The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Sat Apr 12, 1969 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 12, 1969 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 12 April 1969

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: V Batty
Attendance:: 22,920
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 1)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Nov 08, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2616 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 1240 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2885 (of 5828)
Total:: 4128 (of 7633)
Played:: 57 years, 4 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Bill Nicholson
Prior form: WLDLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alan Gilzean (28')
Jimmy Greaves (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Alan Hill
2	D	19	Len Harris	Debut
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	25	Ronnie Rees off for John Barnwell (69')
Subs
12	F	30	John Barnwell on for Ronnie Rees (69')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Pat Jennings
2	D	Peter Collins
3	D	Phil Beal
4	D	Cyril Knowles
5	D	John Pratt
6	M	Alan Mullery
7	M	Terry Venables
8	M	Neil Johnson
9	M	Roger Morgan
10	F	Alan Gilzean
11	F	Jimmy Greaves
Subs
12		Jimmy Pearce

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 12, 1969)

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

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	37	24	11	2	61	25	16	3	0	38	9	8	8	2	23	16	36	59	WWDDWD	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
	4	Everton	35	19	11	5	69	31	12	3	2	38	9	7	8	3	31	22	38	49	DDLWDW	Safe
	5	Chelsea	39	18	9	12	69	51	9	7	3	36	22	9	2	9	33	29	18	45	WLWDLW	Safe
	6	West Ham United	37	13	16	8	63	43	10	7	2	46	20	3	9	6	17	23	20	42	LWDLDD	Safe
	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
	10	Burnley	39	14	9	16	52	78	10	6	3	33	23	4	3	13	19	55	-26	37	DLDWLL	Safe
	11	Newcastle United	35	12	12	11	47	46	9	6	2	28	18	3	6	9	19	28	1	36	WDWWDW
	12	Ipswich Town	37	13	9	15	53	53	8	3	7	28	25	5	6	8	25	28	0	35	WDWDWL
	13	West Bromwich Albion	37	12	10	15	51	63	8	6	3	31	22	4	4	12	20	41	-12	34	DLLDWD
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	14	14	39	50	7	9	3	25	20	3	5	11	14	30	-11	34	LLDLLW
	15	Manchester City	36	12	9	15	60	49	10	5	2	45	19	2	4	13	15	30	11	33	WLWWLL
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	36	10	13	13	37	44	7	7	4	24	21	3	6	9	13	23	-7	33	LLDDLL
	17	Stoke City	38	9	14	15	37	52	9	6	4	22	20	0	8	11	15	32	-15	32	WDLWDD
	18	Nottingham Forest	38	9	12	17	43	53	5	6	8	16	20	4	6	9	27	33	-10	30	WWLLWL
	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
	21	Leicester City	34	6	11	17	28	56	6	7	4	22	20	0	4	13	6	36	-28	23	WDLLLD
	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	38	25	11	2	63	26	16	3	0	38	9	9	8	2	25	17	37	61	WDDWDW	Safe	2-1
	2	Liverpool	37	24	8	5	58	22	15	3	1	32	10	9	5	4	26	12	36	56	WWDWDW	Safe	2-1
	3	Arsenal	38	20	12	6	50	22	12	6	3	31	12	8	6	3	19	10	28	52	DDDWDL	Safe	1-2
	4	Everton	36	20	11	5	72	31	13	3	2	41	9	7	8	3	31	22	41	51	DLWDWW	Safe	3-0
	5	Chelsea	40	18	10	12	69	51	9	7	3	36	22	9	3	9	33	29	18	46	LWDLWD	Safe	0-0
	6	West Ham United	38	13	17	8	63	43	10	8	2	46	20	3	9	6	17	23	20	43	WDLDDD	Safe	0-0
	7	Southampton	40	15	13	12	53	46	12	5	3	38	21	3	8	9	15	25	7	43	DWDWWD	Safe	0-0
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	12	16	10	58	49	8	8	3	36	21	4	8	7	22	28	9	40	LDLWLW	Safe	2-0
1	9	Burnley	40	15	9	16	54	78	11	6	3	35	23	4	3	13	19	55	-24	39	LDWLLW	Safe	2-0
1	10	Newcastle United	36	13	12	11	49	46	10	6	2	30	18	3	6	9	19	28	3	38	DWWDWW	Safe	2-0
2	11	Manchester United	40	13	12	15	52	51	11	5	3	33	16	2	7	12	19	35	1	38	DWWWLL	Safe	0-2
	12	Ipswich Town	38	13	10	15	53	53	8	4	7	28	25	5	6	8	25	28	0	36	DWDWLD	Safe	0-0
	13	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	10	15	52	63	8	6	3	31	22	5	4	12	21	41	-11	36	LLDWDW	Safe	1-0
1	14	Manchester City	37	13	9	15	61	49	11	5	2	46	19	2	4	13	15	30	12	35	LWWLLW	Safe	1-0
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	10	14	15	39	51	7	9	4	25	21	3	5	11	14	30	-12	34	LDLLWL		0-1
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	37	10	13	14	37	46	7	7	4	24	21	3	6	10	13	25	-9	33	LDDLLL		0-2
	17	Stoke City	39	9	14	16	38	54	9	6	4	22	20	0	8	12	16	34	-16	32	DLWDDL		1-2
	18	Nottingham Forest	39	9	12	18	43	55	5	6	9	16	22	4	6	9	27	33	-12	30	WLLWLL		0-2
	19	Sunderland	39	9	12	18	38	64	9	6	5	26	18	0	6	13	12	46	-26	30	LDLDDL		0-1
	20	Coventry City	39	10	8	21	44	62	8	4	7	31	21	2	4	14	13	41	-18	28	DLWLWL		0-3
	21	Leicester City	35	6	11	18	29	58	6	7	5	23	22	0	4	13	6	36	-29	23	DLLLDL		1-2
	22	Queens Park Rangers	41	4	10	27	38	93	4	7	10	20	33	0	3	17	18	60	-55	18	LLLLDW	Relegated	2-1