The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 3 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Apr 23, 1966 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 23, 1966 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1965-66
Referee:: P Brandwood
Attendance:: 17,742
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 16
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Dec 27, 1975

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2487 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1111 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2737 (of 5824)
Total:: 3961 (of 7629)
Played:: 60 years, 4 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Bryan Douglas (44')
Mike Ferguson (78')
Mike England (81')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Peter Grummitt
2	D	21	Peter Hindley
3	M	22	Henry Newton
4	D	23	John Winfield
5	D	33	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jeff Whitefoot off for Sammy Chapman
7	F	21	Ian Storey-Moore
8	F	25	Colin Addison
9	F	25	Joe Baker
10	F	27	John Barnwell
11	F	23	Alan Hinton
Subs
12	F	19	Sammy Chapman on for Jeff Whitefoot

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Peter Grummitt	241		7	1
2	D	21	Peter Hindley	85	4	7	1
3	M	22	Henry Newton	111	4	7	1
4	D	23	John Winfield	78	3	21	4
5	D	33	Bob McKinlay	541	8	7	1
6	M	32	Jeff Whitefoot off for Sammy Chapman	275	7	7	1
7	F	21	Ian Storey-Moore	49	14	7	1
8	F	25	Colin Addison	168	68	28	6
9	F	25	Joe Baker	9	4	7	1
10	F	27	John Barnwell	85	16	28	6
11	F	23	Alan Hinton	91	22	7	1
Subs
12	F	19	Sammy Chapman on for Jeff Whitefoot	11	3	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Fred Else
2	D	Keith Newton
3	D	Billy Wilson
4	D	Mike England
5	D	Mike Ferguson
6	M	Ronnie Clayton
7	M	Martin Britt
8	M	George Sharples
9	M	Mike Harrison
10	F	Andy McEvoy
11	F	Bryan Douglas
Subs
12		Byrom

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 23, 1966)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-1	Sunderland
Burnley	2-0	Liverpool
Newcastle United	0-2	Sheffield United
Northampton Town	2-4	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	0-3	Blackburn Rovers
Stoke City	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur

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	39	25	8	6	76	30	16	2	2	50	14	9	6	4	26	16	46	58	DWWDDW	Safe
2	Burnley	38	21	7	10	74	46	14	3	2	43	19	7	4	8	31	27	28	49	WWDWWL	Safe
3	Leeds United	37	20	8	9	71	35	13	4	3	46	15	7	4	6	25	20	36	48	LLWWLW	Safe
4	Chelsea	36	20	6	10	58	45	9	4	4	25	16	11	2	6	33	29	13	46	DLWWWL	Safe
5	West Bromwich Albion	38	16	11	11	81	63	10	5	4	53	30	6	6	7	28	33	18	43	LDWDWW	Safe
6	Leicester City	38	18	7	13	73	62	9	4	5	33	26	9	3	8	40	36	11	43	WWWLWL	Safe
7	Manchester United	35	15	12	8	66	49	10	7	1	41	17	5	5	7	25	32	17	42	WLWDLL	Safe
8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	14	12	11	72	61	11	6	3	55	36	3	6	8	17	25	11	40	DLLLDD	Safe
9	Everton	39	15	10	14	56	57	12	5	3	39	19	3	5	11	17	38	-1	40	WDDLWL	Safe
10	Sheffield United	38	14	11	13	51	55	10	6	3	34	23	4	5	10	17	32	-4	39	LWLWLW	Safe
11	Stoke City	38	13	11	14	60	61	10	6	2	38	20	3	5	12	22	41	-1	37	WLLWLL
12	West Ham United	38	13	9	16	64	78	10	5	4	41	31	3	4	12	23	47	-14	35	LLDWLW
13	Arsenal	37	11	12	14	60	65	7	7	4	34	27	4	5	10	26	38	-5	34	LLDDLW
14	Newcastle United	38	13	8	17	47	57	9	4	5	23	17	4	4	12	24	40	-10	34	WDWLWD
15	Nottingham Forest	37	13	7	17	52	64	10	2	5	28	20	3	5	12	24	44	-12	33	WLWLLW
16	Blackpool	39	12	9	18	48	62	8	5	7	33	29	4	4	11	15	33	-14	33	LWLWLD
17	Sunderland	39	13	7	19	47	69	12	2	6	34	28	1	5	13	13	41	-22	33	WWLDWL
18	Aston Villa	38	13	6	19	63	72	9	3	8	36	34	4	3	11	27	38	-9	32	DLLDLW
19	Sheffield Wednesday	36	12	7	17	50	58	10	5	3	32	15	2	2	14	18	43	-8	31	WWLDLL
20	Northampton Town	39	9	13	17	51	84	7	6	6	27	27	2	7	11	24	57	-33	31	LDWDWD
21	Fulham	38	12	5	21	59	80	9	3	8	33	36	3	2	13	26	44	-21	29	WWLWWL
22	Blackburn Rovers	36	7	4	25	51	77	6	1	10	27	26	1	3	15	24	51	-26	18	LLLLLL	Relegated

