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WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 6 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 06, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 06, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Molineux
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-6 LOST
: Half-time: 0-4

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 06 April 1968

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: LG Hamer
Attendance:: 28,198
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 21 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 1)
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Nov 02, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2569 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1193 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2836 (of 5824)
Total:: 4074 (of 7629)
Played:: 58 years, 4 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Barry Lyons (68')

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: Ronnie Allen
Prior form: DWWLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Derek Dougan (17')
Frank Wignall (24')
Frank Wignall (30')
Derek Dougan (36')
Derek Parkin (70')
Michael Kenning (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Mick Harby
2	D	23	Peter Hindley
3	D	25	John Winfield
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay
6	M	24	Henry Newton
7	F	23	Barry Lyons (68')
8	F	29	John Barnwell
9	F	21	Sammy Chapman
10	F	28	Jim Baxter
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	29	Dave Hilley

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	19	Mick Harby	1		7	1
2	D	23	Peter Hindley	181	4	7	1
3	D	25	John Winfield	170	4	7	1
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey	118	4	7	1
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay	640	10	7	1
6	M	24	Henry Newton	201	9	7	1
7	F	23	Barry Lyons (68')	68	11	21	4
8	F	29	John Barnwell	147	23	7	1
9	F	21	Sammy Chapman	45	8	7	1
10	F	28	Jim Baxter	17	2	7	1
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore	128	48	7	1
Subs
12	F	29	Dave Hilley	16	4	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Phil Parkes
2	D	David Woodfield
3	D	John Holsgrove
4	D	Derek Parkin
5	D	Bobby Thomson
6	M	Mike Bailey
7	M	Derek Dougan
8	M	Michael Kenning
9	M	Peter Knowles
10	F	Dave Wagstaffe
11	F	Frank Wignall (70')
Subs
12		Frank Munro (70')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 06, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Everton	2-0	Arsenal
Fulham	1-1	Coventry City
Leeds United	3-0	Sheffield United
Leicester City	1-0	Manchester City
Manchester United	1-2	Liverpool
Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Chelsea
Sunderland	3-1	Stoke City
Tottenham Hotspur	6-1	Southampton
West Ham United	5-0	Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6-1	Nottingham Forest

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	34	20	7	7	68	43	12	2	2	37	17	8	5	5	31	26	25	47	WLLWLW	Safe
2	Leeds United	33	18	9	6	56	26	14	3	0	41	11	4	6	6	15	15	30	45	DWDDDW	Safe
3	Manchester City	33	20	5	8	72	37	13	2	2	45	16	7	3	6	27	21	35	45	WWWWLW	Safe
4	Liverpool	32	17	9	6	51	28	14	1	1	37	11	3	8	5	14	17	23	43	LLWDWW	Safe
5	Tottenham Hotspur	33	15	8	10	52	45	8	7	2	31	13	7	1	8	21	32	7	38	WLDDWW
6	Newcastle United	34	12	14	8	47	43	11	6	0	31	11	1	8	8	16	32	4	38	DWDDLD
7	Everton	31	16	4	11	50	33	12	1	2	28	10	4	3	9	22	23	17	36	LWLWWW
8	West Bromwich Albion	33	14	8	11	59	50	9	3	5	33	20	5	5	6	26	30	9	36	WDWLWD
9	Chelsea	32	12	11	9	50	58	6	7	3	27	24	6	4	6	23	34	-8	35	LWWWDW
10	Nottingham Forest	34	13	8	13	44	42	10	4	4	30	19	3	4	9	14	23	2	34	WDDWLL
11	Arsenal	32	11	10	11	45	39	7	6	2	24	13	4	4	9	21	26	6	32	DDLLWD
12	Sheffield Wednesday	34	11	8	15	45	53	6	7	4	29	20	5	1	11	16	33	-8	30	LDWWLL
13	Burnley	33	11	8	14	53	63	10	5	1	30	13	1	3	13	23	50	-10	30	WLLLWL
14	Southampton	34	11	7	16	54	68	8	5	4	32	28	3	2	12	22	40	-14	29	WWWDLW
15	Leicester City	33	9	10	14	51	59	4	6	6	28	29	5	4	8	23	30	-8	28	LWLLLD
16	Stoke City	32	11	5	16	39	53	8	2	7	22	21	3	3	9	17	32	-14	27	WWLLLL
17	Sunderland	34	9	9	16	40	55	5	6	6	21	27	4	3	10	19	28	-15	27	LLWDWD
18	Sheffield United	33	9	9	15	40	56	7	3	6	20	22	2	6	9	20	34	-16	27	DWLWLW
19	Coventry City	34	8	11	15	43	61	7	5	6	30	30	1	6	9	13	31	-18	27	WLLWDW
20	West Ham United	32	10	6	16	58	59	5	2	8	32	28	5	4	8	26	31	-1	26	WLLDLD
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	10	6	18	52	69	7	3	7	34	34	3	3	11	18	35	-17	26	DWWLLL
22	Fulham	32	8	4	20	44	73	5	2	9	22	32	3	2	11	22	41	-29	20	LWLLLL

