The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Aug 26, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Aug 26, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1961-62
Referee:: F Clarke
Attendance:: 26,700
Pos Before/After:: 6 4
Opp Before/After:: 4 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Sheffield United:: Dec 22, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2284 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 908 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2513 (of 5736)
Total:: 3700 (of 7523)
Played:: 63 years, 2 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals
Colin Booth
Flip Le Flem

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: John Harris
Prior form: WD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Grummitt
2	M	20	Calvin Palmer
3	F	34	Billy Gray
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
9	F	20	Geoff Vowden
10	F	26	Johnny Quigley
11	F	19	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alan Hodgkinson
2	D	Joe Shaw
3	D	Cec Coldwell
4	D	Graham Shaw
5	D	Brian Richardson
6	M	Len Allchurch
7	M	Gerry Summers
8	M	William Russell
9	M	Ron Simpson
10	F	Billy Hodgson
11	F	Derek Pace

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Aug 26, 1961)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	Chelsea
Burnley	3-1	Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City	3-2	Blackpool
Fulham	2-1	Everton
Ipswich Town	2-4	Manchester City
Leicester City	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United	6-1	Blackburn Rovers
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday	5-1	Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur	4-3	Arsenal
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-2	West Ham United

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	Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	0	0	6	2	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	3.00000	4	WW
	2	Manchester City	2	2	0	0	7	4	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	4	3	1.75000	4	WW
	3	Arsenal	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.50000	3	DW
	4	Sheffield United	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.50000	3	WD
	5	Manchester United	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.33333	3	DW
	6	Nottingham Forest	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1.33333	3	DW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	1	0	4	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	1.33333	3	WD
	8	Burnley	2	1	1	0	6	5	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	2	2	1.20000	3	DW
	9	Birmingham City	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.00000	2	WL
	10	Blackpool	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	2	LW
	11	Cardiff City	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.00000	2	DD
	12	Everton	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.00000	2	WL
	13	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	2	LW
	14	West Ham United	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	2	DD
	15	Chelsea	2	0	1	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	3	.80000	1	DL
	16	Ipswich Town	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	.75000	1	DL
	17	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	1	DL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	.50000	1	DL
	19	Fulham	2	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	2	.66667	0	LL
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L
	21	Leicester City	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	.25000	0	LL
	22	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.00000	0	L

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	Sheffield Wednesday	3	3	0	0	11	3	2	0	0	9	3	1	0	0	2	0	3.66667	6	WWW		5-1
	2	Manchester City	3	3	0	0	11	6	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	8	5	1.83333	6	WWW		4-2
2	3	Manchester United	3	2	1	0	10	4	2	0	0	9	3	0	1	0	1	1	2.50000	5	DWW		6-1
2	4	Nottingham Forest	3	2	1	0	6	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	2	2.00000	5	DWW		2-0
3	5	Burnley	3	2	1	0	9	6	2	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	2	2	1.50000	5	DWW		3-1
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	1	0	8	6	1	1	0	6	5	1	0	0	2	1	1.33333	5	WDW		4-3
4	7	Cardiff City	3	1	2	0	4	3	1	1	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.33333	4	DDW		3-2
5	8	Arsenal	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	4	1.00000	3	DWL		3-4
5	9	Sheffield United	3	1	1	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	.75000	3	WDL		0-2
12	10	Aston Villa	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.00000	2	LW		3-1
9	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.00000	2	LW		3-2
7	12	Fulham	3	1	0	2	6	7	1	0	1	5	5	0	0	1	1	2	.85714	2	LLW		2-1
3	13	Blackpool	3	1	0	2	5	6	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	2	3	.83333	2	LWL		2-3
	14	West Ham United	3	0	2	1	5	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	5	.83333	2	DDL		2-3
3	15	Everton	3	1	0	2	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	.75000	2	WLL		1-2
3	16	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	.66667	2	LWL		0-1
8	17	Birmingham City	3	1	0	2	4	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	7	.50000	2	WLL		1-5
3	18	Leicester City	3	1	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	.50000	2	LLW		1-0
4	19	Chelsea	3	0	1	2	5	8	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	3	6	.62500	1	DLL		1-3
4	20	Ipswich Town	3	0	1	2	5	8	0	0	1	2	4	0	1	1	3	4	.62500	1	DLL		2-4
3	21	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	1	2	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	.42857	1	DLL		1-3
5	22	Blackburn Rovers	3	0	1	2	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	.25000	1	DLL		1-6