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
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 30 March 1974

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: H Powell
Attendance:: 16,340
League Week:: 35 of 42
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 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1365 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3124 (of 5828)
Total:: 4400 (of 7633)
Played:: 52 years, 5 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lyall (85') (Pen)

CRYSTAL PALACE
Manager: Malcolm Allison
Prior form: WLDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Derek Possee (39')
Don Rogers (48')

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 (85')
9	F	33	Neil Martin 75	100th appearance
10	F	21	John Robertson
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	M	23	John Cottam

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Hammond
2	D	Wall
3	D	Jump
4	D	Johnson
5	D	Barry 75
6	M	Blythe
7	M	Jeffries
8	M	Derek Possee
9	M	Whitle 36
10	F	Don Rogers
11	F	P Taylor
Subs
12		Anderson

All 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	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	Nottingham Forest	34	13	13	8	47	31	11	4	2	34	13	2	9	6	13	18	16	39	DWDWLW
	5	Leyton Orient	34	13	13	8	48	36	8	5	4	23	13	5	8	4	25	23	12	39	DLDDLL
	6	Carlisle United	34	15	9	10	49	38	9	5	3	30	15	6	4	7	19	23	11	39	LDWLWD
	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
	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	36	24	10	2	58	23	14	3	1	28	8	10	7	1	30	15	35	58	WWWWWW	Champions	1-0
	2	Luton Town	35	17	9	9	50	40	10	5	2	32	18	7	4	7	18	22	10	43	WLWWLL	Safe	0-1
	3	Blackpool	36	14	13	9	48	34	9	5	4	28	14	5	8	5	20	20	14	41	WLLDWD		0-0
2	4	Carlisle United	35	16	9	10	54	39	10	5	3	35	16	6	4	7	19	23	15	41	DWLWDW		5-1
	5	Leyton Orient	35	14	13	8	49	36	8	5	4	23	13	6	8	4	26	23	13	41	LDDLLW		1-0
2	6	Nottingham Forest	35	13	13	9	48	33	11	4	3	35	15	2	9	6	13	18	15	39	WDWLWL		1-2
	7	West Bromwich Albion	36	13	13	10	45	41	7	7	4	25	22	6	6	6	20	19	4	39	WDLLLD		2-2
1	8	Sunderland	35	15	8	12	45	33	9	6	3	27	11	6	2	9	18	22	12	38	LWLWWW		1-0
1	9	Notts County	37	14	10	13	51	53	7	4	7	27	33	7	6	6	24	20	-2	38	LDLWWD		0-0
2	10	Bolton Wanderers	35	14	8	13	41	35	11	3	3	27	13	3	5	10	14	22	6	36	DWDLWW		2-0
3	11	Fulham	35	14	8	13	32	34	10	3	5	21	16	4	5	8	11	18	-2	36	WLLLWW		1-0
2	12	Hull City	37	10	16	11	39	44	8	8	2	22	13	2	8	9	17	31	-5	36	WLLWDL		0-1
	13	Millwall	36	12	11	13	45	44	8	5	5	24	14	4	6	8	21	30	1	35	LDLWWD		0-0
3	14	Aston Villa	33	11	12	10	36	32	7	8	2	28	16	4	4	8	8	16	4	34	WDLWWW
	15	Portsmouth	36	12	10	14	39	58	8	7	3	23	14	4	3	11	16	44	-19	34	LWWLLD		0-0
	16	Bristol City	36	11	9	16	40	48	7	5	6	22	18	4	4	10	18	30	-8	31	WDLDLL		0-1
1	17	Cardiff City	36	9	12	15	41	54	7	5	6	22	16	2	7	9	19	38	-13	30	LDWLLD		2-2
1	18	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	9	16	45	48	7	5	5	27	18	3	4	11	18	30	-3	29	DLLWWW
2	19	Crystal Palace	35	9	10	16	36	47	6	6	6	24	20	3	4	10	12	27	-11	28	LDWLWW		2-1
1	20	Oxford United	35	7	13	15	31	44	6	7	4	24	19	1	6	11	7	25	-13	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	-19	27*	LDLLLL		0-1
	22	Swindon Town	37	5	10	22	32	66	5	7	7	21	26	0	3	15	11	40	-34	20	LDLDLL		1-5

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

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