The City Ground

SEASON: 1967-68

Prev Season: 1966-67
This Season: 1967-68
Next Season: 1968-69

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Leeds United (A) 1-2)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Burnley (A) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Joe Baker (21 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1967-68								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	Manchester City	42	26	6	10	86	43	17	2	2	52	16	9	4	8	34	27	2.000	58	European Cup	0-3	0-2
2	Manchester United	42	24	8	10	89	55	15	2	4	49	21	9	6	6	40	34	1.618	56	European Cup	3-1	0-3
3	Liverpool	42	22	11	9	71	40	17	2	2	51	17	5	9	7	20	23	1.775	55	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-1	1-6
4	Leeds United	42	22	9	11	71	41	17	3	1	49	14	5	6	10	22	27	1.732	53	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-2	1-1
5	Everton	42	23	6	13	67	40	18	1	2	43	13	5	5	11	24	27	1.675	52		1-0	0-1
6	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	62	68	11	7	3	34	25	7	5	9	28	43	.912	48		3-0	0-1
7	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	9	14	70	59	11	7	3	44	20	8	2	11	26	39	1.186	47		0-0	1-1
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	12	13	75	62	12	4	5	45	25	5	8	8	30	37	1.210	46	Cup Winners Cup	3-2	1-2
9	Arsenal	42	17	10	15	60	56	12	6	3	37	23	5	4	12	23	33	1.071	44		2-0	0-3
10	Newcastle United	42	13	15	14	54	67	12	7	2	38	20	1	8	12	16	47	.806	41		4-0	0-0
11	Nottingham Forest	42	14	11	17	52	64	11	6	4	34	22	3	5	13	18	42	.813	39	Inter Cities Fairs Cup
12	West Ham United	42	14	10	18	73	69	8	5	8	43	30	6	5	10	30	39	1.058	38		1-1	0-3
13	Leicester City	42	13	12	17	64	69	7	7	7	37	34	6	5	10	27	35	.928	38		2-1	2-4
14	Burnley	42	14	10	18	64	71	12	7	2	38	16	2	3	16	26	55	.901	38		1-0	1-1
15	Sunderland	42	13	11	18	51	61	8	7	6	28	28	5	4	12	23	33	.836	37		0-3	0-1
16	Southampton	42	13	11	18	66	83	9	8	4	37	31	4	3	14	29	52	.795	37		2-2	1-2
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	8	20	66	75	10	4	7	45	36	4	4	13	21	39	.880	36		3-1	1-6
18	Stoke City	42	14	7	21	50	73	10	3	8	30	29	4	4	13	20	44	.685	35		3-0	3-1
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	12	19	51	63	6	10	5	32	24	5	2	14	19	39	.810	34		0-0	0-0
20	Coventry City	42	9	15	18	51	71	8	5	8	32	32	1	10	10	19	39	.718	33		3-3	3-1
21	Sheffield United	42	11	10	21	49	70	7	4	10	25	31	4	6	11	24	39	.700	32	Relegated	1-0	3-1
22	Fulham	42	10	7	25	56	98	6	4	11	27	41	4	3	14	29	57	.571	27	Relegated	2-2	0-2

