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WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 17, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 17, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 April 1976

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: J Wrennall
Attendance:: 26,580
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 8
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Aug 11, 1976

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2911 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1454 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3227 (of 5824)
Total:: 4525 (of 7629)
Played:: 50 years, 4 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Johnny Giles
Prior form: WWDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Martin (55')
Johnston (67')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Wells
2	D	23	Colin Barrett
3	D	32	Frank Clark
4	M	26	John McGovern
5	F	29	Sammy Chapman
6	M	24	Ian Bowyer
7	M	21	Terry Curran
8	M	24	Martin O'Neill
9	F	29	John O'Hare
10	F	26	Barry Butlin
11	F	23	John Robertson off for Paul Richardson
Subs
12	M	26	Paul Richardson on for John Robertson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Osborn
2	D	Mulligan
3	D	Cantello
4	D	T Brown
5	D	Wile
6	M	Robertson
7	M	Martin
8	M	A Brown
9	M	Mayo
10	F	Giles
11	F	Johnston
Subs
12		Robson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 17, 1976)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	4-0	York City
Blackpool	2-1	Carlisle United
Bolton Wanderers	4-0	Oldham Athletic
Bristol Rovers	2-0	Southampton
Chelsea	0-2	Leyton Orient
Hull City	1-4	Sunderland
Notts County	4-0	Fulham
Oxford United	1-3	Luton Town
Portsmouth	2-2	Charlton Athletic
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	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	Bristol City	40	18	15	7	57	33	10	7	2	32	12	8	8	5	25	21	24	51	DDWLDD	Safe
	2	Sunderland	38	21	8	9	59	33	17	2	0	44	9	4	6	9	15	24	26	50	DDWWDW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	39	18	12	9	47	33	9	9	2	27	12	9	3	7	20	21	14	48	WWDWLW	Safe
	4	Bolton Wanderers	38	17	12	9	52	35	10	5	4	29	13	7	7	5	23	22	17	46	LLWDDL	Safe
	5	Southampton	39	19	7	13	63	47	16	2	1	46	15	3	5	12	17	32	16	45	DLWWWL	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	39	15	12	12	51	38	11	1	7	30	18	4	11	5	21	20	13	42	WLWDWD	Safe
	7	Notts County	38	16	10	12	50	38	9	6	4	27	13	7	4	8	23	25	12	42	LLLDDD	Safe
	8	Luton Town	39	16	10	13	52	49	11	6	2	32	14	5	4	11	20	35	3	42	WLDLDD	Safe
	9	Charlton Athletic	39	15	10	14	58	65	11	4	4	39	29	4	6	10	19	36	-7	40	DDDWLL	Safe
	10	Fulham	39	13	12	14	44	42	9	6	4	26	13	4	6	10	18	29	2	38	LDWDDL
	11	Chelsea	39	12	14	13	50	49	7	9	4	25	18	5	5	9	25	31	1	38	DDLDDD
	12	Hull City	39	14	10	15	44	44	9	5	6	28	19	5	5	9	16	25	0	38	WDDDDW
	13	Plymouth Argyle	40	13	11	16	48	52	13	4	4	36	20	0	7	12	12	32	-4	37	DDDWLW
	14	Oldham Athletic	39	13	11	15	55	61	11	7	1	35	21	2	4	14	20	40	-6	37	LDLLWL
	15	Blackpool	38	12	13	13	36	44	7	9	3	23	21	5	4	10	13	23	-8	37	LWDDWL
	16	Bristol Rovers	38	10	16	12	34	41	6	9	5	18	15	4	7	7	16	26	-7	36	LDLDLD
	17	Leyton Orient	38	11	13	14	33	36	9	5	5	19	11	2	8	9	14	25	-3	35	WDLDDL
	18	Blackburn Rovers	39	11	13	15	40	48	7	6	7	23	22	4	7	8	17	26	-8	35	LWWWLW
	19	Carlisle United	39	11	12	16	42	57	8	7	4	27	22	3	5	12	15	35	-15	34	LDLLWL
	20	Oxford United	39	11	11	17	36	52	7	7	6	22	22	4	4	11	14	30	-16	33	WWWWLW
	21	York City	39	10	6	23	36	64	8	1	10	25	31	2	5	13	11	33	-28	26	WDLLWW	Relegated
	22	Portsmouth	39	9	6	24	30	56	4	5	11	13	21	5	1	13	17	35	-26	24	WLLLLW	Relegated

