The City Ground

CHELSEA 2 - 0 FOREST - Wed Feb 17, 1971 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Feb 17, 1971 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: G Hartley
Attendance:: 19,339
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 5 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Oct 06, 1971

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2687 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1311 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2972 (of 5736)
Total:: 4226 (of 7523)
Played:: 53 years, 9 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals

CHELSEA
Manager: Dave Sexton
Prior form: LDLWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Liam O'Kane (12') (OG)
John Hollins (77')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Jim Barron
2	D	26	Peter Hindley
3	D	27	John Winfield
4	F	24	Sammy Chapman
5	M	22	Liam O'Kane
6	F	24	Tommy Jackson
7	F	26	Ronnie Rees
8	M	29	Doug Fraser
9	F	24	Peter Cormack
10	M	21	Paul Richardson
11	F	26	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	M	20	John Cottam

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Phillips
2	D	David Webb
3	D	Ron Harris
4	D	John Dempsey
5	D	Eddie McCreadie
6	M	Charlie Cooke
7	M	Alan Hudson (70')
8	M	John Hollins
9	M	Ian Hutchinson
10	F	Derek Smethurst
11	F	Peter Houseman
Subs
12		Keith Weller (70')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Feb 17, 1971)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Derby County	1-0	Crystal Palace
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	West Bromwich Albion

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	Leeds United	28	18	7	3	47	20	10	2	2	26	9	8	5	1	21	11	2.35000	43	WWLWWL
	2	Arsenal	27	17	6	4	48	21	11	3	0	31	4	6	3	4	17	17	2.28571	40	WDWLLW
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	15	6	7	48	41	9	2	3	25	18	6	4	4	23	23	1.17073	36	WWDWWW
	4	Liverpool	28	11	12	5	29	16	8	7	0	23	7	3	5	5	6	9	1.81250	34	DDLWWW
	5	Chelsea	28	12	10	6	37	32	7	4	2	23	17	5	6	4	14	15	1.15625	34	LDLWWL
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	26	12	8	6	39	24	7	3	3	22	12	5	5	3	17	12	1.62500	32	LDWLWL
	7	Southampton	28	12	8	8	38	27	10	3	1	25	7	2	5	7	13	20	1.40741	32	DWWWLD
	8	Manchester City	27	11	9	7	36	25	6	5	2	19	10	5	4	5	17	15	1.44000	31	DWDDLL
	9	Crystal Palace	27	10	9	8	26	23	7	5	2	15	8	3	4	6	11	15	1.13043	29	LLDWLW
	10	Stoke City	28	9	10	9	34	33	8	6	0	22	4	1	4	9	12	29	1.03030	28	WDWWLW
	11	Coventry City	28	11	6	11	25	27	8	2	4	16	10	3	4	7	9	17	.92593	28	DWDLLW
	12	Everton	28	9	9	10	40	41	7	4	2	22	10	2	5	8	18	31	.97561	27	LDWLWD
	13	Newcastle United	28	9	8	11	29	34	5	5	3	14	10	4	3	8	15	24	.85294	26	LLLDLD
	14	Manchester United	27	8	10	9	35	42	4	6	4	16	17	4	4	5	19	25	.83333	26	LDWDWW
	15	Derby County	26	8	7	11	37	39	4	3	6	20	21	4	4	5	17	18	.94872	23	DLDLWW
	16	West Bromwich Albion	27	7	9	11	39	49	7	5	2	24	14	0	4	9	15	35	.79592	23	DDLLLW
	17	Huddersfield Town	28	6	11	11	26	36	5	7	3	16	12	1	4	8	10	24	.72222	23	DLWLLD
	18	Ipswich Town	26	8	5	13	23	25	6	2	5	19	13	2	3	8	4	12	.92000	21	DWLLWL
	19	Nottingham Forest	25	6	7	12	24	35	5	3	5	20	16	1	4	7	4	19	.68571	19	LDLWWW
	20	West Ham United	27	4	9	14	33	48	2	5	6	19	25	2	4	8	14	23	.68750	17	LLLLWL
	21	Blackpool	28	3	8	17	24	51	2	5	6	14	22	1	3	11	10	29	.47059	14	DDDLLL
	22	Burnley	27	2	10	15	19	47	2	5	7	14	25	0	5	8	5	22	.40426	14	LDDDDL

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	Leeds United	28	18	7	3	47	20	10	2	2	26	9	8	5	1	21	11	2.35000	43	WWLWWL
	2	Arsenal	27	17	6	4	48	21	11	3	0	31	4	6	3	4	17	17	2.28571	40	WDWLLW
2	3	Chelsea	29	13	10	6	39	32	8	4	2	25	17	5	6	4	14	15	1.21875	36	DLWWLW		2-0
1	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	15	6	7	48	41	9	2	3	25	18	6	4	4	23	23	1.17073	36	WWDWWW
1	5	Liverpool	28	11	12	5	29	16	8	7	0	23	7	3	5	5	6	9	1.81250	34	DDLWWW
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	27	12	9	6	41	26	7	4	3	24	14	5	5	3	17	12	1.57692	33	DWLWLD		2-2
	7	Southampton	28	12	8	8	38	27	10	3	1	25	7	2	5	7	13	20	1.40741	32	DWWWLD
	8	Manchester City	27	11	9	7	36	25	6	5	2	19	10	5	4	5	17	15	1.44000	31	DWDDLL
	9	Crystal Palace	28	10	9	9	26	24	7	5	2	15	8	3	4	7	11	16	1.08333	29	LDWLWL		0-1
	10	Stoke City	28	9	10	9	34	33	8	6	0	22	4	1	4	9	12	29	1.03030	28	WDWWLW
	11	Coventry City	28	11	6	11	25	27	8	2	4	16	10	3	4	7	9	17	.92593	28	DWDLLW
	12	Everton	28	9	9	10	40	41	7	4	2	22	10	2	5	8	18	31	.97561	27	LDWLWD
	13	Newcastle United	28	9	8	11	29	34	5	5	3	14	10	4	3	8	15	24	.85294	26	LLLDLD
	14	Manchester United	27	8	10	9	35	42	4	6	4	16	17	4	4	5	19	25	.83333	26	LDWDWW
	15	Derby County	27	9	7	11	38	39	5	3	6	21	21	4	4	5	17	18	.97436	25	LDLWWW		1-0
	16	West Bromwich Albion	28	7	10	11	41	51	7	5	2	24	14	0	5	9	17	37	.80392	24	DLLLWD		2-2
	17	Huddersfield Town	28	6	11	11	26	36	5	7	3	16	12	1	4	8	10	24	.72222	23	DLWLLD
	18	Ipswich Town	26	8	5	13	23	25	6	2	5	19	13	2	3	8	4	12	.92000	21	DWLLWL
	19	Nottingham Forest	26	6	7	13	24	37	5	3	5	20	16	1	4	8	4	21	.64865	19	DLWWWL		0-2
	20	West Ham United	27	4	9	14	33	48	2	5	6	19	25	2	4	8	14	23	.68750	17	LLLLWL
	21	Blackpool	28	3	8	17	24	51	2	5	6	14	22	1	3	11	10	29	.47059	14	DDDLLL
	22	Burnley	27	2	10	15	19	47	2	5	7	14	25	0	5	8	5	22	.40426	14	LDDDDL

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