The City Ground

CHELSEA 4 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 29, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 29, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: The People - Sunday 30 April 1961
: Kensington Post - Friday 05 May 1961

Season:: 1960-61
Referee:: J Pickles
Attendance:: 22,775
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 14
Opp Before/After:: 16 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Mansfield Town (County Cup)
League:: Chelsea
Chelsea:: Aug 19, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2281 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 905 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2510 (of 5824)
Total:: 3692 (of 7629)
Played:: 65 years, 3 months, 23 days ago

Review
This game, the last of the season for both teams, was also Jimmy Greaves last game for Chelsea. He had signed for AC Milan and was on his way to Italy for next season, and Chelsea made him captain for this game. True to form, Greaves scored a hat-trick before Forest pulled it back to 3-3. Then in the last minute Chelsea won a penalty. Greaves decided to take it and scored, giving him a four-goal haul in his last game before being carried off shoulder-high by his team mates.

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

Goal Scorers
Colin Booth (46')
Calvin Palmer (55') (Pen)
Colin Addison (86')

CHELSEA
Manager: Ted Drake
Prior form: WLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Greaves (12')
Jimmy Greaves (37')
Jimmy Greaves (53')
Jimmy Greaves (90') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	18	Peter Grummitt
2	D	25	Roy Patrick	Last game
3	M	20	Calvin Palmer (55')
4	M	27	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay
6	F	25	Jim Iley
7	M	20	John Rowland
8	F	26	Colin Booth (46')
9	F	20	Colin Addison (86')
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	18	Peter Grummitt	28		3	1
2	D	25	Roy Patrick	58		3	1
3	M	20	Calvin Palmer (55')	35	2	3	1
4	M	27	Jeff Whitefoot	102	3	3	1
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay	316	3	3	1
6	F	25	Jim Iley	65	5	3	1
7	M	20	John Rowland	13	1	3	1
8	F	26	Colin Booth (46')	63	26	3	1
9	F	20	Colin Addison (86')	13	6	7	2
10	F	25	Johnny Quigley	141	36	3	1
11	F	18	Flip Le Flem	40	3	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Bonetti
2	D	John Sillet
3	D	Ron Tindall
4	D	Allan Harris
5	D	Mel Scott
6	M	Terry Venables
7	M	Sylvan Anderton
8	M	Frank Blunstone
9	M	Peter Brabrook
10	F	Jimmy Greaves
11	F	Bobby Tambling

Videos:

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 29, 1961)

