The City Ground

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 23, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 23, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Queens Park Rangers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Loftus Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: W Gow
Attendance:: 18,857
Pos Before/After:: 20 21
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Queens Park Rangers:: Mar 04, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2595 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1219 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2863 (of 5724)
Total:: 4104 (of 7505)
Played:: 55 years, 4 months, 28 days ago

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

Goals
Barry Lyons (32')

QUEENS PARK RANGERS
Manager: Tommy Docherty
Prior form: WLLLLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Rodney Marsh (16')
Tony Hazell (52')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Peter Grummitt
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	25	John Winfield
4	D	26	Terry Hennessey
5	D	36	Bob McKinlay
6	M	24	Henry Newton
7	F	23	Barry Lyons (32')
8	F	29	Dave Hilley
9	F	28	Joe Baker
10	F	22	Sammy Chapman
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	M	19	Paul Richardson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mike Kelly
2	D	Dave Clement
3	D	Ian Watson
4	D	Tony Hazell
5	D	Frank Sibley
6	M	Ian Gillard
7	M	Michael McGovern
8	M	Ian Morgan
9	M	Roger Morgan
10	F	Rodney Marsh
11	F	Barry Bridges
Subs
12		Glover

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

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-1	Chelsea
Ipswich Town	2-2	West Ham United
Leeds United	2-1	Everton
Leicester City	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Liverpool	2-0	Coventry City
Manchester City	5-1	West Bromwich Albion
Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Stoke City	0-0	Manchester United
Sunderland	2-0	Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5-0	Newcastle 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	Liverpool	19	12	4	3	37	13	8	1	0	21	6	4	3	3	16	7	2.84615	28	WLWDWW
	2	Everton	19	11	6	2	40	16	8	1	1	22	4	3	5	1	18	12	2.50000	28	WWWWDW
	3	Leeds United	18	11	5	2	26	15	6	3	0	14	3	5	2	2	12	12	1.73333	27	WLDDDW
	4	Arsenal	18	9	7	2	22	11	5	4	0	13	4	4	3	2	9	7	2.00000	25	DWLDDW
	5	West Ham United	19	8	7	4	38	21	6	3	1	30	10	2	4	3	8	11	1.80952	23	LWDWLW
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	7	4	37	27	5	3	2	25	13	3	4	2	12	14	1.37037	23	LWWDDW
	7	Burnley	19	10	3	6	29	32	7	2	1	18	10	3	1	5	11	22	.90625	23	WWWWWD
	8	Chelsea	19	8	6	5	34	21	5	4	1	19	10	3	2	4	15	11	1.61905	22	DWLWLL
	9	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	5	6	29	31	6	3	1	20	11	2	2	5	9	20	.93548	21	WWDDLW
	10	Sheffield Wednesday	18	6	7	5	22	22	4	3	2	15	12	2	4	3	7	10	1.00000	19	DLLDWL
	11	Newcastle United	19	5	8	6	26	25	3	5	2	13	12	2	3	4	13	13	1.04000	18	WWLDDW
	12	Southampton	19	6	6	7	25	28	4	2	3	15	14	2	4	4	10	14	.89286	18	LWDDWW
	13	Manchester United	18	5	7	6	22	26	4	4	2	11	10	1	3	4	11	16	.84615	17	LLWDDD
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	7	7	18	23	3	4	2	10	12	2	3	5	8	11	.78261	17	DWLDWD
	15	Sunderland	19	5	7	7	22	34	5	2	2	14	8	0	5	5	8	26	.64706	17	WLWLDL
	16	Manchester City	19	4	7	8	24	27	3	5	1	16	10	1	2	7	8	17	.88889	15	WDDLLL
	17	Ipswich Town	19	5	4	10	24	31	3	1	5	13	15	2	3	5	11	16	.77419	14	LWLLDD
	18	Stoke City	19	5	4	10	18	29	5	1	3	9	10	0	3	7	9	19	.62069	14	LLWDLL
	19	Coventry City	19	3	6	10	19	31	2	3	5	12	14	1	3	5	7	17	.61290	12	LDLDWL
	20	Nottingham Forest	17	1	9	7	23	30	0	5	3	8	13	1	4	4	15	17	.76667	11	LLDDDL
	21	Leicester City	19	3	5	11	16	34	3	3	3	13	12	0	2	8	3	22	.47059	11	LLLDDL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	19	2	5	12	22	46	2	4	3	12	17	0	1	9	10	29	.47826	9	WLLLLL

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	Liverpool	20	13	4	3	39	13	9	1	0	23	6	4	3	3	16	7	3.00000	30	LWDWWW		2-0
1	2	Leeds United	19	12	5	2	28	16	7	3	0	16	4	5	2	2	12	12	1.75000	29	LDDDWW		2-1
1	3	Everton	20	11	6	3	41	18	8	1	1	22	4	3	5	2	19	14	2.27778	28	WWWDWL		1-2
	4	Arsenal	19	9	7	3	22	12	5	4	1	13	5	4	3	2	9	7	1.83333	25	WLDDWL		0-1
	5	West Ham United	20	8	8	4	40	23	6	3	1	30	10	2	5	3	10	13	1.73913	24	WDWLWD		2-2
2	6	Chelsea	20	9	6	5	35	21	5	4	1	19	10	4	2	4	16	11	1.66667	24	WLWLLW		1-0
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	7	5	38	29	5	3	2	25	13	3	4	3	13	16	1.31034	23	WWDDWL		1-2
1	8	Burnley	20	10	3	7	29	34	7	2	1	18	10	3	1	6	11	24	.85294	23	WWWWDL		0-2
	9	West Bromwich Albion	20	8	5	7	30	36	6	3	1	20	11	2	2	6	10	25	.83333	21	WDDLWL		1-5
	10	Sheffield Wednesday	19	6	8	5	23	23	4	3	2	15	12	2	5	3	8	11	1.00000	20	LLDWLD		1-1
1	11	Southampton	20	7	6	7	27	29	5	2	3	17	15	2	4	4	10	14	.93103	20	WDDWWW		2-1
2	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	6	7	7	23	23	4	4	2	15	12	2	3	5	8	11	1.00000	19	WLDWDW		5-0
2	13	Sunderland	20	6	7	7	24	34	6	2	2	16	8	0	5	5	8	26	.70588	19	LWLDLW		2-0
3	14	Newcastle United	20	5	8	7	26	30	3	5	2	13	12	2	3	5	13	18	.86667	18	WLDDWL		0-5
2	15	Manchester United	19	5	8	6	22	26	4	4	2	11	10	1	4	4	11	16	.84615	18	LWDDDD		0-0
	16	Manchester City	20	5	7	8	29	28	4	5	1	21	11	1	2	7	8	17	1.03571	17	DDLLLW		5-1
	17	Ipswich Town	20	5	5	10	26	33	3	2	5	15	17	2	3	5	11	16	.78788	15	WLLDDD		2-2
	18	Stoke City	20	5	5	10	18	29	5	2	3	9	10	0	3	7	9	19	.62069	15	LWDLLD		0-0
	19	Coventry City	20	3	6	11	19	33	2	3	5	12	14	1	3	6	7	19	.57576	12	DLDWLL		0-2
1	20	Leicester City	20	3	6	11	17	35	3	4	3	14	13	0	2	8	3	22	.48571	12	LLDDLD		1-1
1	21	Nottingham Forest	18	1	9	8	24	32	0	5	3	8	13	1	4	5	16	19	.75000	11	LDDDLL		1-2
	22	Queens Park Rangers	20	3	5	12	24	47	3	4	3	14	18	0	1	9	10	29	.51064	11	LLLLLW		2-1