The City Ground

ARSENAL 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 23, 1967 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 23, 1967 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 December 1967

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: E Wallace
Attendance:: 32,512
Pos Before/After:: 12 13
Opp Before/After:: 10 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Nov 16, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2555 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1179 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2820 (of 5724)
Total:: 4056 (of 7505)
Played:: 56 years, 3 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals

ARSENAL
Manager: Bertie Mee
Prior form: LDDDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
George Armstrong (5')
George Graham (10')
George Graham (62')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Peter Grummitt
2	D	23	Peter Hindley
3	D	24	John Winfield
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay
6	M	23	Henry Newton
7	F	22	Barry Lyons
8	F	28	Jim Baxter
9	F	27	Joe Baker
10	F	28	Frank Wignall 72
11	F	29	Dave Hilley
Subs
12	F	21	Sammy Chapman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Furnell
2	D	Frank McLintock
3	D	Peter Simpson
4	D	Ian Ure
5	D	Terry Neill
6	M	Peter Storey
7	M	Bob McNab
8	M	George Armstrong
9	M	George Graham
10	F	George Johnston
11	F	John Radford
Subs
12		Rice

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 23, 1967)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-0	Nottingham Forest
Burnley	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Everton	3-0	Sunderland
Fulham	2-2	Chelsea
Leeds United	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leicester City	2-2	Manchester United
Manchester City	4-2	Stoke City
Newcastle United	1-1	Liverpool
Sheffield United	2-0	Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Southampton
West Ham United	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur

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	21	12	6	3	38	23	8	2	0	21	8	4	4	3	17	15	1.65217	30	WWDWDW
	2	Liverpool	21	11	6	4	32	16	9	1	1	24	7	2	5	3	8	9	2.00000	28	LDWDWD
	3	Manchester City	21	12	4	5	46	24	9	1	1	31	9	3	3	4	15	15	1.91667	28	WWWDWD
	4	Leeds United	21	10	5	6	30	18	8	2	0	24	6	2	3	6	6	12	1.66667	25	LDWWLD
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	20	9	6	5	32	27	6	5	0	25	12	3	1	5	7	15	1.18519	24	WLDLDW
	6	Newcastle United	21	8	7	6	31	32	8	2	0	24	8	0	5	6	7	24	.96875	23	WLWDDD
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	5	7	32	34	5	5	1	19	9	4	0	6	13	25	.94118	23	WWLDLL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	20	9	4	7	40	30	6	1	3	23	10	3	3	4	17	20	1.33333	22	WDWLWW
	9	Everton	21	9	4	8	28	22	7	1	2	18	9	2	3	6	10	13	1.27273	22	DWWWLL
	10	Arsenal	20	9	4	7	33	26	6	3	0	19	7	3	1	7	14	19	1.26923	22	LDDDLW
	11	Stoke City	21	8	5	8	28	29	6	2	3	15	11	2	3	5	13	18	.96552	21	WWLLWL
	12	Nottingham Forest	20	8	4	8	29	22	6	2	2	19	8	2	2	6	10	14	1.31818	20	LWLLLW
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	4	8	37	40	6	2	2	24	18	2	2	6	13	22	.92500	20	WLLLWW
	14	Burnley	21	7	6	8	37	41	6	4	0	21	8	1	2	8	16	33	.90244	20	LWLWLL
	15	Leicester City	20	5	7	8	29	33	2	4	4	14	16	3	3	4	15	17	.87879	17	DLDDDW
	16	Southampton	20	7	3	10	34	40	5	3	2	18	15	2	0	8	16	25	.85000	17	LLLWLD
	17	Sunderland	20	6	5	9	26	34	5	3	3	15	15	1	2	6	11	19	.76471	17	WLDLLD
	18	Chelsea	20	4	8	8	26	46	2	6	3	17	21	2	2	5	9	25	.56522	16	DWLDWL
	19	West Ham United	21	5	4	12	36	42	2	1	7	18	21	3	3	5	18	21	.85714	14	LDWDLL
	20	Fulham	19	6	2	11	27	38	3	1	4	12	15	3	1	7	15	23	.71053	14	LWWWDL
	21	Coventry City	21	3	8	10	28	44	3	3	5	19	23	0	5	5	9	21	.63636	14	LDLDDW
	22	Sheffield United	20	4	5	11	19	37	4	2	4	9	13	0	3	7	10	24	.51351	13	WLDLWL

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	22	12	7	3	40	25	8	2	0	21	8	4	5	3	19	17	1.60000	31	WDWDWD		2-2
1	2	Manchester City	22	13	4	5	50	26	10	1	1	35	11	3	3	4	15	15	1.92308	30	WWDWDW		4-2
1	3	Liverpool	22	11	7	4	33	17	9	1	1	24	7	2	6	3	9	10	1.94118	29	DWDWDD		1-1
	4	Leeds United	22	11	5	6	32	19	9	2	0	26	7	2	3	6	6	12	1.68421	27	DWWLDW		2-1
4	5	Everton	22	10	4	8	31	22	8	1	2	21	9	2	3	6	10	13	1.40909	24	WWWLLW		3-0
4	6	Arsenal	21	10	4	7	36	26	7	3	0	22	7	3	1	7	14	19	1.38462	24	DDDLWW		3-0
2	7	Sheffield Wednesday	21	9	6	6	33	29	6	5	0	25	12	3	1	6	8	17	1.13793	24	LDLDWL		1-2
2	8	Newcastle United	22	8	8	6	32	33	8	3	0	25	9	0	5	6	7	24	.96970	24	LWDDDD		1-1
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	21	9	5	7	40	30	6	2	3	23	10	3	3	4	17	20	1.33333	23	DWLWWD		0-0
3	10	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	5	8	33	36	5	5	1	19	9	4	0	7	14	27	.91667	23	WLDLLL		1-2
3	11	Burnley	22	8	6	8	39	42	7	4	0	23	9	1	2	8	16	33	.92857	22	WLWLLW		2-1
1	12	Stoke City	22	8	5	9	30	33	6	2	3	15	11	2	3	6	15	22	.90909	21	WLLWLL		2-4
1	13	Nottingham Forest	21	8	4	9	29	25	6	2	2	19	8	2	2	7	10	17	1.16000	20	WLLLWL		0-3
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	38	42	6	2	2	24	18	2	2	7	14	24	.90476	20	LLLWWL		1-2
	15	Leicester City	21	5	8	8	31	35	2	5	4	16	18	3	3	4	15	17	.88571	18	LDDDWD		2-2
	16	Southampton	21	7	4	10	34	40	5	3	2	18	15	2	1	8	16	25	.85000	18	LLWLDD		0-0
	17	Sunderland	21	6	5	10	26	37	5	3	3	15	15	1	2	7	11	22	.70270	17	LDLLDL		0-3
	18	Chelsea	21	4	9	8	28	48	2	6	3	17	21	2	3	5	11	27	.58333	17	WLDWLD		2-2
	19	West Ham United	22	6	4	12	38	43	3	1	7	20	22	3	3	5	18	21	.88372	16	DWDLLW		2-1
	20	Fulham	20	6	3	11	29	40	3	2	4	14	17	3	1	7	15	23	.72500	15	WWWDLD		2-2
1	21	Sheffield United	21	5	5	11	21	37	5	2	4	11	13	0	3	7	10	24	.56757	15	LDLWLW		2-0
1	22	Coventry City	22	3	8	11	28	46	3	3	5	19	23	0	5	6	9	23	.60870	14	DLDDWL		0-2