The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 MANCHESTER UNITED - Sat Oct 28, 1967 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 28, 1967 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 28 October 1967

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: V James
Attendance:: 49,946
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: FC Zurich (Fairs Cup)
League:: Sunderland
Manchester United:: Mar 23, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2547 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1171 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2810 (of 5824)
Total:: 4047 (of 7629)
Played:: 58 years, 9 months, 24 days ago

Review
49,946 is Forest's record attendance

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

Goal Scorers
Joe Baker (26')
Joe Baker (40')
Frank Wignall (59')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Matt Busby
Prior form: DWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Best (71')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Peter Grummitt
2	D	23	Peter Hindley
3	D	24	John Winfield
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay
6	M	23	Henry Newton
7	F	22	Barry Lyons
8	F	28	John Barnwell
9	F	27	Joe Baker (26') (40')
10	F	28	Frank Wignall (59')
11	F	22	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	21	Sammy Chapman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alex Stepney
2	D	Frank Kopel
3	D	Francis Burns
4	D	Pat Crerand
5	D	David Sadler
6	M	John Fitzpatrick
7	M	George Best
8	M	Brian Kidd
9	M	Bobby Charlton
10	F	Denis Law
11	F	John Aston Jnr
Subs
12		Jimmy Ryan

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Oct 28, 1967)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	5-3	Fulham
Chelsea	1-3	West Ham United
Coventry City	2-2	Sunderland
Liverpool	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Manchester City	1-0	Leeds United
Newcastle United	1-0	Everton
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Manchester United
Sheffield United	1-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southampton	2-2	Burnley
Stoke City	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Leicester City

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	13	8	2	3	22	9	6	0	0	17	3	2	2	3	5	6	13	18	LWWLWD
	2	Manchester United	12	7	4	1	23	11	4	2	0	12	4	3	2	1	11	7	12	18	DWWWWW
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	13	7	4	2	23	15	4	3	0	16	8	3	1	2	7	7	8	18	DWDWDD
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	13	7	3	3	24	22	4	3	0	15	6	3	0	3	9	16	2	17	LLWDWD
	5	Leeds United	12	6	3	3	19	10	5	1	0	17	4	1	2	3	2	6	9	15	WWDWLW
	6	Manchester City	13	7	1	5	25	16	5	1	1	16	6	2	0	4	9	10	9	15	WLLLWW
	7	Arsenal	13	7	1	5	22	15	5	1	0	12	2	2	0	5	10	13	7	15	WWLLWL
	8	Nottingham Forest	13	5	4	4	22	14	3	2	1	12	4	2	2	3	10	10	8	14	LWLDDD
	9	Everton	13	6	2	5	20	14	5	0	2	15	8	1	2	3	5	6	6	14	LLWWDW
	10	Burnley	13	5	4	4	27	20	4	3	0	17	7	1	1	4	10	13	7	14	LLWDWD
	11	Stoke City	13	4	5	4	19	19	3	2	1	10	7	1	3	3	9	12	0	13	DWLWLD
	12	Southampton	13	6	1	6	26	27	4	1	1	12	9	2	0	5	14	18	-1	13	WLWLLW
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	5	3	5	24	28	3	2	1	14	12	2	1	4	10	16	-4	13	WWDDLW
	14	Newcastle United	13	5	3	5	20	25	5	1	0	16	6	0	2	5	4	19	-5	13	WLWDWL
	15	West Bromwich Albion	13	5	2	6	21	23	4	0	3	13	9	1	2	3	8	14	-2	12	WLWWWL
	16	Sunderland	13	5	2	6	15	21	4	1	2	9	9	1	1	4	6	12	-6	12	LLLWLW
	17	Leicester City	13	4	2	7	24	23	2	1	4	10	12	2	1	3	14	11	1	10	LLLWWD
	18	Chelsea	13	2	6	5	17	34	1	5	1	12	14	1	1	4	5	20	-17	10	DLDLDD
	19	West Ham United	13	3	2	8	24	29	1	1	5	11	15	2	1	3	13	14	-5	8	LWDLLL
	20	Coventry City	13	2	4	7	19	32	2	1	3	11	14	0	3	4	8	18	-13	8	LWDLLL
	21	Fulham	13	3	1	9	15	29	2	0	4	9	14	1	1	5	6	15	-14	7	WLLLLL
	22	Sheffield United	13	2	3	8	16	31	2	0	4	6	12	0	3	4	10	19	-15	7	LWLDLL

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	14	9	2	3	23	9	7	0	0	18	3	2	2	3	5	6	14	20	WWLWDW		1-0
	2	Manchester United	13	7	4	2	24	14	4	2	0	12	4	3	2	2	12	10	10	18	WWWWWL		1-3
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	14	7	4	3	23	16	4	3	0	16	8	3	1	3	7	8	7	18	WDWDDL		0-1
2	4	Manchester City	14	8	1	5	26	16	6	1	1	17	6	2	0	4	9	10	10	17	LLLWWW		1-0
2	5	Arsenal	14	8	1	5	27	18	6	1	0	17	5	2	0	5	10	13	9	17	WLLWLW		5-3
2	6	Tottenham Hotspur	14	7	3	4	25	24	4	3	0	15	6	3	0	4	10	18	1	17	LWDWDL		1-2
1	7	Nottingham Forest	14	6	4	4	25	15	4	2	1	15	5	2	2	3	10	10	10	16	WLDDDW		3-1
3	8	Leeds United	13	6	3	4	19	11	5	1	0	17	4	1	2	4	2	7	8	15	WDWLWL		0-1
1	9	Burnley	14	5	5	4	29	22	4	3	0	17	7	1	2	4	12	15	7	15	LWDWDD		2-2
1	10	Stoke City	14	5	5	4	21	20	4	2	1	12	8	1	3	3	9	12	1	15	WLWLDW		2-1
3	11	Newcastle United	14	6	3	5	21	25	6	1	0	17	6	0	2	5	4	19	-4	15	LWDWLW		1-0
3	12	Everton	14	6	2	6	20	15	5	0	2	15	8	1	2	4	5	7	5	14	LWWDWL		0-1
1	13	Southampton	14	6	2	6	28	29	4	2	1	14	11	2	0	5	14	18	-1	14	LWLLWD		2-2
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	5	4	5	25	29	3	2	1	14	12	2	2	4	11	17	-4	14	WDDLWD		1-1
	15	West Bromwich Albion	14	5	3	6	21	23	4	1	3	13	9	1	2	3	8	14	-2	13	LWWWLD		0-0
	16	Sunderland	14	5	3	6	17	23	4	1	2	9	9	1	2	4	8	14	-6	13	LLWLWD		2-2
	17	Leicester City	14	4	3	7	24	23	2	1	4	10	12	2	2	3	14	11	1	11	LLWWDD		0-0
1	18	West Ham United	14	4	2	8	27	30	1	1	5	11	15	3	1	3	16	15	-3	10	WDLLLW		3-1
1	19	Chelsea	14	2	6	6	18	37	1	5	2	13	17	1	1	4	5	20	-19	10	LDLDDL		1-3
	20	Coventry City	14	2	5	7	21	34	2	2	3	13	16	0	3	4	8	18	-13	9	WDLLLD		2-2
1	21	Sheffield United	14	2	4	8	17	32	2	1	4	7	13	0	3	4	10	19	-15	8	WLDLLD		1-1
1	22	Fulham	14	3	1	10	18	34	2	0	4	9	14	1	1	6	9	20	-16	7	LLLLLL		3-5

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