The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 MANCHESTER UNITED - Sat Mar 22, 1975 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 22, 1975 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 22 March 1975

Season:: 1974-75
Referee:: R Challis
Attendance:: 21,893
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 16
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Manchester United:: Nov 12, 1977

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2864 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1407 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3174 (of 5824)
Total:: 4456 (of 7629)
Played:: 51 years, 4 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Tommy Docherty
Prior form: LWLWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Gerry Daly (35')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	John Middleton
2	D	18	Viv Anderson
3	M	25	Paul Richardson
4	M	25	John McGovern
5	M	23	David Jones
6	M	26	Liam O'Kane
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	Alex Stepney
2	D	Alex Forsyth
3	D	Stewart Houston
4	D	Brian Greenhoff
5	D	Steve James
6	M	Martin Buchan
7	M	Steve Coppell
8	M	Sammy McIlroy
9	M	Stuart Pearson
10	F	Lou Macari
11	F	Gerry Daly
Subs
12		Jimmy Nicholl

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 22, 1975)

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

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	34	20	7	7	51	24	13	3	1	35	9	7	4	6	16	15	27	47	LWLWWD	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	33	17	8	8	53	28	12	4	1	35	5	5	4	7	18	23	25	42	DWWDWW
	3	Sunderland	34	15	12	7	53	28	11	5	1	32	6	4	7	6	21	22	25	42	WDLWDD
	4	Norwich City	33	14	12	7	44	30	11	3	2	26	11	3	9	5	18	19	14	40	WWDWDD
	5	Bristol City	33	16	7	10	37	25	12	4	1	26	7	4	3	9	11	18	12	39	WLWWLW
	6	Blackpool	34	13	13	8	34	23	11	4	2	27	12	2	9	6	7	11	11	39	DWDWDD
	7	West Bromwich Albion	33	13	9	11	39	30	9	4	3	23	11	4	5	8	16	19	9	35	LWLLWD
	8	Bolton Wanderers	33	13	9	11	38	30	9	5	3	25	10	4	4	8	13	20	8	35	WDWDLD
	9	Notts County	34	11	13	10	38	42	7	9	1	29	18	4	4	9	9	24	-4	35	LDWWWD
	10	Fulham	34	10	14	10	32	26	7	6	4	22	12	3	8	6	10	14	6	34	DWWDWD
	11	Oxford United	35	13	8	14	34	45	12	3	3	26	16	1	5	11	8	29	-11	34	WLDDDL
	12	Hull City	34	11	12	11	34	50	9	7	1	21	10	2	5	10	13	40	-16	34	WLDWLD
	13	Southampton	33	11	10	12	41	43	7	6	3	21	14	4	4	9	20	29	-2	32	WDLLLW
	14	Leyton Orient	33	8	16	9	23	32	5	7	4	12	14	3	9	5	11	18	-9	32	WLWLLW
	15	York City	34	12	7	15	42	44	8	5	4	24	13	4	2	11	18	31	-2	31	LDWLWL
	16	Nottingham Forest	34	10	11	13	36	44	5	6	6	21	21	5	5	7	15	23	-8	31	LDDDLD
	17	Portsmouth	34	10	10	14	34	43	7	6	4	23	16	3	4	10	11	27	-9	30	LLDWLW
	18	Oldham Athletic	34	9	11	14	31	36	9	5	3	23	14	0	6	11	8	22	-5	29	DDLLWD
	19	Millwall	34	9	9	16	37	45	8	6	3	28	14	1	3	13	9	31	-8	27	DWLDWL
	20	Bristol Rovers	34	10	7	17	30	50	8	3	6	17	16	2	4	11	13	34	-20	27	LWLLLD
	21	Cardiff City	33	7	12	14	30	48	6	6	5	20	17	1	6	9	10	31	-18	26	LLDLDD
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	33	5	9	19	28	53	3	6	7	16	21	2	3	12	12	32	-25	19	LDLLLL

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	35	21	7	7	52	24	13	3	1	35	9	8	4	6	17	15	28	49	WLWWDW	Safe	1-0
	2	Aston Villa	34	17	8	9	53	29	12	4	1	35	5	5	4	8	18	24	24	42	WWDWWL		0-1
	3	Sunderland	35	15	12	8	54	30	11	5	1	32	6	4	7	7	22	24	24	42	DLWDDL		1-2
	4	Norwich City	34	15	12	7	45	30	12	3	2	27	11	3	9	5	18	19	15	42	WDWDDW		1-0
	5	Bristol City	34	17	7	10	39	25	12	4	1	26	7	5	3	9	13	18	14	41	LWWLWW		2-0
	6	Blackpool	35	13	14	8	34	23	11	4	2	27	12	2	10	6	7	11	11	40	WDWDDD		0-0
	7	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	9	11	41	31	10	4	3	25	12	4	5	8	16	19	10	37	WLLWDW		2-1
	8	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	9	12	38	32	9	5	4	25	12	4	4	8	13	20	6	35	DWDLDL		0-2
	9	Notts County	35	11	13	11	40	45	7	9	1	29	18	4	4	10	11	27	-5	35	DWWWDL		2-3
1	10	Oxford United	36	13	9	14	35	46	12	3	3	26	16	1	6	11	9	30	-11	35	LDDDLD		1-1
1	11	Fulham	35	10	14	11	34	29	7	6	4	22	12	3	8	7	12	17	5	34	WWDWDL		2-3
1	12	Southampton	34	12	10	12	44	45	8	6	3	24	16	4	4	9	20	29	-1	34	DLLLWW		3-2
1	13	Leyton Orient	34	9	16	9	24	32	6	7	4	13	14	3	9	5	11	18	-8	34	LWLLWW		1-0
2	14	Hull City	35	11	12	12	34	51	9	7	1	21	10	2	5	11	13	41	-17	34	LDWLDL		0-1
	15	York City	35	13	7	15	45	46	9	5	4	27	15	4	2	11	18	31	-1	33	DWLWLW		3-2
	16	Nottingham Forest	35	10	11	14	36	45	5	6	7	21	22	5	5	7	15	23	-9	31	DDDLDL		0-1
1	17	Oldham Athletic	35	9	12	14	32	37	9	6	3	24	15	0	6	11	8	22	-5	30	DLLWDD		1-1
1	18	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	35	45	7	6	4	23	16	3	4	11	12	29	-10	30	LDWLWL		1-2
1	19	Bristol Rovers	35	11	7	17	32	51	9	3	6	19	17	2	4	11	13	34	-19	29	WLLLDW		2-1
1	20	Millwall	35	9	10	16	37	45	8	7	3	28	14	1	3	13	9	31	-8	28	WLDWLD		0-0
	21	Cardiff City	34	7	13	14	30	48	6	7	5	20	17	1	6	9	10	31	-18	27	LDLDDD		0-0
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	34	5	10	19	28	53	3	6	7	16	21	2	4	12	12	32	-25	20	DLLLLD		0-0