The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 29, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 29, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 29 December 1973

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: P Willis
Attendance:: 16,210
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oxford United (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Sep 21, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2810 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1353 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3106 (of 5828)
Total:: 4382 (of 7633)
Played:: 52 years, 8 months, 9 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Allan Brown
Prior form: WDDLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Duncan McKenzie (27')

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: None
Prior form: LLDLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Craig (61')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	D	29	Peter Hindley
5	M	23	John Cottam 90
6	M	24	Paul Richardson off for Tommy Jackson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie (27')
8	M	26	George Lyall
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	M	21	Martin O'Neill
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	27	Tommy Jackson on for Paul Richardson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Springett
2	D	Cameron
3	D	Knighton
4	D	Thompson
5	D	Eustace
6	M	Shaw
7	M	Potts
8	M	Sunley
9	M	Prendergast
10	F	Tommy Craig
11	F	Prudham
Subs
12		Coyle

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 29, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	4-0	Portsmouth
Cardiff City	4-1	Sunderland
Leyton Orient	1-0	Fulham
Luton Town	1-0	Bristol City
Middlesbrough	2-0	Crystal Palace
Millwall	2-2	Blackpool
Notts County	0-3	Carlisle United
Oxford United	2-1	Aston Villa
Preston North End	2-0	Hull City
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Swindon Town

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	Middlesbrough	23	14	8	1	32	14	9	2	1	18	6	5	6	0	14	8	18	36	DDWWDW
	2	Leyton Orient	23	10	9	4	38	23	6	3	3	18	9	4	6	1	20	14	15	29	WLWLDW
	3	Luton Town	22	11	6	5	34	28	7	3	1	23	12	4	3	4	11	16	6	28	LWWWLD
	4	Nottingham Forest	22	9	8	5	30	17	7	2	1	21	6	2	6	4	9	11	13	26	WDDLWW
	5	Blackpool	23	10	6	7	32	23	6	2	3	18	8	4	4	4	14	15	9	26	LLWDWD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	23	9	8	6	26	23	6	4	2	16	10	3	4	4	10	13	3	26	WWWLDW
	7	Carlisle United	22	10	5	7	30	26	6	3	2	20	10	4	2	5	10	16	4	25	LWLWDW
	8	Notts County	22	9	7	6	35	32	5	4	3	20	19	4	3	3	15	13	3	25	DDLWDL
	9	Hull City	23	7	10	6	25	24	6	5	0	15	4	1	5	6	10	20	1	24	WDWLDD
	10	Fulham	23	8	8	7	20	22	6	3	2	11	7	2	5	5	9	15	-2	24	LDDWWD
	11	Sunderland	22	8	7	7	28	19	4	5	1	15	6	4	2	6	13	13	9	23	WLWLDL
	12	Portsmouth	21	9	5	7	30	31	6	2	3	17	11	3	3	4	13	20	-1	23	LDWWWD
	13	Bristol City	23	9	5	9	25	27	5	3	3	14	10	4	2	6	11	17	-2	23	LDLWDL
	14	Aston Villa	22	7	8	7	24	22	5	5	0	19	8	2	3	7	5	14	2	22	DLLLDL
	15	Preston North End	23	6	9	8	26	34	5	5	2	18	14	1	4	6	8	20	-8	20*	DWLDLL
	16	Millwall	22	7	5	10	27	28	5	2	5	16	11	2	3	5	11	17	-1	19	DLLWDD
	17	Cardiff City	23	5	9	9	24	33	4	4	4	12	9	1	5	5	12	24	-9	19	WDLLDW
	18	Oxford United	22	5	7	10	22	29	4	5	2	17	11	1	2	8	5	18	-7	17	DWLDLW
	19	Bolton Wanderers	22	7	3	12	19	26	6	2	3	13	9	1	1	9	6	17	-7	17	LWLWLD
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	22	5	5	12	21	30	4	4	4	16	14	1	1	8	5	16	-9	15	LLDLDD
	21	Swindon Town	23	4	6	13	19	36	4	4	3	12	11	0	2	10	7	25	-17	14	WLDLDL
	22	Crystal Palace	23	2	8	13	19	39	1	4	6	13	19	1	4	7	6	20	-20	12	DWLDDL

*Preston North End deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player

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	Middlesbrough	24	15	8	1	34	14	10	2	1	20	6	5	6	0	14	8	20	38	DWWDWW		2-0
	2	Leyton Orient	24	11	9	4	39	23	7	3	3	19	9	4	6	1	20	14	16	31	LWLDWW		1-0
	3	Luton Town	23	12	6	5	35	28	8	3	1	24	12	4	3	4	11	16	7	30	WWWLDW		1-0
2	4	West Bromwich Albion	24	10	8	6	28	23	7	4	2	18	10	3	4	4	10	13	5	28	WWLDWW		2-0
1	5	Nottingham Forest	23	9	9	5	31	18	7	2	1	21	6	2	7	4	10	12	13	27	DDLWWD		1-1
1	6	Blackpool	24	10	7	7	34	25	6	2	3	18	8	4	5	4	16	17	9	27	LWDWDD		2-2
	7	Carlisle United	23	11	5	7	33	26	6	3	2	20	10	5	2	5	13	16	7	27	WLWDWW		3-0
	8	Notts County	23	9	7	7	35	35	5	4	4	20	22	4	3	3	15	13	0	25	DLWDLL		0-3
	9	Hull City	24	7	10	7	25	26	6	5	0	15	4	1	5	7	10	22	-1	24	DWLDDL		0-2
	10	Fulham	24	8	8	8	20	23	6	3	2	11	7	2	5	6	9	16	-3	24	DDWWDL		0-1
	11	Sunderland	23	8	7	8	29	23	4	5	1	15	6	4	2	7	14	17	6	23	LWLDLL		1-4
1	12	Bristol City	24	9	5	10	25	28	5	3	3	14	10	4	2	7	11	18	-3	23	DLWDLL		0-1
1	13	Portsmouth	22	9	5	8	30	35	6	2	3	17	11	3	3	5	13	24	-5	23	DWWWDL		0-4
	14	Aston Villa	23	7	8	8	25	24	5	5	0	19	8	2	3	8	6	16	1	22	LLLDLL		1-2
	15	Preston North End	24	7	9	8	28	34	6	5	2	20	14	1	4	6	8	20	-6	22*	WLDLLW		2-0
1	16	Cardiff City	24	6	9	9	28	34	5	4	4	16	10	1	5	5	12	24	-6	21	DLLDWW		4-1
1	17	Millwall	23	7	6	10	29	30	5	3	5	18	13	2	3	5	11	17	-1	20	LLWDDD		2-2
1	18	Bolton Wanderers	23	8	3	12	23	26	7	2	3	17	9	1	1	9	6	17	-3	19	WLWLDW		4-0
1	19	Oxford United	23	6	7	10	24	30	5	5	2	19	12	1	2	8	5	18	-6	19	WLDLWW		2-1
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	23	5	6	12	22	31	4	5	4	17	15	1	1	8	5	16	-9	16	LDLDDD		1-1
	21	Swindon Town	24	4	6	14	19	38	4	4	3	12	11	0	2	11	7	27	-19	14	LDLDLL		0-2
	22	Crystal Palace	24	2	8	14	19	41	1	4	6	13	19	1	4	8	6	22	-22	12	WLDDLL		0-2

*Preston North End deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player