The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 PRESTON NORTH END - Sat Aug 24, 1957 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Aug 24, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: A Holland
Attendance:: 33,285
Pos Before/After:: - 7
Opp Before/After:: - 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 1)
Preston North End:: Dec 21, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2114 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 738 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2322 (of 5724)
Total:: 3486 (of 7505)
Played:: 66 years, 7 months, 27 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals
Billy Gray - Billy Gray first goal
Jim Barrett

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Cliff Britton

Goals
Samuel Taylor

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Chic Thomson	Debut
2	D	36	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	32	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Billy Gray	Debut
8	F	32	Eddie Baily
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	26	Jim Barrett
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Fred Else
2	D	Joe Walton
3	D	Joe Dunn
4	D	Willie Cunningham
5	D	Frank O'Farrell
6	M	Tommy Docherty
7	M	Jimmy Baxter
8	M	Tommy Thompson
9	M	Samuel Taylor
10	F	Tom Finney
11	F	Les Dagger

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Aug 24, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-1	Aston Villa
Blackpool	3-0	Leeds United
Everton	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leicester City	0-3	Manchester United
Luton Town	1-0	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Preston North End
Portsmouth	0-0	Burnley
Sunderland	0-1	Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Chelsea
West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Newcastle United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	2	W		1-0
	2	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		3-0
	3	Everton	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		1-0
	4	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		1-0
	5	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	99.99900	2	W		3-0
	6	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00000	2	W		3-1
	7	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W		2-1
	8	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W		2-1
	9	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D		1-1
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D		1-1
	11	Burnley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	1	D		0-0
	12	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	1	D		0-0
	13	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L		1-2
	14	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L		1-2
	15	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.33333	0	L		1-3
	16	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00000	0	L		0-1
	17	Leeds United	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	0	L		0-3
	18	Leicester City	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L		0-3
	19	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	21	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L		0-1
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00000	0	L		0-1