The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 7 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Mar 07, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 07, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-7 LOST

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

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: Jack Clough
Attendance:: 18,977
Pos Before/After:: 10 11
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (FA Cup)
League:: Preston North End
Birmingham City:: Oct 17, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2184 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 808 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2402 (of 5724)
Total:: 3572 (of 7505)
Played:: 65 years, 1 month, 13 days ago

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

Goals
Roy Dwight

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Pat Beasley
Prior form: LWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Robin Stubbs
Robin Stubbs
Johnny Gordon
Gordon Astall
Harry Hooper
Johnny Watts
Gordon Astall

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Willie Fraser	Debut
2	D	33	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	M	24	Peter Watson (1956)
6	M	33	Bill Morley
7	M	26	Roy Dwight
8	F	18	Billy Younger	Debut
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Billy Gray
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	30	Willie Fraser	2
2	D	33	Bill Whare	324	2	7	2
3	D	30	Joe McDonald	126		7	2
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot	285	7	7	2
5	M	24	Peter Watson (1956)	13		434	62
6	M	33	Bill Morley	296	10	35	8
7	M	26	Roy Dwight	54	27	7	2
8	F	18	Billy Younger	13	4
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson	219	89	7	2
10	F	31	Billy Gray	225	35	7	2
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach	204	49	7	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gil Merrick
2	D	George Allen
3	D	Jeff Hall
4	D	Dick Neal
5	D	Johnny Watts
6	M	Trevor Smith
7	M	Harry Hooper
8	M	Bunny Larkin
9	M	Robin Stubbs
10	F	Johnny Gordon
11	F	Gordon Astall

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 07, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Leeds United
Blackburn Rovers	4-1	Burnley
Blackpool	4-0	Bolton Wanderers
Chelsea	3-3	Luton Town
Manchester United	2-1	Everton
Newcastle United	1-2	Preston North End
Nottingham Forest	1-7	Birmingham City
Portsmouth	3-4	Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur	6-0	Leicester City
West Ham United	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6-1	Arsenal

