The City Ground

SEASON: 1967-68

Prev Season: 1966-67
This Season: 1967-68
Next Season: 1968-69

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Leeds United (A) 1-2)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Burnley (A) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Joe Baker (21 goals)

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1967-68

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester City	42	26	6	10	86	43	17	2	2	52	16	9	4	8	34	27	2.00000	58	European Cup	0-3	0-2
2	Manchester United	42	24	8	10	89	55	15	2	4	49	21	9	6	6	40	34	1.61818	56	European Cup	3-1	0-3
3	Liverpool	42	22	11	9	71	40	17	2	2	51	17	5	9	7	20	23	1.77500	55	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-1	1-6
4	Leeds United	42	22	9	11	71	41	17	3	1	49	14	5	6	10	22	27	1.73171	53	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-2	1-1
5	Everton	42	23	6	13	67	40	18	1	2	43	13	5	5	11	24	27	1.67500	52		1-0	0-1
6	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	62	68	11	7	3	34	25	7	5	9	28	43	.91176	48		3-0	0-1
7	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	9	14	70	59	11	7	3	44	20	8	2	11	26	39	1.18644	47		0-0	1-1
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	12	13	75	62	12	4	5	45	25	5	8	8	30	37	1.20968	46	Cup Winners Cup	3-2	1-2
9	Arsenal	42	17	10	15	60	56	12	6	3	37	23	5	4	12	23	33	1.07143	44		2-0	0-3
10	Newcastle United	42	13	15	14	54	67	12	7	2	38	20	1	8	12	16	47	.80597	41		4-0	0-0
11	Nottingham Forest	42	14	11	17	52	64	11	6	4	34	22	3	5	13	18	42	.81250	39	Inter Cities Fairs Cup
12	West Ham United	42	14	10	18	73	69	8	5	8	43	30	6	5	10	30	39	1.05797	38		1-1	0-3
13	Leicester City	42	13	12	17	64	69	7	7	7	37	34	6	5	10	27	35	.92754	38		2-1	2-4
14	Burnley	42	14	10	18	64	71	12	7	2	38	16	2	3	16	26	55	.90141	38		1-0	1-1
15	Sunderland	42	13	11	18	51	61	8	7	6	28	28	5	4	12	23	33	.83607	37		0-3	0-1
16	Southampton	42	13	11	18	66	83	9	8	4	37	31	4	3	14	29	52	.79518	37		2-2	1-2
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	8	20	66	75	10	4	7	45	36	4	4	13	21	39	.88000	36		3-1	1-6
18	Stoke City	42	14	7	21	50	73	10	3	8	30	29	4	4	13	20	44	.68493	35		3-0	3-1
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	12	19	51	63	6	10	5	32	24	5	2	14	19	39	.80952	34		0-0	0-0
20	Coventry City	42	9	15	18	51	71	8	5	8	32	32	1	10	10	19	39	.71831	33		3-3	3-1
21	Sheffield United	42	11	10	21	49	70	7	4	10	25	31	4	6	11	24	39	.70000	32	Relegated	1-0	3-1
22	Fulham	42	10	7	25	56	98	6	4	11	27	41	4	3	14	29	57	.57143	27	Relegated	2-2	0-2

