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)

Attendance:: 31,903
Pos Before/After:: 7/7
Opp Before/After:: 22/22
Referee:
Season:: 1957-58
Forest Tier:: 1
Opponent Tier:: 1

NEXT GAMES:
FA Cup:: Gillingham
League:: Manchester City
League Tier 1:: Manchester City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2137 (of 4831)
League Tier 1:: 762 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 2345 (of 5525)
Total:: 3502 (of 7268)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals:
Billy Gray
Tommy Wilson
Eddie Baily
Stewart Imlach
Stewart Imlach

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Chic Thomson
2	M	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	William Morley
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Peter Watson (1956)
7	F	Billy Gray
8	F	Johnny Quigley
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Eddie Baily
11	F	Stewart Imlach

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

All league games on this day (Sat Dec 28, 1957)

Home	F	A	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

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	16	5	3	58	28	11	1	0	36	10	5	4	3	22	18	2.071	37
	2	West Bromwich Albion	24	10	11	3	55	40	7	4	1	33	16	3	7	2	22	24	1.375	31
	3	Manchester United	24	13	4	7	58	38	9	0	4	34	15	4	4	3	24	23	1.526	30
	4	Preston North End	24	13	4	7	53	35	10	1	1	34	9	3	3	6	19	26	1.514	30
	5	Manchester City	24	14	1	9	64	59	9	1	1	37	17	5	0	8	27	42	1.085	29
	6	Luton Town	24	12	3	9	37	36	8	2	2	25	12	4	1	7	12	24	1.028	27
	7	Nottingham Forest	24	12	2	10	48	36	6	1	4	26	13	6	1	6	22	23	1.333	26
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	24	11	4	9	52	51	8	1	3	34	21	3	3	6	18	30	1.020	26
	9	Burnley	24	11	3	10	49	46	10	1	1	36	13	1	2	9	13	33	1.065	25
	10	Arsenal	24	11	3	10	40	40	8	1	3	30	18	3	2	7	10	22	1.000	25
	11	Everton	24	8	9	7	38	40	3	8	1	17	13	5	1	6	21	27	.950	25
	12	Bolton Wanderers	24	10	5	9	42	47	7	3	3	28	21	3	2	6	14	26	.894	25
	13	Chelsea	24	9	6	9	53	49	7	2	3	36	21	2	4	6	17	28	1.082	24
	14	Blackpool	24	10	4	10	40	37	6	1	5	27	21	4	3	5	13	16	1.081	24
	15	Birmingham City	24	7	7	10	42	53	4	3	5	25	25	3	4	5	17	28	.792	21
	16	Portsmouth	24	8	4	12	46	47	6	3	2	26	14	2	1	10	20	33	.979	20
	17	Newcastle United	24	8	3	13	38	41	3	2	7	16	20	5	1	6	22	21	.927	19
	18	Sunderland	24	6	7	11	29	54	5	5	2	18	12	1	2	9	11	42	.537	19
	19	Aston Villa	24	7	4	13	39	51	6	2	4	24	16	1	2	9	15	35	.765	18
	20	Leeds United	24	7	4	13	32	44	6	3	4	23	18	1	1	9	9	26	.727	18
	21	Leicester City	24	6	3	15	44	66	5	3	4	27	24	1	0	11	17	42	.667	15
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	24	5	4	15	42	61	5	2	5	28	30	0	2	10	14	31	.689	14

Points per win: 2

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	17	5	3	60	28	11	1	0	36	10	6	4	3	24	18	2.143	39
	2	West Bromwich Albion	25	11	11	3	60	41	8	4	1	38	17	3	7	2	22	24	1.463	33
	3	Preston North End	25	14	4	7	55	35	10	1	1	34	9	4	3	6	21	26	1.571	32
	4	Manchester United	25	13	5	7	60	40	9	0	4	34	15	4	5	3	26	25	1.500	31
	5	Manchester City	25	14	2	9	66	61	9	2	1	39	19	5	0	8	27	42	1.082	30
	6	Luton Town	25	13	3	9	41	36	9	2	2	29	12	4	1	7	12	24	1.139	29
	7	Nottingham Forest	25	13	2	10	53	38	7	1	4	31	15	6	1	6	22	23	1.395	28
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	25	11	5	9	55	54	8	2	3	37	24	3	3	6	18	30	1.019	27
	9	Bolton Wanderers	25	11	5	9	45	49	7	3	3	28	21	4	2	6	17	28	.918	27
	10	Chelsea	25	9	7	9	56	52	7	2	3	36	21	2	5	6	20	31	1.077	25
	11	Burnley	25	11	3	11	50	51	10	1	1	36	13	1	2	10	14	38	.980	25
	12	Everton	25	8	9	8	39	42	3	8	2	18	15	5	1	6	21	27	.929	25
	13	Arsenal	25	11	3	11	40	44	8	1	3	30	18	3	2	8	10	26	.909	25
	14	Blackpool	25	10	4	11	42	40	6	1	6	29	24	4	3	5	13	16	1.050	24
	15	Birmingham City	25	7	8	10	45	56	4	4	5	28	28	3	4	5	17	28	.804	22
	16	Portsmouth	25	8	4	13	46	49	6	3	3	26	16	2	1	10	20	33	.939	20
	17	Newcastle United	25	8	4	13	41	44	3	2	7	16	20	5	2	6	25	24	.932	20
	18	Aston Villa	25	8	4	13	41	52	6	2	4	24	16	2	2	9	17	36	.788	20
	19	Sunderland	25	6	7	12	29	56	5	5	3	18	14	1	2	9	11	42	.518	19
	20	Leeds United	25	7	4	14	32	47	6	3	4	23	18	1	1	10	9	29	.681	18
	21	Leicester City	25	7	3	15	47	66	6	3	4	30	24	1	0	11	17	42	.712	17
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	25	5	4	16	44	66	5	2	5	28	30	0	2	11	16	36	.667	14

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of Seasons: 155 | Number of Games: 5524 | Number of Goals: 8092 | Number of Players: 1847