The City Ground

PORTSMOUTH 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Aug 23, 1975 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 23, 1975 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Fratton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 August 1975

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: BH Daniels
Attendance:: 10,655
League Week:: 2 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 19 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Cup)
League:: Notts County
Portsmouth:: Dec 13, 1975

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2873 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1416 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3184 (of 5824)
Total:: 4477 (of 7629)
Played:: 51 years, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Ian Bowyer (14')

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: Ian St. John
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Went (85')

Penalties Missed:
George Lyall (50')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	John Middleton
2	D	19	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Frank Clark
4	M	27	Liam O'Kane off for Martin O'Neill (70')
5	F	29	Sammy Chapman
6	M	25	Paul Richardson
7	F	22	John Robertson
8	M	25	John McGovern
9	F	28	John O'Hare
10	M	24	Ian Bowyer (14')
11	M	28	George Lyall
Subs
12	M	23	Martin O'Neill on for Liam O'Kane (70')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Lloyd
2	D	Roberts
3	D	Ellis
4	D	Piper
5	D	Went
6	M	Hand
7	M	Marinello
8	M	Kane
9	M	Graham
10	F	McGuiness (67')
11	F	Mellows
Subs
12		Reynolds (67')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Aug 23, 1975)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	4-1	Oldham Athletic
Blackpool	1-0	Leyton Orient
Bolton Wanderers	2-2	Fulham
Bristol Rovers	2-1	York City
Chelsea	3-1	Carlisle United
Hull City	3-1	Bristol City
Notts County	0-0	Southampton
Oxford United	1-1	Sunderland
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	Charlton Athletic
Portsmouth	1-1	Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion	1-0	Luton Town

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	Bristol City	2	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	WW
	2	Fulham	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	DW
	3	Oxford United	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	DW
	4	Notts County	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	3	WD
	5	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
	6	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
	7	Oldham Athletic	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
	8	Southampton	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W
	9	York City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	10	Leyton Orient	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	DD
	11	Hull City	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	2	LW
	12	Sunderland	2	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	-2	2	WL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	14	Chelsea	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1	LD
	15	Carlisle United	2	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1	DL
	16	Blackpool	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	-1	1	DL
	17	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1	LD
	18	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	19	Portsmouth	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
	20	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	-3	0	LL
	21	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	22	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Fulham	3	1	2	0	5	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	4	DWD		2-2
1	2	Oxford United	3	1	2	0	4	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	DWD		1-1
2	3	Bristol City	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	4	WWL		1-3
	4	Notts County	3	1	2	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	4	WDD		0-0
6	5	Hull City	3	2	0	1	4	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	LWW		3-1
2	6	Southampton	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	WD		0-0
1	7	Nottingham Forest	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	WD		1-1
5	8	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	DW		4-1
5	9	Chelsea	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	LDW		3-1
6	10	Blackpool	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	DLW		1-0
1	11	Sunderland	3	1	1	1	3	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	4	-2	3	WLD		1-1
5	12	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	-2	3	LDW		1-0
8	13	Luton Town	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	WL		0-1
5	14	York City	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	WL		1-2
8	15	Oldham Athletic	2	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	-1	2	WL		1-4
5	16	Bristol Rovers	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	-1	2	LW		2-1
7	17	Leyton Orient	3	0	2	1	2	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	-1	2	DDL		0-1
4	18	Plymouth Argyle	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	2	LW		1-0
	19	Portsmouth	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	LD		1-1
	20	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	1	2	2	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	1	LLD		2-2
6	21	Carlisle United	3	0	1	2	2	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	6	-5	1	DLL		1-3
4	22	Charlton Athletic	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	LL		0-1