The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Feb 11, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 11, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1960-61
Referee:: H Callaghan
Attendance:: 23,541
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 14 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Aug 22, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2268 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 892 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2497 (of 5829)
Total:: 3676 (of 7634)
Played:: 65 years, 7 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Colin Booth (42')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Gil Merrick
Prior form: DDWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	Peter Grummitt
2	D	25	Doug Baird
3	D	32	Joe McDonald
4	M	20	Calvin Palmer
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay
6	M	35	Jack Burkitt
7	F	33	Billy Gray
8	F	26	Colin Booth (42')
9	F	20	Colin Addison
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Colin Withers
2	D	George Allen
3	D	Brian Farmer
4	D	Mike Hellawell
5	D	Dick Neal
6	M	Johnny Watts
7	M	Jimmy Bloomfield
8	M	Trevor Smith
9	M	Brian Taylor
10	F	Johnny Gordon
11	F	Jimmy Singer

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 11, 1961)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-3	Cardiff City
Aston Villa	1-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Bolton Wanderers	0-0	Blackburn Rovers
Burnley	3-4	Sheffield Wednesday
Chelsea	2-2	Blackpool
Leicester City	5-3	Newcastle United
Manchester City	3-0	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Birmingham City
Preston North End	2-0	Fulham
West Ham United	4-0	Everton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1	Manchester 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	28	23	2	3	87	35	11	2	1	50	20	12	0	2	37	15	52	48	WWWLWL
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	18	4	6	75	53	12	2	1	47	24	6	2	5	28	29	22	40	WWWWWL
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	27	15	8	4	55	31	12	1	1	34	11	3	7	3	21	20	24	38	DDWDWW
	4	Burnley	26	16	1	9	73	48	8	0	5	37	25	8	1	4	36	23	25	33	WLWWLL
	5	Everton	27	14	4	9	61	50	8	2	3	31	16	6	2	6	30	34	11	32	LWLLLL
	6	Aston Villa	27	13	5	9	57	53	10	2	2	35	20	3	3	7	22	33	4	31	WLLDDD
	7	Leicester City	28	12	5	11	57	50	7	3	3	31	18	5	2	8	26	32	7	29	LWWDWW
	8	Arsenal	28	12	5	11	57	57	10	1	3	35	22	2	4	8	22	35	0	29	DDWWLD
	9	Manchester United	27	11	5	11	53	52	9	3	2	36	13	2	2	9	17	39	1	27	WWWWLD
	10	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	5	12	56	59	8	2	4	33	23	3	3	8	23	36	-3	27	LWLDDW
	11	West Ham United	27	11	4	12	59	59	10	2	2	43	23	1	2	10	16	36	0	26	LLLDWL
	12	Cardiff City	28	9	8	11	40	49	8	3	3	23	14	1	5	8	17	35	-9	26	WDDWLD
	13	Nottingham Forest	28	10	5	13	44	56	5	3	6	23	26	5	2	7	21	30	-12	25	WWLDWW
	14	Birmingham City	27	10	4	13	41	54	7	2	4	22	18	3	2	9	19	36	-13	24	DDWLWW
	15	Chelsea	27	10	3	14	63	69	6	3	4	40	33	4	0	10	23	36	-6	23	LLLDLW
	16	Bolton Wanderers	27	9	5	13	41	51	6	2	6	27	25	3	3	7	14	26	-10	23	WLWDWW
	17	Fulham	28	10	3	15	51	71	7	3	4	29	29	3	0	11	22	42	-20	23	LWLLLL
	18	Manchester City	26	8	6	12	54	65	6	3	3	26	19	2	3	9	28	46	-11	22	WLLLDD
	19	West Bromwich Albion	29	9	4	16	45	57	5	2	7	28	25	4	2	9	17	32	-12	22	DWWWLL
	20	Newcastle United	28	7	7	14	63	78	5	6	4	43	35	2	1	10	20	43	-15	21	DLLDDD
	21	Blackpool	26	7	4	15	46	54	6	1	6	32	25	1	3	9	14	29	-8	18	WWLDLW
	22	Preston North End	27	5	5	17	26	53	4	3	6	17	18	1	2	11	9	35	-27	15	LLDLLL

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	Tottenham Hotspur	29	24	2	3	89	36	11	2	1	50	20	13	0	2	39	16	53	50	WWLWLW	Safe	2-1
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	19	4	6	77	54	13	2	1	49	25	6	2	5	28	29	23	42	WWWWLW		2-1
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	28	16	8	4	59	34	12	1	1	34	11	4	7	3	25	23	25	40	DWDWWW		4-3
	4	Burnley	27	16	1	10	76	52	8	0	6	40	29	8	1	4	36	23	24	33	LWWLLL		3-4
	5	Everton	28	14	4	10	61	54	8	2	3	31	16	6	2	7	30	38	7	32	WLLLLL		0-4
1	6	Leicester City	29	13	5	11	62	53	8	3	3	36	21	5	2	8	26	32	9	31	WWDWWW		5-3
1	7	Aston Villa	28	13	5	10	58	55	10	2	3	36	22	3	3	7	22	33	3	31	LLDDDL		1-2
	8	Arsenal	29	12	5	12	59	60	10	1	4	37	25	2	4	8	22	35	-1	29	DWWLDL		2-3
2	9	West Ham United	28	12	4	12	63	59	11	2	2	47	23	1	2	10	16	36	4	28	LLDWLW		4-0
	10	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	6	12	56	59	8	2	4	33	23	3	4	8	23	36	-3	28	WLDDWD		0-0
1	11	Cardiff City	29	10	8	11	43	51	8	3	3	23	14	2	5	8	20	37	-8	28	DDWLDW		3-2
3	12	Manchester United	28	11	5	12	54	54	9	3	2	36	13	2	2	10	18	41	0	27	WWWLDL		1-2
	13	Nottingham Forest	29	11	5	13	45	56	6	3	6	24	26	5	2	7	21	30	-11	27	WLDWWW		1-0
1	14	Chelsea	28	10	4	14	65	71	6	4	4	42	35	4	0	10	23	36	-6	24	LLDLWD		2-2
3	15	Manchester City	27	9	6	12	57	65	7	3	3	29	19	2	3	9	28	46	-8	24	LLLDDW		3-0
	16	Bolton Wanderers	28	9	6	13	41	51	6	3	6	27	25	3	3	7	14	26	-10	24	LWDWWD		0-0
3	17	Birmingham City	28	10	4	14	41	55	7	2	4	22	18	3	2	10	19	37	-14	24	DWLWWL		0-1
1	18	Fulham	29	10	3	16	51	73	7	3	4	29	29	3	0	12	22	44	-22	23	WLLLLL		0-2
	19	West Bromwich Albion	30	9	4	17	45	60	5	2	7	28	25	4	2	10	17	35	-15	22	WWWLLL		0-3
	20	Newcastle United	29	7	7	15	66	83	5	6	4	43	35	2	1	11	23	48	-17	21	LLDDDL		3-5
	21	Blackpool	27	7	5	15	48	56	6	1	6	32	25	1	4	9	16	31	-8	19	WLDLWD		2-2
	22	Preston North End	28	6	5	17	28	53	5	3	6	19	18	1	2	11	9	35	-25	17	LDLLLW		2-0