The City Ground

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 22, 1958 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 22, 1958 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: L Howarth
Attendance:: 66,346
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Aug 27, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2144 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 768 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2355 (of 5724)
Total:: 3520 (of 7505)
Played:: 66 years, 1 month, 27 days ago

Review
Note: This was the first game played at Old Trafford after the Munich air disaster

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

Goals
Stewart Imlach (31')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Matt Busby
Prior form: WDDDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Alex Dawson (75')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Chic Thomson
2	D	32	Bill Whare
3	D	32	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	32	Bill Morley
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Billy Gray
8	F	22	Johnny Quigley
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Chris Joyce
11	F	26	Stewart Imlach (31')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Gregg
2	D	William Foulkes
3	D	Ian Greaves
4	D	Frederick Goodwin
5	D	Ronald Cope
6	M	Stan Crowther
7	M	Colin Webster
8	M	Ernie Taylor
9	M	Alex Dawson
10	F	Mark Pearson
11	F	Shay Brennan

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 22, 1958)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	4-4	Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa	1-3	Chelsea
Blackpool	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Bolton Wanderers	2-2	West Bromwich Albion
Everton	1-2	Newcastle United
Leeds United	2-0	Portsmouth
Leicester City	8-4	Manchester City
Luton Town	1-3	Preston North End
Manchester United	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Sunderland	2-3	Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5-1	Birmingham City

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	29	19	6	4	71	35	13	2	0	45	14	6	4	4	26	21	2.02857	44	LWDLWW
	2	Preston North End	29	17	5	7	71	39	12	1	1	45	10	5	4	6	26	29	1.82051	39	WWWDWW
	3	Luton Town	30	17	4	9	56	39	11	2	2	39	13	6	2	7	17	26	1.43590	38	WDWWWW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	29	13	11	5	68	51	10	4	1	44	20	3	7	4	24	31	1.33333	37	WWLWLW
	5	Manchester United	28	15	6	7	73	47	10	0	4	41	17	5	6	3	32	30	1.55319	36	WDDDWW
	6	Manchester City	29	15	3	11	73	70	10	3	1	44	21	5	0	10	29	49	1.04286	33	WDDLWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	30	14	4	12	60	45	8	2	5	35	18	6	2	7	25	27	1.33333	32	WDDWLL
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	6	11	65	63	9	3	3	45	28	4	3	8	20	35	1.03175	32	DLDLWW
	9	Blackpool	29	13	5	11	53	46	7	1	6	32	26	6	4	5	21	20	1.15217	31	LLWWDW
	10	Chelsea	30	12	7	11	65	60	9	2	4	41	25	3	5	7	24	35	1.08333	31	DWWLLW
	11	Burnley	29	14	3	12	58	56	12	1	2	41	16	2	2	10	17	40	1.03571	31	LLWWWL
	12	Bolton Wanderers	30	12	6	12	53	64	7	3	5	30	26	5	3	7	23	38	.82813	30	WLLLDW
	13	Arsenal	29	12	3	14	48	54	8	1	6	37	28	4	2	8	11	26	.88889	27	LLLWLL
	14	Everton	29	8	11	10	43	50	3	9	3	20	19	5	2	7	23	31	.86000	27	WLLDLD
	15	Birmingham City	28	8	8	12	49	68	4	4	6	30	31	4	4	6	19	37	.72059	24	WLDWLL
	16	Portsmouth	29	9	5	15	52	58	7	4	3	30	19	2	1	12	22	39	.89655	23	WLLWLD
	17	Aston Villa	29	9	5	15	48	64	7	3	4	30	19	2	2	11	18	45	.75000	23	WWWLDL
	18	Leicester City	30	9	4	17	59	77	7	3	5	36	26	2	1	12	23	51	.76623	22	WWLLWD
	19	Leeds United	29	8	6	15	38	52	6	4	4	24	19	2	2	11	14	33	.73077	22	LLDDWL
	20	Newcastle United	28	8	5	15	45	50	3	3	8	19	24	5	2	7	26	26	.90000	21	LWDLLD
	21	Sunderland	30	6	9	15	36	75	5	6	4	20	19	1	3	11	16	56	.48000	21	LLDDLL
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	29	7	4	18	53	74	7	2	6	36	35	0	2	12	17	39	.71622	18	LLWLWL

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	30	20	6	4	76	36	14	2	0	50	15	6	4	4	26	21	2.11111	46	WDLWWW	Safe	5-1
	2	Preston North End	30	18	5	7	74	40	12	1	1	45	10	6	4	6	29	30	1.85000	41	WWDWWW		3-1
	3	Luton Town	31	17	4	10	57	42	11	2	3	40	16	6	2	7	17	26	1.35714	38	DWWWWL		1-3
	4	West Bromwich Albion	30	13	12	5	70	53	10	4	1	44	20	3	8	4	26	33	1.32075	38	WLWLWD		2-2
	5	Manchester United	29	15	7	7	74	48	10	1	4	42	18	5	6	3	32	30	1.54167	37	DDDWWD		1-1
1	6	Nottingham Forest	31	14	5	12	61	46	8	2	5	35	18	6	3	7	26	28	1.32609	33	DDWLLD		1-1
3	7	Chelsea	31	13	7	11	68	61	9	2	4	41	25	4	5	7	27	36	1.11475	33	WWLLWW		3-1
3	8	Burnley	30	15	3	12	61	58	12	1	2	41	16	3	2	10	20	42	1.05172	33	LWWWLW		3-2
1	9	Tottenham Hotspur	31	13	7	11	69	67	9	3	3	45	28	4	4	8	24	39	1.02985	33	LDLWWD		4-4
4	10	Manchester City	30	15	3	12	77	78	10	3	1	44	21	5	0	11	33	57	.98718	33	DDLWLL		4-8
2	11	Blackpool	30	13	6	11	55	48	7	2	6	34	28	6	4	5	21	20	1.14583	32	LWWDWD		2-2
	12	Bolton Wanderers	31	12	7	12	55	66	7	4	5	32	28	5	3	7	23	38	.83333	31	LLLDWD		2-2
	13	Arsenal	30	12	4	14	52	58	8	2	6	41	32	4	2	8	11	26	.89655	28	LLWLLD		4-4
	14	Everton	30	8	11	11	44	52	3	9	4	21	21	5	2	7	23	31	.84615	27	LLDLDL		1-2
3	15	Leicester City	31	10	4	17	67	81	8	3	5	44	30	2	1	12	23	51	.82716	24	WLLWDW		8-4
3	16	Leeds United	30	9	6	15	40	52	7	4	4	26	19	2	2	11	14	33	.76923	24	LDDWLW		2-0
2	17	Birmingham City	29	8	8	13	50	73	4	4	6	30	31	4	4	7	20	42	.68493	24	LDWLLL		1-5
2	18	Newcastle United	29	9	5	15	47	51	3	3	8	19	24	6	2	7	28	27	.92157	23	WDLLDW		2-1
3	19	Portsmouth	30	9	5	16	52	60	7	4	3	30	19	2	1	13	22	41	.86667	23	LLWLDL		0-2
3	20	Aston Villa	30	9	5	16	49	67	7	3	5	31	22	2	2	11	18	45	.73134	23	WWLDLL		1-3
	21	Sunderland	31	6	9	16	38	78	5	6	5	22	22	1	3	11	16	56	.48718	21	LDDLLL		2-3
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	30	7	5	18	55	76	7	2	6	36	35	0	3	12	19	41	.72368	19	LWLWLD		2-2