The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 SUNDERLAND - Wed Mar 17, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Mar 17, 1976 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 18 March 1976
: Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Thursday 18 March 1976
: Newcastle Journal - Thursday 18 March 1976

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: BH Daniels
Attendance:: 16,995
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: York City (League Tier 2)
Sunderland:: Oct 08, 1980

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2905 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1448 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3221 (of 5828)
Total:: 4518 (of 7633)
Played:: 50 years, 5 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Ian Bowyer (3')
John O'Hare (29')

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Bob Stokoe
Prior form: WLWDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Holden (27')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Wells
2	D	23	Colin Barrett
3	D	32	Frank Clark
4	M	26	John McGovern
5	F	29	Sammy Chapman
6	M	24	Ian Bowyer (3')
7	M	20	Terry Curran
8	M	24	Martin O'Neill
9	F	29	John O'Hare (29')
10	F	26	Barry Butlin
11	F	23	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	21	Jimmy McCann

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Montgomery
2	D	Malone
3	D	Bolton
4	D	Longhorn
5	D	Ashurst
6	M	Moncur
7	M	Kerr
8	M	Train
9	M	Holden
10	F	Robson
11	F	Greenwood
Subs
12		Henderson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Mar 17, 1976)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Bristol City	33	16	11	6	51	28	10	5	2	30	10	6	6	4	21	18	23	43	DWLWWD	Safe
	2	Bolton Wanderers	32	16	10	6	49	29	9	4	2	26	9	7	6	4	23	20	20	42	WLWLDD	Safe
	3	Sunderland	31	18	5	8	49	29	14	1	0	36	8	4	4	8	13	21	20	41	WLWDLW
	4	Notts County	33	16	7	10	47	33	9	4	3	26	11	7	3	7	21	22	14	39	DWLWLL
	5	West Bromwich Albion	32	14	11	7	37	29	6	8	1	19	10	8	3	6	18	19	8	39	WWLWWD
	6	Luton Town	34	16	7	11	48	39	11	4	2	30	12	5	3	9	18	27	9	39	DLWWLW
	7	Southampton	33	16	6	11	55	39	14	1	1	39	11	2	5	10	16	28	16	38	WWLLLD
	8	Nottingham Forest	33	12	10	11	42	34	8	1	7	23	17	4	9	4	19	17	8	34	WWDWDW
	9	Chelsea	34	12	10	12	45	43	7	6	4	23	16	5	4	8	22	27	2	34	DLWWWD
	10	Oldham Athletic	34	12	10	12	48	52	10	6	1	29	18	2	4	11	19	34	-4	34	DDLLDL
	11	Fulham	34	12	9	13	41	38	8	5	4	24	12	4	4	9	17	26	3	33	WLLLWL
	12	Bristol Rovers	33	10	13	10	31	35	6	7	4	17	13	4	6	6	14	22	-4	33	LDLDWL
	13	Charlton Athletic	32	13	7	12	48	55	9	3	4	34	26	4	4	8	14	29	-7	33	WLDWWD
	14	Hull City	34	13	6	15	36	39	8	3	6	22	16	5	3	9	14	23	-3	32	DWWLWW
	15	Plymouth Argyle	35	11	9	15	43	47	11	3	4	32	18	0	6	11	11	29	-4	31	LWWDLD
	16	Blackpool	33	10	11	12	31	39	6	8	3	21	20	4	3	9	10	19	-8	31	LWDDDL
	17	Carlisle United	34	10	11	13	37	49	7	7	3	23	19	3	4	10	14	30	-12	31	WWDLDL
	18	Leyton Orient	32	10	10	12	27	31	8	4	5	16	11	2	6	7	11	20	-4	30	LWWLDL
	19	Blackburn Rovers	33	7	13	13	32	42	4	6	7	17	21	3	7	6	15	21	-10	27	WLDLLD
	20	Oxford United	34	7	11	16	32	48	4	7	6	19	22	3	4	10	13	26	-16	25	LLDWLW
	21	Portsmouth	34	8	6	20	26	47	3	5	9	11	18	5	1	11	15	29	-21	22	WWLLWW
	22	York City	33	7	5	21	27	57	6	1	10	19	28	1	4	11	8	29	-30	19	LLLLWW

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	Bristol City	34	17	11	6	52	28	10	5	2	30	10	7	6	4	22	18	24	45	WLWWDW	Safe	1-0
	2	Bolton Wanderers	32	16	10	6	49	29	9	4	2	26	9	7	6	4	23	20	20	42	WLWLDD	Safe
	3	Sunderland	32	18	5	9	50	31	14	1	0	36	8	4	4	9	14	23	19	41	LWDLWL		1-2
	4	Notts County	33	16	7	10	47	33	9	4	3	26	11	7	3	7	21	22	14	39	DWLWLL
	5	West Bromwich Albion	33	14	11	8	37	30	6	8	2	19	11	8	3	6	18	19	7	39	WLWWDL		0-1
	6	Luton Town	34	16	7	11	48	39	11	4	2	30	12	5	3	9	18	27	9	39	DLWWLW
	7	Southampton	33	16	6	11	55	39	14	1	1	39	11	2	5	10	16	28	16	38	WWLLLD
	8	Nottingham Forest	34	13	10	11	44	35	9	1	7	25	18	4	9	4	19	17	9	36	WDWDWW		2-1
	9	Chelsea	34	12	10	12	45	43	7	6	4	23	16	5	4	8	22	27	2	34	DLWWWD
	10	Oldham Athletic	34	12	10	12	48	52	10	6	1	29	18	2	4	11	19	34	-4	34	DDLLDL
	11	Fulham	34	12	9	13	41	38	8	5	4	24	12	4	4	9	17	26	3	33	WLLLWL
	12	Bristol Rovers	33	10	13	10	31	35	6	7	4	17	13	4	6	6	14	22	-4	33	LDLDWL
	13	Charlton Athletic	32	13	7	12	48	55	9	3	4	34	26	4	4	8	14	29	-7	33	WLDWWD
	14	Hull City	34	13	6	15	36	39	8	3	6	22	16	5	3	9	14	23	-3	32	DWWLWW
	15	Plymouth Argyle	35	11	9	15	43	47	11	3	4	32	18	0	6	11	11	29	-4	31	LWWDLD
	16	Blackpool	33	10	11	12	31	39	6	8	3	21	20	4	3	9	10	19	-8	31	LWDDDL
	17	Carlisle United	34	10	11	13	37	49	7	7	3	23	19	3	4	10	14	30	-12	31	WWDLDL
	18	Leyton Orient	32	10	10	12	27	31	8	4	5	16	11	2	6	7	11	20	-4	30	LWWLDL
	19	Blackburn Rovers	33	7	13	13	32	42	4	6	7	17	21	3	7	6	15	21	-10	27	WLDLLD
	20	Oxford United	34	7	11	16	32	48	4	7	6	19	22	3	4	10	13	26	-16	25	LLDWLW
	21	Portsmouth	34	8	6	20	26	47	3	5	9	11	18	5	1	11	15	29	-21	22	WWLLWW
	22	York City	33	7	5	21	27	57	6	1	10	19	28	1	4	11	8	29	-30	19	LLLLWW