3d (three pence, thruppence) was the cost of this Manchester United match day programme to celebrate the return to Old Trafford for United. This followed their ground share deal at Maine Road, when bomb damage during the Second World War left United homeless for three seasons. On 24th August 1949, a crowd of 41,748 turned up to see United beat local rivals Bolton Wanderers 3-0 at Old Trafford. By the end of the season United came 4th in the First Division, having a record of: P42 W18 D 14 L 10 Goals For 69 Against 44.
On the same day in 1968, fire broke out when Nottingham Forest played the eventual champions, Leeds Utd. With a crowd of over 31,000, nobody was injured and the game was abandoned at 1-1 fof course.
After this disaster, Forest ground shared with Notts County (you know why it's Nottingham Forest but Notts County, don't you?) for 6 games which resulted in:
Lost 2-3 to WBA, Drew 0-0 Coventry C, Drew 3-3 Stoke C, Lost 2-4 Newcastle Utd, lost 1-2 Ipswich, drew 0-0 with Wolves.
The "replayed fixture in February v Leeds Utd ended in a defeat 0-2.
In March, Forest played the 6 "lost" games: at Home v QPR won 1-0, West Ham lost 0-1, Southampton won 1-0, WBA won 3-0, Man City won 1-0 and Man Utd lost 0-1 on March 31st. Results that kept them in the First Division.
Forest's season's results were: P42, W10, D13, L19, F45, A57. placing them 18th.
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