The City Ground

CHELSEA 1 - 0 FOREST - Mon Apr 11, 1966 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 11, 1966 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1965-66
Referee:: K Seddon
Attendance:: 39,380
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 5 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Apr 12, 1966

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2484 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 1108 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2734 (of 5829)
Total:: 3958 (of 7634)
Played:: 60 years, 5 months, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

CHELSEA
Manager: Tommy Docherty
Prior form: LWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bobby Tambling (10')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Peter Grummitt
2	D	19	Bill Brindley
3	M	22	Henry Newton
4	D	23	Terry Hennessey
5	D	33	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jeff Whitefoot
7	M	22	Mike Kear
8	M	17	Dave Stainwright
9	F	25	Joe Baker
10	F	26	Chris Crowe
11	F	21	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Bonetti
2	D	Marvin Hinton
3	D	Joe Kirkup
4	D	Ron Harris
5	D	Eddie McCreadie
6	M	Terry Venables
7	M	John Hollins
8	M	George Graham
9	M	Bobby Tambling
10	F	Barry Bridges
11	F	Peter Osgood
Subs
12		Bert Murray

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 11, 1966)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Chelsea	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Everton	1-0	Newcastle United
Sheffield United	0-1	Blackpool
Sunderland	2-2	Liverpool
West Bromwich Albion	4-4	Arsenal

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	37	24	7	6	72	28	15	2	2	48	14	9	5	4	24	14	44	55	LWDWWD	Safe
	2	Burnley	36	20	7	9	71	43	13	3	2	41	18	7	4	7	30	25	28	47	LWWWDW	Safe
	3	Leeds United	35	19	8	8	67	33	12	4	2	42	13	7	4	6	25	20	34	46	WWLLWW	Safe
	4	Manchester United	34	15	12	7	65	46	10	7	1	41	17	5	5	6	24	29	19	42	DWLWDL	Safe
	5	Chelsea	33	18	6	9	55	42	8	4	4	24	16	10	2	5	31	26	13	42	LWWDLW	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	36	14	11	11	71	60	11	5	3	54	35	3	6	8	17	25	11	39	LDLLLD	Safe
	7	Leicester City	34	16	7	11	65	55	8	4	4	30	24	8	3	7	35	31	10	39	LWDDWW	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	10	11	71	58	9	4	4	44	25	5	6	7	27	33	13	38	DDLLDW
	9	Everton	37	14	10	13	54	53	11	5	3	38	19	3	5	10	16	34	1	38	WWWDDL
	10	Stoke City	36	13	11	12	60	58	10	6	2	38	20	3	5	10	22	38	2	37	DLWLLW
	11	Sheffield United	36	13	11	12	48	53	9	6	2	31	21	4	5	10	17	32	-5	37	DLLWLW
	12	West Ham United	37	12	9	16	62	77	9	5	4	39	30	3	4	12	23	47	-15	33	WLLDWL
	13	Sheffield Wednesday	34	12	7	15	47	52	10	5	3	32	15	2	2	12	15	37	-5	31	DWWWLD
	14	Arsenal	34	10	11	13	53	59	7	7	4	34	27	3	4	9	19	32	-6	31	DDLLLD
	15	Newcastle United	35	12	7	16	44	54	9	4	5	23	17	3	3	11	21	37	-10	31	WLLWDW
	16	Nottingham Forest	34	12	7	15	48	61	10	2	4	27	18	2	5	11	21	43	-13	31	WDLWLW
	17	Aston Villa	37	12	6	19	61	71	8	3	8	34	33	4	3	11	27	38	-10	30	LDLLDL
	18	Blackpool	36	11	8	17	46	58	8	4	6	32	25	3	4	11	14	33	-12	30	WWWLWL
	19	Sunderland	36	12	6	18	43	65	11	1	5	30	24	1	5	13	13	41	-22	30	LWLWWL
	20	Northampton Town	37	8	12	17	49	83	6	6	6	26	27	2	6	11	23	56	-34	28	WDLDWD
	21	Fulham	35	10	5	20	54	74	8	3	7	29	30	2	2	13	25	44	-20	25	WWWWWL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	34	7	4	23	51	74	6	1	9	27	25	1	3	14	24	49	-23	18	WLLLLL

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	38	24	8	6	74	30	15	2	2	48	14	9	6	4	26	16	44	56	WDWWDD	Safe	2-2
	2	Burnley	37	21	7	9	73	44	14	3	2	43	19	7	4	7	30	25	29	49	WWWDWW	Safe	2-1
	3	Leeds United	35	19	8	8	67	33	12	4	2	42	13	7	4	6	25	20	34	46	WWLLWW	Safe
1	4	Chelsea	34	19	6	9	56	42	9	4	4	25	16	10	2	5	31	26	14	44	WWDLWW	Safe	1-0
1	5	Manchester United	34	15	12	7	65	46	10	7	1	41	17	5	5	6	24	29	19	42	DWLWDL	Safe
3	6	Everton	38	15	10	13	55	53	12	5	3	39	19	3	5	10	16	34	2	40	WWDDLW	Safe	1-0
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	11	11	75	62	9	5	4	48	29	5	6	7	27	33	13	39	DLLDWD	Safe	4-4
2	8	Tottenham Hotspur	36	14	11	11	71	60	11	5	3	54	35	3	6	8	17	25	11	39	LDLLLD	Safe
2	9	Leicester City	34	16	7	11	65	55	8	4	4	30	24	8	3	7	35	31	10	39	LWDDWW	Safe
	10	Stoke City	36	13	11	12	60	58	10	6	2	38	20	3	5	10	22	38	2	37	DLWLLW
	11	Sheffield United	37	13	11	13	48	54	9	6	3	31	22	4	5	10	17	32	-6	37	LLWLWL		0-1
	12	West Ham United	37	12	9	16	62	77	9	5	4	39	30	3	4	12	23	47	-15	33	WLLDWL
1	13	Arsenal	35	10	12	13	57	63	7	7	4	34	27	3	5	9	23	36	-6	32	DLLLDD		4-4
4	14	Blackpool	37	12	8	17	47	58	8	4	6	32	25	4	4	11	15	33	-11	32	WWLWLW		1-0
2	15	Sheffield Wednesday	35	12	7	16	48	54	10	5	3	32	15	2	2	13	16	39	-6	31	WWWLDL		1-2
1	16	Newcastle United	36	12	7	17	44	55	9	4	5	23	17	3	3	12	21	38	-11	31	LLWDWL		0-1
1	17	Nottingham Forest	35	12	7	16	48	62	10	2	4	27	18	2	5	12	21	44	-14	31	DLWLWL		0-1
1	18	Sunderland	37	12	7	18	45	67	11	2	5	32	26	1	5	13	13	41	-22	31	WLWWLD		2-2
2	19	Aston Villa	37	12	6	19	61	71	8	3	8	34	33	4	3	11	27	38	-10	30	LDLLDL
	20	Northampton Town	37	8	12	17	49	83	6	6	6	26	27	2	6	11	23	56	-34	28	WDLDWD
	21	Fulham	35	10	5	20	54	74	8	3	7	29	30	2	2	13	25	44	-20	25	WWWWWL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	34	7	4	23	51	74	6	1	9	27	25	1	3	14	24	49	-23	18	WLLLLL

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