The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 SUNDERLAND - Sat Dec 14, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 14, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 14 December 1968

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 18,007
Pos Before/After:: 21 20
Opp Before/After:: 13 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ipswich Town (League Tier 1)
Sunderland:: Sep 20, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2598 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1222 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2866 (of 5724)
Total:: 4107 (of 7505)
Played:: 55 years, 4 months, 5 days ago

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

Goals
Ian Storey-Moore (17')

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Alan Brown
Prior form: LDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals

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
8	M	19	Paul Richardson
9	F	28	Joe Baker
10	F	22	Sammy Chapman
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore (17')
Subs
12	F	29	Jim Baxter

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Montgomery
2	D	Cecil Irwin
3	D	Charlie Hurley
4	D	Colin Todd
5	D	Ian Porterfield
6	M	Calvin Palmer
7	M	Bobby Kerr
8	M	Martin Harvey
9	M	Colin Suggett
10	F	George Mulhall
11	F	Billy Hughes
Subs
12		Ashurst

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 14, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-1	Stoke City
Chelsea	1-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Coventry City	0-1	Arsenal
Everton	1-0	Southampton
Manchester United	1-0	Liverpool
Newcastle United	2-1	Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Sunderland
Sheffield Wednesday	4-0	Queens Park Rangers
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Manchester City
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Leicester City
West Ham United	1-1	Leeds 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	23	16	4	3	43	13	11	1	0	26	6	5	3	3	17	7	3.30769	36	WWWWWW
	2	Leeds United	21	13	6	2	31	17	8	3	0	18	4	5	3	2	13	13	1.82353	32	DDWWDW
	3	Everton	22	12	6	4	49	22	9	1	1	29	5	3	5	3	20	17	2.22727	30	WDWLWL
	4	Arsenal	21	11	7	3	26	13	6	4	1	16	6	5	3	2	10	7	2.00000	29	DDWLWW
	5	West Ham United	22	9	8	5	42	26	7	3	1	32	11	2	5	4	10	15	1.61538	26	WLWDWL
	6	Chelsea	22	9	7	6	38	25	5	5	1	20	11	4	2	5	18	14	1.52000	25	WLLWDL
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	7	6	38	31	5	3	2	25	13	3	4	4	13	18	1.22581	23	WDDWLL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	22	9	5	8	34	40	7	3	1	23	11	2	2	7	11	29	.85000	23	DLWLWL
	9	Burnley	22	10	3	9	29	42	7	2	2	18	11	3	1	7	11	31	.69048	23	WWDLLL
	10	Sheffield Wednesday	21	7	8	6	25	26	5	3	2	17	13	2	5	4	8	13	.96154	22	DWLDWL
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	7	7	8	25	25	5	4	2	17	12	2	3	6	8	13	1.00000	21	DWDWLW
	12	Southampton	23	7	7	9	29	35	5	3	3	18	16	2	4	6	11	19	.82857	21	WWWLLD
	13	Sunderland	22	7	7	8	27	39	7	2	2	19	10	0	5	6	8	29	.69231	21	LDLWLW
	14	Newcastle United	22	6	8	8	30	32	4	5	2	17	13	2	3	6	13	19	.93750	20	DDWLWL
	15	Manchester United	21	6	8	7	25	28	5	4	2	13	10	1	4	5	12	18	.89286	20	DDDDWL
	16	Manchester City	22	6	7	9	37	30	5	5	1	28	11	1	2	8	9	19	1.23333	19	LLLWLW
	17	Ipswich Town	22	7	5	10	32	34	4	2	5	19	18	3	3	5	13	16	.94118	19	LDDDWW
	18	Stoke City	22	6	5	11	20	31	6	2	3	10	10	0	3	8	10	21	.64516	17	DLLDLW
	19	Coventry City	22	4	6	12	20	35	2	3	6	12	16	2	3	6	8	19	.57143	14	DWLLLW
	20	Leicester City	22	4	6	12	20	43	4	4	3	16	14	0	2	9	4	29	.46512	14	DDLDLW
	21	Nottingham Forest	20	1	10	9	25	34	0	5	4	8	14	1	5	5	17	20	.73529	12	DDLLLD
	22	Queens Park Rangers	21	3	5	13	24	48	3	4	4	14	19	0	1	9	10	29	.50000	11	LLLLWL

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	24	16	4	4	43	14	11	1	0	26	6	5	3	4	17	8	3.07143	36	WWWWWL		0-1
	2	Leeds United	22	13	7	2	32	18	8	3	0	18	4	5	4	2	14	14	1.77778	33	DWWDWD		1-1
	3	Everton	23	13	6	4	50	22	10	1	1	30	5	3	5	3	20	17	2.27273	32	DWLWLW		1-0
	4	Arsenal	22	12	7	3	27	13	6	4	1	16	6	6	3	2	11	7	2.07692	31	DWLWWW		1-0
	5	West Ham United	23	9	9	5	43	27	7	4	1	33	12	2	5	4	10	15	1.59259	27	LWDWLD		1-1
	6	Chelsea	23	9	8	6	39	26	5	6	1	21	12	4	2	5	18	14	1.50000	26	LLWDLD		1-1
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	22	8	8	6	39	32	5	4	2	26	14	3	4	4	13	18	1.21875	24	DDWLLD		1-1
2	8	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	8	6	29	26	6	3	2	21	13	2	5	4	8	13	1.11538	24	WLDWLW		4-0
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	23	9	6	8	35	41	7	4	1	24	12	2	2	7	11	29	.85366	24	LWLWLD		1-1
1	10	Burnley	23	10	4	9	30	43	7	3	2	19	12	3	1	7	11	31	.69767	24	WDLLLD		1-1
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	7	8	8	26	26	5	4	2	17	12	2	4	6	9	14	1.00000	22	WDWLWD		1-1
2	12	Newcastle United	23	7	8	8	32	33	5	5	2	19	14	2	3	6	13	19	.96970	22	DWLWLW		2-1
2	13	Manchester United	22	7	8	7	26	28	6	4	2	14	10	1	4	5	12	18	.92857	22	DDDWLW		1-0
2	14	Southampton	24	7	7	10	29	36	5	3	3	18	16	2	4	7	11	20	.80556	21	WWLLDL		0-1
2	15	Sunderland	23	7	7	9	27	40	7	2	2	19	10	0	5	7	8	30	.67500	21	DLWLWL		0-1
	16	Manchester City	23	6	8	9	38	31	5	5	1	28	11	1	3	8	10	20	1.22581	20	LLWLWD		1-1
	17	Ipswich Town	23	7	5	11	33	36	4	2	5	19	18	3	3	6	14	18	.91667	19	DDDWWL		1-2
	18	Stoke City	23	6	6	11	21	32	6	2	3	10	10	0	4	8	11	22	.65625	18	LLDLWD		1-1
1	19	Leicester City	23	4	7	12	21	44	4	4	3	16	14	0	3	9	5	30	.47727	15	DLDLWD		1-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	21	2	10	9	26	34	1	5	4	9	14	1	5	5	17	20	.76471	14	DLLLDW		1-0
2	21	Coventry City	23	4	6	13	20	36	2	3	7	12	17	2	3	6	8	19	.55556	14	WLLLWL		0-1
	22	Queens Park Rangers	22	3	5	14	24	52	3	4	4	14	19	0	1	10	10	33	.46154	11	LLLWLL		0-4