The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 MANCHESTER UNITED - Sat Feb 25, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 25, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1960-61
Referee:: A Moore
Attendance:: 26,850
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 12
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Watford (Friendly)
League:: Blackpool
Manchester United:: Dec 26, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2270 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 894 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2499 (of 5824)
Total:: 3678 (of 7629)
Played:: 65 years, 6 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers
John Rowland (24') - John Rowland first goal
Colin Booth (84')
Colin Addison (85')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Matt Busby
Prior form: WWLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bobby Charlton (10')
Albert Quixall (48')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	Peter Grummitt
2	F	33	Billy Gray
3	D	32	Joe McDonald
4	M	20	Calvin Palmer
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay
6	M	35	Jack Burkitt
7	M	19	John Rowland (24')
8	F	26	Colin Booth (84')
9	F	20	Colin Addison (85')
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Gregg
2	D	Shay Brennan
3	D	Noel Cantwell
4	D	Maurice Setters
5	D	William Foulkes
6	M	James Nicholson
7	M	Kenny Morgans
8	M	Albert Quixall
9	M	Alex Dawson
10	F	Mark Pearson
11	F	Bobby Charlton

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 25, 1961)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-3	Leicester City
Birmingham City	4-2	West Ham United
Burnley	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Cardiff City	3-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham	4-3	Blackpool
Manchester City	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United	2-1	Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest	3-2	Manchester United
Preston North End	1-0	Everton
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Chelsea
West Bromwich Albion	3-2	Bolton Wanderers

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	30	24	3	3	90	37	11	3	1	51	21	13	0	2	39	16	53	51	WLWLWD	Safe
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	19	5	6	78	55	13	2	1	49	25	6	3	5	29	30	23	43	WWWLWD
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	29	17	8	4	60	34	13	1	1	35	11	4	7	3	25	23	26	42	WDWWWW
	4	Burnley	28	17	1	10	77	52	8	0	6	40	29	9	1	4	37	23	25	35	WWLLLW
	5	Everton	29	14	5	10	62	55	8	3	3	32	17	6	2	7	30	38	7	33	LLLLLD
	6	Leicester City	29	13	5	11	62	53	8	3	3	36	21	5	2	8	26	32	9	31	WWDWWW
	7	Aston Villa	28	13	5	10	58	55	10	2	3	36	22	3	3	7	22	33	3	31	LLDDDL
	8	Arsenal	30	13	5	12	62	62	10	1	4	37	25	3	4	8	25	37	0	31	WWLDLW
	9	Cardiff City	30	11	8	11	46	53	9	3	3	26	16	2	5	8	20	37	-7	30	DWLDWW
	10	Manchester United	29	12	5	12	57	55	10	3	2	39	14	2	2	10	18	41	2	29	WWLDLW
	11	West Ham United	28	12	4	12	63	59	11	2	2	47	23	1	2	10	16	36	4	28	LLDWLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	6	12	56	59	8	2	4	33	23	3	4	8	23	36	-3	28	WLDDWD
	13	Nottingham Forest	30	11	5	14	45	57	6	3	6	24	26	5	2	8	21	31	-12	27	LDWWWL
	14	Chelsea	29	10	5	14	66	72	6	4	4	42	35	4	1	10	24	37	-6	25	LDLWDD
	15	Manchester City	27	9	6	12	57	65	7	3	3	29	19	2	3	9	28	46	-8	24	LLLDDW
	16	Bolton Wanderers	29	9	6	14	42	54	6	3	6	27	25	3	3	8	15	29	-12	24	WDWWDL
	17	Birmingham City	28	10	4	14	41	55	7	2	4	22	18	3	2	10	19	37	-14	24	DWLWWL
	18	Fulham	30	10	3	17	51	74	7	3	5	29	30	3	0	12	22	44	-23	23	LLLLLL
	19	West Bromwich Albion	31	9	4	18	47	63	5	2	8	30	28	4	2	10	17	35	-16	22	WWLLLL
	20	Newcastle United	30	7	7	16	68	86	5	6	4	43	35	2	1	12	25	51	-18	21	LDDDLL
	21	Blackpool	28	7	5	16	48	57	6	1	7	32	26	1	4	9	16	31	-9	19	LDLWDL
	22	Preston North End	29	7	5	17	29	53	5	3	6	19	18	2	2	11	10	35	-24	19	DLLLWW

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	31	25	3	3	91	37	11	3	1	51	21	14	0	2	40	16	54	53	LWLWDW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	30	18	8	4	61	34	14	1	1	36	11	4	7	3	25	23	27	44	DWWWWW		1-0
1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	19	5	7	80	58	13	2	1	49	25	6	3	6	31	33	22	43	WWLWDL		2-3
	4	Burnley	29	17	2	10	78	53	8	1	6	41	30	9	1	4	37	23	25	36	WLLLWD		1-1
1	5	Leicester City	30	14	5	11	65	54	8	3	3	36	21	6	2	8	29	33	11	33	WDWWWW		3-1
1	6	Everton	30	14	5	11	62	56	8	3	3	32	17	6	2	8	30	39	6	33	LLLLDL		0-1
2	7	Cardiff City	31	12	8	11	49	55	10	3	3	29	18	2	5	8	20	37	-6	32	WLDWWW		3-2
1	8	Aston Villa	29	13	5	11	59	57	10	2	3	36	22	3	3	8	23	35	2	31	LDDDLL		1-2
1	9	Arsenal	31	13	5	13	63	65	10	1	5	38	28	3	4	8	25	37	-2	31	WLDLWL		1-3
	10	Manchester United	30	12	5	13	59	58	10	3	2	39	14	2	2	11	20	44	1	29	WLDLWL		2-3
1	11	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	7	12	57	60	8	2	4	33	23	3	5	8	24	37	-3	29	LDDWDD		1-1
1	12	Nottingham Forest	31	12	5	14	48	59	7	3	6	27	28	5	2	8	21	31	-11	29	DWWWLW		3-2
2	13	West Ham United	29	12	4	13	65	63	11	2	2	47	23	1	2	11	18	40	2	28	LDWLWL		2-4
3	14	Birmingham City	29	11	4	14	45	57	8	2	4	26	20	3	2	10	19	37	-12	26	WLWWLW		4-2
1	15	Chelsea	30	10	5	15	66	73	6	4	4	42	35	4	1	11	24	38	-7	25	DLWDDL		0-1
2	16	Fulham	31	11	3	17	55	77	8	3	5	33	33	3	0	12	22	44	-22	25	LLLLLW		4-3
2	17	Manchester City	28	9	6	13	57	66	7	3	4	29	20	2	3	9	28	46	-9	24	LLDDWL		0-1
2	18	Bolton Wanderers	30	9	6	15	44	57	6	3	6	27	25	3	3	9	17	32	-13	24	DWWDLL		2-3
	19	West Bromwich Albion	32	10	4	18	50	65	6	2	8	33	30	4	2	10	17	35	-15	24	WLLLLW		3-2
	20	Newcastle United	31	8	7	16	70	87	6	6	4	45	36	2	1	12	25	51	-17	23	DDDLLW		2-1
1	21	Preston North End	30	8	5	17	30	53	6	3	6	20	18	2	2	11	10	35	-23	21	LLLWWW		1-0
1	22	Blackpool	29	7	5	17	51	61	6	1	7	32	26	1	4	10	19	35	-10	19	DLWDLL		3-4