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OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Oct 30, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 30, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Oldham Athletic
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Boundary Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: K Styles
Attendance:: 10,597
Pos Before/After:: 5 8
Opp Before/After:: 8 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ayr United (Anglo-Scottish Cup)
League:: Blackburn Rovers
Oldham Athletic:: Apr 27, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2925 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1468 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3249 (of 5679)
Total:: 4553 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 30 October 1976

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

Goals:

OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Manager: Jimmy Frizzell
Prior form: LDLWLD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Vic Halom (31)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	John Middleton
2	D	Glynn Saunders	Last game
3	D	Frank Clark
4	M	John McGovern
5	D	Larry Lloyd
6	M	Ian Bowyer
7	D	Colin Barrett off for Sean Haslegrave ()
8	M	Martin O'Neill
9	F	Peter Withe
10	F	Barry Butlin
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	Sean Haslegrave on for Colin Barrett ()

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Platt
2	D	Wood
3	D	Blair
4	D	Bell
5	D	Hicks
6	M	Hurst
7	M	Chapman
8	M	Irving
9	M	Vic Halom
10	F	young
11	F	Robins
Subs
12		Valentine

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 30, 1976)

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

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

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	12	9	1	2	22	15	5	1	0	14	8	4	0	2	8	7	7	19	WWLWWW	3-1
	2	Blackpool	13	6	3	4	21	15	3	1	3	10	9	3	2	1	11	6	6	15	WLDWDD	2-2
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	5	4	3	28	16	3	1	2	15	8	2	3	1	13	8	12	14	LWLLWD	2-2
2	4	Bolton Wanderers	12	6	2	4	21	17	5	0	1	13	6	1	2	3	8	11	4	14	DLLWDW	2-1
1	5	Charlton Athletic	12	5	4	3	27	25	4	1	1	17	11	1	3	2	10	14	2	14	WLWDWD	1-1
2	6	Oldham Athletic	12	5	4	3	17	17	4	3	0	12	7	1	1	3	5	10	0	14	DLWLDW	1-0
6	7	Notts County	12	6	1	5	18	21	3	0	3	6	5	3	1	2	12	16	-3	13	LWLLWW	2-1
3	8	Nottingham Forest	12	4	4	4	26	18	4	1	1	22	11	0	3	3	4	7	8	12	WLWLWL	0-1
5	9	Millwall	11	5	2	4	18	13	4	1	1	12	3	1	1	3	6	10	5	12	WDWLLW	4-2
3	10	Hull City	11	4	4	3	14	12	4	1	0	11	2	0	3	3	3	10	2	12	DDWLWD
4	11	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	2	5	14	14	3	1	2	10	5	2	1	3	4	9	0	12	DWWWLW	1-0
	12	Bristol Rovers	12	4	4	4	13	13	3	3	1	11	8	1	1	3	2	5	0	12	WLWLDD	1-1
4	13	Sheffield United	12	3	6	3	16	18	2	4	0	9	5	1	2	3	7	13	-2	12	DWLDLW	2-0
5	14	Plymouth Argyle	12	3	5	4	18	17	2	2	3	11	9	1	3	1	7	8	1	11	DWWDDL	0-1
5	15	Fulham	11	3	5	3	14	14	2	3	0	7	3	1	2	3	7	11	0	11	WWLDDL	1-2
5	16	Southampton	12	4	3	5	21	23	2	2	1	8	5	2	1	4	13	18	-2	11	LWWWWL	1-3
3	17	Burnley	12	3	4	5	17	21	2	3	1	13	10	1	1	4	4	11	-4	10	DLDDLW	1-0
2	18	Luton Town	12	4	2	6	15	19	2	1	2	6	7	2	1	4	9	12	-4	10	WLWDLL	0-1
1	19	Carlisle United	12	3	4	5	16	25	2	4	0	11	8	1	0	5	5	17	-9	10	LWDDLL	1-2
1	20	Cardiff City	12	3	3	6	17	22	2	2	3	10	12	1	1	3	7	10	-5	9	DLWDDL	0-2
	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	12	2	2	8	16	30	2	0	3	7	12	0	2	5	9	18	-14	6	LLLLLL	2-4

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