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SEASON: 1963-64

Prev Season: 1962-63
This Season: 1963-64
Next Season: 1964-65

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Preston North End (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: Did not enter

Top Goalscorer:: Frank Wignall (16 goals)

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1963-64

SEASON END TABLE								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	Liverpool	42	26	5	11	92	45	16	0	5	60	18	10	5	6	32	27	2.04444	57	European Cup Preliminary Round	0-0	2-1
2	Manchester United	42	23	7	12	90	62	15	3	3	54	19	8	4	9	36	43	1.45161	53		1-2	1-3
3	Everton	42	21	10	11	84	64	14	4	3	53	26	7	6	8	31	38	1.31250	52		2-2	1-6
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	7	13	97	81	13	3	5	54	31	9	4	8	43	50	1.19753	51		1-2	1-4
5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	72	56	12	3	6	36	24	8	7	6	36	32	1.28571	50		0-1	0-1
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	19	11	12	84	67	15	3	3	50	24	4	8	9	34	43	1.25373	49		3-2	1-3
7	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	10	14	89	65	10	4	7	44	28	8	6	7	45	37	1.36923	46		1-1	0-2
8	Arsenal	42	17	11	14	90	82	10	7	4	56	37	7	4	10	34	45	1.09756	45		2-0	2-4
9	Burnley	42	17	10	15	71	64	14	3	4	46	23	3	7	11	25	41	1.10938	44		1-3	1-1
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	70	61	9	6	6	43	35	7	5	9	27	26	1.14754	43		0-3	3-2
11	Leicester City	42	16	11	15	61	58	9	4	8	33	27	7	7	7	28	31	1.05172	43		2-0	1-1
12	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	61	64	10	6	5	35	22	6	5	10	26	42	.95313	43		3-3	2-1
13	Nottingham Forest	42	16	9	17	64	68	9	5	7	34	24	7	4	10	30	44	.94118	41
14	West Ham United	42	14	12	16	69	74	8	7	6	45	38	6	5	10	24	36	.93243	40	Cup Winners Cup	3-1	2-0
15	Fulham	42	13	13	16	58	65	11	8	2	45	23	2	5	14	13	42	.89231	39		2-0	0-0
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	15	15	70	80	6	9	6	36	34	6	6	9	34	46	.87500	39		3-0	3-2
17	Stoke City	42	14	10	18	77	78	9	6	6	49	33	5	4	12	28	45	.98718	38		0-0	1-0
18	Blackpool	42	13	9	20	52	73	8	6	7	26	29	5	3	13	26	44	.71233	35		0-1	0-1
19	Aston Villa	42	11	12	19	62	71	8	6	7	35	29	3	6	12	27	42	.87324	34		0-1	0-3
20	Birmingham City	42	11	7	24	54	92	7	7	7	33	32	4	0	17	21	60	.58696	29		4-0	3-3
21	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	8	24	48	80	6	5	10	30	35	4	3	14	18	45	.60000	28	Relegated	3-1	3-2
22	Ipswich Town	42	9	7	26	56	121	9	3	9	38	45	0	4	17	18	76	.46281	25	Relegated	3-1	3-4

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	8 times	11 times	1 time
Conceded	14 times	8 times	7 times	3 times	1 time
Won By	7 times	7 times	1 time	1 time
Lost By	9 times	5 times	3 times		1 time

