The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Jan 01, 1972 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 01, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 01 January 1972

Season:: 1971-72
Referee:: H Hackney
Attendance:: 38,777
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Crystal Palace (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Jan 27, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2728 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 1352 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 3016 (of 5736)
Total:: 4276 (of 7523)
Played:: 52 years, 10 months, 21 days ago

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

Goals
Paul Richardson (43')
Neil Martin (48')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Malcolm Allison
Prior form: WWLWDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Francis Lee (44') (Pen)
Wyn Davies (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Jim Barron
2	M	30	Doug Fraser
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell
4	F	25	Sammy Chapman
5	D	27	Peter Hindley
6	M	22	Paul Richardson (43')
7	F	26	Barry Lyons
8	F	25	Tommy Jackson
9	F	31	Neil Martin (48')
10	F	25	Peter Cormack
11	F	26	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	21	Jim McIntosh

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Joe Corrigan
2	2	Tony Book
3	3	Willie Donachie
4	4	Mike Doyle
5	5	Tommy Booth
6	6	Alan Oakes
7	7	Mike Summerbee
8	8	Colin Bell
9	9	Wyn Davies
10	10	Francis Lee
11	11	Tony Towers
Subs
12		Freddie Hill

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 01, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-1	Everton
Coventry City	1-0	Southampton
Crystal Palace	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Derby County	1-0	Chelsea
Huddersfield Town	0-0	Stoke City
Ipswich Town	2-3	West Bromwich Albion
Liverpool	0-2	Leeds United
Manchester City	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United	1-1	Leicester City
West Ham United	3-0	Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Newcastle 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	Manchester United	23	14	7	2	49	27	9	1	1	25	12	5	6	1	24	15	1.81481	35	WWWDDD
	2	Manchester City	23	13	6	4	45	22	9	2	1	29	7	4	4	3	16	15	2.04545	32	WWLWDW
	3	Leeds United	23	13	5	5	34	18	9	3	0	24	5	4	2	5	10	13	1.88889	31	WWWDDW
	4	Sheffield United	23	13	4	6	42	30	7	4	1	28	11	6	0	5	14	19	1.40000	30	LWLDWW
	5	Derby County	23	11	7	5	39	22	7	4	0	25	8	4	3	5	14	14	1.77273	29	WLWLWL
	6	Liverpool	23	11	6	6	30	23	8	3	0	21	11	3	3	6	9	12	1.30435	28	WWDWDL
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	23	10	7	6	38	26	9	2	1	29	8	1	5	5	9	18	1.46154	27	DLWWDL
	8	Arsenal	23	12	3	8	34	26	8	0	3	21	8	4	3	5	13	18	1.30769	27	DWDWWD
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	10	7	6	40	34	7	5	0	27	14	3	2	6	13	20	1.17647	27	WWDDWW
	10	Chelsea	23	9	8	6	30	25	6	4	2	21	12	3	4	4	9	13	1.20000	26	WWDDDW
	11	Stoke City	23	8	6	9	24	28	5	3	3	15	11	3	3	6	9	17	.85714	22	LDDDLL
	12	West Ham United	23	7	7	9	23	23	5	3	4	12	9	2	4	5	11	14	1.00000	21	LLDDLW
	13	Southampton	23	8	4	11	31	47	5	3	3	19	17	3	1	8	12	30	.65957	20	LLLDWW
	14	Coventry City	23	5	10	8	25	38	4	6	1	14	11	1	4	7	11	27	.65789	20	LLDLDD
	15	Ipswich Town	23	5	10	8	16	29	4	6	2	10	8	1	4	6	6	21	.55172	20	WLDLDL
	16	Everton	23	6	6	11	23	25	6	3	3	19	9	0	3	8	4	16	.92000	18	WDDLLD
	17	Leicester City	23	5	8	10	23	29	3	4	5	9	9	2	4	5	14	20	.79310	18	LDDLDL
	18	Newcastle United	23	6	6	11	25	33	4	3	4	14	12	2	3	7	11	21	.75758	18	WDDWWL
	19	Huddersfield Town	24	6	5	13	21	36	4	2	6	10	15	2	3	7	11	21	.58333	17	LWDLLD
	20	Crystal Palace	23	5	5	13	21	38	3	3	5	15	17	2	2	8	6	21	.55263	15	LLWWDL
	21	Nottingham Forest	24	4	6	14	29	46	3	3	6	16	19	1	3	8	13	27	.63043	14	LLLWLD
	22	West Bromwich Albion	23	4	5	14	15	32	2	2	7	7	14	2	3	7	8	18	.46875	13	LLLLLW

