The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 EVERTON - Fri Apr 25, 1969 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri Apr 25, 1969 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Liverpool Echo - Saturday 26 April 1969

Season:: 1968-69
Referee:: D Smith
Attendance:: 26,629
League Week:: 41 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 18
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 1)
Everton:: Nov 01, 1969

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2618 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 1242 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2887 (of 5824)
Total:: 4130 (of 7629)
Played:: 57 years, 4 months, 1 day ago

Review
These two points made us mathematically safe from relegation.

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

Goal Scorers
Dave Hilley (11')

EVERTON
Manager: Harry Catterick
Prior form: DWWDDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Alan Hill
2	M	25	Henry Newton
3	D	26	John Winfield
4	F	22	Sammy Chapman
5	D	36	Bob McKinlay
6	M	19	Paul Richardson
7	F	24	Barry Lyons
8	F	21	Colin Hall
9	F	28	Joe Baker
10	F	29	Jim Baxter
11	F	30	Dave Hilley (11')
Subs
12	F	30	John Barnwell

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gordon West
2	D	Sandy Brown
3	D	John Hurst
4	D	Tommy Wright
5	D	Brian Labone
6	M	Alan Ball
7	M	Tommy Jackson
8	M	Colin Harvey
9	M	Johnny Morrissey
10	F	Jimmy Husband
11	F	Joe Royle
Subs
12		Darcy

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Fri Apr 25, 1969)

Home	Score	Away
Ipswich Town	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	1-0	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leeds United	40	26	12	2	65	26	17	3	0	40	9	9	9	2	25	17	39	64	DWDWWD	Safe
	2	Liverpool	39	25	9	5	62	22	16	3	1	36	10	9	6	4	26	12	40	59	DWDWWD	Safe
	3	Arsenal	41	22	12	7	56	26	12	6	3	31	12	10	6	4	25	14	30	56	WDLLWW	Safe
	4	Everton	39	20	14	5	75	34	13	5	2	42	10	7	9	3	33	24	41	54	DWWDDD	Safe
	5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	73	53	11	7	3	40	24	9	3	9	33	29	20	50	DLWDWW	Safe
	6	Southampton	42	16	13	13	57	48	13	5	3	41	21	3	8	10	16	27	9	45	DWWDWL	Safe
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	40	14	16	10	61	50	10	8	3	39	22	4	8	7	22	28	11	44	LWLWWW	Safe
	8	West Ham United	41	13	17	11	65	49	10	8	3	47	22	3	9	8	18	27	16	43	DDDLLL	Safe
	9	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	64	67	11	7	3	43	26	5	4	12	21	41	-3	43	DWWWWD	Safe
	10	Newcastle United	39	14	13	12	55	53	11	6	2	34	19	3	7	10	21	34	2	41	DWWDLW	Safe
	11	Manchester United	41	14	12	15	54	51	12	5	3	35	16	2	7	12	19	35	3	40	WWWLLW	Safe
	12	Burnley	42	15	9	18	55	82	11	6	4	36	25	4	3	14	19	57	-27	39	WLLWLL	Safe
	13	Ipswich Town	40	13	11	16	55	59	8	4	7	28	25	5	7	9	27	34	-4	37	DWLDLD	Safe
	14	Manchester City	39	13	9	17	61	54	11	5	2	46	19	2	4	15	15	35	7	35	WLLWLL	Safe
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	40	10	15	15	41	52	7	8	5	27	26	3	7	10	14	26	-11	35	LLLLDD	Safe
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	15	17	41	58	7	10	4	26	22	3	5	13	15	36	-17	35	LWLDLL	Safe
	17	Sunderland	41	11	12	18	42	65	10	6	5	28	18	1	6	13	14	47	-23	34	LDDLWW	Safe
	18	Stoke City	41	9	15	17	40	58	9	7	5	24	24	0	8	12	16	34	-18	33	WDDLLD	Safe
	19	Nottingham Forest	40	9	13	18	44	56	5	6	9	16	22	4	7	9	28	34	-12	31	LLWLLD
	20	Coventry City	42	10	11	21	46	64	8	6	7	32	22	2	5	14	14	42	-18	31	LWLDDD
	21	Leicester City	37	7	11	19	32	61	6	7	5	23	22	1	4	14	9	39	-29	25	LLDLWL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	10	28	39	95	4	7	10	20	33	0	3	18	19	62	-56	18	LLLDWL	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	40	26	12	2	65	26	17	3	0	40	9	9	9	2	25	17	39	64	DWDWWD	Safe
	2	Liverpool	39	25	9	5	62	22	16	3	1	36	10	9	6	4	26	12	40	59	DWDWWD	Safe
	3	Arsenal	41	22	12	7	56	26	12	6	3	31	12	10	6	4	25	14	30	56	WDLLWW	Safe
	4	Everton	40	20	14	6	75	35	13	5	2	42	10	7	9	4	33	25	40	54	WWDDDL	Safe	0-1
	5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	73	53	11	7	3	40	24	9	3	9	33	29	20	50	DLWDWW	Safe
	6	Southampton	42	16	13	13	57	48	13	5	3	41	21	3	8	10	16	27	9	45	DWWDWL	Safe
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	40	14	16	10	61	50	10	8	3	39	22	4	8	7	22	28	11	44	LWLWWW	Safe
	8	West Ham United	41	13	17	11	65	49	10	8	3	47	22	3	9	8	18	27	16	43	DDDLLL	Safe
	9	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	64	67	11	7	3	43	26	5	4	12	21	41	-3	43	DWWWWD	Safe
	10	Newcastle United	39	14	13	12	55	53	11	6	2	34	19	3	7	10	21	34	2	41	DWWDLW	Safe
	11	Manchester United	41	14	12	15	54	51	12	5	3	35	16	2	7	12	19	35	3	40	WWWLLW	Safe
1	12	Ipswich Town	41	14	11	16	57	59	9	4	7	30	25	5	7	9	27	34	-2	39	WLDLDW	Safe	2-0
1	13	Burnley	42	15	9	18	55	82	11	6	4	36	25	4	3	14	19	57	-27	39	WLLWLL	Safe
	14	Manchester City	39	13	9	17	61	54	11	5	2	46	19	2	4	15	15	35	7	35	WLLWLL	Safe
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	41	10	15	16	41	54	7	8	5	27	26	3	7	11	14	28	-13	35	LLLDDL	Safe	0-2
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	15	17	41	58	7	10	4	26	22	3	5	13	15	36	-17	35	LWLDLL	Safe
	17	Sunderland	41	11	12	18	42	65	10	6	5	28	18	1	6	13	14	47	-23	34	LDDLWW	Safe
1	18	Nottingham Forest	41	10	13	18	45	56	6	6	9	17	22	4	7	9	28	34	-11	33	LWLLDW	Safe	1-0
1	19	Stoke City	41	9	15	17	40	58	9	7	5	24	24	0	8	12	16	34	-18	33	WDDLLD	Safe
	20	Coventry City	42	10	11	21	46	64	8	6	7	32	22	2	5	14	14	42	-18	31	LWLDDD
	21	Leicester City	37	7	11	19	32	61	6	7	5	23	22	1	4	14	9	39	-29	25	LLDLWL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	10	28	39	95	4	7	10	20	33	0	3	18	19	62	-56	18	LLLDWL	Relegated