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 51
Competitive Goals:: 65
Goals per game:: 1.3
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 39 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 46.4%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	6 times	9 times	3 times
Conceded	17 times	10 times	7 times	1 time	2 times
Won By	8 times	7 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	9 times	4 times	6 times		2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday (0-0)
2	5	2	2	1	-	1	3	2	2	Liverpool (0-1), Manchester United (3-1)
3		3	2	-	1	1	1	4	1	Leeds United (1-1), Manchester United (0-3)
4	18	4	3	-	1	2	2	10	1	Tottenham Hotspur (1-1), Manchester City (0-3), Liverpool (1-6)
5	6	5	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Everton (1-0)
6	17	6	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Leeds United (0-2)
7	35	7	3	-	2	1	0	1	2	Everton (0-1), Newcastle United (0-0), Tottenham Hotspur (0-0)
8	13	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	31	9	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	West Bromwich Albion (3-2)
10	92	10	4	1	1	2	5	7	3	Southampton (1-2), Burnley (1-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1), Arsenal (0-3)
11	35	11	2	2	-	-	3	0	4	Arsenal (2-0), Burnley (1-0)
12	16	12	2	2	-	-	7	0	4	Newcastle United (4-0), Stoke City (3-0)
13	8	13	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Stoke City (3-1)
14		14	4	1	1	2	4	6	3	Chelsea (0-1), Leicester City (2-1), Sheffield Wednesday (0-0), Leicester City (2-4)
15		15	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Coventry City (3-1)
16		16	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Coventry City (3-3), Sunderland (0-1)
17		17	3	1	1	1	4	4	3	Chelsea (3-0), West Ham United (0-3), West Ham United (1-1)
18		18	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Manchester City (0-2)
19		19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20		20	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Southampton (2-2)
21		21	4	1	-	3	2	11	2	Fulham (0-2), Sheffield United (1-0), Sunderland (0-3), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-6)
22		22	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	West Bromwich Albion (1-2), Fulham (2-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Sheffield United (3-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 49,946 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,658 (Fulham)
Average League Attendance:: 32,320
Highest Cup Attendance:: 37,299 (Bolton Wanderers)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 27,090 (Eintracht Frankfurt)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 14
Yellow Cards:: 12
Red Cards:: 1 (Frank Wignall)
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents) (John Barnwell)
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Johnny Carey
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 19, 1967	Sheffield United	A	3-1	29,223	5	Wignall (38'), Storey-Moore (78'), Baker (87')
2	Tue Aug 22, 1967	Coventry City	H	3-3	44,950	2	Baker (22'), Wignall (35'), Storey-Moore (54' pen)
3	Sat Aug 26, 1967	Arsenal	H	2-0	33,977	5	Hinton (21', 44')
4	Tue Aug 29, 1967	Coventry City	A	3-1	41,212	2	Baker (?, ?), Storey-Moore (41')
5	Sat Sep 02, 1967	Manchester City	A	0-2	29,547	4
6	Tue Sep 05, 1967	Liverpool	H	0-1	39,352	5
7	Sat Sep 09, 1967	Newcastle United	H	4-0	30,151	4	Newton (5'), Wignall (46'), Baker (58'), Storey-Moore (65')
8	Sat Sep 16, 1967	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	21,136	6	Storey-Moore (77')
9	Sat Sep 23, 1967	Chelsea	H	3-0	34,871	4	Storey-Moore (55'), Wignall (59'), Taylor (87')
10	Sat Sep 30, 1967	Southampton	A	1-2	26,724	6	Lyons (67')
11	Sat Oct 07, 1967	Burnley	A	1-1	18,400	7	Baker (47')
12	Sat Oct 14, 1967	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	37,983	7
13	Wed Oct 25, 1967	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	40,928	8	Baker (2')
14	Sat Oct 28, 1967	Manchester United	H	3-1	49,946	7	Baker (26', 40'), Wignall (59')
15	Sat Nov 04, 1967	Sunderland	A	0-1	29,158	8
16	Sat Nov 11, 1967	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	36,522	7	Newton (15'), Wignall (70'), Barnwell (89')
17	Sat Nov 18, 1967	Fulham	A	0-2	22,413	9
18	Sat Nov 25, 1967	Leeds United	H	0-2	29,569	11
19	Sat Dec 02, 1967	Everton	A	0-1	44,765	12
	Sat Dec 09, 1967	Leicester City	H	0-1	24,041
20	Sat Dec 16, 1967	Sheffield United	H	1-0	25,501	12	Hilley (15')
21	Sat Dec 23, 1967	Arsenal	A	0-3	32,512	13
22	Tue Dec 26, 1967	Stoke City	H	3-0	37,577	11	Lyons (1', 55'), Hilley (21')
23	Sat Dec 30, 1967	Stoke City	A	3-1	21,415	10	Baker (7'), Baxter (40'), Hilley (81')
24	Sat Jan 06, 1968	Manchester City	H	0-3	39,581	11
25	Sat Jan 13, 1968	Newcastle United	A	0-0	43,274	10
26	Sat Jan 20, 1968	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-2	34,298	10	Lyons (10'), Baker (25', 69')
27	Sat Feb 03, 1968	Chelsea	A	0-1	33,483	10
28	Sat Feb 10, 1968	Southampton	H	2-2	27,318	10	Baxter (63'), Storey-Moore (82')
29	Sat Feb 24, 1968	Burnley	H	1-0	26,110	9	Chapman (44')
30	Wed Mar 13, 1968	Leeds United	A	1-1	32,508	9	Newton (20')
31	Sat Mar 16, 1968	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-0	37,707	9
32	Tue Mar 19, 1968	Leicester City	H	2-1	30,403	7	Baker (34', 89')
33	Sat Mar 23, 1968	Manchester United	A	0-3	61,978	10
34	Sat Mar 30, 1968	Sunderland	H	0-3	24,543	10
35	Sat Apr 06, 1968	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-6	28,198	10	Lyons (68')
36	Fri Apr 12, 1968	West Ham United	A	0-3	36,589	10
37	Sat Apr 13, 1968	Fulham	H	2-2	20,658	10	Storey-Moore (7'), Lyons (43')
38	Tue Apr 16, 1968	West Ham United	H	1-1	22,189	10	Baker (?)
39	Sat Apr 20, 1968	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-0	28,805	10
40	Mon Apr 22, 1968	Everton	H	1-0	23,809	10	Storey-Moore (?)	Safe
41	Sat May 04, 1968	Leicester City	A	2-4	25,605	11	Chapman (?), Storey-Moore (?)	Safe
42	Sat May 11, 1968	Liverpool	A	1-6	38,850	11	Baker (?)	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 27, 1968	Bolton Wanderers	3		H	4-2	37,299	Winfield (30'), Baker (51'), Hilley (70'), Wignall (76')
Sat Feb 17, 1968	Leeds United	4		A	1-2	51,739	Baker (9')

