The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 SWINDON TOWN - Sat Oct 21, 1972 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 21, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swindon Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Swindon Town FC.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: J Wrennall
Attendance:: 8,683
Pos Before/After:: 12 13
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Swindon Town:: Mar 17, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2759 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1302 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3049 (of 5724)
Total:: 4312 (of 7505)
Played:: 51 years, 5 months, 28 days ago

FOREST
Manager:
Prior form: WDLLDD (Old to recent)

Goals
John Robertson (87') - John Robertson first goal
Martin O'Neill (88')

SWINDON TOWN
Manager: Fred Ford
Prior form: DDLLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Steve Peplow (33')
Ray Treacy (83')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	29	Tommy Gemmell
4	M	20	David Serella
5	M	22	John Cottam
6	M	30	Doug Fraser
7	M	25	George Lyall
8	F	19	John Robertson (87')
9	F	26	Sammy Chapman
10	M	22	Paul Richardson off for Martin O'Neill (65')
11	F	21	Alan Buckley
Subs
12	M	20	Martin O'Neill on for Paul Richardson (65') (88)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Downsborough
2	D	Rod Thomas
3	D	John Trollope
4	D	Roger Smart
5	D	Frank Burrows
6	M	Ron Potter
7	M	Steve Peplow
8	M	Ron Howell
9	M	Ray Treacy
10	F	Peter Noble
11	F	Don Rogers
Subs
12		Joe Butler

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 21, 1972)

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

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	13	6	7	0	23	13	4	3	0	15	8	2	4	0	8	5	1.76923	19	DWDDWW
	2	Queens Park Rangers	13	6	6	1	27	15	4	2	0	17	5	2	4	1	10	10	1.80000	18	DLWWWW
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	14	7	3	4	25	17	6	0	1	18	7	1	3	3	7	10	1.47059	17	LWWDDL
	4	Aston Villa	13	7	3	3	15	11	5	1	1	9	3	2	2	2	6	8	1.36364	17	DWWLLD
	5	Luton Town	13	7	3	3	20	15	3	3	1	13	9	4	0	2	7	6	1.33333	17	LWDDWD
	6	Blackpool	13	5	5	3	22	17	3	3	1	12	7	2	2	2	10	10	1.29412	15	LWLDWD
	7	Oxford United	13	6	2	5	20	15	5	0	1	14	5	1	2	4	6	10	1.33333	14	WDLLWL
	8	Preston North End	13	5	4	4	12	10	2	3	1	4	3	3	1	3	8	7	1.20000	14	DWDWDL
	9	Middlesbrough	13	5	4	4	10	14	4	1	1	6	3	1	3	3	4	11	.71429	14	DWDWWL
	10	Hull City	13	5	3	5	20	16	5	2	0	17	5	0	1	5	3	11	1.25000	13	LLWWDW
	11	Bristol City	13	3	7	3	17	14	0	5	1	6	7	3	2	2	11	7	1.21429	13	DWDDWD
	12	Nottingham Forest	13	4	5	4	12	16	3	3	1	7	5	1	2	3	5	11	.75000	13	WDLLDD
	13	Fulham	13	4	4	5	16	18	2	3	2	8	8	2	1	3	8	10	.88889	12	WDDWLL
	14	Sunderland	12	4	4	4	15	18	3	1	1	9	6	1	3	3	6	12	.83333	12	DDLWLL
	15	Huddersfield Town	13	3	6	4	13	17	2	3	1	6	5	1	3	3	7	12	.76471	12	DDLDDL
	16	Portsmouth	13	4	3	6	14	19	3	0	4	7	9	1	3	2	7	10	.73684	11	DWWLLD
	17	Swindon Town	14	3	4	7	17	24	3	3	1	9	8	0	1	6	8	16	.70833	10	DDLLLW
	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	13	2	6	5	16	23	1	4	1	9	10	1	2	4	7	13	.69565	10	LDDLDW
	19	Carlisle United	12	3	3	6	16	17	3	1	2	13	7	0	2	4	3	10	.94118	9	WLLDLW
	20	Millwall	13	4	1	8	14	17	3	0	3	7	7	1	1	5	7	10	.82353	9	WLWLLW
	21	Leyton Orient	13	1	7	5	8	14	1	4	2	6	7	0	3	3	2	7	.57143	9	DDDDDL
	22	Cardiff City	13	3	2	8	11	23	3	1	3	8	9	0	1	5	3	14	.47826	8	LLDLDW

