The City Ground

STOKE CITY 0 - 2 FOREST - Mon Apr 10, 1972 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 10, 1972 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Guardian - Tuesday 11 April 1972

Season:: 1971-72
Referee:: Pat Partridge
Attendance:: 13,907
Pos Before/After:: 22 22
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Stoke City:: Aug 22, 1979

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2742 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1366 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3031 (of 5768)
Total:: 4292 (of 7556)
Played:: 53 years, 2 months, 20 days ago

Review
Stoke faced an inquiry after fielding nine reserves in this Monday night match. We're still rock-bottom, but the lack of Stoke effort affects Palace and Huddersfield, so they are angry!

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

Goals
Tommy Gemmell (33')
Jim McIntosh (47')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Tony Waddington
Prior form: DDLWDL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Jim Barron
2	D	27	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell (33')
4	M	19	David Serella
5	M	21	John Cottam
6	M	30	Doug Fraser
7	F	21	Jim McIntosh (47')
8	F	25	Peter Cormack
9	F	31	Neil Martin
10	M	22	Paul Richardson
11	F	21	Duncan McKenzie
Subs
12	M	20	Martin O'Neill

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Jim Barron	89		2	1
2	D	27	Peter Hindley	366	8	2	1
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell (33')	16	3	2	1
4	M	19	David Serella	4		2	1
5	M	21	John Cottam	19		2	1
6	M	30	Doug Fraser	58	1	2	1
7	F	21	Jim McIntosh (47')	23	1	2	1
8	F	25	Peter Cormack	83	24	2	1
9	F	31	Neil Martin	37	10	93	14
10	M	22	Paul Richardson	129	9	2	1
11	F	21	Duncan McKenzie	45	14	2	1
Subs
12	M	20	Martin O'Neill	18	3	9	3

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Farmer
2	D	Terry Lees
3	D	Eric Skeels
4	D	Denis Smith
5	D	Jackie Marsh
6	M	Alex Elder
7	M	Willie Stevenson
8	M	George Jackson
9	M	Sean Haslegrave
10	F	John Mahoney
11	F	Harry Burrows
Subs
12		Dodd

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 10, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Stoke City	0-2	Nottingham Forest

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	Derby County	39	22	10	7	65	31	14	4	1	39	10	8	6	6	26	21	2.09677	54	DWWLDW	Safe
2	Leeds United	38	22	9	7	69	28	16	4	0	52	10	6	5	7	17	18	2.46429	53	WWDLWW	Safe
3	Liverpool	38	22	8	8	60	29	16	3	1	46	16	6	5	7	14	13	2.06897	52	WWWWWW	Safe
4	Manchester City	38	21	10	7	70	41	15	3	2	46	15	6	7	5	24	26	1.70732	52	WWDLLW	Safe
5	Arsenal	36	19	6	11	50	35	13	1	3	31	10	6	5	8	19	25	1.42857	44	LLWWDW	Safe
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	12	10	54	39	14	3	2	38	10	2	9	8	16	29	1.38462	44	WDWLLD	Safe
7	Manchester United	37	17	9	11	62	53	11	2	5	32	21	6	7	6	30	32	1.16981	43	WWWLDL	Safe
8	Chelsea	35	16	10	9	49	35	11	6	2	36	17	5	4	7	13	18	1.40000	42	LLWWWW	Safe
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	15	11	10	58	50	9	7	1	32	17	6	4	9	26	33	1.16000	41	LWWDLL	Safe
10	Sheffield United	38	15	11	12	56	56	9	8	3	38	26	6	3	9	18	30	1.00000	41	DLLWDL	Safe
11	Leicester City	38	12	12	14	37	41	8	6	6	17	11	4	6	8	20	30	.90244	36	DWWDDW	Safe
12	Newcastle United	38	13	9	16	41	47	8	5	5	25	16	5	4	11	16	31	.87234	35	LDLWLL	Safe
13	Ipswich Town	39	10	15	14	37	50	6	7	6	17	18	4	8	8	20	32	.74000	35	LLLWWW	Safe
14	West Ham United	39	11	12	16	45	47	9	6	4	30	17	2	6	12	15	30	.95745	34	DLDWDL	Safe
15	Everton	39	9	15	15	35	46	8	7	4	27	16	1	8	11	8	30	.76087	33	DDDDLW	Safe
16	Stoke City	35	10	12	13	37	45	6	8	4	24	21	4	4	9	13	24	.82222	32	DDLWDL
17	West Bromwich Albion	37	10	10	17	34	48	5	7	7	18	22	5	3	10	16	26	.70833	30	DWDLDD
18	Coventry City	37	7	14	16	39	62	6	9	3	23	19	1	5	13	16	43	.62903	28	DLLLWL
19	Southampton	37	11	5	21	47	74	7	3	8	28	26	4	2	13	19	48	.63514	27	DLLWWL
20	Crystal Palace	38	7	11	20	35	62	3	6	9	22	29	4	5	11	13	33	.56452	25	DLLLDL
21	Huddersfield Town	38	6	12	20	27	54	4	7	8	12	20	2	5	12	15	34	.50000	24	DDDDLL
22	Nottingham Forest	38	7	7	24	43	77	6	3	10	24	26	1	4	14	19	51	.55844	21	WLWLLW

