The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Feb 21, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 21 February 1976

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: R Lewis
Attendance:: 15,302
Pos Before/After:: 14 12
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Charlton Athletic (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Aug 14, 1976

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2900 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1443 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3216 (of 5736)
Total:: 4512 (of 7523)
Played:: 48 years, 9 months, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Terry Curran (17')
John O'Hare (49')

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

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Wells
2	M	27	Liam O'Kane off for Jimmy McCann (24')	Last game
3	D	32	Frank Clark
4	M	26	John McGovern
5	F	29	Sammy Chapman
6	M	24	Ian Bowyer
7	M	20	Terry Curran (17') 30
8	M	23	Martin O'Neill
9	F	29	John O'Hare (49')
10	F	26	Barry Butlin
11	F	23	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	21	Jimmy McCann on for Liam O'Kane (24')

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	Mann
10	F	Cheesley
11	F	Fear
Subs
12		Gillies

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 21, 1976)

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

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	Bolton Wanderers	27	15	8	4	45	24	8	3	1	25	8	7	5	3	20	16	1.87500	38	WLWDWW
	2	Bristol City	29	14	10	5	45	24	8	5	1	26	8	6	5	4	19	16	1.87500	38	WDWDDW
	3	Sunderland	27	16	4	7	41	24	13	1	0	32	7	3	3	7	9	17	1.70833	36	LWLDWL
	4	Notts County	28	14	7	7	39	24	8	4	1	22	5	6	3	6	17	19	1.62500	35	LWWWWD
	5	West Bromwich Albion	28	12	10	6	30	25	5	7	1	15	8	7	3	5	15	17	1.20000	34	WDDWWW
	6	Southampton	27	14	5	8	48	33	12	1	1	34	10	2	4	7	14	23	1.45455	33	WWDDWD
	7	Luton Town	28	13	6	9	41	32	8	4	2	24	12	5	2	7	17	20	1.28125	32	WWWLDW
	8	Oldham Athletic	29	12	8	9	43	44	10	4	1	27	16	2	4	8	16	28	.97727	32	LWWLDD
	9	Bristol Rovers	29	9	12	8	28	29	6	6	3	16	11	3	6	5	12	18	.96552	30	LWLWLD
	10	Fulham	28	10	9	9	37	32	6	5	3	21	11	4	4	6	16	21	1.15625	29	LLDDWL
	11	Chelsea	29	9	9	11	34	38	5	5	4	17	14	4	4	7	17	24	.89474	27	LLWLDD
	12	Charlton Athletic	27	11	5	11	38	45	8	1	4	26	20	3	4	7	12	25	.84444	27	LWLWWW
	13	Carlisle United	29	9	9	11	29	37	6	5	3	17	14	3	4	8	12	23	.78378	27	WLLDDW
	14	Nottingham Forest	28	9	8	11	32	28	6	1	7	18	14	3	7	4	14	14	1.14286	26	LWLLDW
	15	Blackpool	28	9	8	11	26	34	5	6	3	17	18	4	2	8	9	16	.76471	26	LDWLDL
	16	Leyton Orient	26	8	9	9	22	24	7	4	3	14	8	1	5	6	8	16	.91667	25	DWDLWL
	17	Blackburn Rovers	28	7	11	10	27	31	4	6	5	16	16	3	5	5	11	15	.87097	25	LLLDWW
	18	Plymouth Argyle	30	9	7	14	35	42	9	3	3	26	15	0	4	11	9	27	.83333	25	WLDLLL
	19	Hull City	29	9	6	14	29	36	6	3	6	18	15	3	3	8	11	21	.80556	24	LWLDLD
	20	Oxford United	28	5	10	13	27	39	3	6	6	15	19	2	4	7	12	20	.69231	20	LLDDDD
	21	Portsmouth	29	5	6	18	19	42	2	5	8	8	15	3	1	10	11	27	.45238	16	LWLLLW
	22	York City	29	5	5	19	24	52	4	1	9	16	25	1	4	10	8	27	.46154	15	DLLLLL

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)
2	1	Sunderland	28	17	4	7	45	25	14	1	0	36	8	3	3	7	9	17	1.80000	38	WLDWLW		4-1
1	2	Bolton Wanderers	28	15	8	5	47	27	8	3	1	25	8	7	5	4	22	19	1.74074	38	LWDWWL		2-3
1	3	Bristol City	30	14	10	6	45	26	8	5	2	26	10	6	5	4	19	16	1.73077	38	DWDDWL		0-2
	4	Notts County	29	15	7	7	42	26	9	4	1	25	7	6	3	6	17	19	1.61538	37	WWWWDW		3-2
1	5	Southampton	28	15	5	8	51	33	13	1	1	37	10	2	4	7	14	23	1.54545	35	WDDWDW		3-0
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	29	12	10	7	31	27	5	7	1	15	8	7	3	6	16	19	1.14815	34	DDWWWL		1-2
	7	Luton Town	29	13	7	9	42	33	8	4	2	24	12	5	3	7	18	21	1.27273	33	WWLDWD		1-1
	8	Oldham Athletic	30	12	9	9	44	45	10	5	1	28	17	2	4	8	16	28	.97778	33	WWLDDD		1-1
1	9	Fulham	29	11	9	9	39	32	7	5	3	23	11	4	4	6	16	21	1.21875	31	LDDWLW		2-0
1	10	Bristol Rovers	30	9	12	9	28	32	6	6	3	16	11	3	6	6	12	21	.87500	30	WLWLDL		0-3
2	11	Carlisle United	30	10	9	11	32	39	7	5	3	20	16	3	4	8	12	23	.82051	29	LLDDWW		3-2
2	12	Nottingham Forest	29	10	8	11	34	28	6	1	7	18	14	4	7	4	16	14	1.21429	28	WLLDWW		2-0
2	13	Blackpool	29	10	8	11	28	34	6	6	3	19	18	4	2	8	9	16	.82353	28	DWLDLW		2-0
4	14	Plymouth Argyle	31	10	7	14	38	42	10	3	3	29	15	0	4	11	9	27	.90476	27	LDLLLW		3-0
4	15	Chelsea	30	9	9	12	36	41	5	5	4	17	14	4	4	8	19	27	.87805	27	LWLDDL		2-3
4	16	Charlton Athletic	28	11	5	12	39	49	8	1	4	26	20	3	4	8	13	29	.79592	27	WLWWWL		1-4
2	17	Hull City	30	10	6	14	31	37	7	3	6	20	16	3	3	8	11	21	.83784	26	WLDLDW		2-1
2	18	Leyton Orient	27	8	9	10	22	27	7	4	3	14	8	1	5	7	8	19	.81481	25	WDLWLL		0-3
2	19	Blackburn Rovers	29	7	11	11	27	34	4	6	6	16	19	3	5	5	11	15	.79412	25	LLDWWL		0-3
	20	Oxford United	29	5	10	14	27	41	3	6	6	15	19	2	4	8	12	22	.65854	20	LDDDDL		0-2
	21	Portsmouth	30	6	6	18	22	42	2	5	8	8	15	4	1	10	14	27	.52381	18	WLLLWW		3-0
	22	York City	30	5	5	20	24	54	4	1	9	16	25	1	4	11	8	29	.44444	15	LLLLLL		0-2