The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED - Sat Apr 22, 1972 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 22, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1971-72
Referee:: C Thomas
Attendance:: 35,063
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 21
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Sep 07, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2743 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 1367 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 3032 (of 5828)
Total:: 4293 (of 7633)
Played:: 54 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Frank O'Farrell
Prior form: WLDLLW (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
4	M	19	David Serella
5	M	21	John Cottam
6	M	30	Doug Fraser
7	F	21	Jim McIntosh
8	F	25	Peter Cormack
9	F	31	Neil Martin
10	M	22	Paul Richardson
11	F	21	Duncan McKenzie
Subs
12	M	20	Martin O'Neill

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alex Stepney
2	D	Thomas O'Neil
3	D	Tony Dunne
4	D	Martin Buchan
5	D	Steve James
6	M	David Sadler
7	M	Willie Morgan
8	M	Brian Kidd
9	M	Bobby Charlton
10	F	Denis Law
11	F	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12		Terence Young

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

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

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	Derby County	40	23	10	7	68	31	15	4	1	42	10	8	6	6	26	21	37	56	WWLDWW	Safe
	2	Manchester City	41	22	11	8	75	45	15	3	2	46	15	7	8	6	29	30	30	55	LLWWDL	Safe
	3	Liverpool	39	23	8	8	62	29	16	3	1	46	16	7	5	7	16	13	33	54	WWWWWW	Safe
	4	Leeds United	39	22	9	8	69	29	16	4	0	52	10	6	5	8	17	19	40	53	WDLWWL	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	39	17	12	10	57	39	15	3	2	41	10	2	9	8	16	29	18	46	DWLLDW	Safe
	6	Arsenal	37	19	7	11	52	37	13	1	3	31	10	6	6	8	21	27	15	45	LWWDWD	Safe
	7	Chelsea	38	17	11	10	53	40	11	6	2	36	17	6	5	8	17	23	13	45	WWWWLD	Safe
	8	Manchester United	39	18	9	12	66	58	12	2	6	36	26	6	7	6	30	32	8	45	WLDLLW	Safe
	9	Sheffield United	40	15	12	13	58	59	9	8	3	38	26	6	4	10	20	33	-1	42	LWDLDL	Safe
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	11	12	58	53	9	7	3	32	20	6	4	9	26	33	5	41	WDLLLL	Safe
	11	Ipswich Town	41	11	16	14	39	51	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	8	20	32	-12	38	LWWWDW	Safe
	12	Newcastle United	39	14	9	16	42	47	9	5	5	26	16	5	4	11	16	31	-5	37	DLWLLW	Safe
	13	Leicester City	40	12	13	15	37	42	8	6	6	17	11	4	7	9	20	31	-5	37	WDDWLD	Safe
	14	West Ham United	40	11	12	17	45	49	9	6	5	30	19	2	6	12	15	30	-4	34	LDWDLL	Safe
	15	Everton	40	9	16	15	35	46	8	8	4	27	16	1	8	11	8	30	-11	34	DDDLWD	Safe
	16	Coventry City	40	9	15	16	44	65	7	10	3	27	22	2	5	13	17	43	-21	33	LWLWDW	Safe
	17	Stoke City	36	10	12	14	37	47	6	8	5	24	23	4	4	9	13	24	-10	32	DLWDLL	Safe
	18	West Bromwich Albion	38	11	10	17	35	48	5	7	7	18	22	6	3	10	17	26	-13	32	WDLDDW	Safe
	19	Southampton	40	12	6	22	52	79	8	4	8	31	28	4	2	14	21	51	-27	30	WWLWLD	Safe
	20	Crystal Palace	39	7	12	20	37	64	3	7	9	24	31	4	5	11	13	33	-27	26	LLLDLD
	21	Huddersfield Town	40	6	12	22	27	58	4	7	9	12	21	2	5	13	15	37	-31	24	DDLLLL
	22	Nottingham Forest	39	8	7	24	45	77	6	3	10	24	26	2	4	14	21	51	-32	23	LWLLWW

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	Manchester City	42	23	11	8	77	45	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	32	57	LWWDLW	Safe	2-0
1	2	Liverpool	40	24	8	8	64	29	17	3	1	48	16	7	5	7	16	13	35	56	WWWWWW	Safe	2-0
2	3	Derby County	41	23	10	8	68	33	15	4	1	42	10	8	6	7	26	23	35	56	WLDWWL	Safe	0-2
	4	Leeds United	40	23	9	8	70	29	16	4	0	52	10	7	5	8	18	19	41	55	DLWWLW	Safe	1-0
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	40	17	13	10	57	39	15	3	2	41	10	2	10	8	16	29	18	47	WLLDWD	Safe	0-0
	6	Arsenal	38	20	7	11	54	38	14	1	3	33	11	6	6	8	21	27	16	47	WWDWDW	Safe	2-1
	7	Chelsea	39	17	12	10	56	43	11	7	2	39	20	6	5	8	17	23	13	46	WWWLDD	Safe	3-3
	8	Manchester United	40	18	10	12	66	58	12	2	6	36	26	6	8	6	30	32	8	46	LDLLWD	Safe	0-0
	9	Sheffield United	41	16	12	13	59	59	10	8	3	39	26	6	4	10	20	33	0	44	WDLDLW	Safe	1-0
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	16	11	12	59	53	9	7	3	32	20	7	4	9	27	33	6	43	DLLLLW	Safe	1-0
2	11	Leicester City	41	13	13	15	38	42	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	9	20	31	-4	39	DDWLDW	Safe	1-0
	12	Newcastle United	40	14	10	16	45	50	9	5	5	26	16	5	5	11	19	34	-5	38	LWLLWD	Safe	3-3
2	13	Ipswich Town	42	11	16	15	39	53	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	-14	38	WWWDWL	Safe	0-2
1	14	Everton	41	9	17	15	36	47	8	8	4	27	16	1	9	11	9	31	-11	35	DDLWDD	Safe	1-1
1	15	West Ham United	41	11	12	18	46	51	9	6	5	30	19	2	6	13	16	32	-5	34	DWDLLL	Safe	1-2
1	16	Stoke City	37	10	13	14	38	48	6	9	5	25	24	4	4	9	13	24	-10	33	LWDLLD	Safe	1-1
1	17	Coventry City	41	9	15	17	44	66	7	10	3	27	22	2	5	14	17	44	-22	33	WLWDWL	Safe	0-1
	18	West Bromwich Albion	39	11	10	18	35	49	5	7	8	18	23	6	3	10	17	26	-14	32	DLDDWL	Safe	0-1
	19	Southampton	41	12	7	22	52	79	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	14	21	51	-27	31	WLWLDD	Safe	0-0
	20	Crystal Palace	40	7	12	21	37	65	3	7	9	24	31	4	5	12	13	34	-28	26	LLDLDL		0-1
1	21	Nottingham Forest	40	8	8	24	45	77	6	4	10	24	26	2	4	14	21	51	-32	24	WLLWWD		0-0
1	22	Huddersfield Town	41	6	12	23	27	59	4	7	10	12	22	2	5	13	15	37	-32	24	DLLLLL		0-1