The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 LEYTON ORIENT - Sat Mar 27, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 27, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leyton Orient
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 27 March 1976

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: A Glasson
Attendance:: 11,127
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 14 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 2)
Leyton Orient:: Nov 13, 1976

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2907 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1450 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3223 (of 5829)
Total:: 4520 (of 7634)
Played:: 50 years, 5 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Ian Bowyer (12')

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

Goal Scorers

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 (12')
7	M	21	Terry Curran off for Jimmy McCann
8	M	24	Martin O'Neill
9	F	29	John O'Hare
10	F	26	Barry Butlin
11	F	23	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	21	Jimmy McCann on for Terry Curran	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jackson
2	D	Fisher
3	D	Payne
4	D	Allan
5	D	Roeder
6	M	Walley
7	M	Possee
8	M	Grealish
9	M	Bennet
10	F	Heppolette
11	F	Cunningham
Subs
12		Mooney

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 27, 1976)

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

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	36	17	13	6	53	29	10	6	2	30	10	7	7	4	23	19	24	47	WWDWDD	Safe
	2	Sunderland	34	18	7	9	52	33	14	2	0	37	9	4	5	9	15	24	19	43	DLWLDD	Safe
	3	Bolton Wanderers	34	16	10	8	49	32	9	4	3	26	10	7	6	5	23	22	17	42	WLDDLL	Safe
	4	West Bromwich Albion	34	15	11	8	39	30	7	8	2	21	11	8	3	6	18	19	9	41	LWWDLW
	5	Southampton	34	16	7	11	56	40	14	2	1	40	12	2	5	10	16	28	16	39	WLLLDD
	6	Notts County	34	16	7	11	48	35	9	4	4	27	13	7	3	7	21	22	13	39	WLWLLL
	7	Luton Town	35	16	7	12	48	42	11	4	2	30	12	5	3	10	18	30	6	39	LWWLWL
	8	Nottingham Forest	35	13	10	12	46	38	9	1	7	25	18	4	9	5	21	20	8	36	DWDWWL
	9	Charlton Athletic	34	14	8	12	51	57	10	4	4	37	28	4	4	8	14	29	-6	36	DWWDWD
	10	Chelsea	35	12	11	12	45	43	7	7	4	23	16	5	4	8	22	27	2	35	LWWWDD
	11	Oldham Athletic	35	12	11	12	49	53	10	7	1	30	19	2	4	11	19	34	-4	35	DLLDLD
	12	Fulham	35	12	10	13	41	38	8	5	4	24	12	4	5	9	17	26	3	34	LLLWLD
	13	Bristol Rovers	34	10	14	10	31	35	6	7	4	17	13	4	7	6	14	22	-4	34	DLDWLD
	14	Leyton Orient	34	11	11	12	31	32	9	4	5	19	11	2	7	7	12	21	-1	33	WLDLWD
	15	Hull City	35	13	7	15	37	40	8	3	6	22	16	5	4	9	15	24	-3	33	WWLWWD
	16	Blackpool	34	11	11	12	33	40	6	8	3	21	20	5	3	9	12	20	-7	33	WDDDLW
	17	Plymouth Argyle	36	11	10	15	44	48	11	4	4	33	19	0	6	11	11	29	-4	32	WWDLDD
	18	Carlisle United	35	10	12	13	38	50	7	7	3	23	19	3	5	10	15	31	-12	32	WDLDLD
	19	Blackburn Rovers	35	8	13	14	34	44	4	6	7	17	21	4	7	7	17	23	-10	29	DLLDLW
	20	Oxford United	35	8	11	16	33	48	5	7	6	20	22	3	4	10	13	26	-15	27	LDWLWW
	21	Portsmouth	35	8	6	21	26	48	3	5	9	11	18	5	1	12	15	30	-22	22	WLLWWL
	22	York City	34	8	5	21	30	59	7	1	10	22	30	1	4	11	8	29	-29	21	LLLWWW

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	37	18	13	6	54	29	10	6	2	30	10	8	7	4	24	19	25	49	WDWDDW	Safe	1-0
	2	Sunderland	35	19	7	9	55	33	15	2	0	40	9	4	5	9	15	24	22	45	LWLDDW	Safe	3-0
	3	Bolton Wanderers	35	17	10	8	51	33	10	4	3	28	11	7	6	5	23	22	18	44	LDDLLW	Safe	2-1
	4	West Bromwich Albion	35	16	11	8	40	30	7	8	2	21	11	9	3	6	19	19	10	43	WWDLWW	Safe	1-0
2	5	Luton Town	36	16	8	12	49	43	11	5	2	31	13	5	3	10	18	30	6	40	WWLWLD		1-1
	6	Notts County	35	16	7	12	49	37	9	4	4	27	13	7	3	8	22	24	12	39	LWLLLL		1-2
2	7	Southampton	35	16	7	12	56	43	14	2	1	40	12	2	5	11	16	31	13	39	LLLDDL		0-3
	8	Nottingham Forest	36	14	10	12	47	38	10	1	7	26	18	4	9	5	21	20	9	38	WDWWLW		1-0
	9	Charlton Athletic	35	14	9	12	52	58	10	4	4	37	28	4	5	8	15	30	-6	37	WWDWDD		1-1
2	10	Fulham	36	13	10	13	42	38	9	5	4	25	12	4	5	9	17	26	4	36	LLWLDW		1-0
1	11	Chelsea	36	12	11	13	46	45	7	7	4	23	16	5	4	9	23	29	1	35	WWWDDL		1-2
1	12	Oldham Athletic	36	12	11	13	49	54	10	7	1	30	19	2	4	12	19	35	-5	35	LLDLDL		0-1
2	13	Hull City	36	13	8	15	38	41	8	4	6	23	17	5	4	9	15	24	-3	34	WLWWDD		1-1
1	14	Bristol Rovers	35	10	14	11	31	36	6	7	5	17	14	4	7	6	14	22	-5	34	LDWLDL		0-1
1	15	Blackpool	35	11	12	12	33	40	6	9	3	21	20	5	3	9	12	20	-7	34	DDDLWD		0-0
2	16	Leyton Orient	35	11	11	13	31	33	9	4	5	19	11	2	7	8	12	22	-2	33	LDLWDL		0-1
	17	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	11	15	44	48	11	4	4	33	19	0	7	11	11	29	-4	33	WDLDDD		0-0
	18	Carlisle United	36	10	12	14	38	51	7	7	4	23	20	3	5	10	15	31	-13	32	DLDLDL		0-1
	19	Blackburn Rovers	36	9	13	14	36	45	5	6	7	19	22	4	7	7	17	23	-9	31	LLDLWW		2-1
	20	Oxford United	36	9	11	16	34	48	5	7	6	20	22	4	4	10	14	26	-14	29	DWLWWW		1-0
	21	Portsmouth	36	8	6	22	26	49	3	5	10	11	19	5	1	12	15	30	-23	22	LLWWLL		0-1
	22	York City	35	8	6	21	31	60	7	1	10	22	30	1	5	11	9	30	-29	22	LLWWWD		1-1