	18	22	11	36	WLWLWW		2-0
1	10	Hull City	36	10	16	10	39	43	8	8	2	22	13	2	8	8	17	30	-4	36	DWLLWD		1-1
2	11	Aston Villa	33	11	12	10	36	32	7	8	2	28	16	4	4	8	8	16	4	34	WDLWWW		4-1
	12	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	8	13	39	35	11	3	3	27	13	2	5	10	12	22	4	34	WDWDLW		1-0
1	13	Millwall	35	12	10	13	45	44	8	4	5	24	14	4	6	8	21	30	1	34	DLDLWW		3-1
1	14	Fulham	34	13	8	13	31	34	10	3	5	21	16	3	5	8	10	18	-3	34	WWLLLW		2-0
4	15	Portsmouth	34	12	9	13	39	56	8	6	3	23	14	4	3	10	16	42	-17	33	LDLWWL		1-4
	16	Bristol City	35	11	9	15	40	47	7	5	5	22	17	4	4	10	18	30	-7	31	DWDLDL		1-3
1	17	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	9	16	45	48	7	5	5	27	18	3	4	11	18	30	-3	29	DLLWWW		1-0
1	18	Cardiff City	35	9	11	15	39	52	7	5	6	22	16	2	6	9	17	36	-13	29	LLDWLL		1-3
	19	Oxford United	34	7	13	14	31	42	6	7	3	24	17	1	6	11	7	25	-11	27	LWDDDL		0-1
	20	Preston North End	35	8	12	15	34	52	7	6	4	22	18	1	6	11	12	34	-18	27*	LLDLLL		0-3
	21	Crystal Palace	34	8	10	16	34	46	6	6	6	24	20	2	4	10	10	26	-12	26	WLDWLW		3-1
	22	Swindon Town	36	5	10	21	31	61	5	7	7	21	26	0	3	14	10	35	-30	20	LLDLDL		0-2

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