The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 LEEDS UNITED - Tue Feb 25, 1969 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Feb 25, 1969 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 26 February 1969

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: M Sinclair
Attendance:: 36,249
League Week:: 28 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 1)
Leeds United:: Apr 30, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2605 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 1229 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 2874 (of 5827)
Total:: 4117 (of 7632)
Played:: 57 years, 6 months, 7 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Matt Gillies
Prior form: WLLDDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Don Revie
Prior form: WDWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Mick Jones (40')
Peter Lorimer (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Peter Grummitt
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	25	John Winfield
4	F	22	Sammy Chapman
5	D	26	Terry Hennessey
6	M	25	Henry Newton
7	F	23	Barry Lyons 20
8	F	29	Jim Baxter
9	F	28	Joe Baker
10	F	30	John Barnwell off for Bob McKinlay (68')
11	F	24	Ronnie Rees
Subs
12	D	36	Bob McKinlay on for John Barnwell (68')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gary Sprake
2	D	Paul Reaney
3	D	Terry Cooper
4	D	Norman Hunter
5	D	Jack Charlton
6	M	Billy Bremner
7	M	Johnny Giles
8	M	Rod Belfitt (68')
9	M	Michael O'Grady
10	F	Mick Jones
11	F	Eddie Gray
Subs
12		Peter Lorimer (68')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Feb 25, 1969)

Home	Score	Away
Coventry City	5-0	Queens Park Rangers
Nottingham Forest	0-2	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leeds United	30	20	8	2	49	21	14	3	0	34	7	6	5	2	15	14	28	48	WDWWWW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	31	20	6	5	50	19	14	2	1	30	9	6	4	4	20	10	31	46	DWWWLD
	3	Everton	29	17	8	4	63	26	11	2	1	36	7	6	6	3	27	19	37	42	DWWDWW
	4	Arsenal	29	16	8	5	38	18	10	5	2	26	9	6	3	3	12	9	20	40	WWLDWL
	5	Chelsea	30	12	8	10	53	41	6	6	2	27	15	6	2	8	26	26	12	32	WLLLLW
	6	Southampton	31	11	10	10	41	39	8	5	3	28	18	3	5	7	13	21	2	32	DDWWWD
	7	West Ham United	28	9	13	6	49	34	7	5	1	34	13	2	8	5	15	21	15	31	DLDDDD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	29	9	13	7	45	38	6	6	2	30	17	3	7	5	15	21	7	31	DDWDDD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	28	9	11	8	33	30	6	5	2	22	14	3	6	6	11	16	3	29	WDDLDL
	10	Burnley	30	11	7	12	37	58	8	4	2	23	15	3	3	10	14	43	-21	29	DWLDDL
	11	West Bromwich Albion	28	10	7	11	41	47	7	4	2	25	14	3	3	9	16	33	-6	27	DLWLLD
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	8	11	10	31	37	6	6	3	21	18	2	5	7	10	19	-6	27	LWLDDD
	13	Newcastle United	28	8	10	10	37	39	6	5	2	21	15	2	5	8	16	24	-2	26	WDLLWD
	14	Ipswich Town	30	10	6	14	43	46	6	2	7	25	24	4	4	7	18	22	-3	26	LWDWLW
	15	Manchester City	27	8	9	10	48	38	7	5	2	37	17	1	4	8	11	21	10	25	WDWLWD
	16	Manchester United	28	8	9	11	33	39	7	4	2	18	11	1	5	9	15	28	-6	25	LLLWLD
	17	Sunderland	29	8	9	12	32	53	8	4	3	22	14	0	5	9	10	39	-21	25	WDLLDL
	18	Stoke City	27	7	9	11	26	35	7	5	3	15	13	0	4	8	11	22	-9	23	WDDWDD
	19	Nottingham Forest	27	4	12	11	33	41	1	6	4	9	14	3	6	7	24	27	-8	20	WLLDDW
	20	Leicester City	28	5	9	14	26	52	5	5	4	20	20	0	4	10	6	32	-26	19	DLLWDD
	21	Queens Park Rangers	30	3	9	18	31	66	3	7	7	17	28	0	2	11	14	38	-35	15	DDLLLD
	22	Coventry City	26	4	6	16	22	44	2	3	7	12	17	2	3	9	10	27	-22	14	LWLLLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Leeds United	31	21	8	2	51	21	14	3	0	34	7	7	5	2	17	14	30	50	DWWWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Liverpool	31	20	6	5	50	19	14	2	1	30	9	6	4	4	20	10	31	46	DWWWLD
	3	Everton	29	17	8	4	63	26	11	2	1	36	7	6	6	3	27	19	37	42	DWWDWW
	4	Arsenal	29	16	8	5	38	18	10	5	2	26	9	6	3	3	12	9	20	40	WWLDWL
	5	Chelsea	30	12	8	10	53	41	6	6	2	27	15	6	2	8	26	26	12	32	WLLLLW
	6	Southampton	31	11	10	10	41	39	8	5	3	28	18	3	5	7	13	21	2	32	DDWWWD
	7	West Ham United	28	9	13	6	49	34	7	5	1	34	13	2	8	5	15	21	15	31	DLDDDD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	29	9	13	7	45	38	6	6	2	30	17	3	7	5	15	21	7	31	DDWDDD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	28	9	11	8	33	30	6	5	2	22	14	3	6	6	11	16	3	29	WDDLDL
	10	Burnley	30	11	7	12	37	58	8	4	2	23	15	3	3	10	14	43	-21	29	DWLDDL
	11	West Bromwich Albion	28	10	7	11	41	47	7	4	2	25	14	3	3	9	16	33	-6	27	DLWLLD
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	8	11	10	31	37	6	6	3	21	18	2	5	7	10	19	-6	27	LWLDDD
	13	Newcastle United	28	8	10	10	37	39	6	5	2	21	15	2	5	8	16	24	-2	26	WDLLWD
	14	Ipswich Town	30	10	6	14	43	46	6	2	7	25	24	4	4	7	18	22	-3	26	LWDWLW
	15	Manchester City	27	8	9	10	48	38	7	5	2	37	17	1	4	8	11	21	10	25	WDWLWD
	16	Manchester United	28	8	9	11	33	39	7	4	2	18	11	1	5	9	15	28	-6	25	LLLWLD
	17	Sunderland	29	8	9	12	32	53	8	4	3	22	14	0	5	9	10	39	-21	25	WDLLDL
	18	Stoke City	27	7	9	11	26	35	7	5	3	15	13	0	4	8	11	22	-9	23	WDDWDD
	19	Nottingham Forest	28	4	12	12	33	43	1	6	5	9	16	3	6	7	24	27	-10	20	LLDDWL		0-2
	20	Leicester City	28	5	9	14	26	52	5	5	4	20	20	0	4	10	6	32	-26	19	DLLWDD
1	21	Coventry City	27	5	6	16	27	44	3	3	7	17	17	2	3	9	10	27	-17	16	WLLLLW		5-0
1	22	Queens Park Rangers	31	3	9	19	31	71	3	7	7	17	28	0	2	12	14	43	-40	15	DLLLDL		0-5