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CHELSEA 4 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 29, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 29, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: The People - Sunday 30 April 1961
: Kensington Post - Friday 05 May 1961

Season:: 1960-61
Referee:: J Pickles
Attendance:: 22,775
Pos Before/After:: 12 14
Opp Before/After:: 16 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Mansfield Town (County Cup)
League:: Chelsea
Chelsea:: Aug 19, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2281 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 905 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2510 (of 5724)
Total:: 3691 (of 7505)
Played:: 62 years, 11 months, 21 days ago

Review
This game, the last of the season for both teams, was also Jimmy Greaves last game for Chelsea. He had signed for AC Milan and was on his way to Italy for next season, and Chelsea made him captain for this game. True to form, Greaves scored a hat-trick before Forest pulled it back to 3-3. Then in the last minute Chelsea won a penalty. Greaves decided to take it and scored, giving him a four-goal haul in his last game before being carried off shoulder-high by his team mates.

FOREST
Manager: Andy Beattie
Prior form: WWDLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Colin Booth (46')
Calvin Palmer (Pen)
Colin Addison (86')

CHELSEA
Manager: Ted Drake
Prior form: WLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Jimmy Greaves (12')
Jimmy Greaves (37')
Jimmy Greaves (53')
Jimmy Greaves (90') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	Peter Grummitt
2	D	25	Roy Patrick	Last game
3	M	20	Calvin Palmer
4	M	27	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay
6	F	25	Jim Iley
7	M	20	John Rowland
8	F	26	Colin Booth (46')
9	F	20	Colin Addison (86')
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	18	Peter Grummitt	353		3	2
2	D	25	Roy Patrick	59		3	2
3	M	20	Calvin Palmer	102	14	3	2
4	M	27	Jeff Whitefoot	285	7	3	2
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay	688	10	3	2
6	F	25	Jim Iley	106	5	3	2
7	M	20	John Rowland	29	3	3	2
8	F	26	Colin Booth (46)	98	41	3	2
9	F	20	Colin Addison (86)	174	69	7	3
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley	274	58	3	2
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem	146	20	3	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Bonetti
2	D	John Sillet
3	D	Ron Tindall
4	D	Allan Harris
5	D	Mel Scott
6	M	Terry Venables
7	M	Sylvan Anderton
8	M	Frank Blunstone
9	M	Peter Brabrook
10	F	Jimmy Greaves
11	F	Bobby Tambling

Videos:

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 29, 1961)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Blackburn Rovers	2-4	Newcastle United
Blackpool	3-3	Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Preston North End
Chelsea	4-3	Nottingham Forest
Everton	4-1	Arsenal
Leicester City	3-2	Birmingham City
Manchester United	3-3	Cardiff City
Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United	1-2	Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-4	Fulham

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Tottenham Hotspur	41	31	4	6	114	53	15	3	2	64	26	16	1	4	50	27	2.15094	66	WWWWLW	Champions
2	Sheffield Wednesday	41	23	12	6	77	43	15	4	2	45	17	8	8	4	32	26	1.79070	58	DDDLLW	Safe
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	25	7	9	101	71	17	2	1	59	28	8	5	8	42	43	1.42254	57	DWLWWW	Safe
4	Burnley	41	21	7	13	100	76	11	4	6	58	40	10	3	7	42	36	1.31579	49	WLLDWW	Safe
5	Everton	41	21	6	14	83	68	12	4	4	43	22	9	2	10	40	46	1.22059	48	WWDWWW	Safe
6	Manchester United	41	18	8	15	85	73	14	4	2	55	17	4	4	13	30	56	1.16438	44	WWDWWW	Safe
7	Leicester City	41	17	9	15	84	68	11	4	5	51	29	6	5	10	33	39	1.23529	43	DWLWDL	Safe
8	Blackburn Rovers	41	15	13	13	75	72	12	3	5	46	30	3	10	8	29	42	1.04167	43	LDDDWD	Safe
9	Aston Villa	41	16	9	16	74	76	12	3	5	44	27	4	6	11	30	49	.97368	41	LWDWLL	Safe
10	Arsenal	41	15	11	15	76	81	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	9	32	46	.93827	41	DDWWLL	Safe
11	West Bromwich Albion	41	17	5	19	65	70	10	3	8	43	32	7	2	11	22	38	.92857	39	WWWDLW	Safe
12	Nottingham Forest	41	14	9	18	59	74	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	12	25	41	.79730	37	WWDLDL	Safe
13	West Ham United	41	13	10	18	76	86	12	4	4	52	29	1	6	14	24	57	.88372	36	DLDDDD	Safe
14	Manchester City	41	13	10	18	76	87	10	5	6	41	30	3	5	12	35	57	.87356	36	DWDDWW	Safe
15	Cardiff City	41	13	10	18	57	82	11	5	5	34	26	2	5	13	23	56	.69512	36	LLDLLD	Safe
16	Chelsea	41	14	7	20	94	97	9	5	6	57	45	5	2	14	37	52	.96907	35	WLLWLL	Safe
17	Bolton Wanderers	41	12	10	19	57	72	9	4	7	37	28	3	6	12	20	44	.79167	34	WLLWDL	Safe
18	Birmingham City	41	14	6	21	60	81	10	4	7	35	31	4	2	14	25	50	.74074	34	LWLLLL	Safe
19	Fulham	41	13	8	20	68	93	8	8	5	39	39	5	0	15	29	54	.73118	34	DLLDWD	Safe
20	Blackpool	41	12	8	21	65	70	9	2	9	41	31	3	6	12	24	39	.92857	32	LLLWDW
21	Newcastle United	41	10	10	21	82	107	7	7	7	51	49	3	3	14	31	58	.76636	30	LDDLLW
22	Preston North End	41	10	9	22	42	70	7	6	8	28	25	3	3	14	14	45	.60000	29	LDLLDL	Relegated

