The City Ground

BRISTOL ROVERS 4 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 05, 1975 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 05, 1975 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Eastville Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-4 (Lost)

Attendance:
Pos Before/After:: 15/17
Opp Before/After:: 20/19
Referee:
Season:: 1974-75
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Southampton

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2867 (of 4851)
League Tier 2:: 1410 (of 2434)
Competitive:: 3177 (of 5546)
Total:: 4450 (of 7294)

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

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: LDLDDW (Old to recent)

Goals:
George Lyall
John O'Hare

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager:
Prior form: LDWDLD (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	M	John Middleton
2	M	Liam O'Kane
3	F	Paul Richardson
4	F	John McGovern
5	M	David Jones	Last game
6	F	Sammy Chapman
7	F	George Lyall
8	F	John Robertson
9	F	John O'Hare
10	F	Barry Butlin
11	F	Tony Woodcock
Subs
12		?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Apr 05, 1975)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackpool	2	2	Portsmouth
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	York City
Bristol Rovers	4	2	Nottingham Forest
Norwich City	2	0	Orient
Notts County	1	2	Bristol City
Oldham Athletic	4	0	Cardiff City
Southampton	0	1	Manchester United
Sunderland	1	0	Hull City
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Millwall

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	Manchester United	38	23	8	7	58	28	15	3	1	40	12	8	5	6	18	16	2.071	54	WDWDWW
	2	Sunderland	38	17	13	8	61	32	12	6	1	37	8	5	7	7	24	24	1.906	47	DDLDWW
	3	Aston Villa	36	19	8	9	59	31	13	4	1	38	6	6	4	8	21	25	1.903	46	DWWLWW
	4	Blackpool	38	14	16	8	36	23	12	5	2	29	12	2	11	6	7	11	1.565	44	DDDDWD
	5	Bristol City	37	18	8	11	41	27	12	5	2	27	9	6	3	9	14	18	1.519	44	LWWWLD
	6	Norwich City	36	16	12	8	47	32	12	3	3	28	13	4	9	5	19	19	1.469	44	WDDWWL
	7	Fulham	38	13	14	11	41	33	9	6	4	27	15	4	8	7	14	18	1.242	40	WDLWWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	37	15	9	13	46	37	11	4	3	29	13	4	5	10	17	24	1.243	39	WDWLLW
	9	Hull City	38	13	13	12	37	51	10	8	1	23	10	3	5	11	14	41	.725	39	LDLWDW
	10	Oxford United	38	14	10	14	38	48	13	3	3	28	17	1	7	11	10	31	.792	38	DDLDWD
	11	Southampton	37	13	10	14	47	49	8	6	4	24	17	5	4	10	23	32	.959	36	LWWLLW
	12	Notts County	38	11	14	13	43	53	7	10	2	31	22	4	4	11	12	31	.811	36	WDLDLL
	13	Leyton Orient	37	9	18	10	25	36	6	8	4	14	15	3	10	6	11	21	.694	36	LWWLDD
	14	Bolton Wanderers	37	13	9	15	40	38	9	5	5	25	14	4	4	10	15	24	1.053	35	LDLLLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	38	11	13	14	39	47	6	6	7	22	22	5	7	7	17	25	.830	35	LDLDDW
	16	York City	38	13	8	17	46	50	9	6	4	27	15	4	2	13	19	35	.920	34	WLWLLD
	17	Portsmouth	38	12	10	16	39	46	9	6	4	27	16	3	4	12	12	30	.848	34	LWLWWL
	18	Oldham Athletic	38	9	13	16	36	43	9	6	4	24	16	0	7	12	12	27	.837	31	WDDDLL
	19	Cardiff City	36	9	13	14	33	48	7	7	5	21	17	2	6	9	12	31	.688	31	LDDDWW
	20	Bristol Rovers	38	11	9	18	34	56	9	4	6	20	18	2	5	12	14	38	.607	31	LDWDLD
	21	Millwall	38	10	10	18	39	49	8	7	4	29	17	2	3	14	10	32	.796	30	WLDWLL
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	37	5	10	22	28	56	3	6	9	16	23	2	4	13	12	33	.500	20	LLDLLL

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	Manchester United	39	24	8	7	59	28	15	3	1	40	12	9	5	6	19	16	2.107	56	DWDWWW
	2	Sunderland	39	18	13	8	62	32	13	6	1	38	8	5	7	7	24	24	1.938	49	DLDWWW
	3	Aston Villa	36	19	8	9	59	31	13	4	1	38	6	6	4	8	21	25	1.903	46	DWWLWW
1	4	Bristol City	38	19	8	11	43	28	12	5	2	27	9	7	3	9	16	19	1.536	46	WWWLDW
1	5	Norwich City	37	17	12	8	49	32	13	3	3	30	13	4	9	5	19	19	1.531	46	DDWWLW
2	6	Blackpool	39	14	17	8	38	25	12	6	2	31	14	2	11	6	7	11	1.520	45	DDDWDD
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	38	16	9	13	48	38	12	4	3	31	14	4	5	10	17	24	1.263	41	DWLLWW
1	8	Fulham	38	13	14	11	41	33	9	6	4	27	15	4	8	7	14	18	1.242	40	WDLWWW
	9	Hull City	39	13	13	13	37	52	10	8	1	23	10	3	5	12	14	42	.712	39	DLWDWL
	10	Oxford United	38	14	10	14	38	48	13	3	3	28	17	1	7	11	10	31	.792	38	DDLDWD
3	11	Bolton Wanderers	38	13	10	15	41	39	9	6	5	26	15	4	4	10	15	24	1.051	36	DLLLLD
1	12	Southampton	38	13	10	15	47	50	8	6	5	24	18	5	4	10	23	32	.940	36	WWLLWL
1	13	Notts County	39	11	14	14	44	55	7	10	3	32	24	4	4	11	12	31	.800	36	DLDLLL
1	14	Leyton Orient	38	9	18	11	25	38	6	8	4	14	15	3	10	7	11	23	.658	36	WWLDDL
1	15	York City	39	13	9	17	47	51	9	6	4	27	15	4	3	13	20	36	.922	35	LWLLDD
1	16	Portsmouth	39	12	11	16	41	48	9	6	4	27	16	3	5	12	14	32	.854	35	WLWWLD
2	17	Nottingham Forest	39	11	13	15	41	51	6	6	7	22	22	5	7	8	19	29	.804	35	DLDDWL
	18	Oldham Athletic	39	10	13	16	40	43	10	6	4	28	16	0	7	12	12	27	.930	33	DDDLLW
1	19	Bristol Rovers	39	12	9	18	38	58	10	4	6	24	20	2	5	12	14	38	.655	33	DWDLDW
1	20	Cardiff City	37	9	13	15	33	52	7	7	5	21	17	2	6	10	12	35	.635	31	DDDWWL
	21	Millwall	39	10	10	19	40	51	8	7	4	29	17	2	3	15	11	34	.784	30	LDWLLL
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	37	5	10	22	28	56	3	6	9	16	23	2	4	13	12	33	.500	20	LLDLLL