The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 SUNDERLAND - Sat Apr 06, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 06, 1974 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 06 April 1974

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: C Thomas
Attendance:: 18,044
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
Sunderland:: Sep 28, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2823 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1366 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3125 (of 5824)
Total:: 4401 (of 7629)
Played:: 52 years, 4 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Paul Richardson (25')
Duncan McKenzie (65')

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

Goal Scorers
Billie Hughes (23')
Watson (81')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron	Last game
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	D	31	John Winfield
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	21	David Serella
6	M	24	Paul Richardson (25')
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie (65')
8	M	26	George Lyall
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	F	21	John Robertson off for John Galley (84')
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	29	John Galley on for John Robertson (84')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Montgomery
2	D	Malone
3	D	Bolton
4	D	Longhorn
5	D	Watson
6	M	Belfitt
7	M	Kerr
8	M	Billie Hughes
9	M	Halom
10	F	Porterfield
11	F	Towers
Subs
12		Ashurst

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 06, 1974)

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

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	36	24	10	2	58	23	14	3	1	28	8	10	7	1	30	15	35	58	WWWWWW	Champions
	2	Luton Town	35	17	9	9	50	40	10	5	2	32	18	7	4	7	18	22	10	43	WLWWLL	Safe
	3	Blackpool	36	14	13	9	48	34	9	5	4	28	14	5	8	5	20	20	14	41	WLLDWD
	4	Carlisle United	35	16	9	10	54	39	10	5	3	35	16	6	4	7	19	23	15	41	DWLWDW
	5	Leyton Orient	35	14	13	8	49	36	8	5	4	23	13	6	8	4	26	23	13	41	LDDLLW
	6	Nottingham Forest	35	13	13	9	48	33	11	4	3	35	15	2	9	6	13	18	15	39	WDWLWL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	36	13	13	10	45	41	7	7	4	25	22	6	6	6	20	19	4	39	WDLLLD
	8	Sunderland	35	15	8	12	45	33	9	6	3	27	11	6	2	9	18	22	12	38	LWLWWW
	9	Notts County	37	14	10	13	51	53	7	4	7	27	33	7	6	6	24	20	-2	38	LDLWWD
	10	Bolton Wanderers	36	14	9	13	41	35	11	4	3	27	13	3	5	10	14	22	6	37	WDLWWD
	11	Fulham	36	14	9	13	32	34	10	3	5	21	16	4	6	8	11	18	-2	37	LLLWWD
	12	Aston Villa	34	12	12	10	40	34	7	8	2	28	16	5	4	8	12	18	6	36	DLWWWW
	13	Hull City	37	10	16	11	39	44	8	8	2	22	13	2	8	9	17	31	-5	36	WLLWDL
	14	Millwall	36	12	11	13	45	44	8	5	5	24	14	4	6	8	21	30	1	35	LDLWWD
	15	Portsmouth	36	12	10	14	39	58	8	7	3	23	14	4	3	11	16	44	-19	34	LWWLLD
	16	Bristol City	36	11	9	16	40	48	7	5	6	22	18	4	4	10	18	30	-8	31	WDLDLL
	17	Cardiff City	36	9	12	15	41	54	7	5	6	22	16	2	7	9	19	38	-13	30	LDWLLD
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	36	10	9	17	47	52	7	5	6	29	22	3	4	11	18	30	-5	29	LLWWWL
	19	Crystal Palace	35	9	10	16	36	47	6	6	6	24	20	3	4	10	12	27	-11	28	LDWLWW
	20	Oxford United	35	7	13	15	31	44	6	7	4	24	19	1	6	11	7	25	-13	27	WDDDLL
	21	Preston North End	36	8	12	16	34	53	7	6	5	22	19	1	6	11	12	34	-19	27*	LDLLLL
	22	Swindon Town	37	5	10	22	32	66	5	7	7	21	26	0	3	15	11	40	-34	20	LDLDLL

*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	37	25	10	2	62	23	15	3	1	32	8	10	7	1	30	15	39	60	WWWWWW	Champions	4-0
	2	Luton Town	36	18	9	9	54	42	11	5	2	36	20	7	4	7	18	22	12	45	LWWLLW	Safe	4-2
2	3	Leyton Orient	36	14	14	8	50	37	8	6	4	24	14	6	8	4	26	23	13	42	DDLLWD	Safe	1-1
1	4	Blackpool	37	14	13	10	49	36	9	5	5	29	16	5	8	5	20	20	13	41	LLDWDL	Safe	1-2
1	5	Carlisle United	36	16	9	11	54	41	10	5	3	35	16	6	4	8	19	25	13	41	WLWDWL	Safe	0-2
	6	Nottingham Forest	36	13	14	9	50	35	11	5	3	37	17	2	9	6	13	18	15	40	DWLWLD	Safe	2-2
	7	West Bromwich Albion	37	13	14	10	45	41	7	7	4	25	22	6	7	6	20	19	4	40	DLLLDD	Safe	0-0
	8	Sunderland	36	15	9	12	47	35	9	6	3	27	11	6	3	9	20	24	12	39	WLWWWD		2-2
1	9	Bolton Wanderers	37	14	10	13	42	36	11	5	3	28	14	3	5	10	14	22	6	38	DLWWDD		1-1
1	10	Fulham	37	14	10	13	32	34	10	4	5	21	16	4	6	8	11	18	-2	38	LLWWDD		0-0
2	11	Hull City	38	11	16	11	41	45	8	8	2	22	13	3	8	9	19	32	-4	38	LLWDLW		2-1
3	12	Notts County	38	14	10	14	51	57	7	4	7	27	33	7	6	7	24	24	-6	38	DLWWDL		0-4
1	13	Aston Villa	35	12	13	10	41	35	7	9	2	29	17	5	4	8	12	18	6	37	LWWWWD		1-1
	14	Millwall	37	12	12	13	46	45	8	5	5	24	14	4	7	8	22	31	1	36	DLWWDD		1-1
	15	Portsmouth	37	12	11	14	39	58	8	7	3	23	14	4	4	11	16	44	-19	35	WWLLDD		0-0
	16	Bristol City	37	12	9	16	42	48	8	5	6	24	18	4	4	10	18	30	-6	33	DLDLLW		2-0
	17	Cardiff City	37	9	13	15	42	55	7	5	6	22	16	2	8	9	20	39	-13	31	DWLLDD		1-1
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	37	10	9	18	47	53	7	5	6	29	22	3	4	12	18	31	-6	29	LWWWLL		0-1
	19	Crystal Palace	36	9	11	16	36	47	6	7	6	24	20	3	4	10	12	27	-11	29	DWLWWD		0-0
	20	Oxford United	36	8	13	15	32	44	7	7	4	25	19	1	6	11	7	25	-12	29	DDDLLW		1-0
	21	Preston North End	37	8	12	17	36	57	7	6	5	22	19	1	6	12	14	38	-21	27*	DLLLLL		2-4
	22	Swindon Town	38	5	11	22	33	67	5	7	7	21	26	0	4	15	12	41	-34	21	DLDLLD		1-1

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

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