The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 CRYSTAL PALACE - Sat Mar 27, 1971 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 27, 1971 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Crystal Palace
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 27 March 1971

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: R Johnson
Attendance:: 16,507
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 15 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Tier 1)
Crystal Palace:: Aug 28, 1971

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2694 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1318 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2979 (of 5824)
Total:: 4234 (of 7629)
Played:: 55 years, 4 months, 27 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Matt Gillies
Prior form: WLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ian Storey-Moore (8')
Ian Storey-Moore (53') (Pen)
Ian Storey-Moore (69')

CRYSTAL PALACE
Manager: Bert Head
Prior form: LLDLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alan Birchenall (12')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Jim Barron
2	D	26	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	John Winfield
4	F	24	Sammy Chapman
5	M	22	Liam O'Kane
6	M	29	Doug Fraser
7	F	26	Barry Lyons
8	M	21	Paul Richardson
9	F	30	Neil Martin
10	F	24	Peter Cormack
11	F	26	Ian Storey-Moore (8') (53') (69')
Subs
12	F	26	Ronnie Rees

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Jackson
2	D	John McCormick
3	D	David Payne
4	D	Phil Hoadley
5	D	Peter Wall
6	M	Melvyn Blyth
7	M	Tony Taylor
8	M	Stephen Kember
9	M	Alan Birchenall
10	F	Bobby Tambling
11	F	Jimmy Scott
Subs
12		Brown

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 27, 1971)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	2-2	Ipswich Town
Chelsea	3-1	Leeds United
Huddersfield Town	1-0	Coventry City
Newcastle United	3-1	Derby County
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Crystal Palace
Southampton	1-1	Blackpool
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Manchester City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST 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	Leeds United	34	23	8	3	59	24	13	2	2	32	10	10	6	1	27	14	35	54	WWWWDW	Safe
	2	Arsenal	32	21	6	5	57	25	13	3	0	35	6	8	3	5	22	19	32	48	WWLWWW	Safe
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	18	7	9	55	49	11	2	4	28	21	7	5	5	27	28	6	43	LWLDWW	Safe
	4	Chelsea	34	15	12	7	44	35	9	5	2	27	17	6	7	5	17	18	9	42	WWDWLD	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	32	14	10	8	45	30	8	4	4	26	16	6	6	4	19	14	15	38	DLLWDW
	6	Southampton	33	14	10	9	43	34	11	4	1	26	7	3	6	8	17	27	9	38	DLDWWD
	7	Liverpool	32	12	13	7	31	18	9	7	0	25	7	3	6	7	6	11	13	37	WWDLLW
	8	Manchester City	32	11	13	8	37	28	6	7	2	20	11	5	6	6	17	17	9	35	LDLDDD
	9	Manchester United	33	12	10	11	48	49	7	6	4	24	18	5	4	7	24	31	-1	34	WLWLWW
	10	Everton	34	11	11	12	49	49	9	6	2	28	13	2	5	10	21	36	0	33	DWDWLL
	11	Coventry City	32	13	7	12	29	30	9	2	5	17	11	4	5	7	12	19	-1	33	LWWLWD
	12	Stoke City	33	10	11	12	38	40	8	6	2	24	8	2	5	10	14	32	-2	31	WLDWLL
	13	Newcastle United	33	11	9	13	34	39	7	6	3	19	13	4	3	10	15	26	-5	31	DWLLWD
	14	Derby County	32	11	8	13	41	42	6	4	6	23	21	5	4	7	18	21	-1	30	WWWLDL
	15	Crystal Palace	34	10	10	14	28	35	7	5	6	16	17	3	5	8	12	18	-7	30	LLDLLL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	33	9	11	13	52	63	9	5	3	32	22	0	6	10	20	41	-11	29	DWDWLL
	17	Huddersfield Town	34	8	12	14	33	41	5	7	5	16	14	3	5	9	17	27	-8	28	LLWLDW
	18	Ipswich Town	32	10	6	16	33	36	8	2	7	25	19	2	4	9	8	17	-3	26	LLWWDL
	19	Nottingham Forest	32	9	7	16	30	46	7	3	6	25	21	2	4	10	5	25	-16	25	WLLWLW
	20	West Ham United	33	5	13	15	38	53	3	8	6	23	27	2	5	9	15	26	-15	23	DWDDLD
	21	Burnley	33	4	12	17	23	50	2	7	8	15	27	2	5	9	8	23	-27	20	LDWLWD
	22	Blackpool	33	3	10	20	26	57	2	7	7	16	25	1	3	13	10	32	-31	16	LLDLDL

Table after:

	FIRST 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	Leeds United	35	23	8	4	60	27	13	2	2	32	10	10	6	2	28	17	33	54	WWWDWL	Safe	1-3
	2	Arsenal	32	21	6	5	57	25	13	3	0	35	6	8	3	5	22	19	32	48	WWLWWW	Safe
1	3	Chelsea	35	16	12	7	47	36	10	5	2	30	18	6	7	5	17	18	11	44	WDWLDW	Safe	3-1
1	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	18	7	9	55	49	11	2	4	28	21	7	5	5	27	28	6	43	LWLDWW	Safe
1	5	Southampton	34	14	11	9	44	35	11	5	1	27	8	3	6	8	17	27	9	39	LDWWDD	Safe	1-1
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	32	14	10	8	45	30	8	4	4	26	16	6	6	4	19	14	15	38	DLLWDW	Safe
	7	Liverpool	32	12	13	7	31	18	9	7	0	25	7	3	6	7	6	11	13	37	WWDLLW
	8	Manchester City	33	11	14	8	37	28	6	7	2	20	11	5	7	6	17	17	9	36	DLDDDD		0-0
	9	Manchester United	33	12	10	11	48	49	7	6	4	24	18	5	4	7	24	31	-1	34	WLWLWW
	10	Everton	34	11	11	12	49	49	9	6	2	28	13	2	5	10	21	36	0	33	DWDWLL
	11	Coventry City	33	13	7	13	29	31	9	2	5	17	11	4	5	8	12	20	-2	33	WWLWDL		0-1
1	12	Newcastle United	34	12	9	13	37	40	8	6	3	22	14	4	3	10	15	26	-3	33	WLLWDW		3-1
1	13	Stoke City	33	10	11	12	38	40	8	6	2	24	8	2	5	10	14	32	-2	31	WLDWLL
	14	Derby County	33	11	8	14	42	45	6	4	6	23	21	5	4	8	19	24	-3	30	WWLDLL		1-3
2	15	Huddersfield Town	35	9	12	14	34	41	6	7	5	17	14	3	5	9	17	27	-7	30	LWLDWW		1-0
	16	West Bromwich Albion	34	9	12	13	52	63	9	6	3	32	22	0	6	10	20	41	-11	30	WDWLLD		0-0
2	17	Crystal Palace	35	10	10	15	29	38	7	5	6	16	17	3	5	9	13	21	-9	30	LDLLLL		1-3
	18	Ipswich Town	33	10	7	16	35	38	8	2	7	25	19	2	5	9	10	19	-3	27	LWWDLD		2-2
	19	Nottingham Forest	33	10	7	16	33	47	8	3	6	28	22	2	4	10	5	25	-14	27	LLWLWW		3-1
	20	West Ham United	33	5	13	15	38	53	3	8	6	23	27	2	5	9	15	26	-15	23	DWDDLD
	21	Burnley	34	4	13	17	25	52	2	8	8	17	29	2	5	9	8	23	-27	21	DWLWDD		2-2
	22	Blackpool	34	3	11	20	27	58	2	7	7	16	25	1	4	13	11	33	-31	17	LDLDLD		1-1