The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 PRESTON NORTH END - Sat Dec 24, 1960 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 24, 1960 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1960-61
Referee:: N Hough
Attendance:: 22,799
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 21 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
Preston North End:: Dec 26, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2262 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 886 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2489 (of 5824)
Total:: 3668 (of 7629)
Played:: 65 years, 7 months, 26 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Andy Beattie
Prior form: DWWDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Colin Booth (23')
Colin Booth (44')

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Cliff Britton
Prior form: LDLLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	Peter Grummitt
2	D	25	Roy Patrick
3	D	31	Joe McDonald
4	M	20	Calvin Palmer
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay
6	M	34	Jack Burkitt
7	F	33	Billy Gray
8	F	25	Colin Booth (23') (44')
9	F	19	Geoff Vowden
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Fred Else
2	D	Willie Cunningham
3	D	John Wylie
4	D	Tony Singleton
5	D	John O'Neill
6	M	Alex Alston
7	M	Tommy Thompson
8	M	Peter Thompson
9	M	David Sneddon
10	F	Derek Mayers
11	F	Johnny Fullam

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 24, 1960)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Blackpool	2-0	Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers	2-0	Leicester City
Chelsea	1-2	Manchester United
Manchester City	3-2	Fulham
Newcastle United	2-2	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Preston North End
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	West Ham United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	22	19	2	1	71	26	8	2	0	37	13	11	0	1	34	13	45	40	LWWDWW
	2	Everton	22	13	4	5	55	36	8	2	1	30	11	5	2	4	25	25	19	30	DWLWWL
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	22	12	6	4	40	27	10	1	1	27	10	2	5	3	13	17	13	30	LLLWDD
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	13	4	5	55	45	8	2	1	30	18	5	2	4	25	27	10	30	LWWWWL
	5	Burnley	21	14	1	6	63	39	7	0	3	31	18	7	1	3	32	21	24	29	LWWDWW
	6	Aston Villa	22	13	2	7	50	43	10	0	1	31	14	3	2	6	19	29	7	28	DWWWLW
	7	West Ham United	21	10	3	8	54	46	9	1	1	39	18	1	2	7	15	28	8	23	WWLWDW
	8	Arsenal	23	10	3	10	41	42	9	0	3	29	17	1	3	7	12	25	-1	23	DWLWLD
	9	Blackburn Rovers	22	9	3	10	47	48	6	1	4	28	21	3	2	6	19	27	-1	21	WDLWLL
	10	Fulham	22	9	3	10	45	57	6	3	2	26	21	3	0	8	19	36	-12	21	WLLLDL
	11	Chelsea	21	9	2	10	57	50	5	2	3	36	29	4	0	7	21	21	7	20	WWLWLL
	12	Leicester City	22	8	4	10	41	44	4	3	3	19	17	4	1	7	22	27	-3	20	LWWDLL
	13	Cardiff City	22	7	5	10	29	40	6	2	3	15	9	1	3	7	14	31	-11	19	DDWLWW
	14	Manchester City	20	7	4	9	40	46	5	2	3	20	14	2	2	6	20	32	-6	18	LLLLLL
	15	Manchester United	21	7	4	10	37	43	6	2	2	22	11	1	2	8	15	32	-6	18	LWLWDW
	16	Newcastle United	22	7	3	12	49	61	5	3	4	36	28	2	0	8	13	33	-12	17	WLWLDD
	17	Birmingham City	22	7	3	12	33	47	5	2	4	19	17	2	1	8	14	30	-14	17	WLLWLD
	18	Nottingham Forest	22	6	4	12	32	47	3	3	5	16	20	3	1	7	16	27	-15	16	DWWDWW
	19	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	3	13	34	45	4	1	6	23	21	2	2	7	11	24	-11	15	LLLLWD
	20	Bolton Wanderers	21	5	4	12	30	45	3	2	6	19	23	2	2	6	11	22	-15	14	WDLWLD
	21	Preston North End	21	5	4	12	21	38	4	2	4	14	13	1	2	8	7	25	-17	14	LDLLLD
	22	Blackpool	21	5	3	13	38	47	4	1	6	27	25	1	2	7	11	22	-9	13	WLDLLW

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	23	20	2	1	73	26	9	2	0	39	13	11	0	1	34	13	47	42	WWDWWW		2-0
2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	14	4	5	57	45	8	2	1	30	18	6	2	4	27	27	12	32	WWWWLW		2-0
1	3	Everton	22	13	4	5	55	36	8	2	1	30	11	5	2	4	25	25	19	30	DWLWWL
1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	22	12	6	4	40	27	10	1	1	27	10	2	5	3	13	17	13	30	LLLWDD
	5	Burnley	21	14	1	6	63	39	7	0	3	31	18	7	1	3	32	21	24	29	LWWDWW
	6	Aston Villa	23	13	2	8	50	45	10	0	2	31	16	3	2	6	19	29	5	28	WWWLWL		0-2
	7	West Ham United	22	10	3	9	54	48	9	1	1	39	18	1	2	8	15	30	6	23	WLWDWL		0-2
	8	Arsenal	23	10	3	10	41	42	9	0	3	29	17	1	3	7	12	25	-1	23	DWLWLD
	9	Blackburn Rovers	23	9	3	11	47	50	6	1	4	28	21	3	2	7	19	29	-3	21	DLWLLL		0-2
	10	Fulham	23	9	3	11	47	60	6	3	2	26	21	3	0	9	21	39	-13	21	LLLDLL		2-3
	11	Chelsea	22	9	2	11	58	52	5	2	4	37	31	4	0	7	21	21	6	20	WLWLLL		1-2
2	12	Manchester City	21	8	4	9	43	48	6	2	3	23	16	2	2	6	20	32	-5	20	LLLLLW		3-2
1	13	Leicester City	23	8	4	11	41	46	4	3	3	19	17	4	1	8	22	29	-5	20	WWDLLL		0-2
1	14	Manchester United	22	8	4	10	39	44	6	2	2	22	11	2	2	8	17	33	-5	20	WLWDWW		2-1
2	15	Cardiff City	22	7	5	10	29	40	6	2	3	15	9	1	3	7	14	31	-11	19	DDWLWW
	16	Newcastle United	23	7	4	12	51	63	5	4	4	38	30	2	0	8	13	33	-12	18	LWLDDD		2-2
1	17	Nottingham Forest	23	7	4	12	34	47	4	3	5	18	20	3	1	7	16	27	-13	18	WWDWWW		2-0
1	18	Birmingham City	23	7	4	12	35	49	5	2	4	19	17	2	2	8	16	32	-14	18	LLWLDD		2-2
1	19	Bolton Wanderers	22	6	4	12	32	45	4	2	6	21	23	2	2	6	11	22	-13	16	DLWLDW		2-0
2	20	Blackpool	22	6	3	13	40	47	5	1	6	29	25	1	2	7	11	22	-7	15	LDLLWW		2-0
2	21	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	3	13	34	45	4	1	6	23	21	2	2	7	11	24	-11	15	LLLLWD
1	22	Preston North End	22	5	4	13	21	40	4	2	4	14	13	1	2	9	7	27	-19	14	DLLLDL		0-2