The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Sat Dec 28, 1957 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 28, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-2 WON

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: J Swain
Attendance:: 31,903
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Gillingham (FA Cup)
League:: Manchester City
Sheffield Wednesday:: Sep 09, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2138 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 762 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2346 (of 5736)
Total:: 3511 (of 7523)
Played:: 66 years, 10 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Billy Gray
Tommy Wilson
Eddie Baily
Stewart Imlach
Stewart Imlach

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Eric Taylor
Prior form: DLLLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Roy Shiner
Derek Wilkinson

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	23	Peter Watson (1956)
7	F	30	Billy Gray
8	F	22	Johnny Quigley
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mike Pinner
2	D	Norman Curtis
3	D	Peter Johnson
4	D	Don Gibson
5	D	Ralph O'Donnell
6	M	Tom McAnearney
7	M	Albert Quixall
8	M	David Cargill
9	M	Roy Shiner
10	F	Derek Wilkinson
11	F	Alan Finney

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 28, 1957)

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

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	24	16	5	3	58	28	11	1	0	36	10	5	4	3	22	18	2.07143	37	WWWWWL
	2	West Bromwich Albion	24	10	11	3	55	40	7	4	1	33	16	3	7	2	22	24	1.37500	31	WDDLLW
	3	Manchester United	24	13	4	7	58	38	9	0	4	34	15	4	4	3	24	23	1.52632	30	LDLWWD
	4	Preston North End	24	13	4	7	53	35	10	1	1	34	9	3	3	6	19	26	1.51429	30	DLLWDW
	5	Manchester City	24	14	1	9	64	59	9	1	1	37	17	5	0	8	27	42	1.08475	29	LWWWLW
	6	Luton Town	24	12	3	9	37	36	8	2	2	25	12	4	1	7	12	24	1.02778	27	WLWWLD
	7	Nottingham Forest	24	12	2	10	48	36	6	1	4	26	13	6	1	6	22	23	1.33333	26	LWDLWL
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	24	11	4	9	52	51	8	1	3	34	21	3	3	6	18	30	1.01961	26	WWLWWW
	9	Burnley	24	11	3	10	49	46	10	1	1	36	13	1	2	9	13	33	1.06522	25	LWLWWL
	10	Arsenal	24	11	3	10	40	40	8	1	3	30	18	3	2	7	10	22	1.00000	25	LLLWWL
	11	Everton	24	8	9	7	38	40	3	8	1	17	13	5	1	6	21	27	.95000	25	DLDLDW
	12	Bolton Wanderers	24	10	5	9	42	47	7	3	3	28	21	3	2	6	14	26	.89362	25	DWWLDL
	13	Chelsea	24	9	6	9	53	49	7	2	3	36	21	2	4	6	17	28	1.08163	24	DWWLWL
	14	Blackpool	24	10	4	10	40	37	6	1	5	27	21	4	3	5	13	16	1.08108	24	WDLLWL
	15	Birmingham City	24	7	7	10	42	53	4	3	5	25	25	3	4	5	17	28	.79245	21	DDDDWL
	16	Portsmouth	24	8	4	12	46	47	6	3	2	26	14	2	1	10	20	33	.97872	20	LWDLLW
	17	Newcastle United	24	8	3	13	38	41	3	2	7	16	20	5	1	6	22	21	.92683	19	WLLWLW
	18	Sunderland	24	6	7	11	29	54	5	5	2	18	12	1	2	9	11	42	.53704	19	LWLDLW
	19	Aston Villa	24	7	4	13	39	51	6	2	4	24	16	1	2	9	15	35	.76471	18	LDWLLW
	20	Leeds United	24	7	4	13	32	44	6	3	4	23	18	1	1	9	9	26	.72727	18	LDLWWL
	21	Leicester City	24	6	3	15	44	66	5	3	4	27	24	1	0	11	17	42	.66667	15	DWDLLW
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	24	5	4	15	42	61	5	2	5	28	30	0	2	10	14	31	.68852	14	DLLLDL

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	25	17	5	3	60	28	11	1	0	36	10	6	4	3	24	18	2.14286	39	WWWWLW		2-0
	2	West Bromwich Albion	25	11	11	3	60	41	8	4	1	38	17	3	7	2	22	24	1.46341	33	DDLLWW		5-1
1	3	Preston North End	25	14	4	7	55	35	10	1	1	34	9	4	3	6	21	26	1.57143	32	LLWDWW		2-0
1	4	Manchester United	25	13	5	7	60	40	9	0	4	34	15	4	5	3	26	25	1.50000	31	DLWWDD		2-2
	5	Manchester City	25	14	2	9	66	61	9	2	1	39	19	5	0	8	27	42	1.08197	30	WWWLWD		2-2
	6	Luton Town	25	13	3	9	41	36	9	2	2	29	12	4	1	7	12	24	1.13889	29	LWWLDW		4-0
	7	Nottingham Forest	25	13	2	10	53	38	7	1	4	31	15	6	1	6	22	23	1.39474	28	WDLWLW		5-2
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	25	11	5	9	55	54	8	2	3	37	24	3	3	6	18	30	1.01852	27	WLWWWD		3-3
3	9	Bolton Wanderers	25	11	5	9	45	49	7	3	3	28	21	4	2	6	17	28	.91837	27	WWLDLW		3-2
3	10	Chelsea	25	9	7	9	56	52	7	2	3	36	21	2	5	6	20	31	1.07692	25	WWLWLD		3-3
2	11	Burnley	25	11	3	11	50	51	10	1	1	36	13	1	2	10	14	38	.98039	25	WLWWLL		1-5
1	12	Everton	25	8	9	8	39	42	3	8	2	18	15	5	1	6	21	27	.92857	25	LDLDWL		1-2
3	13	Arsenal	25	11	3	11	40	44	8	1	3	30	18	3	2	8	10	26	.90909	25	LLWWLL		0-4
	14	Blackpool	25	10	4	11	42	40	6	1	6	29	24	4	3	5	13	16	1.05000	24	DLLWLL		2-3
	15	Birmingham City	25	7	8	10	45	56	4	4	5	28	28	3	4	5	17	28	.80357	22	DDDWLD		3-3
	16	Portsmouth	25	8	4	13	46	49	6	3	3	26	16	2	1	10	20	33	.93878	20	WDLLWL		0-2
	17	Newcastle United	25	8	4	13	41	44	3	2	7	16	20	5	2	6	25	24	.93182	20	LLWLWD		3-3
1	18	Aston Villa	25	8	4	13	41	52	6	2	4	24	16	2	2	9	17	36	.78846	20	DWLLWW		2-1
1	19	Sunderland	25	6	7	12	29	56	5	5	3	18	14	1	2	9	11	42	.51786	19	WLDLWL		0-2
	20	Leeds United	25	7	4	14	32	47	6	3	4	23	18	1	1	10	9	29	.68085	18	DLWWLL		0-3
	21	Leicester City	25	7	3	15	47	66	6	3	4	30	24	1	0	11	17	42	.71212	17	WDLLWW		3-0
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	25	5	4	16	44	66	5	2	5	28	30	0	2	11	16	36	.66667	14	LLLDLL		2-5