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	1	Sunderland	39	22	8	9	63	34	17	2	0	44	9	5	6	9	19	25	29	52	DWWDWW	Safe	4-1
1	2	Bristol City	40	18	15	7	57	33	10	7	2	32	12	8	8	5	25	21	24	51	DDWLDD	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	40	19	12	9	49	33	10	9	2	29	12	9	3	7	20	21	16	50	WDWLWW	Safe	2-0
	4	Bolton Wanderers	39	18	12	9	56	35	11	5	4	33	13	7	7	5	23	22	21	48	LWDDLW	Safe	4-0
	5	Southampton	40	19	7	14	63	49	16	2	1	46	15	3	5	13	17	34	14	45	LWWWLL	Safe	0-2
1	6	Notts County	39	17	10	12	54	38	10	6	4	31	13	7	4	8	23	25	16	44	LLDDDW	Safe	4-0
1	7	Luton Town	40	17	10	13	55	50	11	6	2	32	14	6	4	11	23	36	5	44	LDLDDW	Safe	3-1
2	8	Nottingham Forest	40	15	12	13	51	40	11	1	7	30	18	4	11	6	21	22	11	42	LWDWDL	Safe	0-2
	9	Charlton Athletic	40	15	11	14	60	67	11	4	4	39	29	4	7	10	21	38	-7	41	DDWLLD	Safe	2-2
5	10	Blackpool	39	13	13	13	38	45	8	9	3	25	22	5	4	10	13	23	-7	39	WDDWLW	Safe	2-1
	11	Chelsea	40	12	14	14	50	51	7	9	5	25	20	5	5	9	25	31	-1	38	DLDDDL	Safe	0-2
2	12	Fulham	40	13	12	15	44	46	9	6	4	26	13	4	6	11	18	33	-2	38	DWDDLL	Safe	0-4
1	13	Hull City	40	14	10	16	45	48	9	5	7	29	23	5	5	9	16	25	-3	38	DDDDWL	Safe	1-4
2	14	Bristol Rovers	39	11	16	12	36	41	7	9	5	20	15	4	7	7	16	26	-5	38	DLDLDW	Safe	2-0
2	15	Leyton Orient	39	12	13	14	35	36	9	5	5	19	11	3	8	9	16	25	-1	37	DLDDLW		2-0
3	16	Plymouth Argyle	40	13	11	16	48	52	13	4	4	36	20	0	7	12	12	32	-4	37	DDDWLW
1	17	Blackburn Rovers	40	12	13	15	44	48	8	6	7	27	22	4	7	8	17	26	-4	37	WWWLWW		4-0
4	18	Oldham Athletic	40	13	11	16	55	65	11	7	1	35	21	2	4	15	20	44	-10	37	DLLWLL		0-4
	19	Carlisle United	40	11	12	17	43	59	8	7	4	27	22	3	5	13	16	37	-16	34	DLLWLL		1-2
	20	Oxford United	40	11	11	18	37	55	7	7	7	23	25	4	4	11	14	30	-18	33	WWWLWL		1-3
	21	York City	40	10	6	24	36	68	8	1	10	25	31	2	5	14	11	37	-32	26	DLLWWL	Relegated	0-4
	22	Portsmouth	40	9	7	24	32	58	4	6	11	15	23	5	1	13	17	35	-26	25	LLLLWD	Relegated	2-2