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SEASON: 1963-64

Prev Season: 1962-63
This Season: 1963-64
Next Season: 1964-65

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Preston North End (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: 3rd Round ( () -)

Top Goalscorer:: Frank Wignall (16 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	8 times	11 times	1 time
Conceded	14 times	8 times	7 times	3 times	1 time
Won By	7 times	7 times	1 time	1 time
Lost By	9 times	5 times	3 times		1 time

SEASON LEAGUE POSITIONS

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	1	2	3	-	-	3	3	7	0	Manchester United (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), Manchester United (1-3)
3	4	3	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Blackburn Rovers (0-2)
4	7	4	2	-	1	1	2	7	1	Blackburn Rovers (1-1), Everton (1-6)
5	14	5	2	1	-	1	2	1	2	West Ham United (2-0), Chelsea (0-1)
6	2	6	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday (3-2)
7	12	7	4	2	-	2	5	6	4	Liverpool (2-1), Tottenham Hotspur (1-4), Arsenal (2-0), Chelsea (0-1)
8	7	8	2	-	2	-	5	5	2	Everton (2-2), Sheffield United (3-3)
9	14	9	3	1	2	-	5	4	4	Burnley (1-1), Leicester City (1-1), West Bromwich Albion (3-2)
10	24	10	4	3	-	1	10	6	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-0), West Ham United (3-1), Arsenal (2-4), Sheffield United (2-1)
11	27	11	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Leicester City (2-0)
12	38	12	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday (1-3)
13	74	13	2	1	-	1	2	3	2	Stoke City (1-0), Burnley (1-3)
14	7	14	2	1	-	1	3	5	2	West Bromwich Albion (0-3), Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-2)
15	1	15	2	1	1	-	2	0	3	Liverpool (0-0), Fulham (2-0)
16		16	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Blackpool (0-1)
17		17	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Fulham (0-0)
18		18	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Aston Villa (0-3)
19		19	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Stoke City (0-0)
20	6	20	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	Birmingham City (3-3), Blackpool (0-1), Birmingham City (4-0)
21		21	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Bolton Wanderers (3-2)
22	4	22	3	2	-	1	9	6	4	Bolton Wanderers (3-1), Ipswich Town (3-1), Ipswich Town (3-4)

Not included: Week 1 game against Aston Villa (0-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 41,426 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 16,453 (Birmingham City)
Average League Attendance:: 25,383
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1963-64								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Liverpool	42	26	5	11	92	45	16	0	5	60	18	10	5	6	32	27	2.044	57	European Cup Preliminary Round	0-0	2-1
2	Manchester United	42	23	7	12	90	62	15	3	3	54	19	8	4	9	36	43	1.452	53		1-2	1-3
3	Everton	42	21	10	11	84	64	14	4	3	53	26	7	6	8	31	38	1.313	52		2-2	1-6
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	7	13	97	81	13	3	5	54	31	9	4	8	43	50	1.198	51		1-2	1-4
5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	72	56	12	3	6	36	24	8	7	6	36	32	1.286	50		0-1	0-1
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	19	11	12	84	67	15	3	3	50	24	4	8	9	34	43	1.254	49		3-2	1-3
7	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	10	14	89	65	10	4	7	44	28	8	6	7	45	37	1.369	46		1-1	0-2
8	Arsenal	42	17	11	14	90	82	10	7	4	56	37	7	4	10	34	45	1.098	45		2-0	2-4
9	Burnley	42	17	10	15	71	64	14	3	4	46	23	3	7	11	25	41	1.109	44		1-3	1-1
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	70	61	9	6	6	43	35	7	5	9	27	26	1.148	43		0-3	3-2
11	Leicester City	42	16	11	15	61	58	9	4	8	33	27	7	7	7	28	31	1.052	43		2-0	1-1
12	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	61	64	10	6	5	35	22	6	5	10	26	42	.953	43		3-3	2-1
13	Nottingham Forest	42	16	9	17	64	68	9	5	7	34	24	7	4	10	30	44	.941	41
14	West Ham United	42	14	12	16	69	74	8	7	6	45	38	6	5	10	24	36	.932	40	Cup Winners Cup	3-1	2-0
15	Fulham	42	13	13	16	58	65	11	8	2	45	23	2	5	14	13	42	.892	39		2-0	0-0
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	15	15	70	80	6	9	6	36	34	6	6	9	34	46	.875	39		3-0	3-2
17	Stoke City	42	14	10	18	77	78	9	6	6	49	33	5	4	12	28	45	.987	38		0-0	1-0
18	Blackpool	42	13	9	20	52	73	8	6	7	26	29	5	3	13	26	44	.712	35		0-1	0-1
19	Aston Villa	42	11	12	19	62	71	8	6	7	35	29	3	6	12	27	42	.873	34		0-1	0-3
20	Birmingham City	42	11	7	24	54	92	7	7	7	33	32	4	0	17	21	60	.587	29		4-0	3-3
21	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	8	24	48	80	6	5	10	30	35	4	3	14	18	45	.600	28	Relegated	3-1	3-2
22	Ipswich Town	42	9	7	26	56	121	9	3	9	38	45	0	4	17	18	76	.463	25	Relegated	3-1	3-4

