The City Ground

BLACKPOOL 2 - 0 FOREST - Mon Apr 23, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 23, 1973 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Guardian - Tuesday 24 April 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: H Hackney
Attendance:: 8,322
Pos Before/After:: 14 14
Opp Before/After:: 5 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Oct 20, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2785 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1328 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3079 (of 5736)
Total:: 4342 (of 7523)
Played:: 51 years, 6 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Harry Potts
Prior form: WLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Dyson (24')
Lennard (62')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	D	18	Steve Baines	Last game
5	M	20	David Serella
6	F	20	John Robertson
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh
8	F	28	Barry Lyons	Last game
9	F	22	Duncan McKenzie
10	F	26	Tommy Jackson
11	M	21	Martin O'Neill
Subs
12	M	25	George Lyall

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Hatton
3	D	Bentley
4	D	Alcock
5	D	James
6	M	Suddaby
7	M	Burns
8	M	Suddick
9	M	Rafferty
10	F	Dyson
11	F	Tully
Subs
12		Lennard

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Apr 23, 1973)

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

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	40	23	13	4	68	34	12	6	2	41	18	11	7	2	27	16	2.00000	59	WLWWWW	Promoted
	2	Queens Park Rangers	39	21	13	5	74	37	14	4	1	50	13	7	9	4	24	24	2.00000	55	WWLWDW	Promoted
	3	Aston Villa	39	17	12	10	46	43	11	5	4	25	16	6	7	6	21	27	1.06977	46	DLWWWD	Safe
	4	Fulham	40	16	12	12	56	44	11	6	4	32	16	5	6	8	24	28	1.27273	44	LDLWDW	Safe
	5	Blackpool	40	17	10	13	54	50	11	6	3	35	17	6	4	10	19	33	1.08000	44	WLWLWL	Safe
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	40	17	9	14	58	53	14	3	3	40	20	3	6	11	18	33	1.09434	43	DLWLWL	Safe
	7	Middlesbrough	40	15	13	12	42	41	11	6	3	26	13	4	7	9	16	28	1.02439	43	DDLDWW	Safe
	8	Bristol City	40	15	12	13	59	49	8	7	4	30	16	7	5	9	29	33	1.20408	42	WWDWLW	Safe
	9	Oxford United	40	17	7	16	49	42	13	2	5	34	17	4	5	11	15	25	1.16667	41	WLWLLD	Safe
	10	Luton Town	39	15	11	13	43	47	6	9	5	24	22	9	2	8	19	25	.91489	41	WLWLLD	Safe
	11	Sunderland	36	15	10	11	54	42	10	6	2	32	13	5	4	9	22	29	1.28571	40	WDWWLW	Safe
	12	Millwall	39	15	8	16	52	45	12	3	4	31	16	3	5	12	21	29	1.15556	38	WLLWDL	Safe
	13	Hull City	38	13	11	14	60	55	9	6	5	39	22	4	5	9	21	33	1.09091	37	LLLWWL	Safe
	14	Nottingham Forest	39	13	11	15	44	48	11	5	4	31	18	2	6	11	13	30	.91667	37	DWWLLL	Safe
	15	Swindon Town	41	9	16	16	44	59	7	9	4	26	22	2	7	12	18	37	.74576	34	LWDDDL
	16	Portsmouth	40	12	10	18	41	56	7	6	8	21	22	5	4	10	20	34	.73214	34	DLWLWL
	17	Leyton Orient	39	11	11	17	43	47	10	5	4	29	15	1	6	13	14	32	.91489	33	WLWLLW
	18	Preston North End	39	11	11	17	35	60	6	7	6	18	23	5	4	11	17	37	.58333	33	LDLDLW
	19	Carlisle United	39	11	10	18	48	49	10	4	5	38	21	1	6	13	10	28	.97959	32	DLWLLD
	20	Cardiff City	38	11	9	18	40	52	11	3	5	31	18	0	6	13	9	34	.76923	31	DDDLDW
	21	Huddersfield Town	40	7	16	17	34	56	6	9	5	19	20	1	7	12	15	36	.60714	30	LWDLLL
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	39	8	11	20	43	78	7	6	6	29	28	1	5	14	14	50	.55128	27	WWWDWL

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	40	23	13	4	68	34	12	6	2	41	18	11	7	2	27	16	2.00000	59	WLWWWW	Promoted
	2	Queens Park Rangers	39	21	13	5	74	37	14	4	1	50	13	7	9	4	24	24	2.00000	55	WWLWDW	Promoted
	3	Aston Villa	40	17	13	10	47	44	11	5	4	25	16	6	8	6	22	28	1.06818	47	LWWWDD	Safe	1-1
1	4	Blackpool	41	18	10	13	56	50	12	6	3	37	17	6	4	10	19	33	1.12000	46	LWLWLW	Safe	2-0
2	5	Middlesbrough	41	16	13	12	43	41	11	6	3	26	13	5	7	9	17	28	1.04878	45	DLDWWW	Safe	1-0
2	6	Fulham	41	16	12	13	58	47	11	6	4	32	16	5	6	9	26	31	1.23404	44	DLWDWL	Safe	2-3
1	7	Bristol City	41	16	12	13	61	50	9	7	4	32	17	7	5	9	29	33	1.22000	44	WDWLWW	Safe	2-1
2	8	Sheffield Wednesday	41	17	10	14	58	53	14	4	3	40	20	3	6	11	18	33	1.09434	44	LWLWLD	Safe	0-0
2	9	Sunderland	37	16	10	11	56	43	11	6	2	34	14	5	4	9	22	29	1.30233	42	DWWLWW	Safe	2-1
1	10	Oxford United	40	17	7	16	49	42	13	2	5	34	17	4	5	11	15	25	1.16667	41	WLWLLD	Safe
1	11	Luton Town	40	15	11	14	43	48	6	9	6	24	23	9	2	8	19	25	.89583	41	LWLLDL	Safe	0-1
	12	Millwall	40	15	9	16	53	46	12	4	4	32	17	3	5	12	21	29	1.15217	39	LLWDLD	Safe	1-1
	13	Hull City	39	13	12	14	60	55	9	7	5	39	22	4	5	9	21	33	1.09091	38	LLWWLD	Safe	0-0
	14	Nottingham Forest	40	13	11	16	44	50	11	5	4	31	18	2	6	12	13	32	.88000	37	WWLLLL	Safe	0-2
2	15	Leyton Orient	40	12	11	17	46	49	11	5	4	32	17	1	6	13	14	32	.93878	35	LWLLWW	Safe	3-2
	16	Portsmouth	41	12	11	18	42	57	7	6	8	21	22	5	5	10	21	35	.73684	35	LWLWLD	Safe	1-1
2	17	Swindon Town	41	9	16	16	44	59	7	9	4	26	22	2	7	12	18	37	.74576	34	LWDDDL	Safe
1	18	Carlisle United	40	11	11	18	48	49	10	4	5	38	21	1	7	13	10	28	.97959	33	LWLLDD		0-0
1	19	Preston North End	40	11	11	18	36	62	6	7	6	18	23	5	4	12	18	39	.58065	33	DLDLWL		1-2
	20	Cardiff City	39	11	9	19	41	54	11	3	5	31	18	0	6	14	10	36	.75926	31	DDLDWL		1-2
	21	Huddersfield Town	41	7	17	17	34	56	6	9	5	19	20	1	8	12	15	36	.60714	31	WDLLLD		0-0
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	40	8	12	20	44	79	7	7	6	30	29	1	5	14	14	50	.55696	28	WWDWLD		1-1