The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Wed Aug 18, 1971 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Aug 18, 1971 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Guardian - Thursday 19 August 1971

Season:: 1971-72
Referee:: Ken Burns
Attendance:: 32,079
League Week:: 2 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 20
Opp Before/After:: 10 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Jan 22, 1972

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2705 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1329 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2990 (of 5824)
Total:: 4250 (of 7629)
Played:: 55 years, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Cormack (53')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Jimmy Bloomfield
Prior form: D (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alistair Brown (29')
Liam O'Kane (39') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Jim Barron
2	D	27	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	John Winfield
4	F	25	Sammy Chapman
5	M	23	Liam O'Kane off for Tommy Jackson (53')
6	M	29	Doug Fraser
7	F	27	Ronnie Rees
8	F	21	Duncan McKenzie
9	F	30	Neil Martin
10	F	25	Peter Cormack (53')
11	F	26	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	24	Tommy Jackson on for Liam O'Kane (53')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	John Sjoberg
3	D	Graham Cross
4	D	Stephen Whitworth
5	D	David Nish
6	M	Bobby Kellard
7	M	Jon Sammels
8	M	Rodney Fern
9	M	Leonard Glover
10	F	John Farrington
11	F	Alistair Brown
Subs
12		Carlin

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Aug 18, 1971)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	2-3	Manchester United
Derby County	2-0	West Ham United
Leicester City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Manchester City	4-0	Crystal Palace
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Newcastle United
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Everton

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	Arsenal	2	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	WW
	2	Sheffield United	2	2	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	WW
	3	Liverpool	2	2	0	0	6	3	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	WW
	4	Ipswich Town	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	DW
	5	Crystal Palace	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W
	6	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W
	7	Southampton	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	LW
	8	Leeds United	2	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	-2	2	WL
	9	Derby County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	10	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	11	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	1	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	3	-1	1	DL
	14	Huddersfield Town	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	1	DL
	15	Coventry City	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	DL
	16	Stoke City	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1	DL
	17	Everton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	18	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
	19	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L
	20	Manchester City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	21	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	22	West Ham United	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L

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	Arsenal	2	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	WW
4	2	West Bromwich Albion	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	WW		2-0
1	3	Sheffield United	2	2	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	WW
1	4	Liverpool	2	2	0	0	6	3	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	WW
1	5	Ipswich Town	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	DW
3	6	Derby County	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	DW		2-0
3	7	Leicester City	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	DW		2-1
3	8	Manchester United	2	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	4	1	3	DW		3-2
11	9	Manchester City	2	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	LW		4-0
3	10	Southampton	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	LW
1	11	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	DD		0-0
7	12	Crystal Palace	2	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	-2	2	WL		0-4
5	13	Leeds United	2	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	-2	2	WL
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	1	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	3	-1	1	DL
1	15	Huddersfield Town	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	1	DL
1	16	Coventry City	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	DL
1	17	Stoke City	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1	DL
1	18	Everton	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1	DL		0-2
2	19	Newcastle United	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1	LD		0-0
2	20	Nottingham Forest	2	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	-3	0	LL		1-2
2	21	Chelsea	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	3	-4	0	LL		2-3
	22	West Ham United	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	-3	0	LL		0-2