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PORTSMOUTH 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Aug 24, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 24, 1974 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Fratton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1974-75
Referee:
Attendance:: 11,349
Pos Before/After:: 19 21
Opp Before/After:: 21 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Millwall (League Tier 2)
Portsmouth:: Sep 17, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2832 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1375 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3134 (of 5721)
Total:: 4412 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 24 August 1974

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

Goals

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

Goals
Micky Mellows (30)
Reynolds (75)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dennis Peacock
2	M	Liam O'Kane
3	M	David Jones off for David Serella (65)
4	F	Sammy Chapman
5	M	John Cottam
6	M	Paul Richardson
7	F	Miah Dennehy
8	M	George Lyall
9	F	John Galley
10	F	Tony Woodcock
11	F	Tommy Jackson
Subs
12	M	David Serella on for David Jones (65)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Best
2	D	Roberts
3	D	Wilson
4	D	Piper
5	D	Went
6	M	Stephenson
7	M	Marinello (74)
8	M	Hand
9	M	Davies
10	F	Reynolds
11	F	Micky Mellows
Subs
12		Stewart (74)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Aug 24, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Norwich City
Blackpool	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Bristol City	0-0	Leyton Orient
Fulham	4-0	Cardiff City
Hull City	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United	4-0	Millwall
Notts County	1-0	Oldham Athletic
Oxford United	3-1	York City
Portsmouth	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Bristol Rovers
Sunderland	3-1	Southampton

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	Norwich City	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00000	4	WW
	2	Fulham	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2.00000	3	WD
	3	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	4	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	99.99900	2	W
	5	Sunderland	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4.00000	2	W
	6	Oldham Athletic	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
	7	Aston Villa	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	1.00000	2	DD
	8	Hull City	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	1.00000	2	DD
	9	Millwall	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	2	LW
	10	Notts County	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.00000	2	DD
	11	Cardiff City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	12	Oxford United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D
	13	York City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	14	Southampton	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	.75000	1	DL
	15	Blackpool	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	1	LD
	16	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
	17	Bristol Rovers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
	18	Leyton Orient	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	1	LD
	19	Nottingham Forest	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	1	DL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L
	21	Portsmouth	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	0	L
	22	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L

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	1	Fulham	3	2	1	0	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	6.00000	5	WDW	4-0
1	2	Norwich City	3	2	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	2.00000	5	WWD	1-1
1	3	Manchester United	2	2	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	99.99900	4	WW	4-0
1	4	Sunderland	2	2	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	4	1	3.50000	4	WW	3-1
5	5	Notts County	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.00000	4	DDW	1-0
2	6	Hull City	3	1	2	0	5	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	3	1.25000	4	DDW	1-0
5	7	Oxford United	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	2.00000	3	DW	3-1
1	8	Aston Villa	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	1.00000	3	DDD	1-1
6	9	Blackpool	3	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.00000	3	LDW	2-1
7	10	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	2.00000	2	WL	1-2
6	11	Bristol Rovers	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	2	DD	1-1
6	12	Oldham Athletic	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.00000	2	WL	0-1
8	13	Portsmouth	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	.66667	2	LW	2-0
5	14	Millwall	3	1	0	2	4	8	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	0	4	.50000	2	LWL	0-4
1	15	Bristol City	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	2	DD	0-0
2	16	Leyton Orient	3	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	.00000	2	LDD	0-0
3	17	Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	.66667	1	LD	1-1
4	18	Southampton	3	0	1	2	4	7	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	2	1	4	.57143	1	DLL	1-3
6	19	York City	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	.50000	1	DL	1-3
9	20	Cardiff City	2	0	1	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	.20000	1	DL	0-4
2	21	Nottingham Forest	3	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	.00000	1	DLL	0-2
	22	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.00000	0	LL	0-1