The City Ground

SEASON: 1972-73

Prev Season: 1971-72
This Season: 1972-73
Next Season: 1973-74

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Matt Gillies, Dave Mackay
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (West Bromwich Albion (N) 1-3)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Aston Villa (H) 0-1)

Top Goalscorer:: John Galley (8 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1972-73

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Burnley	42	24	14	4	72	35	13	6	2	44	18	11	8	2	28	17	2.05714	62	Promoted as Champions	3-0	0-1
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	24	13	5	81	37	16	4	1	54	13	8	9	4	27	24	2.18919	61	Promoted	0-0	0-3
3	Aston Villa	42	18	14	10	51	47	12	5	4	27	17	6	9	6	24	30	1.08511	50		1-1	2-2
4	Middlesbrough	42	17	13	12	46	43	12	6	3	29	15	5	7	9	17	28	1.06977	47		1-3	0-0
5	Bristol City	42	17	12	13	63	51	10	7	4	34	18	7	5	9	29	33	1.23529	46		1-0	1-1
6	Sunderland	42	17	12	13	59	49	12	6	3	35	17	5	6	10	24	32	1.20408	46		1-0	1-4
7	Blackpool	42	18	10	14	56	51	12	6	3	37	17	6	4	11	19	34	1.09804	46		4-0	0-2
8	Oxford United	42	19	7	16	52	43	14	2	5	36	18	5	5	11	16	25	1.20930	45		2-1	0-1
9	Fulham	42	16	12	14	58	49	11	6	4	32	16	5	6	10	26	33	1.18367	44		2-1	1-3
10	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	10	15	59	55	14	4	3	40	20	3	6	12	19	35	1.07273	44		3-0	2-1
11	Millwall	42	16	10	16	55	47	12	5	4	33	18	4	5	12	22	29	1.17021	42		3-2	1-2
12	Luton Town	42	15	11	16	44	53	6	9	6	24	23	9	2	10	20	30	.83019	41		0-1	0-1
13	Hull City	42	14	12	16	64	59	9	7	5	39	22	5	5	11	25	37	1.08475	40		1-2	0-0
14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	12	16	47	52	12	5	4	32	18	2	7	12	15	34	.90385	40
15	Leyton Orient	42	12	12	18	49	53	11	6	4	33	18	1	6	14	16	35	.92453	36		2-1	0-3
16	Swindon Town	42	10	16	16	46	60	8	9	4	28	23	2	7	12	18	37	.76667	36		2-2	0-0
17	Portsmouth	42	12	11	19	42	59	7	6	8	21	22	5	5	11	21	37	.71186	35		0-0	0-2
18	Carlisle United	42	11	12	19	50	52	10	5	6	40	24	1	7	13	10	28	.96154	34		2-1	2-1
19	Preston North End	42	11	12	19	37	64	6	8	7	19	25	5	4	12	18	39	.57813	34		0-1	1-2
20	Cardiff City	42	11	11	20	43	58	11	4	6	32	21	0	7	14	11	37	.74138	33		2-1	1-2
21	Huddersfield Town	42	8	17	17	36	56	7	9	5	21	20	1	8	12	15	36	.64286	33	Relegated	1-1	1-1
22	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	8	13	21	46	83	7	8	6	32	31	1	5	15	14	52	.55422	29	Relegated	1-0	2-2

