The City Ground

SUNDERLAND 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Oct 12, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 12, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Roker Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 12 October 1968
: Bristol Evening Post - Saturday 12 October 1968

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: J Thacker
Attendance:: 25,575
League Week:: 12 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 21
Opp Before/After:: 11 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ipswich Town (League Tier 1)
Sunderland:: Dec 14, 1968

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2589 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 1213 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 2857 (of 5827)
Total:: 4099 (of 7632)
Played:: 57 years, 10 months, 24 days ago

Review
This was our fourth goalkeeper in the last 4 games! After injuries to Brian Williamson and then Peter Grummit, we had a loanee in the last game (Brian Sherrat), before debuting new purchase Gordon Marshall today. (And in total, they let in 12 goals.)

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

Goal Scorers
Ian Storey-Moore (12')

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Alan Brown
Prior form: WDLDDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Colin Suggett (30')
Cecil Irwin (39')
George Mulhall (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Gordon Marshall	Debut
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	25	John Winfield
4	D	26	Terry Hennessey
5	D	36	Bob McKinlay
6	M	24	Henry Newton
7	F	23	Barry Lyons
8	F	29	John Barnwell
9	F	28	Joe Baker off for Dave Hilley (20')
10	F	29	Jim Baxter
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore (12')
Subs
12	F	29	Dave Hilley on for Joe Baker (20')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Gordon Marshall	Debut
2	D	24	Peter Hindley	200	4	4	1
3	D	25	John Winfield	191	4	4	1
4	D	26	Terry Hennessey	133	5	4	1
5	D	36	Bob McKinlay	661	10	4	1
6	M	24	Henry Newton	222	10	4	1
7	F	23	Barry Lyons	89	14	4	1
8	F	29	John Barnwell	164	23	4	1
9	F	28	Joe Baker off for Dave Hilley (20')	114	47	4	1
10	F	29	Jim Baxter	31	3	4	1
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore (12')	149	61	4	1
Subs
12	F	29	Dave Hilley on for Joe Baker (20')	28	5	28	5

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Montgomery
2	D	Cecil Irwin
3	D	Charlie Hurley
4	D	Colin Todd (80')
5	D	Ian Porterfield
6	M	George Herd
7	M	Martin Harvey
8	M	Gordon Harris
9	M	Colin Suggett
10	F	George Mulhall
11	F	Billy Hughes
Subs
12		Calvin Palmer (80')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Oct 12, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-1	Coventry City
Ipswich Town	1-4	Newcastle United
Leeds United	2-0	West Ham United
Leicester City	0-2	West Bromwich Albion
Liverpool	2-0	Manchester United
Manchester City	4-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Queens Park Rangers	3-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton	2-5	Everton
Stoke City	1-3	Burnley
Sunderland	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	Chelsea

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	Leeds United	12	9	2	1	22	10	5	1	0	12	3	4	1	1	10	7	12	20	WDWLWW
2	Liverpool	13	8	3	2	28	8	5	1	0	15	4	3	2	2	13	4	20	19	WWWWWD
3	Arsenal	13	7	5	1	18	9	4	2	0	11	3	3	3	1	7	6	9	19	WWLDDD
4	Everton	13	6	5	2	23	10	5	1	1	14	3	1	4	1	9	7	13	17	DWDWWD
5	Chelsea	13	6	5	2	25	13	3	4	0	12	7	3	1	2	13	6	12	17	WWDLWD
6	West Ham United	13	5	6	2	22	14	3	3	1	14	7	2	3	1	8	7	8	16	DDDDDL
7	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	6	2	17	14	4	3	0	14	8	1	3	2	3	6	3	16	WLWDDD
8	Tottenham Hotspur	13	5	5	3	28	20	3	2	2	17	10	2	3	1	11	10	8	15	DWWDWD
9	West Bromwich Albion	13	5	3	5	24	28	4	2	1	17	10	1	1	4	7	18	-4	13	LWDLWW
10	Manchester United	12	4	4	4	17	19	4	2	1	10	8	0	2	3	7	11	-2	12	LDLWDD
11	Sunderland	13	3	6	4	14	17	3	1	2	7	6	0	5	2	7	11	-3	12	WDLDDL
12	Burnley	13	5	2	6	15	29	5	1	1	11	8	0	1	5	4	21	-14	12	LWLWLW
13	Manchester City	13	3	5	5	16	19	2	4	0	9	6	1	1	5	7	13	-3	11	LDWWLD
14	Stoke City	13	4	3	6	12	18	4	1	1	6	4	0	2	5	6	14	-6	11	WLDLDW
15	Ipswich Town	13	4	2	7	19	22	3	0	3	10	8	1	2	4	9	14	-3	10	LLDWLL
16	Newcastle United	13	2	6	5	17	20	1	4	2	9	10	1	2	3	8	10	-3	10	LLLDLW
17	Southampton	13	3	4	6	14	18	3	1	2	10	8	0	3	4	4	10	-4	10	LDDDDL
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	3	4	6	11	19	2	3	1	6	9	1	1	5	5	10	-8	10	LDDLWL
19	Leicester City	13	3	3	7	14	21	3	2	1	11	6	0	1	6	3	15	-7	9	LDLDLW
20	Nottingham Forest	11	1	6	4	16	18	0	4	1	7	9	1	2	3	9	9	-2	8	LWDLDL
21	Coventry City	13	2	4	7	13	23	2	1	4	10	11	0	3	3	3	12	-10	8	DLDDLL
22	Queens Park Rangers	13	1	5	7	12	28	1	4	1	7	10	0	1	6	5	18	-16	7	LLDDLW