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GAMES

Manager for all games: Johnny Carey
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 24, 1963	Aston Villa	H	0-1	Loss	29,505	22
2	Wed Aug 28, 1963	Liverpool	A	2-1	Win	49,829	10	Wignall (?), Quigley (?)
3	Sat Aug 31, 1963	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-4	Loss	49,407	20	Addison (?)
4	Tue Sep 03, 1963	Liverpool	H	0-0	Draw	21,979	15
5	Sat Sep 07, 1963	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-0	Win	20,873	12	Wignall (?), Quigley (?), Le Flem (?)
6	Mon Sep 09, 1963	West Ham United	A	2-0	Win	26,282	5	Palmer (?), Addison (?)
7	Sat Sep 14, 1963	Stoke City	A	1-0	Win	34,522	5	Quigley (?)
8	Tue Sep 17, 1963	West Ham United	H	3-1	Win	25,741	2	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Le Flem (?)
9	Sat Sep 21, 1963	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	23,712	1	Wignall (?), Quigley (?), Le Flem (?)
10	Sat Sep 28, 1963	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	27,981	5	Addison (?)
11	Sat Oct 05, 1963	Blackpool	A	0-1	Loss	22,397	6
12	Tue Oct 08, 1963	Leicester City	H	2-0	Win	30,990	3	Addison (?), Wignall (?)
13	Sat Oct 12, 1963	Fulham	A	0-0	Draw	23,551	4
14	Sat Oct 19, 1963	Manchester United	H	1-2	Loss	41,426	7	Wignall (22)
15	Sat Oct 26, 1963	Arsenal	A	2-4	Loss	41,124	10	Wignall (?), Le Flem (?)
16	Sat Nov 02, 1963	Ipswich Town	H	3-1	Win	21,109	8	Quigley (?), Vowden (?), Beavis (? OG)
17	Sat Nov 09, 1963	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	23,231	9	Vowden (?)
18	Sat Nov 16, 1963	Everton	H	2-2	Draw	27,027	9	Whitefoot (?, ?)
19	Sat Nov 23, 1963	Birmingham City	A	3-3	Draw	18,161	10	Winfield (?), Julians (?), Le Flem (?)
20	Sat Nov 30, 1963	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-3	Loss	18,931	10
21	Sat Dec 07, 1963	Burnley	A	1-1	Draw	15,304	11	Wignall (?)
22	Sat Dec 14, 1963	Aston Villa	A	0-3	Loss	14,182	12
23	Sat Dec 21, 1963	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	Loss	23,888	13	Quigley (?)
24	Thu Dec 26, 1963	Sheffield United	H	3-3	Draw	23,938	14	Wignall (?), Vowden (?), Storey-Moore (?)
25	Sat Dec 28, 1963	Sheffield United	A	2-1	Win	24,865	13	Storey-Moore (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 11, 1964	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-2	Win	15,468	13	Newton (?), Wignall (?), Vowden (?)
27	Sat Jan 18, 1964	Stoke City	H	0-0	Draw	17,995	13
28	Sat Feb 01, 1964	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-2	Win	10,770	11	Wignall (?, ?, ?)
29	Sat Feb 08, 1964	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-2	Loss	18,342	13
30	Sat Feb 15, 1964	Blackpool	H	0-1	Loss	17,008	13
31	Sat Feb 22, 1964	Fulham	H	2-0	Win	14,713	12	Newton (?), Wignall (?)
32	Sat Feb 29, 1964	Leicester City	A	1-1	Draw	23,629	11	Whitefoot (?)
33	Sat Mar 07, 1964	Arsenal	H	2-0	Win	18,525	11	Addison (?), Hinton (?)
34	Sat Mar 14, 1964	Everton	A	1-6	Loss	50,085	12	Vowden (?)
35	Sat Mar 21, 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-2	Win	17,749	12	McKinlay (?), Quigley (?), Wignall (?)
36	Sat Mar 28, 1964	Ipswich Town	A	3-4	Loss	12,017	13	Storey-Moore (?, ?), Wignall (?)
37	Mon Mar 30, 1964	Chelsea	A	0-1	Loss	26,086	14
38	Tue Mar 31, 1964	Chelsea	H	0-1	Loss	16,453	14
39	Sat Apr 04, 1964	Birmingham City	H	4-0	Win	13,897	13	Storey-Moore (?), Addison (?, ?, ?)
40	Sat Apr 11, 1964	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-2	Win	14,442	11	McKinlay (?), Addison (?), Barnwell (?)
41	Sat Apr 18, 1964	Burnley	H	1-3	Loss	19,005	13	Barnwell (?)
42	Sat Apr 25, 1964	Manchester United	A	1-3	Loss	32,786	13	Hinton (37)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 04, 1964	Preston North End	3			H	0-0	Draw	26,906
Mon Jan 13, 1964	Preston North End	3	Y	1	A	0-1	Loss	29,374