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	17 times	10 times	3 times	1 time
Conceded	19 times	10 times	5 times	1 time
Won By	11 times		2 times	1 time
Lost By	10 times	5 times	3 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	4	1	2	1	-	1	3	1	2	Burnley (0-1), Burnley (3-0)
2	7	2	2	1	1	-	4	0	3	Blackpool (4-0), Queens Park Rangers (0-0)
3		3	2	1	1	-	3	2	3	Oxford United (2-1), Aston Villa (1-1)
4	2	4	4	3	1	-	9	4	7	Sheffield Wednesday (2-1), Aston Villa (2-2), Fulham (2-1), Sheffield Wednesday (3-0)
5	4	5	2	-	-	2	0	3	0	Oxford United (0-1), Blackpool (0-2)
6	11	6	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Luton Town (0-1)
7		7	2	-	1	1	0	1	1	Luton Town (0-1), Middlesbrough (0-0)
8	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9		9	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Sunderland (1-0)
10	10	10	6	1	1	4	5	13	3	Carlisle United (2-1), Queens Park Rangers (0-3), Sunderland (1-4), Bristol City (1-1), Preston North End (0-1
11	31	11	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	Huddersfield Town (1-1), Bristol City (1-0)
12	55	12	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Fulham (1-3)
13	76	13	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Carlisle United (2-1), Hull City (1-2)
14	17	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	35	15	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Portsmouth (0-2)
16	7	16	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Swindon Town (0-0)
17		17	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Swindon Town (2-2)
18		18	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Leyton Orient (2-1)
19		19	3	1	-	2	2	5	2	Brighton and Hove Albion (1-0), Leyton Orient (0-3), Preston North End (1-2)
20		20	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Huddersfield Town (1-1)
21		21	5	2	1	2	7	7	5	Hull City (0-0), Cardiff City (2-1), Millwall (1-2), Millwall (3-2), Cardiff City (1-2)
22		22	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Brighton and Hove Albion (2-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Portsmouth (0-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
Manager: Matt Gillies
1	Sat Aug 12, 1972	Portsmouth	H	0-0	13,175	15
2	Sat Aug 19, 1972	Hull City	A	0-0	11,189	16
3	Sat Aug 26, 1972	Oxford United	H	2-1	9,591	4	Lyall (33'), O'Neill (38')
4	Tue Aug 29, 1972	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	1-0	10,659	1	O'Neill (5')
5	Sat Sep 02, 1972	Carlisle United	A	2-1	7,626	2	McKenzie (19', 80')
6	Sat Sep 09, 1972	Luton Town	H	0-1	9,133	6
7	Sat Sep 16, 1972	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-3	12,528	10
8	Tue Sep 19, 1972	Cardiff City	H	2-1	6,414	5	O'Neill (41'), Richardson (58')
9	Sat Sep 23, 1972	Aston Villa	H	1-1	18,082	5	Fraser (78')
