The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 ARSENAL - Sat Nov 16, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 16, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 16 November 1968

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: W Handley
Attendance:: 24,550
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Feb 01, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2594 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1218 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 2862 (of 5763)
Total:: 4103 (of 7550)
Played:: 55 years, 10 months, 20 days ago

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

Goals

ARSENAL
Manager: Bertie Mee
Prior form: DDWLDD (Old to recent)

Goals
George Armstrong (20')
John Radford (40')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Peter Grummitt
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 44
8	F	29	John Barnwell
9	F	28	Joe Baker
10	F	22	Sammy Chapman
11	F	23	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	F	29	Dave Hilley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bob Wilson
2	D	Frank McLintock
3	D	Peter Simpson
4	D	Terry Neill
5	D	Peter Storey
6	M	Bob McNab
7	M	David Court
8	M	Jon Sammels
9	M	George Armstrong
10	F	George Graham
11	F	John Radford
Subs
12		Ure

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Nov 16, 1968)

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

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	Status
	1	Liverpool	18	11	4	3	35	12	8	1	0	21	6	3	3	3	14	6	2.91667	26	DWLWDW
	2	Everton	18	10	6	2	36	16	7	1	1	18	4	3	5	1	18	12	2.25000	26	DWWWWD
	3	Leeds United	17	10	5	2	25	15	6	3	0	14	3	4	2	2	11	12	1.66667	25	WWLDDD
	4	Arsenal	17	8	7	2	20	11	5	4	0	13	4	3	3	2	7	7	1.81818	23	DDWLDD
	5	Chelsea	18	8	6	4	32	18	5	4	0	17	7	3	2	4	15	11	1.77778	22	DDWLWL
	6	Burnley	18	10	2	6	28	31	7	1	1	17	9	3	1	5	11	22	.90323	22	WWWWWW
	7	West Ham United	18	7	7	4	34	21	5	3	1	26	10	2	4	3	8	11	1.61905	21	LLWDWL
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	18	7	7	4	32	26	4	3	2	20	12	3	4	2	12	14	1.23077	21	DLWWDD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	17	6	7	4	21	20	4	3	1	14	10	2	4	3	7	10	1.05000	19	DDLLDW
	10	West Bromwich Albion	18	7	5	6	27	30	5	3	1	18	10	2	2	5	9	20	.90000	19	WWWDDL
	11	Sunderland	18	5	7	6	21	29	5	2	2	14	8	0	5	4	7	21	.72414	17	LWLWLD
	12	Newcastle United	18	4	8	6	25	25	2	5	2	12	12	2	3	4	13	13	1.00000	16	WWWLDD
	13	Manchester United	17	5	6	6	22	26	4	3	2	11	10	1	3	4	11	16	.84615	16	DLLWDD
	14	Southampton	18	5	6	7	22	26	4	2	3	15	14	1	4	4	7	12	.84615	16	LLWDDW
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	5	6	7	17	22	3	4	2	10	12	2	2	5	7	10	.77273	16	LDWLDW
	16	Manchester City	18	4	7	7	24	26	3	5	1	16	10	1	2	6	8	16	.92308	15	DWDDLL
	17	Stoke City	18	5	4	9	17	27	5	1	3	9	10	0	3	6	8	17	.62963	14	WLLWDL
	18	Ipswich Town	18	5	3	10	24	31	3	1	5	13	15	2	2	5	11	16	.77419	13	LLWLLD
	19	Coventry City	18	3	6	9	19	30	2	3	4	12	13	1	3	5	7	17	.63333	12	LLDLDW
	20	Nottingham Forest	16	1	9	6	23	28	0	5	2	8	11	1	4	4	15	17	.82143	11	LLLDDD
	21	Leicester City	18	3	5	10	16	30	3	3	3	13	12	0	2	7	3	18	.53333	11	WLLLDD
	22	Queens Park Rangers	18	2	5	11	22	42	2	4	3	12	17	0	1	8	10	25	.52381	9	WWLLLL

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Liverpool	19	12	4	3	37	13	8	1	0	21	6	4	3	3	16	7	2.84615	28	WLWDWW		2-1
	2	Everton	19	11	6	2	40	16	8	1	1	22	4	3	5	1	18	12	2.50000	28	WWWWDW		4-0
	3	Leeds United	18	11	5	2	26	15	6	3	0	14	3	5	2	2	12	12	1.73333	27	WLDDDW		1-0
	4	Arsenal	18	9	7	2	22	11	5	4	0	13	4	4	3	2	9	7	2.00000	25	DWLDDW		2-0
2	5	West Ham United	19	8	7	4	38	21	6	3	1	30	10	2	4	3	8	11	1.80952	23	LWDWLW		4-0
2	6	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	7	4	37	27	5	3	2	25	13	3	4	2	12	14	1.37037	23	LWWDDW		5-1
1	7	Burnley	19	10	3	6	29	32	7	2	1	18	10	3	1	5	11	22	.90625	23	WWWWWD		1-1
3	8	Chelsea	19	8	6	5	34	21	5	4	1	19	10	3	2	4	15	11	1.61905	22	DWLWLL		2-3
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	5	6	29	31	6	3	1	20	11	2	2	5	9	20	.93548	21	WWDDLW		2-1
1	10	Sheffield Wednesday	18	6	7	5	22	22	4	3	2	15	12	2	4	3	7	10	1.00000	19	DLLDWL		1-2
1	11	Newcastle United	19	5	8	6	26	25	3	5	2	13	12	2	3	4	13	13	1.04000	18	WWLDDW		1-0
2	12	Southampton	19	6	6	7	25	28	4	2	3	15	14	2	4	4	10	14	.89286	18	LWDDWW		3-2
	13	Manchester United	18	5	7	6	22	26	4	4	2	11	10	1	3	4	11	16	.84615	17	LLWDDD		0-0
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	7	7	18	23	3	4	2	10	12	2	3	5	8	11	.78261	17	DWLDWD		1-1
4	15	Sunderland	19	5	7	7	22	34	5	2	2	14	8	0	5	5	8	26	.64706	17	WLWLDL		1-5
	16	Manchester City	19	4	7	8	24	27	3	5	1	16	10	1	2	7	8	17	.88889	15	WDDLLL		0-1
1	17	Ipswich Town	19	5	4	10	24	31	3	1	5	13	15	2	3	5	11	16	.77419	14	LWLLDD		0-0
1	18	Stoke City	19	5	4	10	18	29	5	1	3	9	10	0	3	7	9	19	.62069	14	LLWDLL		1-2
	19	Coventry City	19	3	6	10	19	31	2	3	5	12	14	1	3	5	7	17	.61290	12	LDLDWL		0-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	17	1	9	7	23	30	0	5	3	8	13	1	4	4	15	17	.76667	11	LLDDDL		0-2
	21	Leicester City	19	3	5	11	16	34	3	3	3	13	12	0	2	8	3	22	.47059	11	LLLDDL		0-4
	22	Queens Park Rangers	19	2	5	12	22	46	2	4	3	12	17	0	1	9	10	29	.47826	9	WLLLLL		0-4