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SHEFFIELD UNITED 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 19, 1977 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 19, 1977 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bramall Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 19 March 1977

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: Kevin McNally
Attendance:: 30,370
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Sheffield United:: Oct 17, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2944 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1487 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3276 (of 5724)
Total:: 4583 (of 7505)
Played:: 47 years, 1 month, 7 days ago

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

Goals

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: Jimmy Sirrel
Prior form: DLDLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Keith Edwards (37')
Keith Edwards (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	John Middleton
2	D	20	Viv Anderson
3	D	33	Frank Clark
4	F	30	Sammy Chapman
5	D	28	Larry Lloyd
6	M	25	Ian Bowyer
7	M	27	John McGovern
8	M	25	Martin O'Neill
9	F	25	Peter Withe
10	F	21	Tony Woodcock off for John O'Hare
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	30	John O'Hare on for Tony Woodcock

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Brown
2	D	Cutbush
3	D	Garner
4	D	Franks
5	D	Colquhoun
6	M	Kenworthy
7	M	Woodward
8	M	Longhorn
9	M	Keith Edwards
10	F	Hanson
11	F	Stainrod
Subs
12		Hamilton

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 19, 1977)

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

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	Status
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	16	9	5	67	35	11	1	3	37	16	5	8	2	30	19	32	41	DWWLWW
	2	Chelsea	31	15	11	5	54	42	9	6	0	34	20	6	5	5	20	22	12	41	DLDDDW
	3	Bolton Wanderers	30	16	7	7	55	38	11	2	1	31	12	5	5	6	24	26	17	39	WDDWLD
	4	Luton Town	31	17	4	10	51	34	11	3	2	28	12	6	1	8	23	22	17	38	WWWWWD
	5	Blackpool	31	12	13	6	45	32	8	5	3	23	14	4	8	3	22	18	13	37	WDDLDW
	6	Notts County	30	15	6	9	50	44	8	2	4	20	14	7	4	5	30	30	6	36	WDWWWD
	7	Nottingham Forest	29	13	8	8	56	33	8	3	3	38	19	5	5	5	18	14	23	34	LLWDLW
	8	Charlton Athletic	30	11	10	9	52	46	10	4	2	37	21	1	6	7	15	25	6	32	DWLDLW
	9	Millwall	30	11	10	9	44	38	6	4	5	24	18	5	6	4	20	20	6	32	DDDLDD
	10	Oldham Athletic	29	12	7	10	39	39	9	4	2	28	15	3	3	8	11	24	0	31	WLWLDL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	30	12	7	11	33	39	9	3	3	24	13	3	4	8	9	26	-6	31	LWWWDD
	12	Southampton	28	9	10	9	49	46	6	6	3	25	21	3	4	6	24	25	3	28	WDDWWD
	13	Hull City	29	7	14	8	36	35	7	6	1	27	12	0	8	7	9	23	1	28	WDDDWL
	14	Sheffield United	29	8	10	11	34	41	5	7	3	22	18	3	3	8	12	23	-7	26	DLDLWL
	15	Bristol Rovers	31	9	8	14	38	53	7	6	3	23	19	2	2	11	15	34	-15	26	LWLLDD
	16	Cardiff City	30	9	7	14	40	47	6	4	6	23	23	3	3	8	17	24	-7	25	WLLWLL
	17	Leyton Orient	27	7	10	10	29	35	3	4	5	13	14	4	6	5	16	21	-6	24	WWLDDD
	18	Plymouth Argyle	31	5	14	12	36	49	3	7	5	20	19	2	7	7	16	30	-13	24	LDDLLD
	19	Burnley	31	6	11	14	33	52	5	8	3	20	17	1	3	11	13	35	-19	23	LLWLLW
	20	Fulham	31	6	10	15	38	53	5	6	5	25	21	1	4	10	13	32	-15	22	DLLLLD
	21	Carlisle United	30	7	7	16	31	56	5	6	5	22	25	2	1	11	9	31	-25	21	LLWLDL
	22	Hereford United	28	4	9	15	35	58	3	4	5	16	22	1	5	10	19	36	-23	17	DLDLWL

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	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Chelsea	32	16	11	5	56	42	10	6	0	36	20	6	5	5	20	22	14	43	LDDDWW		2-0
1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	16	9	5	67	35	11	1	3	37	16	5	8	2	30	19	32	41	DWWLWW
1	3	Luton Town	32	18	4	10	52	34	11	3	2	28	12	7	1	8	24	22	18	40	WWWWDW		1-0
1	4	Bolton Wanderers	30	16	7	7	55	38	11	2	1	31	12	5	5	6	24	26	17	39	WDDWLD
	5	Blackpool	32	12	13	7	45	34	8	5	3	23	14	4	8	4	22	20	11	37	DDLDWL		0-2
	6	Notts County	31	15	7	9	50	44	8	3	4	20	14	7	4	5	30	30	6	37	DWWWDD		0-0
	7	Nottingham Forest	30	13	8	9	56	35	8	3	3	38	19	5	5	6	18	16	21	34	LWDLWL		0-2
1	8	Millwall	31	12	10	9	46	39	7	4	5	26	19	5	6	4	20	20	7	34	DDLDDW		2-1
1	9	Charlton Athletic	31	11	11	9	52	46	10	4	2	37	21	1	7	7	15	25	6	33	WLDLWD		0-0
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	31	12	8	11	33	39	9	3	3	24	13	3	5	8	9	26	-6	32	WWWDDD		0-0
1	11	Oldham Athletic	30	12	7	11	40	41	9	4	2	28	15	3	3	9	12	26	-1	31	LWLDLL		1-2
1	12	Hull City	30	7	15	8	36	35	7	7	1	27	12	0	8	7	9	23	1	29	DDDWLD		0-0
1	13	Southampton	28	9	10	9	49	46	6	6	3	25	21	3	4	6	24	25	3	28	WDDWWD
	14	Sheffield United	30	9	10	11	36	41	6	7	3	24	18	3	3	8	12	23	-5	28	LDLWLW		2-0
3	15	Plymouth Argyle	32	6	14	12	38	49	4	7	5	22	19	2	7	7	16	30	-11	26	DDLLDW		2-0
1	16	Bristol Rovers	32	9	8	15	38	55	7	6	3	23	19	2	2	12	15	36	-17	26	WLLDDL		0-2
1	17	Cardiff City	30	9	7	14	40	47	6	4	6	23	23	3	3	8	17	24	-7	25	WLLWLL
1	18	Burnley	32	7	11	14	34	52	5	8	3	20	17	2	3	11	14	35	-18	25	LWLLWW		1-0
2	19	Leyton Orient	28	7	10	11	29	36	3	4	6	13	15	4	6	5	16	21	-7	24	WLDDDL		0-1
	20	Fulham	32	7	10	15	40	54	5	6	5	25	21	2	4	10	15	33	-14	24	LLLLDW		2-1
	21	Carlisle United	31	7	7	17	32	58	5	6	6	23	27	2	1	11	9	31	-26	21	LWLDLL		1-2
	22	Hereford United	29	4	9	16	35	59	3	4	6	16	23	1	5	10	19	36	-24	17	LDLWLL		0-1