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BLACKPOOL 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Sep 16, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 16, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 (Won)

Season:: 1961-62
Referee:: N Hough
Attendance:: 23,737
Pos Before/After:: 11 8
Opp Before/After:: 14 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Blackpool:: Feb 03, 1962

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2288 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 912 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 2519 (of 5679)
Total:: 3704 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Geoff Vowden
Colin Booth
Flip Le Flem

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Ron Stuart
Prior form: WLDLWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Ray Charnley

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Grummitt
2	M	Calvin Palmer
3	F	Billy Gray
4	M	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	F	Jim Iley
7	F	Geoff Vowden
8	F	Colin Booth
9	F	Colin Addison
10	F	Johnny Quigley
11	F	Flip Le Flem

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gordon West
2	D	Jimmy Armfield
3	D	Barrie Martin
4	D	Roy Gratrix
5	D	Peter Hauser
6	M	John Green
7	M	Graham Oates
8	M	Ray Parry
9	M	Brian Peterson
10	F	Dave Durie
11	F	Ray Charnley

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Sep 16, 1961)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-6	Burnley
Blackburn Rovers	4-2	Aston Villa
Blackpool	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Cardiff City	1-2	Manchester United
Everton	5-2	Ipswich Town
Fulham	2-1	Leicester City
Manchester City	2-1	Bolton Wanderers
Sheffield United	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Arsenal
West Ham United	2-1	Chelsea

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Burnley	7	5	1	1	19	14	4	0	0	12	5	1	1	1	7	9	1.35714	11	WWLWWW
	2	Manchester City	7	5	0	2	16	13	2	0	1	6	5	3	0	1	10	8	1.23077	10	WWWLWL
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	6	4	1	1	19	8	2	1	0	10	4	2	0	1	9	4	2.37500	9	WWWLWD
	4	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	14	8	3	0	0	10	3	1	1	1	4	5	1.75000	9	DWWLWW
	5	Ipswich Town	7	4	1	2	20	13	3	0	1	14	8	1	1	1	6	5	1.53846	9	LLWWWW
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	7	3	2	2	13	12	2	1	0	9	7	1	1	2	4	5	1.08333	8	DWLWDL
	7	West Ham United	7	3	2	2	14	13	2	1	0	6	4	1	1	2	8	9	1.07692	8	DLWWLW
	8	Bolton Wanderers	7	3	2	2	13	14	2	1	0	6	4	1	1	2	7	10	.92857	8	LLWWDW
	9	Leicester City	7	3	1	3	13	11	2	0	1	3	1	1	1	2	10	10	1.18182	7	LWDWLW
	10	Arsenal	6	2	2	2	14	12	1	2	0	9	6	1	0	2	5	6	1.16667	6	DWLDLW
	11	Nottingham Forest	6	2	2	2	10	9	2	0	1	5	3	0	2	1	5	6	1.11111	6	DWWDLL
	12	Cardiff City	7	2	2	3	12	11	2	1	1	10	7	0	1	2	2	4	1.09091	6	DWLLWL
	13	Chelsea	7	2	2	3	15	14	2	2	0	10	3	0	0	3	5	11	1.07143	6	LLWDLW
	14	Blackpool	7	2	2	3	12	12	2	0	2	7	6	0	2	1	5	6	1.00000	6	WLDLWD
	15	Blackburn Rovers	7	2	2	3	8	13	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	3	5	11	.61538	6	LLDWLW
	16	Sheffield United	7	2	2	3	6	13	2	1	1	4	4	0	1	2	2	9	.46154	6	DLWLDL
	17	Aston Villa	5	2	1	2	9	9	1	0	1	5	5	1	1	1	4	4	1.00000	5	LWDWL
	18	Fulham	7	1	3	3	10	12	1	1	1	7	7	0	2	2	3	5	.83333	5	LWLDDD
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	1	2	2	9	10	1	2	0	7	6	0	0	2	2	4	.90000	4	LWDLD
	20	Everton	7	2	0	5	6	13	2	0	2	5	7	0	0	3	1	6	.46154	4	LLWLLL
	21	Birmingham City	7	1	2	4	7	18	1	1	1	4	7	0	1	3	3	11	.38889	4	LLDLDL
	22	West Bromwich Albion	7	1	1	5	5	12	1	1	2	3	5	0	0	3	2	7	.41667	3	WLLLDL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Burnley	8	6	1	1	25	16	4	0	0	12	5	2	1	1	13	11	1.56250	13	WLWWWW	6-2
	2	Manchester City	8	6	0	2	18	14	3	0	1	8	6	3	0	1	10	8	1.28571	12	WWLWLW	2-1
1	3	Manchester United	7	5	1	1	16	9	3	0	0	10	3	2	1	1	6	6	1.77778	11	WWLWWW	2-1
2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	8	4	2	2	14	12	3	1	0	10	7	1	1	2	4	5	1.16667	10	WLWDLW	1-0
2	5	West Ham United	8	4	2	2	16	14	3	1	0	8	5	1	1	2	8	9	1.14286	10	LWWLWW	2-1
3	6	Sheffield Wednesday	7	4	1	2	19	9	2	1	0	10	4	2	0	2	9	5	2.11111	9	WWLWDL	0-1
2	7	Ipswich Town	8	4	1	3	22	18	3	0	1	14	8	1	1	2	8	10	1.22222	9	LWWWWL	2-5
3	8	Nottingham Forest	7	3	2	2	13	10	2	0	1	5	3	1	2	1	8	7	1.30000	8	WWDLLW	3-1
1	9	Bolton Wanderers	8	3	2	3	14	16	2	1	0	6	4	1	1	3	8	12	.87500	8	LWWDWL	1-2
5	10	Blackburn Rovers	8	3	2	3	12	15	2	2	0	7	4	1	0	3	5	11	.80000	8	LDWLWW	4-2
5	11	Sheffield United	8	3	2	3	7	13	3	1	1	5	4	0	1	2	2	9	.53846	8	LWLDLW	1-0
3	12	Leicester City	8	3	1	4	14	13	2	0	1	3	1	1	1	3	11	12	1.07692	7	WDWLWL	1-2
5	13	Fulham	8	2	3	3	12	13	2	1	1	9	8	0	2	2	3	5	.92308	7	WLDDDW	2-1
2	14	Cardiff City	8	2	2	4	13	13	2	1	2	11	9	0	1	2	2	4	1.00000	6	WLLWLL	1-2
2	15	Chelsea	8	2	2	4	16	16	2	2	0	10	3	0	0	4	6	13	1.00000	6	LWDLWL	1-2
6	16	Arsenal	7	2	2	3	14	16	1	2	0	9	6	1	0	3	5	10	.87500	6	WLDLWL	0-4
3	17	Blackpool	8	2	2	4	13	15	2	0	3	8	9	0	2	1	5	6	.86667	6	LDLWDL	1-3
2	18	Everton	8	3	0	5	11	15	3	0	2	10	9	0	0	3	1	6	.73333	6	LWLLLW	5-2
2	19	Aston Villa	6	2	1	3	11	13	1	0	1	5	5	1	1	2	6	8	.84615	5	LWDWLL	2-4
2	20	West Bromwich Albion	8	2	1	5	9	12	2	1	2	7	5	0	0	3	2	7	.75000	5	LLLDLW	4-0
2	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	1	2	3	9	11	1	2	0	7	6	0	0	3	2	5	.81818	4	LWDLDL	0-1
1	22	Birmingham City	8	1	2	5	9	24	1	1	2	6	13	0	1	3	3	11	.37500	4	LDLDLL	2-6