The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Oct 14, 1972 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 14, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 14 October 1972

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: J Williams
Attendance:: 13,861
Pos Before/After:: 14 12
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swindon Town (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Mar 10, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2758 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1301 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3048 (of 5724)
Total:: 4311 (of 7505)
Played:: 51 years, 6 months, 5 days ago

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

Goals
Doug Fraser (66')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Alan Dicks
Prior form: DDWDDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Gerry Gow (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell
4	M	20	David Serella
5	M	22	John Cottam
6	M	30	Doug Fraser (66')
7	M	25	George Lyall
8	F	19	John Robertson
9	F	26	Sammy Chapman
10	M	22	Paul Richardson
11	F	21	Alan Buckley
Subs
12	M	20	Martin O'Neill

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Cashley
2	D	Wilson
3	D	Drysdale
4	D	Emannual
5	D	Rodgers
6	M	Merrick
7	M	Tainton
8	M	Ritchie
9	M	Galley
10	F	Gerry Gow
11	F	Sweeney
Subs
12		Bartlett

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 14, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-1	Queens Park Rangers
Blackpool	2-1	Oxford United
Bristol City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Cardiff City	2-0	Middlesbrough
Carlisle United	2-1	Fulham
Huddersfield Town	0-2	Brighton and Hove Albion
Hull City	5-1	Portsmouth
Millwall	2-0	Leyton Orient
Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Burnley
Sunderland	0-2	Luton Town
Swindon Town	3-2	Preston North End

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	12	5	7	0	22	13	4	3	0	15	8	1	4	0	7	5	1.69231	17	DDWDDW
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	13	7	3	3	25	16	6	0	0	18	6	1	3	3	7	10	1.56250	17	DLWWDD
	3	Aston Villa	11	7	2	2	14	9	5	1	0	9	2	2	1	2	5	7	1.55556	16	WWDWWL
	4	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	6	1	24	15	4	2	0	17	5	0	4	1	7	10	1.60000	14	WDDLWW
	5	Oxford United	12	6	2	4	19	13	5	0	1	14	5	1	2	3	5	8	1.46154	14	WWDLLW
	6	Preston North End	12	5	4	3	10	7	2	3	1	4	3	3	1	2	6	4	1.42857	14	WDWDWD
	7	Luton Town	11	6	2	3	16	13	3	2	1	11	7	3	0	2	5	6	1.23077	14	WWLWDD
	8	Middlesbrough	12	5	4	3	10	12	4	1	1	6	3	1	3	2	4	9	.83333	14	DDWDWW
	9	Blackpool	11	4	4	3	19	15	2	2	1	9	5	2	2	2	10	10	1.26667	12	DDLWLD
	10	Bristol City	12	3	6	3	16	13	0	4	1	5	6	3	2	2	11	7	1.23077	12	DDWDDW
	11	Fulham	11	4	4	3	15	14	2	3	1	8	6	2	1	2	7	8	1.07143	12	DWWDDW
	12	Sunderland	11	4	4	3	15	16	3	1	0	9	4	1	3	3	6	12	.93750	12	WDDLWL
	13	Huddersfield Town	12	3	6	3	13	15	2	3	0	6	3	1	3	3	7	12	.86667	12	DDDLDD
	14	Nottingham Forest	12	4	4	4	11	15	3	3	1	7	5	1	1	3	4	10	.73333	12	LWDLLD
	15	Hull City	12	4	3	5	15	15	4	2	0	12	4	0	1	5	3	11	1.00000	11	DLLWWD
	16	Portsmouth	11	4	2	5	11	12	3	0	4	7	9	1	2	1	4	3	.91667	10	LLDWWL
	17	Leyton Orient	12	1	7	4	8	12	1	4	2	6	7	0	3	2	2	5	.66667	9	DDDDDD
	18	Swindon Town	13	2	4	7	14	22	2	3	1	6	6	0	1	6	8	16	.63636	8	LDDLLL
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	12	1	6	5	14	23	1	4	1	9	10	0	2	4	5	13	.60870	8	LLDDLD
	20	Carlisle United	11	2	3	6	14	16	2	1	2	11	6	0	2	4	3	10	.87500	7	LWLLDL
	21	Millwall	12	3	1	8	12	17	2	0	3	5	7	1	1	5	7	10	.70588	7	LWLWLL
	22	Cardiff City	12	2	2	8	9	23	2	1	3	6	9	0	1	5	3	14	.39130	6	LLLDLD

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	13	6	7	0	23	13	4	3	0	15	8	2	4	0	8	5	1.76923	19	DWDDWW		1-0
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	14	7	3	4	25	17	6	0	1	18	7	1	3	3	7	10	1.47059	17	LWWDDL		0-1
1	3	Queens Park Rangers	12	5	6	1	25	15	4	2	0	17	5	1	4	1	8	10	1.66667	16	DDLWWW		1-0
1	4	Aston Villa	12	7	2	3	14	10	5	1	1	9	3	2	1	2	5	7	1.40000	16	WDWWLL		0-1
2	5	Luton Town	12	7	2	3	18	13	3	2	1	11	7	4	0	2	7	6	1.38462	16	WLWDDW		2-0
1	6	Oxford United	13	6	2	5	20	15	5	0	1	14	5	1	2	4	6	10	1.33333	14	WDLLWL		1-2
2	7	Blackpool	12	5	4	3	21	16	3	2	1	11	6	2	2	2	10	10	1.31250	14	DLWLDW		2-1
2	8	Preston North End	13	5	4	4	12	10	2	3	1	4	3	3	1	3	8	7	1.20000	14	DWDWDL		2-3
1	9	Middlesbrough	13	5	4	4	10	14	4	1	1	6	3	1	3	3	4	11	.71429	14	DWDWWL		0-2
5	10	Hull City	13	5	3	5	20	16	5	2	0	17	5	0	1	5	3	11	1.25000	13	LLWWDW		5-1
1	11	Bristol City	13	3	7	3	17	14	0	5	1	6	7	3	2	2	11	7	1.21429	13	DWDDWD		1-1
2	12	Nottingham Forest	13	4	5	4	12	16	3	3	1	7	5	1	2	3	5	11	.75000	13	WDLLDD		1-1
2	13	Fulham	12	4	4	4	16	16	2	3	1	8	6	2	1	3	8	10	1.00000	12	WWDDWL		1-2
2	14	Sunderland	12	4	4	4	15	18	3	1	1	9	6	1	3	3	6	12	.83333	12	DDLWLL		0-2
2	15	Huddersfield Town	13	3	6	4	13	17	2	3	1	6	5	1	3	3	7	12	.76471	12	DDLDDL		0-2
2	16	Swindon Town	14	3	4	7	17	24	3	3	1	9	8	0	1	6	8	16	.70833	10	DDLLLW		3-2
1	17	Portsmouth	12	4	2	6	12	17	3	0	4	7	9	1	2	2	5	8	.70588	10	LDWWLL		1-5
1	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	13	2	6	5	16	23	1	4	1	9	10	1	2	4	7	13	.69565	10	LDDLDW		2-0
1	19	Carlisle United	12	3	3	6	16	17	3	1	2	13	7	0	2	4	3	10	.94118	9	WLLDLW		2-1
1	20	Millwall	13	4	1	8	14	17	3	0	3	7	7	1	1	5	7	10	.82353	9	WLWLLW		2-0
4	21	Leyton Orient	13	1	7	5	8	14	1	4	2	6	7	0	3	3	2	7	.57143	9	DDDDDL		0-2
	22	Cardiff City	13	3	2	8	11	23	3	1	3	8	9	0	1	5	3	14	.47826	8	LLDLDW		2-0