The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 20, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 20, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: Pat Partridge
Attendance:: 28,805
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 14 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Aug 20, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2573 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1197 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2840 (of 5724)
Total:: 4077 (of 7505)
Played:: 56 years, 5 days ago

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

Goals

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Jack Marshall
Prior form: LLDDLD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Brian Williamson
2	D	23	Peter Hindley
3	D	25	John Winfield
4	M	24	Henry Newton
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay
6	F	28	Jim Baxter
7	F	23	Barry Lyons
8	F	29	John Barnwell
9	F	27	Joe Baker
10	F	21	Sammy Chapman
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Springett
2	D	Vic Mobley
3	D	Don Megson
4	D	Wilf Smith
5	D	Peter Eustace
6	M	Jim McCalliog
7	M	Gerry Young
8	M	Johnny Fantham
9	M	Brian Woodall
10	F	David Ford
11	F	John Ritchie
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 20, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	4-0	Stoke City
Everton	2-1	Chelsea
Fulham	2-0	Newcastle United
Leeds United	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City	4-1	Southampton
Manchester United	1-0	Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Sunderland	2-0	Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur	4-2	Coventry City
West Ham United	1-0	Liverpool
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	Manchester City

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 United	38	22	8	8	78	47	13	2	3	41	19	9	6	5	37	28	1.65957	52	LWLWDW	Safe
	2	Leeds United	37	21	9	7	62	28	16	3	0	45	11	5	6	7	17	17	2.21429	51	DWWLWW	Safe
	3	Manchester City	37	22	5	10	76	39	15	2	2	49	16	7	3	8	27	23	1.94872	49	LWLWWL	Safe
	4	Liverpool	36	19	10	7	57	33	15	1	2	40	14	4	9	5	17	19	1.72727	48	WWWLWD	Safe
	5	Everton	36	20	5	11	56	34	15	1	2	33	11	5	4	9	23	23	1.64706	45	WWWWWD	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	37	17	8	12	60	50	10	7	2	39	15	7	1	10	21	35	1.20000	42	WWWWLL	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	37	15	11	11	64	53	10	4	5	36	21	5	7	6	28	32	1.20755	41	WDDDDW	Safe
	8	Newcastle United	38	13	15	10	50	52	12	7	0	34	13	1	8	10	16	39	.96154	41	LDLDWL	Safe
	9	Chelsea	36	14	12	10	55	61	8	7	3	30	24	6	5	7	25	37	.90164	40	DWDLWW	Safe
	10	Nottingham Forest	38	13	10	15	48	54	10	6	4	33	22	3	4	11	15	32	.88889	36	LLLLDD
	11	Arsenal	36	12	10	14	47	47	8	6	3	26	17	4	4	11	21	30	1.00000	34	WDLLWL
	12	Burnley	37	12	10	15	56	65	10	7	1	31	14	2	3	14	25	51	.86154	34	WLDLDW
	13	Southampton	38	13	8	17	62	76	9	6	4	36	30	4	2	13	26	46	.81579	34	LWLWDW
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	38	11	11	16	48	57	6	9	4	31	22	5	2	12	17	35	.84211	33	LLDDLD
	15	West Ham United	36	12	7	17	67	63	7	2	8	40	28	5	5	9	27	35	1.06349	31	LDWWLD
	16	Leicester City	38	10	11	17	55	66	5	6	7	29	31	5	5	10	26	35	.83333	31	DWLLDL
	17	Sunderland	37	11	9	17	46	58	7	6	6	26	28	4	3	11	20	30	.79310	31	DWDWLW
	18	Coventry City	38	9	13	16	49	66	8	5	7	32	31	1	8	9	17	35	.74242	31	DWDLWD
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	6	19	60	72	8	3	7	40	35	4	3	12	20	37	.83333	30	LLLWWL
	20	Sheffield United	37	10	10	17	43	62	7	4	7	21	24	3	6	10	22	38	.69355	30	LWLWLD
	21	Stoke City	36	11	6	19	43	63	8	3	8	25	26	3	3	11	18	37	.68254	28	LLLLLD
	22	Fulham	36	8	6	22	47	83	5	3	10	23	37	3	3	12	24	46	.56627	22	LLDLDL

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 United	39	23	8	8	79	47	14	2	3	42	19	9	6	5	37	28	1.68085	54	WLWDWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Leeds United	38	22	9	7	65	29	17	3	0	48	12	5	6	7	17	17	2.24138	53	WWLWWW	Safe	3-1
	3	Manchester City	38	22	6	10	76	39	15	2	2	49	16	7	4	8	27	23	1.94872	50	WLWWLD	Safe	0-0
	4	Liverpool	37	19	10	8	57	34	15	1	2	40	14	4	9	6	17	20	1.67647	48	WWLWDL	Safe	0-1
	5	Everton	37	21	5	11	58	35	16	1	2	35	12	5	4	9	23	23	1.65714	47	WWWWDW	Safe	2-1
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	8	12	64	52	11	7	2	43	17	7	1	10	21	35	1.23077	44	WWWLLW	Safe	4-2
	7	West Bromwich Albion	38	15	11	12	65	56	10	4	5	36	21	5	7	7	29	35	1.16071	41	DDDDWL	Safe	1-3
	8	Newcastle United	39	13	15	11	50	54	12	7	0	34	13	1	8	11	16	41	.92593	41	DLDWLL	Safe	0-2
	9	Chelsea	37	14	12	11	56	63	8	7	3	30	24	6	5	8	26	39	.88889	40	WDLWWL	Safe	1-2
	10	Nottingham Forest	39	13	11	15	48	54	10	6	4	33	22	3	5	11	15	32	.88889	37	LLLDDD		0-0
1	11	Burnley	38	13	10	15	60	65	11	7	1	35	14	2	3	14	25	51	.92308	36	LDLDWW		4-0
1	12	Arsenal	37	12	10	15	47	49	8	6	3	26	17	4	4	12	21	32	.95918	34	DLLWLL		0-2
1	13	Sheffield Wednesday	39	11	12	16	48	57	6	10	4	31	22	5	2	12	17	35	.84211	34	LDDLDD		0-0
1	14	Southampton	39	13	8	18	63	80	9	6	4	36	30	4	2	14	27	50	.78750	34	WLWDWL		1-4
	15	West Ham United	37	13	7	17	68	63	8	2	8	41	28	5	5	9	27	35	1.07937	33	DWWLDW		1-0
	16	Leicester City	39	11	11	17	59	67	6	6	7	33	32	5	5	10	26	35	.88060	33	WLLDLW		4-1
	17	Sunderland	38	12	9	17	48	58	8	6	6	28	28	4	3	11	20	30	.82759	33	WDWLWW		2-0
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	7	19	60	72	8	4	7	40	35	4	3	12	20	37	.83333	31	LLWWLD		0-0
1	19	Coventry City	39	9	13	17	51	70	8	5	7	32	31	1	8	10	19	39	.72857	31	WDLWDL		2-4
	20	Sheffield United	38	10	10	18	43	63	7	4	7	21	24	3	6	11	22	39	.68254	30	WLWLDL		0-1
	21	Stoke City	37	11	6	20	43	67	8	3	8	25	26	3	3	12	18	41	.64179	28	LLLLDL		0-4
	22	Fulham	37	9	6	22	49	83	6	3	10	25	37	3	3	12	24	46	.59036	24	LDLDLW		2-0