The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Mar 25, 1972 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 25, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 25 March 1972

Season:: 1971-72
Referee:: G Hill
Attendance:: 12,205
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 22
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Oct 29, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2738 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 1362 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 3027 (of 5828)
Total:: 4288 (of 7633)
Played:: 54 years, 5 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Gemmell (44')
Duncan McKenzie (47')
Paul Richardson (60')
Paul Richardson (83')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Noel Cantwell
Prior form: LDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Jim Barron
2	D	27	Peter Hindley
3	D	28	Tommy Gemmell (44')
4	M	19	David Serella	Debut
5	M	21	John Cottam
6	F	19	John Robertson
7	F	21	Jim McIntosh
8	F	25	Peter Cormack
9	F	20	Alan Buckley
10	M	22	Paul Richardson (60') (83')
11	F	21	Duncan McKenzie (47')
Subs
12	M	20	Martin O'Neill

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Glazier
2	D	Wilf Smith
3	D	Chris Cattlin
4	D	Roy Barry
5	D	Jeff Blockley
6	M	Michael McGuire
7	M	Willie Carr
8	M	Chris Chilton (45')
9	M	Ernie Hunt
10	F	Ernie Machin
11	F	Bobby Graham
Subs
12		Dennis Mortimer (45')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 25, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	3-1	West Ham United
Everton	2-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leeds United	3-0	Arsenal
Leicester City	1-0	Ipswich Town
Manchester United	4-0	Crystal Palace
Newcastle United	0-0	Manchester City
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Coventry City
Southampton	0-1	Liverpool
Stoke City	1-1	Derby County
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Sheffield United
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Huddersfield Town

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 City	34	20	9	5	66	36	14	3	1	42	12	6	6	4	24	24	30	49	WLWWWW	Safe
	2	Derby County	33	19	8	6	57	29	13	4	0	37	9	6	4	6	20	20	28	46	LWWWWW	Safe
	3	Leeds United	32	18	8	6	52	22	13	4	0	40	8	5	4	6	12	14	30	44	LDWWWD	Safe
	4	Liverpool	33	17	8	8	49	27	13	3	1	39	14	4	5	7	10	13	22	42	WWWWDW	Safe
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	15	10	8	55	45	9	7	0	32	16	6	3	8	23	29	10	40	WDDLWW	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	32	14	10	8	48	33	12	3	2	35	10	2	7	6	13	23	15	38	WWWDWL
	7	Manchester United	32	15	8	9	54	45	10	2	4	28	18	5	6	5	26	27	9	38	LLLLDW
	8	Sheffield United	33	14	10	9	54	47	8	7	2	36	21	6	3	7	18	26	7	38	DLWDDD
	9	Arsenal	31	16	5	10	44	31	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	7	19	22	13	37	WWWWLL
	10	Chelsea	31	12	10	9	40	32	8	6	2	29	15	4	4	7	11	17	8	34	WWWDLL
	11	Newcastle United	33	12	8	13	40	44	8	4	4	25	15	4	4	9	15	29	-4	32	WDWWWL
	12	West Ham United	34	10	10	14	39	39	8	5	4	26	15	2	5	10	13	24	0	30	DLWLWD
	13	Everton	35	8	13	14	31	40	8	6	4	25	14	0	7	10	6	26	-9	29	DLDLDD
	14	Ipswich Town	34	7	15	12	30	45	5	7	5	14	15	2	8	7	16	30	-15	29	LDLWDL
	15	Stoke City	30	9	10	11	33	38	6	6	3	23	17	3	4	8	10	21	-5	28	DWLDLD
	16	Leicester City	33	9	10	14	32	40	6	5	6	14	11	3	5	8	18	29	-8	28	LLLWLD
	17	West Bromwich Albion	33	10	7	16	32	44	5	4	7	16	20	5	3	9	16	24	-12	27	WWLWDW
	18	Coventry City	32	6	14	12	32	50	5	9	2	17	15	1	5	10	15	35	-18	26	LDDLLD
	19	Crystal Palace	33	7	10	16	31	51	3	5	7	19	24	4	5	9	12	27	-20	24	DDWDLD
	20	Southampton	32	9	5	18	42	69	6	3	6	26	24	3	2	12	16	45	-27	23	WLLLLD
	21	Huddersfield Town	33	6	9	18	23	46	4	5	7	10	16	2	4	11	13	30	-23	21	DLLLLD
	22	Nottingham Forest	34	5	7	22	37	68	4	3	10	19	26	1	4	12	18	42	-31	17	LLLLWL

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	Manchester City	35	20	10	5	66	36	14	3	1	42	12	6	7	4	24	24	30	50	LWWWWD	Safe	0-0
	2	Derby County	34	19	9	6	58	30	13	4	0	37	9	6	5	6	21	21	28	47	WWWWWD	Safe	1-1
	3	Leeds United	33	19	8	6	55	22	14	4	0	43	8	5	4	6	12	14	33	46	DWWWDW	Safe	3-0
	4	Liverpool	34	18	8	8	50	27	13	3	1	39	14	5	5	7	11	13	23	44	WWWDWW	Safe	1-0
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	15	11	8	57	47	9	7	0	32	16	6	4	8	25	31	10	41	DDLWWD	Safe	2-2
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	33	15	10	8	50	33	13	3	2	37	10	2	7	6	13	23	17	40	WWDWLW	Safe	2-0
	7	Manchester United	33	16	8	9	58	45	11	2	4	32	18	5	6	5	26	27	13	40	LLLDWW	Safe	4-0
	8	Sheffield United	34	14	10	10	54	49	8	7	2	36	21	6	3	8	18	28	5	38	LWDDDL		0-2
	9	Arsenal	32	16	5	11	44	34	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	8	19	25	10	37	WWWLLL		0-3
	10	Chelsea	32	13	10	9	43	33	9	6	2	32	16	4	4	7	11	17	10	36	WWDLLW		3-1
	11	Newcastle United	34	12	9	13	40	44	8	5	4	25	15	4	4	9	15	29	-4	33	DWWWLD		0-0
	12	West Ham United	35	10	10	15	40	42	8	5	4	26	15	2	5	11	14	27	-2	30	LWLWDL		1-3
3	13	Leicester City	34	10	10	14	33	40	7	5	6	15	11	3	5	8	18	29	-7	30	LLWLDW		1-0
1	14	Everton	36	8	14	14	33	42	8	7	4	27	16	0	7	10	6	26	-9	30	LDLDDD		2-2
	15	Stoke City	31	9	11	11	34	39	6	7	3	24	18	3	4	8	10	21	-5	29	WLDLDD		1-1
2	16	Ipswich Town	35	7	15	13	30	46	5	7	5	14	15	2	8	8	16	31	-16	29	DLWDLL		0-1
	17	West Bromwich Albion	34	10	8	16	33	45	5	5	7	17	21	5	3	9	16	24	-12	28	WLWDWD		1-1
	18	Coventry City	33	6	14	13	32	54	5	9	2	17	15	1	5	11	15	39	-22	26	DDLLDL		0-4
	19	Crystal Palace	34	7	10	17	31	55	3	5	7	19	24	4	5	10	12	31	-24	24	DWDLDL		0-4
	20	Southampton	33	9	5	19	42	70	6	3	7	26	25	3	2	12	16	45	-28	23	LLLLDL		0-1
	21	Huddersfield Town	34	6	10	18	24	47	4	5	7	10	16	2	5	11	14	31	-23	22	LLLLDD		1-1
	22	Nottingham Forest	35	6	7	22	41	68	5	3	10	23	26	1	4	12	18	42	-27	19	LLLWLW		4-0