The City Ground

ARSENAL 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 18, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 18, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1961-62
Referee:: K Collinge
Attendance:: 34,217
Pos Before/After:: 9 14
Opp Before/After:: 12 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Apr 07, 1962

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2299 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 923 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2533 (of 5724)
Total:: 3721 (of 7505)
Played:: 62 years, 5 months, 5 days ago

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

Goals
Colin Booth

ARSENAL
Manager: George Swindin
Prior form: DWDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Johnny MacLeod
Geoff Strong

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Grummitt
2	D	25	Doug Baird
3	D	18	Brian Grant
4	M	27	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	29	Bob McKinlay
6	M	21	Calvin Palmer
7	M	20	John Rowland
8	F	26	Colin Booth
9	F	21	Colin Addison
10	F	26	Johnny Quigley
11	F	19	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Kelsey
2	D	Dave Bacuzzi
3	D	Billy McCullough
4	D	Eddie Clamp
5	D	Vic Groves
6	M	Johnny MacLeod
7	M	Alan Skirton
8	M	Laurie Brown
9	M	Geoff Strong
10	F	Jackie Henderson
11	F	George Eastham

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Nov 18, 1961)

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

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Burnley	16	11	1	4	48	32	7	0	0	19	7	4	1	4	29	25	1.50000	23	WLWLWL
	2	Everton	17	9	2	6	34	21	7	0	2	24	10	2	2	4	10	11	1.61905	20	WWWDWD
	3	West Ham United	17	8	4	5	40	34	5	3	1	21	15	3	1	4	19	19	1.17647	20	LWLLWD
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	16	9	2	5	29	25	7	1	0	21	11	2	1	5	8	14	1.16000	20	WWLWLW
	5	Ipswich Town	17	8	3	6	40	34	6	0	2	24	16	2	3	4	16	18	1.17647	19	WLWDWL
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	17	8	2	7	34	25	5	2	1	21	13	3	0	6	13	12	1.36000	18	LWWWLL
	7	Cardiff City	17	6	6	5	28	25	3	4	2	18	15	3	2	3	10	10	1.12000	18	WDLDWW
	8	Fulham	17	6	5	6	32	31	4	1	3	17	15	2	4	3	15	16	1.03226	17	WDWDLL
	9	Nottingham Forest	17	6	5	6	29	32	5	2	1	18	11	1	3	5	11	21	.90625	17	LDLDLW
	10	Bolton Wanderers	17	7	2	8	28	28	5	1	2	15	11	2	1	6	13	17	1.00000	16	LLWWWL
	11	Leicester City	17	7	2	8	31	31	5	0	3	13	10	2	2	5	18	21	1.00000	16	WWLLWD
	12	Arsenal	17	5	6	6	28	30	4	3	1	19	11	1	3	5	9	19	.93333	16	DWDLLW
	13	Blackpool	17	5	6	6	26	29	4	2	3	16	12	1	4	3	10	17	.89655	16	LWWDDD
	14	Manchester United	16	6	4	6	25	30	4	1	3	15	14	2	3	3	10	16	.83333	16	DLLLLD
	15	West Bromwich Albion	17	4	7	6	30	29	3	4	2	15	9	1	3	4	15	20	1.03448	15	DDDDWD
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	6	3	8	27	28	4	3	1	16	12	2	0	7	11	16	.96429	15	WLLWLW
	17	Aston Villa	16	6	3	7	25	26	5	1	2	17	10	1	2	5	8	16	.96154	15	LWDLLW
	18	Manchester City	17	7	1	9	32	38	4	0	4	16	16	3	1	5	16	22	.84211	15	LLWLLL
	19	Blackburn Rovers	16	5	5	6	20	26	4	4	1	14	9	1	1	5	6	17	.76923	15	LDLWLW
	20	Sheffield United	16	6	3	7	18	29	5	2	2	13	12	1	1	5	5	17	.62069	15	LWLDLW
	21	Birmingham City	17	5	4	8	25	40	3	2	4	16	25	2	2	4	9	15	.62500	14	LWWWDL
	22	Chelsea	17	4	4	9	30	36	3	4	2	16	11	1	0	7	14	25	.83333	12	LLLDWW

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Burnley	17	11	2	4	51	35	7	1	0	22	10	4	1	4	29	25	1.45714	24	LWLWLD		3-3
	2	Everton	18	10	2	6	35	21	8	0	2	25	10	2	2	4	10	11	1.66667	22	WWDWDW		1-0
2	3	Ipswich Town	18	9	3	6	44	35	7	0	2	28	17	2	3	4	16	18	1.25714	21	LWDWLW		4-1
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	17	9	3	5	29	25	7	1	0	21	11	2	2	5	8	14	1.16000	21	WLWLWD		0-0
2	5	West Ham United	18	8	4	6	40	38	5	3	1	21	15	3	1	5	19	23	1.05263	20	WLLWDL		0-4
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	18	8	3	7	34	25	5	3	1	21	13	3	0	6	13	12	1.36000	19	WWWLLD		0-0
4	7	Leicester City	18	8	2	8	34	31	6	0	3	16	10	2	2	5	18	21	1.09677	18	WLLWDW		3-0
1	8	Cardiff City	18	6	6	6	28	28	3	4	2	18	15	3	2	4	10	13	1.00000	18	DLDWWL		0-3
3	9	Arsenal	18	6	6	6	30	31	5	3	1	21	12	1	3	5	9	19	.96774	18	WDLLWW		2-1
3	10	Blackpool	18	6	6	6	27	29	4	2	3	16	12	2	4	3	11	17	.93103	18	WWDDDW		1-0
4	11	West Bromwich Albion	18	5	7	6	33	30	4	4	2	18	10	1	3	4	15	20	1.10000	17	DDDWDW		3-1
2	12	Bolton Wanderers	18	7	3	8	29	29	5	2	2	16	12	2	1	6	13	17	1.00000	17	LWWWLD		1-1
5	13	Fulham	18	6	5	7	32	32	4	1	4	17	16	2	4	3	15	16	1.00000	17	DWDLLL		0-1
5	14	Nottingham Forest	18	6	5	7	30	34	5	2	1	18	11	1	3	6	12	23	.88235	17	DLDLWL		1-2
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	6	4	8	30	31	4	3	1	16	12	2	1	7	14	19	.96774	16	LLWLWD		3-3
1	16	Aston Villa	17	6	4	7	26	27	5	1	2	17	10	1	3	5	9	17	.96296	16	WDLLWD		1-1
1	17	Manchester City	18	7	2	9	34	40	4	1	4	18	18	3	1	5	16	22	.85000	16	LWLLLD		2-2
4	18	Manchester United	17	6	4	7	26	34	4	1	3	15	14	2	3	4	11	20	.76471	16	LLLLDL		1-4
2	19	Birmingham City	18	6	4	8	29	40	4	2	4	20	25	2	2	4	9	15	.72500	16	WWWDLW		4-0
1	20	Blackburn Rovers	17	5	5	7	20	27	4	4	1	14	9	1	1	6	6	18	.74074	15	DLWLWL		0-1
1	21	Sheffield United	17	6	3	8	19	32	5	2	2	13	12	1	1	6	6	20	.59375	15	WLDLWL		1-3
	22	Chelsea	18	4	5	9	32	38	3	4	2	16	11	1	1	7	16	27	.84211	13	LLDWWD		2-2