The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 SUNDERLAND - Sat Dec 07, 1957 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 07, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sunderland
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: F Collinge
Attendance:: 24,262
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 16 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Sunderland:: Apr 19, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2133 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 757 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2341 (of 5736)
Total:: 3506 (of 7523)
Played:: 66 years, 11 months, 15 days ago

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

Goals
Tommy Wilson
Tommy Wilson

SUNDERLAND
Manager: Alan Brown
Prior form: DDWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals

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	27	Jim Barrett
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Chris Joyce	Debut
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Willie Fraser
2	D	Stan Anderson
3	D	Joe McDonald
4	D	Charlie Hurley
5	D	Graham Reed
6	M	George Aitken
7	M	Billy Bingham
8	M	Alan Spence
9	M	Amby Fogarty
10	F	Colin Grainger
11	F	Billy Elliott

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 07, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-3	Manchester United
Burnley	2-1	Arsenal
Chelsea	2-1	Leeds United
Manchester City	6-2	Everton
Newcastle United	1-2	Bolton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Sunderland
Portsmouth	5-0	Luton Town
Preston North End	1-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield Wednesday	2-5	Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur	1-4	Leicester City
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Blackpool

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	20	13	5	2	50	23	9	1	0	30	7	4	4	2	20	16	2.17391	31	DWDDWW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	20	9	10	1	48	28	7	3	1	32	15	2	7	0	16	13	1.71429	28	WDWDWD
	3	Preston North End	19	11	3	5	41	25	8	1	0	28	7	3	2	5	13	18	1.64000	25	WWDWWD
	4	Manchester United	19	11	2	6	46	32	7	0	3	27	14	4	2	3	19	18	1.43750	24	LWDWWL
	5	Luton Town	19	10	2	7	28	24	7	1	2	18	9	3	1	5	10	15	1.16667	22	DWWLLW
	6	Nottingham Forest	19	10	1	8	39	29	5	1	3	22	10	5	0	5	17	19	1.34483	21	LLWLWL
	7	Blackpool	19	9	3	7	32	29	5	1	4	22	18	4	2	3	10	11	1.10345	21	WWLDDW
	8	Everton	19	7	7	5	29	29	3	6	1	15	11	4	1	4	14	18	1.00000	21	DLLDLD
	9	Arsenal	20	9	3	8	32	33	6	1	3	23	16	3	2	5	9	17	.96970	21	DWLWLL
	10	Manchester City	19	10	1	8	46	49	7	1	1	27	14	3	0	7	19	35	.93878	21	DLWWLL
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	4	8	44	45	7	1	2	32	17	1	3	6	12	28	.97778	20	WDWDWW
	12	Bolton Wanderers	19	8	4	7	35	37	6	3	1	24	13	2	1	6	11	24	.94595	20	LWLWLD
	13	Burnley	19	8	3	8	40	37	7	1	1	29	10	1	2	7	11	27	1.08108	19	WLWWWL
	14	Chelsea	19	6	6	7	41	37	5	2	2	25	12	1	4	5	16	25	1.10811	18	DLLDWD
	15	Birmingham City	20	6	5	9	32	43	4	2	4	19	17	2	3	5	13	26	.74419	17	WLLWDD
	16	Sunderland	20	5	6	9	26	47	4	4	2	15	10	1	2	7	11	37	.55319	16	DDWDLW
	17	Newcastle United	19	6	3	10	30	30	2	2	5	11	14	4	1	5	19	16	1.00000	15	DLLWLW
	18	Portsmouth	19	6	3	10	32	36	4	3	2	18	14	2	0	8	14	22	.88889	15	WLDLWL
	19	Aston Villa	20	5	4	11	30	45	5	2	2	20	12	0	2	9	10	33	.66667	14	LWLDLD
	20	Leeds United	20	5	4	11	25	39	4	3	4	18	17	1	1	7	7	22	.64103	14	LLLLLD
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	19	5	3	11	29	40	5	1	3	18	16	0	2	8	11	24	.72500	13	DLWLWD
	22	Leicester City	19	4	2	13	35	53	4	2	4	23	21	0	0	9	12	32	.66038	10	LWLLLD

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	21	14	5	2	52	24	9	1	0	30	7	5	4	2	22	17	2.16667	33	WDDWWW		2-1
	2	West Bromwich Albion	21	9	11	1	49	29	7	4	1	33	16	2	7	0	16	13	1.68966	29	DWDWDD		1-1
	3	Preston North End	20	11	3	6	42	27	8	1	1	29	9	3	2	5	13	18	1.55556	25	WDWWDL		1-2
	4	Manchester United	20	11	3	6	49	35	7	0	3	27	14	4	3	3	22	21	1.40000	25	WDWWLD		3-3
1	5	Nottingham Forest	20	11	1	8	41	29	6	1	3	24	10	5	0	5	17	19	1.41379	23	LWLWLW		2-0
4	6	Manchester City	20	11	1	8	52	51	8	1	1	33	16	3	0	7	19	35	1.01961	23	LWWLLW		6-2
	7	Blackpool	20	9	4	7	33	30	5	1	4	22	18	4	3	3	11	12	1.10000	22	WLDDWD		1-1
4	8	Bolton Wanderers	20	9	4	7	37	38	6	3	1	24	13	3	1	6	13	25	.97368	22	WLWLDW		2-1
4	9	Luton Town	20	10	2	8	28	29	7	1	2	18	9	3	1	6	10	20	.96552	22	WWLLWL		0-5
3	10	Burnley	20	9	3	8	42	38	8	1	1	31	11	1	2	7	11	27	1.10526	21	LWWWLW		2-1
2	11	Arsenal	21	9	3	9	33	35	6	1	3	23	16	3	2	6	10	19	.94286	21	WLWLLL		1-2
4	12	Everton	20	7	7	6	31	35	3	6	1	15	11	4	1	5	16	24	.88571	21	LLDLDL		2-6
1	13	Chelsea	20	7	6	7	43	38	6	2	2	27	13	1	4	5	16	25	1.13158	20	LLDWDW		2-1
3	14	Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	4	9	45	49	7	1	3	33	21	1	3	6	12	28	.91837	20	DWDWWL		1-4
	15	Birmingham City	21	6	6	9	35	46	4	3	4	22	20	2	3	5	13	26	.76087	18	LLWDDD		3-3
2	16	Portsmouth	20	7	3	10	37	36	5	3	2	23	14	2	0	8	14	22	1.02778	17	LDLWLW		5-0
2	17	Aston Villa	21	6	4	11	35	47	5	2	2	20	12	1	2	9	15	35	.74468	16	WLDLDW		5-2
2	18	Sunderland	21	5	6	10	26	49	4	4	2	15	10	1	2	8	11	39	.53061	16	DWDLWL		0-2
2	19	Newcastle United	20	6	3	11	31	32	2	2	6	12	16	4	1	5	19	16	.96875	15	LLWLWL		1-2
	20	Leeds United	21	5	4	12	26	41	4	3	4	18	17	1	1	8	8	24	.63415	14	LLLLDL		1-2
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	20	5	3	12	31	45	5	1	4	20	21	0	2	8	11	24	.68889	13	LWLWDL		2-5
	22	Leicester City	20	5	2	13	39	54	4	2	4	23	21	1	0	9	16	33	.72222	12	WLLLDW		4-1