The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 LEYTON ORIENT - Sat Jan 18, 1975 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 18, 1975 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leyton Orient
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 18 January 1975

Season:: 1974-75
Referee:: J Wrennall
Attendance:: 17,582
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 9
Opp Before/After:: 15 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (FA Cup)
League:: Oldham Athletic
Leyton Orient:: Dec 06, 1975

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2856 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1399 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3162 (of 5829)
Total:: 4444 (of 7634)
Played:: 51 years, 8 months, 2 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: DLDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Paul Richardson (85')
Paul Richardson (87')

LEYTON ORIENT
Manager: George Petchey
Prior form: DDDDDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Derek Possee (22')
Sammy Chapman (37') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	John Middleton
2	M	26	Liam O'Kane
3	D	28	Paddy Greenwood
4	F	28	Sammy Chapman
5	M	22	David Jones
6	M	25	Paul Richardson (85') (87')
7	M	27	George Lyall
8	F	34	Neil Martin
9	F	25	Barry Butlin
10	M	23	Ian Bowyer
11	M	22	Martin O'Neill
Subs
12	F	24	Miah Dennehy

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jackson
2	D	Fisher
3	D	Downing
4	D	Allen
5	D	Headley
6	M	Walley
7	M	Fairbrother
8	M	Heppollette
9	M	Queen
10	F	Grealish
11	F	Derek Possee
Subs
12		Cunningham

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 18, 1975)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	1-0	Fulham
Bolton Wanderers	5-1	Bristol Rovers
Bristol City	2-0	Hull City
Millwall	3-0	Notts County
Norwich City	2-3	York City
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Leyton Orient
Oldham Athletic	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Oxford United	1-2	Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday	0-2	Portsmouth
Sunderland	0-0	Manchester United

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	Manchester United	26	17	5	4	43	19	11	2	0	28	7	6	3	4	15	12	24	39	DDWWLW
	2	Sunderland	26	13	8	5	44	22	9	3	0	25	3	4	5	5	19	19	22	34	WDWDLD
	3	Norwich City	25	11	9	5	34	22	9	2	1	20	6	2	7	4	14	16	12	31	DLWDWL
	4	West Bromwich Albion	25	11	7	7	30	18	7	4	2	18	8	4	3	5	12	10	12	29	WWLWLW
	5	Aston Villa	25	11	6	8	36	21	10	2	1	29	4	1	4	7	7	17	15	28	LWLWLW
	6	Bristol City	25	10	7	8	24	18	7	4	1	14	3	3	3	7	10	15	6	27	WWLDWL
	7	Blackpool	26	9	9	8	24	20	7	3	2	18	10	2	6	6	6	10	4	27	WWDWLD
	8	Notts County	26	8	11	7	32	33	6	7	0	25	13	2	4	7	7	20	-1	27	LWDDWD
	9	Oxford United	26	11	5	10	26	35	10	0	2	20	11	1	5	8	6	24	-9	27	WWLWLL
	10	Hull City	26	9	9	8	29	42	7	5	1	17	9	2	4	7	12	33	-13	27	LDDLLW
	11	Nottingham Forest	26	10	6	10	28	32	5	4	4	15	13	5	2	6	13	19	-4	26	DLDWLW
	12	Fulham	26	7	10	9	24	20	6	3	4	19	10	1	7	5	5	10	4	24	DWDDDL
	13	Bolton Wanderers	24	9	6	9	26	24	7	4	2	18	8	2	2	7	8	16	2	24	LLLWWD
	14	Bristol Rovers	26	9	6	11	27	35	7	3	4	15	12	2	3	7	12	23	-8	24	WLLLLW
	15	Leyton Orient	25	5	14	6	18	25	3	7	3	10	13	2	7	3	8	12	-7	24	DDDDDW
	16	Southampton	25	7	9	9	31	34	4	6	2	15	12	3	3	7	16	22	-3	23	DDWLDD
	17	York City	26	8	6	12	30	36	6	4	4	19	12	2	2	8	11	24	-6	22	LLLLWD
	18	Cardiff City	25	7	8	10	26	33	6	4	4	19	15	1	4	6	7	18	-7	22	DLDDWW
	19	Portsmouth	26	6	9	11	23	34	4	6	3	15	12	2	3	8	8	22	-11	21	LWWLDW
	20	Oldham Athletic	24	6	7	11	24	30	6	3	3	17	13	0	4	8	7	17	-6	19	LDDLWL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	26	5	8	13	27	40	3	5	4	16	17	2	3	9	11	23	-13	18	DDLLWL
	22	Millwall	25	5	7	13	24	37	5	5	2	17	10	0	2	11	7	27	-13	17	DLWLDL