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Competitive Games:: 51
Competitive Goals:: 65
Goals per game:: 1.3
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 39 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 46.4%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	6 times	9 times	3 times
Conceded	17 times	10 times	7 times	1 time	2 times
Won By	8 times	7 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	9 times	4 times	6 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	-	0	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday (0-0)
2	5	2	2	1	-	1	3	2	2	Liverpool (0-1), Manchester United (3-1)
3		3	2	-	1	1	1	4	1	Leeds United (1-1), Manchester United (0-3)
4	18	4	3	-	1	2	2	10	1	Tottenham Hotspur (1-1), Manchester City (0-3), Liverpool (1-6)
5	6	5	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Everton (1-0)
6	17	6	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Leeds United (0-2)
7	35	7	3	-	2	1	0	1	2	Everton (0-1), Newcastle United (0-0), Tottenham Hotspur (0-0)
8	13	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	31	9	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	West Bromwich Albion (3-2)
10	92	10	4	1	1	2	5	7	3	Southampton (1-2), Burnley (1-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1), Arsenal (0-3)
11	35	11	2	2	-	-	3	0	4	Arsenal (2-0), Burnley (1-0)
12	16	12	2	2	-	-	7	0	4	Newcastle United (4-0), Stoke City (3-0)
13	8	13	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Stoke City (3-1)
14		14	4	1	1	2	4	6	3	Chelsea (0-1), Leicester City (2-1), Sheffield Wednesday (0-0), Leicester City (2-4)
15		15	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Coventry City (3-1)
16		16	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Coventry City (3-3), Sunderland (0-1)
17		17	3	1	1	1	4	4	3	Chelsea (3-0), West Ham United (0-3), West Ham United (1-1)
18		18	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Manchester City (0-2)
19		19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20		20	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Southampton (2-2)
21		21	4	1	-	3	2	11	2	Fulham (0-2), Sheffield United (1-0), Sunderland (0-3), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-6)
22		22	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	West Bromwich Albion (1-2), Fulham (2-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Sheffield United (3-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 49,946 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,658 (Fulham)
Average League Attendance:: 32,320
Highest Cup Attendance:: 37,299 (Bolton Wanderers)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 27,090 (Eintracht Frankfurt)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 14
Yellow cards:: 2
Red cards:: 1
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
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 19, 1967	Sheffield United	A	3-1	Win	29,223	5	Baker (?), Storey-Moore (?), Wignall (?)
2	Tue Aug 22, 1967	Coventry City	H	3-3	Draw	44,950	2	Baker (?), Wignall (?), Storey-Moore (?)
3	Sat Aug 26, 1967	Arsenal	H	2-0	Win	33,977	5	Hinton (?, ?)
4	Tue Aug 29, 1967	Coventry City	A	3-1	Win	41,212	2	Baker (?, ?), Storey-Moore (?)
5	Sat Sep 02, 1967	Manchester City	A	0-2	Loss	29,547	4
6	Tue Sep 05, 1967	Liverpool	H	0-1	Loss	39,352	5
7	Sat Sep 09, 1967	Newcastle United	H	4-0	Win	30,151	4	Newton (?), Baker (?), Wignall (?), Storey-Moore (?)
8	Sat Sep 16, 1967	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	Loss	21,136	6	Storey-Moore (?)
9	Sat Sep 23, 1967	Chelsea	H	3-0	Win	34,871	4	Taylor (?), Wignall (?), Storey-Moore (?)
10	Sat Sep 30, 1967	Southampton	A	1-2	Loss	26,724	6	Lyons (?)
11	Sat Oct 07, 1967	Burnley	A	1-1	Draw	18,400	7	Baker (?)
12	Sat Oct 14, 1967	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	Draw	37,983	7
13	Wed Oct 25, 1967	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	Draw	40,928	8	Baker (?)
14	Sat Oct 28, 1967	Manchester United	H	3-1	Win	49,946	7	Baker (26, 40), Wignall (59)
15	Sat Nov 04, 1967	Sunderland	A	0-1	Loss	29,158	8
16	Sat Nov 11, 1967	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	36,522	7	Newton (?), Barnwell (?), Wignall (?)
17	Sat Nov 18, 1967	Fulham	A	0-2	Loss	22,413	9
18	Sat Nov 25, 1967	Leeds United	H	0-2	Loss	29,569	11
19	Sat Dec 02, 1967	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	44,765	12
20	Sat Dec 09, 1967	Leicester City	H	0-1	Aba	24,041
21	Sat Dec 16, 1967	Sheffield United	H	1-0	Win	25,501	12	Hilley (?)
22	Sat Dec 23, 1967	Arsenal	A	0-3	Loss	32,512	13
23	Tue Dec 26, 1967	Stoke City	H	3-0	Win	37,577	11	Lyons (?, ?), Hilley (?)
24	Sat Dec 30, 1967	Stoke City	A	3-1	Win	21,415	10	Baxter (?), Baker (?), Hilley (?)
25	Sat Jan 06, 1968	Manchester City	H	0-3	Loss	39,581	11
26	Sat Jan 13, 1968	Newcastle United	A	0-0	Draw	43,274	10
27	Sat Jan 20, 1968	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-2	Win	34,298	10	Lyons (?), Baker (?, ?)
28	Sat Feb 03, 1968	Chelsea	A	0-1	Loss	33,483	10
29	Sat Feb 10, 1968	Southampton	H	2-2	Draw	27,318	10	Baxter (?), Storey-Moore (?)
30	Sat Feb 24, 1968	Burnley	H	1-0	Win	26,110	9	Chapman (?)
31	Wed Mar 13, 1968	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	32,508	9	Newton (?)
32	Sat Mar 16, 1968	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-0	Draw	37,707	9
33	Tue Mar 19, 1968	Leicester City	H	2-1	Win	30,403	7	Baker (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 23, 1968	Manchester United	A	0-3	Loss	61,978	10
35	Sat Mar 30, 1968	Sunderland	H	0-3	Loss	24,543	10
36	Sat Apr 06, 1968	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-6	Loss	28,198	10	Lyons (?)
37	Fri Apr 12, 1968	West Ham United	A	0-3	Loss	36,589	10
38	Sat Apr 13, 1968	Fulham	H	2-2	Draw	20,658	10	Lyons (?), Storey-Moore (?)
39	Tue Apr 16, 1968	West Ham United	H	1-1	Draw	22,189	10	Baker (?)
40	Sat Apr 20, 1968	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-0	Draw	28,805	10
41	Mon Apr 22, 1968	Everton	H	1-0	Win	23,809	10	Storey-Moore (?)
42	Sat May 04, 1968	Leicester City	A	2-4	Loss	25,605	11	Chapman (?), Storey-Moore (?)
43	Sat May 11, 1968	Liverpool	A	1-6	Loss	38,850	11	Baker (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 27, 1968	Bolton Wanderers	3			H	4-2	Win	37,299	Winfield (?), Baker (?), Wignall (?), Hilley (?)
Sat Feb 17, 1968	Leeds United	4			A	1-2	Loss	51,739	Baker (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 13, 1967	Scunthorpe United	2				A	1-0	Win	13,235	Storey-Moore (?)
Tue Oct 10, 1967	Burnley	3				A	0-3	Loss	14,421

