The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 - 0 FOREST - Sat Nov 27, 1965 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 27, 1965 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-5 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 27 November 1965

Season:: 1965-66
Referee:: K Howley
Attendance:: 9,834
League Week:: 18 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 21 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Apr 23, 1966

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2467 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 1091 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2715 (of 5828)
Total:: 3937 (of 7633)
Played:: 60 years, 9 months, 16 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: LLLWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jack Marshall
Prior form: DLDWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Malcolm Darling (8')
Mike England (38')
George Jones (63')
George Jones (69')
Mike Ferguson (88')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Peter Grummitt
2	D	21	Peter Hindley
3	D	29	Dennis Mochan
4	D	23	Terry Hennessey
5	D	33	Bob McKinlay
6	M	31	Jeff Whitefoot
7	F	20	Ian Storey-Moore
8	M	21	Henry Newton
9	F	26	Chris Crowe
10	F	25	Colin Addison
11	F	23	Alan Hinton
Subs
12	M	17	Dave Stainwright	First bench appearance

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Peter Grummitt	221		7	1
2	D	21	Peter Hindley	66	3	7	1
3	D	29	Dennis Mochan	117	1	7	1
4	D	23	Terry Hennessey	1		7	1
5	D	33	Bob McKinlay	520	8	7	1
6	M	31	Jeff Whitefoot	254	7	7	1
7	F	20	Ian Storey-Moore	38	11	7	1
8	M	21	Henry Newton	89	3	7	1
9	F	26	Chris Crowe	45	6	7	1
10	F	25	Colin Addison	157	66	7	1
11	F	23	Alan Hinton	72	19	7	1
Subs
12	M	17	Dave Stainwright

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Fred Else
2	D	Billy Wilson
3	D	Dick Mulvaney
4	D	Mike England
5	D	Mike Ferguson
6	M	Walter Joyce
7	M	Andy McEvoy
8	M	George Jones
9	M	Malcolm Darling
10	F	George Sharples
11	F	Mike Harrison
Subs
12		Byrem

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Nov 27, 1965)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-4	Chelsea
Blackburn Rovers	5-0	Nottingham Forest
Blackpool	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Fulham	1-4	Northampton Town
Leicester City	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Liverpool	2-1	Burnley
Sheffield United	3-2	Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Stoke City
West Ham United	3-0	Everton

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	Liverpool	18	11	3	4	41	17	7	1	1	27	6	4	2	3	14	11	24	25	LWWWWD
2	Burnley	17	11	3	3	37	18	7	1	1	23	10	4	2	2	14	8	19	25	WWDWWW
3	Leeds United	17	9	5	3	31	15	7	2	0	21	5	2	3	3	10	10	16	23	WWDLWD
4	West Bromwich Albion	18	10	3	5	44	27	7	1	2	31	13	3	2	3	13	14	17	23	DWLWDW
5	Tottenham Hotspur	17	9	3	5	36	23	7	1	1	27	12	2	2	4	9	11	13	21	WDWLLW
6	Manchester United	17	8	5	4	33	26	5	4	0	18	7	3	1	4	15	19	7	21	LWWDWW
7	Arsenal	18	8	5	5	34	32	6	2	1	22	14	2	3	4	12	18	2	21	LDLWLW
8	Sheffield United	18	8	5	5	25	26	6	2	1	17	9	2	3	4	8	17	-1	21	WLLLWL
9	Stoke City	17	7	6	4	24	21	4	4	1	14	8	3	2	3	10	13	3	20	LLDDWD
10	Chelsea	16	7	4	5	23	20	2	3	3	8	9	5	1	2	15	11	3	18	LWLWWL
11	Everton	18	6	5	7	30	31	5	3	2	22	12	1	2	5	8	19	-1	17	LDWLLD
12	Leicester City	18	6	5	7	34	37	2	3	4	14	20	4	2	3	20	17	-3	17	LWWWLW
13	Sunderland	17	7	3	7	25	31	6	1	1	17	10	1	2	6	8	21	-6	17	LWLWDL
14	Aston Villa	18	7	2	9	27	27	4	2	2	14	9	3	0	7	13	18	0	16	DWWLLL
15	Sheffield Wednesday	16	6	3	7	20	25	5	1	1	11	5	1	2	6	9	20	-5	15	LWLLWW
16	Nottingham Forest	17	5	4	8	24	26	5	1	2	17	9	0	3	6	7	17	-2	14	LLLWDW
17	Newcastle United	18	5	4	9	18	29	4	2	4	12	13	1	2	5	6	16	-11	14	LDLWLL
18	Blackpool	17	4	4	9	24	31	2	2	4	17	16	2	2	5	7	15	-7	12	WDLLDL
19	Fulham	18	4	4	10	28	40	4	2	3	17	16	0	2	7	11	24	-12	12	WLWLDL
20	West Ham United	18	4	4	10	24	44	3	3	2	13	16	1	1	8	11	28	-20	12	WLDLWL
21	Blackburn Rovers	18	3	4	11	26	38	2	1	5	9	12	1	3	6	17	26	-12	10	DLDWLL
22	Northampton Town	18	2	6	10	17	41	2	3	4	10	13	0	3	6	7	28	-24	10	LWLWLL

