The City Ground

MANCHESTER UNITED 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 23, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 23, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 March 1968

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: D Corbett
Attendance:: 61,978
Pos Before/After:: 7 10
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Mar 31, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2567 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1191 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2834 (of 5724)
Total:: 4071 (of 7505)
Played:: 56 years, 1 month, 0 days ago

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

Goals

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Matt Busby
Prior form: WWLWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
David Herd (15')
Shay Brennan (29')
Francis Burns (69')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Brian Williamson
2	D	23	Peter Hindley
3	D	25	John Winfield
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay
6	M	24	Henry Newton	200th appearance
7	F	29	John Barnwell
8	F	28	Jim Baxter
9	F	27	Joe Baker
10	F	21	Sammy Chapman
11	F	29	Dave Hilley
Subs
12	F	23	Barry Lyons

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Brian Williamson	21		4	2
2	D	23	Peter Hindley	419	10	4	2
3	D	25	John Winfield	414	4	4	2
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey	185	6	4	2
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay	688	10	4	2
6	M	24	Henry Newton	317	19	4	2
7	F	29	John Barnwell	203	25	4	2
8	F	28	Jim Baxter	49	3	4	2
9	F	27	Joe Baker	135	50	4	2
10	F	21	Sammy Chapman	419	22	4	2
11	F	29	Dave Hilley	92	17	4	2
Subs
12	F	23	Barry Lyons	242	34	4	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alex Stepney
2	D	Shay Brennan
3	D	Francis Burns
4	D	Pat Crerand
5	D	David Sadler
6	M	Nobby Stiles
7	M	John Fitzpatrick
8	M	David Herd
9	M	Bobby Charlton
10	F	George Best
11	F	John Aston Jnr
Subs
12		Kidd

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 23, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	2-0	Southampton
Everton	1-0	Newcastle United
Fulham	1-3	Arsenal
Leeds United	2-0	Manchester City
Leicester City	2-3	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United	3-0	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday	1-2	Liverpool
Sunderland	1-1	Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Stoke City
West Ham United	0-1	Chelsea
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-3	Sheffield 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	Leeds United	32	17	9	6	54	26	13	3	0	39	11	4	6	6	15	15	2.07692	43	WDWDDD
2	Manchester City	31	19	5	7	69	34	13	2	2	45	16	6	3	5	24	18	2.02941	43	WDWWWW
3	Manchester United	31	18	7	6	60	38	11	2	1	33	14	7	5	5	27	24	1.57895	43	WWLWLL
4	Liverpool	31	16	9	6	49	27	14	1	1	37	11	2	8	5	12	16	1.81481	41	WLLWDW
5	Newcastle United	32	12	13	7	47	42	11	5	0	31	11	1	8	7	16	31	1.11905	37	WWDWDD
6	Everton	30	15	4	11	49	33	11	1	2	27	10	4	3	9	22	23	1.48485	34	WLWLWW
7	Nottingham Forest	32	13	8	11	44	36	10	4	3	30	16	3	4	8	14	20	1.22222	34	LDWDDW
8	Tottenham Hotspur	31	13	8	10	44	45	6	7	2	23	13	7	1	8	21	32	.97778	34	WLWLDD
9	West Bromwich Albion	31	13	7	11	56	48	9	2	5	33	20	4	5	6	23	28	1.16667	33	LDWDWL
10	Chelsea	31	11	11	9	49	58	6	7	3	27	24	5	4	6	22	34	.84483	33	WLWWWD
11	Sheffield Wednesday	32	11	8	13	44	49	6	7	3	28	18	5	1	10	16	31	.89796	30	LLLDWW
12	Arsenal	30	10	9	11	41	37	7	6	2	24	13	3	3	9	17	24	1.10811	29	DLDDLL
13	Burnley	31	10	8	13	51	58	9	5	1	28	13	1	3	12	23	45	.87931	28	DLWLLL
14	Leicester City	31	9	9	13	49	56	4	6	5	26	26	5	3	8	23	30	.87500	27	WDLWLL
15	Stoke City	30	11	5	14	37	46	8	2	6	20	17	3	3	8	17	29	.80435	27	WLWWLL
16	Southampton	32	10	7	15	52	66	7	5	4	30	28	3	2	11	22	38	.78788	27	LDWWWD
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	10	6	16	51	65	7	3	6	33	31	3	3	10	18	34	.78462	26	DLDWWL
18	West Ham United	30	10	5	15	57	57	5	1	7	31	26	5	4	8	26	31	1.00000	25	LWWLLD
19	Sheffield United	32	8	9	15	37	55	7	3	6	20	22	1	6	9	17	33	.67273	25	LDWLWL
20	Coventry City	32	7	10	15	41	60	6	5	6	29	30	1	5	9	12	30	.68333	24	WWWLLW
21	Sunderland	31	8	7	16	36	54	5	5	6	20	26	3	2	10	16	28	.66667	23	WLLLLW
22	Fulham	31	8	4	19	43	70	5	2	8	21	29	3	2	11	22	41	.61429	20	WLWLLL

