The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Apr 22, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 22, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1960-61
Referee:: K Aston
Attendance:: 25,781
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 12
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Dec 09, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2279 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 903 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2508 (of 5824)
Total:: 3690 (of 7629)
Played:: 65 years, 3 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Colin Booth (37')
Flip Le Flem (46')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Matt Gillies
Prior form: DWDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Albert Cheesebrough (59')
Ken Leek (88')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	Peter Grummitt
2	D	25	Roy Patrick
3	D	17	Brian Grant	Debut
4	M	20	Calvin Palmer
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay
6	F	25	Jim Iley
7	M	20	John Rowland
8	F	26	Colin Booth (37')
9	F	19	Geoff Vowden
10	F	20	Colin Addison
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem (46')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gordon Banks
2	D	Richie Norman
3	D	Ian White
4	D	Ian King
5	D	Len Chalmers
6	M	Howard Riley
7	M	Colin Appleton
8	M	Jimmy Walsh
9	M	Albert Cheesebrough
10	F	Ken Keyworth
11	F	Ken Leek

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 22, 1961)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-5	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City	0-2	Blackpool
Burnley	4-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Cardiff City	1-1	West Ham United
Fulham	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Manchester City	4-1	Aston Villa
Newcastle United	4-1	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Leicester City
Preston North End	2-4	Manchester United
Sheffield Wednesday	1-2	Everton
West Bromwich Albion	3-0	Chelsea

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	39	30	4	5	111	49	14	3	2	63	26	16	1	3	48	23	62	64	DWWWWW	Champions
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	39	22	12	5	74	41	15	4	1	44	15	7	8	4	30	26	33	56	WWDDDL	Safe
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	24	7	9	96	70	17	2	1	59	28	7	5	8	37	42	26	55	WDWLWW	Safe
	4	Everton	40	20	6	14	81	67	12	4	4	43	22	8	2	10	38	45	14	46	LWWDWW	Safe
	5	Burnley	39	19	7	13	95	74	10	4	6	54	38	9	3	7	41	36	21	45	DLWLLD	Safe
	6	Leicester City	39	17	8	14	81	64	11	4	4	50	27	6	4	10	31	37	17	42	DWDWLW	Safe
	7	Manchester United	40	17	8	15	81	71	14	4	2	55	17	3	4	13	26	54	10	42	LWWDWW	Safe
	8	Blackburn Rovers	40	15	12	13	74	71	12	3	5	46	30	3	9	8	28	41	3	42	DLDDDW	Safe
	9	Aston Villa	40	16	9	15	73	72	12	3	5	44	27	4	6	10	29	45	1	41	LLWDWL	Safe
	10	Arsenal	40	15	11	14	75	76	12	3	5	43	30	3	8	9	32	46	-1	41	DDDWWL	Safe
	11	West Bromwich Albion	40	16	5	19	62	70	9	3	8	40	32	7	2	11	22	38	-8	37	WWWWDL	Safe
	12	Nottingham Forest	39	14	8	17	57	71	8	6	6	32	31	6	2	11	25	40	-14	36	DLWWDL	Safe
	13	Chelsea	39	14	7	18	94	92	9	5	5	57	43	5	2	13	37	49	2	35	WLWLLW	Safe
	14	West Ham United	40	13	9	18	75	85	12	4	4	52	29	1	5	14	23	56	-10	35	WDLDDD	Safe
	15	Cardiff City	40	13	9	18	56	81	11	4	5	33	25	2	5	13	23	56	-25	35	LLLDLL	Safe
	16	Bolton Wanderers	40	12	10	18	56	68	9	4	7	37	28	3	6	11	19	40	-12	34	DWLLWD	Safe
	17	Birmingham City	39	14	6	19	60	78	10	4	5	35	28	4	2	14	25	50	-18	34	DWLWLL	Safe
	18	Fulham	40	13	7	20	67	92	8	7	5	38	38	5	0	15	29	54	-25	33	DDLLDW
	19	Manchester City	39	11	10	18	70	85	9	5	6	37	29	2	5	12	33	56	-15	32	LLDWDD
	20	Blackpool	40	11	8	21	63	70	9	2	9	41	31	2	6	12	22	39	-7	30	WLLLWD
	21	Preston North End	40	10	9	21	40	66	7	6	7	26	21	3	3	14	14	45	-26	29	WLDLLD
	22	Newcastle United	40	9	10	21	78	106	6	7	7	47	48	3	3	14	31	58	-28	28	LLDDLL

