The City Ground

BLACKPOOL 2 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 17, 1971 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 17, 1971 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 2-2

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 April 1971

Season:: 1970-71
Referee:: K Styles
Attendance:: 10,028
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 14
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Blackpool:: Dec 23, 1972

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2700 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1324 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2985 (of 5824)
Total:: 4240 (of 7629)
Played:: 55 years, 4 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Cormack (13')
Peter Hindley (43')
Ian Storey-Moore (82')

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Jimmy Meadows
Prior form: LDLLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
William McGrotty (10')
John Craven (40')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Jim Barron
2	D	26	Peter Hindley (43')
3	D	28	John Winfield
4	F	24	Sammy Chapman
5	M	22	Liam O'Kane off for Ronnie Rees (18')
6	M	29	Doug Fraser
7	F	24	Tommy Jackson
8	M	21	Paul Richardson
9	F	20	Duncan McKenzie
10	F	24	Peter Cormack (13')
11	F	26	Ian Storey-Moore (82')
Subs
12	F	27	Ronnie Rees on for Liam O'Kane (18')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alan Taylor
2	D	William Bentley
3	D	Terrence Alcock
4	D	Peter Suddaby
5	D	Edward James
6	M	Tommy Hutchison
7	M	William McGrotty
8	M	John Craven
9	M	John Johnston
10	F	Anthony Green
11	F	Dennis Wann
Subs
12		Micky Burns
13		Ray Clemence

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 17, 1971)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Newcastle United
Blackpool	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	3-0	Burnley
Crystal Palace	3-5	Manchester United
Derby County	3-1	Everton
Ipswich Town	2-0	Huddersfield Town
Leeds United	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Liverpool	0-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City	1-1	Chelsea
West Ham United	1-0	Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Southampton

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	38	24	10	4	65	28	14	2	2	36	10	10	8	2	29	18	37	58	DWLWDD	Safe
	2	Arsenal	36	25	6	5	65	26	15	3	0	38	6	10	3	5	27	20	39	56	WWWWWW	Safe
	3	Chelsea	38	17	13	8	49	39	11	6	2	32	19	6	7	6	17	20	10	47	LDWLDW	Safe
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	20	7	11	61	52	12	2	4	32	21	8	5	7	29	31	9	47	WWWLWL	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	36	16	12	8	49	31	10	4	4	30	17	6	8	4	19	14	18	44	DWDWWD	Safe
	6	Liverpool	37	14	15	8	36	22	10	9	0	29	10	4	6	8	7	12	14	43	WWDDWL	Safe
	7	Southampton	37	15	12	10	48	38	11	5	2	28	10	4	7	8	20	28	10	42	WDDWLD	Safe
	8	Manchester City	37	12	15	10	41	32	7	7	3	24	14	5	8	7	17	18	9	39	DDWLLD	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	38	13	12	13	40	42	8	8	3	23	15	5	4	10	17	27	-2	38	DWWDDD	Safe
	10	Coventry City	38	14	9	15	31	36	10	3	5	19	12	4	6	10	12	24	-5	37	LDLDLW	Safe
	11	Everton	39	12	12	15	53	55	10	6	4	32	16	2	6	11	21	39	-2	36	LLLDLW	Safe
	12	Manchester United	37	13	10	14	52	55	8	6	5	26	20	5	4	9	26	35	-3	36	WWLLWL	Safe
	13	Derby County	38	13	9	16	49	52	7	5	7	27	25	6	4	9	22	27	-3	35	LLWLWD
	14	Stoke City	37	11	12	14	42	45	9	7	3	26	10	2	5	11	16	35	-3	34	LLLWLD
	15	Huddersfield Town	38	10	13	15	37	44	7	8	5	18	14	3	5	10	19	30	-7	33	DWWLWD
	16	Crystal Palace	37	11	11	15	33	41	8	5	6	19	19	3	6	9	14	22	-8	33	LLLLWD
	17	Nottingham Forest	38	13	7	18	39	56	9	3	7	29	25	4	4	11	10	31	-17	33	WWLWWL
	18	West Bromwich Albion	38	9	14	15	54	67	9	7	4	32	23	0	7	11	22	44	-13	32	LDDLDL
	19	Ipswich Town	38	11	8	19	38	45	8	3	8	26	22	3	5	11	12	23	-7	30	DLLDLW
	20	West Ham United	38	8	13	17	43	57	5	8	6	27	29	3	5	11	16	28	-14	29	DWWWLL
	21	Burnley	37	6	13	18	27	56	4	8	8	19	29	2	5	10	8	27	-29	25	WDDLWW
	22	Blackpool	38	3	13	22	28	61	2	8	8	16	26	1	5	14	12	35	-33	19	LDLLDD	Relegated

