The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BRISTOL CITY - Tue Apr 16, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Apr 16, 1974 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Bristol Evening Post - Wednesday 17 April 1974

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: P Willis
Attendance:: 12,756
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 16 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Aug 17, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2826 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1369 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3128 (of 5736)
Total:: 4403 (of 7523)
Played:: 50 years, 7 months, 9 days ago

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

Goals
Duncan McKenzie (48')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Alan Dicks
Prior form: DLLWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Ritchie (50')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	Dennis Peacock
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	D	31	John Winfield
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	23	John Cottam
6	F	27	Tommy Jackson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie (48')
8	M	26	George Lyall
9	F	29	John Galley
10	F	23	Jim McIntosh
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	M	21	David Serella

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Cashley
2	D	Sweeney
3	D	Drysdale
4	D	Gow
5	D	Collier
6	M	Merrick
7	M	Tainton
8	M	Ritchie
9	M	Fear
10	F	Gillies
11	F	Emanuel
Subs
12		Hunt

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Apr 16, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	2-1	Aston Villa
Carlisle United	1-0	Sunderland
Crystal Palace	0-2	Fulham
Luton Town	0-1	Oxford United
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Bristol 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	Middlesbrough	40	25	11	4	65	28	15	4	1	32	8	10	7	3	33	20	2.32143	61	WWWDLL	Champions
	2	Luton Town	38	18	11	9	57	45	11	5	2	36	20	7	6	7	21	25	1.26667	47	WLLWDD	Safe
	3	Leyton Orient	39	15	15	9	52	39	9	6	4	26	15	6	9	5	26	24	1.33333	45	LWDDLW	Safe
	4	Blackpool	39	15	13	11	50	37	9	5	5	29	16	6	8	6	21	21	1.35135	43	DWDLLW	Safe
	5	Carlisle United	38	17	9	12	57	44	11	5	3	37	17	6	4	9	20	27	1.29545	43	WDWLLW	Safe
	6	Bolton Wanderers	40	15	12	13	44	37	12	5	3	30	15	3	7	10	14	22	1.18919	42	WDDDDW	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	39	14	14	11	46	42	8	7	4	26	22	6	7	7	20	20	1.09524	42	LLDDLW	Safe
	8	Sunderland	38	16	9	13	50	38	10	6	4	30	14	6	3	9	20	24	1.31579	41	WWWDWL	Safe
	9	Nottingham Forest	38	13	14	11	51	38	11	5	3	37	17	2	9	8	14	21	1.34211	40	LWLDLL	Safe
	10	Millwall	39	14	12	13	50	47	10	5	5	28	16	4	7	8	22	31	1.06383	40	WWDDWW	Safe
	11	Notts County	40	14	12	14	52	58	7	6	7	28	34	7	6	7	24	24	.89655	40	WWDLDD	Safe
	12	Hull City	40	11	17	12	42	47	8	9	3	23	15	3	8	9	19	32	.89362	39	WDLWDL	Safe
	13	Aston Villa	37	12	14	11	42	37	7	9	3	29	18	5	5	8	13	19	1.13514	38	WWWDDL	Safe
	14	Fulham	39	14	10	15	33	40	10	4	6	22	19	4	6	9	11	21	.82500	38	WWDDLL	Safe
	15	Portsmouth	40	13	12	15	43	60	9	8	3	26	14	4	4	12	17	46	.71667	38	LDDDWL	Safe
	16	Bristol City	39	14	9	16	45	49	9	5	6	25	18	5	4	10	20	31	.91837	37	DLLWWW
	17	Cardiff City	39	10	14	15	46	58	8	5	6	25	18	2	9	9	21	40	.79310	34	LLDDWD
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	40	11	11	18	50	55	8	6	6	32	24	3	5	12	18	31	.90909	33	WLLDDW
	19	Crystal Palace	38	10	11	17	41	51	6	7	6	24	20	4	4	11	17	31	.80392	31	LWWDWL
	20	Oxford United	38	8	15	15	33	45	7	8	4	26	20	1	7	11	7	25	.73333	31	DLLWDD
	21	Preston North End	40	8	14	18	36	58	7	8	5	22	19	1	6	13	14	39	.62069	29*	LLLDDL
	22	Swindon Town	40	7	11	22	35	67	6	7	7	22	26	1	4	15	13	41	.52239	25	DLLDWW	Relegated

*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	40	25	11	4	65	28	15	4	1	32	8	10	7	3	33	20	2.32143	61	WWWDLL	Champions
	2	Luton Town	39	18	11	10	57	46	11	5	3	36	21	7	6	7	21	25	1.23913	47	LLWDDL	Safe	0-1
1	3	Blackpool	40	16	13	11	52	38	10	5	5	31	17	6	8	6	21	21	1.36842	45	WDLLWW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Leyton Orient	39	15	15	9	52	39	9	6	4	26	15	6	9	5	26	24	1.33333	45	LWDDLW	Safe
	5	Carlisle United	39	18	9	12	58	44	12	5	3	38	17	6	4	9	20	27	1.31818	45	DWLLWW	Safe	1-0
	6	Bolton Wanderers	40	15	12	13	44	37	12	5	3	30	15	3	7	10	14	22	1.18919	42	WDDDDW	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	39	14	14	11	46	42	8	7	4	26	22	6	7	7	20	20	1.09524	42	LLDDLW	Safe
1	8	Nottingham Forest	39	13	15	11	52	39	11	6	3	38	18	2	9	8	14	21	1.33333	41	WLDLLD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Sunderland	39	16	9	14	50	39	10	6	4	30	14	6	3	10	20	25	1.28205	41	WWDWLL	Safe	0-1
	10	Millwall	39	14	12	13	50	47	10	5	5	28	16	4	7	8	22	31	1.06383	40	WWDDWW	Safe
	11	Notts County	40	14	12	14	52	58	7	6	7	28	34	7	6	7	24	24	.89655	40	WWDLDD	Safe
2	12	Fulham	40	15	10	15	35	40	10	4	6	22	19	5	6	9	13	21	.87500	40	WDDLLW	Safe	2-0
1	13	Hull City	40	11	17	12	42	47	8	9	3	23	15	3	8	9	19	32	.89362	39	WDLWDL	Safe
1	14	Aston Villa	38	12	14	12	43	39	7	9	3	29	18	5	5	9	14	21	1.10256	38	WWDDLL	Safe	1-2
1	15	Bristol City	40	14	10	16	46	50	9	5	6	25	18	5	5	10	21	32	.92000	38	LLWWWD	Safe	1-1
1	16	Portsmouth	40	13	12	15	43	60	9	8	3	26	14	4	4	12	17	46	.71667	38	LDDDWL	Safe
	17	Cardiff City	39	10	14	15	46	58	8	5	6	25	18	2	9	9	21	40	.79310	34	LLDDWD
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	40	11	11	18	50	55	8	6	6	32	24	3	5	12	18	31	.90909	33	WLLDDW
1	19	Oxford United	39	9	15	15	34	45	7	8	4	26	20	2	7	11	8	25	.75556	33	LLWDDW		1-0
1	20	Crystal Palace	39	10	11	18	41	53	6	7	7	24	22	4	4	11	17	31	.77358	31	WWDWLL		0-2
	21	Preston North End	40	8	14	18	36	58	7	8	5	22	19	1	6	13	14	39	.62069	29*	LLLDDL
	22	Swindon Town	40	7	11	22	35	67	6	7	7	22	26	1	4	15	13	41	.52239	25	DLLDWW	Relegated

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