The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Jan 22, 1972 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 22, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 22 January 1972

Season:: 1971-72
Referee:: U Taylor
Attendance:: 27,250
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 22
Opp Before/After:: 15 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: May 13, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2730 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 1354 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 3019 (of 5828)
Total:: 4280 (of 7633)
Played:: 54 years, 7 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Ian Storey-Moore (30')

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

Goal Scorers
Keith Weller (85')
Peter Hindley (89') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Jim Barron
2	M	30	Doug Fraser
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell
4	F	25	Sammy Chapman
5	D	27	Peter Hindley
6	M	21	John Cottam
7	F	21	Jim McIntosh
8	F	19	John Robertson
9	F	25	Peter Cormack
10	M	22	Paul Richardson
11	F	27	Ian Storey-Moore (30')
Subs
12	M	19	Martin O'Neill

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	Alan Birchenall
7	M	Jon Sammels
8	M	Leonard Glover
9	M	John Farrington
10	F	Alistair Brown (83')
11	F	Keith Weller
Subs
12		Rodney Fern (83')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 22, 1972)

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

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	Manchester United	25	14	7	4	50	33	9	1	2	26	15	5	6	2	24	18	17	35	WDDDLL
	2	Manchester City	25	13	8	4	48	25	9	3	1	31	9	4	5	3	17	16	23	34	LWDWDD
	3	Leeds United	25	14	6	5	38	20	9	4	0	26	7	5	2	5	12	13	18	34	WDDWWD
	4	Derby County	25	13	7	5	42	23	8	4	0	26	8	5	3	5	16	15	19	33	WLWLWW
	5	Sheffield United	25	13	6	6	45	33	7	5	1	29	12	6	1	5	16	21	12	32	LDWWDD
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	12	7	6	45	35	8	5	0	29	14	4	2	6	16	21	10	31	DDWWWW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	25	10	9	6	40	28	9	3	1	30	9	1	6	5	10	19	12	29	WWDLDD
	8	Arsenal	25	12	5	8	35	27	8	1	3	22	9	4	4	5	13	18	8	29	DWWDDD
	9	Liverpool	25	11	6	8	30	26	8	3	1	21	13	3	3	7	9	13	4	28	DWDLLL
	10	Chelsea	25	9	9	7	32	28	6	5	2	23	14	3	4	5	9	14	4	27	DDDWLD
	11	Stoke City	25	8	8	9	24	28	5	4	3	15	11	3	4	6	9	17	-4	24	DDLLDD
	12	West Ham United	25	8	7	10	27	25	6	3	4	15	9	2	4	6	12	16	2	23	DDLWWL
	13	Coventry City	25	6	10	9	28	42	5	6	1	15	11	1	4	8	13	31	-14	22	DLDDWL
	14	Everton	25	7	7	11	26	27	7	3	3	21	10	0	4	8	5	17	-1	21	DLLDDW
	15	Leicester City	25	6	9	10	25	30	4	4	5	10	9	2	5	5	15	21	-5	21	DLDLDW
	16	Ipswich Town	25	5	11	9	20	34	4	6	3	12	11	1	5	6	8	23	-14	21	DLDLLD
	17	Newcastle United	25	7	6	12	29	37	5	3	4	18	14	2	3	8	11	23	-8	20	DWWLLW
	18	Southampton	25	8	4	13	32	50	5	3	4	20	19	3	1	9	12	31	-18	20	LDWWLL
	19	Huddersfield Town	26	6	7	13	23	38	4	3	6	10	15	2	4	7	13	23	-15	19	DLLDDD
	20	Crystal Palace	25	6	6	13	23	39	3	4	5	16	18	3	2	8	7	21	-16	18	WWDLDW
	21	West Bromwich Albion	25	5	6	14	20	36	2	3	7	9	16	3	3	7	11	20	-16	16	LLLWWD
	22	Nottingham Forest	26	4	7	15	31	49	3	3	7	16	20	1	4	8	15	29	-18	15	LWLDDL

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)
2	1	Leeds United	26	15	6	5	39	20	10	4	0	27	7	5	2	5	12	13	19	36	DDWWDW		1-0
	2	Manchester City	26	14	8	4	50	26	9	3	1	31	9	5	5	3	19	17	24	36	WDWDDW		2-1
2	3	Manchester United	26	14	7	5	50	34	9	1	3	26	16	5	6	2	24	18	16	35	DDDLLL		0-1
	4	Derby County	26	13	8	5	45	26	8	4	0	26	8	5	4	5	19	18	19	34	LWLWWD		3-3
	5	Sheffield United	26	13	6	7	45	34	7	5	1	29	12	6	1	6	16	22	11	32	DWWDDL		0-1
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	12	8	6	45	35	8	6	0	29	14	4	2	6	16	21	10	32	DWWWWD		0-0
1	7	Arsenal	26	13	5	8	36	27	9	1	3	23	9	4	4	5	13	18	9	31	WWDDDW		1-0
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	26	10	9	7	41	31	9	3	1	30	9	1	6	6	11	22	10	29	WDLDDL		1-3
1	9	Chelsea	26	10	9	7	33	28	6	5	2	23	14	4	4	5	10	14	5	29	DDWLDW		1-0
1	10	Liverpool	26	11	7	8	30	26	8	3	1	21	13	3	4	7	9	13	4	29	WDLLLD		0-0
	11	Stoke City	26	9	8	9	27	29	6	4	3	18	12	3	4	6	9	17	-2	26	DLLDDW		3-1
	12	West Ham United	26	8	8	10	30	28	6	4	4	18	12	2	4	6	12	16	2	24	DLWWLD		3-3
1	13	Everton	26	8	7	11	28	28	8	3	3	23	11	0	4	8	5	17	0	23	LLDDWW		2-1
1	14	Leicester City	26	7	9	10	27	31	4	4	5	10	9	3	5	5	17	22	-4	23	LDLDWW		2-1
2	15	Coventry City	26	6	11	9	29	43	5	7	1	16	12	1	4	8	13	31	-14	23	LDDWLD		1-1
1	16	Newcastle United	26	8	6	12	32	38	6	3	4	21	15	2	3	8	11	23	-6	22	WWLLWW		3-1
1	17	Ipswich Town	26	5	12	9	21	35	4	6	3	12	11	1	6	6	9	24	-14	22	LDLLDD		1-1
	18	Southampton	26	8	4	14	33	53	5	3	4	20	19	3	1	10	13	34	-20	20	DWWLLL		1-3
	19	Huddersfield Town	27	6	7	14	23	39	4	3	6	10	15	2	4	8	13	24	-16	19	LLDDDL		0-1
	20	Crystal Palace	26	6	6	14	24	41	3	4	6	17	20	3	2	8	7	21	-17	18	WDLDWL		1-2
	21	West Bromwich Albion	26	5	6	15	21	38	2	3	7	9	16	3	3	8	12	22	-17	16	LLWWDL		1-2
	22	Nottingham Forest	27	4	7	16	32	51	3	3	8	17	22	1	4	8	15	29	-19	15	WLDDLL		1-2