The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BRISTOL ROVERS - Sat Apr 24, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 24, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 24 April 1976

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: G Nolan
Attendance:: 12,127
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Don Revie's All-Stars (Testimonial)
League:: Fulham
Bristol Rovers:: Dec 04, 1976

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2913 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1456 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3229 (of 5829)
Total:: 4527 (of 7634)
Played:: 50 years, 4 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
John O'Hare (61')
Ian Bowyer (63')
Ian Bowyer (74')

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Don Megson
Prior form: LDLDWL (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 (63') (74')
7	M	21	Terry Curran
8	M	24	Martin O'Neill
9	F	29	John O'Hare (61')
10	F	26	Barry Butlin
11	F	23	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	21	Jimmy McCann

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Eadie
2	D	Jacobs
3	D	Parsons
4	D	Aitken
5	D	Taylor
6	M	Prince
7	M	Stephens
8	M	Williams
9	M	Warboys
10	F	Staniforth
11	F	Britten
Subs
12		Day

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 24, 1976)

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

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	Sunderland	41	23	8	10	65	36	18	2	0	46	10	5	6	10	19	26	29	54	WDWWWL	Promoted
	2	Bristol City	41	19	15	7	58	33	11	7	2	33	12	8	8	5	25	21	25	53	DWLDDW	Promoted
	3	West Bromwich Albion	41	19	13	9	49	33	10	9	2	29	12	9	4	7	20	21	16	51	DWLWWD	Safe
	4	Bolton Wanderers	40	18	12	10	57	37	11	5	4	33	13	7	7	6	24	24	20	48	WDDLWL	Safe
	5	Southampton	41	20	7	14	65	50	17	2	1	48	16	3	5	13	17	34	15	47	WWWLLW	Safe
	6	Luton Town	41	18	10	13	58	51	12	6	2	35	15	6	4	11	23	36	7	46	DLDDWW	Safe
	7	Notts County	40	17	11	12	56	40	10	6	4	31	13	7	5	8	25	27	16	45	LDDDWD	Safe
	8	Nottingham Forest	41	16	12	13	52	40	12	1	7	31	18	4	11	6	21	22	12	44	WDWDLW	Safe
	9	Charlton Athletic	41	15	12	14	61	68	11	5	4	40	30	4	7	10	21	38	-7	42	DWLLDD	Safe
	10	Blackpool	41	14	14	13	40	46	9	9	3	26	22	5	5	10	14	24	-6	42	DWLWDW	Safe
	11	Chelsea	41	12	15	14	51	52	7	9	5	25	20	5	6	9	26	32	-1	39	LDDDLD	Safe
	12	Fulham	41	13	13	15	44	46	9	7	4	26	13	4	6	11	18	33	-2	39	WDDLLD	Safe
	13	Hull City	41	14	11	16	45	48	9	5	7	29	23	5	6	9	16	25	-3	39	DDDWLD	Safe
	14	Leyton Orient	40	12	14	14	35	36	9	6	5	19	11	3	8	9	16	25	-1	38	LDDLWD	Safe
	15	Plymouth Argyle	41	13	12	16	48	52	13	4	4	36	20	0	8	12	12	32	-4	38	DDWLWD	Safe
	16	Oldham Athletic	41	13	12	16	57	67	11	8	1	37	23	2	4	15	20	44	-10	38	LLWLLD	Safe
	17	Bristol Rovers	40	11	16	13	37	44	7	9	5	20	15	4	7	8	17	29	-7	38	LDLDWL	Safe
	18	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	13	16	44	49	8	6	7	27	22	4	7	9	17	27	-5	37	WWLWWL	Safe
	19	Carlisle United	41	11	13	17	43	59	8	8	4	27	22	3	5	13	16	37	-16	35	LLWLLD
	20	Oxford United	41	11	11	19	38	57	7	7	7	23	25	4	4	12	15	32	-19	33	WWLWLL
	21	York City	41	10	7	24	37	69	8	2	10	26	32	2	5	14	11	37	-32	27	LLWWLD	Relegated
	22	Portsmouth	41	9	7	25	32	59	4	6	11	15	23	5	1	14	17	36	-27	25	LLLWDL	Relegated

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	Sunderland	42	24	8	10	67	36	19	2	0	48	10	5	6	10	19	26	31	56	DWWWLW	Champions	2-0
	2	Bristol City	42	19	15	8	59	35	11	7	3	34	14	8	8	5	25	21	24	53	WLDDWL	Promoted	1-2
	3	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	13	9	50	33	10	9	2	29	12	10	4	7	21	21	17	53	WLWWDW	Promoted	1-0
	4	Bolton Wanderers	41	19	12	10	61	37	11	5	4	33	13	8	7	6	28	24	24	50	DDLWLW	Safe	4-0
	5	Southampton	42	21	7	14	66	50	18	2	1	49	16	3	5	13	17	34	16	49	WWLLWW	Safe	1-0
	6	Luton Town	42	19	10	13	61	51	13	6	2	38	15	6	4	11	23	36	10	48	LDDWWW	Safe	3-0
	7	Notts County	41	18	11	12	58	41	10	6	4	31	13	8	5	8	27	28	17	47	DDDWDW	Safe	2-1
	8	Nottingham Forest	42	17	12	13	55	40	13	1	7	34	18	4	11	6	21	22	15	46	DWDLWW	Safe	3-0
	9	Charlton Athletic	42	15	12	15	61	72	11	5	5	40	34	4	7	10	21	38	-11	42	WLLDDL	Safe	0-4
	10	Blackpool	42	14	14	14	40	49	9	9	3	26	22	5	5	11	14	27	-9	42	WLWDWL	Safe	0-3
3	11	Leyton Orient	41	13	14	14	37	37	10	6	5	21	12	3	8	9	16	25	0	40	DDLWDW	Safe	2-1
1	12	Chelsea	42	12	16	14	53	54	7	9	5	25	20	5	7	9	28	34	-1	40	DDDLDD	Safe	2-2
1	13	Fulham	42	13	14	15	45	47	9	8	4	27	14	4	6	11	18	33	-2	40	DDLLDD	Safe	1-1
1	14	Hull City	42	14	11	17	45	49	9	5	7	29	23	5	6	10	16	26	-4	39	DDWLDL	Safe	0-1
3	15	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	14	16	45	50	8	6	7	27	22	4	8	9	18	28	-5	38	WLWWLD	Safe	1-1
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	12	17	48	54	13	4	4	36	20	0	8	13	12	34	-6	38	DWLWDL	Safe	0-2
1	17	Oldham Athletic	42	13	12	17	57	68	11	8	2	37	24	2	4	15	20	44	-11	38	LWLLDL	Safe	0-1
1	18	Bristol Rovers	41	11	16	14	37	47	7	9	5	20	15	4	7	9	17	32	-10	38	DLDWLL	Safe	0-3
	19	Carlisle United	42	12	13	17	45	59	9	8	4	29	22	3	5	13	16	37	-14	37	LWLLDW	Safe	2-0
	20	Oxford United	42	11	11	20	39	59	7	7	7	23	25	4	4	13	16	34	-20	33	WLWLLL	Relegated	1-2
	21	York City	42	10	8	24	39	71	8	3	10	28	34	2	5	14	11	37	-32	28	LWWLDD	Relegated	2-2
	22	Portsmouth	42	9	7	26	32	61	4	6	11	15	23	5	1	15	17	38	-29	25	LLWDLL	Relegated	0-2