The City Ground

SUNDERLAND 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 15, 1975 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 15, 1975 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Roker Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 15 March 1975

Season:: 1974-75
Referee:: L Hayes
Attendance:: 30,812
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 2)
Sunderland:: Nov 08, 1975

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2863 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1406 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3173 (of 5824)
Total:: 4455 (of 7629)
Played:: 51 years, 5 months, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers

Lineup


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

Lineup

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

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 15, 1975)

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

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	33	20	6	7	50	23	13	2	1	34	8	7	4	6	16	15	27	46	LLWLWW	Safe
	2	Sunderland	33	15	11	7	53	28	11	4	1	32	6	4	7	6	21	22	25	41	LWDLWD
	3	Aston Villa	32	16	8	8	50	28	11	4	1	32	5	5	4	7	18	23	22	40	WDWWDW
	4	Norwich City	32	14	11	7	43	29	11	3	2	26	11	3	8	5	17	18	14	39	LWWDWD
	5	Blackpool	33	13	12	8	34	23	11	3	2	27	12	2	9	6	7	11	11	38	WDWDWD
	6	Bristol City	32	15	7	10	35	24	11	4	1	24	6	4	3	9	11	18	11	37	WWLWWL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	32	13	8	11	38	29	9	4	3	23	11	4	4	8	15	18	9	34	LLWLLW
	8	Bolton Wanderers	32	13	8	11	37	29	9	5	3	25	10	4	3	8	12	19	8	34	LWDWDL
	9	Notts County	33	11	12	10	37	41	7	8	1	28	17	4	4	9	9	24	-4	34	LLDWWW
	10	Fulham	33	10	13	10	32	26	7	5	4	22	12	3	8	6	10	14	6	33	DDWWDW
	11	Oxford United	33	13	7	13	32	42	12	2	3	25	15	1	5	10	7	27	-10	33	WLWLDD
	12	Hull City	33	11	11	11	33	49	9	6	1	20	9	2	5	10	13	40	-16	33	DWLDWL
	13	York City	33	12	7	14	42	43	8	5	4	24	13	4	2	10	18	30	-1	31	WLDWLW
	14	Southampton	31	10	10	11	39	39	6	6	3	19	13	4	4	8	20	26	0	30	WWWDLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	33	10	10	13	36	44	5	6	6	21	21	5	4	7	15	23	-8	30	LLDDDL
	16	Leyton Orient	32	7	16	9	22	32	5	7	4	12	14	2	9	5	10	18	-10	30	DWLWLL
	17	Oldham Athletic	33	9	10	14	31	36	9	5	3	23	14	0	5	11	8	22	-5	28	WDDLLW
	18	Portsmouth	33	9	10	14	33	43	6	6	4	22	16	3	4	10	11	27	-10	28	WLLDWL
	19	Millwall	33	9	9	15	36	43	8	6	3	28	14	1	3	12	8	29	-7	27	LDWLDW
	20	Bristol Rovers	33	10	6	17	30	50	8	3	6	17	16	2	3	11	13	34	-20	26	LLWLLL
	21	Cardiff City	32	7	11	14	29	47	6	6	5	20	17	1	5	9	9	30	-18	25	DLLDLD
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	32	5	9	18	28	52	3	6	6	16	20	2	3	12	12	32	-24	19	LLDLLL

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	34	20	7	7	51	24	13	3	1	35	9	7	4	6	16	15	27	47	LWLWWD	Safe	1-1
1	2	Aston Villa	33	17	8	8	53	28	12	4	1	35	5	5	4	7	18	23	25	42	DWWDWW		3-0
1	3	Sunderland	34	15	12	7	53	28	11	5	1	32	6	4	7	6	21	22	25	42	WDLWDD		0-0
	4	Norwich City	33	14	12	7	44	30	11	3	2	26	11	3	9	5	18	19	14	40	WWDWDD		1-1
1	5	Bristol City	33	16	7	10	37	25	12	4	1	26	7	4	3	9	11	18	12	39	WLWWLW		2-1
1	6	Blackpool	34	13	13	8	34	23	11	4	2	27	12	2	9	6	7	11	11	39	DWDWDD		0-0
	7	West Bromwich Albion	33	13	9	11	39	30	9	4	3	23	11	4	5	8	16	19	9	35	LWLLWD		1-1
	8	Bolton Wanderers	33	13	9	11	38	30	9	5	3	25	10	4	4	8	13	20	8	35	WDWDLD		1-1
	9	Notts County	34	11	13	10	38	42	7	9	1	29	18	4	4	9	9	24	-4	35	LDWWWD		1-1
	10	Fulham	34	10	14	10	32	26	7	6	4	22	12	3	8	6	10	14	6	34	DWWDWD		0-0
	11	Oxford United	34	13	8	13	33	43	12	3	3	26	16	1	5	10	7	27	-10	34	LWLDDD		1-1
	12	Hull City	34	11	12	11	34	50	9	7	1	21	10	2	5	10	13	40	-16	34	WLDWLD		1-1
3	13	Leyton Orient	33	8	16	9	23	32	5	7	4	12	14	3	9	5	11	18	-9	32	WLWLLW		1-0
1	14	York City	34	12	7	15	42	44	8	5	4	24	13	4	2	11	18	31	-2	31	LDWLWL		0-1
	15	Nottingham Forest	34	10	11	13	36	44	5	6	6	21	21	5	5	7	15	23	-8	31	LDDDLD		0-0
2	16	Southampton	32	10	10	12	39	42	6	6	3	19	13	4	4	9	20	29	-3	30	WWDLLL		0-3
1	17	Portsmouth	34	10	10	14	34	43	7	6	4	23	16	3	4	10	11	27	-9	30	LLDWLW		1-0
1	18	Oldham Athletic	34	9	11	14	31	36	9	5	3	23	14	0	6	11	8	22	-5	29	DDLLWD		0-0
	19	Millwall	34	9	9	16	37	45	8	6	3	28	14	1	3	13	9	31	-8	27	DWLDWL		1-2
	20	Bristol Rovers	34	10	7	17	30	50	8	3	6	17	16	2	4	11	13	34	-20	27	LWLLLD		0-0
	21	Cardiff City	33	7	12	14	30	48	6	6	5	20	17	1	6	9	10	31	-18	26	LLDLDD		1-1
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	33	5	9	19	28	53	3	6	7	16	21	2	3	12	12	32	-25	19	LDLLLL		0-1