The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 0 - 1 FOREST - Mon Apr 07, 1969 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 07, 1969 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 08 April 1969

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: W Handley
Attendance:: 26,001
Pos Before/After:: 19 18
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 1)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Dec 06, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2614 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1238 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2883 (of 5724)
Total:: 4125 (of 7505)
Played:: 55 years, 19 days ago

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

Goals
Barry Lyons (58')

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Jack Marshall
Prior form: LWLLDD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Alan Hill
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	26	John Winfield
4	D	36	Bob McKinlay
5	D	26	Terry Hennessey
6	M	25	Henry Newton
7	F	24	Barry Lyons (58')
8	F	29	Jim Baxter
9	F	28	Joe Baker off for Paul Richardson (50')
10	F	30	Dave Hilley
11	F	25	Ronnie Rees
Subs
12	M	19	Paul Richardson on for Joe Baker (50')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Springett
2	D	Vic Mobley
3	D	Don Megson
4	D	Wilf Smith
5	D	Archibald Irvine
6	M	Peter Eustace
7	M	Jim McCalliog
8	M	Gerry Young
9	M	Johnny Fantham
10	F	Alan Warboys
11	F	John Ritchie
Subs
12		Ellis

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Apr 07, 1969)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	5-1	Burnley
Stoke City	0-0	Liverpool
Sunderland	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
West Bromwich Albion	4-3	Tottenham Hotspur

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	36	24	10	2	60	24	16	3	0	38	9	8	7	2	22	15	2.50000	58	WWWDDW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	35	23	7	5	56	21	15	3	1	32	10	8	4	4	24	11	2.66667	53	LDWWDW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	35	19	11	5	46	19	11	6	2	27	9	8	5	3	19	10	2.42105	49	WWWDDD	Safe
	4	Everton	34	18	11	5	67	30	12	3	2	38	9	6	8	3	29	21	2.23333	47	WDDLWD	Safe
	5	Chelsea	38	17	9	12	67	50	9	7	3	36	22	8	2	9	31	28	1.34000	43	WWLWDL	Safe
	6	West Ham United	36	13	15	8	63	43	10	6	2	46	20	3	9	6	17	23	1.46512	41	WLWDLD	Safe
	7	Southampton	38	14	12	12	48	45	11	5	3	33	20	3	7	9	15	25	1.06667	40	WLDWDW	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	36	11	16	9	53	45	8	8	3	36	21	3	8	6	17	24	1.17778	38	DWLDLW	Safe
	9	Manchester United	38	13	12	13	51	47	11	5	3	33	16	2	7	10	18	31	1.08511	38	WDDWWW	Safe
	10	Burnley	37	14	9	14	50	71	10	6	2	32	21	4	3	12	18	50	.70423	37	WLDLDW	Safe
	11	Ipswich Town	37	13	9	15	53	53	8	3	7	28	25	5	6	8	25	28	1.00000	35	WDWDWL
	12	Newcastle United	34	11	12	11	44	44	8	6	2	25	16	3	6	9	19	28	1.00000	34	LWDWWD
	13	Manchester City	35	12	9	14	59	46	10	5	2	45	19	2	4	12	14	27	1.28261	33	LWLWWL
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	34	10	13	11	35	40	7	7	3	24	20	3	6	8	11	20	.87500	33	LWLLDD
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	9	14	13	35	46	6	9	3	22	19	3	5	10	13	27	.76087	32	WDLLDL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	35	11	9	15	46	59	7	5	3	26	18	4	4	12	20	41	.77966	31	LWDLLD
	17	Stoke City	36	9	12	15	37	52	9	5	4	22	20	0	7	11	15	32	.71154	30	DDWDLW
	18	Sunderland	37	9	11	17	38	63	9	5	5	26	18	0	6	12	12	45	.60317	29	LLLDLD
	19	Nottingham Forest	36	8	12	16	41	51	5	6	7	15	18	3	6	9	26	33	.80392	28	LWWWLL
	20	Coventry City	37	9	8	20	42	58	7	4	7	29	20	2	4	13	13	38	.72414	26	DWDLWL
	21	Leicester City	33	6	10	17	28	56	6	6	4	22	20	0	4	13	6	36	.50000	22	DWDLLL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	39	3	9	27	36	92	3	7	10	18	32	0	2	17	18	60	.39130	15	LLLLLL	Relegated

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	36	24	10	2	60	24	16	3	0	38	9	8	7	2	22	15	2.50000	58	WWWDDW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	36	23	8	5	56	21	15	3	1	32	10	8	5	4	24	11	2.66667	54	DWWDWD	Safe	0-0
	3	Arsenal	36	20	11	5	49	20	12	6	2	30	10	8	5	3	19	10	2.45000	51	WWDDDW	Safe	3-1
	4	Everton	34	18	11	5	67	30	12	3	2	38	9	6	8	3	29	21	2.23333	47	WDDLWD	Safe
	5	Chelsea	38	17	9	12	67	50	9	7	3	36	22	8	2	9	31	28	1.34000	43	WWLWDL	Safe
1	6	Southampton	39	15	12	12	53	46	12	5	3	38	21	3	7	9	15	25	1.15217	42	LDWDWW	Safe	5-1
1	7	West Ham United	36	13	15	8	63	43	10	6	2	46	20	3	9	6	17	23	1.46512	41	WLWDLD	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	16	10	56	49	8	8	3	36	21	3	8	7	20	28	1.14286	38	WLDLWL	Safe	3-4
	9	Manchester United	38	13	12	13	51	47	11	5	3	33	16	2	7	10	18	31	1.08511	38	WDDWWW	Safe
	10	Burnley	38	14	9	15	51	76	10	6	2	32	21	4	3	13	19	55	.67105	37	LDLDWL	Safe	1-5
	11	Ipswich Town	37	13	9	15	53	53	8	3	7	28	25	5	6	8	25	28	1.00000	35	WDWDWL
	12	Newcastle United	34	11	12	11	44	44	8	6	2	25	16	3	6	9	19	28	1.00000	34	LWDWWD
	13	Manchester City	35	12	9	14	59	46	10	5	2	45	19	2	4	12	14	27	1.28261	33	LWLWWL
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	13	12	35	41	7	7	4	24	21	3	6	8	11	20	.85366	33	WLLDDL		0-1
1	15	West Bromwich Albion	36	12	9	15	50	62	8	5	3	30	21	4	4	12	20	41	.80645	33	WDLLDW		4-3
1	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	9	14	14	36	49	6	9	3	22	19	3	5	11	14	30	.73469	32	DLLDLL		1-3
	17	Stoke City	37	9	13	15	37	52	9	6	4	22	20	0	7	11	15	32	.71154	31	DWDLWD		0-0
1	18	Nottingham Forest	37	9	12	16	42	51	5	6	7	15	18	4	6	9	27	33	.82353	30	WWWLLW		1-0
1	19	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	38	63	9	6	5	26	18	0	6	12	12	45	.60317	30	LLDLDD		0-0
	20	Coventry City	37	9	8	20	42	58	7	4	7	29	20	2	4	13	13	38	.72414	26	DWDLWL
	21	Leicester City	33	6	10	17	28	56	6	6	4	22	20	0	4	13	6	36	.50000	22	DWDLLL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	40	3	10	27	36	92	3	7	10	18	32	0	3	17	18	60	.39130	16	LLLLLD	Relegated	0-0