The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 1 - 0 FOREST - Fri Apr 12, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 12, 1974 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Friday 12 April 1974

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: R Toseland
Attendance:: 13,125
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Carlisle United (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Apr 16, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2824 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1367 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3126 (of 5824)
Total:: 4402 (of 7629)
Played:: 52 years, 4 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Alan Dicks
Prior form: DLDLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Paul Cheesley (4')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	Dennis Peacock
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	M	21	David Serella
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	23	John Cottam
6	M	24	Paul Richardson off for Miah Dennehy
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie
8	M	26	George Lyall
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	F	29	John Galley
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	24	Miah Dennehy on for Paul Richardson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ray Cashley
2	D	Gerry Sweeney
3	D	Brian Drysdale
4	D	Gerry Gow
5	D	Gary Collier
6	M	Geoff Merrick
7	M	Trevor Tainton
8	M	Tom Ritchie
9	M	Paul Cheesley
10	F	Don Gillies
11	F	John Emanuel
Subs
12		Keith Fear

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Apr 12, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Fulham	1-3	Crystal Palace
Millwall	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Oxford United	1-1	Luton Town
Portsmouth	0-0	Leyton Orient
Preston North End	0-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland	2-1	Carlisle United

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	38	25	11	2	62	23	15	4	1	32	8	10	7	1	30	15	39	61	WWWWWD	Champions
	2	Luton Town	36	18	9	9	54	42	11	5	2	36	20	7	4	7	18	22	12	45	LWWLLW	Safe
	3	Leyton Orient	36	14	14	8	50	37	8	6	4	24	14	6	8	4	26	23	13	42	DDLLWD	Safe
	4	Blackpool	37	14	13	10	49	36	9	5	5	29	16	5	8	5	20	20	13	41	LLDWDL	Safe
	5	Carlisle United	36	16	9	11	54	41	10	5	3	35	16	6	4	8	19	25	13	41	WLWDWL	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	36	13	14	9	50	35	11	5	3	37	17	2	9	6	13	18	15	40	DWLWLD	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	37	13	14	10	45	41	7	7	4	25	22	6	7	6	20	19	4	40	DLLLDD	Safe
	8	Sunderland	36	15	9	12	47	35	9	6	3	27	11	6	3	9	20	24	12	39	WLWWWD
	9	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	11	13	42	36	11	5	3	28	14	3	6	10	14	22	6	39	LWWDDD
	10	Fulham	37	14	10	13	32	34	10	4	5	21	16	4	6	8	11	18	-2	38	LLWWDD
	11	Hull City	38	11	16	11	41	45	8	8	2	22	13	3	8	9	19	32	-4	38	LLWDLW
	12	Notts County	38	14	10	14	51	57	7	4	7	27	33	7	6	7	24	24	-6	38	DLWWDL
	13	Aston Villa	35	12	13	10	41	35	7	9	2	29	17	5	4	8	12	18	6	37	LWWWWD
	14	Millwall	37	12	12	13	46	45	8	5	5	24	14	4	7	8	22	31	1	36	DLWWDD
	15	Portsmouth	37	12	11	14	39	58	8	7	3	23	14	4	4	11	16	44	-19	35	WWLLDD
	16	Bristol City	37	12	9	16	42	48	8	5	6	24	18	4	4	10	18	30	-6	33	DLDLLW
	17	Cardiff City	37	9	13	15	42	55	7	5	6	22	16	2	8	9	20	39	-13	31	DWLLDD
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	37	10	9	18	47	53	7	5	6	29	22	3	4	12	18	31	-6	29	LWWWLL
	19	Crystal Palace	36	9	11	16	36	47	6	7	6	24	20	3	4	10	12	27	-11	29	DWLWWD
	20	Oxford United	36	8	13	15	32	44	7	7	4	25	19	1	6	11	7	25	-12	29	DDDLLW
	21	Preston North End	37	8	12	17	36	57	7	6	5	22	19	1	6	12	14	38	-21	27*	DLLLLL
	22	Swindon Town	38	5	11	22	33	67	5	7	7	21	26	0	4	15	12	41	-34	21	DLDLLD

*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	38	25	11	2	62	23	15	4	1	32	8	10	7	1	30	15	39	61	WWWWWD	Champions
	2	Luton Town	37	18	10	9	55	43	11	5	2	36	20	7	5	7	19	23	12	46	WWLLWD	Safe	1-1
	3	Leyton Orient	37	14	15	8	50	37	8	6	4	24	14	6	9	4	26	23	13	43	DLLWDD	Safe	0-0
	4	Blackpool	37	14	13	10	49	36	9	5	5	29	16	5	8	5	20	20	13	41	LLDWDL	Safe
3	5	Sunderland	37	16	9	12	49	36	10	6	3	29	12	6	3	9	20	24	13	41	LWWWDW	Safe	2-1
1	6	Carlisle United	37	16	9	12	55	43	10	5	3	35	16	6	4	9	20	27	12	41	LWDWLL	Safe	1-2
1	7	Nottingham Forest	37	13	14	10	50	36	11	5	3	37	17	2	9	7	13	19	14	40	WLWLDL	Safe	0-1
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	14	11	45	42	7	7	4	25	22	6	7	7	20	20	3	40	LLLDDL	Safe	0-1
	9	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	11	13	42	36	11	5	3	28	14	3	6	10	14	22	6	39	LWWDDD	Safe
4	10	Millwall	38	13	12	13	47	45	9	5	5	25	14	4	7	8	22	31	2	38	LWWDDW		1-0
	11	Hull City	38	11	16	11	41	45	8	8	2	22	13	3	8	9	19	32	-4	38	LLWDLW
	12	Notts County	38	14	10	14	51	57	7	4	7	27	33	7	6	7	24	24	-6	38	DLWWDL
3	13	Fulham	38	14	10	14	33	37	10	4	6	22	19	4	6	8	11	18	-4	38	LWWDDL		1-3
1	14	Aston Villa	35	12	13	10	41	35	7	9	2	29	17	5	4	8	12	18	6	37	LWWWWD
	15	Portsmouth	38	12	12	14	39	58	8	8	3	23	14	4	4	11	16	44	-19	36	WLLDDD		0-0
	16	Bristol City	38	13	9	16	43	48	9	5	6	25	18	4	4	10	18	30	-5	35	LDLLWW		1-0
2	17	Crystal Palace	37	10	11	16	39	48	6	7	6	24	20	4	4	10	15	28	-9	31	WLWWDW		3-1
1	18	Cardiff City	37	9	13	15	42	55	7	5	6	22	16	2	8	9	20	39	-13	31	DWLLDD
1	19	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	10	18	47	53	7	5	6	29	22	3	5	12	18	31	-6	30	WWWLLD		0-0
	20	Oxford United	37	8	14	15	33	45	7	8	4	26	20	1	6	11	7	25	-12	30	DDLLWD		1-1
	21	Preston North End	38	8	13	17	36	57	7	7	5	22	19	1	6	12	14	38	-21	28*	LLLLLD		0-0
	22	Swindon Town	38	5	11	22	33	67	5	7	7	21	26	0	4	15	12	41	-34	21	DLDLLD	Relegated

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