The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 3 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Jan 06, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 06, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

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

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: A Dimond
Attendance:: 39,581
Pos Before/After:: 10 11
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Oct 26, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2558 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1182 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2823 (of 5724)
Total:: 4059 (of 7505)
Played:: 56 years, 3 months, 10 days ago

Review
Goalkeeper Peter Grummit was injured just before City scored their third goal, and went off before play could be resumed. Billy Taylor replaced him in the outfield, and Frank Wignall went in goal.

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

Goals

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Joe Mercer
Prior form: DWDWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Neil Young (35')
Tony Coleman (40') (Pen)
Mike Summerbee (70')

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	19	Colin Hall
10	F	28	Frank Wignall
11	F	29	Dave Hilley
Subs
12	M	28	Billy Taylor

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Peter Grummitt	353		7	2
2	D	23	Peter Hindley	419	10	7	2
3	D	24	John Winfield	414	4	7	2
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey	185	6	7	2
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay	688	10	7	2
6	M	23	Henry Newton	317	19	7	2
7	F	22	Barry Lyons	242	34	7	2
8	F	28	Jim Baxter	49	3	7	2
9	F	19	Colin Hall	35	2	49	9
10	F	28	Frank Wignall	179	53	7	2
11	F	29	Dave Hilley	92	17	7	2
Subs
12	M	28	Billy Taylor	18	1	35	7

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ken Mulhearn
2	D	Tony Book
3	D	Glyn Pardoe
4	D	Mike Doyle
5	D	George Heslop
6	M	Alan Oakes
7	M	Francis Lee
8	M	Dave Connor
9	M	Mike Summerbee
10	F	Neil Young
11	F	Tony Coleman
Subs
12		Bobby Kennedy

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 06, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Coventry City	1-1	Arsenal
Fulham	0-5	Leeds United
Liverpool	4-1	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United	3-1	West Ham United
Nottingham Forest	0-3	Manchester City
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Sheffield United
Southampton	3-5	Chelsea
Stoke City	2-1	Newcastle United
Sunderland	0-2	Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-3	Everton

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

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	25	15	7	3	50	28	10	2	0	28	9	5	5	3	22	19	1.78571	37	DWDWWW		3-1
	2	Liverpool	25	13	8	4	39	19	11	1	1	29	8	2	7	3	10	11	2.05263	34	WDDDWW		4-1
	3	Leeds United	25	14	5	6	41	21	10	2	0	29	9	4	3	6	12	12	1.95238	33	LDWWWW		5-0
	4	Manchester City	25	14	4	7	55	31	10	1	2	35	13	4	3	5	20	18	1.77419	32	WDWLLW		3-0
2	5	Everton	25	12	4	9	37	25	9	1	2	23	9	3	3	7	14	16	1.48000	28	LLWWLW		3-1
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	24	11	5	8	46	36	7	2	3	26	12	4	3	5	20	24	1.27778	27	WWDWWL		1-4
1	7	Newcastle United	25	9	9	7	38	39	9	3	0	27	10	0	6	7	11	29	.97436	27	DDDWDL		1-2
1	8	Arsenal	24	10	6	8	39	30	7	4	0	23	8	3	2	8	16	22	1.30000	26	LWWLDD		1-1
1	9	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	6	8	37	39	5	6	1	21	11	5	0	7	16	28	.94872	26	DLLLDW
1	10	Sheffield Wednesday	24	9	7	8	36	34	6	6	1	26	14	3	1	7	10	20	1.05882	25	DWLLLD		1-1
1	11	Nottingham Forest	24	10	4	10	35	29	7	2	3	22	11	3	2	7	13	18	1.20690	24	LWLWWL		0-3
	12	Burnley	24	9	6	9	41	45	8	4	0	25	10	1	2	9	16	35	.91111	24	WLLWLW
	13	Stoke City	25	9	5	11	33	40	7	2	4	18	15	2	3	7	15	25	.82500	23	WLLLLW		2-1
2	14	Chelsea	24	6	10	8	36	53	3	6	3	19	22	3	4	5	17	31	.67925	22	WLDWDW		5-3
1	15	West Ham United	25	8	4	13	47	50	4	1	7	24	24	4	3	6	23	26	.94000	20	LLWWWL		1-3
2	16	Leicester City	24	6	8	10	37	43	2	5	5	18	22	4	3	5	19	21	.86047	20	DWDLLW		2-0
2	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	8	4	12	41	52	6	2	4	27	24	2	2	8	14	28	.78846	20	WWLLLL		1-3
1	18	Southampton	24	7	5	12	41	52	5	4	3	24	23	2	1	9	17	29	.78846	19	LDDDLL		3-5
1	19	Sheffield United	24	6	7	11	29	42	6	2	4	15	14	0	5	7	14	28	.69048	19	WLWDWD		1-1
1	20	Sunderland	24	6	6	12	30	44	5	4	4	18	20	1	2	8	12	24	.68182	18	LDLLDL		0-2
	21	Fulham	23	6	4	13	32	49	3	2	6	15	24	3	2	7	17	25	.65306	16	DLDDLL		0-5
	22	Coventry City	25	3	10	12	30	49	3	5	5	21	25	0	5	7	9	24	.61224	16	DWLDLD		1-1