Fairs Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 20, 1967	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	1	A	1-0	Win	4,500	Baker (10)
Tue Oct 17, 1967	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	2	H	4-0	Win	27,090	Baker (13, 35), Chapman (47), Lyons (73)
Tue Oct 31, 1967	FC Zurich	Switzerland	2	1	H	2-1	Win	32,896	Newton (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Tue Nov 14, 1967	FC Zurich	Switzerland	2	2	A	0-1	Loss	12,000

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue May 14, 1968	Notts County	Final	H	3-0	Win	14,042	Lyons (?, ?), Storey-Moore (? pen)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 05, 1967	Raith Rovers	Scotland	A	5-1	Win	7,000	Baker (?, ?), Kear (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (? pen)
Mon Aug 07, 1967	Partick Thistle	Scotland	A	0-0	Draw	7,000
Sun Aug 13, 1967	Derby County	England	A	3-1	Win	17,558	Baker (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Mar 05, 1968	Derby County	England	H	1-2	Loss	21,305	Lyons (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Johnny Carey
Sat Aug 05, 1967	Pre-Season Friendly	Raith Rovers			A	5-1	7,000	Baker (?, ?), Kear (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (? pen)
Mon Aug 07, 1967	Pre-Season Friendly	Partick Thistle			A	0-0	7,000
Sun Aug 13, 1967	Pre-Season Friendly	Derby County			A	3-1	17,558	Baker (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?)
Sat Aug 19, 1967	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	3-1	29,223	Baker (?), Storey-Moore (?), Wignall (?)
Tue Aug 22, 1967	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	3-3	44,950	Baker (?), Wignall (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Aug 26, 1967	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	2-0	33,977	Hinton (?, ?)
Tue Aug 29, 1967	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	3-1	41,212	Baker (?, ?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Sep 02, 1967	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	0-2	29,547
Tue Sep 05, 1967	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	0-1	39,352
Sat Sep 09, 1967	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	4-0	30,151	Newton (?), Baker (?), Wignall (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Wed Sep 13, 1967	League Cup	Scunthorpe United	2		A	1-0	13,235	Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Sep 16, 1967	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-2	21,136	Storey-Moore (?)
Wed Sep 20, 1967	Fairs Cup	Eintracht Frankfurt	1	1	A	1-0	4,500	Baker (10)
Sat Sep 23, 1967	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	3-0	34,871	Taylor (?), Wignall (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Sep 30, 1967	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	1-2	26,724	Lyons (?)
Sat Oct 07, 1967	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	1-1	18,400	Baker (?)
Tue Oct 10, 1967	League Cup	Burnley	3		A	0-3	14,421
Sat Oct 14, 1967	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	0-0	37,983
Tue Oct 17, 1967	Fairs Cup	Eintracht Frankfurt	1	2	H	4-0	27,090	Baker (13, 35), Chapman (47), Lyons (73)
Wed Oct 25, 1967	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-1	40,928	Baker (?)
Sat Oct 28, 1967	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	3-1	49,946	Baker (26, 40), Wignall (59)
Tue Oct 31, 1967	Fairs Cup	FC Zurich	2	1	H	2-1	32,896	Newton (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Nov 04, 1967	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	0-1	29,158
Sat Nov 11, 1967	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	3-1	36,522	Newton (?), Barnwell (?), Wignall (?)
Tue Nov 14, 1967	Fairs Cup	FC Zurich	2	2	A	0-1	12,000
Sat Nov 18, 1967	League Tier 1	Fulham			A	0-2	22,413
Sat Nov 25, 1967	League Tier 1	Leeds United			H	0-2	29,569
Sat Dec 02, 1967	League Tier 1	Everton			A	0-1	44,765
Sat Dec 09, 1967	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	0-1	24,041
Sat Dec 16, 1967	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	1-0	25,501	Hilley (?)
Sat Dec 23, 1967	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	0-3	32,512
Tue Dec 26, 1967	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	3-0	37,577	Lyons (?, ?), Hilley (?)
Sat Dec 30, 1967	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	3-1	21,415	Baxter (?), Baker (?), Hilley (?)
Sat Jan 06, 1968	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	0-3	39,581
Sat Jan 13, 1968	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	0-0	43,274
Sat Jan 20, 1968	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	3-2	34,298	Lyons (?), Baker (?, ?)
Sat Jan 27, 1968	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	3		H	4-2	37,299	Winfield (?), Baker (?), Wignall (?), Hilley (?)
Sat Feb 03, 1968	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	0-1	33,483
Sat Feb 10, 1968	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	2-2	27,318	Baxter (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Feb 17, 1968	FA Cup	Leeds United	4		A	1-2	51,739	Baker (?)
Sat Feb 24, 1968	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	1-0	26,110	Chapman (?)
Tue Mar 05, 1968	Friendly	Derby County			H	1-2	21,305	Lyons (?)
Wed Mar 13, 1968	League Tier 1	Leeds United			A	1-1	32,508	Newton (?)
Sat Mar 16, 1968	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	0-0	37,707
Tue Mar 19, 1968	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	2-1	30,403	Baker (?, ?)
Sat Mar 23, 1968	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	0-3	61,978
Sat Mar 30, 1968	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	0-3	24,543
Sat Apr 06, 1968	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-6	28,198	Lyons (?)
Fri Apr 12, 1968	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	0-3	36,589
Sat Apr 13, 1968	League Tier 1	Fulham			H	2-2	20,658	Lyons (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Tue Apr 16, 1968	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	1-1	22,189	Baker (?)
Sat Apr 20, 1968	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	0-0	28,805
Mon Apr 22, 1968	League Tier 1	Everton			H	1-0	23,809	Storey-Moore (?)
Sat May 04, 1968	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	2-4	25,605	Chapman (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat May 11, 1968	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	1-6	38,850	Baker (?)
Tue May 14, 1968	County Cup	Notts County	Final		H	3-0	14,042	Lyons (?, ?), Storey-Moore (? pen)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (4)				Out (6)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Dave Hilley	Bought			Dave Stainwright	Sold
	Mick Harby	Bought			Jeff Whitefoot	Retired
	Ray Bridgett	Bought			Mick Harby	Sold
Dec 16, 1967	Jim Baxter	Bought	£123,000		Mike Kear	Sold
				Aug 01, 1967	Brian Williamson	Loan Out
				Sep 20, 1967	Alan Hinton	Sold	£26,000

