The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 3 ASTON VILLA - Sat Mar 08, 1975 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 08, 1975 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 (Lost)
: Half-time: 2-2

Season:: 1974-75
Referee:: W Johnson
Attendance:: 20,205
Pos Before/After:: 14 15
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 2)
Aston Villa:: Sep 17, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2862 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1405 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3172 (of 5679)
Total:: 4451 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 08 March 1975

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

Goals:
John O'Hare (15) - John O'Hare first goal
Barry Butlin (40)

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Ron Saunders
Prior form: WWDWWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Ray Graydon (29)
Ray Graydon (42)
Brian Little (67)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	John Middleton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	M	Liam O'Kane
4	M	John McGovern
5	M	David Jones
6	M	Paul Richardson
7	M	George Lyall
8	F	John Robertson off for Tony Woodcock
9	F	John O'Hare (15)
10	F	Barry Butlin (40)
11	M	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	Tony Woodcock on for John Robertson

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Cumbes
2	D	Chris Nicholl
3	D	Ian Ross
4	D	John Robson
5	D	Charlie Aitken
6	M	Bobby McDonald
7	M	Chico Hamilton (81)
8	M	Ray Graydon
9	M	Frank Carrodus
10	F	Keith Leonard
11	F	Brian Little
Subs
12		Leighton Phillips (81)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 08, 1975)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	0-1	Manchester United
Cardiff City	1-1	Blackpool
Leyton Orient	0-1	Notts County
Millwall	2-0	Hull City
Norwich City	0-0	Sunderland
Nottingham Forest	2-3	Aston Villa
Oldham Athletic	2-0	Portsmouth
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Sheffield Wednesday
York City	1-0	Bristol 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	Manchester United	32	19	6	7	49	23	13	2	1	34	8	6	4	6	15	15	2.13043	44	DLLWLW
	2	Sunderland	32	15	10	7	53	28	11	4	1	32	6	4	6	6	21	22	1.89286	40	DLWDLW
	3	Aston Villa	31	15	8	8	47	26	11	4	1	32	5	4	4	7	15	21	1.80769	38	WWDWWD
	4	Norwich City	31	14	10	7	43	29	11	2	2	26	11	3	8	5	17	18	1.48276	38	LLWWDW
	5	Bristol City	31	15	7	9	35	23	11	4	1	24	6	4	3	8	11	17	1.52174	37	WWWLWW
	6	Blackpool	32	13	11	8	33	22	11	3	2	27	12	2	8	6	6	10	1.50000	37	WWDWDW
	7	Bolton Wanderers	31	13	8	10	37	28	9	5	2	25	9	4	3	8	12	19	1.32143	34	WLWDWD
	8	Oxford United	33	13	7	13	32	42	12	2	3	25	15	1	5	10	7	27	.76190	33	WLWLDD
	9	Hull City	32	11	11	10	33	47	9	6	1	20	9	2	5	9	13	38	.70213	33	LDWLDW
	10	West Bromwich Albion	31	12	8	11	34	29	8	4	3	19	11	4	4	8	15	18	1.17241	32	DLLWLL
	11	Notts County	32	10	12	10	36	41	7	8	1	28	17	3	4	9	8	24	.87805	32	LLLDWW
	12	Fulham	32	9	13	10	30	25	7	5	4	22	12	2	8	6	8	13	1.20000	31	LDDWWD
	13	Southampton	31	10	10	11	39	39	6	6	3	19	13	4	4	8	20	26	1.00000	30	WWWDLL
	14	Nottingham Forest	32	10	10	12	34	41	5	6	5	19	18	5	4	7	15	23	.82927	30	DLLDDD
	15	Leyton Orient	31	7	16	8	22	31	5	7	3	12	13	2	9	5	10	18	.70968	30	DDWLWL
	16	York City	32	11	7	14	41	43	7	5	4	23	13	4	2	10	18	30	.95349	29	WWLDWL
	17	Portsmouth	32	9	10	13	33	41	6	6	4	22	16	3	4	9	11	25	.80488	28	WWLLDW
	18	Oldham Athletic	32	8	10	14	29	36	8	5	3	21	14	0	5	11	8	22	.80556	26	WWDDLL
	19	Bristol Rovers	32	10	6	16	29	48	8	3	5	16	14	2	3	11	13	34	.60417	26	LLLWLL
	20	Millwall	32	8	9	15	34	43	7	6	3	26	14	1	3	12	8	29	.79070	25	WLDWLD
	21	Cardiff City	31	7	10	14	28	46	6	5	5	19	16	1	5	9	9	30	.60870	24	LDLLDL
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	31	5	9	17	28	48	3	6	6	16	20	2	3	11	12	28	.58333	19	LLLDLL