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	Derby County	39	22	10	7	65	31	14	4	1	39	10	8	6	6	26	21	2.09677	54	DWWLDW	Safe
2	Leeds United	38	22	9	7	69	28	16	4	0	52	10	6	5	7	17	18	2.46429	53	WWDLWW	Safe
3	Liverpool	38	22	8	8	60	29	16	3	1	46	16	6	5	7	14	13	2.06897	52	WWWWWW	Safe
4	Manchester City	38	21	10	7	70	41	15	3	2	46	15	6	7	5	24	26	1.70732	52	WWDLLW	Safe
5	Arsenal	36	19	6	11	50	35	13	1	3	31	10	6	5	8	19	25	1.42857	44	LLWWDW	Safe
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	12	10	54	39	14	3	2	38	10	2	9	8	16	29	1.38462	44	WDWLLD	Safe
7	Manchester United	37	17	9	11	62	53	11	2	5	32	21	6	7	6	30	32	1.16981	43	WWWLDL	Safe
8	Chelsea	35	16	10	9	49	35	11	6	2	36	17	5	4	7	13	18	1.40000	42	LLWWWW	Safe
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	15	11	10	58	50	9	7	1	32	17	6	4	9	26	33	1.16000	41	LWWDLL	Safe
10	Sheffield United	38	15	11	12	56	56	9	8	3	38	26	6	3	9	18	30	1.00000	41	DLLWDL	Safe
11	Leicester City	38	12	12	14	37	41	8	6	6	17	11	4	6	8	20	30	.90244	36	DWWDDW	Safe
12	Newcastle United	38	13	9	16	41	47	8	5	5	25	16	5	4	11	16	31	.87234	35	LDLWLL	Safe
13	Ipswich Town	39	10	15	14	37	50	6	7	6	17	18	4	8	8	20	32	.74000	35	LLLWWW	Safe
14	West Ham United	39	11	12	16	45	47	9	6	4	30	17	2	6	12	15	30	.95745	34	DLDWDL	Safe
15	Everton	39	9	15	15	35	46	8	7	4	27	16	1	8	11	8	30	.76087	33	DDDDLW	Safe
16	Stoke City	36	10	12	14	37	47	6	8	5	24	23	4	4	9	13	24	.78723	32	DLWDLL		0-2
17	West Bromwich Albion	37	10	10	17	34	48	5	7	7	18	22	5	3	10	16	26	.70833	30	DWDLDD
18	Coventry City	37	7	14	16	39	62	6	9	3	23	19	1	5	13	16	43	.62903	28	DLLLWL
19	Southampton	37	11	5	21	47	74	7	3	8	28	26	4	2	13	19	48	.63514	27	DLLWWL
20	Crystal Palace	38	7	11	20	35	62	3	6	9	22	29	4	5	11	13	33	.56452	25	DLLLDL
21	Huddersfield Town	38	6	12	20	27	54	4	7	8	12	20	2	5	12	15	34	.50000	24	DDDDLL
22	Nottingham Forest	39	8	7	24	45	77	6	3	10	24	26	2	4	14	21	51	.58442	23	LWLLWW		2-0