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	40	25	8	7	76	32	16	2	2	50	14	9	6	5	26	18	44	58	WWDDWL	Safe	0-2
	2	Burnley	39	22	7	10	76	46	15	3	2	45	19	7	4	8	31	27	30	51	WDWWLW	Safe	2-0
	3	Leeds United	37	20	8	9	71	35	13	4	3	46	15	7	4	6	25	20	36	48	LLWWLW	Safe
	4	Chelsea	36	20	6	10	58	45	9	4	4	25	16	11	2	6	33	29	13	46	DLWWWL	Safe
	5	West Bromwich Albion	38	16	11	11	81	63	10	5	4	53	30	6	6	7	28	33	18	43	LDWDWW	Safe
	6	Leicester City	38	18	7	13	73	62	9	4	5	33	26	9	3	8	40	36	11	43	WWWLWL	Safe
	7	Manchester United	35	15	12	8	66	49	10	7	1	41	17	5	5	7	25	32	17	42	WLWDLL	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	12	11	73	61	11	6	3	55	36	4	6	8	18	25	12	42	LLLDDW	Safe	1-0
1	9	Sheffield United	39	15	11	13	53	55	10	6	3	34	23	5	5	10	19	32	-2	41	WLWLWW	Safe	2-0
1	10	Everton	39	15	10	14	56	57	12	5	3	39	19	3	5	11	17	38	-1	40	WDDLWL	Safe
	11	Stoke City	39	13	11	15	60	62	10	6	3	38	21	3	5	12	22	41	-2	37	LLWLLL	Safe	0-1
1	12	Arsenal	38	11	13	14	61	66	7	8	4	35	28	4	5	10	26	38	-5	35	LDDLWD		1-1
1	13	West Ham United	38	13	9	16	64	78	10	5	4	41	31	3	4	12	23	47	-14	35	LLDWLW
	14	Newcastle United	39	13	8	18	47	59	9	4	6	23	19	4	4	12	24	40	-12	34	DWLWDL		0-2
2	15	Sunderland	40	13	8	19	48	70	12	2	6	34	28	1	6	13	14	42	-22	34	WLDWLD		1-1
1	16	Nottingham Forest	38	13	7	18	52	67	10	2	6	28	23	3	5	12	24	44	-15	33	LWLLWL		0-3
1	17	Blackpool	39	12	9	18	48	62	8	5	7	33	29	4	4	11	15	33	-14	33	LWLWLD
	18	Aston Villa	38	13	6	19	63	72	9	3	8	36	34	4	3	11	27	38	-9	32	DLLDLW
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	36	12	7	17	50	58	10	5	3	32	15	2	2	14	18	43	-8	31	WWLDLL
1	20	Fulham	39	13	5	21	63	82	9	3	8	33	36	4	2	13	30	46	-19	31	WLWWLW		4-2
1	21	Northampton Town	40	9	13	18	53	88	7	6	7	29	31	2	7	11	24	57	-35	31	DWDWDL		2-4
	22	Blackburn Rovers	37	8	4	25	54	77	6	1	10	27	26	2	3	15	27	51	-23	20	LLLLLW	Relegated	3-0

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