FOREST 3 - 3 COVENTRY CITY - Tue Aug 22, 1967 (League Tier 1)

Date:
Tue Aug 22, 1967 (7:45 PM)

Opponent:
Coventry City

Home/Away:
Home

Ground:
City Ground

Game Type:
League Tier 1

Score:
3-3  DRAWN 

Half-time: 2-3


Sources:
AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
WorldFootball.net (Link)
Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 23 August 1967
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 23 August 1967

Season:
1967-68

Referee:
A Jones

Attendance:
44,950

Pos Before/After:
5 2

Opp Before/After:
16 14

NEXT GAMES:

Next Game:
Arsenal (League Tier 1)

Coventry City:
Aug 29, 1967


GAME COUNT:

League:
2535 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:
1159 (of 2259)
Competitive:
2794 (of 5724)
Total:
4030 (of 7505)
Played:
56 years, 7 months, 7 days ago


Review
Coventry's George Curtis broke his leg after just 5 minutes. Sub Bobby Gould then scored two for the Blues in a first half that saw 5 goals in 20 minutes.


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

Goals
Joe Baker (22')
Frank Wignall (35')
Ian Storey-Moore (54') (Pen)
Logo
COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Jimmy Hill
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goals
Bobby Gould (19')
Bobby Gould (27')
Ernie Machin (38')

Lineup
 
Num Pos Age Player Notes
1GK25 Peter Grummitt
2D23 Peter Hindley
3D24 John Winfield  0 
4D24 Terry Hennessey
5D34 Bob McKinlay
6M23 Henry Newton
7F22 Barry Lyons
8F21 Sammy Chapman
9F27 Joe Baker goal (22')
10F28 Frank Wignall goal (35')
11F22 Ian Storey-Moore goal (54') off for Alan Hinton
Subs
12F24 Alan Hinton on for Ian Storey-Moore


Lineup

Num Pos Player
1GKAlan Dickie
2DMichael Kearns
3DJohnny Key
4DGeorge Curtis (5')
5DDietmar Bruck
6MRon Farmer
7MBrian Lewis
8MRonnie Rees  0 
9MDave Clements
10FJohn Tudor
11FErnie Machin goal
Subs
12Bobby Gould goal goal (5')


All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Aug 22, 1967)
Home Score Away
Liverpool2-0Arsenal
Nottingham Forest3-3Coventry City

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 AGAPts Current Form Status
1Arsenal110020100200000099.999002 W
2Chelsea110010000001001099.999002 W
3Newcastle United110030100300000099.999002 W
4Everton11003110031000003.000002 W
5Nottingham Forest11003100000100313.000002 W
6Wolverhampton Wanderers11002100000100212.000002 W
7Sheffield Wednesday11003200000100321.500002 W
8Tottenham Hotspur11003200000100321.500002 W
9West Ham United21016510165000001.200002 LW
10Burnley2101451002100124.800002 WL
11Leeds United10101101011000001.000001 D
12Sunderland10101100000010111.000001 D
13Liverpool1010000000001000.000001 D
14Manchester City1010000100000000.000001 D
15Leicester City1001230012300000.666670 L
16Coventry City1001120000000112.500000 L
17Fulham1001120011200000.500000 L
18Manchester United1001130000000113.333330 L
19Sheffield United1001130011300000.333330 L
20Southampton1001030000000103.000000 L
21Stoke City1001020000000102.000000 L
22West Bromwich Albion1001010010100000.000000 L


Table after:
FIRST DIVISION Home Away
Pos Club P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F AGAPts Current Form StatusResult(s)
121Liverpool211020100200100099.999003 DW 2-0
32Nottingham Forest21106401033100311.500003 WD 3-3
13Chelsea110010000001001099.999002 W
14Newcastle United110030100300000099.999002 W
15Everton11003110031000003.000002 W
6Wolverhampton Wanderers11002100000100212.000002 W
7Sheffield Wednesday11003200000100321.500002 W
8Tottenham Hotspur11003200000100321.500002 W
9West Ham United21016510165000001.200002 LW
910Arsenal21012210020001021.000002 WL 0-2
111Burnley2101451002100124.800002 WL
112Leeds United10101101011000001.000001 D
113Sunderland10101100000010111.000001 D
214Coventry City2011450000001145.800001 LD 3-3
115Manchester City1010000100000000.000001 D
116Leicester City1001230012300000.666670 L
17Fulham1001120011200000.500000 L
18Manchester United1001130000000113.333330 L
19Sheffield United1001130011300000.333330 L
20Southampton1001030000000103.000000 L
21Stoke City1001020000000102.000000 L
22West Bromwich Albion1001010010100000.000000 L

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