The City Ground

CHELSEA 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 1977 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 1977 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 16 April 1977

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: R Challis
Attendance:: 36,499
Pos Before/After:: 3 4
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 2)
Chelsea:: Nov 05, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2951 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1494 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3283 (of 5724)
Total:: 4590 (of 7505)
Played:: 47 years, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Martin O'Neill (42')

CHELSEA
Manager: Eddie McCreadie
Prior form: WWWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Ian Britton (62')
Finnieston (86')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	John Middleton
2	D	20	Viv Anderson
3	D	33	Frank Clark	100th appearance
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 (42')
9	F	25	Peter Withe
10	F	21	Tony Woodcock
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12	D	24	Colin Barrett

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Bonnetti
2	D	Locke
3	D	Sparrow
4	D	Cooke
5	D	Wicks
6	M	Harris
7	M	Ian Britton
8	M	Ray Wilkins
9	M	Finnieston
10	F	Lewington
11	F	Langley
Subs
12		Walker

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 16, 1977)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	0-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Blackpool	2-2	Charlton Athletic
Bolton Wanderers	3-0	Southampton
Bristol Rovers	1-1	Burnley
Cardiff City	4-2	Luton Town
Chelsea	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Leyton Orient	0-2	Sheffield United
Millwall	1-1	Carlisle United
Notts County	0-0	Fulham
Oldham Athletic	3-5	Hereford United
Plymouth Argyle	1-2	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	18	11	5	74	40	13	2	3	42	19	5	9	2	32	21	34	47	WWWWDD	Safe
	2	Chelsea	36	18	11	7	62	50	12	6	0	41	21	6	5	7	21	29	12	47	WWWLWL	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	36	18	9	9	69	38	12	3	3	49	21	6	6	6	20	17	31	45	WWWWWD	Safe
	4	Notts County	37	18	9	10	59	51	10	4	4	26	18	8	5	6	33	33	8	45	LWWWDD	Safe
	5	Luton Town	37	19	5	13	58	39	12	4	3	34	14	7	1	10	24	25	19	43	WWLLDL	Safe
	6	Bolton Wanderers	35	17	8	10	63	47	12	2	3	38	18	5	6	7	25	29	16	42	DLWLLD	Safe
	7	Blackpool	36	14	14	8	52	39	9	6	3	25	15	5	8	5	27	24	13	42	WLLWDW	Safe
	8	Charlton Athletic	36	13	13	10	60	52	12	4	2	44	23	1	9	8	16	29	8	39	DDLWDW
	9	Millwall	36	13	11	12	50	46	7	5	6	26	20	6	6	6	24	26	4	37	WLLLDW
	10	Southampton	33	13	10	10	61	53	9	6	3	33	24	4	4	7	28	29	8	36	DLWWWW
	11	Oldham Athletic	35	13	9	13	46	48	10	5	2	32	16	3	4	11	14	32	-2	35	LDLLWD
	12	Sheffield United	37	12	11	14	49	55	8	7	4	30	24	4	4	10	19	31	-6	35	LLWWWL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	36	13	8	15	38	49	10	3	4	27	16	3	5	11	11	33	-11	34	DWLLLL
	14	Hull City	35	9	15	11	39	41	9	7	2	29	13	0	8	9	10	28	-2	33	DLWLLW
	15	Fulham	37	10	11	16	48	58	8	6	5	33	24	2	5	11	15	34	-10	31	WWLWDW
	16	Plymouth Argyle	37	8	15	14	43	57	5	8	5	25	21	3	7	9	18	36	-14	31	WWDLWL
	17	Leyton Orient	33	9	12	12	31	39	4	5	6	14	15	5	7	6	17	24	-8	30	LWLWDD
	18	Burnley	36	8	13	15	38	55	6	9	4	23	19	2	4	11	15	36	-17	29	WWLWDD
	19	Bristol Rovers	36	9	10	17	42	61	7	6	4	25	22	2	4	13	17	39	-19	28	DLDLLD
	20	Cardiff City	35	9	9	17	46	56	6	5	7	25	26	3	4	10	21	30	-10	27	LLLDDL
	21	Carlisle United	35	9	8	18	40	68	5	7	6	24	28	4	1	12	16	40	-28	26	LLWLWD
	22	Hereford United	34	4	12	18	43	69	3	7	6	21	28	1	5	12	22	41	-26	20	LDLDLD

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	35	19	11	5	76	40	13	2	3	42	19	6	9	2	34	21	36	49	WWWDDW	Safe	2-0
	2	Chelsea	37	19	11	7	64	51	13	6	0	43	22	6	5	7	21	29	13	49	WWLWLW	Safe	2-1
1	3	Notts County	38	18	10	10	59	51	10	5	4	26	18	8	5	6	33	33	8	46	WWWDDD	Safe	0-0
1	4	Nottingham Forest	37	18	9	10	70	40	12	3	3	49	21	6	6	7	21	19	30	45	WWWWDL	Safe	1-2
1	5	Bolton Wanderers	36	18	8	10	66	47	13	2	3	41	18	5	6	7	25	29	19	44	LWLLDW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Luton Town	38	19	5	14	60	43	12	4	3	34	14	7	1	11	26	29	17	43	WLLDLL	Safe	2-4
	7	Blackpool	37	14	15	8	54	41	9	7	3	27	17	5	8	5	27	24	13	43	LLWDWD	Safe	2-2
	8	Charlton Athletic	37	13	14	10	62	54	12	4	2	44	23	1	10	8	18	31	8	40	DLWDWD	Safe	2-2
	9	Millwall	37	13	12	12	51	47	7	6	6	27	21	6	6	6	24	26	4	38	LLLDWD		1-1
2	10	Sheffield United	38	13	11	14	51	55	8	7	4	30	24	5	4	10	21	31	-4	37	LWWWLW		2-0
1	11	Southampton	34	13	10	11	61	56	9	6	3	33	24	4	4	8	28	32	5	36	LWWWWL		0-3
2	12	Hull City	36	10	15	11	41	42	9	7	2	29	13	1	8	9	12	29	-1	35	LWLLWW		2-1
2	13	Oldham Athletic	36	13	9	14	49	53	10	5	3	35	21	3	4	11	14	32	-4	35	DLLWDL		3-5
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	37	13	8	16	38	51	10	3	5	27	18	3	5	11	11	33	-13	34	WLLLLL		0-2
	15	Fulham	38	10	12	16	48	58	8	6	5	33	24	2	6	11	15	34	-10	32	WLWDWD		0-0
	16	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	15	15	44	59	5	8	6	26	23	3	7	9	18	36	-15	31	WDLWLL		1-2
	17	Leyton Orient	34	9	12	13	31	41	4	5	7	14	17	5	7	6	17	24	-10	30	WLWDDL		0-2
	18	Burnley	37	8	14	15	39	56	6	9	4	23	19	2	5	11	16	37	-17	30	WLWDDD		1-1
1	19	Cardiff City	36	10	9	17	50	58	7	5	7	29	28	3	4	10	21	30	-8	29	LLDDLW		4-2
1	20	Bristol Rovers	37	9	11	17	43	62	7	7	4	26	23	2	4	13	17	39	-19	29	LDLLDD		1-1
	21	Carlisle United	36	9	9	18	41	69	5	7	6	24	28	4	2	12	17	41	-28	27	LWLWDD		1-1
	22	Hereford United	35	5	12	18	48	72	3	7	6	21	28	2	5	12	27	44	-24	22	DLDLDW		5-3