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 13, 1967	Scunthorpe United	2			A	1-0	13,235	Storey-Moore (81')
Tue Oct 10, 1967	Burnley	3			A	0-3	14,421

Fairs Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 20, 1967	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	1	A	1-0	4,500	Baker (10')
Tue Oct 17, 1967	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	2	H	4-0	27,090	Baker (13', 35'), Chapman (47'), Lyons (73')
Tue Oct 31, 1967	FC Zurich	Switzerland	2	1	H	2-1	32,896	Newton (49'), Storey-Moore (71' pen)
Tue Nov 14, 1967	FC Zurich	Switzerland	2	2	A	0-1	12,000

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue May 14, 1968	Notts County	Final	H	3-0	14,042	Lyons (?, ?), Storey-Moore (? pen)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 05, 1967	Raith Rovers	Scotland	A	5-1	7,000	Baker (?, 30'), Wignall (?), Kear (44'), Hinton (47' pen)
Mon Aug 07, 1967	Partick Thistle	Scotland	A	0-0	7,000
Sat Aug 12, 1967	Derby County	England	A	3-1	17,558	Baker (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Mar 05, 1968	Derby County	England	H	1-2	21,305	Lyons (66')

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Johnny Carey
Sat Aug 05, 1967	Pre-Season Friendly	Raith Rovers			A	5-1	7,000	Baker (?, 30'), Wignall (?), Kear (44'), Hinton (47' pen)
Mon Aug 07, 1967	Pre-Season Friendly	Partick Thistle			A	0-0	7,000
Sat Aug 12, 1967	Pre-Season Friendly	Derby County			A	3-1	17,558	Baker (?), Wignall (?), Hinton (?)
Sat Aug 19, 1967	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	3-1	29,223	Wignall (38'), Storey-Moore (78'), Baker (87')
Tue Aug 22, 1967	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	3-3	44,950	Baker (22'), Wignall (35'), Storey-Moore (54' pen)
Sat Aug 26, 1967	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	2-0	33,977	Hinton (21', 44')
Tue Aug 29, 1967	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	3-1	41,212	Baker (?, ?), Storey-Moore (41')
Sat Sep 02, 1967	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	0-2	29,547
Tue Sep 05, 1967	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	0-1	39,352
Sat Sep 09, 1967	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	4-0	30,151	Newton (5'), Wignall (46'), Baker (58'), Storey-Moore (65')
Wed Sep 13, 1967	League Cup	Scunthorpe United	2		A	1-0	13,235	Storey-Moore (81')
Sat Sep 16, 1967	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-2	21,136	Storey-Moore (77')
Wed Sep 20, 1967	Fairs Cup	Eintracht Frankfurt	1	1	A	1-0	4,500	Baker (10')
Sat Sep 23, 1967	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	3-0	34,871	Storey-Moore (55'), Wignall (59'), Taylor (87')
Sat Sep 30, 1967	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	1-2	26,724	Lyons (67')
Sat Oct 07, 1967	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	1-1	18,400	Baker (47')
Tue Oct 10, 1967	League Cup	Burnley	3		A	0-3	14,421
Sat Oct 14, 1967	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	0-0	37,983
Tue Oct 17, 1967	Fairs Cup	Eintracht Frankfurt	1	2	H	4-0	27,090	Baker (13', 35'), Chapman (47'), Lyons (73')
Wed Oct 25, 1967	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-1	40,928	Baker (2')
Sat Oct 28, 1967	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	3-1	49,946	Baker (26', 40'), Wignall (59')
Tue Oct 31, 1967	Fairs Cup	FC Zurich	2	1	H	2-1	32,896	Newton (49'), Storey-Moore (71' pen)
