The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 MANCHESTER UNITED - Mon Mar 31, 1969 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Mar 31, 1969 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: R Spittle
Attendance:: 41,892
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 11 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Apr 05, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2612 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1236 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2881 (of 5824)
Total:: 4124 (of 7629)
Played:: 57 years, 4 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Matt Busby
Prior form: DLWWDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Best (50') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Alan Hill
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	26	John Winfield
4	D	36	Bob McKinlay
5	D	26	Terry Hennessey
6	M	25	Henry Newton
7	F	24	Barry Lyons
8	F	29	Jim Baxter
9	F	21	Colin Hall
10	F	30	Dave Hilley
11	F	24	Ronnie Rees off for John Barnwell (72')
Subs
12	F	30	John Barnwell on for Ronnie Rees (72')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alex Stepney
2	D	John Fitzpatrick
3	D	Nobby Stiles
4	D	Pat Crerand
5	D	Steve James
6	M	David Sadler
7	M	Jimmy Ryan
8	M	Brian Kidd
9	M	John Aston Jnr
10	F	Denis Law
11	F	George Best
Subs
12		Foulkes

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Mar 31, 1969)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	1-1	Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Manchester United

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	34	23	9	2	59	24	15	3	0	37	9	8	6	2	22	15	35	55	WWWWWD	Safe
	2	Liverpool	33	22	6	5	54	20	14	2	1	30	9	8	4	4	24	11	34	50	WWLDWW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	33	19	9	5	45	18	11	6	2	27	9	8	3	3	18	9	27	47	WLWWWD	Safe
	4	Everton	32	17	10	5	65	29	11	3	2	37	9	6	7	3	28	20	36	44	DWWDDL	Safe
	5	Chelsea	36	17	8	11	64	46	9	6	2	33	18	8	2	9	31	28	18	42	WWWWLW	Safe
	6	West Ham United	34	13	14	7	62	41	10	6	2	46	20	3	8	5	16	21	21	40	WWWLWD	Safe
	7	Southampton	37	13	12	12	45	43	10	5	3	30	18	3	7	9	15	25	2	38	LWLDWD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	10	16	8	51	44	7	8	2	34	20	3	8	6	17	24	7	36	DDDWLD
	9	Burnley	36	13	9	14	47	69	10	6	2	32	21	3	3	12	15	48	-22	35	WWLDLD
	10	Ipswich Town	35	12	9	14	51	51	7	3	7	27	25	5	6	7	24	26	0	33	WDWDWD
	11	Manchester United	35	10	12	13	45	45	9	5	3	28	14	1	7	10	17	31	0	32	DLWWDD
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	9	14	12	35	45	6	9	3	22	19	3	5	9	13	26	-10	32	DWDLLD
	13	Manchester City	33	11	9	13	57	45	9	5	2	43	19	2	4	11	14	26	12	31	LWLWLW
	14	Newcastle United	32	10	11	11	42	43	8	6	2	25	16	2	5	9	17	27	-1	31	WDLWDW
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	32	10	11	11	34	39	7	5	3	23	19	3	6	8	11	20	-5	31	DLLWLL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	33	11	8	14	44	56	7	4	3	25	17	4	4	11	19	39	-12	30	DLLWDL
	17	Nottingham Forest	34	8	12	14	40	47	5	6	6	15	17	3	6	8	25	30	-7	28	LWLWWW
	18	Stoke City	35	8	12	15	35	51	8	5	4	20	19	0	7	11	15	32	-16	28	LDDWDL
	19	Sunderland	35	9	10	16	38	62	9	4	5	26	18	0	6	11	12	44	-24	28	WLLLLD
	20	Coventry City	35	8	8	19	41	56	6	4	7	28	20	2	4	12	13	36	-15	24	LLDWDL
	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	38	3	9	26	34	89	3	7	10	18	32	0	2	16	16	57	-55	15	LLLLLL	Relegated

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	34	23	9	2	59	24	15	3	0	37	9	8	6	2	22	15	35	55	WWWWWD	Safe
	2	Liverpool	34	22	7	5	55	21	14	3	1	31	10	8	4	4	24	11	34	51	WLDWWD	Safe	1-1
	3	Arsenal	34	19	10	5	46	19	11	6	2	27	9	8	4	3	19	10	27	48	LWWWDD	Safe	1-1
	4	Everton	32	17	10	5	65	29	11	3	2	37	9	6	7	3	28	20	36	44	DWWDDL	Safe
	5	Chelsea	36	17	8	11	64	46	9	6	2	33	18	8	2	9	31	28	18	42	WWWWLW	Safe
	6	West Ham United	34	13	14	7	62	41	10	6	2	46	20	3	8	5	16	21	21	40	WWWLWD	Safe
	7	Southampton	37	13	12	12	45	43	10	5	3	30	18	3	7	9	15	25	2	38	LWLDWD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	10	16	8	51	44	7	8	2	34	20	3	8	6	17	24	7	36	DDDWLD
	9	Burnley	36	13	9	14	47	69	10	6	2	32	21	3	3	12	15	48	-22	35	WWLDLD
1	10	Manchester United	36	11	12	13	46	45	9	5	3	28	14	2	7	10	18	31	1	34	LWWDDW		1-0
1	11	Ipswich Town	35	12	9	14	51	51	7	3	7	27	25	5	6	7	24	26	0	33	WDWDWD
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	9	14	12	35	45	6	9	3	22	19	3	5	9	13	26	-10	32	DWDLLD
	13	Manchester City	33	11	9	13	57	45	9	5	2	43	19	2	4	11	14	26	12	31	LWLWLW
	14	Newcastle United	32	10	11	11	42	43	8	6	2	25	16	2	5	9	17	27	-1	31	WDLWDW
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	32	10	11	11	34	39	7	5	3	23	19	3	6	8	11	20	-5	31	DLLWLL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	33	11	8	14	44	56	7	4	3	25	17	4	4	11	19	39	-12	30	DLLWDL
	17	Nottingham Forest	35	8	12	15	40	48	5	6	7	15	18	3	6	8	25	30	-8	28	WLWWWL		0-1
	18	Stoke City	35	8	12	15	35	51	8	5	4	20	19	0	7	11	15	32	-16	28	LDDWDL
	19	Sunderland	35	9	10	16	38	62	9	4	5	26	18	0	6	11	12	44	-24	28	WLLLLD
	20	Coventry City	35	8	8	19	41	56	6	4	7	28	20	2	4	12	13	36	-15	24	LLDWDL
	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	38	3	9	26	34	89	3	7	10	18	32	0	2	16	16	57	-55	15	LLLLLL	Relegated