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	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	1	2	3	-	-	3	3	7	0	Manchester United (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), Manchester United (1-3)
3	4	3	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Blackburn Rovers (0-2)
4	7	4	2	-	1	1	2	7	1	Blackburn Rovers (1-1), Everton (1-6)
5	14	5	2	1	-	1	2	1	2	West Ham United (2-0), Chelsea (0-1)
6	5	6	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday (3-2)
7	9	7	4	2	-	2	5	6	4	Liverpool (2-1), Tottenham Hotspur (1-4), Arsenal (2-0), Chelsea (0-1)
8	7	8	2	-	2	-	5	5	2	Everton (2-2), Sheffield United (3-3)
9	14	9	3	1	2	-	5	4	4	Burnley (1-1), Leicester City (1-1), West Bromwich Albion (3-2)
10	24	10	4	3	-	1	10	6	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-0), West Ham United (3-1), Arsenal (2-4), Sheffield United (2-1)
11	27	11	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Leicester City (2-0)
12	38	12	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday (1-3)
13	74	13	2	1	-	1	2	3	2	Stoke City (1-0), Burnley (1-3)
14	7	14	2	1	-	1	3	5	2	West Bromwich Albion (0-3), Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-2)
15	1	15	2	1	1	-	2	0	3	Liverpool (0-0), Fulham (2-0)
16		16	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Blackpool (0-1)
17		17	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Fulham (0-0)
18		18	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Aston Villa (0-3)
19		19	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Stoke City (0-0)
20	6	20	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	Birmingham City (3-3), Blackpool (0-1), Birmingham City (4-0)
21		21	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Bolton Wanderers (3-2)
22	4	22	3	2	-	1	9	6	4	Bolton Wanderers (3-1), Ipswich Town (3-1), Ipswich Town (3-4)

Not included: Week 1 game against Aston Villa (0-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Johnny Carey
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 24, 1963	Aston Villa	H	0-1	29,505	22
2	Wed Aug 28, 1963	Liverpool	A	2-1	49,829	10	Wignall (?), Quigley (?)
3	Sat Aug 31, 1963	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-4	49,407	20	Addison (?)
4	Tue Sep 03, 1963	Liverpool	H	0-0	21,979	15
5	Sat Sep 07, 1963	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-0	20,873	12	Wignall (?), Quigley (?), Le Flem (?)
6	Mon Sep 09, 1963	West Ham United	A	2-0	26,282	5	Palmer (?), Addison (?)
7	Sat Sep 14, 1963	Stoke City	A	1-0	34,522	5	Quigley (?)
8	Tue Sep 17, 1963	West Ham United	H	3-1	25,741	2	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Le Flem (?)
9	Sat Sep 21, 1963	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-1	23,712	1	Wignall (?), Quigley (?), Le Flem (?)
