The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Sep 28, 1957 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 28, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: A Bond
Attendance:: 41,825
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 5 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Jan 25, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2123 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 747 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2331 (of 5724)
Total:: 3496 (of 7505)
Played:: 66 years, 6 months, 22 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: WWLWWW (Old to recent)

Goals

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Vic Buckingham
Prior form: LWDWDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Bobby Robson
Bobby Robson

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Chic Thomson
2	D	32	Bill Whare
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
8	F	32	Eddie Baily
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson	100th appearance
10	F	26	Jim Barrett
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Sanders
2	D	Stuart Williams
3	D	Don Howe
4	D	Joe Kennedy
5	D	Ray Barlow
6	M	Maurice Setters
7	M	Bobby Robson
8	M	Roy Horobin
9	M	Frank Griffin
10	F	Ronnie Allen
11	F	Derek Kevan

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Sep 28, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-1	Leeds United
Aston Villa	5-1	Leicester City
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Portsmouth
Burnley	0-2	Newcastle United
Manchester City	5-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	0-2	West Bromwich Albion
Preston North End	5-2	Chelsea
Sheffield Wednesday	5-3	Birmingham City
Sunderland	3-0	Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-1	Manchester United

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Nottingham Forest	9	7	1	1	23	9	3	1	0	12	3	4	0	1	11	6	2.55556	15	WWLWWW
	2	Manchester United	9	6	1	2	27	13	4	0	1	17	5	2	1	1	10	8	2.07692	13	DWWLLW
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	6	1	2	24	12	4	0	0	16	3	2	1	2	8	9	2.00000	13	DLWWWW
	4	Everton	8	6	1	1	15	9	3	1	0	10	4	3	0	1	5	5	1.66667	13	WDWWWW
	5	West Bromwich Albion	9	4	4	1	25	14	3	1	1	17	7	1	3	0	8	7	1.78571	12	LWDWDW
	6	Luton Town	9	5	1	3	11	8	3	1	1	7	3	2	0	2	4	5	1.37500	11	WWWLDL
	7	Bolton Wanderers	9	4	2	3	17	15	2	2	0	10	3	2	0	3	7	12	1.13333	10	DWDWWL
	8	Chelsea	9	3	3	3	22	18	2	1	1	15	7	1	2	2	7	11	1.22222	9	LLDWDW
	9	Arsenal	8	4	1	3	14	12	2	1	1	9	6	2	0	2	5	6	1.16667	9	WWLLWL
	10	Leeds United	10	4	1	5	12	18	4	0	2	11	7	0	1	3	1	11	.66667	9	LLLDWW
	11	Preston North End	9	4	0	5	18	16	4	0	0	15	3	0	0	5	3	13	1.12500	8	WLLWWL
	12	Newcastle United	9	3	2	4	13	12	2	1	1	6	4	1	1	3	7	8	1.08333	8	WWLDLD
	13	Tottenham Hotspur	9	3	2	4	21	21	3	1	1	18	10	0	1	3	3	11	1.00000	8	LWDLWW
	14	Portsmouth	9	3	2	4	17	20	2	2	1	11	9	1	0	3	6	11	.85000	8	WWLLDL
	15	Manchester City	8	4	0	4	17	26	3	0	0	9	3	1	0	4	8	23	.65385	8	WLWWLL
	16	Burnley	9	3	2	4	13	22	3	1	0	10	4	0	1	4	3	18	.59091	8	LLWWLL
	17	Blackpool	9	3	1	5	10	16	2	1	2	7	7	1	0	3	3	9	.62500	7	LWLLWD
	18	Aston Villa	9	2	2	5	10	15	2	0	2	6	4	0	2	3	4	11	.66667	6	LDWLDL
	19	Sunderland	10	2	2	6	12	22	2	1	2	7	6	0	1	4	5	16	.54545	6	DDLLWL
	20	Birmingham City	9	2	2	5	11	24	2	1	2	7	8	0	1	3	4	16	.45833	6	LLDLLW
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	8	2	1	5	10	16	2	0	2	5	5	0	1	3	5	11	.62500	5	LWLLLD
	22	Leicester City	9	2	0	7	17	21	2	0	3	12	11	0	0	4	5	10	.80952	4	LLLLWL

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	Nottingham Forest	10	7	1	2	23	11	3	1	1	12	5	4	0	1	11	6	2.09091	15	WLWWWL		0-2
1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	7	1	2	27	13	5	0	0	19	4	2	1	2	8	9	2.07692	15	LWWWWW		3-1
2	3	West Bromwich Albion	10	5	4	1	27	14	3	1	1	17	7	2	3	0	10	7	1.92857	14	WDWDWW		2-0
2	4	Manchester United	10	6	1	3	28	16	4	0	1	17	5	2	1	2	11	11	1.75000	13	WWLLWL		1-3
1	5	Everton	8	6	1	1	15	9	3	1	0	10	4	3	0	1	5	5	1.66667	13	WDWWWW
1	6	Bolton Wanderers	10	5	2	3	18	15	3	2	0	11	3	2	0	3	7	12	1.20000	12	WDWWLW		1-0
2	7	Arsenal	9	5	1	3	16	13	3	1	1	11	7	2	0	2	5	6	1.23077	11	WLLWLW		2-1
2	8	Luton Town	10	5	1	4	11	11	3	1	1	7	3	2	0	3	4	8	1.00000	11	WWLDLL		0-3
2	9	Preston North End	10	5	0	5	23	18	5	0	0	20	5	0	0	5	3	13	1.27778	10	LLWWLW		5-2
2	10	Newcastle United	10	4	2	4	15	12	2	1	1	6	4	2	1	3	9	8	1.25000	10	WLDLDW		2-0
4	11	Manchester City	9	5	0	4	22	27	4	0	0	14	4	1	0	4	8	23	.81481	10	LWWLLW		5-1
4	12	Chelsea	10	3	3	4	24	23	2	1	1	15	7	1	2	3	9	16	1.04348	9	LDWDWL		2-5
3	13	Leeds United	11	4	1	6	13	20	4	0	2	11	7	0	1	4	2	13	.65000	9	LLDWWL		1-2
4	14	Aston Villa	10	3	2	5	15	16	3	0	2	11	5	0	2	3	4	11	.93750	8	DWLDLW		5-1
2	15	Tottenham Hotspur	10	3	2	5	22	26	3	1	1	18	10	0	1	4	4	16	.84615	8	WDLWWL		1-5
2	16	Portsmouth	10	3	2	5	17	21	2	2	1	11	9	1	0	4	6	12	.80952	8	WLLDLL		0-1
2	17	Sunderland	11	3	2	6	15	22	3	1	2	10	6	0	1	4	5	16	.68182	8	DLLWLW		3-0
2	18	Burnley	10	3	2	5	13	24	3	1	1	10	6	0	1	4	3	18	.54167	8	LWWLLL		0-2
2	19	Sheffield Wednesday	9	3	1	5	15	19	3	0	2	10	8	0	1	3	5	11	.78947	7	WLLLDW		5-3
3	20	Blackpool	9	3	1	5	10	16	2	1	2	7	7	1	0	3	3	9	.62500	7	LWLLWD
1	21	Birmingham City	10	2	2	6	14	29	2	1	2	7	8	0	1	4	7	21	.48276	6	LDLLWL		3-5
	22	Leicester City	10	2	0	8	18	26	2	0	3	12	11	0	0	5	6	15	.69231	4	LLLWLL		1-5