The City Ground

SEASON: 1968-69

Prev Season: 1967-68
This Season: 1968-69
Next Season: 1969-70

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey, Matt Gillies
FA Cup:: Lost in the 3rd Round (Preston North End (A) 0-3)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (West Bromwich Albion (H) 2-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Storey-Moore (18 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	21 times	5 times	4 times		1 time
Conceded	12 times	12 times	8 times	1 time
Won By	7 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	12 times	8 times	1 time

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	3	-	-	3	0	4	0	Liverpool (0-1), Leeds United (0-2), Leeds United (0-1)
2		2	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Liverpool (2-0)
3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4		4	5	1	2	2	2	4	4	West Ham United (0-1), Sheffield Wednesday (0-0), Arsenal (0-2), Arsenal (1-1), Everton (1-0)
5		5	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Chelsea (1-2)
6		6	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	West Ham United (0-1)
7		7	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Southampton (1-0)
8	7	8	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Everton (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (0-2)
9		9	2	-	-	2	2	5	0	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), Manchester United (1-3)
10		10	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Burnley (1-3)
11		11	4	-	2	2	5	8	2	Newcastle United (1-1), Sunderland (1-3), Manchester City (3-3), Manchester United (0-1)
12		12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	7	13	3	2	1	-	5	1	5	Southampton (1-1), Sunderland (1-0), West Bromwich Albion (3-0)
14	8	14	2	2	-	-	6	2	4	West Bromwich Albion (5-2), Sheffield Wednesday (1-0)
15		15	2	1	-	1	1	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1), Manchester City (1-0)
16	9	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	12	17	3	1	1	1	4	4	3	Ipswich Town (1-2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0), Ipswich Town (3-2)
18	51	18	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Stoke City (1-3)
19	78	19	4	-	3	1	5	7	3	Coventry City (0-0), Stoke City (3-3), Newcastle United (2-4), Leicester City (0-0)
20	73	20	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Chelsea (1-1), Coventry City (1-1)
21	28	21	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Leicester City (2-2)
22	7	22	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Queens Park Rangers (1-2), Queens Park Rangers (1-0)

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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 41,892
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,651
Average League Attendance:: 26,435
Highest Cup Attendance:: 23,970
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 23,970

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 12
Red cards:: 1
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (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 (1968-69)

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	Leeds United	42	27	13	2	66	26	18	3	0	41	9	9	10	2	25	17	2.538	67	European Cup	0-2	0-1
2	Liverpool	42	25	11	6	63	24	16	4	1	36	10	9	7	5	27	14	2.625	61	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-1	2-0
3	Everton	42	21	15	6	77	36	14	5	2	43	10	7	10	4	34	26	2.139	57		1-0	1-2
4	Arsenal	42	22	12	8	56	27	12	6	3	31	12	10	6	5	25	15	2.074	56	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-2	1-1
5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	73	53	11	7	3	40	24	9	3	9	33	29	1.377	50		1-2	1-1
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	17	11	61	51	10	8	3	39	22	4	9	8	22	29	1.196	45		0-2	1-2
7	Southampton	42	16	13	13	57	48	13	5	3	41	21	3	8	10	16	27	1.188	45	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	1-0	1-1
8	West Ham United	42	13	18	11	66	50	10	8	3	47	22	3	10	8	19	28	1.320	44		0-1	0-1
9	Newcastle United	42	15	14	13	61	55	12	7	2	40	20	3	7	11	21	35	1.109	44	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	2-4	1-1
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	64	67	11	7	3	43	26	5	4	12	21	41	.955	43		3-0	5-2
11	Manchester United	42	15	12	15	57	53	13	5	3	38	18	2	7	12	19	35	1.075	42		0-1	1-3
12	Ipswich Town	42	15	11	16	59	60	10	4	7	32	26	5	7	9	27	34	.983	41		1-2	3-2
13	Manchester City	42	15	10	17	64	55	13	6	2	49	20	2	4	15	15	35	1.164	40	Cup Winners Cup	1-0	3-3
14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	55	82	11	6	4	36	25	4	3	14	19	57	.671	39		2-2	1-3
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	16	16	41	54	7	9	5	27	26	3	7	11	14	28	.759	36		0-0	1-0
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	15	17	41	58	7	10	4	26	22	3	5	13	15	36	.707	35		0-0	0-1
17	Sunderland	42	11	12	19	43	67	10	6	5	28	18	1	6	14	15	49	.642	34		1-0	1-3
18	Nottingham Forest	42	10	13	19	45	57	6	6	9	17	22	4	7	10	28	35	.789	33
19	Stoke City	42	9	15	18	40	63	9	7	5	24	24	0	8	13	16	39	.635	33		3-3	1-3
20	Coventry City	42	10	11	21	46	64	8	6	7	32	22	2	5	14	14	42	.719	31		0-0	1-1
21	Leicester City	42	9	12	21	39	68	8	8	5	27	24	1	4	16	12	44	.574	30	Relegated	0-0	2-2
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	10	28	39	95	4	7	10	20	33	0	3	18	19	62	.411	18	Relegated	1-0	1-2