10	Mon Sep 25, 1972	Millwall	A	1-2	9,011	6	Lyall (87')
11	Sat Sep 30, 1972	Sunderland	A	1-4	14,155	12	Richardson (86')
12	Sat Oct 07, 1972	Huddersfield Town	H	1-1	7,931	14	Chapman (58')
13	Sat Oct 14, 1972	Bristol City	A	1-1	13,861	12	Fraser (66')
Manager:
14	Sat Oct 21, 1972	Swindon Town	H	2-2	8,683	13	Robertson (87'), O'Neill (88')
15	Sat Oct 28, 1972	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1	21,887	10	Martin (50'), Richardson (82')
16	Sat Nov 04, 1972	Millwall	H	3-2	11,165	8	Buckley (34'), Gemmell (59' pen), Robertson (73')
Manager: Dave Mackay
17	Sat Nov 11, 1972	Cardiff City	A	1-2	12,750	11	Martin (87')
18	Sat Nov 18, 1972	Preston North End	H	0-1	10,382	12
19	Sat Nov 25, 1972	Burnley	A	0-1	12,048	15
20	Sat Dec 02, 1972	Leyton Orient	H	2-1	7,959	11	Lyall (39', 72')
21	Sat Dec 09, 1972	Middlesbrough	A	0-0	10,326	11
22	Sat Dec 16, 1972	Fulham	A	1-3	8,255	13	Galley (8')
23	Sat Dec 23, 1972	Blackpool	H	4-0	10,078	11	Martin (43'), Fraser (50'), McKenzie (79'), Galley (89')
24	Tue Dec 26, 1972	Aston Villa	A	2-2	37,014	12	Galley (39'), Martin (42')
25	Sat Jan 06, 1973	Oxford United	A	0-1	8,836	15
26	Sat Jan 20, 1973	Carlisle United	H	2-1	6,866	13	Martin (17'), Robertson (88' pen)
27	Sat Jan 27, 1973	Luton Town	A	0-1	10,083	13
28	Sat Feb 10, 1973	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	11,617	13
29	Sat Feb 17, 1973	Portsmouth	A	0-2	11,151	15
30	Sat Feb 24, 1973	Fulham	H	2-1	8,810	12	Galley (31'), McIntosh (40')
31	Sat Mar 03, 1973	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	7,473	13	Hindley (18')
32	Sat Mar 10, 1973	Bristol City	H	1-0	8,680	12	Galley (44')
33	Tue Mar 13, 1973	Hull City	H	1-2	7,711	13	Robertson (60' pen)
34	Sat Mar 17, 1973	Swindon Town	A	0-0	9,842	13
35	Sat Mar 24, 1973	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-0	10,488	12	Galley (15'), O'Neill (24'), Cottam (67')
36	Sat Mar 31, 1973	Burnley	H	3-0	12,522	11	McKenzie (6'), O'Neill (26'), Lyons (72')
37	Sat Apr 07, 1973	Leyton Orient	A	0-3	6,373	12
38	Sat Apr 14, 1973	Middlesbrough	H	1-3	9,258	14	McKenzie (?)	Safe
39	Sat Apr 21, 1973	Preston North End	A	1-2	7,701	14	Hindley (44')	Safe
40	Mon Apr 23, 1973	Blackpool	A	0-2	8,322	14		Safe
41	Tue Apr 24, 1973	Sunderland	H	1-0	10,306	13	Martin (68')	Safe
42	Sat Apr 28, 1973	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	2-2	9,709	13	Dennehy (29'), McKenzie (31')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Mackay
Sat Jan 13, 1973	West Bromwich Albion	3		A	1-1	15,795	Galley (20')
Tue Jan 16, 1973	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	H	1-1	19,160	Lyons (62')
Mon Jan 22, 1973	West Bromwich Albion	3	2	H	0-0	17,069
Mon Jan 29, 1973	West Bromwich Albion	3	3	N	1-3	12,601	Galley (65')

