The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 SUNDERLAND - Tue Apr 24, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Apr 24, 1973 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Guardian - Wednesday 25 April 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: J Goggins
Attendance:: 10,306
League Week:: 41 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 14 13
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brighton and Hove Albion (League Tier 2)
Sunderland:: Nov 24, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2786 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1329 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3080 (of 5824)
Total:: 4344 (of 7629)
Played:: 53 years, 3 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Neil Martin (68')

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Bob Stokoe
Prior form: DWWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	M	22	John Cottam
5	M	20	David Serella
6	F	20	John Robertson
7	M	25	George Lyall
8	M	21	Martin O'Neill
9	F	32	Neil Martin (68')
10	F	22	Duncan McKenzie
11	F	23	Miah Dennehy
Subs
12	F	22	Alan Buckley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Montgomery
2	D	Malone
3	D	Guthrie
4	D	Horswill
5	D	Tones
6	M	Young
7	M	Kerr
8	M	McGiven
9	M	Lathan
10	F	Chambers
11	F	Tueart
Subs
12		Bolton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Apr 24, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Burnley	3-0	Luton Town
Carlisle United	0-1	Millwall
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Sunderland
Preston North End	0-1	Oxford United
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Brighton and Hove Albion
Swindon Town	2-1	Hull City

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	40	23	13	4	68	34	12	6	2	41	18	11	7	2	27	16	34	59	WLWWWW	Promoted
	2	Queens Park Rangers	39	21	13	5	74	37	14	4	1	50	13	7	9	4	24	24	37	55	WWLWDW	Promoted
	3	Aston Villa	40	17	13	10	47	44	11	5	4	25	16	6	8	6	22	28	3	47	LWWWDD	Safe
	4	Blackpool	41	18	10	13	56	50	12	6	3	37	17	6	4	10	19	33	6	46	LWLWLW	Safe
	5	Middlesbrough	41	16	13	12	43	41	11	6	3	26	13	5	7	9	17	28	2	45	DLDWWW	Safe
	6	Fulham	41	16	12	13	58	47	11	6	4	32	16	5	6	9	26	31	11	44	DLWDWL	Safe
	7	Bristol City	41	16	12	13	61	50	9	7	4	32	17	7	5	9	29	33	11	44	WDWLWW	Safe
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	41	17	10	14	58	53	14	4	3	40	20	3	6	11	18	33	5	44	LWLWLD	Safe
	9	Sunderland	37	16	10	11	56	43	11	6	2	34	14	5	4	9	22	29	13	42	DWWLWW	Safe
	10	Oxford United	40	17	7	16	49	42	13	2	5	34	17	4	5	11	15	25	7	41	WLWLLD	Safe
	11	Luton Town	40	15	11	14	43	48	6	9	6	24	23	9	2	8	19	25	-5	41	LWLLDL	Safe
	12	Millwall	40	15	9	16	53	46	12	4	4	32	17	3	5	12	21	29	7	39	LLWDLD	Safe
	13	Hull City	39	13	12	14	60	55	9	7	5	39	22	4	5	9	21	33	5	38	LLWWLD	Safe
	14	Nottingham Forest	40	13	11	16	44	50	11	5	4	31	18	2	6	12	13	32	-6	37	WWLLLL	Safe
	15	Leyton Orient	40	12	11	17	46	49	11	5	4	32	17	1	6	13	14	32	-3	35	LWLLWW	Safe
	16	Portsmouth	41	12	11	18	42	57	7	6	8	21	22	5	5	10	21	35	-15	35	LWLWLD	Safe
	17	Swindon Town	41	9	16	16	44	59	7	9	4	26	22	2	7	12	18	37	-15	34	LWDDDL	Safe
	18	Carlisle United	40	11	11	18	48	49	10	4	5	38	21	1	7	13	10	28	-1	33	LWLLDD
	19	Preston North End	40	11	11	18	36	62	6	7	6	18	23	5	4	12	18	39	-26	33	DLDLWL
	20	Cardiff City	39	11	9	19	41	54	11	3	5	31	18	0	6	14	10	36	-13	31	DDLDWL
	21	Huddersfield Town	41	7	17	17	34	56	6	9	5	19	20	1	8	12	15	36	-22	31	WDLLLD
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	40	8	12	20	44	79	7	7	6	30	29	1	5	14	14	50	-35	28	WWDWLD

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	41	24	13	4	71	34	13	6	2	44	18	11	7	2	27	16	37	61	LWWWWW	Promoted	3-0
	2	Queens Park Rangers	40	22	13	5	76	37	15	4	1	52	13	7	9	4	24	24	39	57	WLWDWW	Promoted	2-0
	3	Aston Villa	41	18	13	10	49	45	12	5	4	27	17	6	8	6	22	28	4	49	WWWDDW	Safe	2-1
	4	Blackpool	41	18	10	13	56	50	12	6	3	37	17	6	4	10	19	33	6	46	LWLWLW	Safe
	5	Middlesbrough	41	16	13	12	43	41	11	6	3	26	13	5	7	9	17	28	2	45	DLDWWW	Safe
	6	Fulham	41	16	12	13	58	47	11	6	4	32	16	5	6	9	26	31	11	44	DLWDWL	Safe
	7	Bristol City	41	16	12	13	61	50	9	7	4	32	17	7	5	9	29	33	11	44	WDWLWW	Safe
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	10	15	59	55	14	4	3	40	20	3	6	12	19	35	4	44	WLWLDL	Safe	1-2
1	9	Oxford United	41	18	7	16	50	42	13	2	5	34	17	5	5	11	16	25	8	43	LWLLDW	Safe	1-0
1	10	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	56	44	11	6	2	34	14	5	4	10	22	30	12	42	WWLWWL	Safe	0-1
1	11	Millwall	41	16	9	16	54	46	12	4	4	32	17	4	5	12	22	29	8	41	LWDLDW	Safe	1-0
1	12	Luton Town	41	15	11	15	43	51	6	9	6	24	23	9	2	9	19	28	-8	41	WLLDLL	Safe	0-3
1	13	Nottingham Forest	41	14	11	16	45	50	12	5	4	32	18	2	6	12	13	32	-5	39	WLLLLW	Safe	1-0
1	14	Hull City	40	13	12	15	61	57	9	7	5	39	22	4	5	10	22	35	4	38	LWWLDL	Safe	1-2
2	15	Swindon Town	42	10	16	16	46	60	8	9	4	28	23	2	7	12	18	37	-14	36	WDDDLW	Safe	2-1
1	16	Leyton Orient	40	12	11	17	46	49	11	5	4	32	17	1	6	13	14	32	-3	35	LWLLWW	Safe
1	17	Portsmouth	41	12	11	18	42	57	7	6	8	21	22	5	5	10	21	35	-15	35	LWLWLD	Safe
	18	Carlisle United	41	11	11	19	48	50	10	4	6	38	22	1	7	13	10	28	-2	33	WLLDDL		0-1
	19	Preston North End	41	11	11	19	36	63	6	7	7	18	24	5	4	12	18	39	-27	33	LDLWLL		0-1
	20	Cardiff City	39	11	9	19	41	54	11	3	5	31	18	0	6	14	10	36	-13	31	DDLDWL
	21	Huddersfield Town	41	7	17	17	34	56	6	9	5	19	20	1	8	12	15	36	-22	31	WDLLLD
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	41	8	12	21	44	81	7	7	6	30	29	1	5	15	14	52	-37	28	WDWLDL	Relegated	0-2

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