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MANCHESTER UNITED 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 05, 1969 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 05, 1969 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 (Lost)

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: V James
Attendance:: 51,952
Pos Before/After:: 17 19
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Oct 18, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2613 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1237 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 2882 (of 5672)
Total:: 4122 (of 7440)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Mufcinfo.com (Link)

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

Goals:
Dave Hilley

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

Goals:
?
George Best (52)
Willie Morgan (63)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Alan Hill
2	D	Peter Hindley
3	D	John Winfield
4	M	Henry Newton
5	D	Terry Hennessey
6	M	Paul Richardson
7	F	Barry Lyons
8	F	Jim Baxter
9	F	Joe Baker
10	F	John Barnwell
11	F	Dave Hilley
Subs
12	F	Colin Hall

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	Willie Morgan
8	M	Brian Kidd
9	M	John Aston Jnr
10	F	Denis Law
11	F	George Best

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 05, 1969)

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

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	Leeds United	35	23	10	2	59	24	15	3	0	37	9	8	7	2	22	15	2.458	56	WWWWDD
	2	Liverpool	34	22	7	5	55	21	14	3	1	31	10	8	4	4	24	11	2.619	51	WLDWWD
	3	Arsenal	34	19	10	5	46	19	11	6	2	27	9	8	4	3	19	10	2.421	48	LWWWDD
	4	Everton	33	18	10	5	66	29	12	3	2	38	9	6	7	3	28	20	2.276	46	WWDDLW
	5	Chelsea	37	17	9	11	65	47	9	7	2	34	19	8	2	9	31	28	1.383	43	WWWLWD
	6	West Ham United	35	13	14	8	62	42	10	6	2	46	20	3	8	6	16	22	1.476	40	WWLWDL
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	36	11	16	9	53	45	8	8	3	36	21	3	8	6	17	24	1.178	38	DWLDLW
	8	Southampton	37	13	12	12	45	43	10	5	3	30	18	3	7	9	15	25	1.047	38	LWLDWD
	9	Manchester United	37	12	12	13	48	46	10	5	3	30	15	2	7	10	18	31	1.043	36	WWDDWW
	10	Ipswich Town	36	13	9	14	52	51	8	3	7	28	25	5	6	7	24	26	1.020	35	DWDWDW
	11	Burnley	36	13	9	14	47	69	10	6	2	32	21	3	3	12	15	48	.681	35	WWLDLD
	12	Newcastle United	34	11	12	11	44	44	8	6	2	25	16	3	6	9	19	28	1.000	34	LWDWWD
	13	Manchester City	34	12	9	13	59	45	10	5	2	45	19	2	4	11	14	26	1.311	33	WLWLWW
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	33	10	12	11	34	39	7	6	3	23	19	3	6	8	11	20	.872	32	LLWLLD
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	9	14	12	35	45	6	9	3	22	19	3	5	9	13	26	.778	32	DWDLLD
	16	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	8	15	45	58	7	4	3	25	17	4	4	12	20	41	.776	30	LLWDLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	35	8	12	15	40	48	5	6	7	15	18	3	6	8	25	30	.833	28	WLWWWL
	18	Stoke City	35	8	12	15	35	51	8	5	4	20	19	0	7	11	15	32	.686	28	LDDWDL
	19	Sunderland	36	9	10	17	38	63	9	4	5	26	18	0	6	12	12	45	.603	28	LLLLDL
	20	Coventry City	37	9	8	20	42	58	7	4	7	29	20	2	4	13	13	38	.724	26	DWDLWL
	21	Leicester City	33	6	10	17	28	56	6	6	4	22	20	0	4	13	6	36	.500	22	DWDLLL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	38	3	9	26	34	89	3	7	10	18	32	0	2	16	16	57	.382	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Leeds United	36	24	10	2	60	24	16	3	0	38	9	8	7	2	22	15	2.500	58	WWWDDW	1-0
	2	Liverpool	35	23	7	5	56	21	15	3	1	32	10	8	4	4	24	11	2.667	53	LDWWDW	1-0
	3	Arsenal	35	19	11	5	46	19	11	6	2	27	9	8	5	3	19	10	2.421	49	WWWDDD	0-0
	4	Everton	34	18	11	5	67	30	12	3	2	38	9	6	8	3	29	21	2.233	47	WDDLWD	1-1
	5	Chelsea	38	17	9	12	67	50	9	7	3	36	22	8	2	9	31	28	1.340	43	WWLWDL	2-3
	6	West Ham United	36	13	15	8	63	43	10	6	2	46	20	3	9	6	17	23	1.465	41	WLWDLD	1-1
1	7	Southampton	38	14	12	12	48	45	11	5	3	33	20	3	7	9	15	25	1.067	40	WLDWDW	3-2
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	36	11	16	9	53	45	8	8	3	36	21	3	8	6	17	24	1.178	38	DWLDLW
	9	Manchester United	38	13	12	13	51	47	11	5	3	33	16	2	7	10	18	31	1.085	38	WDDWWW	3-1
1	10	Burnley	37	14	9	14	50	71	10	6	2	32	21	4	3	12	18	50	.704	37	WLDLDW	3-2
1	11	Ipswich Town	37	13	9	15	53	53	8	3	7	28	25	5	6	8	25	28	1.000	35	WDWDWL	1-2
	12	Newcastle United	34	11	12	11	44	44	8	6	2	25	16	3	6	9	19	28	1.000	34	LWDWWD
	13	Manchester City	35	12	9	14	59	46	10	5	2	45	19	2	4	12	14	27	1.283	33	LWLWWL	0-1
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	34	10	13	11	35	40	7	7	3	24	20	3	6	8	11	20	.875	33	LWLLDD	1-1
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	9	14	13	35	46	6	9	3	22	19	3	5	10	13	27	.761	32	WDLLDL	0-1
	16	West Bromwich Albion	35	11	9	15	46	59	7	5	3	26	18	4	4	12	20	41	.780	31	LWDLLD	1-1
1	17	Stoke City	36	9	12	15	37	52	9	5	4	22	20	0	7	11	15	32	.712	30	DDWDLW	2-1
1	18	Sunderland	37	9	11	17	38	63	9	5	5	26	18	0	6	12	12	45	.603	29	LLLDLD	0-0
2	19	Nottingham Forest	36	8	12	16	41	51	5	6	7	15	18	3	6	9	26	33	.804	28	LWWWLL	1-3
	20	Coventry City	37	9	8	20	42	58	7	4	7	29	20	2	4	13	13	38	.724	26	DWDLWL
	21	Leicester City	33	6	10	17	28	56	6	6	4	22	20	0	4	13	6	36	.500	22	DWDLLL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	39	3	9	27	36	92	3	7	10	18	32	0	2	17	18	60	.391	15	LLLLLL	2-3