The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 BURNLEY - Sat Oct 23, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 23, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-2 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-1

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: A Hamil
Attendance:: 15,279
Pos Before/After:: 8 5
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (County Cup)
League:: Oldham Athletic
Burnley:: Apr 02, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2924 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1467 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3248 (of 5679)
Total:: 4551 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 October 1976

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

Goals:
Terry Curran (2)
John Robertson (51) (Pen)
Barry Butlin (54) - Barry Butlin last goal
Martin O'Neill (76)
Martin O'Neill (81)

BURNLEY
Manager: Joe Brown
Prior form: WLDLDD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Brian Flynn (20)
Malcolm Smith (47)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	John Middleton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Frank Clark
4	M	John McGovern
5	D	Larry Lloyd
6	M	Ian Bowyer
7	M	Terry Curran (2) off for Colin Barrett (19)
8	M	Martin O'Neill (76) (81)
9	F	Peter Withe
10	F	Barry Butlin (54)
11	F	John Robertson (51)
Subs
12	D	Colin Barrett on for Terry Curran (19)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peyton
2	D	Scott
3	D	Pashley
4	D	Noble
5	D	Thomson
6	M	Rodaway
7	M	Cochrane
8	M	Malcolm Smith
9	M	Fletcher
10	F	Brian Flynn
11	F	Morley
Subs
12		Ingham

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 23, 1976)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	0-2	Chelsea
Bristol Rovers	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
Cardiff City	2-2	Blackpool
Charlton Athletic	3-2	Sheffield United
Fulham	0-0	Hull City
Hereford United	1-4	Notts County
Luton Town	1-4	Southampton
Nottingham Forest	5-2	Burnley
Oldham Athletic	2-2	Bolton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4-0	Carlisle United

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
	1	Chelsea	10	7	1	2	17	14	4	1	0	11	7	3	0	2	6	7	3	15	WWWWLW
	2	Blackpool	11	6	1	4	17	11	3	0	3	8	7	3	1	1	9	4	6	13	LLWLDW
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	3	3	22	14	2	1	2	11	8	2	2	1	11	6	8	11	DWLWLL
	4	Bolton Wanderers	10	5	1	4	17	14	4	0	1	11	5	1	1	3	6	9	3	11	WLDLLW
	5	Hull City	10	4	3	3	14	12	4	1	0	11	2	0	2	3	3	10	2	11	LDDWLW
	6	Charlton Athletic	10	4	3	3	23	22	3	1	1	14	9	1	2	2	9	13	1	11	WWWLWD
	7	Oldham Athletic	10	4	3	3	14	15	3	2	0	9	5	1	1	3	5	10	-1	11	WLDLWL
	8	Nottingham Forest	10	3	4	3	21	15	3	1	1	17	9	0	3	2	4	6	6	10	WDWLWL
	9	Millwall	10	4	2	4	14	11	3	1	1	8	1	1	1	3	6	10	3	10	LWDWLL
	10	Plymouth Argyle	10	3	4	3	17	15	2	2	2	11	8	1	2	1	6	7	2	10	LLDWWD
	11	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	2	4	13	12	2	1	1	9	3	2	1	3	4	9	1	10	LDDWWW
	12	Fulham	9	3	4	2	13	12	2	2	0	7	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	10	WDWWLD
	13	Luton Town	10	4	2	4	14	14	2	1	1	5	3	2	1	3	9	11	0	10	LLWLWD
	14	Bristol Rovers	10	4	2	4	11	11	3	1	1	9	6	1	1	3	2	5	0	10	WDWLWL
	15	Sheffield United	10	2	6	2	12	15	2	4	0	9	5	0	2	2	3	10	-3	10	WDDWLD
	16	Carlisle United	10	3	4	3	15	19	2	4	0	11	8	1	0	3	4	11	-4	10	DWLWDD
	17	Southampton	10	3	3	4	16	19	2	2	1	8	5	1	1	3	8	14	-3	9	LDLWWW
	18	Notts County	10	4	1	5	12	19	2	0	3	4	4	2	1	2	8	15	-7	9	WWLWLL
	19	Burnley	10	2	4	4	14	16	2	3	1	13	10	0	1	3	1	6	-2	8	WLDLDD
	20	Cardiff City	10	3	2	5	15	18	2	1	2	8	8	1	1	3	7	10	-3	8	LLDLWD
	21	Leyton Orient	10	2	3	5	9	13	1	1	2	5	4	1	2	3	4	9	-4	7	LWDLDW
	22	Hereford United	10	2	2	6	13	22	2	0	2	6	8	0	2	4	7	14	-9	6	DLLLLL

