The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 20, 1962 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 20, 1962 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1961-62
Referee:: G Grundy
Attendance:: 16,343
Pos Before/After:: 16 18
Opp Before/After:: 13 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (FA Cup)
League:: Blackpool
Blackburn Rovers:: Aug 20, 1962

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2307 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 931 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2542 (of 5724)
Total:: 3731 (of 7505)
Played:: 62 years, 2 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals
Colin Booth

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jack Marshall
Prior form: LDWDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
John Byrom
Ronnie Clayton

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Grummitt
2	M	21	Calvin Palmer
3	F	34	Billy Gray
4	M	28	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	29	Bob McKinlay
6	F	26	Jim Iley
7	F	18	Trevor Hockey
8	F	27	Colin Booth
9	F	28	Len Julians
10	F	26	Johnny Quigley
11	F	19	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Fred Else
2	D	Keith Newton
3	D	Matt Woods
4	D	Ken Taylor
5	D	Mick McGrath
6	M	Ronnie Clayton
7	M	Barrie Ratcliffe
8	M	John Byrom
9	M	Ian Lawther
10	F	Fred Pickering
11	F	Bryan Douglas

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 20, 1962)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-1	Ipswich Town
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Blackpool	7-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Cardiff City
Everton	3-2	Leicester City
Fulham	0-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Manchester City	3-2	Arsenal
Sheffield United	3-1	Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Manchester United
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Burnley
West Ham United	2-0	Aston Villa

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	Burnley	23	16	2	5	71	44	10	1	1	36	17	6	1	4	35	27	1.61364	34	WWWLWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	25	14	4	7	51	37	10	1	1	35	18	4	3	6	16	19	1.37838	32	WWLWWD
	3	Ipswich Town	25	14	3	8	58	44	11	0	2	39	20	3	3	6	19	24	1.31818	31	WLWLWW
	4	Everton	25	13	4	8	47	29	11	0	2	34	11	2	4	6	13	18	1.62069	30	WDDWWL
	5	West Ham United	25	12	5	8	54	50	8	3	2	31	21	4	2	6	23	29	1.08000	29	DWWWLL
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	25	12	4	9	46	36	8	3	1	29	15	4	1	8	17	21	1.27778	28	WLWDLW
	7	Arsenal	25	10	7	8	42	40	7	4	2	27	17	3	3	6	15	23	1.05000	27	DLWWWL
	8	Sheffield United	24	11	4	9	31	39	9	2	2	22	15	2	2	7	9	24	.79487	26	LWWWWD
	9	Blackpool	25	9	7	9	41	43	5	3	4	22	17	4	4	5	19	26	.95349	25	WDLWLW
	10	Aston Villa	25	9	6	10	34	33	7	3	2	23	12	2	3	8	11	21	1.03030	24	WDLLDL
	11	Birmingham City	25	9	6	10	39	49	5	4	4	25	27	4	2	6	14	22	.79592	24	WLWDDW
	12	Leicester City	25	10	3	12	39	39	7	0	5	19	14	3	3	7	20	25	1.00000	23	LDWLLL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	23	8	7	8	31	34	5	4	2	18	12	3	3	6	13	22	.91176	23	LDWDWW
	14	Cardiff City	25	7	9	9	31	39	4	7	3	21	20	3	2	6	10	19	.79487	23	LDDLWD
	15	Bolton Wanderers	24	9	4	11	34	35	5	3	2	17	13	4	1	9	17	22	.97143	22	WDLLLW
	16	Nottingham Forest	25	8	6	11	39	46	7	3	2	24	12	1	3	9	15	34	.84783	22	LDWLLW
	17	Manchester United	24	9	4	11	40	49	7	1	6	28	24	2	3	5	12	25	.81633	22	LWLWLW
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	8	5	12	39	42	5	3	4	21	18	3	2	8	18	24	.92857	21	WWLLDL
	19	West Bromwich Albion	25	6	9	10	42	46	5	5	3	23	15	1	4	7	19	31	.91304	21	LDLWDL
	20	Fulham	25	7	5	13	37	45	4	1	7	20	22	3	4	6	17	23	.82222	19	LLLLLL
	21	Chelsea	26	7	5	14	46	59	5	4	4	22	16	2	1	10	24	43	.77966	19	LLWLLW
	22	Manchester City	25	8	3	14	45	59	5	1	5	23	22	3	2	9	22	37	.76271	19	LLLWDL

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	Burnley	24	16	3	5	72	45	10	1	1	36	17	6	2	4	36	28	1.60000	35	WWLWWD		1-1
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	26	14	5	7	53	39	10	2	1	37	20	4	3	6	16	19	1.35897	33	WLWWDD		2-2
1	3	Everton	26	14	4	8	50	31	12	0	2	37	13	2	4	6	13	18	1.61290	32	DDWWLW		3-2
1	4	Ipswich Town	26	14	3	9	59	47	11	0	2	39	20	3	3	7	20	27	1.25532	31	LWLWWL		1-3
	5	West Ham United	26	13	5	8	56	50	9	3	2	33	21	4	2	6	23	29	1.12000	31	WWWLLW		2-0
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	26	13	4	9	48	36	8	3	1	29	15	5	1	8	19	21	1.33333	30	LWDLWW		2-0
1	7	Sheffield United	25	12	4	9	34	40	10	2	2	25	16	2	2	7	9	24	.85000	28	WWWWDW		3-1
1	8	Blackpool	26	10	7	9	48	45	6	3	4	29	19	4	4	5	19	26	1.06667	27	DLWLWW		7-2
2	9	Arsenal	26	10	7	9	44	43	7	4	2	27	17	3	3	7	17	26	1.02326	27	LWWWLL		2-3
1	10	Birmingham City	26	10	6	10	42	50	6	4	4	28	28	4	2	6	14	22	.84000	26	LWDDWW		3-1
2	11	Blackburn Rovers	24	9	7	8	33	35	6	4	2	20	13	3	3	6	13	22	.94286	25	DWDWWW		2-1
2	12	Aston Villa	26	9	6	11	34	35	7	3	2	23	12	2	3	9	11	23	.97143	24	DLLDLL		0-2
1	13	Cardiff City	26	7	10	9	32	40	4	7	3	21	20	3	3	6	11	20	.80000	24	DDLWDD		1-1
2	14	Leicester City	26	10	3	13	41	42	7	0	5	19	14	3	3	8	22	28	.97619	23	DWLLLL		2-3
	15	Bolton Wanderers	25	9	5	11	35	36	5	4	2	18	14	4	1	9	17	22	.97222	23	DLLLWD		1-1
1	16	Manchester United	25	9	5	11	42	51	7	1	6	28	24	2	4	5	14	27	.82353	23	WLWLWD		2-2
2	17	West Bromwich Albion	26	6	10	10	43	47	5	6	3	24	16	1	4	7	19	31	.91489	22	DLWDLD		1-1
2	18	Nottingham Forest	26	8	6	12	40	48	7	3	2	24	12	1	3	10	16	36	.83333	22	DWLLWL		1-2
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	8	5	13	41	49	5	3	4	21	18	3	2	9	20	31	.83673	21	WLLDLL		2-7
2	20	Manchester City	26	9	3	14	48	61	6	1	5	26	24	3	2	9	22	37	.78689	21	LLWDLW		3-2
1	21	Fulham	26	7	5	14	37	47	4	1	8	20	24	3	4	6	17	23	.78723	19	LLLLLL		0-2
1	22	Chelsea	27	7	5	15	47	62	5	4	4	22	16	2	1	11	25	46	.75806	19	LWLLWL		1-3