The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BLACKPOOL - Sat Mar 26, 1977 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 26, 1977 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 26 March 1977

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: A Grey
Attendance:: 16,658
Pos Before/After:: 7 5
Opp Before/After:: 5 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leyton Orient (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Sep 27, 2005

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2946 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1489 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3278 (of 5724)
Total:: 4585 (of 7505)
Played:: 47 years, 1 month, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Withe (43')
Tony Woodcock (44')
Peter Withe (77')

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Allan Brown
Prior form: DDLDWL (Old to recent)

Goals

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 (43') (77')
10	F	21	Tony Woodcock (44')
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	30	John O'Hare

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Curtis
3	D	Harrison
4	D	Ronson
5	D	Hart
6	M	Suddaby
7	M	Ainscow
8	M	Spence
9	M	Walsh
10	F	Hatton
11	F	Bentley 44
Subs
12		Tong

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 26, 1977)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Millwall
Cardiff City	0-1	Plymouth Argyle
Fulham	3-2	Sheffield United
Leyton Orient	1-0	Notts County
Luton Town	5-0	Carlisle United
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Blackpool
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1	Hull City

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	Chelsea	32	16	11	5	56	42	10	6	0	36	20	6	5	5	20	22	14	43	LDDDWW
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	16	9	5	67	35	11	1	3	37	16	5	8	2	30	19	32	41	DWWLWW
	3	Luton Town	32	18	4	10	52	34	11	3	2	28	12	7	1	8	24	22	18	40	WWWWDW
	4	Bolton Wanderers	31	16	7	8	58	42	11	2	2	34	16	5	5	6	24	26	16	39	DDWLDL
	5	Blackpool	32	12	13	7	45	34	8	5	3	23	14	4	8	4	22	20	11	37	DDLDWL
	6	Notts County	31	15	7	9	50	44	8	3	4	20	14	7	4	5	30	30	6	37	DWWWDD
	7	Nottingham Forest	31	14	8	9	58	36	9	3	3	40	20	5	5	6	18	16	22	36	WDLWLW
	8	Millwall	31	12	10	9	46	39	7	4	5	26	19	5	6	4	20	20	7	34	DDLDDW
	9	Charlton Athletic	32	11	12	9	53	47	10	4	2	37	21	1	8	7	16	26	6	34	LDLWDD
	10	Oldham Athletic	31	12	8	11	41	42	9	5	2	29	16	3	3	9	12	26	-1	32	WLDLLD
	11	Blackburn Rovers	31	12	8	11	33	39	9	3	3	24	13	3	5	8	9	26	-6	32	WWWDDD
	12	Hull City	30	7	15	8	36	35	7	7	1	27	12	0	8	7	9	23	1	29	DDDWLD
	13	Sheffield United	31	9	11	11	38	43	6	7	3	24	18	3	4	8	14	25	-5	29	DLWLWD
	14	Southampton	29	9	10	10	50	48	6	6	3	25	21	3	4	7	25	27	2	28	DDWWDL
	15	Plymouth Argyle	32	6	14	12	38	49	4	7	5	22	19	2	7	7	16	30	-11	26	DDLLDW
	16	Bristol Rovers	32	9	8	15	38	55	7	6	3	23	19	2	2	12	15	36	-17	26	WLLDDL
	17	Cardiff City	30	9	7	14	40	47	6	4	6	23	23	3	3	8	17	24	-7	25	WLLWLL
	18	Burnley	32	7	11	14	34	52	5	8	3	20	17	2	3	11	14	35	-18	25	LWLLWW
	19	Leyton Orient	28	7	10	11	29	36	3	4	6	13	15	4	6	5	16	21	-7	24	WLDDDL
	20	Fulham	32	7	10	15	40	54	5	6	5	25	21	2	4	10	15	33	-14	24	LLLLDW
	21	Carlisle United	32	8	7	17	36	61	5	6	6	23	27	3	1	11	13	34	-25	23	WLDLLW
	22	Hereford United	30	4	10	16	37	61	3	5	6	18	25	1	5	10	19	36	-24	18	DLWLLD

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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	17	9	5	69	36	12	1	3	39	17	5	8	2	30	19	33	43	WWLWWW		2-1
1	2	Chelsea	32	16	11	5	56	42	10	6	0	36	20	6	5	5	20	22	14	43	LDDDWW
	3	Luton Town	33	19	4	10	57	34	12	3	2	33	12	7	1	8	24	22	23	42	WWWDWW		5-0
	4	Bolton Wanderers	31	16	7	8	58	42	11	2	2	34	16	5	5	6	24	26	16	39	DDWLDL
2	5	Nottingham Forest	32	15	8	9	61	36	10	3	3	43	20	5	5	6	18	16	25	38	DLWLWW		3-0
1	6	Blackpool	33	12	13	8	45	37	8	5	3	23	14	4	8	5	22	23	8	37	DLDWLL		0-3
1	7	Notts County	32	15	7	10	50	45	8	3	4	20	14	7	4	6	30	31	5	37	WWWDDL		0-1
1	8	Charlton Athletic	32	11	12	9	53	47	10	4	2	37	21	1	8	7	16	26	6	34	LDLWDD
1	9	Millwall	32	12	10	10	46	41	7	4	5	26	19	5	6	5	20	22	5	34	DLDDWL		0-2
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	32	13	8	11	35	39	10	3	3	26	13	3	5	8	9	26	-4	34	WWDDDW		2-0
1	11	Oldham Athletic	31	12	8	11	41	42	9	5	2	29	16	3	3	9	12	26	-1	32	WLDLLD
	12	Hull City	31	7	15	9	37	37	7	7	1	27	12	0	8	8	10	25	0	29	DDWLDL		1-2
	13	Sheffield United	32	9	11	12	40	46	6	7	3	24	18	3	4	9	16	28	-6	29	LWLWDL		2-3
	14	Southampton	29	9	10	10	50	48	6	6	3	25	21	3	4	7	25	27	2	28	DDWWDL
	15	Plymouth Argyle	33	7	14	12	39	49	4	7	5	22	19	3	7	7	17	30	-10	28	DLLDWW		1-0
3	16	Leyton Orient	29	8	10	11	30	36	4	4	6	14	15	4	6	5	16	21	-6	26	LDDDLW		1-0
3	17	Fulham	33	8	10	15	43	56	6	6	5	28	23	2	4	10	15	33	-13	26	LLLDWW		3-2
2	18	Bristol Rovers	32	9	8	15	38	55	7	6	3	23	19	2	2	12	15	36	-17	26	WLLDDL
2	19	Cardiff City	31	9	7	15	40	48	6	4	7	23	24	3	3	8	17	24	-8	25	LLWLLL		0-1
2	20	Burnley	32	7	11	14	34	52	5	8	3	20	17	2	3	11	14	35	-18	25	LWLLWW
	21	Carlisle United	33	8	7	18	36	66	5	6	6	23	27	3	1	12	13	39	-30	23	LDLLWL		0-5
	22	Hereford United	30	4	10	16	37	61	3	5	6	18	25	1	5	10	19	36	-24	18	DLWLLD