The City Ground

IPSWICH TOWN 2 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 21, 1968 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 21, 1968 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Ipswich Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Portman Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 (Won)

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: R Paine
Attendance:: 18,739
Pos Before/After:: 20 19
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 1)
Ipswich Town:: Aug 09, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2599 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1223 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 2867 (of 5679)
Total:: 4106 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Barry Lyons
Colin Hall - Colin Hall first goal
Ian Storey-Moore

IPSWICH TOWN
Manager: Cyril Lea
Prior form: DDDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Danny Hegan
Peter Morris

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Grummitt
2	D	Peter Hindley
3	D	John Winfield
4	F	John Barnwell
5	D	Terry Hennessey
6	M	Henry Newton
7	F	Barry Lyons
8	M	Paul Richardson
9	F	Colin Hall
10	F	Sammy Chapman
11	F	Ian Storey-Moore
Subs
12	M	Billy Taylor

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Kenneth Hancock
2	D	Mick Mills
3	D	Billy Houghton
4	D	Derek Jefferson
5	D	Peter Morris
6	M	Billy Baxter
7	M	Danny Hegan
8	M	Colin Viljoen
9	M	Frank Brogan
10	F	John O'Rourke ()
11	F	Ray Crawford
Subs
12		Robert Hunt ()

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 21, 1968)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Leeds United	6-1	Burnley
Leicester City	1-4	Chelsea
Liverpool	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City	4-2	Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Newcastle United
Southampton	2-0	Manchester United
Stoke City	0-0	Everton
Sunderland	2-1	West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-3	Sheffield Wednesday

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	Liverpool	24	16	4	4	43	14	11	1	0	26	6	5	3	4	17	8	3.07143	36	WWWWWL
	2	Leeds United	22	13	7	2	32	18	8	3	0	18	4	5	4	2	14	14	1.77778	33	DWWDWD
	3	Everton	23	13	6	4	50	22	10	1	1	30	5	3	5	3	20	17	2.27273	32	DWLWLW
	4	Arsenal	22	12	7	3	27	13	6	4	1	16	6	6	3	2	11	7	2.07692	31	DWLWWW
	5	West Ham United	23	9	9	5	43	27	7	4	1	33	12	2	5	4	10	15	1.59259	27	LWDWLD
	6	Chelsea	23	9	8	6	39	26	5	6	1	21	12	4	2	5	18	14	1.50000	26	LLWDLD
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	22	8	8	6	39	32	5	4	2	26	14	3	4	4	13	18	1.21875	24	DDWLLD
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	8	6	29	26	6	3	2	21	13	2	5	4	8	13	1.11538	24	WLDWLW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	23	9	6	8	35	41	7	4	1	24	12	2	2	7	11	29	.85366	24	LWLWLD
	10	Burnley	23	10	4	9	30	43	7	3	2	19	12	3	1	7	11	31	.69767	24	WDLLLD
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	7	8	8	26	26	5	4	2	17	12	2	4	6	9	14	1.00000	22	WDWLWD
	12	Newcastle United	23	7	8	8	32	33	5	5	2	19	14	2	3	6	13	19	.96970	22	DWLWLW
	13	Manchester United	22	7	8	7	26	28	6	4	2	14	10	1	4	5	12	18	.92857	22	DDDWLW
	14	Southampton	24	7	7	10	29	36	5	3	3	18	16	2	4	7	11	20	.80556	21	WWLLDL
	15	Sunderland	23	7	7	9	27	40	7	2	2	19	10	0	5	7	8	30	.67500	21	DLWLWL
	16	Manchester City	23	6	8	9	38	31	5	5	1	28	11	1	3	8	10	20	1.22581	20	LLWLWD
	17	Ipswich Town	23	7	5	11	33	36	4	2	5	19	18	3	3	6	14	18	.91667	19	DDDWWL
	18	Stoke City	23	6	6	11	21	32	6	2	3	10	10	0	4	8	11	22	.65625	18	LLDLWD
	19	Leicester City	23	4	7	12	21	44	4	4	3	16	14	0	3	9	5	30	.47727	15	DLDLWD
	20	Nottingham Forest	21	2	10	9	26	34	1	5	4	9	14	1	5	5	17	20	.76471	14	DLLLDW
	21	Coventry City	23	4	6	13	20	36	2	3	7	12	17	2	3	6	8	19	.55556	14	WLLLWL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	22	3	5	14	24	52	3	4	4	14	19	0	1	10	10	33	.46154	11	LLLWLL

