The City Ground

SEASON: 1965-66

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This Season: 1965-66
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DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Hull City (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: 4th Round ( () -)

Top Goalscorer:: Colin Addison (9 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1965-66								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	9	7	79	34	17	2	2	52	15	9	7	5	27	19	2.324	61	European Cup	1-1	0-4
2	Leeds United	42	23	9	10	79	38	14	4	3	49	15	9	5	7	30	23	2.079	55		0-4	1-2
3	Burnley	42	24	7	11	79	47	15	3	3	45	20	9	4	8	34	27	1.681	55		1-0	1-4
4	Manchester United	42	18	15	9	84	59	12	8	1	50	20	6	7	8	34	39	1.424	51		4-2	0-0
5	Chelsea	42	22	7	13	65	53	11	4	6	30	21	11	3	7	35	32	1.226	51		1-2	0-1
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	19	12	11	91	69	11	6	4	58	34	8	6	7	33	35	1.319	50		3-2	3-5
7	Leicester City	42	21	7	14	80	65	12	4	5	40	28	9	3	9	40	37	1.231	49		2-0	1-2
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	12	14	75	66	11	6	4	55	37	5	6	10	20	29	1.136	44		1-0	3-2
9	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	56	59	11	6	4	37	25	5	5	11	19	34	.949	43		1-0	1-1
10	Stoke City	42	15	12	15	65	64	12	6	3	42	22	3	6	12	23	42	1.016	42		4-3	0-1
11	Everton	42	15	11	16	56	62	12	6	3	39	19	3	5	13	17	43	.903	41		1-0	0-3
12	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	70	83	12	5	4	46	33	3	4	14	24	50	.843	39		5-0	3-0
13	Blackpool	42	14	9	19	55	65	9	5	7	36	29	5	4	12	19	36	.846	37		2-1	3-0
14	Arsenal	42	12	13	17	62	75	8	8	5	36	31	4	5	12	26	44	.827	37		0-1	0-1
15	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	50	63	10	5	6	26	20	4	4	13	24	43	.794	37		1-2	2-2
16	Aston Villa	42	15	6	21	69	80	10	3	8	39	34	5	3	13	30	46	.863	36		1-2	0-3
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	8	20	56	66	11	6	4	35	18	3	2	16	21	48	.848	36		1-0	1-3
18	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	56	72	11	3	7	31	26	3	5	13	25	46	.778	36
19	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	51	72	13	2	6	36	28	1	6	14	15	44	.708	36		0-0	2-3
20	Fulham	42	14	7	21	67	85	9	4	8	34	37	5	3	13	33	48	.788	35		1-2	1-1
21	Northampton Town	42	10	13	19	55	92	8	6	7	31	32	2	7	12	24	60	.598	33	Relegated	1-1	3-3
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	8	4	30	57	88	6	1	14	30	36	2	3	16	27	52	.648	20	Relegated	0-3	0-5

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Competitive Games:: 44
Competitive Goals:: 58
Goals per game:: 1.3
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	17 times	5 times	6 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	10 times	11 times	7 times	3 times	2 times
Won By	10 times	2 times	2 times		1 time
Lost By	11 times	3 times	4 times	2 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	2	1	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Leeds United (1-2), Liverpool (1-1)
2	1	2	1	1	-	-	4	2	2	Manchester United (4-2)
3	5	3	3	2	-	1	5	6	4	West Bromwich Albion (3-2), Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), Burnley (1-4)
4		4	4	1	1	2	3	7	3	Sheffield United (1-1), Leeds United (0-4), Burnley (1-0), Chelsea (1-2)
5		5	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Chelsea (0-1)
6		6	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur (3-2)
7	2	7	3	-	-	3	1	7	0	Stoke City (0-1), Liverpool (0-4), Leicester City (1-2)
8	3	8	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Everton (0-3)
9	2	9	3	2	-	1	8	8	4	Sheffield United (1-0), West Bromwich Albion (3-5), Stoke City (4-3)
10		10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	6	11	3	2	-	1	3	1	4	Arsenal (0-1), Leicester City (2-0), Everton (1-0)
12	11	12	2	-	-	2	3	5	0	Sunderland (2-3), Aston Villa (1-2)
13	38	13	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Manchester United (0-0)
14	36	14	3	2	-	1	4	3	4	Aston Villa (0-3), Blackpool (3-0), Sheffield Wednesday (1-0)
15	59	15	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Arsenal (0-1)
16	42	16	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Sunderland (0-0)
17	33	17	1	1	-	-	3	0	2	West Ham United (3-0)
18	17	18	3	1	1	1	4	5	3	Sheffield Wednesday (1-3), Fulham (1-1), Blackpool (2-1)
19		19	3	1	1	1	9	5	3	West Ham United (5-0), Newcastle United (1-2), Northampton Town (3-3)
20	14	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21		21	2	-	-	2	1	7	0	Blackburn Rovers (0-5), Fulham (1-2)
22		22	2	-	1	1	1	4	1	Northampton Town (1-1), Blackburn Rovers (0-3)

