The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 30, 1966 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 30, 1966 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 30 April 1966

Season:: 1965-66
Referee:: N Burtenshaw
Attendance:: 18,485
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 20
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Oct 08, 1966

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2489 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1113 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2739 (of 5824)
Total:: 3963 (of 7629)
Played:: 60 years, 3 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Graham Cross (19') (OG)

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Matt Gillies
Prior form: WWWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Graham Cross (21')
Graham Cross (37')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Peter Grummitt
2	D	21	Peter Hindley
3	M	22	Henry Newton
4	D	23	Terry Hennessey
5	D	33	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jeff Whitefoot
7	F	26	Chris Crowe
8	F	25	Joe Baker
9	M	18	Barry McArthur	Last game
10	F	21	Ian Storey-Moore
11	F	23	Alan Hinton
Subs
12	D	19	Bill Brindley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gordon Banks
2	D	John Sjoberg
3	D	Richie Norman
4	D	Graham Cross
5	D	Peter Rodrigues
6	M	Thomas Sweenie
7	M	Paul Matthews
8	M	Bobby Roberts
9	M	Jackie Sinclair
10	F	David Gibson
11	F	Derek Dougan
Subs
12		Goodfellow

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 30, 1966)

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

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	40	25	8	7	76	32	16	2	2	50	14	9	6	5	26	18	44	58	WWDDWL	Safe
	2	Burnley	39	22	7	10	76	46	15	3	2	45	19	7	4	8	31	27	30	51	WDWWLW	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	37	20	6	11	60	48	9	4	5	27	19	11	2	6	33	29	12	46	LWWWLL	Safe
	5	Manchester United	37	16	13	8	68	50	11	7	1	43	18	5	6	7	25	32	18	45	WDLLDW	Safe
	6	West Bromwich Albion	39	17	11	11	84	65	10	5	4	53	30	7	6	7	31	35	19	45	DWDWWW	Safe
	7	Leicester City	38	18	7	13	73	62	9	4	5	33	26	9	3	8	40	36	11	43	WWWLWL	Safe
	8	Sheffield United	40	16	11	13	56	55	11	6	3	37	23	5	5	10	19	32	1	43	LWLWWW	Safe
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	39	15	12	12	73	63	11	6	3	55	36	4	6	9	18	27	10	42	LLDDWL	Safe
	10	Everton	40	15	11	14	56	57	12	6	3	39	19	3	5	11	17	38	-1	41	DDLWLD	Safe
	11	Stoke City	39	13	11	15	60	62	10	6	3	38	21	3	5	12	22	41	-2	37	LLWLLL	Safe
	12	West Ham United	39	14	9	16	66	78	11	5	4	43	31	3	4	12	23	47	-12	37	LDWLWW	Safe
	13	Arsenal	39	11	13	15	61	69	7	8	4	35	28	4	5	11	26	41	-8	35	DDLWDL
	14	Newcastle United	39	13	8	18	47	59	9	4	6	23	19	4	4	12	24	40	-12	34	DWLWDL
	15	Sunderland	41	13	8	20	49	72	12	2	6	34	28	1	6	14	15	44	-23	34	LDWLDL
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	37	13	7	17	52	58	11	5	3	34	15	2	2	14	18	43	-6	33	WLDLLW
	17	Fulham	40	14	5	21	65	83	9	3	8	33	36	5	2	13	32	47	-18	33	LWWLWW
	18	Nottingham Forest	39	13	7	19	53	69	10	2	7	29	25	3	5	12	24	44	-16	33	WLLWLL
	19	Blackpool	40	12	9	19	49	64	8	5	7	33	29	4	4	12	16	35	-15	33	WLWLDL
	20	Northampton Town	41	10	13	18	55	89	8	6	7	31	32	2	7	11	24	57	-34	33	WDWDLW
	21	Aston Villa	39	13	6	20	63	74	9	3	8	36	34	4	3	12	27	40	-11	32	LLDLWL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	37	8	4	25	54	77	6	1	10	27	26	2	3	15	27	51	-23	20	LLLLLW	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	41	26	8	7	78	33	17	2	2	52	15	9	6	5	26	18	45	60	WDDWLW	Champions	2-1
	2	Burnley	40	23	7	10	77	46	15	3	2	45	19	8	4	8	32	27	31	53	DWWLWW	Safe	1-0
	3	Leeds United	38	21	8	9	74	35	14	4	3	49	15	7	4	6	25	20	39	50	LWWLWW	Safe	3-0
2	4	West Bromwich Albion	40	18	11	11	86	65	10	5	4	53	30	8	6	7	33	35	21	47	WDWWWW	Safe	2-0
1	5	Chelsea	38	20	6	12	61	50	9	4	5	27	19	11	2	7	34	31	11	46	WWWLLL	Safe	1-2
1	6	Manchester United	38	16	13	9	70	53	11	7	1	43	18	5	6	8	27	35	17	45	DLLDWL	Safe	2-3
	7	Leicester City	39	19	7	13	75	63	10	4	5	35	27	9	3	8	40	36	12	45	WWLWLW	Safe	2-1
	8	Sheffield United	41	16	11	14	56	57	11	6	4	37	25	5	5	10	19	32	-1	43	WLWWWL	Safe	0-2
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	40	15	12	13	73	64	11	6	4	55	37	4	6	9	18	27	9	42	LDDWLL	Safe	0-1
	10	Everton	41	15	11	15	56	59	12	6	3	39	19	3	5	12	17	40	-3	41	DLWLDL	Safe	0-2
1	11	West Ham United	40	15	9	16	69	80	12	5	4	46	33	3	4	12	23	47	-11	39	DWLWWW	Safe	3-2
1	12	Stoke City	40	13	12	15	61	63	10	6	3	38	21	3	6	12	23	42	-2	38	LWLLLD	Safe	1-1
2	13	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	51	72	13	2	6	36	28	1	6	14	15	44	-21	36	DWLDLW	Safe	2-0
2	14	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14	7	17	54	59	11	5	3	34	15	3	2	14	20	44	-5	35	LDLLWW	Safe	2-1
2	15	Arsenal	40	11	13	16	61	72	7	8	4	35	28	4	5	12	26	44	-11	35	DLWDLL	Safe	0-3
3	16	Blackpool	41	13	9	19	52	64	9	5	7	36	29	4	4	12	16	35	-12	35	LWLDLW	Safe	3-0
4	17	Aston Villa	40	14	6	20	66	74	10	3	8	39	34	4	3	12	27	40	-8	34	LDLWLW	Safe	3-0
1	18	Fulham	41	14	6	21	66	84	9	4	8	34	37	5	2	13	32	47	-18	34	WWLWWD	Safe	1-1
5	19	Newcastle United	40	13	8	19	47	62	9	4	6	23	19	4	4	13	24	43	-15	34	WLWDLL	Safe	0-3
2	20	Nottingham Forest	40	13	7	20	54	71	10	2	7	29	25	3	5	13	25	46	-17	33	LLWLLL		1-2
1	21	Northampton Town	42	10	13	19	55	92	8	6	7	31	32	2	7	12	24	60	-37	33	DWDLWL		0-3
	22	Blackburn Rovers	38	8	4	26	55	79	6	1	11	28	28	2	3	15	27	51	-24	20	LLLLWL	Relegated	1-2