The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 BLACKPOOL - Sat Dec 23, 1972 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 23, 1972 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 December 1972

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: P Willis
Attendance:: 10,078
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 11
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Apr 23, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2768 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1311 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3058 (of 5828)
Total:: 4322 (of 7633)
Played:: 53 years, 8 months, 17 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Dave Mackay
Prior form: LLLWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Neil Martin (43')
Doug Fraser (50') - Doug Fraser last goal
Duncan McKenzie (79')
John Galley (89')

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Harry Potts
Prior form: DWWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	29	John Winfield
4	M	20	David Serella
5	F	26	Sammy Chapman
6	M	31	Doug Fraser (50') 20
7	M	20	Martin O'Neill
8	F	19	John Robertson
9	F	32	Neil Martin (43')
10	F	28	John Galley (89')
11	F	22	Duncan McKenzie (79') 60
Subs
12	M	23	Paul Richardson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Burridge
2	D	Hatton
3	D	Bentley
4	D	Alcock
5	D	Suddaby
6	M	Lennard (74')
7	M	Burns
8	M	Suddick
9	M	Rafferty
10	F	Dyson
11	F	Ainscow 20
Subs
12		James (74')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 23, 1972)

Home	Score	Away
Brighton and Hove Albion	1-2	Queens Park Rangers
Burnley	1-1	Oxford United
Huddersfield Town	1-3	Hull City
Leyton Orient	0-1	Portsmouth
Middlesbrough	0-1	Luton Town
Millwall	1-0	Carlisle United
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Blackpool
Preston North End	3-3	Bristol City
Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Aston Villa
Swindon Town	2-2	Fulham

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	21	11	9	1	35	19	6	3	1	20	10	5	6	0	15	9	16	31	DLWWWW
	2	Blackpool	22	10	7	5	36	23	6	4	2	21	10	4	3	3	15	13	13	27	DWWWWL
	3	Queens Park Rangers	21	9	9	3	37	26	5	4	1	22	11	4	5	2	15	15	11	27	DWLWDD
	4	Aston Villa	21	10	6	5	22	18	7	3	2	13	6	3	3	3	9	12	4	26	DDLLWW
	5	Oxford United	22	10	4	8	27	22	7	1	3	18	10	3	3	5	9	12	5	24	WLWDDW
	6	Luton Town	21	9	6	6	30	25	3	5	4	18	17	6	1	2	12	8	5	24	LDWLDD
	7	Preston North End	22	9	6	7	20	18	4	3	3	9	7	5	3	4	11	11	2	24	LWWDLD
	8	Middlesbrough	22	8	8	6	20	23	5	3	2	11	9	3	5	4	9	14	-3	24	WLLWDD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	23	9	5	9	38	35	7	1	3	23	13	2	4	6	15	22	3	23	LWLDLW
	10	Fulham	21	7	8	6	29	25	5	4	2	18	10	2	4	4	11	15	4	22	WDDLDW
	11	Carlisle United	21	8	5	8	32	27	7	1	3	26	14	1	4	5	6	13	5	21	WWWLDW
	12	Bristol City	22	7	7	8	25	27	1	5	4	8	11	6	2	4	17	16	-2	21	LWLWWL
	13	Nottingham Forest	22	7	7	8	23	29	5	4	2	14	11	2	3	6	9	18	-6	21	LLLWDL
	14	Hull City	22	6	8	8	29	28	5	5	2	22	12	1	3	6	7	16	1	20	DDLLDD
	15	Swindon Town	22	6	8	8	29	32	4	5	1	15	12	2	3	7	14	20	-3	20	WDWWDL
	16	Millwall	22	7	5	10	29	28	5	2	3	13	9	2	3	7	16	19	1	19	WWWDDD
	17	Huddersfield Town	21	5	9	7	19	24	4	5	2	10	8	1	4	5	9	16	-5	19	WDLWLD
	18	Sunderland	21	5	8	8	26	32	3	5	2	12	10	2	3	6	14	22	-6	18	LDLLWD
	19	Cardiff City	21	7	4	10	27	34	7	1	3	20	12	0	3	7	7	22	-7	18	DWLWWD
	20	Leyton Orient	22	5	8	9	20	27	4	4	3	13	12	1	4	6	7	15	-7	18	WLWLWL
	21	Portsmouth	22	5	6	11	22	31	3	2	7	11	16	2	4	4	11	15	-9	16	DDLLLD
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	22	2	9	11	24	46	1	6	3	14	18	1	3	8	10	28	-22	13	LLLLLL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	22	11	10	1	36	20	6	4	1	21	11	5	6	0	15	9	16	32	LWWWWD		1-1
1	2	Queens Park Rangers	22	10	9	3	39	27	5	4	1	22	11	5	5	2	17	16	12	29	WLWDDW		2-1
1	3	Blackpool	23	10	7	6	36	27	6	4	2	21	10	4	3	4	15	17	9	27	WWWWLL		0-4
	4	Aston Villa	22	10	7	5	24	20	7	3	2	13	6	3	4	3	11	14	4	27	DLLWWD		2-2
1	5	Luton Town	22	10	6	6	31	25	3	5	4	18	17	7	1	2	13	8	6	26	DWLDDW		1-0
1	6	Oxford United	23	10	5	8	28	23	7	1	3	18	10	3	4	5	10	13	5	25	LWDDWD		1-1
	7	Preston North End	23	9	7	7	23	21	4	4	3	12	10	5	3	4	11	11	2	25	WWDLDD		3-3
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	24	9	6	9	40	37	7	2	3	25	15	2	4	6	15	22	3	24	WLDLWD		2-2
1	9	Middlesbrough	23	8	8	7	20	24	5	3	3	11	10	3	5	4	9	14	-4	24	LLWDDL		0-1
	10	Fulham	22	7	9	6	31	27	5	4	2	18	10	2	5	4	13	17	4	23	DDLDWD		2-2
2	11	Nottingham Forest	23	8	7	8	27	29	6	4	2	18	11	2	3	6	9	18	-2	23	LLWDLW		4-0
2	12	Hull City	23	7	8	8	32	29	5	5	2	22	12	2	3	6	10	17	3	22	DLLDDW		3-1
1	13	Bristol City	23	7	8	8	28	30	1	5	4	8	11	6	3	4	20	19	-2	22	WLWWLD		3-3
3	14	Carlisle United	22	8	5	9	32	28	7	1	3	26	14	1	4	6	6	14	4	21	WWLDWL		0-1
1	15	Millwall	23	8	5	10	30	28	6	2	3	14	9	2	3	7	16	19	2	21	WWDDDW		1-0
1	16	Swindon Town	23	6	9	8	31	34	4	6	1	17	14	2	3	7	14	20	-3	21	DWWDLD		2-2
	17	Huddersfield Town	22	5	9	8	20	27	4	5	3	11	11	1	4	5	9	16	-7	19	DLWLDL		1-3
	18	Sunderland	21	5	8	8	26	32	3	5	2	12	10	2	3	6	14	22	-6	18	LDLLWD
	19	Cardiff City	21	7	4	10	27	34	7	1	3	20	12	0	3	7	7	22	-7	18	DWLWWD
1	20	Portsmouth	23	6	6	11	23	31	3	2	7	11	16	3	4	4	12	15	-8	18	DLLLDW		1-0
1	21	Leyton Orient	23	5	8	10	20	28	4	4	4	13	13	1	4	6	7	15	-8	18	LWLWLL		0-1
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	23	2	9	12	25	48	1	6	4	15	20	1	3	8	10	28	-23	13	LLLLLL		1-2