The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BLACKPOOL - Sat Feb 07, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 07, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 07 February 1976

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: Kevin McNally
Attendance:: 8,582
Pos Before/After:: 17 11
Opp Before/After:: 11 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Oct 16, 1976

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2899 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1442 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3215 (of 5724)
Total:: 4511 (of 7505)
Played:: 48 years, 2 months, 19 days ago

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

Goals
Terry Curran (55')
Barry Butlin (56')
Ian Bowyer (77')

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

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Wells
2	M	27	Liam O'Kane
3	D	32	Frank Clark
4	M	26	John McGovern
5	F	29	Sammy Chapman
6	M	24	Ian Bowyer (77')
7	M	20	Terry Curran (55')
8	M	23	Martin O'Neill
9	F	29	John O'Hare
10	F	26	Barry Butlin (56')
11	F	23	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	21	Jimmy McCann

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?
12		?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 07, 1976)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	1-1	Southampton
Fulham	2-0	Sunderland
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Blackpool
Oldham Athletic	2-2	Carlisle United
Oxford United	1-1	Chelsea
Plymouth Argyle	1-3	Notts County
Portsmouth	0-1	Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	3-0	Bristol Rovers
York City	2-3	Luton Town

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	Sunderland	26	16	4	6	41	22	13	1	0	32	7	3	3	6	9	15	1.86364	36	WLWLDW
	2	Bolton Wanderers	26	14	8	4	44	24	8	3	1	25	8	6	5	3	19	16	1.83333	36	WWLWDW
	3	Bristol City	27	13	9	5	43	23	8	4	1	25	7	5	5	4	18	16	1.86957	35	LDWDWD
	4	Notts County	26	13	6	7	36	23	8	4	1	22	5	5	2	6	14	18	1.56522	32	LWLWWW
	5	Southampton	26	14	4	8	47	32	12	1	1	34	10	2	3	7	13	22	1.46875	32	WWWDDW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	10	6	27	25	4	7	1	12	8	7	3	5	15	17	1.08000	32	LWDDWW
	7	Luton Town	27	12	6	9	38	30	8	4	2	24	12	4	2	7	14	18	1.26667	30	WWWWLD
	8	Oldham Athletic	27	12	6	9	40	41	10	3	1	25	14	2	3	8	15	27	.97561	30	LWLWWL
	9	Bristol Rovers	27	9	11	7	28	26	6	5	3	16	11	3	6	4	12	15	1.07692	29	WLLWLW
	10	Fulham	26	9	9	8	33	29	5	5	3	19	11	4	4	5	14	18	1.13793	27	DWLLDD
	11	Blackpool	27	9	8	10	26	31	5	6	3	17	18	4	2	7	9	13	.83871	26	DLDWLD
	12	Leyton Orient	25	8	9	8	22	23	7	4	2	14	7	1	5	6	8	16	.95652	25	LDWDLW
	13	Plymouth Argyle	28	9	7	12	34	37	9	3	2	25	12	0	4	10	9	25	.91892	25	DWWLDL
	14	Chelsea	27	9	7	11	33	37	5	4	4	17	14	4	3	7	16	23	.89189	25	WLLLWL
	15	Blackburn Rovers	28	7	11	10	27	31	4	6	5	16	16	3	5	5	11	15	.87097	25	LLLDWW
	16	Charlton Athletic	26	10	5	11	35	43	7	1	4	23	18	3	4	7	12	25	.81395	25	LLWLWW
	17	Nottingham Forest	27	8	8	11	29	28	5	1	7	15	14	3	7	4	14	14	1.03571	24	LLWLLD
	18	Carlisle United	27	8	8	11	25	34	6	5	3	17	14	2	3	8	8	20	.73529	24	DWWLLD
	19	Hull City	28	9	5	14	29	36	6	3	6	18	15	3	2	8	11	21	.80556	23	LLWLDL
	20	Oxford United	26	5	8	13	25	37	3	4	6	13	17	2	4	7	12	20	.67568	18	LDLLDD
	21	York City	27	5	5	17	21	47	4	1	7	13	20	1	4	10	8	27	.44681	15	WWDLLL
	22	Portsmouth	27	4	6	17	17	41	1	5	7	6	14	3	1	10	11	27	.41463	14	LWLWLL

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	1	Bolton Wanderers	27	15	8	4	45	24	8	3	1	25	8	7	5	3	20	16	1.87500	38	WLWDWW		1-0
1	2	Bristol City	28	13	10	5	44	24	8	5	1	26	8	5	5	4	18	16	1.83333	36	DWDWDD		1-1
2	3	Sunderland	27	16	4	7	41	24	13	1	0	32	7	3	3	7	9	17	1.70833	36	LWLDWL		0-2
	4	Notts County	27	14	6	7	39	24	8	4	1	22	5	6	2	6	17	19	1.62500	34	WLWWWW		3-1
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	28	12	10	6	30	25	5	7	1	15	8	7	3	5	15	17	1.20000	34	WDDWWW		3-0
1	6	Southampton	27	14	5	8	48	33	12	1	1	34	10	2	4	7	14	23	1.45455	33	WWDDWD		1-1
	7	Luton Town	28	13	6	9	41	32	8	4	2	24	12	5	2	7	17	20	1.28125	32	WWWLDW		3-2
	8	Oldham Athletic	28	12	7	9	42	43	10	4	1	27	16	2	3	8	15	27	.97674	31	WLWWLD		2-2
1	9	Fulham	27	10	9	8	35	29	6	5	3	21	11	4	4	5	14	18	1.20690	29	WLLDDW		2-0
1	10	Bristol Rovers	28	9	11	8	28	29	6	5	3	16	11	3	6	5	12	18	.96552	29	LLWLWL		0-3
6	11	Nottingham Forest	28	9	8	11	32	28	6	1	7	18	14	3	7	4	14	14	1.14286	26	LWLLDW		3-0
2	12	Chelsea	28	9	8	11	34	38	5	4	4	17	14	4	4	7	17	24	.89474	26	LLLWLD		1-1
2	13	Blackpool	28	9	8	11	26	34	5	6	3	17	18	4	2	8	9	16	.76471	26	LDWLDL		0-3
2	14	Leyton Orient	25	8	9	8	22	23	7	4	2	14	7	1	5	6	8	16	.95652	25	LDWDLW
2	15	Plymouth Argyle	29	9	7	13	35	40	9	3	3	26	15	0	4	10	9	25	.87500	25	WWLDLL		1-3
1	16	Blackburn Rovers	28	7	11	10	27	31	4	6	5	16	16	3	5	5	11	15	.87097	25	LLLDWW
1	17	Charlton Athletic	26	10	5	11	35	43	7	1	4	23	18	3	4	7	12	25	.81395	25	LLWLWW
	18	Carlisle United	28	8	9	11	27	36	6	5	3	17	14	2	4	8	10	22	.75000	25	WWLLDD		2-2
	19	Hull City	28	9	5	14	29	36	6	3	6	18	15	3	2	8	11	21	.80556	23	LLWLDL
	20	Oxford United	27	5	9	13	26	38	3	5	6	14	18	2	4	7	12	20	.68421	19	DLLDDD		1-1
	21	York City	28	5	5	18	23	50	4	1	8	15	23	1	4	10	8	27	.46000	15	WDLLLL		2-3
	22	Portsmouth	28	4	6	18	17	42	1	5	8	6	15	3	1	10	11	27	.40476	14	WLWLLL		0-1