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		Brian Williamson	12	3	6	3
GK		Mick Harby	3			3
GK		Peter Grummitt	36	16	5	14
Defenders
D		Bill Brindley	1		1							1
D		Bob McKinlay	51	19	11	20
D		John Winfield	50	19	11	19	1
D		Peter Hindley	48	19	11	18
D		Ray Bridgett	1			1						2
D		Terry Hennessey	45	18	9	17
Midfielders
M		Dave Stainwright
M		Henry Newton	45	17	10	17	4
M		Jeff Whitefoot	2			1
M		Mike Kear
M		Paul Richardson	1			1						1
M		William Taylor	8	2	2	3	1					5
Forwards
F		Alan Hinton	3	2		1	2					3
F		Barry Lyons	43	17	11	15	7					1
F		Colin Hall	4			3						1
F		Dave Hilley	18	7	4	6	4					4
F		Frank Wignall	35	15	5	14	7		1			1
F		Ian Storey-Moore	34	11	9	14	12
F		Jim Baxter	24	8	6	10	2
F		Joe Baker	48	18	11	18	21
F		John Barnwell	20	8	3	9	1
F		Sammy Chapman	29	10	6	13	3					3

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
21	Joe Baker	48
12	Ian Storey-Moore	34
7	Barry Lyons	43
7	Frank Wignall	35
4	Dave Hilley	18
4	Henry Newton	45
3	Sammy Chapman	29
2	Alan Hinton	3
2	Jim Baxter	24
1	John Barnwell	20
1	John Winfield	50
1	William Taylor	8

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Sheffield United	Sat Aug 19, 1967	Away	3-1	Sat Dec 16, 1967	Home	1-0
Stoke City	Tue Dec 26, 1967	Home	3-0	Sat Dec 30, 1967	Away	3-1