The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BRISTOL ROVERS - Sat Oct 26, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 26, 1974 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1974-75
Referee:: G Trevett
Attendance:: 11,495
League Week:: 15 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 8
Opp Before/After:: 7 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (Testimonial)
League:: Bolton Wanderers
Bristol Rovers:: Apr 05, 1975

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2844 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1387 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3148 (of 5824)
Total:: 4429 (of 7629)
Played:: 51 years, 9 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Neil Martin (3')

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Don Megson
Prior form: DLWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Penalties Missed:
George Lyall (74')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	17	John Middleton
2	M	26	Liam O'Kane
3	D	28	Paddy Greenwood
4	M	22	David Serella
5	M	22	David Jones
6	M	25	Paul Richardson off for Tony Woodcock (64')
7	F	24	Miah Dennehy
8	F	34	Neil Martin (3')
9	F	24	Barry Butlin
10	M	27	George Lyall
11	F	27	Tommy Jackson
Subs
12	F	18	Tony Woodcock on for Paul Richardson (64')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Eaddie
2	D	Bater
3	D	Parson 58
4	D	Aitken
5	D	Taylor
6	M	Prince
7	M	Stephens
8	M	Stanton
9	M	Warboys
10	F	Bannister
11	F	Fearnley
Subs
12		Rudge

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 26, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Bristol City	3-0	Notts County
Cardiff City	3-1	Oldham Athletic
Hull City	3-1	Sunderland
Leyton Orient	0-3	Norwich City
Manchester United	1-0	Southampton
Millwall	2-2	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Bristol Rovers
Oxford United	2-1	Fulham
Portsmouth	0-0	Blackpool
York City	1-3	Bolton Wanderers

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	Manchester United	14	10	3	1	24	7	5	1	0	14	3	5	2	1	10	4	17	23	WLWWDW
	2	Sunderland	13	7	5	1	22	6	4	3	0	13	2	3	2	1	9	4	16	19	DWWDWD
	3	Norwich City	13	7	5	1	18	9	6	1	0	13	2	1	4	1	5	7	9	19	LDWWWW
	4	Aston Villa	13	6	5	2	21	8	5	1	0	17	2	1	4	2	4	6	13	17	WDWWWD
	5	York City	14	5	5	4	20	16	3	3	1	11	5	2	2	3	9	11	4	15	DWLWLW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	13	5	4	4	15	9	3	2	2	9	5	2	2	2	6	4	6	14	DWWWLL
	7	Bristol Rovers	13	5	4	4	13	16	5	2	1	11	5	0	2	3	2	11	-3	14	DLWLWW
	8	Hull City	14	4	6	4	16	24	2	4	0	6	3	2	2	4	10	21	-8	14	DDWWWL
	9	Fulham	13	4	5	4	15	9	3	2	2	13	5	1	3	2	2	4	6	13	WDLLDD
	10	Blackpool	14	4	5	5	14	13	3	2	2	9	7	1	3	3	5	6	1	13	WWLLLD
	11	Notts County	14	3	7	4	14	17	3	4	0	11	6	0	3	4	3	11	-3	13	DDDLLW
	12	Nottingham Forest	14	5	3	6	17	21	2	2	3	10	9	3	1	3	7	12	-4	13	WDLWLW
	13	Oxford United	13	5	3	5	13	19	4	0	2	8	7	1	3	3	5	12	-6	13	LLLWLW
	14	Oldham Athletic	12	5	2	5	13	13	5	0	2	10	6	0	2	3	3	7	0	12	DWLLWL
	15	Bristol City	12	3	6	3	8	9	2	3	0	5	2	1	3	3	3	7	-1	12	DLDDDL
	16	Leyton Orient	13	3	6	4	11	15	2	3	1	5	4	1	3	3	6	11	-4	12	WDWLWL
	17	Bolton Wanderers	12	4	3	5	11	12	4	2	1	9	3	0	1	4	2	9	-1	11	LDWLWD
	18	Southampton	13	3	4	6	18	22	2	4	1	11	9	1	0	5	7	13	-4	10	LWDLLW
	19	Millwall	14	4	2	8	13	20	4	1	2	11	5	0	1	6	2	15	-7	10	LDWLWL
	20	Portsmouth	14	2	6	6	12	21	1	4	1	6	6	1	2	5	6	15	-9	10	DLDDDL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	14	2	5	7	11	19	1	3	3	7	10	1	2	4	4	9	-8	9	LLDLLW
	22	Cardiff City	13	2	2	9	10	24	1	1	4	5	9	1	1	5	5	15	-14	6	LLLLWL

