The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 - 0 FOREST - Tue Feb 21, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Feb 21, 1961 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1960-61
Referee:: J Kelly
Attendance:: 32,992
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Dec 02, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2269 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 893 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2498 (of 5828)
Total:: 3677 (of 7633)
Played:: 65 years, 6 months, 16 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Harry Catterick
Prior form: DWDWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alan Finney (45')

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
9	F	20	Colin Addison
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ron Springett
2	D	Peter Johnson
3	D	Don Megson
4	D	Peter Swan
5	D	John Quinn
6	M	Tom McAnearney
7	M	Tony Kay
8	M	Keith Ellis
9	M	Bobby Craig
10	F	Derek Wilkinson
11	F	Alan Finney

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Feb 21, 1961)

Home	Score	Away
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Nottingham Forest

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	29	24	2	3	89	36	11	2	1	50	20	13	0	2	39	16	53	50	WWLWLW	Safe
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	19	4	6	77	54	13	2	1	49	25	6	2	5	28	29	23	42	WWWWLW
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	28	16	8	4	59	34	12	1	1	34	11	4	7	3	25	23	25	40	DWDWWW
	4	Burnley	27	16	1	10	76	52	8	0	6	40	29	8	1	4	36	23	24	33	LWWLLL
	5	Everton	29	14	5	10	62	55	8	3	3	32	17	6	2	7	30	38	7	33	LLLLLD
	6	Leicester City	29	13	5	11	62	53	8	3	3	36	21	5	2	8	26	32	9	31	WWDWWW
	7	Aston Villa	28	13	5	10	58	55	10	2	3	36	22	3	3	7	22	33	3	31	LLDDDL
	8	Arsenal	30	13	5	12	62	62	10	1	4	37	25	3	4	8	25	37	0	31	WWLDLW
	9	Manchester United	29	12	5	12	57	55	10	3	2	39	14	2	2	10	18	41	2	29	WWLDLW
	10	West Ham United	28	12	4	12	63	59	11	2	2	47	23	1	2	10	16	36	4	28	LLDWLW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	6	12	56	59	8	2	4	33	23	3	4	8	23	36	-3	28	WLDDWD
	12	Cardiff City	29	10	8	11	43	51	8	3	3	23	14	2	5	8	20	37	-8	28	DDWLDW
	13	Nottingham Forest	29	11	5	13	45	56	6	3	6	24	26	5	2	7	21	30	-11	27	WLDWWW
	14	Chelsea	29	10	5	14	66	72	6	4	4	42	35	4	1	10	24	37	-6	25	LDLWDD
	15	Manchester City	27	9	6	12	57	65	7	3	3	29	19	2	3	9	28	46	-8	24	LLLDDW
	16	Bolton Wanderers	29	9	6	14	42	54	6	3	6	27	25	3	3	8	15	29	-12	24	WDWWDL
	17	Birmingham City	28	10	4	14	41	55	7	2	4	22	18	3	2	10	19	37	-14	24	DWLWWL
	18	Fulham	29	10	3	16	51	73	7	3	4	29	29	3	0	12	22	44	-22	23	WLLLLL
	19	West Bromwich Albion	31	9	4	18	47	63	5	2	8	30	28	4	2	10	17	35	-16	22	WWLLLL
	20	Newcastle United	29	7	7	15	66	83	5	6	4	43	35	2	1	11	23	48	-17	21	LLDDDL
	21	Blackpool	28	7	5	16	48	57	6	1	7	32	26	1	4	9	16	31	-9	19	LDLWDL
	22	Preston North End	29	7	5	17	29	53	5	3	6	19	18	2	2	11	10	35	-24	19	DLLLWW

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
1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	29	17	8	4	60	34	13	1	1	35	11	4	7	3	25	23	26	42	WDWWWW		1-0
1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	19	4	6	77	54	13	2	1	49	25	6	2	5	28	29	23	42	WWWWLW
	4	Burnley	27	16	1	10	76	52	8	0	6	40	29	8	1	4	36	23	24	33	LWWLLL
	5	Everton	29	14	5	10	62	55	8	3	3	32	17	6	2	7	30	38	7	33	LLLLLD
	6	Leicester City	29	13	5	11	62	53	8	3	3	36	21	5	2	8	26	32	9	31	WWDWWW
	7	Aston Villa	28	13	5	10	58	55	10	2	3	36	22	3	3	7	22	33	3	31	LLDDDL
	8	Arsenal	30	13	5	12	62	62	10	1	4	37	25	3	4	8	25	37	0	31	WWLDLW
	9	Manchester United	29	12	5	12	57	55	10	3	2	39	14	2	2	10	18	41	2	29	WWLDLW
	10	West Ham United	28	12	4	12	63	59	11	2	2	47	23	1	2	10	16	36	4	28	LLDWLW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	6	12	56	59	8	2	4	33	23	3	4	8	23	36	-3	28	WLDDWD
	12	Cardiff City	29	10	8	11	43	51	8	3	3	23	14	2	5	8	20	37	-8	28	DDWLDW
	13	Nottingham Forest	30	11	5	14	45	57	6	3	6	24	26	5	2	8	21	31	-12	27	LDWWWL		0-1
	14	Chelsea	29	10	5	14	66	72	6	4	4	42	35	4	1	10	24	37	-6	25	LDLWDD
	15	Manchester City	27	9	6	12	57	65	7	3	3	29	19	2	3	9	28	46	-8	24	LLLDDW
	16	Bolton Wanderers	29	9	6	14	42	54	6	3	6	27	25	3	3	8	15	29	-12	24	WDWWDL
	17	Birmingham City	28	10	4	14	41	55	7	2	4	22	18	3	2	10	19	37	-14	24	DWLWWL
	18	Fulham	29	10	3	16	51	73	7	3	4	29	29	3	0	12	22	44	-22	23	WLLLLL
	19	West Bromwich Albion	31	9	4	18	47	63	5	2	8	30	28	4	2	10	17	35	-16	22	WWLLLL
	20	Newcastle United	29	7	7	15	66	83	5	6	4	43	35	2	1	11	23	48	-17	21	LLDDDL
	21	Blackpool	28	7	5	16	48	57	6	1	7	32	26	1	4	9	16	31	-9	19	LDLWDL
	22	Preston North End	29	7	5	17	29	53	5	3	6	19	18	2	2	11	10	35	-24	19	DLLLWW