The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BURNLEY - Sat Mar 31, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 31, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 31 March 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: N Burtenshaw
Attendance:: 12,522
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 11
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leyton Orient (League Tier 2)
Burnley:: Oct 23, 1976

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2781 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1324 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3075 (of 5829)
Total:: 4339 (of 7634)
Played:: 53 years, 5 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Duncan McKenzie (6')
Martin O'Neill (26')
Barry Lyons (72') - Barry Lyons last goal

BURNLEY
Manager: Jimmy Adamson
Prior form: DWLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	M	24	Liam O'Kane
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	F	26	Sammy Chapman 24
5	M	22	John Cottam
6	F	26	Tommy Jackson
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh
8	M	21	Martin O'Neill (26')
9	F	22	Duncan McKenzie (6')
10	F	28	John Galley
11	F	28	Barry Lyons (72')
Subs
12	F	20	John Robertson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Stevenson
2	D	Docherty
3	D	Newton
4	D	Dobson
5	D	Waldron 49
6	M	Thomson
7	M	Nulty
8	M	Caspar
9	M	Fletcher
10	F	Collins (70')
11	F	James
Subs
12		Ingham (70')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 31, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Oxford United
Blackpool	4-3	Hull City
Brighton and Hove Albion	2-0	Preston North End
Carlisle United	2-0	Luton Town
Fulham	1-1	Cardiff City
Huddersfield Town	1-0	Millwall
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Burnley
Queens Park Rangers	5-0	Portsmouth
Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	Leyton Orient
Sunderland	2-2	Bristol City
Swindon Town	1-0	Middlesbrough

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	35	19	13	3	59	31	10	6	2	36	18	9	7	1	23	13	28	51	DWLWWW	Safe
	2	Queens Park Rangers	34	18	12	4	66	35	12	4	1	43	13	6	8	3	23	22	31	48	DWWDWW	Safe
	3	Blackpool	36	15	10	11	48	43	9	6	3	29	14	6	4	8	19	29	5	40	LDWWWL
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	36	15	9	12	54	48	12	3	3	37	20	3	6	9	17	28	6	39	WWWWDL
	5	Aston Villa	35	14	11	10	41	41	9	5	4	22	15	5	6	6	19	26	0	39	LLLWDL
	6	Oxford United	35	16	6	13	45	35	12	1	4	31	14	4	5	9	14	21	10	38	WWLLDW
	7	Fulham	35	14	10	11	51	41	10	4	4	29	15	4	6	7	22	26	10	38	LWWLLL
	8	Luton Town	34	14	10	10	42	39	5	8	5	23	22	9	2	5	19	17	3	38	DLDWLW
	9	Middlesbrough	36	13	12	11	35	38	10	5	3	22	12	3	7	8	13	26	-3	38	LWLWDD
	10	Bristol City	36	13	11	12	50	45	6	7	4	23	15	7	4	8	27	30	5	37	WLLDWW
	11	Millwall	35	14	7	14	50	42	11	3	3	29	14	3	4	11	21	28	8	35	WWWLWL
	12	Nottingham Forest	35	12	11	12	39	40	10	5	3	27	15	2	6	9	12	25	-1	35	WDWLDW
	13	Sunderland	31	12	9	10	45	38	8	5	2	25	11	4	4	8	20	27	7	33	WWLWWW
	14	Hull City	33	11	11	11	51	47	8	6	3	34	18	3	5	8	17	29	4	33	LLWDWL
	15	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	38	47	5	6	7	18	20	5	4	8	20	27	-9	30	LLDLLD
	16	Preston North End	35	10	10	15	33	55	5	6	6	16	22	5	4	9	17	33	-22	30	DLDLLD
	17	Carlisle United	35	10	9	16	44	43	9	4	4	36	20	1	5	12	8	23	1	29	LLWLDL
	18	Leyton Orient	34	9	11	14	38	42	8	5	4	25	15	1	6	10	13	27	-4	29	LWLWLW
	19	Swindon Town	36	8	13	15	42	57	6	8	4	25	22	2	5	11	17	35	-15	29	WLDWDL
	20	Huddersfield Town	35	6	15	14	32	47	5	9	4	18	18	1	6	10	14	29	-15	27	DDDLDL
	21	Cardiff City	33	10	6	17	34	48	10	1	5	26	16	0	5	12	8	32	-14	26	LWLLLD
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	6	10	19	38	73	5	6	6	25	27	1	4	13	13	46	-35	22	LLWDWW

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	36	19	13	4	59	34	10	6	2	36	18	9	7	2	23	16	25	51	WLWWWL	Safe	0-3
	2	Queens Park Rangers	35	19	12	4	71	35	13	4	1	48	13	6	8	3	23	22	36	50	WWDWWW	Safe	5-0
	3	Blackpool	37	16	10	11	52	46	10	6	3	33	17	6	4	8	19	29	6	42	DWWWLW	Safe	4-3
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	37	16	9	12	56	48	13	3	3	39	20	3	6	9	17	28	8	41	WWWDLW		2-0
	5	Aston Villa	36	15	11	10	43	42	10	5	4	24	16	5	6	6	19	26	1	41	LLWDLW		2-1
1	6	Fulham	36	14	11	11	52	42	10	5	4	30	16	4	6	7	22	26	10	39	WWLLLD		1-1
1	7	Oxford United	36	16	6	14	46	37	12	1	4	31	14	4	5	10	15	23	9	38	WLLDWL		1-2
2	8	Bristol City	37	13	12	12	52	47	6	7	4	23	15	7	5	8	29	32	5	38	LLDWWD		2-2
1	9	Luton Town	35	14	10	11	42	41	5	8	5	23	22	9	2	6	19	19	1	38	LDWLWL		0-2
1	10	Middlesbrough	37	13	12	12	35	39	10	5	3	22	12	3	7	9	13	27	-4	38	WLWDDL		0-1
1	11	Nottingham Forest	36	13	11	12	42	40	11	5	3	30	15	2	6	9	12	25	2	37	DWLDWW		3-0
1	12	Millwall	36	14	7	15	50	43	11	3	3	29	14	3	4	12	21	29	7	35	WWLWLL		0-1
	13	Sunderland	32	12	10	10	47	40	8	6	2	27	13	4	4	8	20	27	7	34	WLWWWD		2-2
	14	Hull City	34	11	11	12	54	51	8	6	3	34	18	3	5	9	20	33	3	33	LWDWLL		3-4
2	15	Carlisle United	36	11	9	16	46	43	10	4	4	38	20	1	5	12	8	23	3	31	LWLDLW		2-0
3	16	Swindon Town	37	9	13	15	43	57	7	8	4	26	22	2	5	11	17	35	-14	31	LDWDLW		1-0
2	17	Portsmouth	36	10	10	16	38	52	5	6	7	18	20	5	4	9	20	32	-14	30	LDLLDL		0-5
2	18	Preston North End	36	10	10	16	33	57	5	6	6	16	22	5	4	10	17	35	-24	30	LDLLDL		0-2
1	19	Leyton Orient	35	9	11	15	38	44	8	5	4	25	15	1	6	11	13	29	-6	29	WLWLWL		0-2
	20	Huddersfield Town	36	7	15	14	33	47	6	9	4	19	18	1	6	10	14	29	-14	29	DDLDLW		1-0
	21	Cardiff City	34	10	7	17	35	49	10	1	5	26	16	0	6	12	9	33	-14	27	WLLLDD		1-1
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	36	7	10	19	40	73	6	6	6	27	27	1	4	13	13	46	-33	24	LWDWWW		2-0