The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 MANCHESTER CITY - Mon Mar 24, 1969 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Mar 24, 1969 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Guardian - Tuesday 25 March 1969

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: Thomas Dawes
Attendance:: 24,612
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 17
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Oct 11, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2611 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1235 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2880 (of 5824)
Total:: 4123 (of 7629)
Played:: 57 years, 5 months, 2 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Matt Gillies
Prior form: LLWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Henry Newton (75')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Joe Mercer
Prior form: WDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Alan Hill
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	26	John Winfield
4	F	22	Sammy Chapman
5	D	26	Terry Hennessey
6	M	25	Henry Newton (75')
7	F	24	Barry Lyons
8	F	29	Jim Baxter
9	F	21	Colin Hall off for Paul Richardson (72')
10	F	30	Dave Hilley
11	F	24	Ronnie Rees
Subs
12	M	19	Paul Richardson on for Colin Hall (72')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Joe Corrigan
2	2	Dave Connor
3	3	Glyn Pardoe
4	4	Colin Bell
5	5	George Heslop
6	6	Tommy Booth
7	7	Mike Summerbee
8	8	Stan Bowles
9	9	Bobby Owen
10	10	Neil Young� (63')
11	11	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12		Chris Glennon (63')

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Mar 24, 1969)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United	1-1	Stoke City
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Manchester City
West Ham United	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	33	23	8	2	59	24	15	3	0	37	9	8	5	2	22	15	35	54	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	32	21	6	5	52	19	14	2	1	30	9	7	4	4	22	10	33	48	WWWLDW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	31	18	8	5	44	18	10	5	2	26	9	8	3	3	18	9	26	44	LDWLWW	Safe
	4	Everton	31	17	10	4	64	27	11	3	1	36	7	6	7	3	28	20	37	44	WDWWDD	Safe
	5	Chelsea	35	16	8	11	62	45	9	6	2	33	18	7	2	9	29	27	17	40	WWWWWL
	6	West Ham United	32	12	13	7	59	40	9	5	2	43	19	3	8	5	16	21	19	37	DDWWWL
	7	Southampton	36	13	11	12	45	43	10	5	3	30	18	3	6	9	15	25	2	37	DLWLDW
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	32	10	15	7	49	41	7	8	2	34	20	3	7	5	15	21	8	35	DDDDDW
	9	Burnley	35	13	8	14	45	67	10	5	2	30	19	3	3	12	15	48	-22	34	LWWLDL
	10	Ipswich Town	34	12	8	14	51	51	7	2	7	27	25	5	6	7	24	26	0	32	LWDWDW
	11	Sheffield Wednesday	32	10	11	11	34	39	7	5	3	23	19	3	6	8	11	20	-5	31	DLLWLL
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	9	13	11	34	42	6	8	3	22	19	3	5	8	12	23	-8	31	DDDWDL
	13	Manchester United	33	10	10	13	44	44	9	4	3	27	13	1	6	10	17	31	0	30	DLDLWW
	14	West Bromwich Albion	33	11	8	14	44	56	7	4	3	25	17	4	4	11	19	39	-12	30	DLLWDL
	15	Manchester City	31	10	9	12	54	43	8	5	2	40	18	2	4	10	14	25	11	29	WDLWLW
	16	Newcastle United	31	9	11	11	40	43	7	6	2	23	16	2	5	9	17	27	-3	29	LWDLWD
	17	Sunderland	35	9	10	16	38	62	9	4	5	26	18	0	6	11	12	44	-24	28	WLLLLD
	18	Stoke City	33	8	11	14	33	47	8	5	4	20	19	0	6	10	13	28	-14	27	LLLDDW
	19	Nottingham Forest	33	7	12	14	39	47	4	6	6	14	17	3	6	8	25	30	-8	26	LLWLWW
	20	Coventry City	33	8	7	18	41	54	6	4	7	28	20	2	3	11	13	34	-13	23	WWLLDW
	21	Leicester City	31	6	10	15	28	53	6	6	4	22	20	0	4	11	6	33	-25	22	WDDWDL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	37	3	9	25	33	87	3	7	9	17	30	0	2	16	16	57	-54	15	LLLLLL

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	33	23	8	2	59	24	15	3	0	37	9	8	5	2	22	15	35	54	WWWWWW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	32	21	6	5	52	19	14	2	1	30	9	7	4	4	22	10	33	48	WWWLDW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	32	19	8	5	45	18	11	5	2	27	9	8	3	3	18	9	27	46	DWLWWW	Safe	1-0
	4	Everton	31	17	10	4	64	27	11	3	1	36	7	6	7	3	28	20	37	44	WDWWDD	Safe
	5	Chelsea	35	16	8	11	62	45	9	6	2	33	18	7	2	9	29	27	17	40	WWWWWL
	6	West Ham United	33	13	13	7	62	41	10	5	2	46	20	3	8	5	16	21	21	39	DWWWLW		3-1
	7	Southampton	36	13	11	12	45	43	10	5	3	30	18	3	6	9	15	25	2	37	DLWLDW
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	33	10	15	8	49	42	7	8	2	34	20	3	7	6	15	22	7	35	DDDDWL		0-1
	9	Burnley	35	13	8	14	45	67	10	5	2	30	19	3	3	12	15	48	-22	34	LWWLDL
	10	Ipswich Town	34	12	8	14	51	51	7	2	7	27	25	5	6	7	24	26	0	32	LWDWDW
2	11	Manchester United	34	10	11	13	45	45	9	5	3	28	14	1	6	10	17	31	0	31	LDLWWD		1-1
1	12	Sheffield Wednesday	32	10	11	11	34	39	7	5	3	23	19	3	6	8	11	20	-5	31	DLLWLL
1	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	13	12	35	45	6	8	3	22	19	3	5	9	13	26	-10	31	DDWDLL		1-3
	14	West Bromwich Albion	33	11	8	14	44	56	7	4	3	25	17	4	4	11	19	39	-12	30	DLLWDL
	15	Manchester City	32	10	9	13	54	44	8	5	2	40	18	2	4	11	14	26	10	29	DLWLWL		0-1
	16	Newcastle United	31	9	11	11	40	43	7	6	2	23	16	2	5	9	17	27	-3	29	LWDLWD
2	17	Nottingham Forest	34	8	12	14	40	47	5	6	6	15	17	3	6	8	25	30	-7	28	LWLWWW		1-0
	18	Stoke City	34	8	12	14	34	48	8	5	4	20	19	0	7	10	14	29	-14	28	LLDDWD		1-1
2	19	Sunderland	35	9	10	16	38	62	9	4	5	26	18	0	6	11	12	44	-24	28	WLLLLD
	20	Coventry City	33	8	7	18	41	54	6	4	7	28	20	2	3	11	13	34	-13	23	WWLLDW
	21	Leicester City	31	6	10	15	28	53	6	6	4	22	20	0	4	11	6	33	-25	22	WDDWDL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	37	3	9	25	33	87	3	7	9	17	30	0	2	16	16	57	-54	15	LLLLLL