Notts Association Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 25, 1964	Mansfield Town				A	3-1	Win	13,419	Wignall (?, ?), Hinton (?)
Tue Apr 14, 1964	Notts County				A	5-1	Win	14,501	Wignall (?, ?, ?), Hinton (?), Addison (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Apr 20, 1964	New Zealand XI	New Zealand	H	8-0	Win	6,330	Wignall (?, ?, ?), Addison (?, ?), Hinton (?, ?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat May 02, 1964	Hertha Berlin	Germany	A	3-0	Win	10,000	Addison (?, ?, ?)
Wed May 06, 1964	Basle	Switzerland	A	6-0	Win	5,000	Wignall (?, ?), Newton (?, ?), Addison (?), ? (? OG)
Thu May 07, 1964	Lucerne	Switzerland	A	4-0	Win	-	Vowden (?), Pleat (?), Newton (?), Barnwell (?)
Sat May 09, 1964	Winterthur	Switzerland	A	5-1	Win	-	Barnwell (?), Wignall (?, ?), Pleat (?), Vowden (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Johnny Carey
Sat Aug 24, 1963	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	0-1	29,505
Wed Aug 28, 1963	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	2-1	49,829	Wignall (?), Quigley (?)
Sat Aug 31, 1963	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-4	49,407	Addison (?)
Tue Sep 03, 1963	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	0-0	21,979
Sat Sep 07, 1963	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	3-0	20,873	Wignall (?), Quigley (?), Le Flem (?)
Mon Sep 09, 1963	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	2-0	26,282	Palmer (?), Addison (?)
Sat Sep 14, 1963	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	1-0	34,522	Quigley (?)
Tue Sep 17, 1963	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	3-1	25,741	Addison (?), Wignall (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Sep 21, 1963	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	3-1	23,712	Wignall (?), Quigley (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Sep 28, 1963	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-1	27,981	Addison (?)
Sat Oct 05, 1963	League Tier 1	Blackpool			A	0-1	22,397
Tue Oct 08, 1963	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	2-0	30,990	Addison (?), Wignall (?)
Sat Oct 12, 1963	League Tier 1	Fulham			A	0-0	23,551
Sat Oct 19, 1963	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	1-2	41,426	Wignall (22)
Sat Oct 26, 1963	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	2-4	41,124	Wignall (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Nov 02, 1963	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			H	3-1	21,109	Quigley (?), Vowden (?), Beavis (? OG)
Sat Nov 09, 1963	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	1-3	23,231	Vowden (?)
Sat Nov 16, 1963	League Tier 1	Everton			H	2-2	27,027	Whitefoot (?, ?)
Sat Nov 23, 1963	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			A	3-3	18,161	Winfield (?), Julians (?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Nov 30, 1963	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	0-3	18,931
Sat Dec 07, 1963	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	1-1	15,304	Wignall (?)
Sat Dec 14, 1963	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-3	14,182
Sat Dec 21, 1963	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	1-2	23,888	Quigley (?)
Thu Dec 26, 1963	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	3-3	23,938	Wignall (?), Vowden (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Dec 28, 1963	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	2-1	24,865	Storey-Moore (?, ?)
Sat Jan 04, 1964	FA Cup	Preston North End	3		H	0-0	26,906
Sat Jan 11, 1964	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	3-2	15,468	Newton (?), Wignall (?), Vowden (?)
Mon Jan 13, 1964	FA Cup	Preston North End	3	1	A	0-1	29,374
Sat Jan 18, 1964	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	0-0	17,995
Sat Jan 25, 1964	Notts Association Cup	Mansfield Town			A	3-1	13,419	Wignall (?, ?), Hinton (?)
Sat Feb 01, 1964	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	3-2	10,770	Wignall (?, ?, ?)
Sat Feb 08, 1964	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	0-2	18,342
Sat Feb 15, 1964	League Tier 1	Blackpool			H	0-1	17,008
Sat Feb 22, 1964	League Tier 1	Fulham			H	2-0	14,713	Newton (?), Wignall (?)
Sat Feb 29, 1964	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	1-1	23,629	Whitefoot (?)
Sat Mar 07, 1964	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	2-0	18,525	Addison (?), Hinton (?)
Sat Mar 14, 1964	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-6	50,085	Vowden (?)
Sat Mar 21, 1964	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	3-2	17,749	McKinlay (?), Quigley (?), Wignall (?)
Sat Mar 28, 1964	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			A	3-4	12,017	Storey-Moore (?, ?), Wignall (?)
Mon Mar 30, 1964	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	0-1	26,086
Tue Mar 31, 1964	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	0-1	16,453
Sat Apr 04, 1964	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			H	4-0	13,897	Storey-Moore (?), Addison (?, ?, ?)
Sat Apr 11, 1964	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	3-2	14,442	McKinlay (?), Addison (?), Barnwell (?)
Tue Apr 14, 1964	Notts Association Cup	Notts County			A	5-1	14,501	Wignall (?, ?, ?), Hinton (?), Addison (?)
Sat Apr 18, 1964	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	1-3	19,005	Barnwell (?)
Mon Apr 20, 1964	Friendly	New Zealand XI			H	8-0	6,330	Wignall (?, ?, ?), Addison (?, ?), Hinton (?, ?), Storey-Moore (?)
Sat Apr 25, 1964	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	1-3	32,786	Hinton (37)
Sat May 02, 1964	Friendly	Hertha Berlin			A	3-0	10,000	Addison (?, ?, ?)
Wed May 06, 1964	Friendly	Basle			A	6-0	5,000	Wignall (?, ?), Newton (?, ?), Addison (?), ? (? OG)
Thu May 07, 1964	Friendly	Lucerne			A	4-0	-	Vowden (?), Pleat (?), Newton (?), Barnwell (?)
Sat May 09, 1964	Friendly	Winterthur			A	5-1	-	Barnwell (?), Wignall (?, ?), Pleat (?), Vowden (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (5)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Frank Wignall	Bought			Flip Le Flem	Sold
	Geoff Ball	Bought			John Parr	Sold
	John Parr	Bought			Trevor Hockey	Sold
	Mike Kear	Bought		Sep 01, 1963	Calvin Palmer	Sold	£30,000
	William Taylor	Bought		Jan 01, 1964	Len Julians	Sold
Feb 01, 1964	Alan Hinton	Bought
Mar 21, 1964	John Barnwell	Bought	£40,000