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	31	4	7	115	55	15	3	3	65	28	16	1	4	50	27	2.09091	66	WWWLWL	Champions	1-2
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	23	12	7	78	47	15	4	2	45	17	8	8	5	33	30	1.65957	58	DDLLWL	Safe	1-4
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	7	10	103	75	17	2	2	61	32	8	5	8	42	43	1.37333	57	WLWWWL	Safe	2-4
	4	Burnley	42	22	7	13	102	77	11	4	6	58	40	11	3	7	44	37	1.32468	51	LLDWWW	Safe	2-1
	5	Everton	42	22	6	14	87	69	13	4	4	47	23	9	2	10	40	46	1.26087	50	WDWWWW	Safe	4-1
1	6	Leicester City	42	18	9	15	87	70	12	4	5	54	31	6	5	10	33	39	1.24286	45	WLWDLW	Safe	3-2
1	7	Manchester United	42	18	9	15	88	76	14	5	2	58	20	4	4	13	30	56	1.15789	45	WDWWWD	Safe	3-3
	8	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	13	14	77	76	12	3	6	48	34	3	10	8	29	42	1.01316	43	DDDWDL	Safe	2-4
	9	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	77	13	3	5	48	28	4	6	11	30	49	1.01299	43	WDWLLW	Safe	4-1
1	10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	67	71	10	3	8	43	32	8	2	11	24	39	.94366	41	WWDLWW	Safe	2-1
1	11	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	77	85	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	10	33	50	.90588	41	DWWLLL	Safe	1-4
4	12	Chelsea	42	15	7	20	98	100	10	5	6	61	48	5	2	14	37	52	.98000	37	LLWLLW	Safe	4-3
1	13	Manchester City	42	13	11	18	79	90	10	5	6	41	30	3	6	12	38	60	.87778	37	WDDWWD	Safe	3-3
2	14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	9	19	62	78	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	13	28	45	.79487	37	WDLDLL	Safe	3-4
	15	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	60	85	11	5	5	34	26	2	6	13	26	59	.70588	37	LDLLDD	Safe	3-3
3	16	West Ham United	42	13	10	19	77	88	12	4	5	53	31	1	6	14	24	57	.87500	36	LDDDDL	Safe	1-2
2	17	Fulham	42	14	8	20	72	95	8	8	5	39	39	6	0	15	33	56	.75789	36	LLDWDW	Safe	4-2
1	18	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	58	73	9	5	7	38	29	3	6	12	20	44	.79452	35	LLWDLD	Safe	1-1
1	19	Birmingham City	42	14	6	22	62	84	10	4	7	35	31	4	2	15	27	53	.73810	34	WLLLLL	Safe	2-3
	20	Blackpool	42	12	9	21	68	73	9	3	9	44	34	3	6	12	24	39	.93151	33	LLWDWD	Safe	3-3
	21	Newcastle United	42	11	10	21	86	109	7	7	7	51	49	4	3	14	35	60	.78899	32	DDLLWW	Relegated	4-2
	22	Preston North End	42	10	10	22	43	71	7	6	8	28	25	3	4	14	15	46	.60563	30	DLLDLD	Relegated	1-1