The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BLACKPOOL - Sat Oct 26, 1957 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 26, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: A Sparling
Attendance:: 41,586
Pos Before/After:: 5 6
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Blackpool:: Mar 08, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2127 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 751 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2335 (of 5736)
Total:: 3500 (of 7523)
Played:: 67 years, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Jim Barrett

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Joe Smith
Prior form: LWDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Dave Durie
Bill Perry

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	25	Bob McKinlay
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Billy Gray
8	F	32	Eddie Baily
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson
10	F	26	Jim Barrett
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Farm
2	D	Jimmy Kelly
3	D	Roy Gratrix
4	D	Tommy Garrett
5	D	Jimmy Armfield
6	M	Hugh Kelly
7	M	Stanley Matthews
8	M	Brian Peterson
9	M	Dave Durie
10	F	Bill Perry
11	F	Jackie Mudie

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Oct 26, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	5-1	Bolton Wanderers
Burnley	3-0	Aston Villa
Chelsea	0-0	Arsenal
Manchester City	2-2	Luton Town
Newcastle United	1-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Blackpool
Portsmouth	2-0	Leicester City
Preston North End	3-1	Everton
Sheffield Wednesday	3-3	Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Leeds United
West Bromwich Albion	4-3	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	10	2	2	39	16	7	0	0	25	5	3	2	2	14	11	2.43750	22	WWWDWW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	14	6	7	1	33	18	4	3	1	22	10	2	4	0	11	8	1.83333	19	WWDWDD
	3	Everton	12	7	4	1	23	16	3	3	0	13	7	4	1	1	10	9	1.43750	18	WWDWDD
	4	Manchester United	13	8	1	4	34	21	5	0	2	21	9	3	1	2	13	12	1.61905	17	LWLWWL
	5	Nottingham Forest	13	8	1	4	29	19	3	1	2	13	7	5	0	2	16	12	1.52632	17	WWLWLL
	6	Arsenal	14	7	2	5	25	21	4	1	2	16	10	3	1	3	9	11	1.19048	16	WWWLDL
	7	Manchester City	13	8	0	5	33	36	6	0	0	20	7	2	0	5	13	29	.91667	16	LWLWWW
	8	Preston North End	13	7	1	5	26	18	6	0	0	21	5	1	1	5	5	13	1.44444	15	WLWWWD
	9	Bolton Wanderers	13	6	3	4	23	20	4	2	1	14	6	2	1	3	9	14	1.15000	15	WLWLDW
	10	Luton Town	13	7	1	5	16	14	5	1	1	12	5	2	0	4	4	9	1.14286	15	DLLWLW
	11	Chelsea	13	5	3	5	30	27	4	1	1	20	9	1	2	4	10	18	1.11111	13	DWLWWL
	12	Leeds United	14	5	3	6	17	23	4	2	2	13	9	1	1	4	4	14	.73913	13	WWLDWD
	13	Blackpool	12	5	1	6	22	21	3	1	3	16	12	2	0	3	6	9	1.04762	11	LWDWWL
	14	Burnley	13	4	3	6	22	28	4	1	1	16	6	0	2	5	6	22	.78571	11	LLLLWD
	15	Birmingham City	14	4	3	7	22	35	3	1	3	12	13	1	2	4	10	22	.62857	11	WLDWLW
	16	Newcastle United	13	4	2	7	20	21	2	1	3	8	9	2	1	4	12	12	.95238	10	LDWLLL
	17	Portsmouth	13	4	2	7	22	26	2	2	2	12	11	2	0	5	10	15	.84615	10	DLLLLW
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	14	4	2	8	30	38	4	1	2	24	15	0	1	6	6	23	.78947	10	WLLLWL
	19	Aston Villa	14	4	2	8	22	31	4	0	2	15	8	0	2	6	7	23	.70968	10	LWLLLW
	20	Sunderland	14	3	3	8	15	35	3	2	2	10	6	0	1	6	5	29	.42857	9	WLWLLD
	21	Leicester City	13	3	1	9	26	33	3	1	3	17	14	0	0	6	9	19	.78788	7	WLLDLW
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	13	3	1	9	15	27	3	0	3	10	11	0	1	6	5	16	.55556	7	DWLLLL

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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	10	3	2	40	17	7	0	0	25	5	3	3	2	15	12	2.35294	23	WWDWWD		1-1
	2	West Bromwich Albion	15	7	7	1	37	21	5	3	1	26	13	2	4	0	11	8	1.76190	21	WDWDDW		4-3
	3	Everton	13	7	4	2	24	19	3	3	0	13	7	4	1	2	11	12	1.26316	18	WDWDDL		1-3
4	4	Preston North End	14	8	1	5	29	19	7	0	0	24	6	1	1	5	5	13	1.52632	17	LWWWDW		3-1
1	5	Manchester United	14	8	1	5	37	25	5	0	2	21	9	3	1	3	16	16	1.48000	17	WLWWLL		3-4
1	6	Nottingham Forest	14	8	1	5	30	21	3	1	3	14	9	5	0	2	16	12	1.42857	17	WLWLLL		1-2
1	7	Arsenal	15	7	3	5	25	21	4	1	2	16	10	3	2	3	9	11	1.19048	17	WWLDLD		0-0
1	8	Manchester City	14	8	1	5	35	38	6	1	0	22	9	2	0	5	13	29	.92105	17	WLWWWD		2-2
1	9	Luton Town	14	7	2	5	18	16	5	1	1	12	5	2	1	4	6	11	1.12500	16	LLWLWD		2-2
1	10	Bolton Wanderers	14	6	3	5	24	25	4	2	1	14	6	2	1	4	10	19	.96000	15	LWLDWL		1-5
	11	Chelsea	14	5	4	5	30	27	4	2	1	20	9	1	2	4	10	18	1.11111	14	WLWWLD		0-0
1	12	Blackpool	13	6	1	6	24	22	3	1	3	16	12	3	0	3	8	10	1.09091	13	WDWWLW		2-1
1	13	Burnley	14	5	3	6	25	28	5	1	1	19	6	0	2	5	6	22	.89286	13	LLLWDW		3-0
1	14	Birmingham City	15	5	3	7	27	36	4	1	3	17	14	1	2	4	10	22	.75000	13	LDWLWW		5-1
3	15	Leeds United	15	5	3	7	17	25	4	2	2	13	9	1	1	5	4	16	.68000	13	WLDWDL		0-2
1	16	Portsmouth	14	5	2	7	24	26	3	2	2	14	11	2	0	5	10	15	.92308	12	LLLLWW		2-0
1	17	Tottenham Hotspur	15	5	2	8	32	38	5	1	2	26	15	0	1	6	6	23	.84211	12	LLLWLW		2-0
2	18	Newcastle United	14	4	3	7	21	22	2	2	3	9	10	2	1	4	12	12	.95455	11	DWLLLD		1-1
	19	Aston Villa	15	4	2	9	22	34	4	0	2	15	8	0	2	7	7	26	.64706	10	WLLLWL		0-3
	20	Sunderland	15	3	4	8	18	38	3	2	2	10	6	0	2	6	8	32	.47368	10	LWLLDD		3-3
1	21	Sheffield Wednesday	14	3	2	9	18	30	3	1	3	13	14	0	1	6	5	16	.60000	8	WLLLLD		3-3
1	22	Leicester City	14	3	1	10	26	35	3	1	3	17	14	0	0	7	9	21	.74286	7	LLDLWL		0-2