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	14	7	7	0	26	13	5	3	0	18	8	2	4	0	8	5	2.00000	21	WDDWWW		3-0
	2	Queens Park Rangers	14	7	6	1	30	17	5	2	0	20	7	2	4	1	10	10	1.76471	20	LWWWWW		3-2
1	3	Aston Villa	14	8	3	3	16	11	5	1	1	9	3	3	2	2	7	8	1.45455	19	WWLLDW		1-0
1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	15	7	4	4	28	20	6	0	1	18	7	1	4	3	10	13	1.40000	18	WWDDLD		3-3
	5	Luton Town	14	7	3	4	21	17	3	3	2	14	11	4	0	2	7	6	1.23529	17	WDDWDL		1-2
2	6	Preston North End	14	6	4	4	13	10	3	3	1	5	3	3	1	3	8	7	1.30000	16	WDWDLW		1-0
2	7	Middlesbrough	14	6	4	4	12	15	5	1	1	8	4	1	3	3	4	11	.80000	16	WDWWLW		2-1
3	8	Bristol City	14	4	7	3	19	14	0	5	1	6	7	4	2	2	13	7	1.35714	15	WDDWDW		2-0
1	9	Hull City	14	6	3	5	22	17	5	2	0	17	5	1	1	5	5	12	1.29412	15	LWWDWW		2-1
4	10	Blackpool	14	5	5	4	22	19	3	3	1	12	7	2	2	3	10	12	1.15789	15	WLDWDL		0-2
4	11	Oxford United	14	6	2	6	20	17	5	0	2	14	7	1	2	4	6	10	1.17647	14	DLLWLL		0-2
1	12	Fulham	14	5	4	5	18	18	3	3	2	10	8	2	1	3	8	10	1.00000	14	DDWLLW		2-0
1	13	Nottingham Forest	14	4	6	4	14	18	3	4	1	9	7	1	2	3	5	11	.77778	14	DLLDDD		2-2
	14	Sunderland	13	4	4	5	17	21	3	1	1	9	6	1	3	4	8	15	.80952	12	DLWLLL		2-3
	15	Huddersfield Town	14	3	6	5	14	19	2	3	1	6	5	1	3	4	8	14	.73684	12	DLDDLL		1-2
2	16	Brighton and Hove Albion	14	2	7	5	19	26	1	5	1	12	13	1	2	4	7	13	.73077	11	DDLDWD		3-3
	17	Swindon Town	15	3	5	7	19	26	3	3	1	9	8	0	2	6	10	18	.73077	11	DLLLWD		2-2
2	18	Portsmouth	14	4	3	7	14	20	3	0	5	7	10	1	3	2	7	10	.70000	11	WWLLDL		0-1
2	19	Leyton Orient	14	2	7	5	10	15	2	4	2	8	8	0	3	3	2	7	.66667	11	DDDDLW		2-1
1	20	Carlisle United	13	3	3	7	17	19	3	1	2	13	7	0	2	5	4	12	.89474	9	LLDLWL		1-2
1	21	Millwall	14	4	1	9	14	18	3	0	3	7	7	1	1	6	7	11	.77778	9	LWLLWL		0-1
	22	Cardiff City	14	3	2	9	11	26	3	1	3	8	9	0	1	6	3	17	.42308	8	LDLDWL		0-3