The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BURNLEY - Sat Feb 24, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 24, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
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 24 February 1968

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: J Finney
Attendance:: 26,110
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 9
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (Friendly)
League:: Leeds United
Burnley:: Aug 10, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2563 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 1187 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2830 (of 5829)
Total:: 4067 (of 7634)
Played:: 58 years, 6 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sammy Chapman (44')

BURNLEY
Manager: Harry Potts
Prior form: LWDDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Brian Williamson
2	D	23	Peter Hindley
3	D	24	John Winfield
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay
6	M	24	Henry Newton
7	F	22	Barry Lyons
8	F	28	Jim Baxter off for Dave Hilley (76')
9	F	21	Sammy Chapman (44')
10	F	27	Joe Baker
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	29	Dave Hilley on for Jim Baxter (76')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Thomson
2	D	Colin Waldron
3	D	Les Latcham
4	D	Dave Merrington
5	D	John Angus (45')
6	M	Brian O'Neil
7	M	Sam Todd
8	M	Willie Morgan
9	M	Frank Casper
10	F	Willie Irvine
11	F	Ralph Coates
Subs
12		Colin Blant (45')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 24, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-2	Manchester United
Coventry City	3-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Liverpool	3-1	Leicester City
Manchester City	1-0	Sunderland
Newcastle United	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Burnley
West Bromwich Albion	2-1	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	28	17	7	4	57	33	11	2	0	32	11	6	5	4	25	22	24	41	WWWWWL
	2	Leeds United	29	17	6	6	52	24	13	2	0	38	10	4	4	6	14	14	28	40	WWWWDW
	3	Liverpool	28	14	8	6	42	23	12	1	1	31	8	2	7	5	11	15	19	36	DWWWLL
	4	Manchester City	27	15	5	7	59	32	10	2	2	36	14	5	3	5	23	18	27	35	WLLWWD
	5	Newcastle United	29	11	11	7	43	40	10	4	0	28	10	1	7	7	15	30	3	33	DLDWWD
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	28	13	6	9	42	42	6	6	2	23	13	7	0	7	19	29	0	32	DWWWLW
	7	Everton	27	13	4	10	38	27	10	1	2	24	9	3	3	8	14	18	11	30	WWLWLW
	8	Arsenal	28	10	9	9	41	33	7	6	0	24	9	3	3	9	17	24	8	29	DDDLDD
	9	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	6	10	49	41	7	2	4	26	13	4	4	6	23	28	8	28	WWLLLD
	10	Nottingham Forest	28	11	6	11	40	34	8	3	3	27	15	3	3	8	13	19	6	28	WLDWLD
	11	Burnley	28	10	8	10	49	53	9	5	0	28	12	1	3	10	21	41	-4	28	LWDDLW
	12	Chelsea	28	9	10	9	42	56	5	6	3	23	23	4	4	6	19	33	-14	28	DWWWLW
	13	Sheffield Wednesday	27	9	7	11	39	41	6	6	3	27	17	3	1	8	12	24	-2	25	LLDLLL
	14	Leicester City	27	8	9	10	43	46	3	6	5	23	25	5	3	5	20	21	-3	25	LLWWWD
	15	Stoke City	27	10	5	12	35	42	7	2	5	18	16	3	3	7	17	26	-7	25	LLLWLW
	16	West Ham United	28	10	4	14	57	55	5	1	7	31	26	5	3	7	26	29	2	24	WWLWWL
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	8	5	14	44	58	6	2	5	28	26	2	3	9	16	32	-14	21	LLLLLD
	18	Sunderland	27	7	7	13	33	47	5	5	5	20	23	2	2	8	13	24	-14	21	LDLDWL
	19	Sheffield United	28	6	9	13	31	48	6	3	5	16	18	0	6	8	15	30	-17	21	WDDLLD
	20	Southampton	28	7	6	15	44	63	5	4	4	25	25	2	2	11	19	38	-19	20	LLLLLD
	21	Coventry City	28	5	10	13	34	54	4	5	6	24	30	1	5	7	10	24	-20	20	DLDLWW
	22	Fulham	26	7	4	15	38	60	4	2	7	19	28	3	2	8	19	32	-22	18	DLLLLW

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	29	18	7	4	59	33	11	2	0	32	11	7	5	4	27	22	26	43	WWWWLW		2-0
	2	Leeds United	29	17	6	6	52	24	13	2	0	38	10	4	4	6	14	14	28	40	WWWWDW
	3	Liverpool	29	15	8	6	45	24	13	1	1	34	9	2	7	5	11	15	21	38	WWWLLW		3-1
	4	Manchester City	28	16	5	7	60	32	11	2	2	37	14	5	3	5	23	18	28	37	LLWWDW		1-0
	5	Newcastle United	30	12	11	7	45	40	11	4	0	30	10	1	7	7	15	30	5	35	LDWWDW		2-0
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	28	13	6	9	42	42	6	6	2	23	13	7	0	7	19	29	0	32	DWWWLW
	7	Everton	27	13	4	10	38	27	10	1	2	24	9	3	3	8	14	18	11	30	WWLWLW
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	28	12	6	10	51	42	8	2	4	28	14	4	4	6	23	28	9	30	WLLLDW		2-1
1	9	Nottingham Forest	29	12	6	11	41	34	9	3	3	28	15	3	3	8	13	19	7	30	LDWLDW		1-0
2	10	Arsenal	29	10	9	10	41	35	7	6	1	24	11	3	3	9	17	24	6	29	DDLDDL		0-2
	11	Burnley	29	10	8	11	49	54	9	5	0	28	12	1	3	11	21	42	-5	28	WDDLWL		0-1
	12	Chelsea	28	9	10	9	42	56	5	6	3	23	23	4	4	6	19	33	-14	28	DWWWLW
1	13	Leicester City	28	8	9	11	44	49	3	6	5	23	25	5	3	6	21	24	-5	25	LWWWDL		1-3
1	14	Sheffield Wednesday	28	9	7	12	39	44	6	6	3	27	17	3	1	9	12	27	-5	25	LDLLLL		0-3
	15	Stoke City	27	10	5	12	35	42	7	2	5	18	16	3	3	7	17	26	-7	25	LLLWLW
	16	West Ham United	28	10	4	14	57	55	5	1	7	31	26	5	3	7	26	29	2	24	WWLWWL
4	17	Coventry City	29	6	10	13	37	54	5	5	6	27	30	1	5	7	10	24	-17	22	LDLWWW		3-0
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	8	5	15	44	60	6	2	5	28	26	2	3	10	16	34	-16	21	LLLLDL		0-2
1	19	Sunderland	28	7	7	14	33	48	5	5	5	20	23	2	2	9	13	25	-15	21	DLDWLL		0-1
1	20	Sheffield United	28	6	9	13	31	48	6	3	5	16	18	0	6	8	15	30	-17	21	WDDLLD
1	21	Southampton	28	7	6	15	44	63	5	4	4	25	25	2	2	11	19	38	-19	20	LLLLLD
	22	Fulham	27	7	4	16	39	62	4	2	7	19	28	3	2	9	20	34	-23	18	LLLLWL		1-2