FOREST 2 - 0 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Aug 26, 1961 (League Tier 1)
- Date:
- Sat Aug 26, 1961 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Sheffield United
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 1
- Score:
- 2-0 WON
- Half-time: 1-0
- Sources:
- WorldFootball.net (Link)
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
- Enfa.co.uk
- NEXT GAMES:
- Next Game:
- Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
- Sheffield United:
- Dec 22, 1961
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 2284 (of 5086)
- League Tier 1:
- 908 (of 2338)
- Competitive:
- 2513 (of 5828)
- Total:
- 3701 (of 7633)
- Played:
- 65 years, 17 days ago
FOREST
Manager: Andy Beattie
Prior form: DW (Old to recent)
Goal Scorers
Colin Booth (28')
Flip Le Flem (70')
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Age | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 19 |  Peter Grummitt | |
| 2 | M | 20 | Calvin Palmer | |
| 3 | F | 34 | Billy Gray | |
| 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  (28') | |
| 9 | F | 20 | Geoff Vowden | |
| 10 | F | 26 | Johnny Quigley | |
| 11 | F | 19 | Flip Le Flem (70') | |
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Alan Hodgkinson |
| 2 | D | Joe Shaw |
| 3 | D | Cec Coldwell |
| 4 | D | Graham Shaw |
| 5 | D | Brian Richardson |
| 6 | M | Len Allchurch |
| 7 | M | Gerry Summers |
| 8 | M | William Russell |
| 9 | M | Ron Simpson |
| 10 | F | Billy Hodgson |
| 11 | F | Derek Pace |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 3-1 | Chelsea |
| Burnley | 3-1 | Bolton Wanderers |
| Cardiff City | 3-2 | Blackpool |
| Fulham | 2-1 | Everton |
| Ipswich Town | 2-4 | Manchester City |
| Leicester City | 1-0 | West Bromwich Albion |
| Manchester United | 6-1 | Blackburn Rovers |
| Nottingham Forest | 2-0 | Sheffield United |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 5-1 | Birmingham City |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4-3 | Arsenal |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3-2 | West Ham 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 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | WW | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | WW | |||
| 3 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | DW | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | WD | |||
| 5 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | DW | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | DW | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | WD | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | DW | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | WL | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | LW | |||
| 11 | Cardiff City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | DD | |||
| 12 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | WL | |||
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | LW | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | DD | |||
| 15 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | DL | |||
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 | DL | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | DL | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | DL | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | LL | |||
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | L | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 | LL | |||
| 22 | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | L | |||
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 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | WWW | 5-1 | ||
| 2 | Manchester City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | WWW | 4-2 | ||
 2 | 3 | Manchester United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | DWW | 6-1 | |
| 2 | 4 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | DWW | 2-0 | |
| 3 | 5 | Burnley | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | DWW | 3-1 | |
| 1 | 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | WDW | 4-3 | |
| 4 | 7 | Cardiff City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | DDW | 3-2 | |
 5 | 8 | Arsenal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | DWL | 3-4 | |
| 5 | 9 | Sheffield United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 | WDL | 0-2 | |
| 12 | 10 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | LW | 3-1 | |
| 9 | 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | LW | 3-2 | |
| 7 | 12 | Fulham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | LLW | 2-1 | |
| 3 | 13 | Blackpool | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | LWL | 2-3 | |
| 14 | West Ham United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 | DDL | 2-3 | ||
| 3 | 15 | Everton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 2 | WLL | 1-2 | |
| 3 | 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | LWL | 0-1 | |
| 8 | 17 | Birmingham City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 2 | WLL | 1-5 | |
| 3 | 18 | Leicester City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 | LLW | 1-0 | |
| 4 | 19 | Chelsea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 | DLL | 1-3 | |
| 4 | 20 | Ipswich Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 | DLL | 2-4 | |
| 3 | 21 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 1 | DLL | 1-3 | |
| 5 | 22 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 | DLL | 1-6 | |