The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 19, 1969 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 19, 1969 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: R Harper
Attendance:: 37,772
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Coventry City:: Sep 16, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2617 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1241 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2886 (of 5724)
Total:: 4128 (of 7505)
Played:: 55 years, 0 days ago

Review
Ian Storey-Moore returned back after a 4-month layoff after breaking a leg in January and scored after just 8 minutes. He only managed the first half though and was subbed off for Paul Richardson at half-time.

FOREST
Manager: Matt Gillies
Prior form: WLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Ian Storey-Moore (8')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Noel Cantwell
Prior form: LWLWLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Ernest Hannigan (74')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Alan Hill
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	26	John Winfield
4	F	22	Sammy Chapman
5	D	36	Bob McKinlay
6	M	25	Henry Newton
7	F	24	Barry Lyons
8	F	30	Dave Hilley
9	F	28	Joe Baker
10	F	29	Jim Baxter
11	F	24	Ian Storey-Moore (8') off for Paul Richardson (45')
Subs
12	M	19	Paul Richardson on for Ian Storey-Moore (45')

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Alan Hill	46		7	2
2	D	24	Peter Hindley	419	10	11	3
3	D	26	John Winfield	414	4	7	2
4	F	22	Sammy Chapman	419	22	26	7
5	D	36	Bob McKinlay	688	10	7	2
6	M	25	Henry Newton	317	19	7	2
7	F	24	Barry Lyons	242	34	7	2
8	F	30	Dave Hilley	92	17	7	2
9	F	28	Joe Baker	135	50	12	4
10	F	29	Jim Baxter	49	3	7	2
11	F	24	Ian Storey-Moore (8) off for Paul Richardson (45)	275	117	91	17
Subs
12	M	19	Paul Richardson on for Ian Storey-Moore (45)	245	21	11	3

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Glazier
2	D	Mick Coop
3	D	Dietmar Bruck
4	D	Jeff Blockley
5	D	Maurice Setters
6	M	Dave Clements
7	M	Willie Carr
8	M	Trevor Shepherd
9	M	Ernie Hunt
10	F	Ernie Machin
11	F	Neil Martin
Subs
12		Ernest Hannigan