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	31	19	3	9	76	39	11	2	3	46	13	8	1	6	30	26	1.94872	41	WWWLWD
2	Arsenal	32	18	5	9	73	48	12	1	3	43	22	6	4	6	30	26	1.52083	41	WWDDWW
3	Manchester United	32	17	6	9	78	56	9	4	3	42	25	8	2	6	36	31	1.39286	40	DWWWLW
4	Bolton Wanderers	29	15	7	7	58	42	12	1	3	43	20	3	6	4	15	22	1.38095	37	LWWLWW
5	West Bromwich Albion	28	12	10	6	65	44	4	5	4	25	22	8	5	2	40	22	1.47727	34	WLWDDD
6	Blackpool	29	12	10	7	42	32	7	7	0	22	9	5	3	7	20	23	1.31250	34	WLWWLW
7	West Ham United	30	15	3	12	62	55	10	1	3	40	21	5	2	9	22	34	1.12727	33	WWLWWL
8	Birmingham City	29	14	4	11	53	49	10	1	4	37	26	4	3	7	16	23	1.08163	32	LWWWWW
9	Preston North End	31	14	4	13	54	55	8	1	6	30	24	6	3	7	24	31	.98182	32	WWLLLL
10	Nottingham Forest	28	14	3	11	53	38	8	2	3	29	11	6	1	8	24	27	1.39474	31	WWWLWL
11	Blackburn Rovers	31	12	7	12	58	56	7	2	6	34	24	5	5	6	24	32	1.03571	31	LWLLWL
12	Newcastle United	30	13	3	14	58	57	8	1	6	30	23	5	2	8	28	34	1.01754	29	WLDLWW
13	Burnley	28	11	6	11	52	51	6	3	5	28	22	5	3	6	24	29	1.01961	28	DDWLLW
14	Everton	31	12	4	15	53	68	8	3	5	30	31	4	1	10	23	37	.77941	28	LWLDLW
15	Leeds United	32	10	8	14	40	58	4	7	5	17	22	6	1	9	23	36	.68966	28	WWLLLD
16	Luton Town	27	9	8	10	49	43	8	4	3	37	20	1	4	7	12	23	1.13953	26	WLLLWW
17	Chelsea	30	12	2	16	55	75	9	1	5	38	29	3	1	11	17	46	.73333	26	WDLWLL
18	Tottenham Hotspur	31	8	7	16	57	75	5	2	8	34	37	3	5	8	23	38	.76000	23	WLLDLD
19	Manchester City	30	8	7	15	48	70	6	5	4	31	25	2	2	11	17	45	.68571	23	LLDLWL
20	Leicester City	29	7	7	15	48	69	5	4	6	26	26	2	3	9	22	43	.69565	21	DLLDLL
21	Portsmouth	30	6	8	16	49	74	5	3	6	29	28	1	5	10	20	46	.66216	20	LDLLDD
22	Aston Villa	30	8	4	18	42	69	6	3	7	24	28	2	1	11	18	41	.60870	20	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	32	20	3	9	82	40	12	2	3	52	14	8	1	6	30	26	2.05000	43	WWLWDW		6-1
1	2	Manchester United	33	18	6	9	80	57	10	4	3	44	26	8	2	6	36	31	1.40351	42	WWWLWW		2-1
1	3	Arsenal	33	18	5	10	74	54	12	1	3	43	22	6	4	7	31	32	1.37037	41	WDDWWL		1-6
	4	Bolton Wanderers	30	15	7	8	58	46	12	1	3	43	20	3	6	5	15	26	1.26087	37	WWLWWL		0-4
1	5	Blackpool	30	13	10	7	46	32	8	7	0	26	9	5	3	7	20	23	1.43750	36	LWWLWW		4-0
1	6	West Ham United	31	16	3	12	65	56	11	1	3	43	22	5	2	9	22	34	1.16071	35	WLWWLW		3-1
2	7	West Bromwich Albion	29	12	10	7	66	47	4	5	4	25	22	8	5	3	41	25	1.40426	34	LWDDDL		1-3
	8	Birmingham City	30	15	4	11	60	50	10	1	4	37	26	5	3	7	23	24	1.20000	34	WWWWWW		7-1
	9	Preston North End	32	15	4	13	56	56	8	1	6	30	24	7	3	7	26	32	1.00000	34	WLLLLW		2-1
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	32	13	7	12	62	57	8	2	6	38	25	5	5	6	24	32	1.08772	33	WLLWLW		4-1
1	11	Nottingham Forest	29	14	3	12	54	45	8	2	4	30	18	6	1	8	24	27	1.20000	31	WWLWLL		1-7
	12	Newcastle United	31	13	3	15	59	59	8	1	7	31	25	5	2	8	28	34	1.00000	29	LDLWWL		1-2
	13	Burnley	29	11	6	12	53	55	6	3	5	28	22	5	3	7	25	33	.96364	28	DWLLWL		1-4
	14	Everton	32	12	4	16	54	70	8	3	5	30	31	4	1	11	24	39	.77143	28	WLDLWL		1-2
	15	Leeds United	33	10	8	15	41	60	4	7	5	17	22	6	1	10	24	38	.68333	28	WLLLDL		1-2
	16	Luton Town	28	9	9	10	52	46	8	4	3	37	20	1	5	7	15	26	1.13043	27	LLLWWD		3-3
	17	Chelsea	31	12	3	16	58	78	9	2	5	41	32	3	1	11	17	46	.74359	27	DLWLLD		3-3
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	32	9	7	16	63	75	6	2	8	40	37	3	5	8	23	38	.84000	25	LLDLDW		6-0
	19	Manchester City	31	9	7	15	52	73	6	5	4	31	25	3	2	11	21	48	.71233	25	LDLWLW		4-3
2	20	Aston Villa	31	9	4	18	44	70	7	3	7	26	29	2	1	11	18	41	.62857	22	LWLWLW		2-1
1	21	Leicester City	30	7	7	16	48	75	5	4	6	26	26	2	3	10	22	49	.64000	21	LLDLLL		0-6
1	22	Portsmouth	31	6	8	17	52	78	5	3	7	32	32	1	5	10	20	46	.66667	20	DLLDDL		3-4