The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 ASTON VILLA - Tue Apr 24, 1962 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 24, 1962 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON

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

Season:: 1961-62
Referee:: K Howley
Attendance:: 25,118
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Sep 22, 1962

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2322 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 946 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2558 (of 5724)
Total:: 3747 (of 7505)
Played:: 61 years, 11 months, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Len Julians
Johnny Quigley

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Joe Mercer
Prior form: LWWLWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Grummitt
2	D	24	Joseph Wilson
3	F	34	Billy Gray
4	D	19	John Winfield
5	D	29	Bob McKinlay
6	M	21	Calvin Palmer
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	Nigel Sims
2	D	Charlie Aitken
3	D	John Sleeuwenhoek
4	D	Gordon Lee
5	D	Vic Crowe
6	M	Alan Deakin
7	M	Harry Burrows
8	M	Tommy Ewing
9	M	Ron Wylie
10	F	Alan Baker
11	F	Bobby Thomson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Apr 24, 1962)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-0	Everton
Leicester City	1-1	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Aston Villa
Sheffield United	2-3	Manchester United
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	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	Ipswich Town	41	23	8	10	91	67	16	2	2	56	28	7	6	8	35	39	1.35821	54	WLWDDW	Safe
	2	Burnley	40	21	10	9	100	62	14	3	3	56	25	7	7	6	44	37	1.61290	52	DLLWLD	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	40	19	10	11	82	65	14	4	3	59	34	5	6	8	23	31	1.26154	48	WDDWLW	Safe
	4	Sheffield United	40	19	9	12	59	64	13	5	2	35	20	6	4	10	24	44	.92188	47	WDDLWW	Safe
	5	Everton	39	18	10	11	77	49	16	2	2	56	18	2	8	9	21	31	1.57143	46	DDDWWD	Safe
	6	Aston Villa	39	18	7	14	63	50	13	4	3	43	18	5	3	11	20	32	1.26000	43	LWWLWW	Safe
	7	West Ham United	40	16	10	14	72	79	10	6	4	45	35	6	4	10	27	44	.91139	42	WDLWDL	Safe
	8	Blackpool	41	15	11	15	69	68	10	4	7	41	30	5	7	8	28	38	1.01471	41	LWLLWD	Safe
	9	Arsenal	40	15	11	14	67	69	8	6	5	35	28	7	5	9	32	41	.97101	41	LWWDDL	Safe
	10	Sheffield Wednesday	39	17	6	16	63	56	12	4	3	40	21	5	2	13	23	35	1.12500	40	WLWLLW	Safe
	11	West Bromwich Albion	40	13	13	14	74	66	8	7	4	41	22	5	6	10	33	44	1.12121	39	WLDWWW	Safe
	12	Manchester City	41	16	7	18	75	80	10	3	7	43	37	6	4	11	32	43	.93750	39	DLWWLL	Safe
	13	Blackburn Rovers	40	14	11	15	49	53	10	6	4	33	20	4	5	11	16	33	.92453	39	WLWLLL	Safe
	14	Bolton Wanderers	40	15	9	16	60	65	10	7	3	34	22	5	2	13	26	43	.92308	39	DLDWWW	Safe
	15	Leicester City	39	16	5	18	67	66	11	1	6	33	22	5	4	12	34	44	1.01515	37	LWWWLL	Safe
	16	Manchester United	40	14	9	17	69	71	10	3	8	44	31	4	6	9	25	40	.97183	37	WLWLDL	Safe
	17	Birmingham City	40	14	9	17	63	78	9	5	5	35	32	5	4	12	28	46	.80769	37	WDWWLL	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	13	10	18	71	83	8	7	6	38	34	5	3	12	33	49	.85542	36	LDLWLD	Safe
	19	Nottingham Forest	40	12	10	18	60	77	11	4	5	37	23	1	6	13	23	54	.77922	34	DDLLWL
	20	Fulham	39	12	7	20	62	68	7	3	10	36	34	5	4	10	26	34	.91176	31	LWWDWL
	21	Cardiff City	40	9	13	18	45	71	6	9	6	30	33	3	4	12	15	38	.63380	31	LLLLWW
	22	Chelsea	41	9	9	23	62	93	7	7	7	34	29	2	2	16	28	64	.66667	27	DLLLDD	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	Ipswich Town	41	23	8	10	91	67	16	2	2	56	28	7	6	8	35	39	1.35821	54	WLWDDW	Safe
	2	Burnley	40	21	10	9	100	62	14	3	3	56	25	7	7	6	44	37	1.61290	52	DLLWLD	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	40	19	10	11	82	65	14	4	3	59	34	5	6	8	23	31	1.26154	48	WDDWLW	Safe
1	4	Everton	40	18	11	11	77	49	16	2	2	56	18	2	9	9	21	31	1.57143	47	DDWWDD	Safe	0-0
1	5	Sheffield United	41	19	9	13	61	67	13	5	3	37	23	6	4	10	24	44	.91045	47	DDLWWL	Safe	2-3
	6	Aston Villa	40	18	7	15	63	52	13	4	3	43	18	5	3	12	20	34	1.21154	43	WWLWWL	Safe	0-2
	7	West Ham United	40	16	10	14	72	79	10	6	4	45	35	6	4	10	27	44	.91139	42	WDLWDL	Safe
3	8	West Bromwich Albion	41	14	13	14	76	66	9	7	4	43	22	5	6	10	33	44	1.15152	41	LDWWWW	Safe	2-0
1	9	Blackpool	41	15	11	15	69	68	10	4	7	41	30	5	7	8	28	38	1.01471	41	LWLLWD	Safe
1	10	Arsenal	40	15	11	14	67	69	8	6	5	35	28	7	5	9	32	41	.97101	41	LWWDDL	Safe
1	11	Sheffield Wednesday	39	17	6	16	63	56	12	4	3	40	21	5	2	13	23	35	1.12500	40	WLWLLW	Safe
2	12	Bolton Wanderers	41	15	10	16	61	66	10	7	3	34	22	5	3	13	27	44	.92424	40	LDWWWD	Safe	1-1
3	13	Manchester United	41	15	9	17	72	73	10	3	8	44	31	5	6	9	28	42	.98630	39	LWLDLW	Safe	3-2
2	14	Manchester City	41	16	7	18	75	80	10	3	7	43	37	6	4	11	32	43	.93750	39	DLWWLL	Safe
2	15	Blackburn Rovers	40	14	11	15	49	53	10	6	4	33	20	4	5	11	16	33	.92453	39	WLWLLL	Safe
1	16	Leicester City	40	16	6	18	68	67	11	2	6	34	23	5	4	12	34	44	1.01493	38	WWWLLD	Safe	1-1
	17	Birmingham City	41	14	10	17	63	78	9	6	5	35	32	5	4	12	28	46	.80769	38	DWWLLD	Safe	0-0
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	13	10	18	71	83	8	7	6	38	34	5	3	12	33	49	.85542	36	LDLWLD	Safe
	19	Nottingham Forest	41	13	10	18	62	77	12	4	5	39	23	1	6	13	23	54	.80519	36	DLLWLW	Safe	2-0
	20	Fulham	40	12	7	21	62	70	7	3	10	36	34	5	4	11	26	36	.88571	31	WWDWLL		0-2
	21	Cardiff City	40	9	13	18	45	71	6	9	6	30	33	3	4	12	15	38	.63380	31	LLLLWW
	22	Chelsea	41	9	9	23	62	93	7	7	7	34	29	2	2	16	28	64	.66667	27	DLLLDD	Relegated