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	Manchester United	27	17	6	4	43	19	11	2	0	28	7	6	4	4	15	12	24	40	DWWLWD		0-0
	2	Sunderland	27	13	9	5	44	22	9	4	0	25	3	4	5	5	19	19	22	35	DWDLDD		0-0
	3	Norwich City	26	11	9	6	36	25	9	2	2	22	9	2	7	4	14	16	11	31	LWDWLL		2-3
1	4	Aston Villa	26	12	6	8	38	22	10	2	1	29	4	2	4	7	9	18	16	30	WLWLWW		2-1
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	26	11	8	7	30	18	7	4	2	18	8	4	4	5	12	10	12	30	WLWLWD		0-0
	6	Bristol City	26	11	7	8	26	18	8	4	1	16	3	3	3	7	10	15	8	29	WLDWLW		2-0
	7	Blackpool	27	10	9	8	25	20	8	3	2	19	10	2	6	6	6	10	5	29	WDWLDW		1-0
	8	Notts County	27	8	11	8	32	36	6	7	0	25	13	2	4	8	7	23	-4	27	WDDWDL		0-3
2	9	Nottingham Forest	27	10	7	10	30	34	5	5	4	17	15	5	2	6	13	19	-4	27	LDWLWD		2-2
1	10	Oxford United	27	11	5	11	27	37	10	0	3	21	13	1	5	8	6	24	-10	27	WLWLLL		1-2
1	11	Hull City	27	9	9	9	29	44	7	5	1	17	9	2	4	8	12	35	-15	27	DDLLWL		0-2
1	12	Bolton Wanderers	25	10	6	9	31	25	8	4	2	23	9	2	2	7	8	16	6	26	LLWWDW		5-1
2	13	Leyton Orient	26	5	15	6	20	27	3	7	3	10	13	2	8	3	10	14	-7	25	DDDDWD		2-2
2	14	Fulham	27	7	10	10	24	21	6	3	4	19	10	1	7	6	5	11	3	24	WDDDLL		0-1
2	15	York City	27	9	6	12	33	38	6	4	4	19	12	3	2	8	14	26	-5	24	LLLWDW		3-2
2	16	Bristol Rovers	27	9	6	12	28	40	7	3	4	15	12	2	3	8	13	28	-12	24	LLLLWL		1-5
1	17	Southampton	25	7	9	9	31	34	4	6	2	15	12	3	3	7	16	22	-3	23	DDWLDD
1	18	Portsmouth	27	7	9	11	25	34	4	6	3	15	12	3	3	8	10	22	-9	23	WWLDWW		2-0
1	19	Cardiff City	25	7	8	10	26	33	6	4	4	19	15	1	4	6	7	18	-7	22	DLDDWW
	20	Oldham Athletic	25	6	8	11	24	30	6	4	3	17	13	0	4	8	7	17	-6	20	DDLWLD		0-0
1	21	Millwall	26	6	7	13	27	37	6	5	2	20	10	0	2	11	7	27	-10	19	LWLDLW		3-0
1	22	Sheffield Wednesday	27	5	8	14	27	42	3	5	5	16	19	2	3	9	11	23	-15	18	DLLWLL		0-2