The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Dec 31, 1966 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 31, 1966 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 31 December 1966

Season:: 1966-67
Referee:: G Roper
Attendance:: 27,683
League Week:: 24 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 3
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Sheffield United:: Aug 19, 1967

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2515 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 1139 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2767 (of 5829)
Total:: 3998 (of 7634)
Played:: 59 years, 8 months, 23 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: WDDWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frank Wignall (39')
Joe Baker (54')
Ian Storey-Moore (64')

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: John Harris
Prior form: LLDDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Mick Jones (87')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Peter Grummitt
2	D	22	Peter Hindley
3	D	23	John Winfield
4	D	24	Terry Hennessey
5	D	34	Bob McKinlay
6	M	22	Henry Newton
7	F	21	Barry Lyons
8	F	28	John Barnwell
9	F	26	Joe Baker (54')
10	F	27	Frank Wignall (39')
11	F	21	Ian Storey-Moore (64')
Subs
12	F	24	Alan Hinton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alan Hodgkinson
2	D	Ken Mallender
3	D	Bernard Shaw
4	D	Len Badger
5	D	Frank Barlow
6	M	Thomas Fenoughty
7	M	Barry Wagstaff
8	M	Alan Birchenall
9	M	Bill Punton
10	F	Alan Woodward
11	F	Mick Jones
Subs
12		T Wagstaff

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 31, 1966)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-1	Arsenal
Burnley	5-1	West Bromwich Albion
Fulham	4-1	Stoke City
Liverpool	0-0	Everton
Manchester United	0-0	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday	6-1	Chelsea
Southampton	1-5	Blackpool
Sunderland	1-0	Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Newcastle United
West Ham United	0-1	Leicester City

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	Manchester United	23	15	2	6	49	33	9	2	0	29	9	6	0	6	20	24	16	32	WLDWLW
	2	Liverpool	22	12	6	4	43	28	7	3	0	25	10	5	3	4	18	18	15	30	WLWDWW
	3	Stoke City	23	13	3	7	42	26	7	3	3	27	13	6	0	4	15	13	16	29	DLWLWW
	4	Chelsea	23	9	10	4	45	31	3	6	3	21	20	6	4	1	24	11	14	28	DDDDLL
	5	Nottingham Forest	23	11	6	6	33	28	8	3	1	22	9	3	3	5	11	19	5	28	WDDWWW
	6	Leeds United	22	10	7	5	33	29	8	3	1	26	12	2	4	4	7	17	4	27	WDDWWW
	7	West Ham United	23	10	5	8	62	45	5	3	2	27	12	5	2	6	35	33	17	25	LWLDWW
	8	Burnley	23	9	7	7	46	39	7	2	2	30	15	2	5	5	16	24	7	25	WDWDLL
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	23	11	3	9	39	37	7	1	3	23	15	4	2	6	16	22	2	25	WWWLLD
	10	Leicester City	22	10	4	8	48	40	7	1	2	29	13	3	3	6	19	27	8	24	WLWLLL
	11	Everton	22	9	6	7	29	26	5	3	4	18	15	4	3	3	11	11	3	24	LLDWLL
	12	Arsenal	23	7	7	9	30	31	6	3	3	18	12	1	4	6	12	19	-1	21	LDDWWL
	13	Fulham	23	8	5	10	40	43	5	2	4	26	18	3	3	6	14	25	-3	21	WWWLWW
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	22	6	9	7	24	27	4	4	3	13	11	2	5	4	11	16	-3	21	WLDDDW
	15	Sheffield United	23	7	7	9	25	33	5	4	3	17	13	2	3	6	8	20	-8	21	LLDDWL
	16	Southampton	23	8	4	11	37	47	5	1	5	20	20	3	3	6	17	27	-10	20	LWLDLW
	17	Manchester City	21	7	5	9	23	32	3	4	3	11	15	4	1	6	12	17	-9	19	WLDWDL
	18	Aston Villa	23	8	3	12	31	44	5	3	4	19	17	3	0	8	12	27	-13	19	LWLWLW
	19	Sunderland	22	7	3	12	35	42	6	1	4	25	19	1	2	8	10	23	-7	17	WLLLWL
	20	West Bromwich Albion	23	7	2	14	42	47	5	0	6	19	16	2	2	8	23	31	-5	16	WLLLWD
	21	Newcastle United	23	4	6	13	18	47	3	3	6	12	20	1	3	7	6	27	-29	14	WLDLLL
	22	Blackpool	23	3	6	14	22	41	1	3	8	15	20	2	3	6	7	21	-19	12	WLDDLL

