The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 CHELSEA - Tue Apr 12, 1966 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 12, 1966 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-2

Season:: 1965-66
Referee:: R Johnson
Attendance:: 29,569
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Aug 24, 1966

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2485 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1109 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 2735 (of 5679)
Total:: 3956 (of 7451)

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

FOREST
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: DLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Chris Crowe (70) (Pen)

CHELSEA
Manager: Tommy Docherty
Prior form: WWDLWW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Bobby Tambling (26)
Bobby Tambling (33)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Grummitt
2	D	Peter Hindley
3	M	Henry Newton
4	D	Terry Hennessey
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jeff Whitefoot
7	F	Ian Storey-Moore
8	F	Chris Crowe (70)
9	F	Joe Baker off for Bill Brindley
10	F	Sammy Chapman
11	F	Alan Hinton
Subs
12	D	Bill Brindley on for Joe Baker

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Bonetti
2	D	Marvin Hinton
3	D	Joe Kirkup
4	D	Ron Harris
5	D	Eddie McCreadie
6	M	Terry Venables
7	M	Bert Murray
8	M	John Hollins
9	M	Peter Houseman
10	F	Bobby Tambling
11	F	Peter Osgood
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Apr 12, 1966)

Home	Score	Away
Leeds United	0-1	Fulham
Leicester City	2-0	Blackburn Rovers
Northampton Town	1-0	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Chelsea

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
	1	Liverpool	38	24	8	6	74	30	15	2	2	48	14	9	6	4	26	16	2.46667	56	WDWWDD
	2	Burnley	37	21	7	9	73	44	14	3	2	43	19	7	4	7	30	25	1.65909	49	WWWDWW
	3	Leeds United	35	19	8	8	67	33	12	4	2	42	13	7	4	6	25	20	2.03030	46	WWLLWW
	4	Chelsea	34	19	6	9	56	42	9	4	4	25	16	10	2	5	31	26	1.33333	44	WWDLWW
	5	Manchester United	34	15	12	7	65	46	10	7	1	41	17	5	5	6	24	29	1.41304	42	DWLWDL
	6	Everton	38	15	10	13	55	53	12	5	3	39	19	3	5	10	16	34	1.03774	40	WWDDLW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	11	11	75	62	9	5	4	48	29	5	6	7	27	33	1.20968	39	DLLDWD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	36	14	11	11	71	60	11	5	3	54	35	3	6	8	17	25	1.18333	39	LDLLLD
	9	Leicester City	34	16	7	11	65	55	8	4	4	30	24	8	3	7	35	31	1.18182	39	LWDDWW
	10	Stoke City	36	13	11	12	60	58	10	6	2	38	20	3	5	10	22	38	1.03448	37	DLWLLW
	11	Sheffield United	37	13	11	13	48	54	9	6	3	31	22	4	5	10	17	32	.88889	37	LLWLWL
	12	West Ham United	37	12	9	16	62	77	9	5	4	39	30	3	4	12	23	47	.80519	33	WLLDWL
	13	Arsenal	35	10	12	13	57	63	7	7	4	34	27	3	5	9	23	36	.90476	32	DLLLDD
	14	Blackpool	37	12	8	17	47	58	8	4	6	32	25	4	4	11	15	33	.81034	32	WWLWLW
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	35	12	7	16	48	54	10	5	3	32	15	2	2	13	16	39	.88889	31	WWWLDL
	16	Newcastle United	36	12	7	17	44	55	9	4	5	23	17	3	3	12	21	38	.80000	31	LLWDWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	35	12	7	16	48	62	10	2	4	27	18	2	5	12	21	44	.77419	31	DLWLWL
	18	Sunderland	37	12	7	18	45	67	11	2	5	32	26	1	5	13	13	41	.67164	31	WLWWLD
	19	Aston Villa	37	12	6	19	61	71	8	3	8	34	33	4	3	11	27	38	.85915	30	LDLLDL
	20	Northampton Town	37	8	12	17	49	83	6	6	6	26	27	2	6	11	23	56	.59036	28	WDLDWD
	21	Fulham	35	10	5	20	54	74	8	3	7	29	30	2	2	13	25	44	.72973	25	WWWWWL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	34	7	4	23	51	74	6	1	9	27	25	1	3	14	24	49	.68919	18	WLLLLL

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	Result(s)
	1	Liverpool	38	24	8	6	74	30	15	2	2	48	14	9	6	4	26	16	2.46667	56	WDWWDD
	2	Burnley	37	21	7	9	73	44	14	3	2	43	19	7	4	7	30	25	1.65909	49	WWWDWW
	3	Leeds United	36	19	8	9	67	34	12	4	3	42	14	7	4	6	25	20	1.97059	46	WLLWWL	0-1
	4	Chelsea	35	20	6	9	58	43	9	4	4	25	16	11	2	5	33	27	1.34884	46	WDLWWW	2-1
	5	Manchester United	34	15	12	7	65	46	10	7	1	41	17	5	5	6	24	29	1.41304	42	DWLWDL
3	6	Leicester City	35	17	7	11	67	55	9	4	4	32	24	8	3	7	35	31	1.21818	41	WDDWWW	2-0
1	7	Everton	38	15	10	13	55	53	12	5	3	39	19	3	5	10	16	34	1.03774	40	WWDDLW
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	11	11	75	62	9	5	4	48	29	5	6	7	27	33	1.20968	39	DLLDWD
1	9	Tottenham Hotspur	36	14	11	11	71	60	11	5	3	54	35	3	6	8	17	25	1.18333	39	LDLLLD
	10	Stoke City	37	13	11	13	60	59	10	6	2	38	20	3	5	11	22	39	1.01695	37	LWLLWL	0-1
	11	Sheffield United	37	13	11	13	48	54	9	6	3	31	22	4	5	10	17	32	.88889	37	LLWLWL
	12	West Ham United	37	12	9	16	62	77	9	5	4	39	30	3	4	12	23	47	.80519	33	WLLDWL
	13	Arsenal	35	10	12	13	57	63	7	7	4	34	27	3	5	9	23	36	.90476	32	DLLLDD
	14	Blackpool	37	12	8	17	47	58	8	4	6	32	25	4	4	11	15	33	.81034	32	WWLWLW
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	35	12	7	16	48	54	10	5	3	32	15	2	2	13	16	39	.88889	31	WWWLDL
	16	Newcastle United	36	12	7	17	44	55	9	4	5	23	17	3	3	12	21	38	.80000	31	LLWDWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	36	12	7	17	49	64	10	2	5	28	20	2	5	12	21	44	.76563	31	LWLWLL	1-2
	18	Sunderland	37	12	7	18	45	67	11	2	5	32	26	1	5	13	13	41	.67164	31	WLWWLD
	19	Aston Villa	37	12	6	19	61	71	8	3	8	34	33	4	3	11	27	38	.85915	30	LDLLDL
	20	Northampton Town	38	9	12	17	50	83	7	6	6	27	27	2	6	11	23	56	.60241	30	DLDWDW	1-0
	21	Fulham	36	11	5	20	55	74	8	3	7	29	30	3	2	13	26	44	.74324	27	WWWWLW	1-0
	22	Blackburn Rovers	35	7	4	24	51	76	6	1	9	27	25	1	3	15	24	51	.67105	18	LLLLLL	0-2

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