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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 34,750 (Everton)
Lowest League Attendance:: 16,057 (Sunderland)
Average League Attendance:: 23,724
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 4 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Johnny Carey
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 21, 1965	Newcastle United	A	2-2	Draw	37,230	13	Wignall (36), Addison (48)
2	Tue Aug 24, 1965	Manchester United	H	4-2	Win	33,744	3	Wignall (8), Addison (28, 44), Hinton (63)
3	Sat Aug 28, 1965	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-2	Win	27,366	1	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Barnwell (?)
4	Wed Sep 01, 1965	Manchester United	A	0-0	Draw	40,027	3
5	Sat Sep 04, 1965	Leeds United	A	1-2	Loss	35,527	8	Newton (?)
6	Tue Sep 07, 1965	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	30,540	9
7	Sat Sep 11, 1965	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	17,825	14	Wignall (?)
8	Tue Sep 14, 1965	Arsenal	A	0-1	Loss	32,542	14
9	Sat Sep 18, 1965	Northampton Town	H	1-1	Draw	19,669	15	Kear (90)
10	Sat Sep 25, 1965	Stoke City	A	0-1	Loss	21,086	17
11	Sat Oct 09, 1965	West Ham United	H	5-0	Win	19,262	15	Storey-Moore (?), Addison (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?), Wilson (?)
12	Sat Oct 16, 1965	Sunderland	A	2-3	Loss	31,987	16	Hindley (?), Addison (?)
13	Sat Oct 23, 1965	Aston Villa	H	1-2	Loss	20,833	18	Hinton (26)
14	Sat Oct 30, 1965	Liverpool	A	0-4	Loss	38,418	20
15	Sat Nov 06, 1965	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	Win	29,611	16	Addison (?)
16	Sat Nov 13, 1965	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	13,863	17	Crowe (?)
17	Sat Nov 20, 1965	Blackpool	H	2-1	Win	19,549	16	Walters (? OG), James (? OG)
18	Sat Nov 27, 1965	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-5	Loss	9,834	17
19	Sat Dec 04, 1965	Leicester City	H	2-0	Win	24,435	16	McArthur (?), Hinton (?)
20	Sat Dec 11, 1965	Sheffield United	A	1-1	Draw	17,119	14	McArthur (?)
21	Sat Dec 18, 1965	Sunderland	H	0-0	Draw	16,057	14
22	Mon Dec 27, 1965	Everton	H	1-0	Win	34,750	13	Newton (?)
23	Sat Jan 01, 1966	West Ham United	A	3-0	Win	25,131	12	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?)
24	Sat Jan 08, 1966	Sheffield United	H	1-0	Win	19,480	11	Barnwell (?)
25	Sat Jan 15, 1966	Aston Villa	A	0-3	Loss	14,993	13
26	Sat Jan 29, 1966	Newcastle United	H	1-2	Loss	21,659	13	Crowe (?)
27	Sat Feb 05, 1966	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-5	Loss	14,054	13	McArthur (?, ?), Hinton (?)
28	Sat Feb 19, 1966	Leeds United	H	0-4	Loss	26,283	15
29	Tue Mar 08, 1966	Burnley	H	1-0	Win	28,246	15	Storey-Moore (?)
30	Sat Mar 12, 1966	Northampton Town	A	3-3	Draw	18,670	15	Storey-Moore (?), Baker (?, ?)
31	Tue Mar 15, 1966	Everton	A	0-3	Loss	37,455	15
32	Sat Mar 19, 1966	Stoke City	H	4-3	Win	21,175	15	Hindley (?), Crowe (?), Addison (?), Storey-Moore (?)
33	Sat Mar 26, 1966	Burnley	A	1-4	Loss	10,027	15	Baker (?)
34	Sat Apr 02, 1966	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-2	Win	27,593	13	Kear (?), Stainwright (?), Hoy (? OG)
35	Mon Apr 11, 1966	Chelsea	A	0-1	Loss	39,380	17
36	Tue Apr 12, 1966	Chelsea	H	1-2	Loss	29,569	17	Crowe (? pen)
37	Sat Apr 16, 1966	Blackpool	A	3-0	Win	10,354	14	Hennessey (?), Baker (?), Chapman (?)
38	Sat Apr 23, 1966	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-3	Loss	17,742	16
39	Tue Apr 26, 1966	Fulham	H	1-2	Loss	19,733	18	Chapman (?)
40	Sat Apr 30, 1966	Leicester City	A	1-2	Loss	18,485	20	Graham Cross (? OG)
41	Sat May 07, 1966	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	Win	16,413	18	Baker (?)
42	Tue May 10, 1966	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	22,105	16	Storey-Moore (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 22, 1966	Northampton Town	3			A	2-1	Win	17,873	Crowe (?), Wignall (?)
Sat Feb 12, 1966	Hull City	4			A	0-2	Loss	38,055