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		John Parr	1	1
GK		Peter Grummitt	43	15	10	18
Defenders
D		Bob McKinlay	44	16	10	18	2
D		Brian Grant	2		1	1
D		Dennis Mochan	38	14	10	14
D		Geoff Ball	1	1
D		John Winfield	23	9	5	9	1
D		Joseph Wilson	35	13	8	14
D		Peter Hindley	10	4	1	5
Midfielders
M		Calvin Palmer	3	3			1
M		David Pleat	5	1	2	2
M		David Wilson	3	2	1
M		Henry Newton	27	9	7	11	2
M		Jeff Whitefoot	37	11	8	18	3
M		Mike Kear	11	5	3	3
M		William Taylor	2			2
Forwards
F		Alan Hinton	15	6	1	8	2
F		Colin Addison	26	12	5	9	10
F		Flip Le Flem	24	8	6	10	5
F		Frank Wignall	42	14	10	18	16
F		Geoff Vowden	11	3	3	5	5
F		Ian Storey-Moore	14	5	3	6	6
F		John Barnwell	8	3		5	2
F		Johnny Quigley	39	14	10	15	7
F		Len Julians	4		2	2	1
F		Sammy Chapman	1		1
F		Trevor Hockey	15	7	3	5

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
16	Frank Wignall	42
10	Colin Addison	26
7	Johnny Quigley	39
6	Ian Storey-Moore	14
5	Flip Le Flem	24
5	Geoff Vowden	11
3	Jeff Whitefoot	37
2	Alan Hinton	15
2	Bob McKinlay	44
2	Henry Newton	27
2	John Barnwell	8
1	Calvin Palmer	3
1	John Winfield	23
1	Len Julians	4
1	Own Goals	44

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bolton Wanderers	Sat Sep 21, 1963	Home	3-1	Sat Feb 01, 1964	Away	3-2
West Ham United	Mon Sep 09, 1963	Away	2-0	Tue Sep 17, 1963	Home	3-1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat Sep 07, 1963	Home	3-0	Sat Jan 11, 1964	Away	3-2