The City Ground

ARSENAL 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Aug 27, 1960 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Aug 27, 1960 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1960-61
Referee:: J Cooke
Attendance:: 28,878
League Week:: 3 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 19
Opp Before/After:: 11 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Dec 31, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2242 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 866 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2467 (of 5829)
Total:: 3646 (of 7634)
Played:: 66 years, 23 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Andy Beattie
Prior form: DL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

ARSENAL
Manager: George Swindin
Prior form: LW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jackie Henderson (14')
Alan Skirton (71')
Alan Skirton (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Chic Thomson
2	D	24	Roy Patrick
3	D	31	Joe McDonald
4	M	26	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay
6	F	24	Jim Iley
7	M	23	Tony Barton
8	F	25	Colin Booth
9	F	27	Len Julians
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley
11	F	33	Billy Gray

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	30	Chic Thomson	123		3	1
2	D	24	Roy Patrick	25		3	1
3	D	31	Joe McDonald	87		3	1
4	M	26	Jeff Whitefoot	88	3	3	1
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay	273	3	3	1
6	F	24	Jim Iley	42	5	3	1
7	M	23	Tony Barton	15	1	3	1
8	F	25	Colin Booth	28	10	3	1
9	F	27	Len Julians	2	1	3	1
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley	106	23	3	1
11	F	33	Billy Gray	130	29	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Kelsey
2	D	Len Wills
3	D	Mike Everitt
4	D	John Snedden
5	D	Billy McCullough
6	M	Tommy Docherty
7	M	Jimmy Bloomfield
8	M	Alan Skirton
9	M	John Barnwell
10	F	David Herd
11	F	Jackie Henderson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Aug 27, 1960)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-0	Nottingham Forest
Birmingham City	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Blackburn Rovers	1-4	Tottenham Hotspur
Blackpool	5-3	Aston Villa
Cardiff City	2-0	Preston North End
Chelsea	3-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Everton	3-1	Leicester City
Newcastle United	0-1	Burnley
West Bromwich Albion	2-4	Fulham
West Ham United	2-1	Bolton Wanderers

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	WW
2	Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	4	WW
3	Blackburn Rovers	2	2	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	5	4	WW
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	0	0	6	2	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	4	WW
5	Newcastle United	2	2	0	0	10	4	1	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	3	2	6	4	WW
6	Leicester City	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	3	DW
7	Birmingham City	2	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	1	3	DW
8	Manchester City	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	DW
9	Everton	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	LW
10	West Ham United	2	1	0	1	7	6	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	LW
11	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	LW
12	Burnley	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	WL
13	Aston Villa	2	1	0	1	5	7	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	2	5	-2	2	WL
14	Cardiff City	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	-1	1	DL
15	Blackpool	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	-2	1	DL
16	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	-2	1	DL
17	Nottingham Forest	2	0	1	1	3	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	4	-3	1	DL
18	Fulham	2	0	1	1	4	9	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	7	-5	1	DL
19	Chelsea	2	0	0	2	3	6	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	3	-3	0	LL
20	Preston North End	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	LL
21	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	LL
22	Manchester United	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	4	-6	0	LL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	3	3	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	7	2	7	6	WWW		4-1
1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	5	WWD		1-1
1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	1	0	9	5	1	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	5	3	4	5	WWD		3-3
5	4	Everton	3	2	0	1	7	3	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	LWW		3-1
6	5	Arsenal	3	2	0	1	6	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	4	LWW		3-0
1	6	Newcastle United	3	2	0	1	10	5	1	0	1	7	3	1	0	0	3	2	5	4	WWL		0-1
4	7	Blackburn Rovers	3	2	0	1	8	6	1	0	1	5	5	1	0	0	3	1	2	4	WWL		1-4
2	8	West Ham United	3	2	0	1	9	7	2	0	0	7	3	0	0	1	2	4	2	4	LWW		2-1
2	9	Birmingham City	3	1	2	0	5	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	3	1	4	DWD		1-1
2	10	Burnley	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	4	WLW		1-0
3	11	Cardiff City	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	DLW		2-0
4	12	Manchester City	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	DW
2	13	Blackpool	3	1	1	1	7	7	1	0	1	6	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	DLW		5-3
8	14	Leicester City	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	0	3	DWL		1-3
3	15	Fulham	3	1	1	1	8	11	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	6	9	-3	3	DLW		4-2
3	16	Aston Villa	3	1	0	2	8	12	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	5	10	-4	2	WLL		3-5
2	17	Chelsea	3	0	1	2	6	9	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	1	2	3	-3	1	LLD		3-3
2	18	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	1	2	3	6	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	-3	1	DLL		1-2
2	19	Nottingham Forest	3	0	1	2	3	9	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	7	-6	1	DLL		0-3
1	20	West Bromwich Albion	3	0	0	3	3	7	0	0	2	3	6	0	0	1	0	1	-4	0	LLL		2-4
1	21	Preston North End	3	0	0	3	2	6	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	3	-4	0	LLL		0-2
	22	Manchester United	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	4	-6	0	LL