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Matt Gillies
Tue Sep 05, 1972	Aston Villa	2			H	0-1	17,665

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Mackay
Wed May 02, 1973	Notts County	Semi	A	1-0	11,118	Dennehy (46')
Sat May 05, 1973	Mansfield Town	Final	A	1-0	8,409	Galley (83')

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Matt Gillies
Mon Jul 31, 1972	Watford	England	A	2-1	3,280	McIntosh (27'), Buckley (84')
Mon Aug 07, 1972	Kaiserslautern	Germany	H	2-2	4,881	Lyall (6'), McKenzie (63')

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Mackay
Wed Jun 20, 1973	Benfica	Portugal	A	0-3	-
Sat Jun 23, 1973	FC Porto	Portugal	A	1-1	-	McKenzie (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Matt Gillies
Mon Jul 31, 1972	Pre-Season Friendly	Watford			A	2-1	3,280	McIntosh (27'), Buckley (84')
Mon Aug 07, 1972	Pre-Season Friendly	Kaiserslautern			H	2-2	4,881	Lyall (6'), McKenzie (63')
Sat Aug 12, 1972	League Tier 2	Portsmouth			H	0-0	13,175
Sat Aug 19, 1972	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	0-0	11,189
Sat Aug 26, 1972	League Tier 2	Oxford United			H	2-1	9,591	Lyall (33'), O'Neill (38')
Tue Aug 29, 1972	League Tier 2	Brighton and Hove Albion			H	1-0	10,659	O'Neill (5')
Sat Sep 02, 1972	League Tier 2	Carlisle United			A	2-1	7,626	McKenzie (19', 80')
Tue Sep 05, 1972	League Cup	Aston Villa	2		H	0-1	17,665
Sat Sep 09, 1972	League Tier 2	Luton Town			H	0-1	9,133
Sat Sep 16, 1972	League Tier 2	Queens Park Rangers			A	0-3	12,528
Tue Sep 19, 1972	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			H	2-1	6,414	O'Neill (41'), Richardson (58')
Sat Sep 23, 1972	League Tier 2	Aston Villa			H	1-1	18,082	Fraser (78')
Mon Sep 25, 1972	League Tier 2	Millwall			A	1-2	9,011	Lyall (87')
Sat Sep 30, 1972	League Tier 2	Sunderland			A	1-4	14,155	Richardson (86')
Sat Oct 07, 1972	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town			H	1-1	7,931	Chapman (58')
Sat Oct 14, 1972	League Tier 2	Bristol City			A	1-1	13,861	Fraser (66')
Manager:
Sat Oct 21, 1972	League Tier 2	Swindon Town			H	2-2	8,683	Robertson (87'), O'Neill (88')
Sat Oct 28, 1972	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			A	2-1	21,887	Martin (50'), Richardson (82')
Sat Nov 04, 1972	League Tier 2	Millwall			H	3-2	11,165	Buckley (34'), Gemmell (59' pen), Robertson (73')
Manager: Dave Mackay
Sat Nov 11, 1972	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			A	1-2	12,750	Martin (87')
Sat Nov 18, 1972	League Tier 2	Preston North End			H	0-1	10,382
Sat Nov 25, 1972	League Tier 2	Burnley			A	0-1	12,048
Sat Dec 02, 1972	League Tier 2	Leyton Orient			H	2-1	7,959	Lyall (39', 72')
Sat Dec 09, 1972	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough			A	0-0	10,326
Sat Dec 16, 1972	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-3	8,255	Galley (8')
Sat Dec 23, 1972	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	4-0	10,078	Martin (43'), Fraser (50'), McKenzie (79'), Galley (89')
Tue Dec 26, 1972	League Tier 2	Aston Villa			A	2-2	37,014	Galley (39'), Martin (42')
Sat Jan 06, 1973	League Tier 2	Oxford United			A	0-1	8,836
Sat Jan 13, 1973	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	3		A	1-1	15,795	Galley (20')
Tue Jan 16, 1973	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	H	1-1	19,160	Lyons (62')
Sat Jan 20, 1973	League Tier 2	Carlisle United			H	2-1	6,866	Martin (17'), Robertson (88' pen)
Mon Jan 22, 1973	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	3	2	H	0-0	17,069
Sat Jan 27, 1973	League Tier 2	Luton Town			A	0-1	10,083
Mon Jan 29, 1973	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	3	3	N	1-3	12,601	Galley (65')
Sat Feb 10, 1973	League Tier 2	Queens Park Rangers			H	0-0	11,617
Sat Feb 17, 1973	League Tier 2	Portsmouth			A	0-2	11,151
Sat Feb 24, 1973	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	2-1	8,810	Galley (31'), McIntosh (40')
Sat Mar 03, 1973	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town			A	1-1	7,473	Hindley (18')
Sat Mar 10, 1973	League Tier 2	Bristol City			H	1-0	8,680	Galley (44')
Tue Mar 13, 1973	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	1-2	7,711	Robertson (60' pen)
Sat Mar 17, 1973	League Tier 2	Swindon Town			A	0-0	9,842
Sat Mar 24, 1973	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			H	3-0	10,488	Galley (15'), O'Neill (24'), Cottam (67')
Sat Mar 31, 1973	League Tier 2	Burnley			H	3-0	12,522	McKenzie (6'), O'Neill (26'), Lyons (72')
Sat Apr 07, 1973	League Tier 2	Leyton Orient			A	0-3	6,373
Sat Apr 14, 1973	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough			H	1-3	9,258	McKenzie (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 21, 1973	League Tier 2	Preston North End			A	1-2	7,701	Hindley (44')	Safe
Mon Apr 23, 1973	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	0-2	8,322		Safe
Tue Apr 24, 1973	League Tier 2	Sunderland			H	1-0	10,306	Martin (68')	Safe
Sat Apr 28, 1973	League Tier 2	Brighton and Hove Albion			A	2-2	9,709	Dennehy (29'), McKenzie (31')	Safe
Wed May 02, 1973	County Cup	Notts County	Semi		A	1-0	11,118	Dennehy (46')
Sat May 05, 1973	County Cup	Mansfield Town	Final		A	1-0	8,409	Galley (83')
Wed Jun 20, 1973	Friendly	Benfica			A	0-3	-
Sat Jun 23, 1973	Friendly	FC Porto			A	1-1	-	McKenzie (?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Manager: Matt Gillies
Tue Sep 05, 1972	Aston Villa	2			H	0-1	17,665

