The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Mar 25, 1972 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 25, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-0 (Won)

Attendance:: 12,205
Pos Before/After:: 22/22
Opp Before/After:: 18/18
Referee:
Season:: 1971-72
Forest/Opp Tier:: 1/1

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Leeds United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2737 (of 4860)
League Tier 1:: 1362 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 3026 (of 5557)
Total:: 4278 (of 7305)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Tommy Gemmell
Paul Richardson
Paul Richardson
Duncan McKenzie

COVENTRY CITY
Manager:
Prior form: LDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jim Barron
2	F	Peter Hindley
3	D	Tommy Gemmell
4	M	David Serella	Debut
5	M	John Cottam
6	F	John Robertson
7	F	Jim McIntosh
8	F	Peter Cormack
9	F	Alan Buckley
10	F	Paul Richardson
11	F	Duncan McKenzie
Subs
12		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Mar 25, 1972)

Home	F	A	Away
Chelsea	3	1	West Ham United
Everton	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leeds United	3	0	Arsenal
Leicester City	1	0	Ipswich Town
Manchester United	4	0	Crystal Palace
Newcastle United	0	0	Manchester City
Nottingham Forest	4	0	Coventry City
Southampton	0	1	Liverpool
Stoke City	1	1	Derby County
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Sheffield United
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Huddersfield Town

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
	1	Manchester City	34	20	9	5	66	36	14	3	1	42	12	6	6	4	24	24	1.833	49	WLWWWW
	2	Derby County	33	19	8	6	57	29	13	4	0	37	9	6	4	6	20	20	1.966	46	LWWWWW
	3	Leeds United	32	18	8	6	52	22	13	4	0	40	8	5	4	6	12	14	2.364	44	LDWWWD
	4	Liverpool	33	17	8	8	49	27	13	3	1	39	14	4	5	7	10	13	1.815	42	WWWWDW
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	15	10	8	55	45	9	7	0	32	16	6	3	8	23	29	1.222	40	WDDLWW
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	32	14	10	8	48	33	12	3	2	35	10	2	7	6	13	23	1.455	38	WWWDWL
	7	Manchester United	32	15	8	9	54	45	10	2	4	28	18	5	6	5	26	27	1.200	38	LLLLDW
	8	Sheffield United	33	14	10	9	54	47	8	7	2	36	21	6	3	7	18	26	1.149	38	DLWDDD
	9	Arsenal	31	16	5	10	44	31	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	7	19	22	1.419	37	WWWWLL
	10	Chelsea	31	12	10	9	40	32	8	6	2	29	15	4	4	7	11	17	1.250	34	WWWDLL
	11	Newcastle United	33	12	8	13	40	44	8	4	4	25	15	4	4	9	15	29	.909	32	WDWWWL
	12	West Ham United	34	10	10	14	39	39	8	5	4	26	15	2	5	10	13	24	1.000	30	DLWLWD
	13	Everton	35	8	13	14	31	40	8	6	4	25	14	0	7	10	6	26	.775	29	DLDLDD
	14	Ipswich Town	34	7	15	12	30	45	5	7	5	14	15	2	8	7	16	30	.667	29	LDLWDL
	15	Stoke City	30	9	10	11	33	38	6	6	3	23	17	3	4	8	10	21	.868	28	DWLDLD
	16	Leicester City	33	9	10	14	32	40	6	5	6	14	11	3	5	8	18	29	.800	28	LLLWLD
	17	West Bromwich Albion	33	10	7	16	32	44	5	4	7	16	20	5	3	9	16	24	.727	27	WWLWDW
	18	Coventry City	32	6	14	12	32	50	5	9	2	17	15	1	5	10	15	35	.640	26	LDDLLD
	19	Crystal Palace	33	7	10	16	31	51	3	5	7	19	24	4	5	9	12	27	.608	24	DDWDLD
	20	Southampton	32	9	5	18	42	69	6	3	6	26	24	3	2	12	16	45	.609	23	WLLLLD
	21	Huddersfield Town	33	6	9	18	23	46	4	5	7	10	16	2	4	11	13	30	.500	21	DLLLLD
	22	Nottingham Forest	34	5	7	22	37	68	4	3	10	19	26	1	4	12	18	42	.544	17	LLLLWL

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
	1	Manchester City	35	20	10	5	66	36	14	3	1	42	12	6	7	4	24	24	1.833	50	LWWWWD
	2	Derby County	34	19	9	6	58	30	13	4	0	37	9	6	5	6	21	21	1.933	47	WWWWWD
	3	Leeds United	33	19	8	6	55	22	14	4	0	43	8	5	4	6	12	14	2.500	46	DWWWDW
	4	Liverpool	34	18	8	8	50	27	13	3	1	39	14	5	5	7	11	13	1.852	44	WWWDWW
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	11	8	57	47	9	7	0	32	16	6	4	8	25	31	1.213	41	DDLWWD
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	33	15	10	8	50	33	13	3	2	37	10	2	7	6	13	23	1.515	40	WWDWLW
	7	Manchester United	33	16	8	9	58	45	11	2	4	32	18	5	6	5	26	27	1.289	40	LLLDWW
	8	Sheffield United	34	14	10	10	54	49	8	7	2	36	21	6	3	8	18	28	1.102	38	LWDDDL
	9	Arsenal	32	16	5	11	44	34	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	8	19	25	1.294	37	WWWLLL
	10	Chelsea	32	13	10	9	43	33	9	6	2	32	16	4	4	7	11	17	1.303	36	WWDLLW
	11	Newcastle United	34	12	9	13	40	44	8	5	4	25	15	4	4	9	15	29	.909	33	DWWWLD
	12	West Ham United	35	10	10	15	40	42	8	5	4	26	15	2	5	11	14	27	.952	30	LWLWDL
3	13	Leicester City	34	10	10	14	33	40	7	5	6	15	11	3	5	8	18	29	.825	30	LLWLDW
1	14	Everton	36	8	14	14	33	42	8	7	4	27	16	0	7	10	6	26	.786	30	LDLDDD
	15	Stoke City	31	9	11	11	34	39	6	7	3	24	18	3	4	8	10	21	.872	29	WLDLDD
2	16	Ipswich Town	35	7	15	13	30	46	5	7	5	14	15	2	8	8	16	31	.652	29	DLWDLL
	17	West Bromwich Albion	34	10	8	16	33	45	5	5	7	17	21	5	3	9	16	24	.733	28	WLWDWD
	18	Coventry City	33	6	14	13	32	54	5	9	2	17	15	1	5	11	15	39	.593	26	DDLLDL
	19	Crystal Palace	34	7	10	17	31	55	3	5	7	19	24	4	5	10	12	31	.564	24	DWDLDL
	20	Southampton	33	9	5	19	42	70	6	3	7	26	25	3	2	12	16	45	.600	23	LLLLDL
	21	Huddersfield Town	34	6	10	18	24	47	4	5	7	10	16	2	5	11	14	31	.511	22	LLLLDD
	22	Nottingham Forest	35	6	7	22	41	68	5	3	10	23	26	1	4	12	18	42	.603	19	LLLWLW