The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 CARDIFF CITY - Sat Apr 20, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 20, 1974 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 20 April 1974

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: R Lee
Attendance:: 11,138
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 6
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Nov 16, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2827 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1370 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3129 (of 5829)
Total:: 4405 (of 7634)
Played:: 52 years, 4 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lyall (16')
Duncan McKenzie (20')

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Frank O'Farrell
Prior form: LLDDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Johnny Vincent (6')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	21	Dennis Peacock
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 (20')
8	M	26	George Lyall (16')
9	F	29	John Galley
10	F	33	Neil Martin
11	F	23	Jim McIntosh
Subs
12	M	21	David Serella

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Healey
2	D	Dwyer
3	D	Pethard
4	D	Charles
5	D	Morgan
6	M	Villars
7	M	Reece
8	M	Johnny Vincent
9	M	Phillips
10	F	Carlin
11	F	Anderson
Subs
12		Showers

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 20, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-2	Sunderland
Blackpool	4-0	Carlisle United
Bolton Wanderers	0-2	Preston North End
Bristol City	0-2	Portsmouth
Crystal Palace	0-2	Hull City
Fulham	4-1	Swindon Town
Leyton Orient	1-1	Notts County
Luton Town	3-0	Millwall
Middlesbrough	8-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Cardiff City
Oxford United	1-0	West Bromwich Albion

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	40	25	11	4	65	28	15	4	1	32	8	10	7	3	33	20	37	61	WWWDLL	Champions
	2	Luton Town	39	18	11	10	57	46	11	5	3	36	21	7	6	7	21	25	11	47	LLWDDL	Safe
	3	Blackpool	40	16	13	11	52	38	10	5	5	31	17	6	8	6	21	21	14	45	WDLLWW	Safe
	4	Leyton Orient	39	15	15	9	52	39	9	6	4	26	15	6	9	5	26	24	13	45	LWDDLW	Safe
	5	Carlisle United	39	18	9	12	58	44	12	5	3	38	17	6	4	9	20	27	14	45	DWLLWW	Safe
	6	West Bromwich Albion	40	14	15	11	47	43	8	8	4	27	23	6	7	7	20	20	4	43	LDDLWD	Safe
	7	Bolton Wanderers	40	15	12	13	44	37	12	5	3	30	15	3	7	10	14	22	7	42	WDDDDW	Safe
	8	Nottingham Forest	39	13	15	11	52	39	11	6	3	38	18	2	9	8	14	21	13	41	WLDLLD	Safe
	9	Sunderland	39	16	9	14	50	39	10	6	4	30	14	6	3	10	20	25	11	41	WWDWLL	Safe
	10	Millwall	40	14	13	13	51	48	10	5	5	28	16	4	8	8	23	32	3	41	WDDWWD	Safe
	11	Notts County	40	14	12	14	52	58	7	6	7	28	34	7	6	7	24	24	-6	40	WWDLDD	Safe
	12	Fulham	40	15	10	15	35	40	10	4	6	22	19	5	6	9	13	21	-5	40	WDDLLW	Safe
	13	Hull City	40	11	17	12	42	47	8	9	3	23	15	3	8	9	19	32	-5	39	WDLWDL	Safe
	14	Aston Villa	38	12	14	12	43	39	7	9	3	29	18	5	5	9	14	21	4	38	WWDDLL	Safe
	15	Bristol City	40	14	10	16	46	50	9	5	6	25	18	5	5	10	21	32	-4	38	LLWWWD	Safe
	16	Portsmouth	40	13	12	15	43	60	9	8	3	26	14	4	4	12	17	46	-17	38	LDDDWL	Safe
	17	Cardiff City	39	10	14	15	46	58	8	5	6	25	18	2	9	9	21	40	-12	34	LLDDWD
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	40	11	11	18	50	55	8	6	6	32	24	3	5	12	18	31	-5	33	WLLDDW
	19	Oxford United	39	9	15	15	34	45	7	8	4	26	20	2	7	11	8	25	-11	33	LLWDDW
	20	Crystal Palace	39	10	11	18	41	53	6	7	7	24	22	4	4	11	17	31	-12	31	WWDWLL
	21	Preston North End	40	8	14	18	36	58	7	8	5	22	19	1	6	13	14	39	-22	29*	LLLDDL
	22	Swindon Town	40	7	11	22	35	67	6	7	7	22	26	1	4	15	13	41	-32	25	DLLDWW	Relegated