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	Leeds United	33	18	9	6	56	26	14	3	0	41	11	4	6	6	15	15	2.15385	45	DWDDDW	Safe	2-0
1	2	Manchester United	32	19	7	6	63	38	12	2	1	36	14	7	5	5	27	24	1.65789	45	WLWLLW	Safe	3-0
1	3	Manchester City	32	19	5	8	69	36	13	2	2	45	16	6	3	6	24	20	1.91667	43	DWWWWL		0-2
	4	Liverpool	32	17	9	6	51	28	14	1	1	37	11	3	8	5	14	17	1.82143	43	LLWDWW		2-1
	5	Newcastle United	33	12	13	8	47	43	11	5	0	31	11	1	8	8	16	32	1.09302	37	WDWDDL		0-1
	6	Everton	31	16	4	11	50	33	12	1	2	28	10	4	3	9	22	23	1.51515	36	LWLWWW		1-0
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	32	14	8	10	47	45	7	7	2	26	13	7	1	8	21	32	1.04444	36	LWLDDW		3-0
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	32	14	7	11	59	50	9	2	5	33	20	5	5	6	26	30	1.18000	35	DWDWLW		3-2
1	9	Chelsea	32	12	11	9	50	58	6	7	3	27	24	6	4	6	23	34	.86207	35	LWWWDW		1-0
3	10	Nottingham Forest	33	13	8	12	44	39	10	4	3	30	16	3	4	9	14	23	1.12821	34	DWDDWL		0-3
1	11	Arsenal	31	11	9	11	44	38	7	6	2	24	13	4	3	9	20	25	1.15789	31	LDDLLW		3-1
1	12	Burnley	32	11	8	13	53	58	10	5	1	30	13	1	3	12	23	45	.91379	30	LWLLLW		2-0
2	13	Sheffield Wednesday	33	11	8	14	45	51	6	7	4	29	20	5	1	10	16	31	.88235	30	LLDWWL		1-2
	14	Leicester City	32	9	9	14	51	59	4	6	6	28	29	5	3	8	23	30	.86441	27	DLWLLL		2-3
1	15	Southampton	33	10	7	16	52	68	7	5	4	30	28	3	2	12	22	40	.76471	27	DWWWDL		0-2
1	16	Stoke City	31	11	5	15	37	49	8	2	6	20	17	3	3	9	17	32	.75510	27	LWWLLL		0-3
2	17	Sheffield United	33	9	9	15	40	56	7	3	6	20	22	2	6	9	20	34	.71429	27	DWLWLW		3-1
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	6	17	52	68	7	3	7	34	34	3	3	10	18	34	.76471	26	LDWWLL		1-3
1	19	West Ham United	31	10	5	16	57	58	5	1	8	31	27	5	4	8	26	31	.98276	25	WWLLDL		0-1
	20	Coventry City	33	7	11	15	42	61	6	5	6	29	30	1	6	9	13	31	.68852	25	WWLLWD		1-1
	21	Sunderland	32	8	8	16	37	55	5	6	6	21	27	3	2	10	16	28	.67273	24	LLLLWD		1-1
	22	Fulham	32	8	4	20	44	73	5	2	9	22	32	3	2	11	22	41	.60274	20	LWLLLL		1-3