The City Ground

STOKE CITY 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 30, 1967 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 30, 1967 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 30 December 1967

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: G McCabe
Attendance:: 21,415
Pos Before/After:: 11 10
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (League Tier 1)
Stoke City:: Oct 05, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2557 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1181 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2822 (of 5724)
Total:: 4058 (of 7505)
Played:: 56 years, 3 months, 28 days ago

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

Goals
Joe Baker (7')
Jim Baxter (40') - Jim Baxter first goal
Dave Hilley (81')

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

Goals
John Mahoney (65')

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 (40')
9	F	27	Joe Baker (7')
10	F	28	Frank Wignall
11	F	29	Dave Hilley (81')
Subs
12	D	20	Bill Brindley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Farmer
2	D	William Bentley
3	D	Eric Skeels
4	D	Alex Elder
5	D	Willie Stevenson
6	M	Gerald Bridgwood
7	M	Alan Bloor
8	M	John Mahoney
9	M	Harry Burrows
10	F	Peter Dobing
11	F	George Eastham
Subs
12		Terry Conroy

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 30, 1967)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-1	Chelsea
Burnley	2-1	Everton
Fulham	1-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Leeds United	3-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Leicester City	2-4	West Ham United
Liverpool	1-0	Coventry City
Manchester City	0-2	West Bromwich Albion
Sheffield United	4-1	Southampton
Stoke City	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Sunderland	3-3	Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-3	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	23	13	7	3	44	25	9	2	0	25	8	4	5	3	19	17	1.76000	33	DWDWDW
	2	Liverpool	23	11	8	4	34	18	9	1	1	24	7	2	7	3	10	11	1.88889	30	WDWDDD
	3	Manchester City	23	13	4	6	52	29	10	1	1	35	11	3	3	5	17	18	1.79310	30	WDWDWL
	4	Leeds United	23	12	5	6	33	19	9	2	0	26	7	3	3	6	7	12	1.73684	29	WWLDWW
	5	Everton	23	11	4	8	33	22	9	1	2	23	9	2	3	6	10	13	1.50000	26	WWLLWW
	6	Newcastle United	23	9	8	6	34	34	9	3	0	27	10	0	5	6	7	24	1.00000	26	WDDDDW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	5	7	43	32	7	2	3	26	12	3	3	4	17	20	1.34375	25	WLWWDW
	8	Arsenal	22	10	4	8	37	28	7	3	0	22	7	3	1	8	15	21	1.32143	24	DDLWWL
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	22	9	6	7	33	30	6	5	1	25	13	3	1	6	8	17	1.10000	24	DLDWLL
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	6	8	35	38	5	6	1	21	11	4	0	7	14	27	.92105	24	LDLLLD
	11	Nottingham Forest	22	9	4	9	32	25	7	2	2	22	8	2	2	7	10	17	1.28000	22	LLLWLW
	12	Burnley	23	8	6	9	39	44	7	4	0	23	9	1	2	9	16	35	.88636	22	LWLLWL
	13	Stoke City	23	8	5	10	30	36	6	2	3	15	11	2	3	7	15	25	.83333	21	LLWLLL
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	8	4	10	38	46	6	2	2	24	18	2	2	8	14	28	.82609	20	LLWWLL
	15	Southampton	22	7	5	10	37	43	5	4	2	21	18	2	1	8	16	25	.86047	19	LWLDDD
	16	Chelsea	22	5	9	8	30	49	3	6	3	19	22	2	3	5	11	27	.61224	19	LDWLDW
	17	West Ham United	23	7	4	12	42	45	4	1	7	24	24	3	3	5	18	21	.93333	18	WDLLWW
	18	Leicester City	22	5	8	9	33	39	2	5	4	16	18	3	3	5	17	21	.84615	18	DDDWDL
	19	Sunderland	22	6	5	11	27	39	5	3	3	15	15	1	2	8	12	24	.69231	17	DLLDLL
	20	Fulham	21	6	4	11	31	42	3	2	4	14	17	3	2	7	17	25	.73810	16	WWDLDD
	21	Sheffield United	22	5	6	11	24	40	5	2	4	11	13	0	4	7	13	27	.60000	16	DLWLWD
	22	Coventry City	23	3	9	11	29	47	3	4	5	20	24	0	5	6	9	23	.61702	15	LDDWLD

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	24	14	7	3	47	27	9	2	0	25	8	5	5	3	22	19	1.74074	35	WDWDWW		3-2
	2	Liverpool	24	12	8	4	35	18	10	1	1	25	7	2	7	3	10	11	1.94444	32	DWDDDW		1-0
1	3	Leeds United	24	13	5	6	36	21	10	2	0	29	9	3	3	6	7	12	1.71429	31	WLDWWW		3-2
1	4	Manchester City	24	13	4	7	52	31	10	1	2	35	13	3	3	5	17	18	1.67742	30	DWDWLL		0-2
2	5	West Bromwich Albion	23	11	5	7	45	32	7	2	3	26	12	4	3	4	19	20	1.40625	27	LWWDWW		2-0
	6	Newcastle United	24	9	9	6	37	37	9	3	0	27	10	0	6	6	10	27	1.00000	27	DDDDWD		3-3
2	7	Everton	24	11	4	9	34	24	9	1	2	23	9	2	3	7	11	15	1.41667	26	WLLWWL		1-2
2	8	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	6	8	37	39	5	6	1	21	11	5	0	7	16	28	.94872	26	DLLLDW		2-1
1	9	Arsenal	23	10	5	8	38	29	7	4	0	23	8	3	1	8	15	21	1.31034	25	DLWWLD		1-1
1	10	Nottingham Forest	23	10	4	9	35	26	7	2	2	22	8	3	2	7	13	18	1.34615	24	LLWLWW		3-1
2	11	Sheffield Wednesday	23	9	6	8	35	33	6	5	1	25	13	3	1	7	10	20	1.06061	24	LDWLLL		2-3
	12	Burnley	24	9	6	9	41	45	8	4	0	25	10	1	2	9	16	35	.91111	24	WLLWLW		2-1
	13	Stoke City	24	8	5	11	31	39	6	2	4	16	14	2	3	7	15	25	.79487	21	LWLLLL		1-3
3	14	West Ham United	24	8	4	12	46	47	4	1	7	24	24	4	3	5	22	23	.97872	20	DLLWWW		4-2
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	8	4	11	40	49	6	2	3	26	21	2	2	8	14	28	.81633	20	LWWLLL		2-3
	16	Chelsea	23	5	10	8	31	50	3	6	3	19	22	2	4	5	12	28	.62000	20	DWLDWD		1-1
2	17	Southampton	23	7	5	11	38	47	5	4	2	21	18	2	1	9	17	29	.80851	19	WLDDDL		1-4
	18	Leicester City	23	5	8	10	35	43	2	5	5	18	22	3	3	5	17	21	.81395	18	DDWDLL		2-4
	19	Sunderland	23	6	6	11	30	42	5	4	3	18	18	1	2	8	12	24	.71429	18	LLDLLD		3-3
1	20	Sheffield United	23	6	6	11	28	41	6	2	4	15	14	0	4	7	13	27	.68293	18	LWLWDW		4-1
1	21	Fulham	22	6	4	12	32	44	3	2	5	15	19	3	2	7	17	25	.72727	16	WDLDDL		1-2
	22	Coventry City	24	3	9	12	29	48	3	4	5	20	24	0	5	7	9	24	.60417	15	DDWLDL		0-1