The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 3 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Jan 06, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 06, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

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

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: A Dimond
Attendance:: 39,581
League Week:: 24 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 11
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Oct 26, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2558 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 1182 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2823 (of 5828)
Total:: 4060 (of 7633)
Played:: 58 years, 8 months, 0 days ago

Review
Goalkeeper Peter Grummit was injured just before City scored their third goal, and went off before play could be resumed. Billy Taylor replaced him in the outfield, and Frank Wignall went in goal.

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

Goal Scorers

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Joe Mercer
Prior form: DWDWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Neil Young (35')
Tony Coleman (40') (Pen)
Mike Summerbee (70')

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
9	F	19	Colin Hall
10	F	28	Frank Wignall
11	F	29	Dave Hilley
Subs
12	M	28	Billy Taylor

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Peter Grummitt	327		7	1
2	D	23	Peter Hindley	169	4	7	1
3	D	24	John Winfield	157	3	7	1
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey	105	4	7	1
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay	627	10	7	1
6	M	23	Henry Newton	188	8	7	1
7	F	22	Barry Lyons	58	10	7	1
8	F	28	Jim Baxter	4	1	7	1
9	F	19	Colin Hall	2		28	5
10	F	28	Frank Wignall	172	52	7	1
11	F	29	Dave Hilley	6	3	7	1
Subs
12	M	28	Billy Taylor	14	1	28	5

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ken Mulhearn
2	D	Tony Book
3	D	Glyn Pardoe
4	D	Mike Doyle
5	D	George Heslop
6	M	Alan Oakes
7	M	Francis Lee
8	M	Dave Connor
9	M	Mike Summerbee
10	F	Neil Young
11	F	Tony Coleman
Subs
12		Bobby Kennedy

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 06, 1968)

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

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	24	14	7	3	47	27	9	2	0	25	8	5	5	3	22	19	20	35	WDWDWW
2	Liverpool	24	12	8	4	35	18	10	1	1	25	7	2	7	3	10	11	17	32	DWDDDW
3	Leeds United	24	13	5	6	36	21	10	2	0	29	9	3	3	6	7	12	15	31	WLDWWW
4	Manchester City	24	13	4	7	52	31	10	1	2	35	13	3	3	5	17	18	21	30	DWDWLL
5	West Bromwich Albion	23	11	5	7	45	32	7	2	3	26	12	4	3	4	19	20	13	27	LWWDWW
6	Newcastle United	24	9	9	6	37	37	9	3	0	27	10	0	6	6	10	27	0	27	DDDDWD
7	Everton	24	11	4	9	34	24	9	1	2	23	9	2	3	7	11	15	10	26	WLLWWL
8	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	6	8	37	39	5	6	1	21	11	5	0	7	16	28	-2	26	DLLLDW
9	Arsenal	23	10	5	8	38	29	7	4	0	23	8	3	1	8	15	21	9	25	DLWWLD
10	Nottingham Forest	23	10	4	9	35	26	7	2	2	22	8	3	2	7	13	18	9	24	LLWLWW
11	Sheffield Wednesday	23	9	6	8	35	33	6	5	1	25	13	3	1	7	10	20	2	24	LDWLLL
12	Burnley	24	9	6	9	41	45	8	4	0	25	10	1	2	9	16	35	-4	24	WLLWLW
13	Stoke City	24	8	5	11	31	39	6	2	4	16	14	2	3	7	15	25	-8	21	LWLLLL
14	West Ham United	24	8	4	12	46	47	4	1	7	24	24	4	3	5	22	23	-1	20	DLLWWW
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	8	4	11	40	49	6	2	3	26	21	2	2	8	14	28	-9	20	LWWLLL
16	Chelsea	23	5	10	8	31	50	3	6	3	19	22	2	4	5	12	28	-19	20	DWLDWD
17	Southampton	23	7	5	11	38	47	5	4	2	21	18	2	1	9	17	29	-9	19	WLDDDL
18	Leicester City	23	5	8	10	35	43	2	5	5	18	22	3	3	5	17	21	-8	18	DDWDLL
19	Sunderland	23	6	6	11	30	42	5	4	3	18	18	1	2	8	12	24	-12	18	LLDLLD
20	Sheffield United	23	6	6	11	28	41	6	2	4	15	14	0	4	7	13	27	-13	18	LWLWDW
21	Fulham	22	6	4	12	32	44	3	2	5	15	19	3	2	7	17	25	-12	16	WDLDDL
22	Coventry City	24	3	9	12	29	48	3	4	5	20	24	0	5	7	9	24	-19	15	DDWLDL

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	25	15	7	3	50	28	10	2	0	28	9	5	5	3	22	19	22	37	DWDWWW		3-1
	2	Liverpool	25	13	8	4	39	19	11	1	1	29	8	2	7	3	10	11	20	34	WDDDWW		4-1
	3	Leeds United	25	14	5	6	41	21	10	2	0	29	9	4	3	6	12	12	20	33	LDWWWW		5-0
	4	Manchester City	25	14	4	7	55	31	10	1	2	35	13	4	3	5	20	18	24	32	WDWLLW		3-0
2	5	Everton	25	12	4	9	37	25	9	1	2	23	9	3	3	7	14	16	12	28	LLWWLW		3-1
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	24	11	5	8	46	36	7	2	3	26	12	4	3	5	20	24	10	27	WWDWWL		1-4
1	7	Newcastle United	25	9	9	7	38	39	9	3	0	27	10	0	6	7	11	29	-1	27	DDDWDL		1-2
1	8	Arsenal	24	10	6	8	39	30	7	4	0	23	8	3	2	8	16	22	9	26	LWWLDD		1-1
1	9	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	6	8	37	39	5	6	1	21	11	5	0	7	16	28	-2	26	DLLLDW
1	10	Sheffield Wednesday	24	9	7	8	36	34	6	6	1	26	14	3	1	7	10	20	2	25	DWLLLD		1-1
1	11	Nottingham Forest	24	10	4	10	35	29	7	2	3	22	11	3	2	7	13	18	6	24	LWLWWL		0-3
	12	Burnley	24	9	6	9	41	45	8	4	0	25	10	1	2	9	16	35	-4	24	WLLWLW
	13	Stoke City	25	9	5	11	33	40	7	2	4	18	15	2	3	7	15	25	-7	23	WLLLLW		2-1
2	14	Chelsea	24	6	10	8	36	53	3	6	3	19	22	3	4	5	17	31	-17	22	WLDWDW		5-3
1	15	West Ham United	25	8	4	13	47	50	4	1	7	24	24	4	3	6	23	26	-3	20	LLWWWL		1-3
2	16	Leicester City	24	6	8	10	37	43	2	5	5	18	22	4	3	5	19	21	-6	20	DWDLLW		2-0
2	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	8	4	12	41	52	6	2	4	27	24	2	2	8	14	28	-11	20	WWLLLL		1-3
1	18	Southampton	24	7	5	12	41	52	5	4	3	24	23	2	1	9	17	29	-11	19	LDDDLL		3-5
1	19	Sheffield United	24	6	7	11	29	42	6	2	4	15	14	0	5	7	14	28	-13	19	WLWDWD		1-1
1	20	Sunderland	24	6	6	12	30	44	5	4	4	18	20	1	2	8	12	24	-14	18	LDLLDL		0-2
	21	Fulham	23	6	4	13	32	49	3	2	6	15	24	3	2	7	17	25	-17	16	DLDDLL		0-5
	22	Coventry City	25	3	10	12	30	49	3	5	5	21	25	0	5	7	9	24	-19	16	DWLDLD		1-1