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BOLTON WANDERERS 1 - 1 FOREST - Mon Dec 27, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Dec 27, 1976 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Burnden Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: N Ashley
Attendance:: 32,630
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 2)
Bolton Wanderers:: Apr 06, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2933 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1476 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3260 (of 5679)
Total:: 4564 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Daily Mirror - Tuesday 28 December 1976
: Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 28 December 1976

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

Goals:
Peter Withe (40)

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Ian Greaves
Prior form: WWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Neil Whatmore (46)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	John Middleton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	D	Frank Clark
4	M	John McGovern
5	D	Larry Lloyd
6	M	Ian Bowyer
7	F	John O'Hare
8	M	Martin O'Neill
9	F	Peter Withe (40)
10	F	Tony Woodcock
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	Colin Barrett

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	McDonagh
2	D	Nicholson
3	D	Dunne
4	D	Greaves ()
5	D	Jones
6	M	Allardyce
7	M	Morgan
8	M	Neil Whatmore
9	M	Taylor
10	F	Reid
11	F	Smith
Subs
12		Curran ()

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Mon Dec 27, 1976)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Burnley
Blackpool	0-0	Carlisle United
Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Bristol Rovers	1-5	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cardiff City	3-1	Hereford United
Chelsea	2-0	Fulham
Leyton Orient	1-0	Luton Town
Millwall	1-1	Charlton Athletic
Notts County	1-1	Hull City
Oldham Athletic	1-2	Sheffield United
Plymouth Argyle	1-1	Southampton

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	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Chelsea	20	11	6	3	34	26	7	2	0	21	13	4	4	3	13	13	8	28	DWLDDD
	2	Bolton Wanderers	19	11	3	5	33	24	8	0	1	18	8	3	3	4	15	16	9	25	WWWDLW
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	9	6	4	45	25	6	1	3	24	11	3	5	1	21	14	20	24	DLWWDW
	4	Nottingham Forest	19	9	6	4	41	22	6	3	1	31	15	3	3	3	10	7	19	24	WDWWWD
	5	Blackpool	19	9	6	4	32	23	5	1	3	14	11	4	5	1	18	12	9	24	DWWWDD
	6	Sheffield United	19	6	8	5	22	23	4	5	1	14	9	2	3	4	8	14	-1	20	LDWWDL
	7	Fulham	19	6	7	6	29	26	5	3	2	18	10	1	4	4	11	16	3	19	WLLWDW
	8	Bristol Rovers	19	7	5	7	28	28	5	3	2	18	12	2	2	5	10	16	0	19	LDWLWW
	9	Oldham Athletic	17	7	5	5	23	25	6	3	0	18	9	1	2	5	5	16	-2	19	WLWDWL
	10	Charlton Athletic	17	7	4	6	36	31	6	1	2	25	14	1	3	4	11	17	5	18	DWLLLW
	11	Millwall	17	8	2	7	27	22	5	1	3	16	8	3	1	4	11	14	5	18	LWWLLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	18	8	2	8	18	24	5	1	2	12	5	3	1	6	6	19	-6	18	LWWWLL
	13	Luton Town	18	7	3	8	28	28	4	2	2	12	10	3	1	6	16	18	0	17	WLWWDL
	14	Hull City	17	5	7	5	21	21	5	3	0	17	6	0	4	5	4	15	0	17	DLWLDD
	15	Southampton	19	5	6	8	31	36	3	5	2	17	15	2	1	6	14	21	-5	16	LLLWDD
	16	Notts County	17	7	2	8	25	30	3	1	4	7	10	4	1	4	18	20	-5	16	WLDWLL
	17	Carlisle United	20	6	4	10	24	38	4	4	2	16	13	2	0	8	8	25	-14	16	LLWWLW
	18	Cardiff City	19	5	5	9	25	33	3	3	4	12	16	2	2	5	13	17	-8	15	WLLDDL
	19	Burnley	18	4	6	8	22	29	3	5	2	16	14	1	1	6	6	15	-7	14	WLDLDL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	19	3	8	8	23	31	2	4	4	13	12	1	4	4	10	19	-8	14	DLLLDD
	21	Leyton Orient	17	3	6	8	17	24	1	2	4	7	9	2	4	4	10	15	-7	12	LDLLDW
	22	Hereford United	18	3	5	10	26	41	2	3	4	14	20	1	2	6	12	21	-15	11	DWDLDL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Chelsea	21	12	6	3	36	26	8	2	0	23	13	4	4	3	13	13	10	30	WLDDDW	2-0
1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	10	6	4	50	26	6	1	3	24	11	4	5	1	26	15	24	26	LWWDWW	5-1
1	3	Bolton Wanderers	20	11	4	5	34	25	8	1	1	19	9	3	3	4	15	16	9	26	WWDLWD	1-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	20	9	7	4	42	23	6	3	1	31	15	3	4	3	11	8	19	25	DWWWDD	1-1
	5	Blackpool	20	9	7	4	32	23	5	2	3	14	11	4	5	1	18	12	9	25	WWWDDD	0-0
	6	Sheffield United	20	7	8	5	24	24	4	5	1	14	9	3	3	4	10	15	0	22	DWWDLW	2-1
3	7	Charlton Athletic	18	7	5	6	37	32	6	1	2	25	14	1	4	4	12	18	5	19	WLLLWD	1-1
3	8	Millwall	18	8	3	7	28	23	5	2	3	17	9	3	1	4	11	14	5	19	WWLLWD	1-1
2	9	Fulham	20	6	7	7	29	28	5	3	2	18	10	1	4	5	11	18	1	19	LLWDWL	0-2
1	10	Oldham Athletic	18	7	5	6	24	27	6	3	1	19	11	1	2	5	5	16	-3	19	LWDWLL	1-2
3	11	Bristol Rovers	20	7	5	8	29	33	5	3	3	19	17	2	2	5	10	16	-4	19	DWLWWL	1-5
	12	Blackburn Rovers	19	8	3	8	20	26	5	2	2	14	7	3	1	6	6	19	-6	19	WWWLLD	2-2
1	13	Hull City	18	5	8	5	22	22	5	3	0	17	6	0	5	5	5	16	0	18	LWLDDD	1-1
1	14	Luton Town	19	7	3	9	28	29	4	2	2	12	10	3	1	7	16	19	-1	17	LWWDLL	0-1
	15	Southampton	20	5	7	8	32	37	3	5	2	17	15	2	2	6	15	22	-5	17	LLWDDD	1-1
	16	Notts County	18	7	3	8	26	31	3	2	4	8	11	4	1	4	18	20	-5	17	LDWLLD	1-1
1	17	Cardiff City	20	6	5	9	28	34	4	3	4	15	17	2	2	5	13	17	-6	17	LLDDLW	3-1
1	18	Carlisle United	21	6	5	10	24	38	4	4	2	16	13	2	1	8	8	25	-14	17	LWWLWD	0-0
	19	Burnley	19	4	7	8	24	31	3	5	2	16	14	1	2	6	8	17	-7	15	LDLDLD	2-2
	20	Plymouth Argyle	20	3	9	8	24	32	2	5	4	14	13	1	4	4	10	19	-8	15	LLLDDD	1-1
	21	Leyton Orient	18	4	6	8	18	24	2	2	4	8	9	2	4	4	10	15	-6	14	DLLDWW	1-0
	22	Hereford United	19	3	5	11	27	44	2	3	4	14	20	1	2	7	13	24	-17	11	WDLDLL	1-3

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