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	40	30	4	6	113	53	14	3	2	63	26	16	1	4	50	27	60	64	WWWWWL	Champions	2-4
1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	25	7	9	101	71	17	2	1	59	28	8	5	8	42	43	30	57	DWLWWW	Safe	5-1
1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	40	22	12	6	75	43	15	4	2	45	17	7	8	4	30	26	32	56	WDDDLL	Safe	1-2
	4	Everton	41	21	6	14	83	68	12	4	4	43	22	9	2	10	40	46	15	48	WWDWWW	Safe	2-1
	5	Burnley	40	20	7	13	99	76	11	4	6	58	40	9	3	7	41	36	23	47	LWLLDW	Safe	4-2
1	6	Manchester United	41	18	8	15	85	73	14	4	2	55	17	4	4	13	30	56	12	44	WWDWWW	Safe	4-2
1	7	Leicester City	40	17	9	14	83	66	11	4	4	50	27	6	5	10	33	39	17	43	WDWLWD	Safe	2-2
	8	Blackburn Rovers	41	15	13	13	75	72	12	3	5	46	30	3	10	8	29	42	3	43	LDDDWD	Safe	1-1
	9	Aston Villa	41	16	9	16	74	76	12	3	5	44	27	4	6	11	30	49	-2	41	LWDWLL	Safe	1-4
	10	Arsenal	41	15	11	15	76	81	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	9	32	46	-5	41	DDWWLL	Safe	1-5
	11	West Bromwich Albion	41	17	5	19	65	70	10	3	8	43	32	7	2	11	22	38	-5	39	WWWDLW	Safe	3-0
	12	Nottingham Forest	40	14	9	17	59	73	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	11	25	40	-14	37	LWWDLD	Safe	2-2
1	13	West Ham United	41	13	10	18	76	86	12	4	4	52	29	1	6	14	24	57	-10	36	DLDDDD	Safe	1-1
1	14	Cardiff City	41	13	10	18	57	82	11	5	5	34	26	2	5	13	23	56	-25	36	LLDLLD	Safe	1-1
2	15	Chelsea	40	14	7	19	94	95	9	5	5	57	43	5	2	14	37	52	-1	35	LWLLWL	Safe	0-3
3	16	Manchester City	40	12	10	18	74	86	10	5	6	41	30	2	5	12	33	56	-12	34	LDWDDW	Safe	4-1
1	17	Bolton Wanderers	41	12	10	19	57	72	9	4	7	37	28	3	6	12	20	44	-15	34	WLLWDL	Safe	1-4
1	18	Birmingham City	40	14	6	20	60	80	10	4	6	35	30	4	2	14	25	50	-20	34	WLWLLL	Safe	0-2
1	19	Fulham	41	13	8	20	68	93	8	8	5	39	39	5	0	15	29	54	-25	34	DLLDWD	Safe	1-1
	20	Blackpool	41	12	8	21	65	70	9	2	9	41	31	3	6	12	24	39	-5	32	LLLWDW		2-0
1	21	Newcastle United	41	10	10	21	82	107	7	7	7	51	49	3	3	14	31	58	-25	30	LDDLLW		4-1
1	22	Preston North End	41	10	9	22	42	70	7	6	8	28	25	3	3	14	14	45	-28	29	LDLLDL	Relegated	2-4