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SEASON: 1961-62

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This Season: 1961-62
Next Season: 1962-63

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Andy Beattie
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Sheffield Wednesday (H) 0-2)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Blackburn Rovers (H) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Colin Booth (14 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1961-62								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Ipswich Town	42	24	8	10	93	67	17	2	2	58	28	7	6	8	35	39	1.388	56	European Cup Preliminary Round	1-1	0-1
2	Burnley	42	21	11	10	101	67	14	4	3	57	26	7	7	7	44	41	1.507	53		3-2	0-0
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	10	11	88	69	14	4	3	59	34	7	6	8	29	35	1.275	52	Cup Winners Cup	2-0	2-4
4	Everton	42	20	11	11	88	54	17	2	2	64	21	3	9	9	24	33	1.630	51		2-1	0-6
5	Sheffield United	42	19	9	14	61	69	13	5	3	37	23	6	4	11	24	46	.884	47		2-0	0-2
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	6	16	72	58	14	4	3	47	23	6	2	13	25	35	1.241	46		3-1	0-3
7	Aston Villa	42	18	8	16	65	56	13	5	3	45	20	5	3	13	20	36	1.161	44		2-0	1-5
8	West Ham United	42	17	10	15	76	82	11	6	4	49	37	6	4	11	27	45	.927	44		3-0	2-3
9	West Bromwich Albion	42	15	13	14	83	67	10	7	4	50	23	5	6	10	33	44	1.239	43		4-4	2-2
10	Arsenal	42	16	11	15	71	72	9	6	6	39	31	7	5	9	32	41	.986	43		0-1	1-2
11	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	10	16	62	66	11	7	3	35	22	5	3	13	27	44	.939	42		0-1	1-6
12	Manchester City	42	17	7	18	78	81	11	3	7	46	38	6	4	11	32	43	.963	41		1-2	0-3
13	Blackpool	42	15	11	16	70	75	10	4	7	41	30	5	7	9	29	45	.933	41		3-4	3-1
14	Leicester City	42	17	6	19	72	71	12	2	7	38	27	5	4	12	34	44	1.014	40		0-0	1-2
15	Manchester United	42	15	9	18	72	75	10	3	8	44	31	5	6	10	28	44	.960	39		1-0	3-6
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	11	17	50	58	10	6	5	33	22	4	5	12	17	36	.862	39		1-2	1-2
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	11	17	50	58	10	6	5	33	22	4	5	12	17	36	.862	39		1-1	1-2
17	Birmingham City	42	14	10	18	65	81	9	6	6	37	35	5	4	12	28	46	.802	38		2-1	1-1
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	10	19	73	86	8	7	6	38	34	5	3	13	35	52	.849	36		3-1	1-2
19	Nottingham Forest	42	13	10	19	63	79	12	4	5	39	23	1	6	14	24	56	.797	36
20	Fulham	42	13	7	22	66	74	8	3	10	38	34	5	4	12	28	40	.892	33		-	1-1
21	Cardiff City	42	9	14	19	50	81	6	9	6	30	33	3	5	13	20	48	.617	32	Relegated	2-1	2-2
22	Chelsea	42	9	10	23	63	94	7	7	7	34	29	2	3	16	29	65	.670	28	Relegated	3-0	2-2