Click here for all tables for 1968-69

GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
Manager: Johnny Carey
1	Sat Aug 10, 1968	Burnley	H	2-2	Draw	30,298	8	Hennessey (?), Baxter (?)
2	Wed Aug 14, 1968	Chelsea	A	1-1	Draw	36,515	8	Storey-Moore (27)
3	Sat Aug 17, 1968	West Ham United	A	0-1	Loss	31,114	16
4	Tue Aug 20, 1968	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	Draw	27,819	14
	Sat Aug 24, 1968	Leeds United	H	1-1	Aba	31,126		Hilley (?)
5	Wed Aug 28, 1968	Newcastle United	A	1-1	Draw	34,613	16	Storey-Moore (? pen)
6	Sat Aug 31, 1968	Everton	A	1-2	Loss	45,951	20	Chapman (?)
7	Sat Sep 07, 1968	West Bromwich Albion	A	5-2	Win	23,377	14	Chapman (4), Storey-Moore (20, 88), Baker (49, 89)
8	Sat Sep 14, 1968	Coventry City	H	0-0	Draw	27,260	13
9	Sat Sep 21, 1968	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	37,386	18	Storey-Moore (?)
10	Sat Oct 05, 1968	Stoke City	H	3-3	Draw	-	18	Newton (?), Storey-Moore (?, ?)
11	Tue Oct 08, 1968	Newcastle United	H	2-4	Loss	17,651	19	Storey-Moore (?, ?)
12	Sat Oct 12, 1968	Sunderland	A	1-3	Loss	-	21	Storey-Moore (?)
13	Sat Oct 19, 1968	Ipswich Town	H	1-2	Loss	-	22	Storey-Moore (?)
14	Sat Oct 26, 1968	Manchester City	A	3-3	Draw	-	19	Chapman (?), Storey-Moore (?), Baker (?)
15	Sat Nov 02, 1968	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	-	19
16	Sat Nov 09, 1968	Leicester City	A	2-2	Draw	-	20	Lyons (?), Storey-Moore (?)
17	Sat Nov 16, 1968	Arsenal	H	0-2	Loss	24,550	20
18	Sat Nov 23, 1968	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	Loss	18,857	21	Lyons (?)
19	Sat Nov 30, 1968	Liverpool	H	0-1	Loss	25,175	21
20	Sat Dec 07, 1968	Southampton	A	1-1	Draw	17,957	21	Lyons (?)
21	Sat Dec 14, 1968	Sunderland	H	1-0	Win	-	20	Storey-Moore (?)
22	Sat Dec 21, 1968	Ipswich Town	A	3-2	Win	-	19	Lyons (?), Hall (?), Storey-Moore (?)
23	Thu Dec 26, 1968	Stoke City	A	1-3	Loss	-	19	Storey-Moore (?)
Manager: Matt Gillies
24	Sat Jan 11, 1969	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	-	20
25	Sat Jan 18, 1969	Leicester City	H	0-0	Draw	-	20
26	Sat Feb 01, 1969	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	35,585	20	Barnwell (?)
27	Sat Feb 15, 1969	Liverpool	A	2-0	Win	42,359	19	Lyons (?, ?)
28	Tue Feb 25, 1969	Leeds United	H	0-2	Loss	-	19
29	Sat Mar 01, 1969	Burnley	A	1-3	Loss	-	19	Baker (?)
30	Tue Mar 04, 1969	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	Win	21,035	19	Rees (?)
31	Sat Mar 08, 1969	West Ham United	H	0-1	Loss	24,303	19
32	Tue Mar 11, 1969	Southampton	H	1-0	Win	19,031	18	Richardson (?)
33	Sat Mar 22, 1969	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-0	Win	-	19	Hennessey (?), Hall (?), Hilley (?)
34	Mon Mar 24, 1969	Manchester City	H	1-0	Win	-	17	Newton (?)
35	Mon Mar 31, 1969	Manchester United	H	0-1	Loss	41,892	17
36	Sat Apr 05, 1969	Manchester United	A	1-3	Loss	51,952	19	Hilley (?)
37	Mon Apr 07, 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	Win	-	18	Lyons (?)
38	Tue Apr 08, 1969	Chelsea	H	1-2	Loss	30,413	18	Lyons (?)
39	Sat Apr 12, 1969	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-2	Loss	22,920	18
40	Sat Apr 19, 1969	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	37,772	19	Storey-Moore (?)
41	Fri Apr 25, 1969	Everton	H	1-0	Win	26,629	18	Hilley (?)
42	Wed Apr 30, 1969	Leeds United	A	0-1	Loss	-	18