10	Sat Sep 28, 1963	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	27,981	5	Addison (?)
11	Sat Oct 05, 1963	Blackpool	A	0-1	22,397	6
12	Tue Oct 08, 1963	Leicester City	H	2-0	30,990	3	Addison (?), Wignall (?)
13	Sat Oct 12, 1963	Fulham	A	0-0	23,551	4
14	Sat Oct 19, 1963	Manchester United	H	1-2	41,426	7	Wignall (22')
15	Sat Oct 26, 1963	Arsenal	A	2-4	41,124	10	Wignall (?), Le Flem (?)
16	Sat Nov 02, 1963	Ipswich Town	H	3-1	21,109	8	Quigley (?), Vowden (?), Beavis (? OG)
17	Sat Nov 09, 1963	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	23,231	9	Vowden (?)
18	Sat Nov 16, 1963	Everton	H	2-2	27,027	9	Whitefoot (?, ?)
19	Sat Nov 23, 1963	Birmingham City	A	3-3	18,161	10	Winfield (?), Julians (?), Le Flem (?)
20	Sat Nov 30, 1963	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-3	18,931	10
21	Sat Dec 07, 1963	Burnley	A	1-1	15,304	11	Wignall (?)
22	Sat Dec 14, 1963	Aston Villa	A	0-3	14,182	12
23	Sat Dec 21, 1963	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	23,888	13	Quigley (?)
24	Thu Dec 26, 1963	Sheffield United	H	3-3	23,938	14	Wignall (?), Vowden (?), Storey-Moore (?)
25	Sat Dec 28, 1963	Sheffield United	A	2-1	24,865	13	Storey-Moore (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 11, 1964	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-2	15,468	13	Newton (?), Wignall (?), Vowden (?)
27	Sat Jan 18, 1964	Stoke City	H	0-0	17,995	13
28	Sat Feb 01, 1964	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-2	10,770	11	Wignall (?, ?, ?)
29	Sat Feb 08, 1964	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-2	18,342	13
30	Sat Feb 15, 1964	Blackpool	H	0-1	17,008	13
31	Sat Feb 22, 1964	Fulham	H	2-0	14,713	12	Newton (?), Wignall (?)
32	Sat Feb 29, 1964	Leicester City	A	1-1	23,629	11	Whitefoot (?)
33	Sat Mar 07, 1964	Arsenal	H	2-0	18,525	11	Addison (?), Hinton (?)
34	Sat Mar 14, 1964	Everton	A	1-6	50,085	12	Vowden (?)
35	Sat Mar 21, 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-2	17,749	12	McKinlay (?), Quigley (?), Wignall (?)	Safe
36	Sat Mar 28, 1964	Ipswich Town	A	3-4	12,017	13	Storey-Moore (?, ?), Wignall (?)	Safe
37	Mon Mar 30, 1964	Chelsea	A	0-1	26,086	14		Safe
38	Tue Mar 31, 1964	Chelsea	H	0-1	16,453	14		Safe
39	Sat Apr 04, 1964	Birmingham City	H	4-0	13,897	13	Storey-Moore (?), Addison (?, ?, ?)	Safe
40	Sat Apr 11, 1964	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-2	14,442	11	McKinlay (?), Addison (?), Barnwell (?)	Safe
41	Sat Apr 18, 1964	Burnley	H	1-3	19,005	13	Barnwell (?)	Safe
42	Sat Apr 25, 1964	Manchester United	A	1-3	32,786	13	Hinton (37')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 04, 1964	Preston North End	3		H	0-0	26,906
Mon Jan 13, 1964	Preston North End	3	1	A	0-1	29,374

