The City Ground

STOKE CITY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 17, 1966 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 17, 1966 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 December 1966

Season:: 1966-67
Referee:: F Nicholson
Attendance:: 23,312
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Stoke City:: Dec 26, 1967

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2512 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1136 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2764 (of 5724)
Total:: 3994 (of 7505)
Played:: 57 years, 4 months, 7 days ago

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

Goals
Joe Baker (68')
Joe Baker (83')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Tony Waddington
Prior form: LLWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Harry Burrows (66') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Peter Grummitt
2	D	22	Peter Hindley
3	D	23	John Winfield	100th appearance
4	D	24	Terry Hennessey
5	D	34	Bob McKinlay
6	M	22	Henry Newton
7	F	21	Barry Lyons
8	F	27	John Barnwell
9	F	27	Frank Wignall
10	F	26	Joe Baker (68') (83')
11	F	21	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	M	32	Jeff Whitefoot

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Farmer
2	D	Eric Skeels
3	D	Alan Philpott
4	D	Calvin Palmer
5	D	Alan Bloor 0
6	M	Maurice Setters 0
7	M	George Eastham
8	M	Harry Burrows
9	M	Peter Dobing
10	F	Dennis Viollet
11	F	Roy Vernon
Subs
12		Bridgewood

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 17, 1966)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-0	Sunderland
Blackpool	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Chelsea	5-5	West Ham United
Everton	3-2	Fulham
Leeds United	3-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City	1-1	Southampton
Newcastle United	0-3	Aston Villa
Sheffield United	1-1	Burnley
Stoke City	1-2	Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion	3-4	Manchester 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	Manchester United	20	13	2	5	42	28	8	2	0	27	9	5	0	5	15	19	1.50000	28	WWWWLD
	2	Chelsea	20	9	9	2	38	22	3	5	2	15	13	6	4	0	23	9	1.72727	27	LWDDDD
	3	Liverpool	20	10	6	4	39	26	6	3	0	23	9	4	3	4	16	17	1.50000	26	WWWLWD
	4	Stoke City	20	11	3	6	35	21	6	3	2	22	8	5	0	4	13	13	1.66667	25	LLWDLW
	5	Leicester City	20	10	4	6	46	34	7	1	1	29	11	3	3	5	17	23	1.35294	24	LWWLWL
	6	Burnley	20	9	6	5	42	32	7	2	1	30	13	2	4	4	12	19	1.31250	24	LWLWDW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	20	11	2	7	37	31	7	0	3	23	15	4	2	4	14	16	1.19355	24	DLLWWW
	8	Everton	19	8	6	5	26	22	4	3	3	15	12	4	3	2	11	10	1.18182	22	WWDLLD
	9	Nottingham Forest	20	8	6	6	29	27	7	3	1	21	9	1	3	5	8	18	1.07407	22	LWDWDD
	10	Leeds United	19	7	7	5	23	26	6	3	1	18	10	1	4	4	5	16	.88462	21	WWLWDD
	11	West Ham United	20	8	4	8	49	39	4	3	2	23	12	4	1	6	26	27	1.25641	20	WWWLWL
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	20	5	8	7	22	26	3	4	3	12	11	2	4	4	10	15	.84615	18	LLWLDD
	13	Sheffield United	20	6	6	8	22	29	4	3	3	14	11	2	3	5	8	18	.75862	18	LDDLLD
	14	Manchester City	19	7	4	8	22	30	3	3	3	10	14	4	1	5	12	16	.73333	18	DWWLDW
	15	Fulham	20	6	5	9	32	38	4	2	4	22	16	2	3	5	10	22	.84211	17	LWLWWW
	16	Arsenal	20	5	7	8	23	28	4	3	3	12	11	1	4	5	11	17	.82143	17	LDWLDD
	17	Southampton	20	7	3	10	33	41	4	1	5	18	19	3	2	5	15	22	.80488	17	WLLLWL
	18	Sunderland	19	6	3	10	32	37	5	1	4	23	18	1	2	6	9	19	.86486	15	WWLWLL
	19	Aston Villa	20	6	3	11	25	41	4	3	4	17	16	2	0	7	8	25	.60976	15	WLDLWL
	20	Newcastle United	20	4	6	10	17	37	3	3	4	11	15	1	3	6	6	22	.45946	14	DLLWLD
	21	West Bromwich Albion	20	6	1	13	36	43	4	0	5	13	12	2	1	8	23	31	.83721	13	LLLWLL
	22	Blackpool	20	3	5	12	20	32	1	2	7	13	15	2	3	5	7	17	.62500	11	DDLWLD

