The City Ground

CARDIFF CITY 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Sep 30, 1961 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 30, 1961 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ninian Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1961-62
Referee:: Ken Burns
Attendance:: 20,502
League Week:: 11 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 12 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Valencia (Fairs Cup)
League:: Everton
Cardiff City:: Feb 17, 1962

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2292 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 916 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2523 (of 5828)
Total:: 3711 (of 7633)
Played:: 64 years, 11 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Colin Baker (61') (OG)
Flip Le Flem (68')

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Bill Jones
Prior form: LWLLWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Dai Ward (51')
John King (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Grummitt
2	D	25	Doug Baird
3	F	34	Billy Gray
4	M	27	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	28	Bob McKinlay
6	F	25	Jim Iley
7	M	21	Billy Cobb
8	F	26	Colin Booth
9	F	20	Geoff Vowden
10	F	26	Johnny Quigley
11	F	19	Flip Le Flem (68')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dilwyn John
2	D	Alexander Milne
3	D	Alan Harrington
4	D	Colin Baker
5	D	Frank Rankmore
6	M	Barry Hole
7	M	Alan Durban
8	M	Peter Donnelly
9	M	Dai Ward
10	F	Derek Tapscott
11	F	John King

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Sep 30, 1961)

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

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	Burnley	10	8	1	1	33	19	5	0	0	14	6	3	1	1	19	13	14	17	WWWWWW
	2	Manchester United	9	6	2	1	20	12	4	0	0	13	5	2	2	1	7	7	8	14	LWWWDW
	3	West Ham United	10	5	3	2	22	17	3	2	0	10	7	2	1	2	12	10	5	13	WLWWDW
	4	Nottingham Forest	10	5	2	3	19	13	4	0	1	10	4	1	2	2	9	9	6	12	LLWWWL
	5	Manchester City	10	6	0	4	21	20	3	0	2	9	9	3	0	2	12	11	1	12	LWLWLL
	6	Fulham	10	4	3	3	19	17	2	1	1	9	8	2	2	2	10	9	2	11	DDDWWW
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	9	4	2	3	20	11	2	2	0	11	5	2	0	3	9	6	9	10	LWDLDL
	8	Ipswich Town	10	4	2	4	26	24	3	0	2	16	12	1	2	2	10	12	2	10	WWWLDL
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	9	4	2	3	14	14	3	1	0	10	7	1	1	3	4	7	0	10	LWDLWL
	10	Bolton Wanderers	10	4	2	4	19	21	3	1	1	11	9	1	1	3	8	12	-2	10	WDWLLW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	10	3	4	3	15	18	2	3	0	9	6	1	1	3	6	12	-3	10	WLWWDD
	12	Cardiff City	10	3	3	4	17	16	2	1	2	11	9	1	2	2	6	7	1	9	LWLLWD
	13	Leicester City	10	4	1	5	17	19	3	0	2	6	7	1	1	3	11	12	-2	9	WLWLLW
	14	Aston Villa	8	3	2	3	17	14	2	1	1	11	6	1	1	2	6	8	3	8	DWLLDW
	15	Arsenal	9	2	4	3	16	18	1	3	0	10	7	1	1	3	6	11	-2	8	DLWLDD
	16	Everton	10	4	0	6	15	18	3	0	2	10	9	1	0	4	5	9	-3	8	LLLWWL
	17	Sheffield United	9	3	2	4	8	17	3	1	2	6	8	0	1	2	2	9	-9	8	WLDLWL
	18	Chelsea	10	2	3	5	19	20	2	3	1	13	7	0	0	4	6	13	-1	7	DLWLLD
	19	West Bromwich Albion	10	3	1	6	13	16	2	1	2	7	5	1	0	4	6	11	-3	7	LDLWWL
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	2	3	4	13	16	2	3	0	10	8	0	0	4	3	8	-3	7	LDLLDW
	21	Blackpool	10	2	3	5	15	22	2	0	3	8	9	0	3	2	7	13	-7	7	LWDLDL
	22	Birmingham City	10	1	3	6	11	27	1	1	3	7	15	0	2	3	4	12	-16	5	LDLLLD

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	Burnley	11	9	1	1	38	22	5	0	0	14	6	4	1	1	24	16	16	19	WWWWWW		5-3
1	2	West Ham United	11	6	3	2	26	18	4	2	0	14	8	2	1	2	12	10	8	15	LWWDWW		4-1
1	3	Manchester United	10	6	2	2	20	14	4	0	1	13	7	2	2	1	7	7	6	14	WWWDWL		0-2
	4	Nottingham Forest	11	5	3	3	21	15	4	0	1	10	4	1	3	2	11	11	6	13	LWWWLD		2-2
	5	Manchester City	11	6	1	4	23	22	3	0	2	9	9	3	1	2	14	13	1	13	WLWLLD		2-2
2	6	Ipswich Town	11	5	2	4	30	25	3	0	2	16	12	2	2	2	14	13	5	12	WWLDLW		4-1
2	7	Tottenham Hotspur	10	5	2	3	15	14	4	1	0	11	7	1	1	3	4	7	1	12	WDLWLW		1-0
2	8	Fulham	11	4	3	4	22	22	2	1	2	12	13	2	2	2	10	9	0	11	DDWWWL		3-5
2	9	Sheffield Wednesday	10	4	2	4	21	15	2	2	1	12	9	2	0	3	9	6	6	10	WDLDLL		1-4
2	10	Cardiff City	11	3	4	4	19	18	2	2	2	13	11	1	2	2	6	7	1	10	WLLWDD		2-2
5	11	Everton	11	5	0	6	19	19	4	0	2	14	10	1	0	4	5	9	0	10	LLWWLW		4-1
2	12	Bolton Wanderers	11	4	2	5	20	23	3	1	1	11	9	1	1	4	9	14	-3	10	DWLLWL		1-2
2	13	Blackburn Rovers	11	3	4	4	16	20	2	3	1	10	8	1	1	3	6	12	-4	10	LWWDDL		1-2
3	14	Sheffield United	10	4	2	4	10	18	3	1	2	6	8	1	1	2	4	10	-8	10	LDLWLW		2-1
5	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	3	3	4	15	16	2	3	0	10	8	1	0	4	5	8	-1	9	DLLDWW		2-0
5	16	Blackpool	11	3	3	5	19	22	3	0	3	12	9	0	3	2	7	13	-3	9	WDLDLW		4-0
4	17	Leicester City	11	4	1	6	18	23	3	0	2	6	7	1	1	4	12	16	-5	9	LWLLWL		1-4
4	18	Aston Villa	9	3	2	4	17	15	2	1	1	11	6	1	1	3	6	9	2	8	WLLDWL		0-1
	19	West Bromwich Albion	11	3	2	6	15	18	2	2	2	9	7	1	0	4	6	11	-3	8	DLWWLD		2-2
5	20	Arsenal	10	2	4	4	17	22	1	3	0	10	7	1	1	4	7	15	-5	8	LWLDDL		1-4
3	21	Chelsea	11	2	3	6	19	24	2	3	1	13	7	0	0	5	6	17	-5	7	LWLLDL		0-4
	22	Birmingham City	11	2	3	6	13	28	2	1	3	9	16	0	2	3	4	12	-15	7	DLLLDW		2-1