Sat Nov 04, 1967	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	0-1	29,158
Sat Nov 11, 1967	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	3-1	36,522	Newton (15'), Wignall (70'), Barnwell (89')
Tue Nov 14, 1967	Fairs Cup	FC Zurich	2	2	A	0-1	12,000
Sat Nov 18, 1967	League Tier 1	Fulham			A	0-2	22,413
Sat Nov 25, 1967	League Tier 1	Leeds United			H	0-2	29,569
Sat Dec 02, 1967	League Tier 1	Everton			A	0-1	44,765
Sat Dec 09, 1967	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	0-1	24,041
Sat Dec 16, 1967	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	1-0	25,501	Hilley (15')
Sat Dec 23, 1967	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	0-3	32,512
Tue Dec 26, 1967	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	3-0	37,577	Lyons (1', 55'), Hilley (21')
Sat Dec 30, 1967	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	3-1	21,415	Baker (7'), Baxter (40'), Hilley (81')
Sat Jan 06, 1968	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	0-3	39,581
Sat Jan 13, 1968	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	0-0	43,274
Sat Jan 20, 1968	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	3-2	34,298	Lyons (10'), Baker (25', 69')
Sat Jan 27, 1968	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	3		H	4-2	37,299	Winfield (30'), Baker (51'), Hilley (70'), Wignall (76')
Sat Feb 03, 1968	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	0-1	33,483
Sat Feb 10, 1968	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	2-2	27,318	Baxter (63'), Storey-Moore (82')
Sat Feb 17, 1968	FA Cup	Leeds United	4		A	1-2	51,739	Baker (9')
Sat Feb 24, 1968	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	1-0	26,110	Chapman (44')
Tue Mar 05, 1968	Friendly	Derby County			H	1-2	21,305	Lyons (66')
Wed Mar 13, 1968	League Tier 1	Leeds United			A	1-1	32,508	Newton (20')
Sat Mar 16, 1968	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	0-0	37,707
Tue Mar 19, 1968	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	2-1	30,403	Baker (34', 89')
Sat Mar 23, 1968	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	0-3	61,978
Sat Mar 30, 1968	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	0-3	24,543
Sat Apr 06, 1968	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-6	28,198	Lyons (68')
Fri Apr 12, 1968	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	0-3	36,589
Sat Apr 13, 1968	League Tier 1	Fulham			H	2-2	20,658	Storey-Moore (7'), Lyons (43')
Tue Apr 16, 1968	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	1-1	22,189	Baker (?)
Sat Apr 20, 1968	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	0-0	28,805
Mon Apr 22, 1968	League Tier 1	Everton			H	1-0	23,809	Storey-Moore (?)	Safe
Sat May 04, 1968	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	2-4	25,605	Chapman (?), Storey-Moore (?)	Safe
Sat May 11, 1968	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	1-6	38,850	Baker (?)	Safe
Tue May 14, 1968	County Cup	Notts County	Final		H	3-0	14,042	Lyons (?, ?), Storey-Moore (? pen)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (3) - £123,000				Out (6) - £56,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Dave Hilley	Bought			Dave Stainwright	Sold
	Mick Harby	Bought			Jeff Whitefoot	Retired
Dec 16, 1967	Jim Baxter	Bought	£123,000		Mick Harby	Sold
				Aug 01, 1967	Brian Williamson	Loan Out
				Sep 20, 1967	Alan Hinton	Sold	£26,000
				Sep 23, 1967	Mike Kear	Sold	£30,000

