The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 21, 1970 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 21, 1970 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 21 March 1970

Season:: 1969-70
Referee:: T Jones
Attendance:: 23,787
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 20 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Oct 28, 1972

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2655 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1279 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2929 (of 5724)
Total:: 4176 (of 7505)
Played:: 54 years, 1 month, 4 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Matt Gillies
Prior form: WDLDDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Ronnie Rees (71')

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Danny Williams
Prior form: LWWWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Tommy Craig (72')
Alan Warboys (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Dave Hollins
2	D	25	Peter Hindley
3	D	27	John Winfield
4	F	23	Sammy Chapman
5	M	21	Liam O'Kane
6	M	26	Henry Newton
7	M	18	James McCaffrey	First start
8	M	20	Paul Richardson
9	M	25	Alex Ingram
10	F	25	Barry Lyons
11	F	25	Ronnie Rees (71')
Subs
12	F	31	Dave Hilley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Grummitt
2	D	Harold Wilcockson
3	D	Colin Prophett
4	D	Wilf Smith
5	D	Sam Ellis
6	M	Gerry Young
7	M	Jackie Sinclair
8	M	Tommy Craig
9	M	Alan Warboys
10	F	Jack Whitham
11	F	Tony Coleman
Subs
12		Downes

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 21, 1970)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea	2-1	Manchester United
Derby County	3-1	Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town	2-0	Sunderland
Liverpool	0-2	Everton
Manchester City	1-5	West Ham United
Newcastle United	3-1	Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	0-2	Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	Leeds United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Everton	36	24	7	5	61	32	15	3	1	39	17	9	4	4	22	15	1.90625	55	DDDWWW	Safe
	2	Leeds United	35	19	14	2	73	32	14	4	0	46	12	5	10	2	27	20	2.28125	52	DDWDWD	Safe
	3	Chelsea	34	16	13	5	56	35	9	7	1	28	15	7	6	4	28	20	1.60000	45	WDDWDW	Safe
	4	Derby County	36	18	7	11	52	33	12	3	3	36	12	6	4	8	16	21	1.57576	43	DDWWWW	Safe
	5	Liverpool	35	16	11	8	57	37	8	7	3	29	18	8	4	5	28	19	1.54054	43	LWDWLW	Safe
	6	Newcastle United	36	14	11	11	42	29	11	2	4	30	13	3	9	7	12	16	1.44828	39	WDDLWD	Safe
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	12	15	9	52	46	8	8	2	29	19	4	7	7	23	27	1.13043	39	DDLDLD	Safe
	8	Manchester United	34	12	15	7	50	46	7	7	3	26	22	5	8	4	24	24	1.08696	39	DWWDDD	Safe
	9	Coventry City	33	15	8	10	44	36	8	4	5	29	23	7	4	5	15	13	1.22222	38	WWDLLD	Safe
	10	Stoke City	35	12	14	9	45	42	8	7	2	25	17	4	7	7	20	25	1.07143	38	DDLDDL	Safe
	11	Manchester City	34	13	10	11	47	37	8	6	4	24	15	5	4	7	23	22	1.27027	36	LDDWWL	Safe
	12	Arsenal	36	9	17	10	42	43	5	9	4	23	20	4	8	6	19	23	.97674	35	DDDLWW
	13	Nottingham Forest	35	9	17	9	43	53	7	8	2	23	20	2	9	7	20	33	.81132	35	WDLDDL
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	35	13	8	14	44	49	8	2	7	19	17	5	6	7	25	32	.89796	34	DDWWLL
	15	West Bromwich Albion	35	12	8	15	47	50	8	5	5	31	23	4	3	10	16	27	.94000	32	LLWDLD
	16	Burnley	35	9	12	14	46	54	5	5	7	26	25	4	7	7	20	29	.85185	30	WDWLLD
	17	West Ham United	36	9	10	17	39	55	6	7	5	22	19	3	3	12	17	36	.70909	28	LWDLLD
	18	Southampton	35	5	14	16	41	56	3	10	5	23	24	2	4	11	18	32	.73214	24	LLDDLL
	19	Crystal Palace	36	5	13	18	31	59	4	4	10	18	35	1	9	8	13	24	.52542	23	DLLWWD
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	35	7	8	20	33	59	5	5	7	20	22	2	3	13	13	37	.55932	22	LWWWDL
	21	Ipswich Town	35	6	10	19	30	56	5	5	7	14	17	1	5	12	16	39	.53571	22	LDLLDD
	22	Sunderland	35	5	10	20	26	62	4	8	5	15	21	1	2	15	11	41	.41935	20	LLLLDW