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Competitive Games:: 49
Competitive Goals:: 73
Goals per game:: 1.5
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 36 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 42.9%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	15 times	13 times	8 times	2 times
Conceded	16 times	14 times	3 times	3 times	5 times
Won By	7 times	6 times	3 times
Lost By	12 times	4 times	3 times	2 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	1	1	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Burnley (3-2)
2		2	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Ipswich Town (1-1), Burnley (0-0)
3	3	3	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur (2-4)
4	18	4	3	2	-	1	4	2	4	Birmingham City (2-1), Sheffield United (2-0), Ipswich Town (0-1)
5	1	5	3	2	-	1	5	4	4	Sheffield Wednesday (0-3), West Ham United (3-0), Everton (2-1)
6	9	6	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Aston Villa (2-0)
7	6	7	1	-	-	1	1	5	0	Aston Villa (1-5)
8	14	8	2	1	-	1	5	4	2	Tottenham Hotspur (2-0), Blackpool (3-4)
9	15	9	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Leicester City (0-0)
10	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	9	11	4	1	-	3	5	9	2	West Ham United (2-3), Manchester City (0-3), Sheffield United (0-2), Sheffield Wednesday (3-1)
12	1	12	5	1	1	3	4	11	3	Cardiff City (2-2), Everton (0-6), Arsenal (1-2), Bolton Wanderers (0-1), Manchester United (1-0)
13	7	13	2	-	-	2	1	3	0	Blackburn Rovers (1-2), Arsenal (0-1)
14	13	14	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Blackpool (3-1)
15	8	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	19	16	2	-	-	2	2	4	0	Manchester City (1-2), Leicester City (1-2)
17	11	17	3	1	2	-	5	4	4	Blackburn Rovers (1-1), Cardiff City (2-1), West Bromwich Albion (2-2)
18	48	18	1	-	-	1	1	6	0	Bolton Wanderers (1-6)
19	51	19	3	-	2	1	6	7	2	Birmingham City (1-1), Blackburn Rovers (1-2), West Bromwich Albion (4-4)
20	14	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21		21	3	1	-	2	7	9	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2), Manchester United (3-6)
22		22	2	1	1	-	4	1	3	Chelsea (3-0), Fulham (1-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Chelsea (2-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 40,875 (Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,419 (Chelsea)
Average League Attendance:: 25,000
Highest Cup Attendance:: 36,158 (Sheffield Wednesday)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 10,991 (Blackburn Rovers)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 8
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 2 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Andy Beattie
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 19, 1961	Chelsea	A	2-2	Draw	20,857	11	McKinlay (?), Vowden (?)
2	Tue Aug 22, 1961	Birmingham City	H	2-1	Win	19,486	1	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
3	Sat Aug 26, 1961	Sheffield United	H	2-0	Win	26,700	4	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
4	Wed Aug 30, 1961	Birmingham City	A	1-1	Draw	21,095	3	Booth (?)
5	Sat Sep 02, 1961	West Ham United	A	2-3	Loss	23,795	6	Addison (?, ?)
6	Sat Sep 09, 1961	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Loss	22,649	11	Vowden (?)
7	Sat Sep 16, 1961	Blackpool	A	3-1	Win	23,737	8	Vowden (?), Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
8	Tue Sep 19, 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	32,506	5	Booth (?), Vowden (?), Le Flem (?)
9	Sat Sep 23, 1961	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-0	Win	40,875	4	Cobb (?), Quigley (?)
10	Wed Sep 27, 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	22,610	4	Booth (?)
11	Sat Sep 30, 1961	Cardiff City	A	2-2	Draw	20,502	4	Le Flem (?), Baker (? OG)
12	Sat Oct 07, 1961	Everton	A	0-6	Loss	42,431	7
13	Sat Oct 14, 1961	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	21,705	8	Addison (?)
14	Sat Oct 21, 1961	Manchester City	A	0-3	Loss	20,258	10
15	Sat Oct 28, 1961	West Bromwich Albion	H	4-4	Draw	20,424	9	Palmer (? pen), Addison (?, ?), Jones (? OG)
16	Sat Nov 04, 1961	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	Loss	19,068	13
17	Sat Nov 11, 1961	Burnley	H	3-2	Win	26,409	9	Vowden (?), Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
18	Sat Nov 18, 1961	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	34,217	14	Booth (?)
19	Sat Nov 25, 1961	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	Loss	23,914	15
20	Sat Dec 02, 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-3	Loss	28,083	17
21	Sat Dec 09, 1961	Leicester City	H	0-0	Draw	22,524	18
22	Sat Dec 16, 1961	Chelsea	H	3-0	Win	17,419	14	Booth (?, ?), Quigley (?)
23	Fri Dec 22, 1961	Sheffield United	A	0-2	Loss	19,391	15
24	Tue Dec 26, 1961	Manchester United	A	3-6	Loss	30,822	19	Julians (40), Hockey (68), Palmer (81 pen)
25	Sat Jan 13, 1962	West Ham United	H	3-0	Win	20,537	16	Gray (?), Julians (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 20, 1962	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	16,343	18	Booth (?)
27	Sat Feb 03, 1962	Blackpool	H	3-4	Loss	17,973	20	Cobb (?, ?), Winfield (?)
28	Sat Feb 10, 1962	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-4	Loss	42,710	20	Quigley (?), Hockey (?)
29	Sat Feb 17, 1962	Cardiff City	H	2-1	Win	19,227	18	Pleat (?), Quigley (?)
30	Sat Feb 24, 1962	Everton	H	2-1	Win	22,499	18	Gray (?), Vowden (?)
31	Sat Mar 03, 1962	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	18,419	19	Julians (?)
32	Sat Mar 10, 1962	Manchester City	H	1-2	Loss	20,199	18	Rowland (?)
33	Sat Mar 17, 1962	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	Draw	16,974	19	Rowland (?), Vowden (?)
34	Tue Mar 20, 1962	Manchester United	H	1-0	Win	27,833	16	Vowden (20)
35	Sat Mar 24, 1962	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	Draw	26,053	16	Julians (?)
36	Tue Apr 03, 1962	Burnley	A	0-0	Draw	23,217	16
37	Sat Apr 07, 1962	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	21,208	18
38	Sat Apr 14, 1962	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-6	Loss	12,891	19	Booth (?)
39	Sat Apr 21, 1962	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-1	Win	18,603	19	Vowden (?, ?), Julians (?)
40	Mon Apr 23, 1962	Aston Villa	A	1-5	Loss	24,147	19	Addison (?)
41	Tue Apr 24, 1962	Aston Villa	H	2-0	Win	25,118	19	Julians (?), Quigley (?)
42	Sat Apr 28, 1962	Leicester City	A	1-2	Loss	14,567	19	Julians (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 06, 1962	Workington	3			A	2-1	Win	15,157	Booth (?), Julians (?)
Sat Jan 27, 1962	Sheffield Wednesday	4			H	0-2	Loss	46,218

