The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 OLDHAM ATHLETIC - Wed Apr 27, 1977 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Apr 27, 1977 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Oldham Athletic
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 28 April 1977
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 28 April 1977

Season:: 1976-77
Referee:: M Lowe
Attendance:: 17,139
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 2)
Oldham Athletic:: Aug 29, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2953 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1496 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3285 (of 5736)
Total:: 4592 (of 7523)
Played:: 47 years, 6 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Ian Bowyer (40')
Tony Woodcock (49')
Martin O'Neill (83')

OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Manager: Jimmy Frizzell
Prior form: LWDLDL (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 off for Terry Curran (82')
4	F	30	Sammy Chapman
5	D	28	Larry Lloyd 0
6	M	25	Ian Bowyer (40')
7	M	27	John McGovern
8	M	25	Martin O'Neill (83')
9	F	25	Peter Withe
10	F	21	Tony Woodcock (49')
11	F	24	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	22	Terry Curran on for Frank Clark (82')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ogden
2	D	Hurst
3	D	Whittle
4	D	Blair
5	D	Hicks
6	M	Holt 0
7	M	Robins
8	M	Irving
9	M	Halom
10	F	Chapman
11	F	Groves
Subs
12		Bell

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Apr 27, 1977)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Oldham Athletic

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	38	21	11	6	82	43	15	2	3	47	20	6	9	3	35	23	39	53	DDWLWW	Safe
	2	Chelsea	39	19	12	8	64	52	13	6	0	43	22	6	6	8	21	30	12	50	LWLWDL	Safe
	3	Notts County	39	18	10	11	61	55	10	5	4	26	18	8	5	7	35	37	6	46	WWDDDL	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	38	18	9	11	70	41	12	3	4	49	22	6	6	7	21	19	29	45	WWWDLL	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	39	20	5	14	64	45	13	4	3	38	16	7	1	11	26	29	19	45	LLDLLW	Safe
	7	Blackpool	38	14	16	8	54	41	9	7	3	27	17	5	9	5	27	24	13	44	LWDWDD	Safe
	8	Charlton Athletic	39	14	15	10	68	57	13	5	2	50	26	1	10	8	18	31	11	43	WDWDDW	Safe
	9	Southampton	37	15	10	12	68	61	10	6	3	37	24	5	4	9	31	37	7	40	WWLLWW	Safe
	10	Millwall	38	13	12	13	52	50	7	6	6	27	21	6	6	7	25	29	2	38	LLDWDL
	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
	13	Oldham Athletic	38	13	10	15	49	57	10	6	3	35	21	3	4	12	14	36	-8	36	LWDLDL
	14	Blackburn Rovers	39	14	8	17	41	52	11	3	5	30	18	3	5	12	11	34	-11	36	LLLLWL
	15	Fulham	39	10	13	16	48	58	8	7	5	33	24	2	6	11	15	34	-10	33	LWDWDD
	16	Burnley	39	9	14	16	42	61	7	9	4	24	19	2	5	12	18	42	-19	32	WDDDWL
	17	Cardiff City	38	11	9	18	52	62	7	5	7	29	28	4	4	11	23	34	-10	31	DDLWWL
	18	Leyton Orient	37	9	13	15	34	46	4	5	8	16	20	5	8	7	18	26	-12	31	DDLDLL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	39	8	15	16	45	62	5	8	6	26	23	3	7	10	19	39	-17	31	DLWLLL
	20	Bristol Rovers	38	10	11	17	44	62	7	7	4	26	23	3	4	13	18	39	-18	31	DLLDDW
	21	Carlisle United	38	11	9	18	46	71	7	7	6	29	30	4	2	12	17	41	-25	31	LWDDWW
	22	Hereford United	37	7	12	18	52	73	5	7	6	25	29	2	5	12	27	44	-21	26	DLDWWW

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	38	21	11	6	82	43	15	2	3	47	20	6	9	3	35	23	39	53	DDWLWW	Safe
	2	Chelsea	39	19	12	8	64	52	13	6	0	43	22	6	6	8	21	30	12	50	LWLWDL	Safe
1	3	Nottingham Forest	39	19	9	11	73	41	13	3	4	52	22	6	6	7	21	19	32	47	WWDLLW	Safe	3-0
1	4	Notts County	39	18	10	11	61	55	10	5	4	26	18	8	5	7	35	37	6	46	WWDDDL	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	39	20	5	14	64	45	13	4	3	38	16	7	1	11	26	29	19	45	LLDLLW	Safe
	7	Blackpool	38	14	16	8	54	41	9	7	3	27	17	5	9	5	27	24	13	44	LWDWDD	Safe
	8	Charlton Athletic	39	14	15	10	68	57	13	5	2	50	26	1	10	8	18	31	11	43	WDWDDW	Safe
	9	Southampton	37	15	10	12	68	61	10	6	3	37	24	5	4	9	31	37	7	40	WWLLWW	Safe
	10	Millwall	38	13	12	13	52	50	7	6	6	27	21	6	6	7	25	29	2	38	LLDWDL
	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
	13	Oldham Athletic	39	13	10	16	49	60	10	6	3	35	21	3	4	13	14	39	-11	36	WDLDLL		0-3
	14	Blackburn Rovers	39	14	8	17	41	52	11	3	5	30	18	3	5	12	11	34	-11	36	LLLLWL
	15	Fulham	39	10	13	16	48	58	8	7	5	33	24	2	6	11	15	34	-10	33	LWDWDD
	16	Burnley	39	9	14	16	42	61	7	9	4	24	19	2	5	12	18	42	-19	32	WDDDWL
	17	Cardiff City	38	11	9	18	52	62	7	5	7	29	28	4	4	11	23	34	-10	31	DDLWWL
	18	Leyton Orient	37	9	13	15	34	46	4	5	8	16	20	5	8	7	18	26	-12	31	DDLDLL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	39	8	15	16	45	62	5	8	6	26	23	3	7	10	19	39	-17	31	DLWLLL
	20	Bristol Rovers	38	10	11	17	44	62	7	7	4	26	23	3	4	13	18	39	-18	31	DLLDDW
	21	Carlisle United	38	11	9	18	46	71	7	7	6	29	30	4	2	12	17	41	-25	31	LWDDWW
	22	Hereford United	37	7	12	18	52	73	5	7	6	25	29	2	5	12	27	44	-21	26	DLDWWW

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