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	Liverpool	25	17	4	4	44	14	12	1	0	27	6	5	3	4	17	8	3.14286	38	WWWWLW	1-0
	2	Leeds United	23	14	7	2	38	19	9	3	0	24	5	5	4	2	14	14	2.00000	35	WWDWDW	6-1
	3	Everton	24	13	7	4	50	22	10	1	1	30	5	3	6	3	20	17	2.27273	33	WLWLWD	0-0
	4	Arsenal	23	13	7	3	29	13	7	4	1	18	6	6	3	2	11	7	2.23077	33	WLWWWW	2-0
1	5	Chelsea	24	10	8	6	43	27	5	6	1	21	12	5	2	5	22	15	1.59259	28	LWDLDW	4-1
1	6	West Ham United	24	9	9	6	44	29	7	4	1	33	12	2	5	5	11	17	1.51724	27	WDWLDL	1-2
1	7	Sheffield Wednesday	23	9	8	6	32	26	6	3	2	21	13	3	5	4	11	13	1.23077	26	LDWLWW	3-0
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	23	8	8	7	39	33	5	4	2	26	14	3	4	5	13	19	1.18182	24	DWLLDL	0-1
	9	West Bromwich Albion	24	9	6	9	35	43	7	4	1	24	12	2	2	8	11	31	.81395	24	WLWLDL	0-2
	10	Burnley	24	10	4	10	31	49	7	3	2	19	12	3	1	8	12	37	.63265	24	DLLLDL	1-6
1	11	Newcastle United	24	7	9	8	33	34	5	5	2	19	14	2	4	6	14	20	.97059	23	WLWLWD	1-1
2	12	Southampton	25	8	7	10	31	36	6	3	3	20	16	2	4	7	11	20	.86111	23	WLLDLW	2-0
2	13	Sunderland	24	8	7	9	29	41	8	2	2	21	11	0	5	7	8	30	.70732	23	LWLWLW	2-1
2	14	Manchester City	24	7	8	9	42	33	6	5	1	32	13	1	3	8	10	20	1.27273	22	LWLWDW	4-2
4	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	8	9	26	29	5	4	3	17	15	2	4	6	9	14	.89655	22	DWLWDL	0-3
3	16	Manchester United	23	7	8	8	26	30	6	4	2	14	10	1	4	6	12	20	.86667	22	DDWLWL	0-2
	17	Ipswich Town	24	7	5	12	35	39	4	2	6	21	21	3	3	6	14	18	.89744	19	DDWWLL	2-3
	18	Stoke City	24	6	7	11	21	32	6	3	3	10	10	0	4	8	11	22	.65625	19	LDLWDD	0-0
1	19	Nottingham Forest	22	3	10	9	29	36	1	5	4	9	14	2	5	5	20	22	.80556	16	LLLDWW	3-2
1	20	Leicester City	24	4	7	13	22	48	4	4	4	17	18	0	3	9	5	30	.45833	15	LDLWDL	1-4
	21	Coventry City	24	4	6	14	22	40	2	3	7	12	17	2	3	7	10	23	.55000	14	LLLWLL	2-4
	22	Queens Park Rangers	23	3	6	14	25	53	3	5	4	15	20	0	1	10	10	33	.47170	12	LLWLLD	1-1