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	Manchester United	21	14	2	5	46	31	8	2	0	27	9	6	0	5	19	22	1.48387	30	WWWLDW		4-3
	2	Chelsea	21	9	10	2	43	27	3	6	2	20	18	6	4	0	23	9	1.59259	28	WDDDDD		5-5
	3	Liverpool	20	10	6	4	39	26	6	3	0	23	9	4	3	4	16	17	1.50000	26	WWWLWD
	4	Stoke City	21	11	3	7	36	23	6	3	3	23	10	5	0	4	13	13	1.56522	25	LWDLWL		1-2
1	5	Burnley	21	9	7	5	43	33	7	2	1	30	13	2	5	4	13	20	1.30303	25	WLWDWD		1-1
1	6	Leicester City	20	10	4	6	46	34	7	1	1	29	11	3	3	5	17	23	1.35294	24	LWWLWL
1	7	Everton	20	9	6	5	29	24	5	3	3	18	14	4	3	2	11	10	1.20833	24	WDLLDW		3-2
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	21	11	2	8	39	34	7	0	3	23	15	4	2	5	16	19	1.14706	24	LLWWWL		2-3
	9	Nottingham Forest	21	9	6	6	31	28	7	3	1	21	9	2	3	5	10	19	1.10714	24	WDWDDW		2-1
	10	Leeds United	20	8	7	5	26	28	7	3	1	21	12	1	4	4	5	16	.92857	23	WLWDDW		3-2
	11	West Ham United	21	8	5	8	54	44	4	3	2	23	12	4	2	6	31	32	1.22727	21	WWLWLD		5-5
4	12	Arsenal	21	6	7	8	25	28	5	3	3	14	11	1	4	5	11	17	.89286	19	DWLDDW		2-0
1	13	Sheffield Wednesday	21	5	9	7	23	27	3	4	3	12	11	2	5	4	11	16	.85185	19	LWLDDD		1-1
1	14	Sheffield United	21	6	7	8	23	30	4	4	3	15	12	2	3	5	8	18	.76667	19	DDLLDD		1-1
1	15	Manchester City	20	7	5	8	23	31	3	4	3	11	15	4	1	5	12	16	.74194	19	WWLDWD		1-1
1	16	Southampton	21	7	4	10	34	42	4	1	5	18	19	3	3	5	16	23	.80952	18	LLLWLD		1-1
2	17	Fulham	21	6	5	10	34	41	4	2	4	22	16	2	3	6	12	25	.82927	17	WLWWWL		2-3
1	18	Aston Villa	21	7	3	11	28	41	4	3	4	17	16	3	0	7	11	25	.68293	17	LDLWLW		3-0
1	19	Sunderland	20	6	3	11	32	39	5	1	4	23	18	1	2	7	9	21	.82051	15	WLWLLL		0-2
	20	Newcastle United	21	4	6	11	17	40	3	3	5	11	18	1	3	6	6	22	.42500	14	LLWLDL		0-3
	21	West Bromwich Albion	21	6	1	14	39	47	4	0	6	16	16	2	1	8	23	31	.82979	13	LLWLLL		3-4
	22	Blackpool	21	3	6	12	21	33	1	3	7	14	16	2	3	5	7	17	.63636	12	DLWLDD		1-1