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	1	Leeds United	34	19	9	6	59	26	15	3	0	44	11	4	6	6	15	15	33	47	WDDDWW	Safe	3-0
1	2	Manchester United	35	20	7	8	69	45	12	2	3	38	19	8	5	5	31	26	24	47	LLWLWL	Safe	1-2
	3	Manchester City	34	20	5	9	72	38	13	2	2	45	16	7	3	7	27	22	34	45	WWWLWL	Safe	0-1
	4	Liverpool	33	18	9	6	53	29	14	1	1	37	11	4	8	5	16	18	24	45	LWDWWW	Safe	2-1
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	34	16	8	10	58	46	9	7	2	37	14	7	1	8	21	32	12	40	LDDWWW		6-1
1	6	Everton	32	17	4	11	52	33	13	1	2	30	10	4	3	9	22	23	19	38	WLWWWW		2-0
1	7	Newcastle United	35	12	14	9	47	48	11	6	0	31	11	1	8	9	16	37	-1	38	WDDLDL		0-5
	8	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	9	11	59	50	9	3	5	33	20	5	6	6	26	30	9	37	DWLWDD		0-0
	9	Chelsea	33	12	12	9	52	60	6	7	3	27	24	6	5	6	25	36	-8	36	WWWDWD		2-2
	10	Nottingham Forest	35	13	8	14	45	48	10	4	4	30	19	3	4	10	15	29	-3	34	DDWLLL		1-6
	11	Arsenal	33	11	10	12	45	41	7	6	2	24	13	4	4	10	21	28	4	32	DLLWDL		0-2
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	35	11	9	15	47	55	6	8	4	31	22	5	1	11	16	33	-8	31	DWWLLD		2-2
	13	Burnley	34	11	9	14	53	63	10	6	1	30	13	1	3	13	23	50	-10	31	LLLWLD		0-0
1	14	Leicester City	34	10	10	14	52	59	5	6	6	29	29	5	4	8	23	30	-7	30	WLLLDW		1-0
2	15	Sunderland	35	10	9	16	43	56	6	6	6	24	28	4	3	10	19	28	-13	29	LWDWDW		3-1
2	16	Southampton	35	11	7	17	55	74	8	5	4	32	28	3	2	13	23	46	-19	29	WWDLWL		1-6
3	17	West Ham United	33	11	6	16	63	59	6	2	8	37	28	5	4	8	26	31	4	28	LLDLDW		5-0
3	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	6	18	58	70	8	3	7	40	35	3	3	11	18	35	-12	28	WWLLLW		6-1
	19	Coventry City	35	8	12	15	44	62	7	5	6	30	30	1	7	9	14	32	-18	28	LLWDWD		1-1
4	20	Stoke City	33	11	5	17	40	56	8	2	7	22	21	3	3	10	18	35	-16	27	WLLLLL		1-3
3	21	Sheffield United	34	9	9	16	40	59	7	3	6	20	22	2	6	10	20	37	-19	27	WLWLWL		0-3
	22	Fulham	33	8	5	20	45	74	5	3	9	23	33	3	2	11	22	41	-29	21	WLLLLD		1-1