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 25, 1964	Mansfield Town		A	3-1	13,419	Wignall (?, ?), Hinton (?)
Tue Apr 14, 1964	Notts County		A	5-1	14,501	Wignall (?, ?, ?), Hinton (?), Addison (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Apr 20, 1964	New Zealand XI	New Zealand	H	8-0	6,330	Wignall (?, ?, ?), Addison (?, ?), Hinton (?, ?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat May 02, 1964	Hertha Berlin	Germany	A	3-0	10,000	Addison (?, ?, ?)
Wed May 06, 1964	Basle	Switzerland	A	6-0	5,000	Wignall (?, ?), Newton (?, ?), Addison (?), ? (? OG)
Thu May 07, 1964	Lucerne	Switzerland	A	4-0	-	Vowden (?), Pleat (?), Newton (?), Barnwell (?)
Sat May 09, 1964	Winterthur	Switzerland	A	5-1	-	Barnwell (?), Wignall (?, ?), Pleat (?), Vowden (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Johnny Carey
Sat Aug 24, 1963	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	0-1	29,505
Wed Aug 28, 1963	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	2-1	49,829	Wignall (?), Quigley (?)
Sat Aug 31, 1963	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-4	49,407	Addison (?)
Tue Sep 03, 1963	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	0-0	21,979
Sat Sep 07, 1963	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	3-0	20,873	Wignall (?), Quigley (?), Le Flem (?)
Mon Sep 09, 1963	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	2-0	26,282	Palmer (?), Addison (?)
Sat Sep 14, 1963	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	1-0	34,522	Quigley (?)
Tue Sep 17, 1963	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	3-1	25,741	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Sep 21, 1963	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	3-1	23,712	Wignall (?), Quigley (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Sep 28, 1963	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-1	27,981	Addison (?)
Sat Oct 05, 1963	League Tier 1	Blackpool			A	0-1	22,397
Tue Oct 08, 1963	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	2-0	30,990	Addison (?), Wignall (?)
Sat Oct 12, 1963	League Tier 1	Fulham			A	0-0	23,551
Sat Oct 19, 1963	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	1-2	41,426	Wignall (22')
Sat Oct 26, 1963	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	2-4	41,124	Wignall (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Nov 02, 1963	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			H	3-1	21,109	Quigley (?), Vowden (?), Beavis (? OG)
Sat Nov 09, 1963	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	1-3	23,231	Vowden (?)
Sat Nov 16, 1963	League Tier 1	Everton			H	2-2	27,027	Whitefoot (?, ?)
Sat Nov 23, 1963	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			A	3-3	18,161	Winfield (?), Julians (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Nov 30, 1963	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	0-3	18,931
Sat Dec 07, 1963	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	1-1	15,304	Wignall (?)
Sat Dec 14, 1963	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-3	14,182
Sat Dec 21, 1963	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	1-2	23,888	Quigley (?)
Thu Dec 26, 1963	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	3-3	23,938	Wignall (?), Vowden (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Dec 28, 1963	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	2-1	24,865	Storey-Moore (?, ?)
Sat Jan 04, 1964	FA Cup	Preston North End	3		H	0-0	26,906
Sat Jan 11, 1964	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	3-2	15,468	Newton (?), Wignall (?), Vowden (?)
Mon Jan 13, 1964	FA Cup	Preston North End	3	1	A	0-1	29,374
Sat Jan 18, 1964	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	0-0	17,995
Sat Jan 25, 1964	County Cup	Mansfield Town			A	3-1	13,419	Wignall (?, ?), Hinton (?)
Sat Feb 01, 1964	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	3-2	10,770	Wignall (?, ?, ?)
Sat Feb 08, 1964	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	0-2	18,342
Sat Feb 15, 1964	League Tier 1	Blackpool			H	0-1	17,008
Sat Feb 22, 1964	League Tier 1	Fulham			H	2-0	14,713	Newton (?), Wignall (?)
Sat Feb 29, 1964	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	1-1	23,629	Whitefoot (?)
Sat Mar 07, 1964	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	2-0	18,525	Addison (?), Hinton (?)
Sat Mar 14, 1964	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-6	50,085	Vowden (?)
Sat Mar 21, 1964	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	3-2	17,749	McKinlay (?), Quigley (?), Wignall (?)	Safe
Sat Mar 28, 1964	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			A	3-4	12,017	Storey-Moore (?, ?), Wignall (?)	Safe
Mon Mar 30, 1964	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	0-1	26,086		Safe
Tue Mar 31, 1964	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	0-1	16,453		Safe
Sat Apr 04, 1964	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			H	4-0	13,897	Storey-Moore (?), Addison (?, ?, ?)	Safe
Sat Apr 11, 1964	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	3-2	14,442	McKinlay (?), Addison (?), Barnwell (?)	Safe
Tue Apr 14, 1964	County Cup	Notts County			A	5-1	14,501	Wignall (?, ?, ?), Hinton (?), Addison (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 18, 1964	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	1-3	19,005	Barnwell (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 20, 1964	Friendly	New Zealand XI			H	8-0	6,330	Wignall (?, ?, ?), Addison (?, ?), Hinton (?, ?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Apr 25, 1964	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	1-3	32,786	Hinton (37')	Safe
Sat May 02, 1964	Friendly	Hertha Berlin			A	3-0	10,000	Addison (?, ?, ?)
Wed May 06, 1964	Friendly	Basle			A	6-0	5,000	Wignall (?, ?), Newton (?, ?), Addison (?), ? (? OG)
Thu May 07, 1964	Friendly	Lucerne			A	4-0	-	Vowden (?), Pleat (?), Newton (?), Barnwell (?)
Sat May 09, 1964	Friendly	Winterthur			A	5-1	-	Barnwell (?), Wignall (?, ?), Pleat (?), Vowden (?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 04, 1964	Preston North End	3		H	0-0	26,906
Mon Jan 13, 1964	Preston North End	3	1	A	0-1	29,374