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Brian Williamson	England	27	12	3	6	3
GK		Mick Harby	England	18	3			3
GK		Peter Grummitt	England	24	36	16	5	14
Defenders
D		Bill Brindley	England	20	1		1							1
D		Bob McKinlay	Scotland	34	51	19	11	20		1
D		John Winfield	England	24	50	19	11	19	1	2
D		Peter Hindley	England	23	48	19	11	18
D		Ray Bridgett	England	20	2			2						2
D		Terry Hennessey	Wales	24	45	18	9	17		1
Midfielders
M		Billy Taylor	Scotland	28	10	2	2	5	1					5
M		Dave Stainwright	England	19
M		Henry Newton	England	23	45	17	10	17	4
M		Jeff Whitefoot	England	33	2			1
M		Mike Kear	England	24
M		Paul Richardson	England	17	2			2						1
Forwards
F		Alan Hinton	England	24	5	3	1	1	2					3
F		Barry Lyons	England	22	43	17	11	15	7	1				1
F		Colin Hall	England	19	4			3						1
F		Dave Hilley	Scotland	28	19	8	4	6	4					4
F		Frank Wignall	England	27	36	15	6	14	7	2	1			1
F		Ian Storey-Moore	England	22	35	11	9	15	12	1
F		Jim Baxter	Scotland	27	24	8	6	10	2
F		Joe Baker	England	27	48	18	11	18	21	2
F		John Barnwell	England	28	20	8	3	9	1
F		Sammy Chapman	England	20	29	10	6	13	3	2				3

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 14

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
21	Joe Baker	48
12	Ian Storey-Moore	35
7	Barry Lyons	43
7	Frank Wignall	36
4	Dave Hilley	19
4	Henry Newton	45
3	Sammy Chapman	29
2	Alan Hinton	5
2	Jim Baxter	24
1	Billy Taylor	10
1	John Barnwell	20
1	John Winfield	50

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Sheffield United	Sat Aug 19, 1967	Away	3-1	Sat Dec 16, 1967	Home	1-0
Stoke City	Tue Dec 26, 1967	Home	3-0	Sat Dec 30, 1967	Away	3-1

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Liverpool	Tue Sep 05, 1967	Home	0-1	Sat May 11, 1968	Away	1-6
Manchester City	Sat Sep 02, 1967	Away	0-2	Sat Jan 06, 1968	Home	0-3
Sunderland	Sat Nov 04, 1967	Away	0-1	Sat Mar 30, 1968	Home	0-3