The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 4 - 2 FOREST - Sat May 04, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat May 04, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-4 LOST

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

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: V Batty
Attendance:: 25,605
Pos Before/After:: 10 11
Opp Before/After:: 14 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Nov 09, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2575 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1199 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2842 (of 5724)
Total:: 4079 (of 7505)
Played:: 55 years, 11 months, 12 days ago

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

Goals
Sammy Chapman
Ian Storey-Moore

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

Goals
Rodney Fern
Bobby Roberts
Rodney Fern
Bobby Roberts

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	F	29	Dave Hilley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	John Sjoberg
3	D	Malcolm Manley
4	D	Graham Cross
5	D	Willie Bell
6	M	David Nish
7	M	Bobby Roberts
8	M	David Gibson
9	M	Rodney Fern
10	F	Michael Stringfellow
11	F	Frank Large
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat May 04, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	0-2	Sheffield United
Everton	3-0	Stoke City
Fulham	2-2	Southampton
Leeds United	1-2	Liverpool
Leicester City	4-2	Nottingham Forest
Manchester United	6-0	Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday	1-2	Arsenal
Sunderland	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur	1-3	Manchester City
West Ham United	0-0	Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	Chelsea

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	40	24	6	10	79	39	17	2	2	52	16	7	4	8	27	23	2.02564	54	WWLDWW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	40	23	8	9	82	53	14	2	3	42	19	9	6	6	40	34	1.54717	54	LWDWWL	Safe
	3	Leeds United	39	22	9	8	67	32	17	3	0	48	12	5	6	8	19	20	2.09375	53	WLWWWL	Safe
	4	Liverpool	39	20	11	8	62	36	16	2	2	45	16	4	9	6	17	20	1.72222	51	LWDLWD	Safe
	5	Everton	39	21	5	13	58	38	16	1	2	35	12	5	4	11	23	26	1.52632	47	WWDWLL	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	40	19	9	12	68	54	11	7	2	43	17	8	2	10	25	37	1.25926	47	WLLWWD	Safe
	7	Chelsea	40	17	12	11	60	64	11	7	3	34	25	6	5	8	26	39	.93750	46	WWLWWW	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	40	17	11	12	74	60	12	4	5	45	25	5	7	7	29	35	1.23333	45	DDWLWW	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	40	13	15	12	51	57	12	7	1	35	16	1	8	11	16	41	.89474	41	LDWLLL	Safe
	10	Nottingham Forest	40	14	11	15	49	54	11	6	4	34	22	3	5	11	15	32	.90741	39	LLDDDW	Safe
	11	Arsenal	39	14	10	15	52	51	10	6	3	31	19	4	4	12	21	32	1.01961	38	LWLLWW	Safe
	12	West Ham United	40	14	8	18	72	68	8	3	8	42	29	6	5	10	30	39	1.05882	36	LDWDWL	Safe
	13	Burnley	40	13	10	17	61	69	11	7	1	35	14	2	3	16	26	55	.88406	36	LDWWLL	Safe
	14	Leicester City	40	12	11	17	60	67	6	6	7	33	32	6	5	10	27	35	.89552	35	LLDLWW	Safe
	15	Southampton	40	13	9	18	64	81	9	7	4	37	31	4	2	14	27	50	.79012	35	LWDWLD	Safe
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	41	11	12	18	50	61	6	10	4	31	22	5	2	14	19	39	.81967	34	DLDDLL
	17	Sunderland	40	12	10	18	49	60	8	6	6	28	28	4	4	12	21	32	.81667	34	WLWWDL
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	12	8	20	61	74	8	4	7	40	35	4	4	13	21	39	.82432	32	WWLDDL
	19	Stoke City	39	13	6	20	48	69	9	3	8	28	28	4	3	12	20	41	.69565	32	LLDLWW
	20	Coventry City	40	9	13	18	51	71	8	5	8	32	32	1	8	10	19	39	.71831	31	DLWDLL
	21	Sheffield United	40	10	10	20	46	68	7	4	9	24	29	3	6	11	22	39	.67647	30	WLDLLL
	22	Fulham	40	10	6	24	53	91	6	3	11	25	39	4	3	13	28	52	.58242	26	DLWWLL	Relegated

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	41	25	6	10	82	40	17	2	2	52	16	8	4	8	30	24	2.05000	56	WLDWWW	Safe	3-1
	2	Manchester United	41	24	8	9	88	53	15	2	3	48	19	9	6	6	40	34	1.66038	56	WDWWLW	Safe	6-0
	3	Leeds United	40	22	9	9	68	34	17	3	1	49	14	5	6	8	19	20	2.00000	53	LWWWLL	Safe	1-2
	4	Liverpool	40	21	11	8	64	37	16	2	2	45	16	5	9	6	19	21	1.72973	53	WDLWDW	Safe	2-1
	5	Everton	40	22	5	13	61	38	17	1	2	38	12	5	4	11	23	26	1.60526	49	WDWLLW	Safe	3-0
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	41	19	9	13	69	57	11	7	3	44	20	8	2	10	25	37	1.21053	47	LLWWDL	Safe	1-3
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	41	17	12	12	74	60	12	4	5	45	25	5	8	7	29	35	1.23333	46	DWLWWD	Safe	0-0
1	8	Chelsea	41	17	12	12	60	67	11	7	3	34	25	6	5	9	26	42	.89552	46	WLWWWL	Safe	0-3
	9	Newcastle United	41	13	15	13	51	63	12	7	1	35	16	1	8	12	16	47	.80952	41	DWLLLL	Safe	0-6
1	10	Arsenal	40	15	10	15	54	52	10	6	3	31	19	5	4	12	23	33	1.03846	40	WLLWWW	Safe	2-1
1	11	Nottingham Forest	41	14	11	16	51	58	11	6	4	34	22	3	5	12	17	36	.87931	39	LDDDWL	Safe	2-4
	12	West Ham United	41	14	9	18	72	68	8	4	8	42	29	6	5	10	30	39	1.05882	37	DWDWLD	Safe	0-0
1	13	Leicester City	41	13	11	17	64	69	7	6	7	37	34	6	5	10	27	35	.92754	37	LDLWWW	Safe	4-2
1	14	Burnley	41	13	10	18	61	71	11	7	2	35	16	2	3	16	26	55	.85915	36	DWWLLL	Safe	0-2
	15	Southampton	41	13	10	18	66	83	9	7	4	37	31	4	3	14	29	52	.79518	36	WDWLDD	Safe	2-2
1	16	Sunderland	41	12	11	18	49	60	8	7	6	28	28	4	4	12	21	32	.81667	35	LWWDLD	Safe	0-0
1	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	13	8	20	64	74	9	4	7	43	35	4	4	13	21	39	.86486	34	WLDDLW		3-0
2	18	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	12	19	51	63	6	10	5	32	24	5	2	14	19	39	.80952	34	LDDLLL		1-2
1	19	Coventry City	41	9	14	18	51	71	8	5	8	32	32	1	9	10	19	39	.71831	32	LWDLLD		0-0
1	20	Sheffield United	41	11	10	20	48	68	7	4	9	24	29	4	6	11	24	39	.70588	32	LDLLLW		2-0
2	21	Stoke City	40	13	6	21	48	72	9	3	8	28	28	4	3	13	20	44	.66667	32	LDLWWL		0-3
	22	Fulham	41	10	7	24	55	93	6	4	11	27	41	4	3	13	28	52	.59140	27	LWWLLD	Relegated	2-2