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Everton	37	25	7	5	63	32	15	3	1	39	17	10	4	4	24	15	1.96875	57	DDWWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Leeds United	36	20	14	2	75	33	14	4	0	46	12	6	10	2	29	21	2.27273	54	DWDWDW	Safe	2-1
	3	Chelsea	35	17	13	5	58	36	10	7	1	30	16	7	6	4	28	20	1.61111	47	DDWDWW	Safe	2-1
	4	Derby County	37	19	7	11	55	34	13	3	3	39	13	6	4	8	16	21	1.61765	45	DWWWWW	Safe	3-1
	5	Liverpool	36	16	11	9	57	39	8	7	4	29	20	8	4	5	28	19	1.46154	43	WDWLWL	Safe	0-2
	6	Newcastle United	37	15	11	11	45	30	12	2	4	33	14	3	9	7	12	16	1.50000	41	DDLWDW	Safe	3-1
2	7	Coventry City	34	16	8	10	46	37	8	4	5	29	23	8	4	5	17	14	1.24324	40	WDLLDW	Safe	2-1
1	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	15	10	53	48	8	8	3	30	21	4	7	7	23	27	1.10417	39	DLDLDL	Safe	1-2
1	9	Manchester United	35	12	15	8	51	48	7	7	3	26	22	5	8	5	25	26	1.06250	39	WWDDDL	Safe	1-2
	10	Stoke City	36	12	14	10	46	45	8	7	2	25	17	4	7	8	21	28	1.02222	38	DLDDLL	Safe	1-3
1	11	Arsenal	37	10	17	10	44	43	5	9	4	23	20	5	8	6	21	23	1.02326	37	DDLWWW	Safe	2-0
1	12	Manchester City	35	13	10	12	48	42	8	6	5	25	20	5	4	7	23	22	1.14286	36	DDWWLL	Safe	1-5
	13	Nottingham Forest	36	9	17	10	44	55	7	8	2	23	20	2	9	8	21	35	.80000	35	DLDDLL	Safe	1-2
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	36	13	8	15	45	51	8	2	8	20	19	5	6	7	25	32	.88235	34	DWWLLL	Safe	1-2
	15	West Bromwich Albion	36	12	8	16	48	52	8	5	5	31	23	4	3	11	17	29	.92308	32	LWDLDL		1-2
	16	Burnley	36	10	12	14	48	55	6	5	7	28	26	4	7	7	20	29	.87273	32	DWLLDW		2-1
	17	West Ham United	37	10	10	17	44	56	6	7	5	22	19	4	3	12	22	37	.78571	30	WDLLDW		5-1
	18	Southampton	36	5	14	17	41	58	3	10	6	23	26	2	4	11	18	32	.70690	24	LDDLLL		0-2
1	19	Sheffield Wednesday	36	8	8	20	35	60	6	5	7	22	23	2	3	13	13	37	.58333	24	WWWDLW		2-1
1	20	Ipswich Town	36	7	10	19	32	56	6	5	7	16	17	1	5	12	16	39	.57143	24	DLLDDW		2-0
2	21	Crystal Palace	37	5	13	19	32	62	4	4	10	18	35	1	9	9	14	27	.51613	23	LLWWDL		1-3
	22	Sunderland	36	5	10	21	26	64	4	8	5	15	21	1	2	16	11	43	.40625	20	LLLDWL		0-2