The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 PORTSMOUTH - Tue Mar 26, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Mar 26, 1974 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 27 March 1974

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: J Rice
Attendance:: 14,040
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 4
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Crystal Palace (League Tier 2)
Portsmouth:: Apr 27, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2821 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1364 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3123 (of 5828)
Total:: 4399 (of 7633)
Played:: 52 years, 5 months, 16 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lyall (20')
Eoin Hand (90') (OG)

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: John Mortimore
Prior form: LDLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	23	John Cottam
6	M	24	Paul Richardson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie
8	M	26	George Lyall (20')
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	F	21	John Robertson
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	29	John Galley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Best
2	D	Roberts
3	D	Collins
4	D	Piper
5	D	Stephenson
6	M	Eoin Hand
7	M	Marinello
8	M	McCann
9	M	Davies
10	F	Lewis
11	F	Mellows
Subs
12		Foggon

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Mar 26, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Portsmouth

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

*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
	2	Luton Town	34	17	9	8	50	39	10	5	1	32	17	7	4	7	18	22	11	43	WWLWWL	Safe
	3	Blackpool	35	14	12	9	48	34	9	5	4	28	14	5	7	5	20	20	14	40	WWLLDW
3	4	Nottingham Forest	34	13	13	8	47	31	11	4	2	34	13	2	9	6	13	18	16	39	DWDWLW		2-0
1	5	Leyton Orient	34	13	13	8	48	36	8	5	4	23	13	5	8	4	25	23	12	39	DLDDLL
1	6	Carlisle United	34	15	9	10	49	38	9	5	3	30	15	6	4	7	19	23	11	39	LDWLWD
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	35	13	12	10	43	39	7	6	4	23	20	6	6	6	20	19	4	38	WWDLLL
	8	Notts County	36	14	9	13	51	53	7	4	7	27	33	7	5	6	24	20	-2	37	WLDLWW
	9	Sunderland	34	14	8	12	44	33	8	6	3	26	11	6	2	9	18	22	11	36	WLWLWW
	10	Hull City	36	10	16	10	39	43	8	8	2	22	13	2	8	8	17	30	-4	36	DWLLWD
	11	Aston Villa	33	11	12	10	36	32	7	8	2	28	16	4	4	8	8	16	4	34	WDLWWW
	12	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	8	13	39	35	11	3	3	27	13	2	5	10	12	22	4	34	WDWDLW
	13	Millwall	35	12	10	13	45	44	8	4	5	24	14	4	6	8	21	30	1	34	DLDLWW
	14	Fulham	34	13	8	13	31	34	10	3	5	21	16	3	5	8	10	18	-3	34	WWLLLW
	15	Portsmouth	35	12	9	14	39	58	8	6	3	23	14	4	3	11	16	44	-19	33	DLWWLL		0-2
	16	Bristol City	35	11	9	15	40	47	7	5	5	22	17	4	4	10	18	30	-7	31	DWDLDL
	17	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	9	16	45	48	7	5	5	27	18	3	4	11	18	30	-3	29	DLLWWW
	18	Cardiff City	35	9	11	15	39	52	7	5	6	22	16	2	6	9	17	36	-13	29	LLDWLL
	19	Oxford United	34	7	13	14	31	42	6	7	3	24	17	1	6	11	7	25	-11	27	LWDDDL
	20	Preston North End	35	8	12	15	34	52	7	6	4	22	18	1	6	11	12	34	-18	27*	LLDLLL
	21	Crystal Palace	34	8	10	16	34	46	6	6	6	24	20	2	4	10	10	26	-12	26	WLDWLW
	22	Swindon Town	36	5	10	21	31	61	5	7	7	21	26	0	3	14	10	35	-30	20	LLDLDL

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

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