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Manager: Dave Mackay
Wed May 02, 1973	Notts County	Semi	A	1-0	11,118
Sat May 05, 1973	Mansfield Town	Final	A	1-0	8,409

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Manager: Matt Gillies
Mon Jul 31, 1972	Watford	England	A	2-1	3,280
Mon Aug 07, 1972	Kaiserslautern	Germany	H	2-2	4,881

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Manager: Dave Mackay
Wed Jun 20, 1973	Benfica	Portugal	A	0-3	-
Sat Jun 23, 1973	FC Porto	Portugal	A	1-1	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (4) - £20,000				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	George Lyall	Bought			Doug Fraser	Sold
	John Galley	Bought			Eric Hulme	Sold
	John Galley	Loan In		Feb 01, 1973	Tommy Gemmell	Sold
Apr 05, 1973	Miah Dennehy	Bought	£20,000	Apr 23, 1973	Steve Baines	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Dennis Peacock	England	19	1		1
GK		Jim Barron	England	28	46	14	13	18
Defenders
D		John Winfield	England	29	27	8	8	10		1
D		Peter Hindley	England	28	40	12	12	15	2	2
D		Steve Baines	England	18	2			2
D		Tommy Gemmell	Scotland	28	22	6	7	9	1	1				1
Midfielders
M		David Serella	England	19	39	12	12	14				1
M		Doug Fraser	Scotland	30	35	10	11	13	3	4		2
M		George Lyall	Scotland	25	34	10	11	13	4	1		3	6	1
M		John Cottam	England	22	20	5	7	8	1
M		Liam O'Kane	N. Ireland	24	6	2	1	3				1
M		Martin O'Neill	N. Ireland	20	34	12	7	14	6				4	1
M		Paul Richardson	England	22	22	7	7	8	3	1		2	1
Forwards
F		Alan Buckley	England	21	9	3	3	3	1			1	2
F		Barry Lyons	England	27	13	4	3	5	2			1
F		Duncan McKenzie	England	22	34	10	9	15	6	1		1	1
F		Jim McIntosh	Scotland	21	29	8	10	10	1	1		6		1
F		John Galley	England	28	22	6	6	9	8
F		John Robertson	Scotland	19	36	9	10	16	4	1		2	4
F		Miah Dennehy	Rep. of Ire.	22	3	1	1	1	1
F		Neil Martin	Scotland	31	23	7	6	9	6	1
F		Sammy Chapman	England	25	38	11	13	13	1	2		1	2
F		Tommy Jackson	N. Ireland	25	7	2	2	3					1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
8	John Galley	22
6	Duncan McKenzie	34
6	Martin O'Neill	34
6	Neil Martin	23
4	George Lyall	34
4	John Robertson	36
3	Doug Fraser	35
3	Paul Richardson	22
2	Barry Lyons	13
2	Peter Hindley	40
1	Alan Buckley	9
1	Jim McIntosh	29
1	John Cottam	20
1	Miah Dennehy	3
1	Sammy Chapman	38
1	Tommy Gemmell	22

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Carlisle United	Sat Sep 02, 1972	Away	2-1	Sat Jan 20, 1973	Home	2-1
Sheffield Wednesday	Sat Oct 28, 1972	Away	2-1	Sat Mar 24, 1973	Home	3-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Luton Town	Sat Sep 09, 1972	Home	0-1	Sat Jan 27, 1973	Away	0-1
Preston North End	Sat Nov 18, 1972	Home	0-1	Sat Apr 21, 1973	Away	1-2