The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Sat Mar 16, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 16, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 16 March 1968

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: W Gow
Attendance:: 37,707
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 1)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Sep 21, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2565 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1189 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2832 (of 5824)
Total:: 4070 (of 7629)
Played:: 58 years, 5 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Bill Nicholson
Prior form: WWLWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Brian Williamson
2	D	23	Peter Hindley
3	D	25	John Winfield
4	D	25	Terry Hennessey
5	D	35	Bob McKinlay
6	M	24	Henry Newton
7	F	23	Barry Lyons
8	F	28	Jim Baxter
9	F	27	Joe Baker
10	F	21	Sammy Chapman
11	F	29	Dave Hilley
Subs
12	F	29	John Barnwell

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Pat Jennings
2	D	Anthony Want
3	D	Phil Beal
4	D	Mike England
5	D	Cyril Knowles
6	M	Jimmy Robertson (81')
7	M	Alan Mullery
8	M	Terry Venables
9	M	Martin Chivers
10	F	Alan Gilzean
11	F	Jimmy Greaves
Subs
12		Cliff Jones (81')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 16, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chelsea	4-1	Leicester City
Coventry City	2-0	Manchester United
Liverpool	3-2	Burnley
Manchester City	5-1	Fulham
Newcastle United	1-1	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield United	1-2	Sunderland
Southampton	0-0	West Ham United
Stoke City	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion	2-6	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	30	18	7	5	60	36	11	2	1	33	14	7	5	4	27	22	24	43	WWWLWL
	2	Leeds United	30	17	7	6	53	25	13	3	0	39	11	4	4	6	14	14	28	41	WWWDWD
	3	Manchester City	30	18	5	7	64	33	12	2	2	40	15	6	3	5	24	18	31	41	WWDWWW
	4	Liverpool	30	15	9	6	46	25	13	1	1	34	9	2	8	5	12	16	21	39	WWLLWD
	5	Newcastle United	31	12	12	7	46	41	11	4	0	30	10	1	8	7	16	31	5	36	DWWDWD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	30	13	7	10	54	42	9	2	4	31	14	4	5	6	23	28	12	33	LLDWDW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	7	10	44	45	6	7	2	23	13	7	0	8	21	32	-1	33	WWLWLD
	8	Everton	29	14	4	11	43	31	11	1	2	27	10	3	3	9	16	21	12	32	LWLWLW
	9	Nottingham Forest	30	12	7	11	42	35	9	3	3	28	15	3	4	8	14	20	7	31	DWLDWD
	10	Chelsea	29	10	10	9	45	57	5	6	3	23	23	5	4	6	22	34	-12	30	WWWLWW
	11	Arsenal	29	10	9	10	41	35	7	6	1	24	11	3	3	9	17	24	6	29	DDLDDL
	12	Burnley	30	10	8	12	49	55	9	5	1	28	13	1	3	11	21	42	-6	28	DDLWLL
	13	Leicester City	29	9	9	11	47	50	4	6	5	26	26	5	3	6	21	24	-3	27	WWWDLW
	14	Stoke City	29	11	5	13	37	45	8	2	5	20	16	3	3	8	17	29	-8	27	LWLWWL
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	30	9	8	13	40	47	6	7	3	28	18	3	1	10	12	29	-7	26	LLLLLD
	16	Southampton	31	10	6	15	52	66	7	4	4	30	28	3	2	11	22	38	-14	26	LLDWWW
	17	Sheffield United	31	8	9	14	36	53	7	3	5	19	20	1	6	9	17	33	-17	25	LLDWLW
	18	West Ham United	29	10	4	15	57	57	5	1	7	31	26	5	3	8	26	31	0	24	WLWWLL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	6	15	47	62	7	3	5	31	28	2	3	10	16	34	-15	24	LLDLDW
	20	Coventry City	31	6	10	15	39	60	5	5	6	27	30	1	5	9	12	30	-21	22	LWWWLL
	21	Sunderland	30	7	7	16	34	53	5	5	6	20	26	2	2	10	14	27	-19	21	DWLLLL
	22	Fulham	30	8	4	18	42	65	5	2	8	21	29	3	2	10	21	36	-23	20	LWLWLL

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)
2	1	Manchester City	31	19	5	7	69	34	13	2	2	45	16	6	3	5	24	18	35	43	WDWWWW		5-1
1	2	Manchester United	31	18	7	6	60	38	11	2	1	33	14	7	5	5	27	24	22	43	WWLWLL		0-2
1	3	Leeds United	31	17	8	6	54	26	13	3	0	39	11	4	5	6	15	15	28	42	WWDWDD		1-1
	4	Liverpool	31	16	9	6	49	27	14	1	1	37	11	2	8	5	12	16	22	41	WLLWDW		3-2
	5	Newcastle United	32	12	13	7	47	42	11	5	0	31	11	1	8	7	16	31	5	37	WWDWDD		1-1
2	6	Everton	30	15	4	11	49	33	11	1	2	27	10	4	3	9	22	23	16	34	WLWLWW		6-2
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	31	13	8	10	44	45	6	7	2	23	13	7	1	8	21	32	-1	34	WLWLDD		0-0
2	8	West Bromwich Albion	31	13	7	11	56	48	9	2	5	33	20	4	5	6	23	28	8	33	LDWDWL		2-6
	9	Nottingham Forest	31	12	8	11	42	35	9	4	3	28	15	3	4	8	14	20	7	32	WLDWDD		0-0
	10	Chelsea	30	11	10	9	49	58	6	6	3	27	24	5	4	6	22	34	-9	32	WWLWWW		4-1
	11	Arsenal	30	10	9	11	41	37	7	6	2	24	13	3	3	9	17	24	4	29	DLDDLL		0-2
	12	Burnley	31	10	8	13	51	58	9	5	1	28	13	1	3	12	23	45	-7	28	DLWLLL		2-3
2	13	Sheffield Wednesday	31	10	8	13	41	47	6	7	3	28	18	4	1	10	13	29	-6	28	LLLLDW		1-0
1	14	Leicester City	30	9	9	12	48	54	4	6	5	26	26	5	3	7	22	28	-6	27	WWDLWL		1-4
1	15	Stoke City	30	11	5	14	37	46	8	2	6	20	17	3	3	8	17	29	-9	27	WLWWLL		0-1
	16	Southampton	32	10	7	15	52	66	7	5	4	30	28	3	2	11	22	38	-14	27	LDWWWD		0-0
2	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	10	6	15	49	62	7	3	5	31	28	3	3	10	18	34	-13	26	LDLDWW		2-0
	18	West Ham United	30	10	5	15	57	57	5	1	7	31	26	5	4	8	26	31	0	25	LWWLLD		0-0
2	19	Sheffield United	32	8	9	15	37	55	7	3	6	20	22	1	6	9	17	33	-18	25	LDWLWL		1-2
	20	Coventry City	32	7	10	15	41	60	6	5	6	29	30	1	5	9	12	30	-19	24	WWWLLW		2-0
	21	Sunderland	31	8	7	16	36	54	5	5	6	20	26	3	2	10	16	28	-18	23	WLLLLW		2-1
	22	Fulham	31	8	4	19	43	70	5	2	8	21	29	3	2	11	22	41	-27	20	WLWLLL		1-5