The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 LEYTON ORIENT - Sat Dec 02, 1972 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 02, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leyton Orient
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 02 December 1972

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: A Grey
Attendance:: 7,959
Pos Before/After:: 15 11
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Leyton Orient:: Apr 07, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2765 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1308 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3055 (of 5736)
Total:: 4318 (of 7523)
Played:: 51 years, 11 months, 22 days ago

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

Goals
George Lyall (39')
George Lyall (72')

LEYTON ORIENT
Manager: George Petchey
Prior form: WDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Downing (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	29	John Winfield
4	F	26	Sammy Chapman
5	M	20	David Serella
6	M	23	Paul Richardson
7	M	20	Martin O'Neill
8	M	25	George Lyall (39') (72')
9	F	32	Neil Martin
10	F	19	John Robertson
11	F	22	Duncan McKenzie
Subs
12	F	22	Jim McIntosh

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Goddard
2	D	Headley
3	D	Arber
4	D	Bennett
5	D	Harris
6	M	Allen
7	M	Downing
8	M	Brisley
9	M	Bullock
10	F	Queen
11	F	Bywater
Subs
12		Lewis

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 02, 1972)

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

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	19	9	9	1	33	19	6	3	1	20	10	3	6	0	13	9	1.73684	27	WDDLWW
	2	Queens Park Rangers	19	9	7	3	35	24	5	3	1	22	11	4	4	2	13	13	1.45833	25	WLDWLW
	3	Blackpool	19	8	7	4	29	20	5	4	1	17	7	3	3	3	12	13	1.45000	23	LWDDWW
	4	Preston North End	19	9	4	6	20	15	4	3	2	9	4	5	1	4	11	11	1.33333	22	WLWLWW
	5	Luton Town	19	9	4	6	26	21	3	3	4	14	13	6	1	2	12	8	1.23810	22	LWLDWL
	6	Aston Villa	19	8	6	5	19	18	5	3	2	10	6	3	3	3	9	12	1.05556	22	WDDDLL
	7	Oxford United	19	9	2	8	26	22	6	0	3	17	10	3	2	5	9	12	1.18182	20	LWLWLW
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8	4	8	33	28	7	0	3	21	11	1	4	5	12	17	1.17857	20	DLLLWL
	9	Middlesbrough	19	7	6	6	18	23	5	2	2	11	9	2	4	4	7	14	.78261	20	WDDWLL
	10	Fulham	19	6	7	6	26	24	4	4	2	15	9	2	3	4	11	15	1.08333	19	WDWDDL
	11	Swindon Town	20	6	7	7	28	30	4	5	1	15	12	2	2	6	13	18	.93333	19	DDWDWW
	12	Bristol City	20	6	7	7	23	25	1	5	3	8	10	5	2	4	15	15	.92000	19	LLLWLW
	13	Hull City	19	6	6	7	27	24	5	3	2	20	10	1	3	5	7	14	1.12500	18	WLDDDL
	14	Carlisle United	18	7	4	7	25	23	6	1	2	20	11	1	3	5	5	12	1.08696	18	LWDWWW
	15	Nottingham Forest	19	6	6	7	20	25	4	4	2	12	10	2	2	5	8	15	.80000	18	DWWLLL
	16	Huddersfield Town	20	5	8	7	19	24	4	4	2	10	8	1	4	5	9	16	.79167	18	DWDLWL
	17	Millwall	19	7	2	10	24	23	5	1	3	12	8	2	1	7	12	15	1.04348	16	LDLWWW
	18	Leyton Orient	19	4	8	7	18	24	3	4	3	12	12	1	4	4	6	12	.75000	16	WDLWLW
	19	Sunderland	18	4	7	7	23	29	3	4	1	12	9	1	3	6	11	20	.79310	15	LDDLDL
	20	Portsmouth	19	5	5	9	19	25	3	1	6	9	13	2	4	3	10	12	.76000	15	LLWDDL
	21	Cardiff City	19	6	3	10	22	32	6	1	3	16	11	0	2	7	6	21	.68750	15	LWDWLW
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	19	2	9	8	23	38	1	6	2	14	16	1	3	6	9	22	.60526	13	DDDLLL

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	20	10	9	1	34	19	6	3	1	20	10	4	6	0	14	9	1.78947	29	DDLWWW		1-0
	2	Queens Park Rangers	20	9	8	3	35	24	5	4	1	22	11	4	4	2	13	13	1.45833	26	LDWLWD		0-0
	3	Blackpool	20	9	7	4	32	21	6	4	1	20	8	3	3	3	12	13	1.52381	25	WDDWWW		3-1
2	4	Aston Villa	20	9	6	5	21	18	6	3	2	12	6	3	3	3	9	12	1.16667	24	DDDLLW		2-0
1	5	Preston North End	20	9	5	6	20	15	4	3	2	9	4	5	2	4	11	11	1.33333	23	LWLWWD		0-0
1	6	Luton Town	19	9	4	6	26	21	3	3	4	14	13	6	1	2	12	8	1.23810	22	LWLDWL
2	7	Middlesbrough	20	8	6	6	20	23	5	2	2	11	9	3	4	4	9	14	.86957	22	DDWLLW		2-0
1	8	Oxford United	20	9	3	8	26	22	6	0	3	17	10	3	3	5	9	12	1.18182	21	WLWLWD		0-0
1	9	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8	5	8	35	30	7	1	3	23	13	1	4	5	12	17	1.16667	21	LLLWLD		2-2
2	10	Bristol City	21	7	7	7	25	26	1	5	3	8	10	6	2	4	17	16	.96154	21	LLWLWW		2-1
4	11	Nottingham Forest	20	7	6	7	22	26	5	4	2	14	11	2	2	5	8	15	.84615	20	WWLLLW		2-1
2	12	Fulham	19	6	7	6	26	24	4	4	2	15	9	2	3	4	11	15	1.08333	19	WDWDDL
2	13	Swindon Town	20	6	7	7	28	30	4	5	1	15	12	2	2	6	13	18	.93333	19	DDWDWW
2	14	Huddersfield Town	21	5	9	7	19	24	4	5	2	10	8	1	4	5	9	16	.79167	19	WDLWLD		0-0
1	15	Carlisle United	19	7	4	8	26	25	6	1	3	21	13	1	3	5	5	12	1.04000	18	WDWWWL		1-2
3	16	Hull City	20	6	6	8	27	26	5	3	2	20	10	1	3	6	7	16	1.03846	18	LDDDLL		0-2
	17	Millwall	20	7	3	10	26	25	5	1	3	12	8	2	2	7	14	17	1.04000	17	DLWWWD		2-2
	18	Leyton Orient	20	4	8	8	19	26	3	4	3	12	12	1	4	5	7	14	.73077	16	DLWLWL		1-2
	19	Sunderland	19	4	7	8	23	30	3	4	2	12	10	1	3	6	11	20	.76667	15	DDLDLL		0-1
	20	Portsmouth	20	5	5	10	20	28	3	1	6	9	13	2	4	4	11	15	.71429	15	LWDDLL		1-3
	21	Cardiff City	19	6	3	10	22	32	6	1	3	16	11	0	2	7	6	21	.68750	15	LWDWLW
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	20	2	9	9	23	40	1	6	3	14	18	1	3	6	9	22	.57500	13	DDLLLL		0-2