The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Sat Mar 24, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 24, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 (Won)

Attendance:
Pos Before/After:: 13/12
Opp Before/After:: 4/4
Referee:
Season:: 1972-73
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Burnley

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2779 (of 4878)
League Tier 2:: 1322 (of 2461)
Competitive:: 3073 (of 5575)
Total:: 4329 (of 7323)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
John Cottam - John Cottam first goal
Martin O'Neill
John Galley - John Galley last goal

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager:
Prior form: LWWWWD (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Jim Barron
2	M	Liam O'Kane
3	D	John Winfield
4	F	Sammy Chapman
5	M	John Cottam
6	F	Tommy Jackson
7	F	Jim McIntosh
8	M	Martin O'Neill
9	F	Duncan McKenzie off for Gregor Robertson ()
10	F	John Galley
11	F	Barry Lyons
Subs
12	F	John Robertson on for Duncan McKenzie ()

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 24, 1973)

Home	F	A	Away
Brighton and Hove Albion	3	1	Swindon Town
Burnley	2	1	Millwall
Fulham	1	2	Sunderland
Leyton Orient	3	1	Huddersfield Town
Luton Town	1	3	Bristol City
Middlesbrough	1	1	Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday
Portsmouth	0	0	Carlisle United
Preston North End	0	0	Cardiff City
Queens Park Rangers	4	0	Blackpool

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	34	18	13	3	57	30	9	6	2	34	17	9	7	1	23	13	1.900	49	DDWLWW
	2	Queens Park Rangers	33	17	12	4	62	35	11	4	1	39	13	6	8	3	23	22	1.771	46	WDWWDW
	3	Blackpool	35	15	10	10	48	39	9	6	3	29	14	6	4	7	19	25	1.231	40	DLDWWW
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	35	15	9	11	54	45	12	3	3	37	20	3	6	8	17	25	1.200	39	LWWWWD
	5	Fulham	33	14	10	9	50	38	10	4	2	28	12	4	6	7	22	26	1.316	38	LWLWWL
	6	Oxford United	35	16	6	13	45	35	12	1	4	31	14	4	5	9	14	21	1.286	38	WWLLDW
	7	Aston Villa	33	14	10	9	40	37	9	5	4	22	15	5	5	5	18	22	1.081	38	WDLLLW
	8	Middlesbrough	35	13	11	11	34	37	10	4	3	21	11	3	7	8	13	26	.919	37	WLWLWD
	9	Luton Town	32	13	10	9	40	36	5	8	4	22	19	8	2	5	18	17	1.111	36	WLDLDW
	10	Millwall	34	14	7	13	49	40	11	3	3	29	14	3	4	10	20	26	1.225	35	WWWWLW
	11	Hull City	33	11	11	11	51	47	8	6	3	34	18	3	5	8	17	29	1.085	33	LLWDWL
	12	Bristol City	34	11	11	12	44	44	5	7	4	20	15	6	4	8	24	29	1.000	33	WDWLLD
	13	Nottingham Forest	34	11	11	12	36	40	9	5	3	24	15	2	6	9	12	25	.900	33	LWDWLD
	14	Sunderland	29	10	9	10	41	36	7	5	2	23	10	3	4	8	18	26	1.139	29	WLWWLW
	15	Portsmouth	34	10	9	15	38	47	5	5	7	18	20	5	4	8	20	27	.809	29	WLLDLL
	16	Swindon Town	35	8	13	14	41	54	6	8	4	25	22	2	5	10	16	32	.759	29	LWLDWD
	17	Preston North End	34	10	9	15	33	55	5	5	6	16	22	5	4	9	17	33	.600	29	LDLDLL
	18	Carlisle United	33	10	8	15	43	41	9	4	4	36	20	1	4	11	7	21	1.049	28	DLLLWL
	19	Leyton Orient	33	8	11	14	35	41	7	5	4	22	14	1	6	10	13	27	.854	27	WLWLWL
	20	Huddersfield Town	34	6	15	13	31	44	5	9	4	18	18	1	6	9	13	26	.705	27	WDDDLD
	21	Cardiff City	32	10	5	17	34	48	10	1	5	26	16	0	4	12	8	32	.708	25	DLWLLL
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	34	5	10	19	35	72	4	6	6	22	26	1	4	13	13	46	.486	20	WLLWDW

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
	1	Burnley	35	19	13	3	59	31	10	6	2	36	18	9	7	1	23	13	1.903	51	DWLWWW
	2	Queens Park Rangers	34	18	12	4	66	35	12	4	1	43	13	6	8	3	23	22	1.886	48	DWWDWW
	3	Blackpool	36	15	10	11	48	43	9	6	3	29	14	6	4	8	19	29	1.116	40	LDWWWL
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	36	15	9	12	54	48	12	3	3	37	20	3	6	9	17	28	1.125	39	WWWWDL
2	5	Aston Villa	34	14	11	9	41	38	9	5	4	22	15	5	6	5	19	23	1.079	39	DLLLWD
	6	Oxford United	35	16	6	13	45	35	12	1	4	31	14	4	5	9	14	21	1.286	38	WWLLDW
2	7	Fulham	34	14	10	10	51	40	10	4	3	29	14	4	6	7	22	26	1.275	38	WLWWLL
	8	Middlesbrough	36	13	12	11	35	38	10	5	3	22	12	3	7	8	13	26	.921	38	LWLWDD
	9	Luton Town	33	13	10	10	41	39	5	8	5	23	22	8	2	5	18	17	1.051	36	LDLDWL
	10	Millwall	35	14	7	14	50	42	11	3	3	29	14	3	4	11	21	28	1.190	35	WWWLWL
1	11	Bristol City	35	12	11	12	47	45	5	7	4	20	15	7	4	8	27	30	1.044	35	DWLLDW
1	12	Nottingham Forest	35	12	11	12	39	40	10	5	3	27	15	2	6	9	12	25	.975	35	WDWLDW
2	13	Hull City	33	11	11	11	51	47	8	6	3	34	18	3	5	8	17	29	1.085	33	LLWDWL
	14	Sunderland	30	11	9	10	43	37	7	5	2	23	10	4	4	8	20	27	1.162	31	LWWLWW
	15	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	38	47	5	6	7	18	20	5	4	8	20	27	.809	30	LLDLLD
1	16	Preston North End	35	10	10	15	33	55	5	6	6	16	22	5	4	9	17	33	.600	30	DLDLLD
1	17	Carlisle United	34	10	9	15	43	41	9	4	4	36	20	1	5	11	7	21	1.049	29	LLLWLD
1	18	Leyton Orient	34	9	11	14	38	42	8	5	4	25	15	1	6	10	13	27	.905	29	LWLWLW
3	19	Swindon Town	36	8	13	15	42	57	6	8	4	25	22	2	5	11	17	35	.737	29	WLDWDL
	20	Huddersfield Town	35	6	15	14	32	47	5	9	4	18	18	1	6	10	14	29	.681	27	DDDLDL
	21	Cardiff City	33	10	6	17	34	48	10	1	5	26	16	0	5	12	8	32	.708	26	LWLLLD
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	6	10	19	38	73	5	6	6	25	27	1	4	13	13	46	.521	22	LLWDWW