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	Manchester United	24	14	7	3	49	30	9	1	1	25	12	5	6	2	24	18	1.63333	35	WWDDDL		0-3
1	2	Leeds United	24	14	5	5	36	18	9	3	0	24	5	5	2	5	12	13	2.00000	33	WWDDWW		2-0
1	3	Manchester City	24	13	7	4	47	24	9	3	1	31	9	4	4	3	16	15	1.95833	33	WLWDWD		2-2
1	4	Derby County	24	12	7	5	40	22	8	4	0	26	8	4	3	5	14	14	1.81818	31	LWLWLW		1-0
1	5	Sheffield United	24	13	5	6	43	31	7	5	1	29	12	6	0	5	14	19	1.38710	31	WLDWWD		1-1
3	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	11	7	6	42	34	8	5	0	29	14	3	2	6	13	20	1.23529	29	WDDWWW		2-0
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	8	6	39	27	9	2	1	29	8	1	6	5	10	19	1.44444	28	LWWDLD		1-1
	8	Arsenal	24	12	4	8	35	27	8	1	3	22	9	4	3	5	13	18	1.29630	28	WDWWDD		1-1
3	9	Liverpool	24	11	6	7	30	25	8	3	1	21	13	3	3	6	9	12	1.20000	28	WDWDLL		0-2
	10	Chelsea	24	9	8	7	30	26	6	4	2	21	12	3	4	5	9	14	1.15385	26	WDDDWL		0-1
1	11	West Ham United	24	8	7	9	26	23	6	3	4	15	9	2	4	5	11	14	1.13043	23	LDDLWW		3-0
1	12	Stoke City	24	8	7	9	24	28	5	3	3	15	11	3	4	6	9	17	.85714	23	DDDLLD		0-0
1	13	Coventry City	24	6	10	8	26	38	5	6	1	15	11	1	4	7	11	27	.68421	22	LDLDDW		1-0
1	14	Southampton	24	8	4	12	31	48	5	3	3	19	17	3	1	9	12	31	.64583	20	LLDWWL		0-1
	15	Ipswich Town	24	5	10	9	18	32	4	6	3	12	11	1	4	6	6	21	.56250	20	LDLDLL		2-3
	16	Everton	24	6	7	11	24	26	6	3	3	19	9	0	4	8	5	17	.92308	19	DDLLDD		1-1
	17	Leicester City	24	5	9	10	24	30	3	4	5	9	9	2	5	5	15	21	.80000	19	DDLDLD		1-1
	18	Newcastle United	24	6	6	12	25	35	4	3	4	14	12	2	3	8	11	23	.71429	18	DDWWLL		0-2
	19	Huddersfield Town	25	6	6	13	21	36	4	3	6	10	15	2	3	7	11	21	.58333	18	WDLLDD		0-0
	20	Crystal Palace	24	5	6	13	22	39	3	4	5	16	18	2	2	8	6	21	.56410	16	LWWDLD		1-1
	21	Nottingham Forest	25	4	7	14	31	48	3	3	6	16	19	1	4	8	15	29	.64583	15	LLWLDD		2-2
	22	West Bromwich Albion	24	5	5	14	18	34	2	2	7	7	14	3	3	7	11	20	.52941	15	LLLLWW		3-2