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	Manchester United	33	20	6	7	50	23	13	2	1	34	8	7	4	6	16	15	2.17391	46	LLWLWW	1-0
	2	Sunderland	33	15	11	7	53	28	11	4	1	32	6	4	7	6	21	22	1.89286	41	LWDLWD	0-0
	3	Aston Villa	32	16	8	8	50	28	11	4	1	32	5	5	4	7	18	23	1.78571	40	WDWWDW	3-2
	4	Norwich City	32	14	11	7	43	29	11	3	2	26	11	3	8	5	17	18	1.48276	39	LWWDWD	0-0
1	5	Blackpool	33	13	12	8	34	23	11	3	2	27	12	2	9	6	7	11	1.47826	38	WDWDWD	1-1
1	6	Bristol City	32	15	7	10	35	24	11	4	1	24	6	4	3	9	11	18	1.45833	37	WWLWWL	0-1
3	7	West Bromwich Albion	32	13	8	11	38	29	9	4	3	23	11	4	4	8	15	18	1.31034	34	LLWLLW	4-0
1	8	Bolton Wanderers	32	13	8	11	37	29	9	5	3	25	10	4	3	8	12	19	1.27586	34	LWDWDL	0-1
2	9	Notts County	33	11	12	10	37	41	7	8	1	28	17	4	4	9	9	24	.90244	34	LLDWWW	1-0
2	10	Oxford United	33	13	7	13	32	42	12	2	3	25	15	1	5	10	7	27	.76190	33	WLWLDD
2	11	Hull City	33	11	11	11	33	49	9	6	1	20	9	2	5	10	13	40	.67347	33	DWLDWL	0-2
	12	Fulham	32	9	13	10	30	25	7	5	4	22	12	2	8	6	8	13	1.20000	31	LDDWWD
3	13	York City	33	12	7	14	42	43	8	5	4	24	13	4	2	10	18	30	.97674	31	WLDWLW	1-0
1	14	Southampton	31	10	10	11	39	39	6	6	3	19	13	4	4	8	20	26	1.00000	30	WWWDLL
1	15	Nottingham Forest	33	10	10	13	36	44	5	6	6	21	21	5	4	7	15	23	.81818	30	LLDDDL	2-3
1	16	Leyton Orient	32	7	16	9	22	32	5	7	4	12	14	2	9	5	10	18	.68750	30	DWLWLL	0-1
1	17	Oldham Athletic	33	9	10	14	31	36	9	5	3	23	14	0	5	11	8	22	.86111	28	WDDLLW	2-0
1	18	Portsmouth	33	9	10	14	33	43	6	6	4	22	16	3	4	10	11	27	.76744	28	WLLDWL	0-2
1	19	Millwall	33	9	9	15	36	43	8	6	3	28	14	1	3	12	8	29	.83721	27	LDWLDW	2-0
1	20	Bristol Rovers	32	10	6	16	29	48	8	3	5	16	14	2	3	11	13	34	.60417	26	LLLWLL
	21	Cardiff City	32	7	11	14	29	47	6	6	5	20	17	1	5	9	9	30	.61702	25	DLLDLD	1-1
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	32	5	9	18	28	52	3	6	6	16	20	2	3	12	12	32	.53846	19	LLDLLL	0-4