The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Dec 16, 1967 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 16, 1967 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 16 December 1967

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: F Nicholson
Attendance:: 25,501
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 12
Opp Before/After:: 21 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (League Tier 1)
Sheffield United:: Sep 04, 1971

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2554 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 1178 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2819 (of 5829)
Total:: 4056 (of 7634)
Played:: 58 years, 9 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers
Dave Hilley (15') - Dave Hilley first goal

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: John Harris
Prior form: DWLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	Jim Baxter	Debut
9	F	27	Joe Baker
10	F	28	Frank Wignall
11	F	28	Dave Hilley (15')
Subs
12	F	19	Colin Hall

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alan Hodgkinson
2	D	David Munks
3	D	Ken Mallender
4	D	Bernard Shaw
5	D	Len Badger
6	M	Philip Cliff
7	M	Barry Wagstaff
8	M	Alan Woodward
9	M	Colin Addison
10	F	Willie Carlin
11	F	Mick Hill
Subs
12		Matthewson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 16, 1967)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	0-3	West Bromwich Albion
Coventry City	5-1	Burnley
Liverpool	1-1	Manchester City
Manchester United	3-1	Everton
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday	4-1	West Ham United
Southampton	0-0	Newcastle United
Stoke City	0-1	Arsenal
Sunderland	2-2	Leeds United
Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-2	Fulham

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	Manchester United	20	11	6	3	35	22	7	2	0	18	7	4	4	3	17	15	13	28	LWWDWD
	2	Liverpool	20	11	5	4	31	15	9	0	1	23	6	2	5	3	8	9	16	27	DLDWDW
	3	Manchester City	20	12	3	5	45	23	9	1	1	31	9	3	2	4	14	14	22	27	DWWWDW
	4	Leeds United	20	10	4	6	28	16	8	2	0	24	6	2	2	6	4	10	12	24	WLDWWL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	20	9	5	6	32	33	5	5	0	19	8	4	0	6	13	25	-1	23	DWWLDL
	6	Everton	20	9	4	7	27	19	7	1	2	18	9	2	3	5	9	10	8	22	DDWWWL
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	19	8	6	5	28	26	5	5	0	21	11	3	1	5	7	15	2	22	LWLDLD
	8	Newcastle United	20	8	6	6	31	32	8	2	0	24	8	0	4	6	7	24	-1	22	DWLWDD
	9	Stoke City	20	8	5	7	28	28	6	2	2	15	10	2	3	5	13	18	0	21	LWWLLW
	10	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	4	7	37	30	6	1	3	23	10	2	3	4	14	20	7	20	DWDWLW
	11	Arsenal	19	8	4	7	32	26	6	3	0	19	7	2	1	7	13	19	6	20	WLDDDL
	12	Burnley	20	7	6	7	36	36	6	4	0	21	8	1	2	7	15	28	0	20	DLWLWL
	13	Nottingham Forest	19	7	4	8	28	22	5	2	2	18	8	2	2	6	10	14	6	18	WLWLLL
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	7	4	8	34	38	5	2	2	21	16	2	2	6	13	22	-4	18	DWLLLW
	15	Southampton	19	7	2	10	34	40	5	2	2	18	15	2	0	8	16	25	-6	16	DLLLWL
	16	Sunderland	19	6	4	9	24	32	5	2	3	13	13	1	2	6	11	19	-8	16	DWLDLL
	17	Chelsea	19	4	8	7	26	43	2	6	2	17	18	2	2	5	9	25	-17	16	LDWLDW
	18	Leicester City	19	4	7	8	28	33	2	4	4	14	16	2	3	4	14	17	-5	15	DDLDDD
	19	West Ham United	20	5	4	11	35	38	2	1	7	18	21	3	3	4	17	17	-3	14	LLDWDL
	20	Fulham	18	6	2	10	25	35	3	1	4	12	15	3	1	6	13	20	-10	14	LLWWWD
	21	Sheffield United	19	4	5	10	19	36	4	2	4	9	13	0	3	6	10	23	-17	13	DWLDLW
	22	Coventry City	20	2	8	10	23	43	2	3	5	14	22	0	5	5	9	21	-20	12	LLDLDD

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	Manchester United	21	12	6	3	38	23	8	2	0	21	8	4	4	3	17	15	15	30	WWDWDW		3-1
	2	Liverpool	21	11	6	4	32	16	9	1	1	24	7	2	5	3	8	9	16	28	LDWDWD		1-1
	3	Manchester City	21	12	4	5	46	24	9	1	1	31	9	3	3	4	15	15	22	28	WWWDWD		1-1
	4	Leeds United	21	10	5	6	30	18	8	2	0	24	6	2	3	6	6	12	12	25	LDWWLD		2-2
2	5	Sheffield Wednesday	20	9	6	5	32	27	6	5	0	25	12	3	1	5	7	15	5	24	WLDLDW		4-1
2	6	Newcastle United	21	8	7	6	31	32	8	2	0	24	8	0	5	6	7	24	-1	23	WLWDDD		0-0
2	7	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	5	7	32	34	5	5	1	19	9	4	0	6	13	25	-2	23	WWLDLL		0-1
2	8	West Bromwich Albion	20	9	4	7	40	30	6	1	3	23	10	3	3	4	17	20	10	22	WDWLWW		3-0
3	9	Everton	21	9	4	8	28	22	7	1	2	18	9	2	3	6	10	13	6	22	DWWWLL		1-3
1	10	Arsenal	20	9	4	7	33	26	6	3	0	19	7	3	1	7	14	19	7	22	LDDDLW		1-0
2	11	Stoke City	21	8	5	8	28	29	6	2	3	15	11	2	3	5	13	18	-1	21	WWLLWL		0-1
1	12	Nottingham Forest	20	8	4	8	29	22	6	2	2	19	8	2	2	6	10	14	7	20	LWLLLW		1-0
1	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	4	8	37	40	6	2	2	24	18	2	2	6	13	22	-3	20	WLLLWW		3-2
2	14	Burnley	21	7	6	8	37	41	6	4	0	21	8	1	2	8	16	33	-4	20	LWLWLL		1-5
3	15	Leicester City	20	5	7	8	29	33	2	4	4	14	16	3	3	4	15	17	-4	17	DLDDDW		1-0
1	16	Southampton	20	7	3	10	34	40	5	3	2	18	15	2	0	8	16	25	-6	17	LLLWLD		0-0
1	17	Sunderland	20	6	5	9	26	34	5	3	3	15	15	1	2	6	11	19	-8	17	WLDLLD		2-2
1	18	Chelsea	20	4	8	8	26	46	2	6	3	17	21	2	2	5	9	25	-20	16	DWLDWL		0-3
	19	West Ham United	21	5	4	12	36	42	2	1	7	18	21	3	3	5	18	21	-6	14	LDWDLL		1-4
	20	Fulham	19	6	2	11	27	38	3	1	4	12	15	3	1	7	15	23	-11	14	LWWWDL		2-3
1	21	Coventry City	21	3	8	10	28	44	3	3	5	19	23	0	5	5	9	21	-16	14	LDLDDW		5-1
1	22	Sheffield United	20	4	5	11	19	37	4	2	4	9	13	0	3	7	10	24	-18	13	WLDLWL		0-1