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	1	Arsenal	37	26	6	5	66	26	16	3	0	39	6	10	3	5	27	20	40	58	WWWWWW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Leeds United	39	24	10	5	66	30	14	2	3	37	12	10	8	2	29	18	36	58	WLWDDL	Safe	1-2
	3	Chelsea	39	17	14	8	50	40	11	6	2	32	19	6	8	6	18	21	10	48	DWLDWD	Safe	1-1
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	20	7	12	61	53	12	2	5	32	22	8	5	7	29	31	8	47	WWLWLL	Safe	0-1
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	13	8	49	31	10	4	4	30	17	6	9	4	19	14	18	45	WDWWDD	Safe	0-0
	6	Liverpool	38	14	16	8	36	22	10	10	0	29	10	4	6	8	7	12	14	44	WDDWLD	Safe	0-0
	7	Southampton	38	16	12	10	49	38	11	5	2	28	10	5	7	8	21	28	11	44	DDWLDW	Safe	1-0
	8	Manchester City	38	12	16	10	42	33	7	8	3	25	15	5	8	7	17	18	9	40	DWLLDD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Coventry City	39	15	9	15	34	36	11	3	5	22	12	4	6	10	12	24	-2	39	DLDLWW	Safe	3-0
2	10	Manchester United	38	14	10	14	57	58	8	6	5	26	20	6	4	9	31	38	-1	38	WLLWLW	Safe	5-3
2	11	Newcastle United	39	13	12	14	40	43	8	8	3	23	15	5	4	11	17	28	-3	38	WWDDDL	Safe	0-1
1	12	Derby County	39	14	9	16	52	53	8	5	7	30	26	6	4	9	22	27	-1	37	LWLWDW	Safe	3-1
2	13	Everton	40	12	12	16	54	58	10	6	4	32	16	2	6	12	22	42	-4	36	LLDLWL	Safe	1-3
3	14	Nottingham Forest	39	14	7	18	42	58	9	3	7	29	25	5	4	11	13	33	-16	35	WLWWLW	Safe	3-2
1	15	Stoke City	38	11	12	15	42	46	9	7	3	26	10	2	5	12	16	36	-4	34	LLWLDL	Safe	0-1
2	16	West Bromwich Albion	39	10	14	15	56	68	9	7	4	32	23	1	7	11	24	45	-12	34	DDLDLW	Safe	2-1
2	17	Huddersfield Town	39	10	13	16	37	46	7	8	5	18	14	3	5	11	19	32	-9	33	WWLWDL		0-2
2	18	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	36	46	8	5	7	22	24	3	6	9	14	22	-10	33	LLLWDL		3-5
	19	Ipswich Town	39	12	8	19	40	45	9	3	8	28	22	3	5	11	12	23	-5	32	LLDLWW		2-0
	20	West Ham United	39	9	13	17	44	57	6	8	6	28	29	3	5	11	16	28	-13	31	WWWLLW		1-0
	21	Burnley	38	6	13	19	27	59	4	8	8	19	29	2	5	11	8	30	-32	25	DDLWWL		0-3
	22	Blackpool	39	3	13	23	30	64	2	8	9	18	29	1	5	14	12	35	-34	19	DLLDDL	Relegated	2-3