The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BLACKPOOL - Sat Mar 16, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 16, 1974 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 16 March 1974

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: H Williams
Attendance:: 15,274
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 5 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (FA Cup)
League:: Fulham
Blackpool:: Dec 21, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2819 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1362 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3119 (of 5736)
Total:: 4394 (of 7523)
Played:: 50 years, 8 months, 5 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Allan Brown
Prior form: DWLDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Duncan McKenzie (58')
Duncan McKenzie (86')

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

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	D	31	John Winfield
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	21	David Serella
6	M	24	Paul Richardson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie (58') (86')
8	M	26	George Lyall
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	F	21	John Robertson
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	M	22	Martin O'Neill

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Burridge
2	D	Curtis
3	D	Bentley
4	D	Alcock
5	D	James
6	M	Suddaby
7	M	Burns
8	M	Suddick
9	M	Dyson
10	F	Evanson
11	F	Ainscow
Subs
12		Hatton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 16, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	0-1	Aston Villa
Carlisle United	1-0	Crystal Palace
Luton Town	3-1	Leyton Orient
Millwall	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Blackpool
Portsmouth	3-1	Hull City
Preston North End	0-2	Notts County
Sheffield Wednesday	5-0	Cardiff City
Sunderland	1-0	Fulham
West Bromwich Albion	0-4	Middlesbrough

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	Middlesbrough	32	20	10	2	48	23	13	3	1	27	8	7	7	1	21	15	2.08696	50	LDWWWW	Safe
	2	Luton Town	32	16	9	7	47	37	9	5	1	29	16	7	4	6	18	21	1.27027	41	WDWWLW
	3	Leyton Orient	32	13	13	6	47	32	8	5	3	23	12	5	8	3	24	20	1.46875	39	WLDLDD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	32	13	12	7	41	31	7	6	2	21	13	6	6	5	20	18	1.32258	38	DDDWWD
	5	Blackpool	32	13	11	8	43	30	8	4	4	23	12	5	7	4	20	18	1.43333	37	DWDWWL
	6	Carlisle United	32	14	8	10	47	37	8	5	3	29	15	6	3	7	18	22	1.27027	36	WLLDWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	31	11	13	7	43	29	9	4	2	30	13	2	9	5	13	16	1.48276	35	DWLDWD
	8	Hull City	33	9	15	9	34	37	8	7	2	21	12	1	8	7	13	25	.91892	33	DWLDWL
	9	Notts County	34	12	9	13	48	53	6	4	7	26	33	6	5	6	22	20	.90566	33	WLWLDL
	10	Sunderland	32	12	8	12	41	33	7	6	3	25	11	5	2	9	16	22	1.24242	32	WWWLWL
	11	Bolton Wanderers	32	12	8	12	37	33	10	3	3	26	13	2	5	9	11	20	1.12121	32	DWWDWD
	12	Fulham	31	12	8	11	29	29	9	3	4	19	12	3	5	7	10	17	1.00000	32	LWWWWL
	13	Portsmouth	32	11	9	12	35	51	7	6	3	20	13	4	3	9	15	38	.68627	31	LDLDLW
	14	Aston Villa	31	9	12	10	31	31	6	8	2	24	15	3	4	8	7	16	1.00000	30	DLWDLW
	15	Millwall	33	10	10	13	40	42	7	4	5	22	13	3	6	8	18	29	.95238	30	LWDLDL
	16	Bristol City	32	11	8	13	37	41	7	5	4	22	16	4	3	9	15	25	.90244	30	LWLDWD
	17	Cardiff City	33	9	11	13	38	44	7	5	5	21	13	2	6	8	17	31	.86364	29	WLLLDW
	18	Preston North End	33	8	12	13	34	47	7	6	3	22	16	1	6	10	12	31	.72340	27*	LWLLDL
	19	Oxford United	32	7	12	13	30	40	6	6	3	23	16	1	6	10	7	24	.75000	26	LLLWDD
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	33	8	9	16	39	48	6	5	5	22	18	2	4	11	17	30	.81250	25	WLDLLW
	21	Crystal Palace	32	7	10	15	31	44	5	6	6	21	19	2	4	9	10	25	.70455	24	WWWLDW
	22	Swindon Town	34	5	9	20	30	58	5	7	6	21	24	0	2	14	9	34	.51724	19	LLLLDL

*Preston North End deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player

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	Middlesbrough	33	21	10	2	52	23	13	3	1	27	8	8	7	1	25	15	2.26087	52	DWWWWW	Safe	4-0
	2	Luton Town	33	17	9	7	50	38	10	5	1	32	17	7	4	6	18	21	1.31579	43	DWWLWW		3-1
	3	Leyton Orient	33	13	13	7	48	35	8	5	3	23	12	5	8	4	25	23	1.37143	39	LDLDDL		1-3
2	4	Carlisle United	33	15	8	10	48	37	9	5	3	30	15	6	3	7	18	22	1.29730	38	LLDWLW		1-0
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	33	13	12	8	41	35	7	6	3	21	17	6	6	5	20	18	1.17143	38	DDWWDL		0-4
1	6	Nottingham Forest	32	12	13	7	45	29	10	4	2	32	13	2	9	5	13	16	1.55172	37	WLDWDW		2-0
2	7	Blackpool	33	13	11	9	43	32	8	4	4	23	12	5	7	5	20	20	1.34375	37	WDWWLL		0-2
1	8	Notts County	35	13	9	13	50	53	6	4	7	26	33	7	5	6	24	20	.94340	35	LWLDLW		2-0
1	9	Sunderland	33	13	8	12	42	33	8	6	3	26	11	5	2	9	16	22	1.27273	34	WWLWLW		1-0
2	10	Hull City	34	9	15	10	35	40	8	7	2	21	12	1	8	8	14	28	.87500	33	WLDWLL		1-3
2	11	Portsmouth	33	12	9	12	38	52	8	6	3	23	14	4	3	9	15	38	.73077	33	DLDLWW		3-1
1	12	Bolton Wanderers	33	12	8	13	38	35	10	3	3	26	13	2	5	10	12	22	1.08571	32	WWDWDL		1-2
1	13	Aston Villa	32	10	12	10	32	31	6	8	2	24	15	4	4	8	8	16	1.03226	32	LWDLWW		1-0
1	14	Millwall	34	11	10	13	42	43	8	4	5	24	14	3	6	8	18	29	.97674	32	WDLDLW		2-1
3	15	Fulham	32	12	8	12	29	30	9	3	4	19	12	3	5	8	10	18	.96667	32	WWWWLL		0-1
	16	Bristol City	33	11	8	14	37	42	7	5	5	22	17	4	3	9	15	25	.88095	30	WLDWDL		0-1
	17	Cardiff City	34	9	11	14	38	49	7	5	5	21	13	2	6	9	17	36	.77551	29	LLLDWL		0-5
2	18	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	9	16	44	48	7	5	5	27	18	2	4	11	17	30	.91667	27	LDLLWW		5-0
1	19	Preston North End	34	8	12	14	34	49	7	6	4	22	18	1	6	10	12	31	.69388	27*	WLLDLL		0-2
1	20	Oxford United	32	7	12	13	30	40	6	6	3	23	16	1	6	10	7	24	.75000	26	LLLWDD
	21	Crystal Palace	33	7	10	16	31	45	5	6	6	21	19	2	4	10	10	26	.68889	24	WWLDWL		0-1
	22	Swindon Town	34	5	9	20	30	58	5	7	6	21	24	0	2	14	9	34	.51724	19	LLLLDL

*Preston North End deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player