The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 CHELSEA - Sat Dec 16, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 16, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON

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

Season:: 1961-62
Referee:: H Richards
Attendance:: 17,419
Pos Before/After:: 18 14
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Mar 30, 1964

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2303 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 927 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2537 (of 5724)
Total:: 3726 (of 7505)
Played:: 62 years, 4 months, 10 days ago

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

Goals
Colin Booth
Colin Booth
Johnny Quigley

CHELSEA
Manager: Tommy Docherty
Prior form: WWDWLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Grummitt
2	M	21	Calvin Palmer
3	F	34	Billy Gray
4	M	27	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	29	Bob McKinlay
6	F	26	Jim Iley
7	F	18	Trevor Hockey
8	F	26	Colin Booth
9	F	28	Len Julians
10	F	26	Johnny Quigley
11	F	19	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Bonetti
2	D	Dennis Butler
3	D	Mel Scott
4	D	Ken Shellito
5	D	Terry Bradbury
6	M	Bert Murray
7	M	Frank Blunstone
8	M	Andy Malcolm
9	M	Bobby Tambling
10	F	Barry Bridges
11	F	Peter Brabrook

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 16, 1961)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-1	Everton
Burnley	0-2	Arsenal
Cardiff City	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Fulham	0-1	Birmingham City
Ipswich Town	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Leicester City	2-0	Manchester City
Manchester United	1-2	West Ham United
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Chelsea
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur	5-2	Blackpool
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	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	20	14	2	4	61	39	8	1	0	26	12	6	1	4	35	27	1.56410	30	WLDWWW
	2	Everton	21	11	3	7	41	25	9	0	2	30	11	2	3	5	11	14	1.64000	25	WDWLWD
	3	Ipswich Town	21	11	3	7	52	40	8	0	2	33	19	3	3	5	19	21	1.30000	25	WLWWWL
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	20	11	3	6	37	30	8	1	1	25	14	3	2	5	12	16	1.23333	25	LWDLWW
	5	West Ham United	21	10	5	6	46	41	7	3	1	25	16	3	2	5	21	25	1.12195	25	WDLWDW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	21	10	3	8	40	29	6	3	1	24	13	4	0	7	16	16	1.37931	23	LLDWWL
	7	Aston Villa	20	9	4	7	33	28	7	1	2	22	11	2	3	5	11	17	1.17857	22	LWDWWW
	8	Leicester City	21	9	3	9	36	34	6	0	4	16	12	3	3	5	20	22	1.05882	21	WDWWLD
	9	Arsenal	21	7	7	7	36	37	5	4	1	23	14	2	3	6	13	23	.97297	21	LWWWDL
	10	Blackpool	21	7	7	7	34	36	4	3	4	19	17	3	4	3	15	19	.94444	21	DDWLWD
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	36	34	5	3	2	21	15	3	1	7	15	19	1.05882	20	LWDLWW
	12	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	31	31	5	3	2	17	13	3	1	7	14	18	1.00000	20	WLDWDL
	13	Fulham	21	7	5	9	34	36	4	1	5	17	17	3	4	4	17	19	.94444	19	LLLWLL
	14	Cardiff City	21	6	7	8	28	34	3	5	3	18	18	3	2	5	10	16	.82353	19	WWLLLD
	15	Sheffield United	20	8	3	9	26	38	7	2	2	18	14	1	1	7	8	24	.68421	19	LWLWLW
	16	West Bromwich Albion	21	5	8	8	38	40	4	4	3	20	14	1	4	5	18	26	.95000	18	WDWLLD
	17	Blackburn Rovers	20	6	6	8	25	31	5	4	2	18	12	1	2	6	7	19	.80645	18	LWLLDW
	18	Nottingham Forest	21	6	6	9	30	38	5	3	2	18	12	1	3	7	12	26	.78947	18	LWLLLD
	19	Birmingham City	21	7	4	10	34	46	5	2	4	23	25	2	2	6	11	21	.73913	18	DLWLWL
	20	Manchester United	20	7	4	9	31	43	5	1	4	19	18	2	3	5	12	25	.72093	18	LDLLLW
	21	Manchester City	21	7	2	12	38	50	4	1	5	20	22	3	1	7	18	28	.76000	16	LLDLLL
	22	Chelsea	21	5	5	11	39	46	4	4	3	21	14	1	1	8	18	32	.84783	15	WWDWLL

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	21	14	2	5	61	41	8	1	1	26	14	6	1	4	35	27	1.48780	30	LDWWWL		0-2
1	2	Ipswich Town	22	12	3	7	54	41	9	0	2	35	20	3	3	5	19	21	1.31707	27	LWWWLW		2-1
1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	21	12	3	6	42	32	9	1	1	30	16	3	2	5	12	16	1.31250	27	WDLWWW		5-2
1	4	West Ham United	22	11	5	6	48	42	7	3	1	25	16	4	2	5	23	26	1.14286	27	DLWDWW		2-1
3	5	Everton	22	11	4	7	42	26	9	0	2	30	11	2	4	5	12	15	1.61538	26	DWLWDD		1-1
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	22	11	3	8	42	30	7	3	1	26	14	4	0	7	16	16	1.40000	25	LDWWLW		2-1
	7	Aston Villa	21	9	5	7	34	29	7	2	2	23	12	2	3	5	11	17	1.17241	23	WDWWWD		1-1
	8	Leicester City	22	10	3	9	38	34	7	0	4	18	12	3	3	5	20	22	1.11765	23	DWWLDW		2-0
	9	Arsenal	22	8	7	7	38	37	5	4	1	23	14	3	3	6	15	23	1.02703	23	WWWDLW		2-0
	10	Blackpool	22	7	7	8	36	41	4	3	4	19	17	3	4	4	17	24	.87805	21	DWLWDL		2-5
4	11	Sheffield United	21	9	3	9	27	38	7	2	2	18	14	2	1	7	9	24	.71053	21	WLWLWW		1-0
1	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	8	4	10	36	35	5	3	3	21	16	3	1	7	15	19	1.02857	20	WDLWWL		0-1
1	13	Bolton Wanderers	22	8	4	10	32	33	5	3	2	17	13	3	1	8	15	20	.96970	20	LDWDLL		1-2
4	14	Nottingham Forest	22	7	6	9	33	38	6	3	2	21	12	1	3	7	12	26	.86842	20	WLLLDW		3-0
1	15	Cardiff City	22	6	8	8	29	35	3	6	3	19	19	3	2	5	10	16	.82857	20	WLLLDD		1-1
3	16	Birmingham City	22	8	4	10	35	46	5	2	4	23	25	3	2	6	12	21	.76087	20	LWLWLW		1-0
4	17	Fulham	22	7	5	10	34	37	4	1	6	17	18	3	4	4	17	19	.91892	19	LLWLLL		0-1
1	18	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	7	8	26	32	5	4	2	18	12	1	3	6	8	20	.81250	19	WLLDWD		1-1
3	19	West Bromwich Albion	22	5	8	9	39	42	4	4	3	20	14	1	4	6	19	28	.92857	18	DWLLDL		1-2
	20	Manchester United	21	7	4	10	32	45	5	1	5	20	20	2	3	5	12	25	.71111	18	DLLLWL		1-2
	21	Manchester City	22	7	2	13	38	52	4	1	5	20	22	3	1	8	18	30	.73077	16	LDLLLL		0-2
	22	Chelsea	22	5	5	12	39	49	4	4	3	21	14	1	1	9	18	35	.79592	15	WDWLLL		0-3