The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Dec 09, 1967 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 09, 1967 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 ABANDONED
: Half-time: 0-0
Replay:: Mar 19, 1968 (2-1 WON )

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 09 December 1967

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: J Carr
Attendance:: 24,041

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Mar 19, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2553 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1177 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2818 (of 5824)
Total:: 4055 (of 7629)
Played:: 58 years, 8 months, 8 days ago

Review
The game was abandoned due to ice on 51 minutes (and just 3 minutes after Leicester took the lead) with Forest losing 0-1. The rescheduled game was on March 19th - Forest won 2-1.

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Frank Large (48')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Peter Grummitt
2	M	23	Henry Newton
3	D	24	John Winfield
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jeff Whitefoot	Last game
7	F	28	Dave Hilley
8	M	28	Billy Taylor
9	F	27	Joe Baker
10	F	28	Frank Wignall
11	F	19	Colin Hall
Subs
12	F	21	Sammy Chapman

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Peter Grummitt	322
2	M	23	Henry Newton	183	8
3	D	24	John Winfield	152	3
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey	100	4
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay	622	10
6	M	33	Jeff Whitefoot	284	7
7	F	28	Dave Hilley	1
8	M	28	Billy Taylor	13	1
9	F	27	Joe Baker	81	36
10	F	28	Frank Wignall	167	52
11	F	19	Colin Hall	1
Subs
12	F	21	Sammy Chapman	38	7

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Shilton
2	D	Bell
3	D	Rodriguez
4	D	Roberts
5	D	Nish
6	M	Sjoberg
7	M	Tewley
8	M	Frank Large
9	M	Stringfellow
10	F	Gibson
11	F	Glover
Subs
12		Norman

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 09, 1967)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	2-0	Leeds United
Manchester City	4-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United	2-2	Manchester United
Sheffield United	1-0	Burnley
Stoke City	1-0	Everton

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	19	11	5	3	33	20	7	2	0	18	7	4	3	3	15	13	13	27	WLWWDW
2	Liverpool	19	10	5	4	29	15	8	0	1	21	6	2	5	3	8	9	14	25	WDLDWD
3	Manchester City	19	11	3	5	41	22	8	1	1	27	8	3	2	4	14	14	19	25	WDWWWD
4	Leeds United	19	10	4	5	28	14	8	2	0	24	6	2	2	5	4	8	14	24	WWLDWW
5	Tottenham Hotspur	19	9	5	5	31	29	5	5	0	19	8	4	0	5	12	21	2	23	LDWWLD
6	Everton	19	9	4	6	27	18	7	1	2	18	9	2	3	4	9	9	9	22	LDDWWW
7	Sheffield Wednesday	19	8	6	5	28	26	5	5	0	21	11	3	1	5	7	15	2	22	LWLDLD
8	Newcastle United	19	8	5	6	29	30	8	1	0	22	6	0	4	6	7	24	-1	21	WDWLWD
9	Arsenal	19	8	4	7	32	26	6	3	0	19	7	2	1	7	13	19	6	20	WLDDDL
10	Burnley	19	7	6	6	36	35	6	4	0	21	8	1	2	6	15	27	1	20	DDLWLW
11	Stoke City	19	7	5	7	27	28	5	2	2	14	10	2	3	5	13	18	-1	19	WLWWLL
12	Nottingham Forest	19	7	4	8	28	22	5	2	2	18	8	2	2	6	10	14	6	18	WLWLLL
13	West Bromwich Albion	18	7	4	7	34	28	6	1	3	23	10	1	3	4	11	18	6	18	LDWDWL
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	7	4	8	34	38	5	2	2	21	16	2	2	6	13	22	-4	18	DWLLLW
15	Southampton	19	7	2	10	34	40	5	2	2	18	15	2	0	8	16	25	-6	16	DLLLWL
16	Sunderland	19	6	4	9	24	32	5	2	3	13	13	1	2	6	11	19	-8	16	DWLDLL
17	Chelsea	19	4	8	7	26	43	2	6	2	17	18	2	2	5	9	25	-17	16	LDWLDW
18	Leicester City	19	4	7	8	28	33	2	4	4	14	16	2	3	4	14	17	-5	15	DDLDDD
19	West Ham United	19	5	4	10	33	35	2	1	6	16	18	3	3	4	17	17	-2	14	WLLDWD
20	Fulham	18	6	2	10	25	35	3	1	4	12	15	3	1	6	13	20	-10	14	LLWWWD
21	Coventry City	20	2	8	10	23	43	2	3	5	14	22	0	5	5	9	21	-20	12	LLDLDD
22	Sheffield United	18	3	5	10	18	36	3	2	4	8	13	0	3	6	10	23	-18	11	LDWLDL

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	20	11	6	3	35	22	7	2	0	18	7	4	4	3	17	15	13	28	LWWDWD		2-2
	2	Liverpool	20	11	5	4	31	15	9	0	1	23	6	2	5	3	8	9	16	27	DLDWDW		2-0
	3	Manchester City	20	12	3	5	45	23	9	1	1	31	9	3	2	4	14	14	22	27	DWWWDW		4-1
	4	Leeds United	20	10	4	6	28	16	8	2	0	24	6	2	2	6	4	10	12	24	WLDWWL		0-2
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	20	9	5	6	32	33	5	5	0	19	8	4	0	6	13	25	-1	23	DWWLDL		1-4
	6	Everton	20	9	4	7	27	19	7	1	2	18	9	2	3	5	9	10	8	22	DDWWWL		0-1
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	19	8	6	5	28	26	5	5	0	21	11	3	1	5	7	15	2	22	LWLDLD
	8	Newcastle United	20	8	6	6	31	32	8	2	0	24	8	0	4	6	7	24	-1	22	DWLWDD		2-2
2	9	Stoke City	20	8	5	7	28	28	6	2	2	15	10	2	3	5	13	18	0	21	LWWLLW		1-0
1	10	Arsenal	19	8	4	7	32	26	6	3	0	19	7	2	1	7	13	19	6	20	WLDDDL
1	11	Burnley	20	7	6	7	36	36	6	4	0	21	8	1	2	7	15	28	0	20	DLWLWL		0-1
	12	Nottingham Forest	19	7	4	8	28	22	5	2	2	18	8	2	2	6	10	14	6	18	WLWLLL
	13	West Bromwich Albion	18	7	4	7	34	28	6	1	3	23	10	1	3	4	11	18	6	18	LDWDWL
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	7	4	8	34	38	5	2	2	21	16	2	2	6	13	22	-4	18	DWLLLW
	15	Southampton	19	7	2	10	34	40	5	2	2	18	15	2	0	8	16	25	-6	16	DLLLWL
	16	Sunderland	19	6	4	9	24	32	5	2	3	13	13	1	2	6	11	19	-8	16	DWLDLL
	17	Chelsea	19	4	8	7	26	43	2	6	2	17	18	2	2	5	9	25	-17	16	LDWLDW
	18	Leicester City	19	4	7	8	28	33	2	4	4	14	16	2	3	4	14	17	-5	15	DDLDDD
	19	West Ham United	19	5	4	10	33	35	2	1	6	16	18	3	3	4	17	17	-2	14	WLLDWD
	20	Fulham	18	6	2	10	25	35	3	1	4	12	15	3	1	6	13	20	-10	14	LLWWWD
1	21	Sheffield United	19	4	5	10	19	36	4	2	4	9	13	0	3	6	10	23	-17	13	DWLDLW		1-0
1	22	Coventry City	20	2	8	10	23	43	2	3	5	14	22	0	5	5	9	21	-20	12	LLDLDD