The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 - 4 FOREST - Sat Dec 27, 1975 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 27, 1975 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 (Won)

Attendance:
Position Before:: 14
Position After:: 11
Referee:
Season:: 1975-76

NEXT GAMES:
FA Cup:: Peterborough United
League:: Hull City
League Tier 2:: Hull City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2894 (of 4791)
League Tier 2: 1437 (of 2374)
Competitive:: 3208 (of 5482)
Total:: 4491 (of 7222)

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

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough

Goals:
John Robertson
Bert Bowery - Bert Bowery first goal
Bert Bowery - Bert Bowery last goal
Ian Bowyer

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Wells
2	M	Liam O'Kane
3	M	Frank Clark
4	F	John McGovern
5	F	Sammy Chapman
6	F	John Robertson
7	F	Jim McIntosh
8	F	Bert Bowery	Debut
9	F	John O'Hare
10	F	Barry Butlin
11	F	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12		?
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Dec 27, 1975)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1	4	Nottingham Forest
Blackpool	0	0	York City
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Sunderland
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Luton Town
Chelsea	2	3	Charlton Athletic
Hull City	2	3	Carlisle United
Notts County	5	1	Oldham Athletic
Oxford United	1	2	Southampton
Plymouth Argyle	4	0	Fulham
Portsmouth	0	1	Bristol City
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Orient

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Sunderland	23	15	3	5	38	19	12	1	0	30	6	3	2	5	8	13	2.000	33
	2	Bolton Wanderers	23	12	7	4	39	23	6	3	1	20	7	6	4	3	19	16	1.696	31
	3	Bristol City	23	11	7	5	40	22	7	4	1	24	7	4	3	4	16	15	1.818	29
	4	Southampton	22	12	2	8	41	28	11	0	1	31	8	1	2	7	10	20	1.464	26
	5	Notts County	23	10	6	7	25	21	6	4	1	13	4	4	2	6	12	17	1.190	26
	6	Oldham Athletic	23	10	6	7	33	33	9	3	1	24	14	1	3	6	9	19	1.000	26
	7	West Bromwich Albion	23	9	8	6	23	23	4	5	1	11	7	5	3	5	12	16	1.000	26
	8	Fulham	22	9	7	6	30	21	5	4	3	18	10	4	3	3	12	11	1.429	25
	9	Luton Town	23	10	5	8	33	25	7	3	2	20	10	3	2	6	13	15	1.320	25
	10	Bristol Rovers	23	7	11	5	25	22	4	5	2	13	10	3	6	3	12	12	1.136	25
	11	Chelsea	23	8	7	8	27	28	5	4	1	14	6	3	3	7	13	22	.964	23
	12	Orient	22	7	8	7	20	19	6	4	2	13	7	1	4	5	7	12	1.053	22
	13	Blackpool	23	8	6	9	22	27	4	4	3	13	15	4	2	6	9	12	.815	22
	14	Nottingham Forest	23	7	7	9	23	22	5	1	6	14	11	2	6	3	9	11	1.045	21
	15	Carlisle United	23	7	7	9	19	27	6	4	2	14	10	1	3	7	5	17	.704	21
	16	Blackburn Rovers	23	5	10	8	21	24	3	5	4	11	10	2	5	4	10	14	.875	20
	17	Hull City	23	8	4	11	24	29	5	3	4	15	11	3	1	7	9	18	.828	20
	18	Plymouth Argyle	23	7	6	10	25	32	7	2	2	18	12	0	4	8	7	20	.781	20
	19	Charlton Athletic	22	7	5	10	25	37	5	1	4	17	16	2	4	6	8	21	.676	19
	20	Oxford United	23	5	6	12	22	33	3	3	5	11	14	2	3	7	11	19	.667	16
	21	York City	23	5	4	14	19	39	4	1	6	13	19	1	3	8	6	20	.487	14
	22	Portsmouth	23	3	6	14	15	35	0	5	6	5	13	3	1	8	10	22	.429	12

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Sunderland	24	15	3	6	39	21	12	1	0	30	6	3	2	6	9	15	1.857	33
	2	Bolton Wanderers	24	13	7	4	41	24	7	3	1	22	8	6	4	3	19	16	1.708	33
	3	Bristol City	24	12	7	5	41	22	7	4	1	24	7	5	3	4	17	15	1.864	31
	4	Southampton	23	13	2	8	43	29	11	0	1	31	8	2	2	7	12	21	1.483	28
	5	Notts County	24	11	6	7	30	22	7	4	1	18	5	4	2	6	12	17	1.364	28
⇧	6	Luton Town	24	11	5	8	34	25	7	3	2	20	10	4	2	6	14	15	1.360	27
	7	West Bromwich Albion	24	9	9	6	24	24	4	6	1	12	8	5	3	5	12	16	1.000	27
⇩	8	Oldham Athletic	24	10	6	8	34	38	9	3	1	24	14	1	3	7	10	24	.895	26
⇩	9	Fulham	23	9	7	7	30	25	5	4	3	18	10	4	3	4	12	15	1.200	25
	10	Bristol Rovers	24	7	11	6	25	23	4	5	3	13	11	3	6	3	12	12	1.087	25
⇧	11	Nottingham Forest	24	8	7	9	27	23	5	1	6	14	11	3	6	3	13	12	1.174	23
	12	Orient	23	7	9	7	21	20	6	4	2	13	7	1	5	5	8	13	1.050	23
⇩	13	Chelsea	24	8	7	9	29	31	5	4	2	16	9	3	3	7	13	22	.935	23
⇩	14	Blackpool	24	8	7	9	22	27	4	5	3	13	15	4	2	6	9	12	.815	23
	15	Carlisle United	24	8	7	9	22	29	6	4	2	14	10	2	3	7	8	19	.759	23
⇧	16	Plymouth Argyle	24	8	6	10	29	32	8	2	2	22	12	0	4	8	7	20	.906	22
⇧	17	Charlton Athletic	23	8	5	10	28	39	5	1	4	17	16	3	4	6	11	23	.718	21
⇩	18	Hull City	24	8	4	12	26	32	5	3	5	17	14	3	1	7	9	18	.813	20
⇩	19	Blackburn Rovers	24	5	10	9	22	28	3	5	5	12	14	2	5	4	10	14	.786	20
	20	Oxford United	24	5	6	13	23	35	3	3	6	12	16	2	3	7	11	19	.657	16
	21	York City	24	5	5	14	19	39	4	1	6	13	19	1	4	8	6	20	.487	15
	22	Portsmouth	24	3	6	15	15	36	0	5	7	5	14	3	1	8	10	22	.417	12

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