The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 OXFORD UNITED - Sat Apr 10, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 10, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Oxford United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 10 April 1976

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: Pat Partridge
Attendance:: 11,259
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 9 6
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Oxford United:: Oct 04, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2909 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 1452 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3225 (of 5830)
Total:: 4523 (of 7635)
Played:: 50 years, 5 months, 16 days ago

Review
All four of Forest's goals were scored in the last 15 minutes

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

Goal Scorers
Barry Butlin (75')
Martin O'Neill (77')
Terry Curran (81') (Pen)
John Robertson (89')

OXFORD UNITED
Manager: Mick Brown
Prior form: WLWWWW (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
7	M	21	Terry Curran (81')
8	M	24	Martin O'Neill (77')
9	F	29	John O'Hare
10	F	26	Barry Butlin (75')
11	F	23	John Robertson (89')
Subs
12	F	21	Jimmy McCann

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Burton
2	D	Taylor
3	D	Shuker
4	D	Lowe
5	D	C Clarke
6	M	Briggs
7	M	Houseman
8	M	Foley
9	M	D Clarke
10	F	Gibbins
11	F	Tait
Subs
12		Aylott

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 10, 1976)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	2-2	Chelsea
Carlisle United	4-2	Bristol Rovers
Fulham	1-1	Hull City
Leyton Orient	0-0	Bolton Wanderers
Luton Town	1-1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Oxford United
Oldham Athletic	5-2	Portsmouth
Southampton	3-1	Blackpool
Sunderland	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
York City	3-1	Plymouth Argyle

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	38	18	13	7	55	31	10	6	2	30	10	8	7	5	25	21	24	49	DWDDWL	Safe
	2	Sunderland	37	20	8	9	56	33	16	2	0	41	9	4	6	9	15	24	23	48	LDDWWD	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	38	17	12	9	44	32	8	9	2	24	11	9	3	7	20	21	12	46	LWWDWL	Safe
	4	Bolton Wanderers	36	17	11	8	51	33	10	5	3	28	11	7	6	5	23	22	18	45	DDLLWD	Safe
	5	Southampton	36	17	7	12	57	43	14	2	1	40	12	3	5	11	17	31	14	41	LLDDLW
	6	Notts County	36	16	8	12	49	37	9	5	4	27	13	7	3	8	22	24	12	40	WLLLLD
	7	Luton Town	37	16	8	13	49	46	11	5	2	31	13	5	3	11	18	33	3	40	WLWLDL
	8	Charlton Athletic	37	15	10	12	56	61	11	4	4	39	29	4	6	8	17	32	-5	40	DWDDDW
	9	Nottingham Forest	37	14	11	12	47	38	10	1	7	26	18	4	10	5	21	20	9	39	DWWLWD
	10	Fulham	37	13	11	13	42	38	9	5	4	25	12	4	6	9	17	26	4	37	LWLDWD
	11	Blackpool	37	12	13	12	35	41	7	9	3	23	21	5	4	9	12	20	-6	37	DLWDDW
	12	Chelsea	37	12	12	13	46	45	7	8	4	23	16	5	4	9	23	29	1	36	WWDDLD
	13	Plymouth Argyle	38	12	11	15	46	49	12	4	4	35	20	0	7	11	11	29	-3	35	DLDDDW
	14	Hull City	37	13	9	15	40	43	8	5	6	25	19	5	4	9	15	24	-3	35	LWWDDD
	15	Oldham Athletic	37	12	11	14	50	56	10	7	1	30	19	2	4	13	20	37	-6	35	LDLDLL
	16	Bristol Rovers	36	10	15	11	32	37	6	8	5	18	15	4	7	6	14	22	-5	35	DWLDLD
	17	Leyton Orient	36	11	12	13	32	34	9	4	5	19	11	2	8	8	13	23	-2	34	DLWDLD
	18	Blackburn Rovers	37	10	13	14	39	45	6	6	7	22	22	4	7	7	17	23	-6	33	LDLWWW
	19	Carlisle United	37	10	12	15	38	54	7	7	4	23	20	3	5	11	15	34	-16	32	LDLDLL
	20	Oxford United	37	10	11	16	35	48	6	7	6	21	22	4	4	10	14	26	-13	31	WLWWWW
	21	Portsmouth	37	8	6	23	26	50	3	5	11	11	20	5	1	12	15	30	-24	22	LWWLLL
	22	York City	37	8	6	23	31	62	7	1	10	22	30	1	5	13	9	32	-31	22	WWWDLL

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	Sunderland	38	21	8	9	59	33	17	2	0	44	9	4	6	9	15	24	26	50	DDWWDW	Safe	3-0
1	2	Bristol City	39	18	14	7	57	33	10	7	2	32	12	8	7	5	25	21	24	50	WDDWLD	Safe	2-2
1	3	Bolton Wanderers	37	17	12	8	51	33	10	5	3	28	11	7	7	5	23	22	18	46	DLLWDD	Safe	0-0
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	38	17	12	9	44	32	8	9	2	24	11	9	3	7	20	21	12	46	LWWDWL	Safe
	5	Southampton	37	18	7	12	60	44	15	2	1	43	13	3	5	11	17	31	16	43	LDDLWW	Safe	3-1
3	6	Nottingham Forest	38	15	11	12	51	38	11	1	7	30	18	4	10	5	21	20	13	41	WWLWDW	Safe	4-0
1	7	Notts County	37	16	9	12	50	38	9	5	4	27	13	7	4	8	23	25	12	41	LLLLDD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Luton Town	38	16	9	13	50	47	11	6	2	32	14	5	3	11	18	33	3	41	LWLDLD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Charlton Athletic	37	15	10	12	56	61	11	4	4	39	29	4	6	8	17	32	-5	40	DWDDDW	Safe
	10	Fulham	38	13	12	13	43	39	9	6	4	26	13	4	6	9	17	26	4	38	WLDWDD		1-1
1	11	Chelsea	38	12	13	13	48	47	7	8	4	23	16	5	5	9	25	31	1	37	WDDLDD		2-2
3	12	Oldham Athletic	38	13	11	14	55	58	11	7	1	35	21	2	4	13	20	37	-3	37	DLDLLW		5-2
2	13	Blackpool	38	12	13	13	36	44	7	9	3	23	21	5	4	10	13	23	-8	37	LWDDWL		1-3
	14	Hull City	38	13	10	15	41	44	8	5	6	25	19	5	5	9	16	25	-3	36	WWDDDD		1-1
2	15	Leyton Orient	37	11	13	13	32	34	9	5	5	19	11	2	8	8	13	23	-2	35	LWDLDD		0-0
3	16	Plymouth Argyle	39	12	11	16	47	52	12	4	4	35	20	0	7	12	12	32	-5	35	LDDDWL		1-3
1	17	Bristol Rovers	37	10	15	12	34	41	6	8	5	18	15	4	7	7	16	26	-7	35	WLDLDL		2-4
1	18	Carlisle United	38	11	12	15	42	56	8	7	4	27	22	3	5	11	15	34	-14	34	DLDLLW		4-2
1	19	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	13	15	39	48	6	6	7	22	22	4	7	8	17	26	-9	33	DLWWWL		0-3
	20	Oxford United	38	10	11	17	35	52	6	7	6	21	22	4	4	11	14	30	-17	31	LWWWWL		0-4
1	21	York City	38	9	6	23	34	63	8	1	10	25	31	1	5	13	9	32	-29	24	WWDLLW	Relegated	3-1
1	22	Portsmouth	38	8	6	24	28	55	3	5	11	11	20	5	1	13	17	35	-27	22	WWLLLL	Relegated	2-5