The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 CRYSTAL PALACE - Sat Mar 30, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 30, 1974 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Crystal Palace
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: H Powell
Attendance:: 16,340
Pos Before/After:: 4 6
Opp Before/After:: 21 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 2)
Crystal Palace:: Dec 08, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2822 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1365 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3124 (of 5679)
Total:: 4397 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
George Lyall

CRYSTAL PALACE
Manager: Malcolm Allison
Prior form: WLDWLW (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	100th appearance
10	F	John Robertson
11	M	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 30, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	0-1	Fulham
Carlisle United	5-1	Swindon Town
Luton Town	0-1	Middlesbrough
Millwall	0-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Crystal Palace
Oxford United	0-2	Bolton Wanderers
Portsmouth	0-0	Blackpool
Preston North End	0-1	Leyton Orient
Sunderland	1-0	Hull City
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Cardiff 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Middlesbrough	35	23	10	2	57	23	14	3	1	28	8	9	7	1	29	15	2.47826	56	WWWWWW
	2	Luton Town	34	17	9	8	50	39	10	5	1	32	17	7	4	7	18	22	1.28205	43	WWLWWL
	3	Blackpool	35	14	12	9	48	34	9	5	4	28	14	5	7	5	20	20	1.41176	40	WWLLDW
	4	Nottingham Forest	34	13	13	8	47	31	11	4	2	34	13	2	9	6	13	18	1.51613	39	DWDWLW
	5	Leyton Orient	34	13	13	8	48	36	8	5	4	23	13	5	8	4	25	23	1.33333	39	DLDDLL
	6	Carlisle United	34	15	9	10	49	38	9	5	3	30	15	6	4	7	19	23	1.28947	39	LDWLWD
	7	West Bromwich Albion	35	13	12	10	43	39	7	6	4	23	20	6	6	6	20	19	1.10256	38	WWDLLL
	8	Notts County	36	14	9	13	51	53	7	4	7	27	33	7	5	6	24	20	.96226	37	WLDLWW
	9	Sunderland	34	14	8	12	44	33	8	6	3	26	11	6	2	9	18	22	1.33333	36	WLWLWW
	10	Hull City	36	10	16	10	39	43	8	8	2	22	13	2	8	8	17	30	.90698	36	DWLLWD
	11	Aston Villa	33	11	12	10	36	32	7	8	2	28	16	4	4	8	8	16	1.12500	34	WDLWWW
	12	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	8	13	39	35	11	3	3	27	13	2	5	10	12	22	1.11429	34	WDWDLW
	13	Millwall	35	12	10	13	45	44	8	4	5	24	14	4	6	8	21	30	1.02273	34	DLDLWW
	14	Fulham	34	13	8	13	31	34	10	3	5	21	16	3	5	8	10	18	.91176	34	WWLLLW
	15	Portsmouth	35	12	9	14	39	58	8	6	3	23	14	4	3	11	16	44	.67241	33	DLWWLL
	16	Bristol City	35	11	9	15	40	47	7	5	5	22	17	4	4	10	18	30	.85106	31	DWDLDL
	17	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	9	16	45	48	7	5	5	27	18	3	4	11	18	30	.93750	29	DLLWWW
	18	Cardiff City	35	9	11	15	39	52	7	5	6	22	16	2	6	9	17	36	.75000	29	LLDWLL
	19	Oxford United	34	7	13	14	31	42	6	7	3	24	17	1	6	11	7	25	.73810	27	LWDDDL
	20	Preston North End	35	8	12	15	34	52	7	6	4	22	18	1	6	11	12	34	.65385	27*	LLDLLL
	21	Crystal Palace	34	8	10	16	34	46	6	6	6	24	20	2	4	10	10	26	.73913	26	WLDWLW
	22	Swindon Town	36	5	10	21	31	61	5	7	7	21	26	0	3	14	10	35	.50820	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	36	24	10	2	58	23	14	3	1	28	8	10	7	1	30	15	2.52174	58	WWWWWW	1-0
	2	Luton Town	35	17	9	9	50	40	10	5	2	32	18	7	4	7	18	22	1.25000	43	WLWWLL	0-1
	3	Blackpool	36	14	13	9	48	34	9	5	4	28	14	5	8	5	20	20	1.41176	41	WLLDWD	0-0
2	4	Carlisle United	35	16	9	10	54	39	10	5	3	35	16	6	4	7	19	23	1.38462	41	DWLWDW	5-1
	5	Leyton Orient	35	14	13	8	49	36	8	5	4	23	13	6	8	4	26	23	1.36111	41	LDDLLW	1-0
2	6	Nottingham Forest	35	13	13	9	48	33	11	4	3	35	15	2	9	6	13	18	1.45455	39	WDWLWL	1-2
	7	West Bromwich Albion	36	13	13	10	45	41	7	7	4	25	22	6	6	6	20	19	1.09756	39	WDLLLD	2-2
1	8	Sunderland	35	15	8	12	45	33	9	6	3	27	11	6	2	9	18	22	1.36364	38	LWLWWW	1-0
1	9	Notts County	37	14	10	13	51	53	7	4	7	27	33	7	6	6	24	20	.96226	38	LDLWWD	0-0
2	10	Bolton Wanderers	35	14	8	13	41	35	11	3	3	27	13	3	5	10	14	22	1.17143	36	DWDLWW	2-0
3	11	Fulham	35	14	8	13	32	34	10	3	5	21	16	4	5	8	11	18	.94118	36	WLLLWW	1-0
2	12	Hull City	37	10	16	11	39	44	8	8	2	22	13	2	8	9	17	31	.88636	36	WLLWDL	0-1
	13	Millwall	36	12	11	13	45	44	8	5	5	24	14	4	6	8	21	30	1.02273	35	LDLWWD	0-0
3	14	Aston Villa	33	11	12	10	36	32	7	8	2	28	16	4	4	8	8	16	1.12500	34	WDLWWW
	15	Portsmouth	36	12	10	14	39	58	8	7	3	23	14	4	3	11	16	44	.67241	34	LWWLLD	0-0
	16	Bristol City	36	11	9	16	40	48	7	5	6	22	18	4	4	10	18	30	.83333	31	WDLDLL	0-1
1	17	Cardiff City	36	9	12	15	41	54	7	5	6	22	16	2	7	9	19	38	.75926	30	LDWLLD	2-2
1	18	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	9	16	45	48	7	5	5	27	18	3	4	11	18	30	.93750	29	DLLWWW
2	19	Crystal Palace	35	9	10	16	36	47	6	6	6	24	20	3	4	10	12	27	.76596	28	LDWLWW	2-1
1	20	Oxford United	35	7	13	15	31	44	6	7	4	24	19	1	6	11	7	25	.70455	27	WDDDLL	0-2
1	21	Preston North End	36	8	12	16	34	53	7	6	5	22	19	1	6	11	12	34	.64151	27*	LDLLLL	0-1
	22	Swindon Town	37	5	10	22	32	66	5	7	7	21	26	0	3	15	11	40	.48485	20	LDLDLL	1-5

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