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

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	41	31	4	6	114	53	15	3	2	64	26	16	1	4	50	27	61	66	WWWWLW	Champions
2	Sheffield Wednesday	41	23	12	6	77	43	15	4	2	45	17	8	8	4	32	26	34	58	DDDLLW	Safe
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	25	7	9	101	71	17	2	1	59	28	8	5	8	42	43	30	57	DWLWWW	Safe
4	Burnley	41	21	7	13	100	76	11	4	6	58	40	10	3	7	42	36	24	49	WLLDWW	Safe
5	Everton	41	21	6	14	83	68	12	4	4	43	22	9	2	10	40	46	15	48	WWDWWW	Safe
6	Manchester United	41	18	8	15	85	73	14	4	2	55	17	4	4	13	30	56	12	44	WWDWWW	Safe
7	Leicester City	41	17	9	15	84	68	11	4	5	51	29	6	5	10	33	39	16	43	DWLWDL	Safe
8	Blackburn Rovers	41	15	13	13	75	72	12	3	5	46	30	3	10	8	29	42	3	43	LDDDWD	Safe
9	Aston Villa	41	16	9	16	74	76	12	3	5	44	27	4	6	11	30	49	-2	41	LWDWLL	Safe
10	Arsenal	41	15	11	15	76	81	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	9	32	46	-5	41	DDWWLL	Safe
11	West Bromwich Albion	41	17	5	19	65	70	10	3	8	43	32	7	2	11	22	38	-5	39	WWWDLW	Safe
12	Nottingham Forest	41	14	9	18	59	74	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	12	25	41	-15	37	WWDLDL	Safe
13	West Ham United	41	13	10	18	76	86	12	4	4	52	29	1	6	14	24	57	-10	36	DLDDDD	Safe
14	Manchester City	41	13	10	18	76	87	10	5	6	41	30	3	5	12	35	57	-11	36	DWDDWW	Safe
15	Cardiff City	41	13	10	18	57	82	11	5	5	34	26	2	5	13	23	56	-25	36	LLDLLD	Safe
16	Chelsea	41	14	7	20	94	97	9	5	6	57	45	5	2	14	37	52	-3	35	WLLWLL	Safe
17	Bolton Wanderers	41	12	10	19	57	72	9	4	7	37	28	3	6	12	20	44	-15	34	WLLWDL	Safe
18	Birmingham City	41	14	6	21	60	81	10	4	7	35	31	4	2	14	25	50	-21	34	LWLLLL	Safe
19	Fulham	41	13	8	20	68	93	8	8	5	39	39	5	0	15	29	54	-25	34	DLLDWD	Safe
20	Blackpool	41	12	8	21	65	70	9	2	9	41	31	3	6	12	24	39	-5	32	LLLWDW
21	Newcastle United	41	10	10	21	82	107	7	7	7	51	49	3	3	14	31	58	-25	30	LDDLLW
22	Preston North End	41	10	9	22	42	70	7	6	8	28	25	3	3	14	14	45	-28	29	LDLLDL	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	31	4	7	115	55	15	3	3	65	28	16	1	4	50	27	60	66	WWWLWL	Champions	1-2
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	23	12	7	78	47	15	4	2	45	17	8	8	5	33	30	31	58	DDLLWL	Safe	1-4
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	7	10	103	75	17	2	2	61	32	8	5	8	42	43	28	57	WLWWWL	Safe	2-4
	4	Burnley	42	22	7	13	102	77	11	4	6	58	40	11	3	7	44	37	25	51	LLDWWW	Safe	2-1
	5	Everton	42	22	6	14	87	69	13	4	4	47	23	9	2	10	40	46	18	50	WDWWWW	Safe	4-1
1	6	Leicester City	42	18	9	15	87	70	12	4	5	54	31	6	5	10	33	39	17	45	WLWDLW	Safe	3-2
1	7	Manchester United	42	18	9	15	88	76	14	5	2	58	20	4	4	13	30	56	12	45	WDWWWD	Safe	3-3
	8	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	13	14	77	76	12	3	6	48	34	3	10	8	29	42	1	43	DDDWDL	Safe	2-4
	9	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	77	13	3	5	48	28	4	6	11	30	49	1	43	WDWLLW	Safe	4-1
1	10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	67	71	10	3	8	43	32	8	2	11	24	39	-4	41	WWDLWW	Safe	2-1
1	11	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	77	85	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	10	33	50	-8	41	DWWLLL	Safe	1-4
4	12	Chelsea	42	15	7	20	98	100	10	5	6	61	48	5	2	14	37	52	-2	37	LLWLLW	Safe	4-3
1	13	Manchester City	42	13	11	18	79	90	10	5	6	41	30	3	6	12	38	60	-11	37	WDDWWD	Safe	3-3
2	14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	9	19	62	78	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	13	28	45	-16	37	WDLDLL	Safe	3-4
	15	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	60	85	11	5	5	34	26	2	6	13	26	59	-25	37	LDLLDD	Safe	3-3
3	16	West Ham United	42	13	10	19	77	88	12	4	5	53	31	1	6	14	24	57	-11	36	LDDDDL	Safe	1-2
2	17	Fulham	42	14	8	20	72	95	8	8	5	39	39	6	0	15	33	56	-23	36	LLDWDW	Safe	4-2
1	18	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	58	73	9	5	7	38	29	3	6	12	20	44	-15	35	LLWDLD	Safe	1-1
1	19	Birmingham City	42	14	6	22	62	84	10	4	7	35	31	4	2	15	27	53	-22	34	WLLLLL	Safe	2-3
	20	Blackpool	42	12	9	21	68	73	9	3	9	44	34	3	6	12	24	39	-5	33	LLWDWD	Safe	3-3
	21	Newcastle United	42	11	10	21	86	109	7	7	7	51	49	4	3	14	35	60	-23	32	DDLLWW	Relegated	4-2
	22	Preston North End	42	10	10	22	43	71	7	6	8	28	25	3	4	14	15	46	-28	30	DLLDLD	Relegated	1-1