The City Ground

OXFORD UNITED 1 - 1 FOREST - Fri Feb 28, 1975 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Feb 28, 1975 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Oxford United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Manor Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 01 March 1975

Season:: 1974-75
Referee:: M Taylor
Attendance:: 7,602
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 14
Opp Before/After:: 9 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 2)
Oxford United:: Sep 20, 1975

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2861 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1404 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3171 (of 5824)
Total:: 4453 (of 7629)
Played:: 51 years, 5 months, 23 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: WDLLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Lyall (55')

OXFORD UNITED
Manager: Gerry Summers
Prior form: LWLWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Jeffrey (32')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	John Middleton
2	D	18	Viv Anderson
3	M	25	Paul Richardson
4	M	26	Liam O'Kane
5	M	23	David Jones
6	M	25	John McGovern
7	M	27	George Lyall (55')
8	F	22	John Robertson
9	F	28	John O'Hare	Debut
10	F	25	Barry Butlin
11	M	23	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	F	34	Neil Martin

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Burton
2	D	Light
3	D	Shuker
4	D	Tait
5	D	Colin Clark
6	M	Billy Jeffrey
7	M	Fleming
8	M	Duncan
9	M	Derek Clark
10	F	McCulloch
11	F	Heron
Subs
12		McGrogan

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Feb 28, 1975)

Home	Score	Away
Oxford United	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Portsmouth	3-0	Leyton Orient

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	31	18	6	7	45	23	12	2	1	30	8	6	4	6	15	15	22	42	WDLLWL
	2	Sunderland	31	14	10	7	50	28	10	4	1	29	6	4	6	6	21	22	22	38	DDLWDL
	3	Norwich City	31	14	10	7	43	29	11	2	2	26	11	3	8	5	17	18	14	38	LLWWDW
	4	Aston Villa	30	15	7	8	47	26	11	3	1	32	5	4	4	7	15	21	21	37	WWWDWW
	5	Bristol City	30	14	7	9	32	22	10	4	1	21	5	4	3	8	11	17	10	35	LWWWLW
	6	Blackpool	31	12	11	8	30	22	10	3	2	24	12	2	8	6	6	10	8	35	DWWDWD
	7	Bolton Wanderers	30	13	7	10	37	28	9	5	2	25	9	4	2	8	12	19	9	33	WWLWDW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	8	10	34	26	8	4	3	19	11	4	4	7	15	15	8	32	WDLLWL
	9	Oxford United	32	13	6	13	31	41	12	1	3	24	14	1	5	10	7	27	-10	32	LWLWLD
	10	Hull City	31	10	11	10	31	47	8	6	1	18	9	2	5	9	13	38	-16	31	WLDWLD
	11	Fulham	31	9	12	10	30	25	7	4	4	22	12	2	8	6	8	13	5	30	LLDDWW
	12	Southampton	30	10	10	10	39	36	6	6	3	19	13	4	4	7	20	23	3	30	DWWWDL
	13	Notts County	31	9	12	10	34	40	6	8	1	26	16	3	4	9	8	24	-6	30	DLLLDW
	14	Leyton Orient	30	7	16	7	22	28	5	7	3	12	13	2	9	4	10	15	-6	30	WDDWLW
	15	York City	31	11	7	13	40	41	7	5	4	23	13	4	2	9	17	28	-1	29	DWWLDW
	16	Nottingham Forest	31	10	9	12	33	40	5	6	5	19	18	5	3	7	14	22	-7	29	WDLLDD
	17	Oldham Athletic	31	8	10	13	28	33	8	5	3	21	14	0	5	10	7	19	-5	26	LWWDDL
	18	Portsmouth	31	8	10	13	30	41	5	6	4	19	16	3	4	9	11	25	-11	26	WWWLLD
	19	Bristol Rovers	31	10	6	15	29	46	8	3	5	16	14	2	3	10	13	32	-17	26	WLLLWL
	20	Millwall	31	8	8	15	34	43	7	6	3	26	14	1	2	12	8	29	-9	24	WWLDWL
	21	Cardiff City	30	7	10	13	28	42	6	5	5	19	16	1	5	8	9	26	-14	24	WLDLLD
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	31	5	9	17	28	48	3	6	6	16	20	2	3	11	12	28	-20	19	LLLDLL

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	31	18	6	7	45	23	12	2	1	30	8	6	4	6	15	15	22	42	WDLLWL
	2	Sunderland	31	14	10	7	50	28	10	4	1	29	6	4	6	6	21	22	22	38	DDLWDL
	3	Norwich City	31	14	10	7	43	29	11	2	2	26	11	3	8	5	17	18	14	38	LLWWDW
	4	Aston Villa	30	15	7	8	47	26	11	3	1	32	5	4	4	7	15	21	21	37	WWWDWW
	5	Bristol City	30	14	7	9	32	22	10	4	1	21	5	4	3	8	11	17	10	35	LWWWLW
	6	Blackpool	31	12	11	8	30	22	10	3	2	24	12	2	8	6	6	10	8	35	DWWDWD
	7	Bolton Wanderers	30	13	7	10	37	28	9	5	2	25	9	4	2	8	12	19	9	33	WWLWDW
1	8	Oxford United	33	13	7	13	32	42	12	2	3	25	15	1	5	10	7	27	-10	33	WLWLDD		1-1
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	8	10	34	26	8	4	3	19	11	4	4	7	15	15	8	32	WDLLWL
	10	Hull City	31	10	11	10	31	47	8	6	1	18	9	2	5	9	13	38	-16	31	WLDWLD
	11	Fulham	31	9	12	10	30	25	7	4	4	22	12	2	8	6	8	13	5	30	LLDDWW
	12	Southampton	30	10	10	10	39	36	6	6	3	19	13	4	4	7	20	23	3	30	DWWWDL
	13	Notts County	31	9	12	10	34	40	6	8	1	26	16	3	4	9	8	24	-6	30	DLLLDW
2	14	Nottingham Forest	32	10	10	12	34	41	5	6	5	19	18	5	4	7	15	23	-7	30	DLLDDD		1-1
1	15	Leyton Orient	31	7	16	8	22	31	5	7	3	12	13	2	9	5	10	18	-9	30	DDWLWL		0-3
1	16	York City	31	11	7	13	40	41	7	5	4	23	13	4	2	9	17	28	-1	29	DWWLDW
1	17	Portsmouth	32	9	10	13	33	41	6	6	4	22	16	3	4	9	11	25	-8	28	WWLLDW		3-0
1	18	Oldham Athletic	31	8	10	13	28	33	8	5	3	21	14	0	5	10	7	19	-5	26	LWWDDL
	19	Bristol Rovers	31	10	6	15	29	46	8	3	5	16	14	2	3	10	13	32	-17	26	WLLLWL
	20	Millwall	31	8	8	15	34	43	7	6	3	26	14	1	2	12	8	29	-9	24	WWLDWL
	21	Cardiff City	30	7	10	13	28	42	6	5	5	19	16	1	5	8	9	26	-14	24	WLDLLD
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	31	5	9	17	28	48	3	6	6	16	20	2	3	11	12	28	-20	19	LLLDLL

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