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 14, 1965	Coventry City	England	A	3-4	Loss	13,493	Newton (55), Barnwell (61), Hinton (88)
Tue Sep 28, 1965	Valencia	Spain	H	1-1	Draw	18,922	Crowe (? pen)
Mon Oct 04, 1965	Doncaster Rovers	England	A	6-1	Win	5,408	Crowe (?), Barnwell (?), Newton (?), ? (?), Addison (?), Watton (? OG)
Mon Nov 01, 1965	Nuneaton Borough	England	A	0-0	Draw	3,429
Fri Mar 04, 1966	Crystal Palace	England	A	1-4	Loss	10,419	Newton (?)
Tue Mar 29, 1966	Partick Thistle	Scotland	H	1-2	Loss	6,445	Newton (?)
Wed May 18, 1966	Standard Liege	Belgium	A	3-4	Loss	9,000	Addison (?), Baker (?), Crowe (?)
Sun May 22, 1966	Valenciennes	France	A	1-4	Loss	3,000	Baker (?)
Tue May 24, 1966	SCO Angers	France	A	3-1	Win	4,275	Storey-Moore (?), Barnwell (?), Taylor (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Johnny Carey
Sat Aug 14, 1965	Friendly	Coventry City		A	3-4	13,493	Newton (55), Barnwell (61), Hinton (88)
Sat Aug 21, 1965	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		A	2-2	37,230	Wignall (36), Addison (48)
Tue Aug 24, 1965	League Tier 1	Manchester United		H	4-2	33,744	Wignall (8), Addison (28, 44), Hinton (63)
Sat Aug 28, 1965	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		H	3-2	27,366	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Barnwell (?)
Wed Sep 01, 1965	League Tier 1	Manchester United		A	0-0	40,027
Sat Sep 04, 1965	League Tier 1	Leeds United		A	1-2	35,527	Newton (?)
Tue Sep 07, 1965	League Tier 1	Arsenal		H	0-1	30,540
Sat Sep 11, 1965	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday		A	1-3	17,825	Wignall (?)
Tue Sep 14, 1965	League Tier 1	Arsenal		A	0-1	32,542
Sat Sep 18, 1965	League Tier 1	Northampton Town		H	1-1	19,669	Kear (90)
Sat Sep 25, 1965	League Tier 1	Stoke City		A	0-1	21,086
Tue Sep 28, 1965	Friendly	Valencia		H	1-1	18,922	Crowe (? pen)
Mon Oct 04, 1965	Friendly	Doncaster Rovers		A	6-1	5,408	Crowe (?), Barnwell (?), Newton (?), ? (?), Addison (?), Watton (? OG)
Sat Oct 09, 1965	League Tier 1	West Ham United		H	5-0	19,262	Storey-Moore (?), Addison (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Oct 16, 1965	League Tier 1	Sunderland		A	2-3	31,987	Hindley (?), Addison (?)
Sat Oct 23, 1965	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		H	1-2	20,833	Hinton (26)
Sat Oct 30, 1965	League Tier 1	Liverpool		A	0-4	38,418
Mon Nov 01, 1965	Friendly	Nuneaton Borough		A	0-0	3,429
Sat Nov 06, 1965	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		H	1-0	29,611	Addison (?)
Sat Nov 13, 1965	League Tier 1	Fulham		A	1-1	13,863	Crowe (?)
Sat Nov 20, 1965	League Tier 1	Blackpool		H	2-1	19,549	Walters (? OG), James (? OG)
Sat Nov 27, 1965	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		A	0-5	9,834
Sat Dec 04, 1965	League Tier 1	Leicester City		H	2-0	24,435	McArthur (?), Hinton (?)
Sat Dec 11, 1965	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		A	1-1	17,119	McArthur (?)
Sat Dec 18, 1965	League Tier 1	Sunderland		H	0-0	16,057
Mon Dec 27, 1965	League Tier 1	Everton		H	1-0	34,750	Newton (?)
Sat Jan 01, 1966	League Tier 1	West Ham United		A	3-0	25,131	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?)
Sat Jan 08, 1966	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		H	1-0	19,480	Barnwell (?)
Sat Jan 15, 1966	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		A	0-3	14,993
Sat Jan 22, 1966	FA Cup	Northampton Town	3	A	2-1	17,873	Crowe (?), Wignall (?)
Sat Jan 29, 1966	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		H	1-2	21,659	Crowe (?)
Sat Feb 05, 1966	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		A	3-5	14,054	McArthur (?, ?), Hinton (?)
Sat Feb 12, 1966	FA Cup	Hull City	4	A	0-2	38,055
Sat Feb 19, 1966	League Tier 1	Leeds United		H	0-4	26,283
Fri Mar 04, 1966	Friendly	Crystal Palace		A	1-4	10,419	Newton (?)
Tue Mar 08, 1966	League Tier 1	Burnley		H	1-0	28,246	Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Mar 12, 1966	League Tier 1	Northampton Town		A	3-3	18,670	Storey-Moore (?), Baker (?, ?)
Tue Mar 15, 1966	League Tier 1	Everton		A	0-3	37,455
Sat Mar 19, 1966	League Tier 1	Stoke City		H	4-3	21,175	Hindley (?), Crowe (?), Addison (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Mar 26, 1966	League Tier 1	Burnley		A	1-4	10,027	Baker (?)
Tue Mar 29, 1966	Friendly	Partick Thistle		H	1-2	6,445	Newton (?)
Sat Apr 02, 1966	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		A	3-2	27,593	Kear (?), Stainwright (?), Hoy (? OG)
Mon Apr 11, 1966	League Tier 1	Chelsea		A	0-1	39,380
Tue Apr 12, 1966	League Tier 1	Chelsea		H	1-2	29,569	Crowe (? pen)
Sat Apr 16, 1966	League Tier 1	Blackpool		A	3-0	10,354	Hennessey (?), Baker (?), Chapman (?)
Sat Apr 23, 1966	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		H	0-3	17,742
Tue Apr 26, 1966	League Tier 1	Fulham		H	1-2	19,733	Chapman (?)
Sat Apr 30, 1966	League Tier 1	Leicester City		A	1-2	18,485	Graham Cross (? OG)
Sat May 07, 1966	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday		H	1-0	16,413	Baker (?)
Tue May 10, 1966	League Tier 1	Liverpool		H	1-1	22,105	Storey-Moore (?)
Wed May 18, 1966	Friendly	Standard Liege		A	3-4	9,000	Addison (?), Baker (?), Crowe (?)
Sun May 22, 1966	Friendly	Valenciennes		A	1-4	3,000	Baker (?)
Tue May 24, 1966	Friendly	SCO Angers		A	3-1	4,275	Storey-Moore (?), Barnwell (?), Taylor (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (4)				Out (4)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bill Brindley	Bought			Barry McArthur	Sold
Nov 20, 1965	Terry Hennessey	Bought			Geoff Ball	Sold
Mar 03, 1966	Brian Williamson	Bought	£6,000	1966	Jim Cargill	Sold
Mar 03, 1966	Joe Baker	Bought		Feb 19, 1966	Dennis Mochan	Sold