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	Result(s)
	1	Chelsea	11	8	1	2	19	14	4	1	0	11	7	4	0	2	8	7	5	17	WWWLWW	2-0
	2	Blackpool	12	6	2	4	19	13	3	0	3	8	7	3	2	1	11	6	6	14	LWLDWD	2-2
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	5	3	3	26	14	3	1	2	15	8	2	2	1	11	6	12	13	WLWLLW	4-0
2	4	Charlton Athletic	11	5	3	3	26	24	4	1	1	17	11	1	2	2	9	13	2	13	WWLWDW	3-2
3	5	Nottingham Forest	11	4	4	3	26	17	4	1	1	22	11	0	3	2	4	6	9	12	DWLWLW	5-2
2	6	Bolton Wanderers	11	5	2	4	19	16	4	0	1	11	5	1	2	3	8	11	3	12	LDLLWD	2-2
2	7	Hull City	11	4	4	3	14	12	4	1	0	11	2	0	3	3	3	10	2	12	DDWLWD	0-0
1	8	Oldham Athletic	11	4	4	3	16	17	3	3	0	11	7	1	1	3	5	10	-1	12	LDLWLD	2-2
1	9	Plymouth Argyle	11	3	5	3	18	16	2	2	2	11	8	1	3	1	7	8	2	11	LDWWDD	1-1
2	10	Fulham	10	3	5	2	13	12	2	3	0	7	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	11	DWWLDD	0-0
6	11	Southampton	11	4	3	4	20	20	2	2	1	8	5	2	1	3	12	15	0	11	DLWWWW	4-1
2	12	Bristol Rovers	11	4	3	4	12	12	3	2	1	10	7	1	1	3	2	5	0	11	DWLWLD	1-1
5	13	Notts County	11	5	1	5	16	20	2	0	3	4	4	3	1	2	12	16	-4	11	WLWLLW	4-1
5	14	Millwall	10	4	2	4	14	11	3	1	1	8	1	1	1	3	6	10	3	10	LWDWLL
4	15	Blackburn Rovers	11	4	2	5	13	14	2	1	2	9	5	2	1	3	4	9	-1	10	DDWWWL	0-2
3	16	Luton Town	11	4	2	5	15	18	2	1	2	6	7	2	1	3	9	11	-3	10	LWLWDL	1-4
2	17	Sheffield United	11	2	6	3	14	18	2	4	0	9	5	0	2	3	5	13	-4	10	DDWLDL	2-3
2	18	Carlisle United	11	3	4	4	15	23	2	4	0	11	8	1	0	4	4	15	-8	10	WLWDDL	0-4
1	19	Cardiff City	11	3	3	5	17	20	2	2	2	10	10	1	1	3	7	10	-3	9	LDLWDD	2-2
1	20	Burnley	11	2	4	5	16	21	2	3	1	13	10	0	1	4	3	11	-5	8	LDLDDL	2-5
	21	Leyton Orient	10	2	3	5	9	13	1	1	2	5	4	1	2	3	4	9	-4	7	LWDLDW
	22	Hereford United	11	2	2	7	14	26	2	0	3	7	12	0	2	4	7	14	-12	6	LLLLLL	1-4

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