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WEST HAM UNITED 3 - 0 FOREST - Fri Apr 12, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Apr 12, 1968 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1967-68
Referee:: K Dagnall
Attendance:: 36,589
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 17 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 1)
West Ham United:: Apr 16, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2570 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1194 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 2837 (of 5679)
Total:: 4072 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 13 April 1968

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

Goals:

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Ron Greenwood
Prior form: LLDLDW (Old to recent)

Goals:
John Sissons (4)
Brian Dear (46)
Brian Dear (53)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Brian Williamson
2	D	Peter Hindley
3	D	John Winfield
4	F	Jim Baxter
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Henry Newton
7	F	Barry Lyons
8	F	John Barnwell
9	F	Joe Baker
10	F	Ian Storey-Moore
11	F	Colin Hall
Subs
12	F	Dave Hilley

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Bobby Ferguson
2	2	Billy Bonds
3	3	Frank Lampard
4	4	Martin Peters
5	5	Alan Stephenson
6	6	Bobby Moore
7	7	Harry Redknapp
8	8	Ron Boyce
9	9	Trevor Brooking
10	10	Brian Dear
11	11	John Sissons
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Fri Apr 12, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Fulham	0-4	Manchester United
Liverpool	1-2	Sheffield United
Manchester City	1-0	Chelsea
Newcastle United	2-2	West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Leeds United
West Ham United	3-0	Nottingham Forest

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Leeds United	34	19	9	6	59	26	15	3	0	44	11	4	6	6	15	15	2.26923	47	WDDDWW
	2	Manchester United	35	20	7	8	69	45	12	2	3	38	19	8	5	5	31	26	1.53333	47	LLWLWL
	3	Manchester City	34	20	5	9	72	38	13	2	2	45	16	7	3	7	27	22	1.89474	45	WWWLWL
	4	Liverpool	33	18	9	6	53	29	14	1	1	37	11	4	8	5	16	18	1.82759	45	LWDWWW
	5	Everton	33	18	4	11	54	34	14	1	2	32	11	4	3	9	22	23	1.58824	40	LWWWWW
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	34	16	8	10	58	46	9	7	2	37	14	7	1	8	21	32	1.26087	40	LDDWWW
	7	Newcastle United	35	12	14	9	47	48	11	6	0	31	11	1	8	9	16	37	.97917	38	WDDLDL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	9	11	59	50	9	3	5	33	20	5	6	6	26	30	1.18000	37	DWLWDD
	9	Chelsea	33	12	12	9	52	60	6	7	3	27	24	6	5	6	25	36	.86667	36	WWWDWD
	10	Nottingham Forest	35	13	8	14	45	48	10	4	4	30	19	3	4	10	15	29	.93750	34	DDWLLL
	11	Arsenal	34	11	10	13	45	43	7	6	2	24	13	4	4	11	21	30	1.04651	32	LLWDLL
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	35	11	9	15	47	55	6	8	4	31	22	5	1	11	16	33	.85455	31	DWWLLD
	13	Burnley	34	11	9	14	53	63	10	6	1	30	13	1	3	13	23	50	.84127	31	LLLWLD
	14	Southampton	36	12	7	17	57	74	9	5	4	34	28	3	2	13	23	46	.77027	31	WDLWLW
	15	Leicester City	35	10	10	15	53	61	5	6	6	29	29	5	4	9	24	32	.86885	30	LLLDWL
	16	Sunderland	35	10	9	16	43	56	6	6	6	24	28	4	3	10	19	28	.76786	29	LWDWDW
	17	West Ham United	33	11	6	16	63	59	6	2	8	37	28	5	4	8	26	31	1.06780	28	LLDLDW
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	6	18	58	70	8	3	7	40	35	3	3	11	18	35	.82857	28	WWLLLW
	19	Coventry City	35	8	12	15	44	62	7	5	6	30	30	1	7	9	14	32	.70968	28	LLWDWD
	20	Stoke City	33	11	5	17	40	56	8	2	7	22	21	3	3	10	18	35	.71429	27	WLLLLL
	21	Sheffield United	34	9	9	16	40	59	7	3	6	20	22	2	6	10	20	37	.67797	27	WLWLWL
	22	Fulham	33	8	5	20	45	74	5	3	9	23	33	3	2	11	22	41	.60811	21	WLLLLD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	1	Manchester United	36	21	7	8	73	45	12	2	3	38	19	9	5	5	35	26	1.62222	49	LWLWLW	4-0
1	2	Leeds United	35	19	9	7	60	28	15	3	0	44	11	4	6	7	16	17	2.14286	47	DDDWWL	1-2
	3	Manchester City	35	21	5	9	73	38	14	2	2	46	16	7	3	7	27	22	1.92105	47	WWLWLW	1-0
	4	Liverpool	34	18	9	7	54	31	14	1	2	38	13	4	8	5	16	18	1.74194	45	WDWWWL	1-2
1	5	Tottenham Hotspur	35	17	8	10	60	47	10	7	2	39	15	7	1	8	21	32	1.27660	42	DDWWWW	2-1
1	6	Everton	33	18	4	11	54	34	14	1	2	32	11	4	3	9	22	23	1.58824	40	LWWWWW
	7	Newcastle United	36	12	15	9	49	50	11	7	0	33	13	1	8	9	16	37	.98000	39	DDLDLD	2-2
	8	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	10	11	61	52	9	3	5	33	20	5	7	6	28	32	1.17308	38	WLWDDD	2-2
	9	Chelsea	34	12	12	10	52	61	6	7	3	27	24	6	5	7	25	37	.85246	36	WWDWDL	0-1
	10	Nottingham Forest	36	13	8	15	45	51	10	4	4	30	19	3	4	11	15	32	.88235	34	DWLLLL	0-3
	11	Arsenal	34	11	10	13	45	43	7	6	2	24	13	4	4	11	21	30	1.04651	32	LLWDLL
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	35	11	9	15	47	55	6	8	4	31	22	5	1	11	16	33	.85455	31	DWWLLD
	13	Burnley	34	11	9	14	53	63	10	6	1	30	13	1	3	13	23	50	.84127	31	LLLWLD
	14	Southampton	36	12	7	17	57	74	9	5	4	34	28	3	2	13	23	46	.77027	31	WDLWLW
2	15	West Ham United	34	12	6	16	66	59	7	2	8	40	28	5	4	8	26	31	1.11864	30	LDLDWW	3-0
1	16	Leicester City	35	10	10	15	53	61	5	6	6	29	29	5	4	9	24	32	.86885	30	LLLDWL
1	17	Sunderland	35	10	9	16	43	56	6	6	6	24	28	4	3	10	19	28	.76786	29	LWDWDW
3	18	Sheffield United	35	10	9	16	42	60	7	3	6	20	22	3	6	10	22	38	.70000	29	LWLWLW	2-1
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	6	18	58	70	8	3	7	40	35	3	3	11	18	35	.82857	28	WWLLLW
1	20	Coventry City	35	8	12	15	44	62	7	5	6	30	30	1	7	9	14	32	.70968	28	LLWDWD
1	21	Stoke City	33	11	5	17	40	56	8	2	7	22	21	3	3	10	18	35	.71429	27	WLLLLL
	22	Fulham	34	8	5	21	45	78	5	3	10	23	37	3	2	11	22	41	.57692	21	LLLLDL	0-4