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 19, 1969)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Coventry City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Leeds United	2-0	Leicester City
Liverpool	4-0	Ipswich Town
Manchester United	2-0	Burnley
Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Everton
Southampton	3-0	Manchester City
Stoke City	1-3	Arsenal
Sunderland	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion	5-1	Newcastle 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	Leeds United	38	25	11	2	63	26	16	3	0	38	9	9	8	2	25	17	2.42308	61	WDDWDW	Safe
2	Liverpool	37	24	8	5	58	22	15	3	1	32	10	9	5	4	26	12	2.63636	56	WWDWDW	Safe
3	Everton	37	20	12	5	73	32	13	4	2	42	10	7	8	3	31	22	2.28125	52	LWDWWD	Safe
4	Arsenal	39	20	12	7	51	24	12	6	3	31	12	8	6	4	20	12	2.12500	52	DDWDLL	Safe
5	Chelsea	41	19	10	12	71	52	10	7	3	38	23	9	3	9	33	29	1.36538	48	WDLWDW	Safe
6	West Ham United	39	13	17	9	64	46	10	8	2	46	20	3	9	7	18	26	1.39130	43	DLDDDL	Safe
7	Southampton	40	15	13	12	53	46	12	5	3	38	21	3	8	9	15	25	1.15217	43	DWDWWD	Safe
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	12	16	10	58	49	8	8	3	36	21	4	8	7	22	28	1.18367	40	LDLWLW	Safe
9	West Bromwich Albion	40	15	10	15	57	64	10	6	3	36	23	5	4	12	21	41	.89063	40	DWDWWW	Safe
10	Newcastle United	37	13	13	11	50	47	10	6	2	30	18	3	7	9	20	29	1.06383	39	WWDWWD	Safe
11	Burnley	40	15	9	16	54	78	11	6	3	35	23	4	3	13	19	55	.69231	39	LDWLLW	Safe
12	Manchester United	40	13	12	15	52	51	11	5	3	33	16	2	7	12	19	35	1.01961	38	DWWWLL	Safe
13	Ipswich Town	38	13	10	15	53	53	8	4	7	28	25	5	6	8	25	28	1.00000	36	DWDWLD	Safe
14	Manchester City	38	13	9	16	61	51	11	5	2	46	19	2	4	14	15	32	1.19608	35	WWLLWL	Safe
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	10	15	15	40	52	7	10	4	26	22	3	5	11	14	30	.76923	35	DLLWLD	Safe
16	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	13	15	38	49	7	7	5	25	24	3	6	10	13	25	.77551	33	DDLLLL
17	Stoke City	39	9	14	16	38	54	9	6	4	22	20	0	8	12	16	34	.70370	32	DLWDDL
18	Nottingham Forest	39	9	12	18	43	55	5	6	9	16	22	4	6	9	27	33	.78182	30	WLLWLL
19	Sunderland	39	9	12	18	38	64	9	6	5	26	18	0	6	13	12	46	.59375	30	LDLDDL
20	Coventry City	40	10	9	21	45	63	8	4	7	31	21	2	5	14	14	42	.71429	29	LWLWLD
21	Leicester City	36	7	11	18	32	59	6	7	5	23	22	1	4	13	9	37	.54237	25	LLLDLW
22	Queens Park Rangers	41	4	10	27	38	93	4	7	10	20	33	0	3	17	18	60	.40860	18	LLLLDW	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	Leeds United	39	26	11	2	65	26	17	3	0	40	9	9	8	2	25	17	2.50000	63	DDWDWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Liverpool	38	25	8	5	62	22	16	3	1	36	10	9	5	4	26	12	2.81818	58	WDWDWW	Safe	4-0
1	3	Arsenal	40	21	12	7	54	25	12	6	3	31	12	9	6	4	23	13	2.16000	54	DWDLLW	Safe	3-1
1	4	Everton	38	20	13	5	75	34	13	4	2	42	10	7	9	3	33	24	2.20588	53	WDWWDD	Safe	2-2
	5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	73	53	11	7	3	40	24	9	3	9	33	29	1.37736	50	DLWDWW	Safe	2-1
1	6	Southampton	41	16	13	12	56	46	13	5	3	41	21	3	8	9	15	25	1.21739	45	WDWWDW	Safe	3-0
1	7	West Ham United	40	13	17	10	64	47	10	8	2	46	20	3	9	8	18	27	1.36170	43	LDDDLL	Safe	0-1
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	39	13	16	10	59	49	9	8	3	37	21	4	8	7	22	28	1.20408	42	DLWLWW	Safe	1-0
	9	West Bromwich Albion	41	16	10	15	62	65	11	6	3	41	24	5	4	12	21	41	.95385	42	WDWWWW	Safe	5-1
2	10	Manchester United	41	14	12	15	54	51	12	5	3	35	16	2	7	12	19	35	1.05882	40	WWWLLW	Safe	2-0
1	11	Newcastle United	38	13	13	12	51	52	10	6	2	30	18	3	7	10	21	34	.98077	39	WDWWDL	Safe	1-5
1	12	Burnley	41	15	9	17	54	80	11	6	3	35	23	4	3	14	19	57	.67500	39	DWLLWL	Safe	0-2
	13	Ipswich Town	39	13	10	16	53	57	8	4	7	28	25	5	6	9	25	32	.92982	36	WDWLDL	Safe	0-4
	14	Manchester City	39	13	9	17	61	54	11	5	2	46	19	2	4	15	15	35	1.12963	35	WLLWLL	Safe	0-3
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	10	15	16	40	54	7	10	4	26	22	3	5	12	14	32	.74074	35	LLWLDL	Safe	0-2
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	39	10	14	15	40	51	7	8	5	27	26	3	6	10	13	25	.78431	34	DLLLLD	Safe	2-2
	17	Stoke City	40	9	14	17	39	57	9	6	5	23	23	0	8	12	16	34	.68421	32	LWDDLL		1-3
1	18	Sunderland	40	10	12	18	40	64	10	6	5	28	18	0	6	13	12	46	.62500	32	DLDDLW		2-0
1	19	Nottingham Forest	40	9	13	18	44	56	5	6	9	16	22	4	7	9	28	34	.78571	31	LLWLLD		1-1
	20	Coventry City	41	10	10	21	46	64	8	5	7	32	22	2	5	14	14	42	.71875	30	WLWLDD		1-1
	21	Leicester City	37	7	11	19	32	61	6	7	5	23	22	1	4	14	9	39	.52459	25	LLDLWL		0-2
	22	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	10	28	39	95	4	7	10	20	33	0	3	18	19	62	.41053	18	LLLDWL	Relegated	1-2