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	Leeds United	13	10	2	1	24	10	6	1	0	14	3	4	1	1	10	7	14	22	DWLWWW		2-0
	2	Liverpool	14	9	3	2	30	8	6	1	0	17	4	3	2	2	13	4	22	21	WWWWDW		2-0
	3	Arsenal	14	8	5	1	20	10	5	2	0	13	4	3	3	1	7	6	10	21	WLDDDW		2-1
	4	Everton	14	7	5	2	28	12	5	1	1	14	3	2	4	1	14	9	16	19	WDWWDW		5-2
	5	Chelsea	14	6	6	2	26	14	3	4	0	12	7	3	2	2	14	7	12	18	WDLWDD		1-1
	6	West Ham United	14	5	6	3	22	16	3	3	1	14	7	2	3	2	8	9	6	16	DDDDLL		0-2
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	14	5	6	3	19	17	4	3	0	14	8	1	3	3	5	9	2	16	LWDDDL		2-3
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	14	5	5	4	28	24	3	2	2	17	10	2	3	2	11	14	4	15	WWDWDL		0-4
	9	West Bromwich Albion	14	6	3	5	26	28	4	2	1	17	10	2	1	4	9	18	-2	15	WDLWWW		2-0
1	10	Sunderland	14	4	6	4	17	18	4	1	2	10	7	0	5	2	7	11	-1	14	DLDDLW		3-1
1	11	Burnley	14	6	2	6	18	30	5	1	1	11	8	1	1	5	7	22	-12	14	WLWLWW		3-1
1	12	Manchester City	14	4	5	5	20	19	3	4	0	13	6	1	1	5	7	13	1	13	DWWLDW		4-0
3	13	Newcastle United	14	3	6	5	21	21	1	4	2	9	10	2	2	3	12	11	0	12	LLDLWW		4-1
4	14	Manchester United	13	4	4	5	17	21	4	2	1	10	8	0	2	4	7	13	-4	12	DLWDDL		0-2
1	15	Stoke City	14	4	3	7	13	21	4	1	2	7	7	0	2	5	6	14	-8	11	LDLDWL		1-3
2	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	3	5	6	12	20	2	4	1	7	10	1	1	5	5	10	-8	11	DDLWLD		1-1
2	17	Ipswich Town	14	4	2	8	20	26	3	0	4	11	12	1	2	4	9	14	-6	10	LDWLLL		1-4
1	18	Southampton	14	3	4	7	16	23	3	1	3	12	13	0	3	4	4	10	-7	10	DDDDLL		2-5
	19	Leicester City	14	3	3	8	14	23	3	2	2	11	8	0	1	6	3	15	-9	9	DLDLWL		0-2
2	20	Queens Park Rangers	14	2	5	7	15	30	2	4	1	10	12	0	1	6	5	18	-15	9	LDDLWW		3-2
1	21	Nottingham Forest	12	1	6	5	17	21	0	4	1	7	9	1	2	4	10	12	-4	8	WDLDLL		1-3
1	22	Coventry City	14	2	4	8	14	25	2	1	4	10	11	0	3	4	4	14	-11	8	LDDLLL		1-2