The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Tue Apr 01, 1975 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Apr 01, 1975 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 02 April 1975

Season:: 1974-75
Referee:: C Seel
Attendance:: 14,077
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 15
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Aug 25, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2867 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 1410 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3177 (of 5830)
Total:: 4459 (of 7635)
Played:: 51 years, 5 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lyall (57') (Pen)

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Steve Burtenshaw
Prior form: LLLDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	John Middleton
2	D	18	Viv Anderson
3	M	25	Paul Richardson
4	M	26	Liam O'Kane
5	M	23	David Jones
6	F	22	John Robertson
7	M	27	George Lyall (57')
8	F	28	Sammy Chapman
9	F	28	John O'Hare
10	F	25	Barry Butlin
11	F	19	Tony Woodcock
Subs
12	F	20	Jimmy McCann

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Fox
2	D	Peter Rodrigues
3	D	Ken Knighton
4	D	Jimmy Mullen
5	D	Alan Thompson
6	M	Bernard Shaw
7	M	Eric Potts
8	M	Danny Cameron
9	M	Ron Ferguson
10	F	Phil Henson
11	F	Mick Prendergast (61')
Subs
12		Brown (61')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Apr 01, 1975)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	1-1	Bristol Rovers
Millwall	1-3	Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
York City	0-0	Blackpool

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	38	23	8	7	58	28	15	3	1	40	12	8	5	6	18	16	30	54	WDWDWW	Safe
	2	Sunderland	38	17	13	8	61	32	12	6	1	37	8	5	7	7	24	24	29	47	DDLDWW	Safe
	3	Aston Villa	35	18	8	9	56	30	13	4	1	38	6	5	4	8	18	24	26	44	WDWWLW	Safe
	4	Norwich City	36	16	12	8	47	32	12	3	3	28	13	4	9	5	19	19	15	44	WDDWWL	Safe
	5	Blackpool	37	14	15	8	36	23	12	5	2	29	12	2	10	6	7	11	13	43	WDDDDW	Safe
	6	Bristol City	36	18	7	11	40	26	12	4	2	26	8	6	3	9	14	18	14	43	WLWWWL	Safe
	7	Fulham	38	13	14	11	41	33	9	6	4	27	15	4	8	7	14	18	8	40	WDLWWW
	8	Hull City	38	13	13	12	37	51	10	8	1	23	10	3	5	11	14	41	-14	39	LDLWDW
	9	Oxford United	38	14	10	14	38	48	13	3	3	28	17	1	7	11	10	31	-10	38	DDLDWD
	10	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	9	13	42	36	10	4	3	25	12	4	5	10	17	24	6	37	LWDWLL
	11	Southampton	37	13	10	14	47	49	8	6	4	24	17	5	4	10	23	32	-2	36	LWWLLW
	12	Notts County	37	11	14	12	42	49	7	10	2	31	22	4	4	10	11	27	-7	36	WWDLDL
	13	Leyton Orient	37	9	18	10	25	36	6	8	4	14	15	3	10	6	11	21	-11	36	LWWLDD
	14	Bolton Wanderers	37	13	9	15	40	38	9	5	5	25	14	4	4	10	15	24	2	35	LDLLLL
	15	Portsmouth	37	12	10	15	39	45	9	6	4	27	16	3	4	11	12	29	-6	34	WLWLWW
	16	York City	37	13	7	17	46	50	9	5	4	27	15	4	2	13	19	35	-4	33	LWLWLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	37	10	13	14	38	47	5	6	7	21	22	5	7	7	17	25	-9	33	DLDLDD
	18	Oldham Athletic	38	9	13	16	36	43	9	6	4	24	16	0	7	12	12	27	-7	31	WDDDLL
	19	Millwall	37	10	10	17	38	46	8	7	3	28	14	2	3	14	10	32	-8	30	DWLDWL
	20	Bristol Rovers	37	11	8	18	33	55	9	4	6	20	18	2	4	12	13	37	-22	30	LLDWDL
	21	Cardiff City	35	8	13	14	32	48	6	7	5	20	17	2	6	9	12	31	-16	29	DLDDDW
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	36	5	10	21	28	55	3	6	9	16	23	2	4	12	12	32	-27	20	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Manchester United	38	23	8	7	58	28	15	3	1	40	12	8	5	6	18	16	30	54	WDWDWW	Safe
	2	Sunderland	38	17	13	8	61	32	12	6	1	37	8	5	7	7	24	24	29	47	DDLDWW	Safe
	3	Aston Villa	36	19	8	9	59	31	13	4	1	38	6	6	4	8	21	25	28	46	DWWLWW	Safe	3-1
1	4	Blackpool	38	14	16	8	36	23	12	5	2	29	12	2	11	6	7	11	13	44	DDDDWD	Safe	0-0
1	5	Bristol City	37	18	8	11	41	27	12	5	2	27	9	6	3	9	14	18	14	44	LWWWLD	Safe	1-1
2	6	Norwich City	36	16	12	8	47	32	12	3	3	28	13	4	9	5	19	19	15	44	WDDWWL	Safe
	7	Fulham	38	13	14	11	41	33	9	6	4	27	15	4	8	7	14	18	8	40	WDLWWW	Safe
	8	Hull City	38	13	13	12	37	51	10	8	1	23	10	3	5	11	14	41	-14	39	LDLWDW
	9	Oxford United	38	14	10	14	38	48	13	3	3	28	17	1	7	11	10	31	-10	38	DDLDWD
	10	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	9	13	42	36	10	4	3	25	12	4	5	10	17	24	6	37	LWDWLL
	11	Southampton	37	13	10	14	47	49	8	6	4	24	17	5	4	10	23	32	-2	36	LWWLLW
	12	Notts County	37	11	14	12	42	49	7	10	2	31	22	4	4	10	11	27	-7	36	WWDLDL
	13	Leyton Orient	37	9	18	10	25	36	6	8	4	14	15	3	10	6	11	21	-11	36	LWWLDD
	14	Bolton Wanderers	37	13	9	15	40	38	9	5	5	25	14	4	4	10	15	24	2	35	LDLLLL
2	15	Nottingham Forest	38	11	13	14	39	47	6	6	7	22	22	5	7	7	17	25	-8	35	LDLDDW		1-0
	16	York City	38	13	8	17	46	50	9	6	4	27	15	4	2	13	19	35	-4	34	WLWLLD		0-0
2	17	Portsmouth	37	12	10	15	39	45	9	6	4	27	16	3	4	11	12	29	-6	34	WLWLWW
	18	Oldham Athletic	38	9	13	16	36	43	9	6	4	24	16	0	7	12	12	27	-7	31	WDDDLL
1	19	Bristol Rovers	38	11	9	18	34	56	9	4	6	20	18	2	5	12	14	38	-22	31	LDWDLD		1-1
1	20	Millwall	38	10	10	18	39	49	8	7	4	29	17	2	3	14	10	32	-10	30	WLDWLL		1-3
	21	Cardiff City	35	8	13	14	32	48	6	7	5	20	17	2	6	9	12	31	-16	29	DLDDDW
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	37	5	10	22	28	56	3	6	9	16	23	2	4	13	12	33	-28	20	LLDLLL	Relegated	0-1