The City Ground

CARDIFF CITY 0 - 3 FOREST - Sat Nov 27, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 27, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ninian Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: J Taylor
Attendance:: 12,741
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 16 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Apr 23, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2929 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1472 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3254 (of 5768)
Total:: 4561 (of 7556)
Played:: 48 years, 7 months, 6 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Withe (1')
Sammy Chapman (43')
Tony Woodcock (88')

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Jimmy Andrews
Prior form: DDLWWL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	John Middleton
2	D	20	Viv Anderson
3	D	33	Frank Clark
4	M	27	John McGovern
5	F	30	Sammy Chapman (43')
6	M	25	Ian Bowyer
7	F	30	John O'Hare
8	M	24	Martin O'Neill
9	F	25	Peter Withe (1')
10	F	20	Tony Woodcock (88')
11	F	23	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	25	Sean Haslegrave

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Healey
2	D	Dwyer
3	D	Pithard
4	D	Buchannan
5	D	Went
6	M	Larmear
7	M	Sayer
8	M	Livermore
9	M	Evans
10	F	Showers
11	F	W Anderson
Subs
12		Alston

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

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Hereford United
Blackpool	3-2	Fulham
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Charlton Athletic
Bristol Rovers	3-0	Hull City
Cardiff City	0-3	Nottingham Forest
Chelsea	2-1	Burnley
Leyton Orient	2-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Millwall	0-1	Sheffield United
Notts County	0-4	Luton Town
Oldham Athletic	2-1	Southampton
Plymouth Argyle	0-1	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	Status
	1	Chelsea	15	10	3	2	27	19	6	1	0	16	9	4	2	2	11	10	8	23	WWWDWD
	2	Bolton Wanderers	15	9	2	4	27	19	6	0	1	15	7	3	2	3	12	12	8	20	WDWWWW
	3	Blackpool	16	8	4	4	26	18	4	1	3	11	9	4	3	1	15	9	8	20	WDDDWW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	6	5	4	33	20	4	1	3	19	11	2	4	1	14	9	13	17	LWDWDL
	5	Nottingham Forest	15	6	5	4	31	19	5	2	1	26	12	1	3	3	5	7	12	17	LWLWWD
	6	Oldham Athletic	15	6	5	4	21	19	5	3	0	16	8	1	2	4	5	11	2	17	LDWLWD
	7	Millwall	14	7	2	5	24	18	5	1	1	16	5	2	1	4	8	13	6	16	LLWLWW
	8	Charlton Athletic	15	6	4	5	32	30	5	1	2	21	14	1	3	3	11	16	2	16	DWDWLL
	9	Notts County	15	7	2	6	24	24	3	1	3	7	6	4	1	3	17	18	0	16	LWWLDW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	15	7	2	6	17	18	4	1	2	11	5	3	1	4	6	13	-1	16	WLWLWW
	11	Hull City	14	5	5	4	19	16	5	2	0	16	5	0	3	4	3	11	3	15	LWDDLW
	12	Sheffield United	15	4	7	4	18	20	3	5	0	11	6	1	2	4	7	14	-2	15	DLWWLD
	13	Luton Town	15	6	2	7	23	26	4	1	2	12	10	2	1	5	11	16	-3	14	DLLWLW
	14	Fulham	15	4	6	5	20	23	3	3	2	11	10	1	3	3	9	13	-3	14	DLLDWL
	15	Bristol Rovers	15	4	5	6	18	21	3	3	2	13	11	1	2	4	5	10	-3	13	LDDLLD
	16	Cardiff City	15	5	3	7	21	25	3	2	3	11	12	2	1	4	10	13	-4	13	DDLWWL
	17	Burnley	15	4	5	6	20	24	3	4	1	15	11	1	1	5	5	13	-4	13	DLWWLD
	18	Plymouth Argyle	15	3	6	6	22	25	2	3	3	13	11	1	3	3	9	14	-3	12	DDLLDL
	19	Southampton	15	4	4	7	24	29	2	3	2	11	10	2	1	5	13	19	-5	12	WWLDLL
	20	Hereford United	15	3	4	8	21	34	2	2	3	9	14	1	2	5	12	20	-13	10	LLLDWD
	21	Carlisle United	16	3	4	9	17	33	2	4	2	11	10	1	0	7	6	23	-16	10	LLLLLL
	22	Leyton Orient	13	2	5	6	12	17	1	1	3	5	5	1	4	3	7	12	-5	9	LDWDLD

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	Chelsea	16	11	3	2	29	20	7	1	0	18	10	4	2	2	11	10	9	25	WWDWDW		2-1
1	2	Blackpool	17	9	4	4	29	20	5	1	3	14	11	4	3	1	15	9	9	22	DDDWWW		3-2
1	3	Bolton Wanderers	16	10	2	4	28	19	7	0	1	16	7	3	2	3	12	12	9	22	DWWWWW		1-0
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	7	5	4	37	22	4	1	3	19	11	3	4	1	18	11	15	19	WDWDLW		4-2
	5	Nottingham Forest	16	7	5	4	34	19	5	2	1	26	12	2	3	3	8	7	15	19	WLWWDW		3-0
	6	Oldham Athletic	16	7	5	4	23	20	6	3	0	18	9	1	2	4	5	11	3	19	DWLWDW		2-1
3	7	Blackburn Rovers	16	8	2	6	18	18	5	1	2	12	5	3	1	4	6	13	0	18	LWLWWW		1-0
4	8	Sheffield United	16	5	7	4	19	20	3	5	0	11	6	2	2	4	8	14	-1	17	LWWLDW		1-0
2	9	Millwall	15	7	2	6	24	19	5	1	2	16	6	2	1	4	8	13	5	16	LWLWWL		0-1
2	10	Charlton Athletic	16	6	4	6	32	31	5	1	2	21	14	1	3	4	11	17	1	16	WDWLLL		0-1
2	11	Luton Town	16	7	2	7	27	26	4	1	2	12	10	3	1	5	15	16	1	16	LLWLWW		4-0
3	12	Notts County	16	7	2	7	24	28	3	1	4	7	10	4	1	3	17	18	-4	16	WWLDWL		0-4
2	13	Bristol Rovers	16	5	5	6	21	21	4	3	2	16	11	1	2	4	5	10	0	15	DDLLDW		3-0
3	14	Hull City	15	5	5	5	19	19	5	2	0	16	5	0	3	5	3	14	0	15	WDDLWL		0-3
1	15	Fulham	16	4	6	6	22	26	3	3	2	11	10	1	3	4	11	16	-4	14	LLDWLL		2-3
1	16	Burnley	16	4	5	7	21	26	3	4	1	15	11	1	1	6	6	15	-5	13	LWWLDL		1-2
1	17	Cardiff City	16	5	3	8	21	28	3	2	4	11	15	2	1	4	10	13	-7	13	DLWWLL		0-3
	18	Plymouth Argyle	16	3	6	7	22	26	2	3	4	13	12	1	3	3	9	14	-4	12	DLLDLL		0-1
	19	Southampton	16	4	4	8	25	31	2	3	2	11	10	2	1	6	14	21	-6	12	WLDLLL		1-2
1	20	Carlisle United	17	4	4	9	18	33	2	4	2	11	10	2	0	7	7	23	-15	12	LLLLLW		1-0
1	21	Hereford United	16	3	4	9	21	35	2	2	3	9	14	1	2	6	12	21	-14	10	LLDWDL		0-1
	22	Leyton Orient	14	2	5	7	14	21	1	1	4	7	9	1	4	3	7	12	-7	9	DWDLDL		2-4