The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 MANCHESTER UNITED - Tue Mar 31, 1970 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Mar 31, 1970 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 01 April 1970

Season:: 1969-70
Referee:: R Johnson
Attendance:: 39,228
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 11 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Nov 14, 1970

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2658 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1282 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2932 (of 5724)
Total:: 4179 (of 7505)
Played:: 54 years, 20 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Hindley (2')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Matt Busby
Prior form: DDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Alan Gowling (24')
Bobby Charlton (56')

Lineup


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

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alex Stepney
2	D	Nobby Stiles
3	D	Tony Dunne
4	D	Pat Crerand
5	D	Steve James
6	M	David Sadler
7	M	Willie Morgan
8	M	John Fitzpatrick
9	M	Bobby Charlton
10	F	Alan Gowling
11	F	George Best
Subs
12		Sartori

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Mar 31, 1970)

Home	Score	Away
Coventry City	4-0	Southampton
Ipswich Town	2-1	Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Manchester United
West Ham United	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	39	27	7	5	69	34	16	3	1	44	19	11	4	4	25	15	2.02941	61	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Leeds United	38	20	14	4	77	40	14	4	1	47	15	6	10	3	30	25	1.92500	54	DWDWLL	Safe
	3	Derby County	40	21	8	11	61	36	14	3	3	43	14	7	5	8	18	22	1.69444	50	WWWWDW	Safe
	4	Chelsea	38	18	13	7	64	45	11	7	1	33	17	7	6	6	31	28	1.42222	49	DWWWLL	Safe
	5	Liverpool	39	18	11	10	60	40	9	7	4	31	20	9	4	6	29	20	1.50000	47	LWLWLW	Safe
	6	Newcastle United	40	15	13	12	48	34	12	2	5	33	15	3	11	7	15	19	1.41176	43	WDWDDL	Safe
	7	Coventry City	37	16	11	10	49	40	8	6	5	31	25	8	5	5	18	15	1.22500	43	LDWDDD	Safe
	8	Stoke City	39	13	15	11	49	48	9	7	3	27	19	4	8	8	22	29	1.02083	41	DLLDWL	Safe
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	12	16	11	55	51	8	8	4	30	22	4	8	7	25	29	1.07843	40	DLDLDL	Safe
	10	Arsenal	39	11	18	10	48	45	6	10	4	27	22	5	8	6	21	23	1.06667	40	LWWWDW	Safe
	11	Manchester United	37	12	16	9	53	51	7	8	4	28	25	5	8	5	25	26	1.03922	40	DDDLLD	Safe
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	39	15	9	15	51	53	9	2	8	24	20	6	7	7	27	33	.96226	39	LLLWDW	Safe
	13	Manchester City	37	14	10	13	50	44	8	6	6	25	21	6	4	7	25	23	1.13636	38	WWLLLW	Safe
	14	Burnley	40	11	15	14	52	58	6	7	7	30	28	5	8	7	22	30	.89655	37	DWDDDW	Safe
	15	Nottingham Forest	38	9	18	11	47	61	7	9	2	25	22	2	9	9	22	39	.77049	36	DDLLLD	Safe
	16	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	9	16	52	54	9	6	5	35	25	4	3	11	17	29	.96296	35	DLDLDW	Safe
	17	West Ham United	39	11	11	17	45	56	7	7	5	23	19	4	4	12	22	37	.80357	33	LLDWDW	Safe
	18	Southampton	38	6	15	17	45	60	3	10	6	23	26	3	5	11	22	34	.75000	27	DLLLDW
	19	Ipswich Town	38	7	11	20	33	59	6	5	7	16	17	1	6	13	17	42	.55932	25	LDDWLD
	20	Crystal Palace	40	5	15	20	33	65	4	6	10	19	36	1	9	10	14	29	.50769	25	WDLDDL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	39	8	8	23	37	66	6	5	8	22	24	2	3	15	15	42	.56061	24	DLWLLL
	22	Sunderland	39	5	13	21	29	67	4	10	5	17	23	1	3	16	12	44	.43284	23	DWLDDD

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	39	27	7	5	69	34	16	3	1	44	19	11	4	4	25	15	2.02941	61	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Leeds United	38	20	14	4	77	40	14	4	1	47	15	6	10	3	30	25	1.92500	54	DWDWLL	Safe
	3	Derby County	40	21	8	11	61	36	14	3	3	43	14	7	5	8	18	22	1.69444	50	WWWWDW	Safe
	4	Chelsea	38	18	13	7	64	45	11	7	1	33	17	7	6	6	31	28	1.42222	49	DWWWLL	Safe
	5	Liverpool	39	18	11	10	60	40	9	7	4	31	20	9	4	6	29	20	1.50000	47	LWLWLW	Safe
1	6	Coventry City	38	17	11	10	53	40	9	6	5	35	25	8	5	5	18	15	1.32500	45	DWDDDW	Safe	4-0
1	7	Newcastle United	40	15	13	12	48	34	12	2	5	33	15	3	11	7	15	19	1.41176	43	WDWDDL	Safe
3	8	Manchester United	38	13	16	9	55	52	7	8	4	28	25	6	8	5	27	27	1.05769	42	DDLLDW	Safe	2-1
1	9	Stoke City	39	13	15	11	49	48	9	7	3	27	19	4	8	8	22	29	1.02083	41	DLLDWL	Safe
	10	Arsenal	40	11	18	11	49	47	6	10	4	27	22	5	8	7	22	25	1.04255	40	WWWDWL	Safe	1-2
2	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	12	16	12	55	54	8	8	4	30	22	4	8	8	25	32	1.01852	40	LDLDLL	Safe	0-3
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	39	15	9	15	51	53	9	2	8	24	20	6	7	7	27	33	.96226	39	LLLWDW	Safe
	13	Manchester City	37	14	10	13	50	44	8	6	6	25	21	6	4	7	25	23	1.13636	38	WWLLLW	Safe
	14	Burnley	40	11	15	14	52	58	6	7	7	30	28	5	8	7	22	30	.89655	37	DWDDDW	Safe
	15	Nottingham Forest	39	9	18	12	48	63	7	9	3	26	24	2	9	9	22	39	.76190	36	DLLLDL	Safe	1-2
	16	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	9	16	52	54	9	6	5	35	25	4	3	11	17	29	.96296	35	DLDLDW	Safe
	17	West Ham United	40	12	11	17	48	56	8	7	5	26	19	4	4	12	22	37	.85714	35	LDWDWW	Safe	3-0
	18	Southampton	39	6	15	18	45	64	3	10	6	23	26	3	5	12	22	38	.70313	27	LLLDWL		0-4
	19	Ipswich Town	39	8	11	20	35	60	7	5	7	18	18	1	6	13	17	42	.58333	27	DDWLDW		2-1
	20	Crystal Palace	40	5	15	20	33	65	4	6	10	19	36	1	9	10	14	29	.50769	25	WDLDDL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	39	8	8	23	37	66	6	5	8	22	24	2	3	15	15	42	.56061	24	DLWLLL
	22	Sunderland	39	5	13	21	29	67	4	10	5	17	23	1	3	16	12	44	.43284	23	DWLDDD