The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 CARDIFF CITY - Sat Apr 23, 1977 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 23, 1977 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 April 1977

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: R Chadwick
Attendance:: 20,646
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 19 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Apr 14, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2952 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1495 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3284 (of 5724)
Total:: 4591 (of 7505)
Played:: 46 years, 11 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Jimmy Andrews
Prior form: LLDDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Peter Sayer (25')

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 off for Barry Butlin
10	F	21	Tony Woodcock
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	27	Barry Butlin on for Peter Withe	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Healey
2	D	Attley
3	D	Pethard
4	D	Campbell
5	D	Went
6	M	Pontin
7	M	Grapes
8	M	Dwyer
9	M	Peter Sayer
10	F	Showers
11	F	Giles
Subs
12		Livermore

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 23, 1977)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-0	Chelsea
Carlisle United	3-1	Plymouth Argyle
Fulham	0-0	Blackpool
Hereford United	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Hull City	0-1	Bristol Rovers
Luton Town	4-2	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Cardiff City
Southampton	4-0	Oldham Athletic
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	Leyton Orient

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	38	19	12	7	64	51	13	6	0	43	22	6	6	7	21	29	13	50	WLWLWD	Safe
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	19	11	6	77	42	13	2	3	42	19	6	9	3	35	23	35	49	WWDDWL	Safe
	3	Notts County	38	18	10	10	59	51	10	5	4	26	18	8	5	6	33	33	8	46	WWWDDD	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	37	18	9	10	70	40	12	3	3	49	21	6	6	7	21	19	30	45	WWWWDL	Safe
	5	Bolton Wanderers	37	18	9	10	67	48	13	2	3	41	18	5	7	7	26	30	19	45	WLLDWD	Safe
	6	Luton Town	38	19	5	14	60	43	12	4	3	34	14	7	1	11	26	29	17	43	WLLDLL	Safe
	7	Blackpool	37	14	15	8	54	41	9	7	3	27	17	5	8	5	27	24	13	43	LLWDWD	Safe
	8	Charlton Athletic	38	13	15	10	63	55	12	5	2	45	24	1	10	8	18	31	8	41	LWDWDD	Safe
	9	Millwall	38	13	12	13	52	50	7	6	6	27	21	6	6	7	25	29	2	38	LLDWDL
	10	Sheffield United	38	13	11	14	51	55	8	7	4	30	24	5	4	10	21	31	-4	37	LWWWLW
	11	Southampton	35	13	10	12	61	59	9	6	3	33	24	4	4	9	28	35	2	36	WWWWLL
	12	Hull City	37	10	16	11	42	43	9	8	2	30	14	1	8	9	12	29	-1	36	WLLWWD
	13	Oldham Athletic	37	13	10	14	49	53	10	6	3	35	21	3	4	11	14	32	-4	36	LLWDLD
	14	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	8	16	41	51	11	3	5	30	18	3	5	11	11	33	-10	36	LLLLLW
	15	Fulham	38	10	12	16	48	58	8	6	5	33	24	2	6	11	15	34	-10	32	WLWDWD
	16	Leyton Orient	35	9	13	13	32	42	4	5	7	14	17	5	8	6	18	25	-10	31	LWDDLD
	17	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	15	15	44	59	5	8	6	26	23	3	7	9	18	36	-15	31	WDLWLL
	18	Burnley	37	8	14	15	39	56	6	9	4	23	19	2	5	11	16	37	-17	30	WLWDDD
	19	Cardiff City	36	10	9	17	50	58	7	5	7	29	28	3	4	10	21	30	-8	29	LLDDLW
	20	Bristol Rovers	37	9	11	17	43	62	7	7	4	26	23	2	4	13	17	39	-19	29	LDLLDD
	21	Carlisle United	37	10	9	18	43	70	6	7	6	26	29	4	2	12	17	41	-27	29	WLWDDW
	22	Hereford United	36	6	12	18	51	73	4	7	6	24	29	2	5	12	27	44	-22	24	LDLDWW

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	37	20	11	6	78	42	14	2	3	43	19	6	9	3	35	23	36	51	WDDWLW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Chelsea	39	19	12	8	64	52	13	6	0	43	22	6	6	8	21	30	12	50	LWLWDL	Safe	0-1
	3	Notts County	39	18	10	11	61	55	10	5	4	26	18	8	5	7	35	37	6	46	WWDDDL	Safe	2-4
	4	Nottingham Forest	38	18	9	11	70	41	12	3	4	49	22	6	6	7	21	19	29	45	WWWDLL	Safe	0-1
	5	Bolton Wanderers	37	18	9	10	67	48	13	2	3	41	18	5	7	7	26	30	19	45	WLLDWD	Safe
	6	Luton Town	39	20	5	14	64	45	13	4	3	38	16	7	1	11	26	29	19	45	LLDLLW	Safe	4-2
	7	Blackpool	38	14	16	8	54	41	9	7	3	27	17	5	9	5	27	24	13	44	LWDWDD	Safe	0-0
	8	Charlton Athletic	38	13	15	10	63	55	12	5	2	45	24	1	10	8	18	31	8	41	LWDWDD	Safe
2	9	Southampton	36	14	10	12	65	59	10	6	3	37	24	4	4	9	28	35	6	38	WWWLLW		4-0
1	10	Millwall	38	13	12	13	52	50	7	6	6	27	21	6	6	7	25	29	2	38	LLDWDL
1	11	Sheffield United	38	13	11	14	51	55	8	7	4	30	24	5	4	10	21	31	-4	37	LWWWLW
	12	Hull City	38	10	16	12	42	44	9	8	3	30	15	1	8	9	12	29	-2	36	LLWWDL		0-1
	13	Oldham Athletic	38	13	10	15	49	57	10	6	3	35	21	3	4	12	14	36	-8	36	LWDLDL		0-4
	14	Blackburn Rovers	39	14	8	17	41	52	11	3	5	30	18	3	5	12	11	34	-11	36	LLLLWL		0-1
	15	Fulham	39	10	13	16	48	58	8	7	5	33	24	2	6	11	15	34	-10	33	LWDWDD		0-0
2	16	Burnley	38	9	14	15	40	56	7	9	4	24	19	2	5	11	16	37	-16	32	LWDDDW		1-0
2	17	Cardiff City	37	11	9	17	51	58	7	5	7	29	28	4	4	10	22	30	-7	31	LDDLWW		1-0
2	18	Leyton Orient	36	9	13	14	32	43	4	5	7	14	17	5	8	7	18	26	-11	31	WDDLDL		0-1
2	19	Plymouth Argyle	39	8	15	16	45	62	5	8	6	26	23	3	7	10	19	39	-17	31	DLWLLL		1-3
	20	Bristol Rovers	38	10	11	17	44	62	7	7	4	26	23	3	4	13	18	39	-18	31	DLLDDW		1-0
	21	Carlisle United	38	11	9	18	46	71	7	7	6	29	30	4	2	12	17	41	-25	31	LWDDWW		3-1
	22	Hereford United	37	7	12	18	52	73	5	7	6	25	29	2	5	12	27	44	-21	26	DLDWWW		1-0