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 11, 1961	Gillingham	1	H	4-1	Win	11,336	Vowden (20, 89), Booth (40), Addison (80)
Wed Oct 11, 1961	Queens Park Rangers	2	A	2-1	Win	11,362	Whitefoot (?), Barton (?)
Tue Nov 14, 1961	Blackburn Rovers	3	H	1-2	Loss	9,512	Quigley (?)

Fairs Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 13, 1961	Valencia	Spain	1	1	A	0-2	Loss	46,000
Wed Oct 04, 1961	Valencia	Spain	1	2	H	1-5	Loss	36,158	Cobb (53)

Notts Association Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue May 08, 1962	Notts County				A	2-1	Win	10,465	Julians (?), Vowden (?)
Fri May 11, 1962	Mansfield Town				H	3-2	Win	6,214	Vowden (?, ?), Le Flem (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Nov 27, 1961	Stockport County	England	A	2-4	Loss	2,845	Palmer (?), Quigley (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Nov 06, 1961	Malmo FF	Sweden	H	5-1	Aba	7,847	Addison (?), Quigley (?), Vowden (?), Le Flem (?), Booth (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Andy Beattie
Sat Aug 19, 1961	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	2-2	20,857	McKinlay (?), Vowden (?)
Tue Aug 22, 1961	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			H	2-1	19,486	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Aug 26, 1961	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	2-0	26,700	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
Wed Aug 30, 1961	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			A	1-1	21,095	Booth (?)
Sat Sep 02, 1961	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	2-3	23,795	Addison (?, ?)
Sat Sep 09, 1961	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-2	22,649	Vowden (?)
Mon Sep 11, 1961	League Cup	Gillingham	1		H	4-1	11,336	Vowden (20, 89), Booth (40), Addison (80)
Wed Sep 13, 1961	Fairs Cup	Valencia	1	1	A	0-2	46,000
Sat Sep 16, 1961	League Tier 1	Blackpool			A	3-1	23,737	Vowden (?), Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
Tue Sep 19, 1961	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	3-1	32,506	Booth (?), Vowden (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Sep 23, 1961	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	2-0	40,875	Cobb (?), Quigley (?)
Wed Sep 27, 1961	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-2	22,610	Booth (?)
Sat Sep 30, 1961	League Tier 1	Cardiff City			A	2-2	20,502	Le Flem (?), Baker (? OG)
Wed Oct 04, 1961	Fairs Cup	Valencia	1	2	H	1-5	36,158	Cobb (53)
Sat Oct 07, 1961	League Tier 1	Everton			A	0-6	42,431
Wed Oct 11, 1961	League Cup	Queens Park Rangers	2		A	2-1	11,362	Whitefoot (?), Barton (?)
Sat Oct 14, 1961	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-1	21,705	Addison (?)
Sat Oct 21, 1961	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	0-3	20,258
Sat Oct 28, 1961	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	4-4	20,424	Palmer (? pen), Addison (?, ?), Jones (? OG)
Sat Nov 04, 1961	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			A	0-1	19,068
Mon Nov 06, 1961	Testimonial	Malmo FF			H	5-1	7,847	Addison (?), Quigley (?), Vowden (?), Le Flem (?), Booth (?)
Sat Nov 11, 1961	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	3-2	26,409	Vowden (?), Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
Tue Nov 14, 1961	League Cup	Blackburn Rovers	3		H	1-2	9,512	Quigley (?)
Sat Nov 18, 1961	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	1-2	34,217	Booth (?)
Sat Nov 25, 1961	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	0-1	23,914
Mon Nov 27, 1961	Friendly	Stockport County			A	2-4	2,845	Palmer (?), Quigley (?)
Sat Dec 02, 1961	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	0-3	28,083
Sat Dec 09, 1961	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	0-0	22,524
Sat Dec 16, 1961	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	3-0	17,419	Booth (?, ?), Quigley (?)
Fri Dec 22, 1961	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	0-2	19,391
Tue Dec 26, 1961	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	3-6	30,822	Julians (40), Hockey (68), Palmer (81 pen)
Sat Jan 06, 1962	FA Cup	Workington	3		A	2-1	15,157	Booth (?), Julians (?)
Sat Jan 13, 1962	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	3-0	20,537	Gray (?), Julians (?, ?)
Sat Jan 20, 1962	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	1-2	16,343	Booth (?)
Sat Jan 27, 1962	FA Cup	Sheffield Wednesday	4		H	0-2	46,218
Sat Feb 03, 1962	League Tier 1	Blackpool			H	3-4	17,973	Cobb (?, ?), Winfield (?)
Sat Feb 10, 1962	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	2-4	42,710	Quigley (?), Hockey (?)
Sat Feb 17, 1962	League Tier 1	Cardiff City			H	2-1	19,227	Pleat (?), Quigley (?)
Sat Feb 24, 1962	League Tier 1	Everton			H	2-1	22,499	Gray (?), Vowden (?)
Sat Mar 03, 1962	League Tier 1	Fulham			A	1-1	18,419	Julians (?)
Sat Mar 10, 1962	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	1-2	20,199	Rowland (?)
Sat Mar 17, 1962	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	2-2	16,974	Rowland (?), Vowden (?)
Tue Mar 20, 1962	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	1-0	27,833	Vowden (20)
Sat Mar 24, 1962	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			H	1-1	26,053	Julians (?)
Tue Apr 03, 1962	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	0-0	23,217
Sat Apr 07, 1962	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	0-1	21,208
Sat Apr 14, 1962	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	1-6	12,891	Booth (?)
Sat Apr 21, 1962	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	3-1	18,603	Vowden (?, ?), Julians (?)
Mon Apr 23, 1962	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	1-5	24,147	Addison (?)
Tue Apr 24, 1962	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	2-0	25,118	Julians (?), Quigley (?)
Sat Apr 28, 1962	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	1-2	14,567	Julians (?)
Tue May 08, 1962	Notts Association Cup	Notts County			A	2-1	10,465	Julians (?), Vowden (?)
Fri May 11, 1962	Notts Association Cup	Mansfield Town			H	3-2	6,214	Vowden (?, ?), Le Flem (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5)				Out (6)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Charles McGlinchey	Bought			Charles McGlinchey	Sold
	John Winfield	Bought			Colin Booth	Sold
	Joseph Wilson	Bought			Jack Burkitt	Retired
	Noel Wood	Bought			Noel Wood	Sold
Nov 01, 1961	Trevor Hockey	Bought		Oct 11, 1961	Tony Barton	Sold
				Aug 01, 1962	John Rowland	Sold	£6,000