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 25, 1964	Mansfield Town		A	3-1	13,419
Tue Apr 14, 1964	Notts County		A	5-1	14,501

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8) - £47,000				Out (5) - £30,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Jan 1964	Alan Hinton	Bought			Flip Le Flem	Sold
	Billy Taylor	Bought			John Parr	Sold
	Frank Wignall	Bought			Trevor Hockey	Sold
	Geoff Ball	Bought		Sep 01, 1963	Calvin Palmer	Sold	£30,000
	John Parr	Bought		Jan 01, 1964	Len Julians	Sold
Dec 1963	Mike Kear	Bought	£7,000
Mar 21, 1964	John Barnwell	Bought	£40,000
May 04, 1964	Ray Bridgett	Bought

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		John Parr	England	20	1	1
GK		Peter Grummitt	England	20	43	15	10	18
Defenders
D		Bob McKinlay	Scotland	30	44	16	10	18	2
D		Brian Grant	Scotland	20	2		1	1
D		Dennis Mochan	Scotland	27	38	14	10	14
D		Geoff Ball	England	18	1	1
D		John Winfield	England	20	23	9	5	9	1
D		Joseph Wilson	England	26	35	13	8	14
D		Peter Hindley	England	19	10	4	1	5
Midfielders
M		Billy Taylor	Scotland	24	2			2
M		Calvin Palmer	England	22	3	3			1
M		David Pleat	England	18	5	1	2	2
M		David Wilson	England	18	3	2	1
M		Henry Newton	England	19	27	9	7	11	2
M		Jeff Whitefoot	England	29	37	11	8	18	3
M		Mike Kear	England	20	11	5	3	3
Forwards
F		Alan Hinton	England	20	15	6	1	8	2
F		Colin Addison	England	23	26	12	5	9	10
F		Flip Le Flem	England	21	24	8	6	10	5
F		Frank Wignall	England	23	42	14	10	18	16
F		Geoff Vowden	England	22	11	3	3	5	5
F		Ian Storey-Moore	England	18	14	5	3	6	6
F		John Barnwell	England	24	8	3		5	2
F		Johnny Quigley	Scotland	28	39	14	10	15	7
F		Len Julians	England	30	4		2	2	1
F		Sammy Chapman	England	16	1		1
F		Trevor Hockey	Wales	20	15	7	3	5

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
16	Frank Wignall	42
10	Colin Addison	26
7	Johnny Quigley	39
6	Ian Storey-Moore	14
5	Flip Le Flem	24
5	Geoff Vowden	11
3	Jeff Whitefoot	37
2	Alan Hinton	15
2	Bob McKinlay	44
2	Henry Newton	27
2	John Barnwell	8
1	Calvin Palmer	3
1	John Winfield	23
1	Len Julians	4
1	Own Goals	44

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bolton Wanderers	Sat Sep 21, 1963	Home	3-1	Sat Feb 01, 1964	Away	3-2
West Ham United	Mon Sep 09, 1963	Away	2-0	Tue Sep 17, 1963	Home	3-1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat Sep 07, 1963	Home	3-0	Sat Jan 11, 1964	Away	3-2

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Sat Aug 24, 1963	Home	0-1	Sat Dec 14, 1963	Away	0-3
Blackpool	Sat Oct 05, 1963	Away	0-1	Sat Feb 15, 1964	Home	0-1
Chelsea	Mon Mar 30, 1964	Away	0-1	Tue Mar 31, 1964	Home	0-1
Manchester United	Sat Oct 19, 1963	Home	1-2	Sat Apr 25, 1964	Away	1-3
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Aug 31, 1963	Away	1-4	Sat Dec 21, 1963	Home	1-2