The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 PRESTON NORTH END - Sat Nov 18, 1972 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 18, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: K Styles
Attendance:: 10,382
Pos Before/After:: 11 12
Opp Before/After:: 10 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 2)
Preston North End:: Apr 21, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2763 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1306 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3053 (of 5722)
Total:: 4315 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 18 November 1972

FOREST
Manager: Dave Mackay
Prior form: DDDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Alan Ball
Prior form: DLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Alex Bruce (32)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jim Barron
2	D	Peter Hindley
3	D	Tommy Gemmell
4	M	David Serella
5	F	Sammy Chapman
6	M	Doug Fraser
7	M	Martin O'Neill
8	F	John Robertson
9	F	Neil Martin
10	M	Paul Richardson
11	F	Alan Buckley off for Duncan McKenzie	Last game
Subs
12	F	Duncan McKenzie on for Alan Buckley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Kelly
2	D	McMahon
3	D	McNab
4	D	Bird
5	D	Hawkins
6	M	Spavin
7	M	Wilson
8	M	Spark
9	M	McIlmoyle
10	F	Young
11	F	Alex Bruce
Subs
12		Clark

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 18, 1972)

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

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
	1	Burnley	17	7	9	1	31	19	5	3	1	19	10	2	6	0	12	9	1.63158	23	WWWDDL
	2	Queens Park Rangers	17	8	7	2	33	21	5	3	0	21	8	3	4	2	12	13	1.57143	23	WWWLDW
	3	Aston Villa	17	8	6	3	19	14	5	3	1	10	4	3	3	2	9	10	1.35714	22	LDWDDD
	4	Luton Town	17	8	4	5	24	20	3	3	3	14	12	5	1	2	10	8	1.20000	20	WDLWLD
	5	Middlesbrough	17	7	6	4	17	19	5	2	1	11	7	2	4	3	6	12	.89474	20	WLWDDW
	6	Blackpool	17	6	7	4	24	19	4	4	1	14	7	2	3	3	10	12	1.26316	19	WDLWDD
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	4	7	29	24	6	0	3	19	10	1	4	4	10	14	1.20833	18	DLDLLL
	8	Fulham	17	6	6	5	25	21	4	3	2	15	9	2	3	3	10	12	1.19048	18	LLWDWD
	9	Oxford United	17	8	2	7	23	20	5	0	3	15	10	3	2	4	8	10	1.15000	18	WLLWLW
	10	Preston North End	17	7	4	6	15	15	3	3	2	5	4	4	1	4	10	11	1.00000	18	DLWLWL
	11	Nottingham Forest	17	6	6	5	20	23	4	4	1	12	9	2	2	4	8	14	.86957	18	DDDWWL
	12	Hull City	17	6	5	6	25	21	5	3	1	19	8	1	2	5	6	13	1.19048	17	DWWLDD
	13	Bristol City	18	5	7	6	22	22	0	5	3	7	10	5	2	3	15	12	1.00000	17	DWLLLW
	14	Huddersfield Town	18	4	8	6	17	22	3	4	2	8	7	1	4	4	9	15	.77273	16	LLDWDL
	15	Swindon Town	18	4	7	7	23	29	3	5	1	12	11	1	2	6	11	18	.79310	15	LWDDWD
	16	Carlisle United	16	5	4	7	22	22	5	1	2	18	10	0	3	5	4	12	1.00000	14	LWLWDW
	17	Sunderland	16	4	6	6	22	27	3	3	1	11	8	1	3	5	11	19	.81481	14	LLLDDL
	18	Portsmouth	17	5	4	8	19	24	3	1	5	9	12	2	3	3	10	12	.79167	14	LDLLWD
	19	Leyton Orient	17	3	8	6	14	19	2	4	3	9	10	1	4	3	5	9	.73684	14	DLWDLW
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	17	2	9	6	23	33	1	6	1	14	15	1	3	5	9	18	.69697	13	DWDDDL
	21	Cardiff City	17	5	3	9	18	29	5	1	3	13	10	0	2	6	5	19	.62069	13	DWLWDW
	22	Millwall	17	5	2	10	20	22	4	1	3	11	8	1	1	7	9	14	.90909	12	LWLDLW

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	Result(s)
	1	Burnley	18	8	9	1	32	19	5	3	1	19	10	3	6	0	13	9	1.68421	25	WWDDLW	1-0
	2	Queens Park Rangers	18	8	7	3	34	24	5	3	1	22	11	3	4	2	12	13	1.41667	23	WWLDWL	1-3
1	3	Luton Town	18	9	4	5	26	20	3	3	3	14	12	6	1	2	12	8	1.30000	22	DLWLDW	2-0
1	4	Aston Villa	18	8	6	4	19	16	5	3	2	10	6	3	3	2	9	10	1.18750	22	DWDDDL	0-2
1	5	Blackpool	18	7	7	4	27	19	5	4	1	17	7	2	3	3	10	12	1.42105	21	DLWDDW	3-0
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	19	8	4	7	31	25	7	0	3	21	11	1	4	4	10	14	1.24000	20	LDLLLW	2-1
3	7	Preston North End	18	8	4	6	16	15	3	3	2	5	4	5	1	4	11	11	1.06667	20	LWLWLW	1-0
3	8	Middlesbrough	18	7	6	5	18	21	5	2	1	11	7	2	4	4	7	14	.85714	20	LWDDWL	1-2
1	9	Fulham	18	6	7	5	25	21	4	4	2	15	9	2	3	3	10	12	1.19048	19	LWDWDD	0-0
2	10	Hull City	18	6	6	6	26	22	5	3	1	19	8	1	3	5	7	14	1.18182	18	WWLDDD	1-1
2	11	Oxford United	18	8	2	8	24	22	5	0	3	15	10	3	2	5	9	12	1.09091	18	LLWLWL	1-2
1	12	Nottingham Forest	18	6	6	6	20	24	4	4	2	12	10	2	2	4	8	14	.83333	18	DDWWLL	0-1
1	13	Huddersfield Town	19	5	8	6	19	23	4	4	2	10	8	1	4	4	9	15	.82609	18	LDWDLW	2-1
1	14	Bristol City	19	5	7	7	22	25	0	5	3	7	10	5	2	4	15	15	.88000	17	WLLLWL	0-3
	15	Swindon Town	19	5	7	7	26	30	4	5	1	15	12	1	2	6	11	18	.86667	17	WDDWDW	3-1
	16	Carlisle United	17	6	4	7	24	23	6	1	2	20	11	0	3	5	4	12	1.04348	16	WLWDWW	2-1
	17	Sunderland	17	4	7	6	23	28	3	4	1	12	9	1	3	5	11	19	.82143	15	LLDDLD	1-1
	18	Portsmouth	18	5	5	8	19	24	3	1	5	9	12	2	4	3	10	12	.79167	15	DLLWDD	0-0
3	19	Millwall	18	6	2	10	23	23	4	1	3	11	8	2	1	7	12	15	1.00000	14	WLDLWW	3-1
1	20	Leyton Orient	18	3	8	7	15	22	2	4	3	9	10	1	4	4	6	12	.68182	14	LWDLWL	1-3
1	21	Brighton and Hove Albion	18	2	9	7	23	34	1	6	2	14	16	1	3	5	9	18	.67647	13	WDDDLL	0-1
1	22	Cardiff City	18	5	3	10	19	31	5	1	3	13	10	0	2	7	6	21	.61290	13	WLWDWL	1-2