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	Manchester United	24	15	3	6	49	33	9	3	0	29	9	6	0	6	20	24	16	33	LDWLWD		0-0
	2	Liverpool	23	12	7	4	43	28	7	4	0	25	10	5	3	4	18	18	15	31	LWDWWD		0-0
2	3	Nottingham Forest	24	12	6	6	36	29	9	3	1	25	10	3	3	5	11	19	7	30	DDWWWW		3-1
1	4	Stoke City	24	13	3	8	43	30	7	3	3	27	13	6	0	5	16	17	13	29	LWLWWL		1-4
1	5	Chelsea	24	9	10	5	46	37	3	6	3	21	20	6	4	2	25	17	9	28	DDDLLL		1-6
	6	Leeds United	23	10	8	5	33	29	8	3	1	26	12	2	5	4	7	17	4	28	DDWWWD		0-0
1	7	Burnley	24	10	7	7	51	40	8	2	2	35	16	2	5	5	16	24	11	27	DWDLLW		5-1
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	24	12	3	9	43	37	8	1	3	27	15	4	2	6	16	22	6	27	WWLLDW		4-0
1	9	Leicester City	23	11	4	8	49	40	7	1	2	29	13	4	3	6	20	27	9	26	LWLLLW		1-0
3	10	West Ham United	24	10	5	9	62	46	5	3	3	27	13	5	2	6	35	33	16	25	WLDWWL		0-1
	11	Everton	23	9	7	7	29	26	5	3	4	18	15	4	4	3	11	11	3	25	LDWLLD		0-0
2	12	Sheffield Wednesday	23	7	9	7	30	28	5	4	3	19	12	2	5	4	11	16	2	23	LDDDWW		6-1
1	13	Arsenal	24	8	7	9	31	31	6	3	3	18	12	2	4	6	13	19	0	23	DDWWLW		1-0
1	14	Fulham	24	9	5	10	44	44	6	2	4	30	19	3	3	6	14	25	0	23	WWLWWW		4-1
	15	Sheffield United	24	7	7	10	26	36	5	4	3	17	13	2	3	7	9	23	-10	21	LDDWLL		1-3
	16	Southampton	24	8	4	12	38	52	5	1	6	21	25	3	3	6	17	27	-14	20	WLDLWL		1-5
2	17	Sunderland	23	8	3	12	36	42	7	1	4	26	19	1	2	8	10	23	-6	19	LLLWLW		1-0
1	18	Manchester City	22	7	5	10	23	33	3	4	3	11	15	4	1	7	12	18	-10	19	LDWDLL		0-1
1	19	Aston Villa	24	8	3	13	31	45	5	3	5	19	18	3	0	8	12	27	-14	19	WLWLWL		0-1
	20	West Bromwich Albion	24	7	2	15	43	52	5	0	6	19	16	2	2	9	24	36	-9	16	LLLWDL		1-5
1	21	Blackpool	24	4	6	14	27	42	1	3	8	15	20	3	3	6	12	22	-15	14	LDDLLW		5-1
1	22	Newcastle United	24	4	6	14	18	51	3	3	6	12	20	1	3	8	6	31	-33	14	LDLLLL		0-4