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SEASON: 1961-62

Prev Season: 1960-61
This Season: 1961-62
Next Season: 1962-63

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

Top Goalscorer:: Colin Booth (14 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

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	9	10	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	West Ham United (2-3)
11	8	11	3	1	-	2	3	6	2	Manchester City (0-3), Sheffield United (0-2), Sheffield Wednesday (3-1)
12		12	4	1	1	2	4	10	3	Cardiff City (2-2), Everton (0-6), Arsenal (1-2), Manchester United (1-0)
13	7	13	3	-	-	3	1	4	0	Bolton Wanderers (0-1), 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
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,419
Average League Attendance:: 25,000
Highest Cup Attendance:: 36,158
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 36,158

MISCELLANEOUS

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

END OF SEASON TABLE (1961-62)

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								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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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	10	McKinlay (?), Vowden (?)
2	Tue Aug 22, 1961	Birmingham City	H	2-1	Win	-	1	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
3	Sat Aug 26, 1961	Sheffield United	H	2-0	Win	-	4	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
4	Wed Aug 30, 1961	Birmingham City	A	1-1	Draw	-	3	Booth (?)
5	Sat Sep 02, 1961	West Ham United	A	2-3	Loss	23,000	6	Addison (?, ?)
6	Sat Sep 09, 1961	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Loss	-	11	Vowden (?)
7	Sat Sep 16, 1961	Blackpool	A	3-1	Win	-	8	Vowden (?), Booth (?), Le Flem (?)
8	Tue Sep 19, 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	-	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	-	4	Booth (?)
11	Sat Sep 30, 1961	Cardiff City	A	2-2	Draw	-	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	-	8	Addison (?)
14	Sat Oct 21, 1961	Manchester City	A	0-3	Loss	-	10
15	Sat Oct 28, 1961	West Bromwich Albion	H	4-4	Draw	-	9	Palmer (? pen), Addison (?, ?), Jones (? OG)
16	Sat Nov 04, 1961	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	Loss	-	13
17	Sat Nov 11, 1961	Burnley	H	3-2	Win	-	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	-	15
20	Sat Dec 02, 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-3	Loss	-	17
21	Sat Dec 09, 1961	Leicester City	H	0-0	Draw	-	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	-	15
24	Tue Dec 26, 1961	Manchester United	A	3-6	Loss	30,822	19	Palmer (?), Hockey (?), Julians (?)
25	Sat Jan 13, 1962	West Ham United	H	3-0	Win	20,359	16	Gray (?), Julians (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 20, 1962	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	-	18	Booth (?)
27	Sat Feb 03, 1962	Blackpool	H	3-4	Loss	-	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	-	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	-	19	Julians (?)
32	Sat Mar 10, 1962	Manchester City	H	1-2	Loss	-	18	Rowland (?)
33	Sat Mar 17, 1962	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	Draw	-	19	Rowland (?), Vowden (?)
34	Tue Mar 20, 1962	Manchester United	H	1-0	Win	27,833	16	Vowden (?)
35	Sat Mar 24, 1962	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	Draw	-	16	Julians (?)
36	Tue Apr 03, 1962	Burnley	A	0-0	Draw	-	16
37	Sat Apr 07, 1962	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	21,129	18
38	Sat Apr 14, 1962	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-6	Loss	-	19	Booth (?)
39	Sat Apr 21, 1962	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-1	Win	-	19	Vowden (?, ?), Julians (?)
40	Mon Apr 23, 1962	Aston Villa	A	1-5	Loss	25,000	19	Addison (?)
41	Tue Apr 24, 1962	Aston Villa	H	2-0	Win	24,890	19	Julians (?), Quigley (?)
42	Sat Apr 28, 1962	Leicester City	A	1-2	Loss	-	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	-	Booth (?), Julians (?)
Sat Jan 27, 1962	Sheffield Wednesday	4			H	0-2	Loss	-

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 11, 1961	Gillingham	1	H	4-1	Win	-	Vowden (?, ?), Booth (?), Addison (?)
Wed Oct 11, 1961	Queens Park Rangers	2	A	2-1	Win	-	Whitefoot (?), Barton (?)
Tue Nov 14, 1961	Blackburn Rovers	3	H	1-2	Loss	-	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	-	Julians (?), Vowden (?)
Fri May 11, 1962	Mansfield Town				H	3-2	Win	-	Vowden (?, ?), Le Flem (?)

Friendly

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

Testimonial

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

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 (1)	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