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	Liverpool	19	12	3	4	43	18	8	1	1	29	7	4	2	3	14	11	25	27	WWWWDW		2-1
	2	Burnley	18	11	3	4	38	20	7	1	1	23	10	4	2	3	15	10	18	25	WDWWWL		1-2
	3	Leeds United	17	9	5	3	31	15	7	2	0	21	5	2	3	3	10	10	16	23	WWDLWD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	19	10	3	6	45	29	7	1	2	31	13	3	2	4	14	16	16	23	WLWDWL		1-2
3	5	Sheffield United	19	9	5	5	28	28	7	2	1	20	11	2	3	4	8	17	0	23	LLLWLW		3-2
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	18	9	4	5	38	25	7	2	1	29	14	2	2	4	9	11	13	22	DWLLWD		2-2
1	7	Manchester United	17	8	5	4	33	26	5	4	0	18	7	3	1	4	15	19	7	21	LWWDWW
1	8	Stoke City	18	7	7	4	26	23	4	4	1	14	8	3	3	3	12	15	3	21	LDDWDD		2-2
2	9	Arsenal	18	8	5	5	34	32	6	2	1	22	14	2	3	4	12	18	2	21	LDLWLW
	10	Chelsea	17	8	4	5	27	22	2	3	3	8	9	6	1	2	19	13	5	20	WLWWLW		4-2
1	11	Leicester City	19	7	5	7	36	38	3	3	4	16	21	4	2	3	20	17	-2	19	WWWLWW		2-1
1	12	Everton	19	6	5	8	30	34	5	3	2	22	12	1	2	6	8	22	-4	17	DWLLDL		0-3
	13	Sunderland	17	7	3	7	25	31	6	1	1	17	10	1	2	6	8	21	-6	17	LWLWDL
	14	Aston Villa	19	7	2	10	29	31	4	2	3	16	13	3	0	7	13	18	-2	16	WWLLLL		2-4
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	17	6	3	8	21	27	5	1	1	11	5	1	2	7	10	22	-6	15	WLLWWL		1-2
2	16	Blackpool	18	5	4	9	26	32	3	2	4	19	17	2	2	5	7	15	-6	14	DLLDLW		2-1
1	17	Nottingham Forest	18	5	4	9	24	31	5	1	2	17	9	0	3	7	7	22	-7	14	LLWDWL		0-5
1	18	Newcastle United	19	5	4	10	20	32	4	2	4	12	13	1	2	6	8	19	-12	14	DLWLLL		2-3
1	19	West Ham United	19	5	4	10	27	44	4	3	2	16	16	1	1	8	11	28	-17	14	LDLWLW		3-0
1	20	Blackburn Rovers	19	4	4	11	31	38	3	1	5	14	12	1	3	6	17	26	-7	12	LDWLLW		5-0
2	21	Fulham	19	4	4	11	29	44	4	2	4	18	20	0	2	7	11	24	-15	12	LWLDLL		1-4
	22	Northampton Town	19	3	6	10	21	42	2	3	4	10	13	1	3	6	11	29	-21	12	WLWLLW		4-1

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