*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	41	26	11	4	73	28	16	4	1	40	8	10	7	3	33	20	45	63	WWDLLW	Champions	8-0
	2	Luton Town	40	19	11	10	60	46	12	5	3	39	21	7	6	7	21	25	14	49	LWDDLW	Safe	3-0
	3	Blackpool	41	17	13	11	56	38	11	5	5	35	17	6	8	6	21	21	18	47	DLLWWW	Safe	4-0
	4	Leyton Orient	40	15	16	9	53	40	9	7	4	27	16	6	9	5	26	24	13	46	WDDLWD	Safe	1-1
	5	Carlisle United	40	18	9	13	58	48	12	5	3	38	17	6	4	10	20	31	10	45	WLLWWL	Safe	0-4
2	6	Nottingham Forest	40	14	15	11	54	40	12	6	3	40	19	2	9	8	14	21	14	43	LDLLDW	Safe	2-1
2	7	Sunderland	40	17	9	14	52	40	10	6	4	30	14	7	3	10	22	26	12	43	WDWLLW	Safe	2-1
2	8	West Bromwich Albion	41	14	15	12	47	44	8	8	4	27	23	6	7	8	20	21	3	43	DDLWDL	Safe	0-1
2	9	Bolton Wanderers	41	15	12	14	44	39	12	5	4	30	17	3	7	10	14	22	5	42	DDDDWL	Safe	0-2
2	10	Fulham	41	16	10	15	39	41	11	4	6	26	20	5	6	9	13	21	-2	42	DDLLWW	Safe	4-1
1	11	Millwall	41	14	13	14	51	51	10	5	5	28	16	4	8	9	23	35	0	41	DDWWDL	Safe	0-3
1	12	Hull City	41	12	17	12	44	47	8	9	3	23	15	4	8	9	21	32	-3	41	DLWDLW	Safe	2-0
2	13	Notts County	41	14	13	14	53	59	7	6	7	28	34	7	7	7	25	25	-6	41	WDLDDD	Safe	1-1
2	14	Portsmouth	41	14	12	15	45	60	9	8	3	26	14	5	4	12	19	46	-15	40	DDDWLW	Safe	2-0
1	15	Aston Villa	39	12	14	13	44	41	7	9	4	30	20	5	5	9	14	21	3	38	WDDLLL	Safe	1-2
1	16	Bristol City	41	14	10	17	46	52	9	5	7	25	20	5	5	10	21	32	-6	38	LWWWDL	Safe	0-2
2	17	Oxford United	40	10	15	15	35	45	8	8	4	27	20	2	7	11	8	25	-10	35	LWDDWW		1-0
1	18	Cardiff City	40	10	14	16	47	60	8	5	6	25	18	2	9	10	22	42	-13	34	LDDWDL		1-2
1	19	Sheffield Wednesday	41	11	11	19	50	63	8	6	6	32	24	3	5	13	18	39	-13	33	LLDDWL		0-8
	20	Crystal Palace	40	10	11	19	41	55	6	7	8	24	24	4	4	11	17	31	-14	31	WDWLLL		0-2
	21	Preston North End	41	9	14	18	38	58	7	8	5	22	19	2	6	13	16	39	-20	31*	LLDDLW		2-0
	22	Swindon Town	41	7	11	23	36	71	6	7	7	22	26	1	4	16	14	45	-35	25	LLDWWL	Relegated	1-4

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