The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 1 - 0 FOREST - Fri Apr 12, 1963 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Apr 12, 1963 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Guardian - Saturday 13 April 1963

Season:: 1962-63
Referee:: W Downey
Attendance:: 25,793
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 12
Opp Before/After:: 21 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Apr 15, 1963

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2354 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 978 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2597 (of 5828)
Total:: 3791 (of 7633)
Played:: 63 years, 4 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Les McDowall
Prior form: LLLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Matt Gray (3')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	20	Peter Grummitt
2	D	27	Doug Baird
3	F	35	Billy Gray
4	D	20	John Winfield
5	D	30	Bob McKinlay
6	D	18	Peter Hindley
7	F	19	Trevor Hockey
8	F	22	Colin Addison
9	F	29	Len Julians
10	M	22	Billy Cobb
11	F	20	Flip Le Flem

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Dowd
2	D	Bobby Kennedy
3	D	Cliff Sear
4	D	Roy Cheetham
5	D	Bill Leivers
6	M	Alan Oakes
7	M	Colin Barlow
8	M	Peter Dobing
9	M	Alex Harley
10	F	Matt Gray
11	F	Neil Young

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Fri Apr 12, 1963)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-2	West Bromwich Albion
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Burnley	4-0	Fulham
Leyton Orient	0-1	Bolton Wanderers
Liverpool	5-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City	1-0	Nottingham Forest
West Ham United	1-3	Ipswich Town

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	Leicester City	34	19	10	5	68	35	13	5	1	48	19	6	5	4	20	16	33	48	WDDWWD	Safe
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	33	20	7	6	92	45	11	5	1	56	22	9	2	5	36	23	47	47	WWDWDL	Safe
	3	Everton	33	18	9	6	66	36	11	5	0	39	13	7	4	6	27	23	30	45	WLLWDD	Safe
	4	Burnley	31	16	8	7	60	42	11	3	2	32	14	5	5	5	28	28	18	40	DLWDWW
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	15	8	9	74	51	7	5	4	37	21	8	3	5	37	30	23	38	WWLWDW
	6	Liverpool	31	14	8	9	57	40	10	3	3	34	15	4	5	6	23	25	17	36	LDDDWD
	7	Arsenal	32	13	8	11	62	57	9	4	4	34	25	4	4	7	28	32	5	34	DWWDDL
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	31	12	10	9	54	50	7	5	3	26	17	5	5	6	28	33	4	34	WWWDLW
	9	Sheffield United	32	13	8	11	43	44	9	4	3	26	16	4	4	8	17	28	-1	34	LWDWWW
	10	Fulham	32	13	6	13	40	50	7	3	6	21	23	6	3	7	19	27	-10	32	WWWWWW
	11	Aston Villa	31	12	7	12	50	49	9	2	4	30	15	3	5	8	20	34	1	31	WLLLLL
	12	Nottingham Forest	30	12	6	12	51	55	9	1	4	28	19	3	5	8	23	36	-4	30	LLLWWD
	13	West Ham United	31	9	11	11	52	55	4	6	4	23	26	5	5	7	29	29	-3	29	LDWLWL
	14	West Bromwich Albion	31	11	6	14	53	60	8	1	7	35	30	3	5	7	18	30	-7	28	LDLWDL
	15	Blackpool	33	8	12	13	38	53	5	6	5	23	21	3	6	8	15	32	-15	28	DWDWLD
	16	Blackburn Rovers	32	8	11	13	52	58	5	4	6	31	30	3	7	7	21	28	-6	27	LLDWLD
	17	Bolton Wanderers	30	11	4	15	43	56	10	2	3	28	12	1	2	12	15	44	-13	26	LWLLDW
	18	Manchester United	30	9	7	14	48	59	4	4	7	25	27	5	3	7	23	32	-11	25	DLLLLW
	19	Ipswich Town	33	8	8	17	42	68	3	6	7	24	32	5	2	10	18	36	-26	24	LLLWDW
	20	Birmingham City	30	6	10	14	42	59	3	8	5	29	28	3	2	9	13	31	-17	22	LLLDDL
	21	Manchester City	30	6	9	15	44	73	4	4	6	23	32	2	5	9	21	41	-29	21	LLLLLL
	22	Leyton Orient	32	4	7	21	30	66	3	4	10	19	33	1	3	11	11	33	-36	15	LLLLLL

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	Leicester City	34	19	10	5	68	35	13	5	1	48	19	6	5	4	20	16	33	48	WDDWWD	Safe
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	34	20	7	7	94	50	11	5	1	56	22	9	2	6	38	28	44	47	WDWDLL	Safe	2-5
	3	Everton	33	18	9	6	66	36	11	5	0	39	13	7	4	6	27	23	30	45	WLLWDD	Safe
	4	Burnley	32	17	8	7	64	42	12	3	2	36	14	5	5	5	28	28	22	42	LWDWWW		4-0
1	5	Liverpool	32	15	8	9	62	42	11	3	3	39	17	4	5	6	23	25	20	38	DDDWDW		5-2
1	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	15	8	9	74	51	7	5	4	37	21	8	3	5	37	30	23	38	WWLWDW
	7	Arsenal	33	14	8	11	65	59	10	4	4	37	27	4	4	7	28	32	6	36	WWDDLW		3-2
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	32	12	10	10	54	53	7	5	3	26	17	5	5	7	28	36	1	34	WWDLWL		0-3
	9	Sheffield United	32	13	8	11	43	44	9	4	3	26	16	4	4	8	17	28	-1	34	LWDWWW
	10	Fulham	33	13	6	14	40	54	7	3	6	21	23	6	3	8	19	31	-14	32	WWWWWL		0-4
	11	Aston Villa	31	12	7	12	50	49	9	2	4	30	15	3	5	8	20	34	1	31	WLLLLL
	12	Nottingham Forest	31	12	6	13	51	56	9	1	4	28	19	3	5	9	23	37	-5	30	LLWWDL		0-1
3	13	Blackburn Rovers	33	9	11	13	55	58	6	4	6	34	30	3	7	7	21	28	-3	29	LDWLDW		3-0
1	14	West Ham United	32	9	11	12	53	58	4	6	5	24	29	5	5	7	29	29	-5	29	DWLWLL		1-3
1	15	West Bromwich Albion	32	11	6	15	55	63	8	1	7	35	30	3	5	8	20	33	-8	28	DLWDLL		2-3
1	16	Bolton Wanderers	31	12	4	15	44	56	10	2	3	28	12	2	2	12	16	44	-12	28	WLLDWW		1-0
2	17	Blackpool	33	8	12	13	38	53	5	6	5	23	21	3	6	8	15	32	-15	28	DWDWLD
1	18	Ipswich Town	34	9	8	17	45	69	3	6	7	24	32	6	2	10	21	37	-24	26	LLWDWW		3-1
1	19	Manchester United	30	9	7	14	48	59	4	4	7	25	27	5	3	7	23	32	-11	25	DLLLLW
1	20	Manchester City	31	7	9	15	45	73	5	4	6	24	32	2	5	9	21	41	-28	23	LLLLLW		1-0
1	21	Birmingham City	30	6	10	14	42	59	3	8	5	29	28	3	2	9	13	31	-17	22	LLLDDL
	22	Leyton Orient	33	4	7	22	30	67	3	4	11	19	34	1	3	11	11	33	-37	15	LLLLLL		0-1