The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 BOLTON WANDERERS - Wed Apr 06, 1977 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Apr 06, 1977 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Daily Mirror - Thursday 07 April 1977
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 07 April 1977

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: C Maskell
Attendance:: 24,580
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Bolton Wanderers:: Nov 25, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2949 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1492 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3281 (of 5736)
Total:: 4588 (of 7523)
Played:: 47 years, 7 months, 15 days ago

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

Goals
Martin O'Neill (44')
Peter Withe (53')
Ian Bowyer (82')

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

Goals
Paul Jones (72')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	John Middleton	100th appearance
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 (82')
7	M	27	John McGovern	100th appearance
8	M	25	Martin O'Neill (44')
9	F	25	Peter Withe (53') off for Barry Butlin (82')
10	F	21	Tony Woodcock
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	27	Barry Butlin on for Peter Withe (82')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim McDonagh
2	D	Ritson
3	D	Dunne
4	D	Greaves
5	D	Paul Jones
6	M	Sam Allardyce (67')
7	M	Morgan
8	M	Whatmore
9	M	Taylor
10	F	Reid 44
11	F	Train
Subs
12		G Jones (67')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Apr 06, 1977)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1-3	Carlisle United
Hereford United	2-2	Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Bolton Wanderers

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	32	18	9	5	70	36	13	1	3	40	17	5	8	2	30	19	34	45	WLWWWW	Safe
	2	Chelsea	33	17	11	5	59	43	11	6	0	39	21	6	5	5	20	22	16	45	DDDWWW	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	34	17	8	9	65	36	11	3	3	46	20	6	5	6	19	16	29	42	WLWWWW
	4	Luton Town	34	19	4	11	57	35	12	3	2	33	12	7	1	9	24	23	22	42	WWDWWL
	5	Bolton Wanderers	32	17	7	8	61	42	12	2	2	37	16	5	5	6	24	26	19	41	DWLDLW
	6	Notts County	34	17	7	10	55	48	10	3	4	25	17	7	4	6	30	31	7	41	WDDLWW
	7	Blackpool	34	13	13	8	46	37	9	5	3	24	14	4	8	5	22	23	9	39	LDWLLW
	8	Millwall	33	12	10	11	46	42	7	4	6	26	20	5	6	5	20	22	4	34	LDDWLL
	9	Charlton Athletic	33	11	12	10	53	50	10	4	2	37	21	1	8	8	16	29	3	34	DLWDDL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	33	13	8	12	36	42	10	3	3	26	13	3	5	9	10	29	-6	34	WDDDWL
	11	Sheffield United	35	11	11	13	46	49	8	7	3	29	19	3	4	10	17	30	-3	33	WDLLWW
	12	Oldham Athletic	33	12	8	13	42	47	9	5	2	29	16	3	3	11	13	31	-5	32	DLLDLL
	13	Hull City	32	8	15	9	38	37	8	7	1	28	12	0	8	8	10	25	1	31	DWLDLW
	14	Southampton	30	10	10	10	51	48	7	6	3	26	21	3	4	7	25	27	3	30	DWWDLW
	15	Plymouth Argyle	34	7	15	12	40	50	4	8	5	23	20	3	7	7	17	30	-10	29	LLDWWD
	16	Leyton Orient	31	9	10	12	31	39	4	4	6	14	15	5	6	6	17	24	-8	28	DDLWLW
	17	Bristol Rovers	34	9	9	16	39	57	7	6	3	23	19	2	3	13	16	38	-18	27	LDDLDL
	18	Fulham	34	8	10	16	43	57	6	6	5	28	23	2	4	11	15	34	-14	26	LLDWWL
	19	Cardiff City	32	9	7	16	40	49	6	4	7	23	24	3	3	9	17	25	-9	25	LWLLLL
	20	Burnley	33	7	11	15	34	53	5	8	4	20	18	2	3	11	14	35	-19	25	WLLWWL
	21	Carlisle United	33	8	7	18	36	66	5	6	6	23	27	3	1	12	13	39	-30	23	LDLLWL
	22	Hereford United	31	4	10	17	39	64	3	5	6	18	25	1	5	11	21	39	-25	18	LWLLDL

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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	18	9	5	70	36	13	1	3	40	17	5	8	2	30	19	34	45	WLWWWW	Safe
	2	Chelsea	33	17	11	5	59	43	11	6	0	39	21	6	5	5	20	22	16	45	DDDWWW	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	35	18	8	9	68	37	12	3	3	49	21	6	5	6	19	16	31	44	LWWWWW	Safe	3-1
	4	Luton Town	34	19	4	11	57	35	12	3	2	33	12	7	1	9	24	23	22	42	WWDWWL
	5	Bolton Wanderers	33	17	7	9	62	45	12	2	2	37	16	5	5	7	25	29	17	41	WLDLWL		1-3
	6	Notts County	34	17	7	10	55	48	10	3	4	25	17	7	4	6	30	31	7	41	WDDLWW
	7	Blackpool	34	13	13	8	46	37	9	5	3	24	14	4	8	5	22	23	9	39	LDWLLW
	8	Millwall	33	12	10	11	46	42	7	4	6	26	20	5	6	5	20	22	4	34	LDDWLL
	9	Charlton Athletic	33	11	12	10	53	50	10	4	2	37	21	1	8	8	16	29	3	34	DLWDDL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	34	13	8	13	37	45	10	3	4	27	16	3	5	9	10	29	-8	34	DDDWLL		1-3
	11	Sheffield United	35	11	11	13	46	49	8	7	3	29	19	3	4	10	17	30	-3	33	WDLLWW
	12	Oldham Athletic	33	12	8	13	42	47	9	5	2	29	16	3	3	11	13	31	-5	32	DLLDLL
	13	Hull City	32	8	15	9	38	37	8	7	1	28	12	0	8	8	10	25	1	31	DWLDLW
	14	Southampton	30	10	10	10	51	48	7	6	3	26	21	3	4	7	25	27	3	30	DWWDLW
	15	Plymouth Argyle	34	7	15	12	40	50	4	8	5	23	20	3	7	7	17	30	-10	29	LLDWWD
	16	Leyton Orient	31	9	10	12	31	39	4	4	6	14	15	5	6	6	17	24	-8	28	DDLWLW
	17	Bristol Rovers	34	9	9	16	39	57	7	6	3	23	19	2	3	13	16	38	-18	27	LDDLDL
1	18	Cardiff City	33	9	8	16	42	51	6	4	7	23	24	3	4	9	19	27	-9	26	WLLLLD		2-2
1	19	Fulham	34	8	10	16	43	57	6	6	5	28	23	2	4	11	15	34	-14	26	LLDWWL
	20	Burnley	33	7	11	15	34	53	5	8	4	20	18	2	3	11	14	35	-19	25	WLLWWL
	21	Carlisle United	34	9	7	18	39	67	5	6	6	23	27	4	1	12	16	40	-28	25	DLLWLW		3-1
	22	Hereford United	32	4	11	17	41	66	3	6	6	20	27	1	5	11	21	39	-25	19	WLLDLD		2-2

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