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Matt Gillies
Sat Jan 04, 1969	Preston North End	3			A	0-3	Loss	-

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Johnny Carey
Tue Sep 03, 1968	West Bromwich Albion	2				H	2-3	Loss	23,970	Lyons (?), Storey-Moore (?)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Matt Gillies
Wed May 07, 1969	Notts County		H	2-1	Win	-	Lyons (?, ?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Johnny Carey
Thu Aug 01, 1968	Werder Bremen	Germany	A	1-0	Win	5,000	Baker (?)
Sun Aug 04, 1968	SV Alsenborn	Germany	A	3-1	Win	1,250	Baxter (?), Baker (?), Hilley (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Matt Gillies
Sat Jan 25, 1969	Norwich City	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Barnwell (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Johnny Carey
Tue Oct 01, 1968	Bristol XI	England	A	6-2	Win	-	Lyons (?, ?, ?), Baxter (?), Lloyd (? OG), Baker (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (6)				Out (5)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Brian Sherratt	Loan In			Gordon Marshall	Sold
	Gordon Marshall	Bought			William Taylor	Sold
	Len Harris	Bought		Dec 01, 1968	Brian Williamson	Sold	£13,000
	Liam O'Kane	Bought		Apr 30, 1969	Jim Baxter	Released
Feb 15, 1969	Ronnie Rees	Bought		Apr 30, 1969	Joe Baker	Sold
Mar 01, 1969	Alan Hill	Bought

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		Alan Hill	10	4	1	5
GK		Brian Sherratt	1			1
GK		Brian Williamson	9	1	3	4
GK		Gordon Marshall	7	2	2	3
GK		Peter Grummitt	18	3	7	8				1
Defenders
D		Bill Brindley	2	1		1
D		Bob McKinlay	34	5	11	17				1	1	1
D		John Winfield	45	10	13	21
D		Len Harris	1			1
D		Peter Hindley	38	7	13	17
D		Terry Hennessey	41	9	11	20	2
Midfielders
M		Henry Newton	45	10	13	21	2
M		Liam O'Kane	1			1				1
M		Paul Richardson	14	3	3	8	1				1	5
M		William Taylor	1		1							4
Forwards
F		Barry Lyons	44	10	12	21	9
F		Colin Hall	19	4	4	10	2				1	4
F		Dave Hilley	22	6	6	9	4			1	3	6
F		Ian Storey-Moore	29	3	12	13	18			1
F		Jim Baxter	25	7	6	12	1			2		1
F		Joe Baker	30	7	10	13	4			1		1
F		John Barnwell	26	5	9	11	1					4
F		Ronnie Rees	11	5		6	1
F		Sammy Chapman	30	9	9	12	3				2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
18 (1)	Ian Storey-Moore	29
9	Barry Lyons	44
4	Dave Hilley	22
4	Joe Baker	30
3	Sammy Chapman	30
2	Colin Hall	19
2	Henry Newton	45
2	Terry Hennessey	41
1	Jim Baxter	25
1	John Barnwell	26
1	Paul Richardson	14
1	Ronnie Rees	11

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Sep 07, 1968	Away	5-2		Sat Mar 22, 1969	Home	3-0