The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 CHELSEA - Tue Apr 08, 1969 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Apr 08, 1969 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 09 April 1969

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: E Jennings
Attendance:: 30,413
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Nov 22, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2615 (of 5088)
League Tier 1:: 1239 (of 2340)
Competitive:: 2884 (of 5830)
Total:: 4127 (of 7635)
Played:: 57 years, 5 months, 19 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Barry Lyons (74')

CHELSEA
Manager: Dave Sexton
Prior form: WWLWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alan Birchenall (22')
Ian Hutchinson (28')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Alan Hill
2	D	24	Peter Hindley
3	D	26	John Winfield 0
4	D	36	Bob McKinlay
5	D	26	Terry Hennessey
6	M	25	Henry Newton
7	F	24	Barry Lyons (74')
8	M	19	Paul Richardson
9	F	21	Colin Hall
10	F	30	Dave Hilley
11	F	25	Ronnie Rees off for John Barnwell (83')
Subs
12	F	30	John Barnwell on for Ronnie Rees (83')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Bonetti
2	D	David Webb
3	D	Ron Harris
4	D	John Dempsey
5	D	Eddie McCreadie
6	M	Alan Birchenall
7	M	John Boyle
8	M	John Hollins
9	M	Bobby Tambling
10	F	Peter Osgood
11	F	Ian Hutchinson
Subs
12		Houseman

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Apr 08, 1969)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-2	Everton
Coventry City	2-1	Manchester United
Leicester City	0-0	Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Chelsea
West Ham United	0-0	Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-1	Manchester 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leeds United	36	24	10	2	60	24	16	3	0	38	9	8	7	2	22	15	36	58	WWWDDW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	36	23	8	5	56	21	15	3	1	32	10	8	5	4	24	11	35	54	DWWDWD	Safe
	3	Arsenal	36	20	11	5	49	20	12	6	2	30	10	8	5	3	19	10	29	51	WWDDDW	Safe
	4	Everton	34	18	11	5	67	30	12	3	2	38	9	6	8	3	29	21	37	47	WDDLWD	Safe
	5	Chelsea	38	17	9	12	67	50	9	7	3	36	22	8	2	9	31	28	17	43	WWLWDL	Safe
	6	Southampton	39	15	12	12	53	46	12	5	3	38	21	3	7	9	15	25	7	42	LDWDWW	Safe
	7	West Ham United	36	13	15	8	63	43	10	6	2	46	20	3	9	6	17	23	20	41	WLWDLD	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	16	10	56	49	8	8	3	36	21	3	8	7	20	28	7	38	WLDLWL	Safe
	9	Manchester United	38	13	12	13	51	47	11	5	3	33	16	2	7	10	18	31	4	38	WDDWWW	Safe
	10	Burnley	38	14	9	15	51	76	10	6	2	32	21	4	3	13	19	55	-25	37	LDLDWL	Safe
	11	Ipswich Town	37	13	9	15	53	53	8	3	7	28	25	5	6	8	25	28	0	35	WDWDWL
	12	Newcastle United	34	11	12	11	44	44	8	6	2	25	16	3	6	9	19	28	0	34	LWDWWD
	13	Manchester City	35	12	9	14	59	46	10	5	2	45	19	2	4	12	14	27	13	33	LWLWWL
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	13	12	35	41	7	7	4	24	21	3	6	8	11	20	-6	33	WLLDDL
	15	West Bromwich Albion	36	12	9	15	50	62	8	5	3	30	21	4	4	12	20	41	-12	33	WDLLDW
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	9	14	14	36	49	6	9	3	22	19	3	5	11	14	30	-13	32	DLLDLL
	17	Stoke City	37	9	13	15	37	52	9	6	4	22	20	0	7	11	15	32	-15	31	DWDLWD
	18	Nottingham Forest	37	9	12	16	42	51	5	6	7	15	18	4	6	9	27	33	-9	30	WWWLLW
	19	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	38	63	9	6	5	26	18	0	6	12	12	45	-25	30	LLDLDD
	20	Coventry City	37	9	8	20	42	58	7	4	7	29	20	2	4	13	13	38	-16	26	DWDLWL
	21	Leicester City	33	6	10	17	28	56	6	6	4	22	20	0	4	13	6	36	-28	22	DWDLLL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	40	3	10	27	36	92	3	7	10	18	32	0	3	17	18	60	-56	16	LLLLLD	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	36	24	10	2	60	24	16	3	0	38	9	8	7	2	22	15	36	58	WWWDDW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	36	23	8	5	56	21	15	3	1	32	10	8	5	4	24	11	35	54	DWWDWD	Safe
	3	Arsenal	37	20	12	5	49	20	12	6	2	30	10	8	6	3	19	10	29	52	WDDDWD	Safe	0-0
	4	Everton	35	19	11	5	69	31	12	3	2	38	9	7	8	3	31	22	38	49	DDLWDW	Safe	2-1
	5	Chelsea	39	18	9	12	69	51	9	7	3	36	22	9	2	9	33	29	18	45	WLWDLW	Safe	2-1
1	6	West Ham United	37	13	16	8	63	43	10	7	2	46	20	3	9	6	17	23	20	42	LWDLDD	Safe	0-0
1	7	Southampton	39	15	12	12	53	46	12	5	3	38	21	3	7	9	15	25	7	42	LDWDWW	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	16	10	56	49	8	8	3	36	21	3	8	7	20	28	7	38	WLDLWL	Safe
	9	Manchester United	39	13	12	14	52	49	11	5	3	33	16	2	7	11	19	33	3	38	DDWWWL	Safe	1-2
	10	Burnley	39	14	9	16	52	78	10	6	3	33	23	4	3	13	19	55	-26	37	DLDWLL	Safe	1-2
	11	Ipswich Town	37	13	9	15	53	53	8	3	7	28	25	5	6	8	25	28	0	35	WDWDWL
	12	Newcastle United	34	11	12	11	44	44	8	6	2	25	16	3	6	9	19	28	0	34	LWDWWD
3	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	14	14	39	50	7	9	3	25	20	3	5	11	14	30	-11	34	LLDLLW		3-1
1	14	Manchester City	36	12	9	15	60	49	10	5	2	45	19	2	4	13	15	30	11	33	WLWWLL		1-3
1	15	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	13	12	35	41	7	7	4	24	21	3	6	8	11	20	-6	33	WLLDDL
1	16	West Bromwich Albion	36	12	9	15	50	62	8	5	3	30	21	4	4	12	20	41	-12	33	WDLLDW
	17	Stoke City	38	9	14	15	37	52	9	6	4	22	20	0	8	11	15	32	-15	32	WDLWDD		0-0
	18	Nottingham Forest	38	9	12	17	43	53	5	6	8	16	20	4	6	9	27	33	-10	30	WWLLWL		1-2
	19	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	38	63	9	6	5	26	18	0	6	12	12	45	-25	30	LLDLDD
	20	Coventry City	38	10	8	20	44	59	8	4	7	31	21	2	4	13	13	38	-15	28	WDLWLW		2-1
	21	Leicester City	34	6	11	17	28	56	6	7	4	22	20	0	4	13	6	36	-28	23	WDLLLD		0-0
	22	Queens Park Rangers	40	3	10	27	36	92	3	7	10	18	32	0	3	17	18	60	-56	16	LLLLLD	Relegated