The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 STOKE CITY - Tue Dec 26, 1967 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Dec 26, 1967 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Guardian - Wednesday 27 December 1967

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: E Jennings
Attendance:: 37,577
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 11
Opp Before/After:: 12 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 1)
Stoke City:: Dec 30, 1967

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2556 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1180 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2821 (of 5824)
Total:: 4058 (of 7629)
Played:: 58 years, 8 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Barry Lyons (1') - Scored after just 45 seconds
Dave Hilley (21')
Barry Lyons (55')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Tony Waddington
Prior form: WLLWLL (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 (1') (55')
8	F	28	Jim Baxter
9	F	27	Joe Baker
10	F	28	Frank Wignall
11	F	29	Dave Hilley (21')
Subs
12	F	19	Colin Hall

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gordon Banks
2	D	John Moore
3	D	William Bentley
4	D	Alex Elder
5	D	Tony Allen
6	M	Gerald Bridgwood
7	M	Alan Bloor
8	M	John Mahoney
9	M	Harry Burrows
10	F	Peter Dobing
11	F	Roy Vernon
Subs
12		George Eastham

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Dec 26, 1967)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	2-1	Arsenal
Coventry City	1-1	Liverpool
Everton	2-0	Burnley
Manchester United	4-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Newcastle United	2-1	Sunderland
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Leeds United
Southampton	3-3	Sheffield United
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Fulham
West Bromwich Albion	3-2	Manchester City
West Ham United	4-2	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	Manchester United	22	12	7	3	40	25	8	2	0	21	8	4	5	3	19	17	15	31	WDWDWD
	2	Manchester City	22	13	4	5	50	26	10	1	1	35	11	3	3	4	15	15	24	30	WWDWDW
	3	Liverpool	22	11	7	4	33	17	9	1	1	24	7	2	6	3	9	10	16	29	DWDWDD
	4	Leeds United	22	11	5	6	32	19	9	2	0	26	7	2	3	6	6	12	13	27	DWWLDW
	5	Everton	22	10	4	8	31	22	8	1	2	21	9	2	3	6	10	13	9	24	WWWLLW
	6	Arsenal	21	10	4	7	36	26	7	3	0	22	7	3	1	7	14	19	10	24	DDDLWW
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	21	9	6	6	33	29	6	5	0	25	12	3	1	6	8	17	4	24	LDLDWL
	8	Newcastle United	22	8	8	6	32	33	8	3	0	25	9	0	5	6	7	24	-1	24	LWDDDD
	9	West Bromwich Albion	21	9	5	7	40	30	6	2	3	23	10	3	3	4	17	20	10	23	DWLWWD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	5	8	33	36	5	5	1	19	9	4	0	7	14	27	-3	23	WLDLLL
	11	Burnley	22	8	6	8	39	42	7	4	0	23	9	1	2	8	16	33	-3	22	WLWLLW
	12	Stoke City	22	8	5	9	30	33	6	2	3	15	11	2	3	6	15	22	-3	21	WLLWLL
	13	Nottingham Forest	21	8	4	9	29	25	6	2	2	19	8	2	2	7	10	17	4	20	WLLLWL
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	4	9	38	42	6	2	2	24	18	2	2	7	14	24	-4	20	LLLWWL
	15	Leicester City	21	5	8	8	31	35	2	5	4	16	18	3	3	4	15	17	-4	18	LDDDWD
	16	Southampton	21	7	4	10	34	40	5	3	2	18	15	2	1	8	16	25	-6	18	LLWLDD
	17	Sunderland	21	6	5	10	26	37	5	3	3	15	15	1	2	7	11	22	-11	17	LDLLDL
	18	Chelsea	21	4	9	8	28	48	2	6	3	17	21	2	3	5	11	27	-20	17	WLDWLD
	19	West Ham United	22	6	4	12	38	43	3	1	7	20	22	3	3	5	18	21	-5	16	DWDLLW
	20	Fulham	20	6	3	11	29	40	3	2	4	14	17	3	1	7	15	23	-11	15	WWWDLD
	21	Sheffield United	21	5	5	11	21	37	5	2	4	11	13	0	3	7	10	24	-16	15	LDLWLW
	22	Coventry City	22	3	8	11	28	46	3	3	5	19	23	0	5	6	9	23	-18	14	DLDDWL

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	23	13	7	3	44	25	9	2	0	25	8	4	5	3	19	17	19	33	DWDWDW		4-0
1	2	Liverpool	23	11	8	4	34	18	9	1	1	24	7	2	7	3	10	11	16	30	WDWDDD		1-1
1	3	Manchester City	23	13	4	6	52	29	10	1	1	35	11	3	3	5	17	18	23	30	WDWDWL		2-3
	4	Leeds United	23	12	5	6	33	19	9	2	0	26	7	3	3	6	7	12	14	29	WWLDWW		1-0
	5	Everton	23	11	4	8	33	22	9	1	2	23	9	2	3	6	10	13	11	26	WWLLWW		2-0
2	6	Newcastle United	23	9	8	6	34	34	9	3	0	27	10	0	5	6	7	24	0	26	WDDDDW		2-1
2	7	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	5	7	43	32	7	2	3	26	12	3	3	4	17	20	11	25	WLWWDW		3-2
2	8	Arsenal	22	10	4	8	37	28	7	3	0	22	7	3	1	8	15	21	9	24	DDLWWL		1-2
2	9	Sheffield Wednesday	22	9	6	7	33	30	6	5	1	25	13	3	1	6	8	17	3	24	DLDWLL		0-1
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	6	8	35	38	5	6	1	21	11	4	0	7	14	27	-3	24	LDLLLD		2-2
2	11	Nottingham Forest	22	9	4	9	32	25	7	2	2	22	8	2	2	7	10	17	7	22	LLLWLW		3-0
1	12	Burnley	23	8	6	9	39	44	7	4	0	23	9	1	2	9	16	35	-5	22	LWLLWL		0-2
1	13	Stoke City	23	8	5	10	30	36	6	2	3	15	11	2	3	7	15	25	-6	21	LLWLLL		0-3
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	8	4	10	38	46	6	2	2	24	18	2	2	8	14	28	-8	20	LLWWLL		0-4
1	15	Southampton	22	7	5	10	37	43	5	4	2	21	18	2	1	8	16	25	-6	19	LWLDDD		3-3
2	16	Chelsea	22	5	9	8	30	49	3	6	3	19	22	2	3	5	11	27	-19	19	LDWLDW		2-1
2	17	West Ham United	23	7	4	12	42	45	4	1	7	24	24	3	3	5	18	21	-3	18	WDLLWW		4-2
3	18	Leicester City	22	5	8	9	33	39	2	5	4	16	18	3	3	5	17	21	-6	18	DDDWDL		2-4
2	19	Sunderland	22	6	5	11	27	39	5	3	3	15	15	1	2	8	12	24	-12	17	DLLDLL		1-2
	20	Fulham	21	6	4	11	31	42	3	2	4	14	17	3	2	7	17	25	-11	16	WWDLDD		2-2
	21	Sheffield United	22	5	6	11	24	40	5	2	4	11	13	0	4	7	13	27	-16	16	DLWLWD		3-3
	22	Coventry City	23	3	9	11	29	47	3	4	5	20	24	0	5	6	9	23	-18	15	LDDWLD		1-1

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