The City Ground

SOUTHAMPTON 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 07, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 07, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Dell
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 07 December 1968

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: E Jennings
Attendance:: 17,957
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 1)
Southampton:: Mar 11, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2597 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1221 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2865 (of 5724)
Total:: 4106 (of 7505)
Played:: 55 years, 4 months, 19 days ago

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

Goals
Barry Lyons (44')

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Ted Bates
Prior form: DWWWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Mick Channon (14')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Peter Grummitt
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	25	John Winfield	200th appearance
4	D	26	Terry Hennessey
5	D	36	Bob McKinlay
6	M	24	Henry Newton
7	F	23	Barry Lyons (44')
8	M	19	Paul Richardson
9	F	28	Joe Baker
10	F	22	Sammy Chapman
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	20	Colin Hall

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gerald Gurr
2	D	Ken Jones
3	D	David Walker
4	D	John McGrath
5	D	Joe Kirkup
6	M	Fred Kemp
7	M	Hugh Fisher
8	M	Terry Paine
9	M	Frank Saul
10	F	Mick Channon
11	F	Ron Davies
Subs
12		Hollywood

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 07, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-1	Everton
Ipswich Town	4-1	West Bromwich Albion
Leeds United	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Leicester City	2-1	Manchester United
Liverpool	2-0	West Ham United
Manchester City	7-0	Burnley
Queens Park Rangers	0-1	Coventry City
Southampton	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	1-0	Newcastle United
Sunderland	3-2	Chelsea
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur

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	Liverpool	22	15	4	3	41	13	10	1	0	24	6	5	3	3	17	7	3.15385	34	DWWWWW
	2	Everton	21	12	6	3	48	19	9	1	1	29	5	3	5	2	19	14	2.52632	30	WWDWLW
	3	Leeds United	20	12	6	2	29	17	7	3	0	16	4	5	3	2	13	13	1.70588	30	DDDWWD
	4	Arsenal	20	10	7	3	23	12	5	4	1	13	5	5	3	2	10	7	1.91667	27	LDDWLW
	5	West Ham United	21	9	8	4	42	24	7	3	1	32	11	2	5	3	10	13	1.75000	26	DWLWDW
	6	Chelsea	21	9	7	5	36	22	5	5	1	20	11	4	2	4	16	11	1.63636	25	LWLLWD
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	7	5	38	29	5	3	2	25	13	3	4	3	13	16	1.31034	23	WWDDWL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	21	9	5	7	33	36	7	3	1	23	11	2	2	6	10	25	.91667	23	DDLWLW
	9	Burnley	21	10	3	8	29	35	7	2	2	18	11	3	1	6	11	24	.82857	23	WWWDLL
	10	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7	8	5	25	24	5	3	2	17	13	2	5	3	8	11	1.04167	22	LDWLDW
	11	Newcastle United	21	6	8	7	30	31	4	5	2	17	13	2	3	5	13	18	.96774	20	LDDWLW
	12	Manchester United	20	6	8	6	24	26	5	4	2	13	10	1	4	4	11	16	.92308	20	WDDDDW
	13	Southampton	22	7	6	9	28	34	5	2	3	17	15	2	4	6	11	19	.82353	20	DWWWLL
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	6	7	8	23	25	4	4	2	15	12	2	3	6	8	13	.92000	19	LDWDWL
	15	Sunderland	21	6	7	8	24	37	6	2	2	16	8	0	5	6	8	29	.64865	19	WLDLWL
	16	Manchester City	21	5	7	9	30	30	4	5	1	21	11	1	2	8	9	19	1.00000	17	DLLLWL
	17	Ipswich Town	21	6	5	10	28	33	3	2	5	15	17	3	3	5	13	16	.84848	17	LLDDDW
	18	Stoke City	21	5	5	11	19	31	5	2	3	9	10	0	3	8	10	21	.61290	15	WDLLDL
	19	Coventry City	21	3	6	12	19	35	2	3	6	12	16	1	3	6	7	19	.54286	12	LDWLLL
	20	Leicester City	21	3	6	12	18	42	3	4	3	14	13	0	2	9	4	29	.42857	12	LDDLDL
	21	Nottingham Forest	19	1	9	9	24	33	0	5	4	8	14	1	4	5	16	19	.72727	11	DDDLLL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	20	3	5	12	24	47	3	4	3	14	18	0	1	9	10	29	.51064	11	LLLLLW

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	Liverpool	23	16	4	3	43	13	11	1	0	26	6	5	3	3	17	7	3.30769	36	WWWWWW		2-0
1	2	Leeds United	21	13	6	2	31	17	8	3	0	18	4	5	3	2	13	13	1.82353	32	DDWWDW		2-0
1	3	Everton	22	12	6	4	49	22	9	1	1	29	5	3	5	3	20	17	2.22727	30	WDWLWL		1-3
	4	Arsenal	21	11	7	3	26	13	6	4	1	16	6	5	3	2	10	7	2.00000	29	DDWLWW		3-1
	5	West Ham United	22	9	8	5	42	26	7	3	1	32	11	2	5	4	10	15	1.61538	26	WLWDWL		0-2
	6	Chelsea	22	9	7	6	38	25	5	5	1	20	11	4	2	5	18	14	1.52000	25	WLLWDL		2-3
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	7	6	38	31	5	3	2	25	13	3	4	4	13	18	1.22581	23	WDDWLL		0-2
	8	West Bromwich Albion	22	9	5	8	34	40	7	3	1	23	11	2	2	7	11	29	.85000	23	DLWLWL		1-4
	9	Burnley	22	10	3	9	29	42	7	2	2	18	11	3	1	7	11	31	.69048	23	WWDLLL		0-7
	10	Sheffield Wednesday	21	7	8	6	25	26	5	3	2	17	13	2	5	4	8	13	.96154	22	DWLDWL		0-2
3	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	7	7	8	25	25	5	4	2	17	12	2	3	6	8	13	1.00000	21	DWDWLW		2-0
1	12	Southampton	23	7	7	9	29	35	5	3	3	18	16	2	4	6	11	19	.82857	21	WWWLLD		1-1
2	13	Sunderland	22	7	7	8	27	39	7	2	2	19	10	0	5	6	8	29	.69231	21	LDLWLW		3-2
3	14	Newcastle United	22	6	8	8	30	32	4	5	2	17	13	2	3	6	13	19	.93750	20	DDWLWL		0-1
3	15	Manchester United	21	6	8	7	25	28	5	4	2	13	10	1	4	5	12	18	.89286	20	DDDDWL		1-2
	16	Manchester City	22	6	7	9	37	30	5	5	1	28	11	1	2	8	9	19	1.23333	19	LLLWLW		7-0
	17	Ipswich Town	22	7	5	10	32	34	4	2	5	19	18	3	3	5	13	16	.94118	19	LDDDWW		4-1
	18	Stoke City	22	6	5	11	20	31	6	2	3	10	10	0	3	8	10	21	.64516	17	DLLDLW		1-0
	19	Coventry City	22	4	6	12	20	35	2	3	6	12	16	2	3	6	8	19	.57143	14	DWLLLW		1-0
	20	Leicester City	22	4	6	12	20	43	4	4	3	16	14	0	2	9	4	29	.46512	14	DDLDLW		2-1
	21	Nottingham Forest	20	1	10	9	25	34	0	5	4	8	14	1	5	5	17	20	.73529	12	DDLLLD		1-1
	22	Queens Park Rangers	21	3	5	13	24	48	3	4	4	14	19	0	1	9	10	29	.50000	11	LLLLWL		0-1