The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 LEICESTER CITY - Tue Mar 19, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Mar 19, 1968 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Guardian - Wednesday 20 March 1968

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: J Carr
Attendance:: 30,403
Pos Before/After:: 9 7
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: May 04, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2566 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1190 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2833 (of 5724)
Total:: 4070 (of 7505)
Played:: 56 years, 1 month, 6 days ago

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

Goals
Joe Baker (34')
Joe Baker (89')

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

Goals
Alan Tewley (84')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Brian Williamson
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	29	John Barnwell
8	F	28	Jim Baxter
9	F	27	Joe Baker (34') (89')
10	F	21	Sammy Chapman
11	F	29	Dave Hilley
Subs
12	F	23	Barry Lyons

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	John Sjoberg
3	D	Alan Woollett
4	D	Graham Cross
5	D	Willie Bell
6	M	David Nish
7	M	Alan Tewley
8	M	Bobby Roberts
9	M	David Gibson
10	F	Rodney Fern
11	F	Frank Large
Subs
12		Potts

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Tue Mar 19, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-3	Sheffield Wednesday

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	Manchester City	31	19	5	7	69	34	13	2	2	45	16	6	3	5	24	18	2.02941	43	WDWWWW
	2	Manchester United	31	18	7	6	60	38	11	2	1	33	14	7	5	5	27	24	1.57895	43	WWLWLL
	3	Leeds United	31	17	8	6	54	26	13	3	0	39	11	4	5	6	15	15	2.07692	42	WWDWDD
	4	Liverpool	31	16	9	6	49	27	14	1	1	37	11	2	8	5	12	16	1.81481	41	WLLWDW
	5	Newcastle United	32	12	13	7	47	42	11	5	0	31	11	1	8	7	16	31	1.11905	37	WWDWDD
	6	Everton	30	15	4	11	49	33	11	1	2	27	10	4	3	9	22	23	1.48485	34	WLWLWW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	31	13	8	10	44	45	6	7	2	23	13	7	1	8	21	32	.97778	34	WLWLDD
	8	West Bromwich Albion	31	13	7	11	56	48	9	2	5	33	20	4	5	6	23	28	1.16667	33	LDWDWL
	9	Nottingham Forest	31	12	8	11	42	35	9	4	3	28	15	3	4	8	14	20	1.20000	32	WLDWDD
	10	Chelsea	30	11	10	9	49	58	6	6	3	27	24	5	4	6	22	34	.84483	32	WWLWWW
	11	Arsenal	30	10	9	11	41	37	7	6	2	24	13	3	3	9	17	24	1.10811	29	DLDDLL
	12	Burnley	31	10	8	13	51	58	9	5	1	28	13	1	3	12	23	45	.87931	28	DLWLLL
	13	Sheffield Wednesday	31	10	8	13	41	47	6	7	3	28	18	4	1	10	13	29	.87234	28	LLLLDW
	14	Leicester City	30	9	9	12	48	54	4	6	5	26	26	5	3	7	22	28	.88889	27	WWDLWL
	15	Stoke City	30	11	5	14	37	46	8	2	6	20	17	3	3	8	17	29	.80435	27	WLWWLL
	16	Southampton	32	10	7	15	52	66	7	5	4	30	28	3	2	11	22	38	.78788	27	LDWWWD
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	10	6	15	49	62	7	3	5	31	28	3	3	10	18	34	.79032	26	LDLDWW
	18	West Ham United	30	10	5	15	57	57	5	1	7	31	26	5	4	8	26	31	1.00000	25	LWWLLD
	19	Sheffield United	32	8	9	15	37	55	7	3	6	20	22	1	6	9	17	33	.67273	25	LDWLWL
	20	Coventry City	32	7	10	15	41	60	6	5	6	29	30	1	5	9	12	30	.68333	24	WWWLLW
	21	Sunderland	31	8	7	16	36	54	5	5	6	20	26	3	2	10	16	28	.66667	23	WLLLLW
	22	Fulham	31	8	4	19	43	70	5	2	8	21	29	3	2	11	22	41	.61429	20	WLWLLL

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	Manchester City	31	19	5	7	69	34	13	2	2	45	16	6	3	5	24	18	2.02941	43	WDWWWW
	2	Manchester United	31	18	7	6	60	38	11	2	1	33	14	7	5	5	27	24	1.57895	43	WWLWLL
	3	Leeds United	31	17	8	6	54	26	13	3	0	39	11	4	5	6	15	15	2.07692	42	WWDWDD
	4	Liverpool	31	16	9	6	49	27	14	1	1	37	11	2	8	5	12	16	1.81481	41	WLLWDW
	5	Newcastle United	32	12	13	7	47	42	11	5	0	31	11	1	8	7	16	31	1.11905	37	WWDWDD
	6	Everton	30	15	4	11	49	33	11	1	2	27	10	4	3	9	22	23	1.48485	34	WLWLWW
2	7	Nottingham Forest	32	13	8	11	44	36	10	4	3	30	16	3	4	8	14	20	1.22222	34	LDWDDW		2-1
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	31	13	8	10	44	45	6	7	2	23	13	7	1	8	21	32	.97778	34	WLWLDD
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	31	13	7	11	56	48	9	2	5	33	20	4	5	6	23	28	1.16667	33	LDWDWL
	10	Chelsea	30	11	10	9	49	58	6	6	3	27	24	5	4	6	22	34	.84483	32	WWLWWW
2	11	Sheffield Wednesday	32	11	8	13	44	49	6	7	3	28	18	5	1	10	16	31	.89796	30	LLLDWW		3-2
1	12	Arsenal	30	10	9	11	41	37	7	6	2	24	13	3	3	9	17	24	1.10811	29	DLDDLL
1	13	Burnley	31	10	8	13	51	58	9	5	1	28	13	1	3	12	23	45	.87931	28	DLWLLL
	14	Leicester City	31	9	9	13	49	56	4	6	5	26	26	5	3	8	23	30	.87500	27	WDLWLL		1-2
	15	Stoke City	30	11	5	14	37	46	8	2	6	20	17	3	3	8	17	29	.80435	27	WLWWLL
	16	Southampton	32	10	7	15	52	66	7	5	4	30	28	3	2	11	22	38	.78788	27	LDWWWD
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	10	6	16	51	65	7	3	6	33	31	3	3	10	18	34	.78462	26	DLDWWL		2-3
	18	West Ham United	30	10	5	15	57	57	5	1	7	31	26	5	4	8	26	31	1.00000	25	LWWLLD
	19	Sheffield United	32	8	9	15	37	55	7	3	6	20	22	1	6	9	17	33	.67273	25	LDWLWL
	20	Coventry City	32	7	10	15	41	60	6	5	6	29	30	1	5	9	12	30	.68333	24	WWWLLW
	21	Sunderland	31	8	7	16	36	54	5	5	6	20	26	3	2	10	16	28	.66667	23	WLLLLW
	22	Fulham	31	8	4	19	43	70	5	2	8	21	29	3	2	11	22	41	.61429	20	WLWLLL