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		Brian Williamson
GK		Jim Cargill	2	1		1
GK		Peter Grummitt	42	14	8	20
Defenders
D		Bill Brindley	6	1	2	3					2	1
D		Bob McKinlay	43	15	8	20
D		Dennis Mochan	19	5	4	10
D		Geoff Ball	1	1
D		John Winfield	4	1	1	2					1
D		Peter Hindley	40	14	7	19	2			1
D		Terry Hennessey	24	10	3	11	1			1
Midfielders
M		Barry McArthur	10	2	2	6	4				1
M		Dave Stainwright	4	1	1	2	1				1	1
M		David Wilson	3	1		2	1				1
M		Henry Newton	44	15	8	21	2
M		Jeff Whitefoot	43	15	8	20				1
M		Mike Kear	7	3	2	2	2
M		William Taylor	1			1					1
Forwards
F		Alan Hinton	35	11	7	17	6			1
F		Chris Crowe	35	14	7	14	5
F		Colin Addison	28	11	6	11	9			1
F		Frank Wignall	20	7	3	10	7			2
F		Ian Storey-Moore	24	8	3	13	5				1
F		Joe Baker	14	5	2	7	5			1
F		John Barnwell	34	12	6	16	2			1
F		Sammy Chapman	10	1	1	8	2				1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
9	Colin Addison	28
7	Frank Wignall	20
6	Alan Hinton	35
5 (1)	Chris Crowe	35
5	Ian Storey-Moore	24
5	Joe Baker	14
4	Barry McArthur	10
4	Own Goals	44
2	Henry Newton	44
2	John Barnwell	34
2	Mike Kear	7
2	Peter Hindley	40
2	Sammy Chapman	10
1	Dave Stainwright	4
1	David Wilson	3
1	Terry Hennessey	24

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Blackpool	Sat Nov 20, 1965	Home	2-1	Sat Apr 16, 1966	Away	3-0
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Nov 06, 1965	Home	1-0	Sat Apr 02, 1966	Away	3-2
West Ham United	Sat Oct 09, 1965	Home	5-0	Sat Jan 01, 1966	Away	3-0