The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 LEYTON ORIENT - Tue Feb 26, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Feb 26, 1974 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leyton Orient
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: K Styles
Attendance:: 16,632
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 2 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Leyton Orient:: Nov 30, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2817 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1360 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3116 (of 5824)
Total:: 4392 (of 7629)
Played:: 52 years, 5 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Neil Martin (16')
George Lyall (76')

LEYTON ORIENT
Manager: George Petchey
Prior form: WWDWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ricky Heppolette (44')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	D	30	John Winfield 0
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	21	David Serella
6	M	24	Paul Richardson
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie
8	M	26	George Lyall (76')
9	F	33	Neil Martin (16')
10	F	27	Tommy Jackson 74
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	21	John Robertson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jackson
2	D	Payne
3	D	Roffey
4	D	Boyle 0
5	D	Hoadley
6	M	Walley
7	M	Fairbrother
8	M	Brisley 0
9	M	Bullock
10	F	Queen
11	F	Ricky Heppolette 74
Subs
12		Downing

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Feb 26, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	5-2	Millwall
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Leyton Orient
Swindon Town	0-2	Luton 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	30	18	10	2	44	22	12	3	1	25	7	6	7	1	19	15	22	46	DWLDWW	Safe
	2	Leyton Orient	29	13	11	5	45	29	8	4	3	22	11	5	7	2	23	18	16	37	WWDWLD
	3	Blackpool	31	13	11	7	43	28	8	4	3	23	10	5	7	4	20	18	15	37	DDWDWW
	4	Luton Town	29	14	9	6	41	34	9	5	1	29	16	5	4	5	12	18	7	37	LDDWDW
	5	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	11	7	37	29	7	6	2	21	13	5	5	5	16	16	8	35	LWDDDW
	6	Carlisle United	29	13	7	9	42	33	8	4	3	27	13	5	3	6	15	20	9	33	WDDWLL
	7	Nottingham Forest	29	10	12	7	41	28	8	3	2	28	12	2	9	5	13	16	13	32	DLDWLD
	8	Notts County	32	12	8	12	47	48	6	4	6	25	28	6	4	6	22	20	-1	32	LDWLWL
	9	Hull City	31	8	15	8	31	33	7	7	1	18	8	1	8	7	13	25	-2	31	DDDWLD
	10	Sunderland	29	11	8	10	38	28	6	6	2	22	9	5	2	8	16	19	10	30	LDLWWW
	11	Fulham	29	11	8	10	27	26	8	3	3	17	9	3	5	7	10	17	1	30	LLLWWW
	12	Millwall	30	10	9	11	37	35	7	4	5	22	13	3	5	6	15	22	2	29	DWWLWD
	13	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	6	12	33	31	10	2	3	25	12	1	4	9	8	19	2	28	DDWDWW
	14	Portsmouth	29	10	8	11	33	47	7	5	3	20	13	3	3	8	13	34	-14	28	DLDLDL
	15	Aston Villa	28	8	11	9	27	26	5	7	1	20	10	3	4	8	7	16	1	27	LDDDLW
	16	Bristol City	30	10	7	13	32	39	6	4	4	17	14	4	3	9	15	25	-7	27	LDLWLD
	17	Cardiff City	31	8	10	13	35	43	6	5	5	19	13	2	5	8	16	30	-8	26	WDWLLL
	18	Preston North End	31	8	11	12	32	43	7	6	3	22	16	1	5	9	10	27	-11	26*	DDLWLL
	19	Oxford United	30	7	10	13	29	39	6	6	3	23	16	1	4	10	6	23	-10	24	DDLLLW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	31	7	9	15	33	45	6	5	5	22	18	1	4	10	11	27	-12	23	WLWLDL
	21	Crystal Palace	30	6	9	15	28	44	4	5	6	18	19	2	4	9	10	25	-16	21	WDWWWL
	22	Swindon Town	31	5	8	18	28	53	5	6	4	19	19	0	2	14	9	34	-25	18	LDDLLL

*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	30	18	10	2	44	22	12	3	1	25	7	6	7	1	19	15	22	46	DWLDWW	Safe
2	2	Luton Town	30	15	9	6	43	34	9	5	1	29	16	6	4	5	14	18	9	39	DDWDWW		2-0
	3	Blackpool	31	13	11	7	43	28	8	4	3	23	10	5	7	4	20	18	15	37	DDWDWW
2	4	Leyton Orient	30	13	11	6	46	31	8	4	3	22	11	5	7	3	24	20	15	37	WDWLDL		1-2
	5	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	11	7	37	29	7	6	2	21	13	5	5	5	16	16	8	35	LWDDDW
1	6	Nottingham Forest	30	11	12	7	43	29	9	3	2	30	13	2	9	5	13	16	14	34	LDWLDW		2-1
1	7	Carlisle United	29	13	7	9	42	33	8	4	3	27	13	5	3	6	15	20	9	33	WDDWLL
	8	Notts County	32	12	8	12	47	48	6	4	6	25	28	6	4	6	22	20	-1	32	LDWLWL
	9	Hull City	31	8	15	8	31	33	7	7	1	18	8	1	8	7	13	25	-2	31	DDDWLD
	10	Sunderland	29	11	8	10	38	28	6	6	2	22	9	5	2	8	16	19	10	30	LDLWWW
	11	Fulham	29	11	8	10	27	26	8	3	3	17	9	3	5	7	10	17	1	30	LLLWWW
	12	Millwall	31	10	9	12	39	40	7	4	5	22	13	3	5	7	17	27	-1	29	WWLWDL		2-5
3	13	Bristol City	31	11	7	13	37	41	7	4	4	22	16	4	3	9	15	25	-4	29	DLWLDW		5-2
1	14	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	6	12	33	31	10	2	3	25	12	1	4	9	8	19	2	28	DDWDWW
1	15	Portsmouth	29	10	8	11	33	47	7	5	3	20	13	3	3	8	13	34	-14	28	DLDLDL
1	16	Aston Villa	28	8	11	9	27	26	5	7	1	20	10	3	4	8	7	16	1	27	LDDDLW
	17	Cardiff City	31	8	10	13	35	43	6	5	5	19	13	2	5	8	16	30	-8	26	WDWLLL
	18	Preston North End	31	8	11	12	32	43	7	6	3	22	16	1	5	9	10	27	-11	26*	DDLWLL
	19	Oxford United	30	7	10	13	29	39	6	6	3	23	16	1	4	10	6	23	-10	24	DDLLLW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	31	7	9	15	33	45	6	5	5	22	18	1	4	10	11	27	-12	23	WLWLDL
	21	Crystal Palace	30	6	9	15	28	44	4	5	6	18	19	2	4	9	10	25	-16	21	WDWWWL
	22	Swindon Town	32	5	8	19	28	55	5	6	5	19	21	0	2	14	9	34	-27	18	DDLLLL		0-2

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