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		John Armstrong	1	1
GK		Noel Wood	1	1
GK		Peter Grummitt	47	14	10	23
Defenders
D		Bob McKinlay	49	16	10	23	1
D		Brian Grant	11	3	1	7
D		Doug Baird	16	3	4	9
D		John Winfield	14	5	4	5	1
D		Joseph Wilson	10	3	3	4
D		Peter Hindley
Midfielders
M		Billy Cobb	9	2	1	6	4
M		Calvin Palmer	35	13	5	17	2
M		David Pleat	1	1			1
M		Jack Burkitt	2		1	1
M		Jeff Whitefoot	31	10	5	16	1
M		John Rowland	15	4	6	5	2
M		Tony Barton	3	1		2	1
Forwards
F		Billy Gray	38	13	10	15	2
F		Charles McGlinchey	1	1
F		Colin Addison	23	5	4	14	7
F		Colin Booth	34	11	6	17	14
F		Flip Le Flem	41	13	9	19	6
F		Geoff Vowden	30	11	8	11	12
F		Jim Iley	39	14	8	17
F		Johnny Quigley	49	16	10	23	6
F		Len Julians	20	8	3	9	9
F		Trevor Hockey	19	7	2	10	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
14	Colin Booth	34
12	Geoff Vowden	30
9	Len Julians	20
7	Colin Addison	23
6	Flip Le Flem	41
6	Johnny Quigley	49
4	Billy Cobb	9
2	Billy Gray	38
2 (2)	Calvin Palmer	35
2	John Rowland	15
2	Own Goals	49
2	Trevor Hockey	19
1	Bob McKinlay	49
1	David Pleat	1
1	Jeff Whitefoot	31
1	John Winfield	14
1	Tony Barton	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score