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	Manchester United	15	11	3	1	25	7	6	1	0	15	3	5	2	1	10	4	18	25	LWWDWW		1-0
1	2	Norwich City	14	8	5	1	21	9	6	1	0	13	2	2	4	1	8	7	12	21	DWWWWW		3-0
1	3	Aston Villa	14	7	5	2	24	9	6	1	0	20	3	1	4	2	4	6	15	19	DWWWDW		3-1
2	4	Sunderland	14	7	5	2	23	9	4	3	0	13	2	3	2	2	10	7	14	19	WWDWDL		1-3
3	5	Hull City	15	5	6	4	19	25	3	4	0	9	4	2	2	4	10	21	-6	16	DWWWLW		3-1
	6	West Bromwich Albion	14	5	5	4	17	11	3	2	2	9	5	2	3	2	8	6	6	15	WWWLLD		2-2
2	7	York City	15	5	5	5	21	19	3	3	2	12	8	2	2	3	9	11	2	15	WLWLWL		1-3
4	8	Nottingham Forest	15	6	3	6	18	21	3	2	3	11	9	3	1	3	7	12	-3	15	DLWLWW		1-0
4	9	Oxford United	14	6	3	5	15	20	5	0	2	10	8	1	3	3	5	12	-5	15	LLWLWW		2-1
5	10	Bristol City	13	4	6	3	11	9	3	3	0	8	2	1	3	3	3	7	2	14	LDDDLW		3-0
1	11	Blackpool	15	4	6	5	14	13	3	2	2	9	7	1	4	3	5	6	1	14	WLLLDD		0-0
5	12	Bristol Rovers	14	5	4	5	13	17	5	2	1	11	5	0	2	4	2	12	-4	14	LWLWWL		0-1
4	13	Fulham	14	4	5	5	16	11	3	2	2	13	5	1	3	3	3	6	5	13	DLLDDL		1-2
3	14	Bolton Wanderers	13	5	3	5	14	13	4	2	1	9	3	1	1	4	5	10	1	13	DWLWDW		3-1
4	15	Notts County	15	3	7	5	14	20	3	4	0	11	6	0	3	5	3	14	-6	13	DDLLWL		0-3
2	16	Oldham Athletic	13	5	2	6	14	16	5	0	2	10	6	0	2	4	4	10	-2	12	WLLWLL		1-3
1	17	Leyton Orient	14	3	6	5	11	18	2	3	2	5	7	1	3	3	6	11	-7	12	DWLWLL		0-3
1	18	Millwall	15	4	3	8	15	22	4	2	2	13	7	0	1	6	2	15	-7	11	DWLWLD		2-2
1	19	Portsmouth	15	2	7	6	12	21	1	5	1	6	6	1	2	5	6	15	-9	11	LDDDLD		0-0
2	20	Southampton	14	3	4	7	18	23	2	4	1	11	9	1	0	6	7	14	-5	10	WDLLWL		0-1
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	15	2	5	8	12	22	1	3	3	7	10	1	2	5	5	12	-10	9	LDLLWL		1-3
	22	Cardiff City	14	3	2	9	13	25	2	1	4	8	10	1	1	5	5	15	-12	8	LLLWLW		3-1