The City Ground

PRESTON NORTH END 3 - 5 FOREST - Mon Mar 16, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Mar 16, 1959 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Deepdale
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 5-3 (Won)

Attendance:: 15,438
Position Before:: 12
Position After:: 11
Referee:
Season:: 1958-59

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Burnley

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2184 (of 4764)
League Tier 1: 809 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 2403 (of 5452)
Total:: 3563 (of 7185)

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

Forest Goals:
Johnny Quigley
Billy Gray
Billy Gray
Stewart Imlach
Peter Watson (1956) (OG) - Peter Watson (1956) first goal

Preston North End Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Chic Thomson
2	M	Bill Whare
3	D	Joe McDonald
4	M	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	M	Roy Dwight
8	F	Johnny Quigley
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Billy Gray
11	F	Stewart Imlach
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Mon Mar 16, 1959)

Home	F	A	Away
Preston North End	3	5	Nottingham Forest

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	21	3	9	85	40	12	2	3	52	14	9	1	6	33	26	45	45
	2	Manchester United	34	19	6	9	83	58	10	4	3	44	26	9	2	6	39	32	25	44
	3	Arsenal	34	18	6	10	75	55	12	2	3	44	23	6	4	7	31	32	20	42
	4	Bolton Wanderers	30	15	7	8	58	46	12	1	3	43	20	3	6	5	15	26	12	37
	5	Blackpool	31	13	10	8	47	35	8	7	0	26	9	5	3	8	21	26	12	36
	6	West Ham United	32	16	3	13	65	57	11	1	3	43	22	5	2	10	22	35	8	35
	7	West Bromwich Albion	31	12	10	9	69	54	4	5	6	28	29	8	5	3	41	25	15	34
	8	Blackburn Rovers	33	13	8	12	63	58	8	2	6	38	25	5	6	6	25	33	5	34
	9	Birmingham City	31	15	4	12	60	53	10	1	5	37	29	5	3	7	23	24	7	34
	10	Preston North End	32	15	4	13	56	56	8	1	6	30	24	7	3	7	26	32	0	34
	11	Burnley	31	13	6	12	58	57	7	3	5	29	22	6	3	7	29	35	1	32
	12	Newcastle United	33	14	3	16	65	65	8	1	7	31	25	6	2	9	34	40	0	31
	13	Nottingham Forest	29	14	3	12	54	45	8	2	4	30	18	6	1	8	24	27	9	31
	14	Everton	33	13	4	16	57	71	9	3	5	33	32	4	1	11	24	39	-14	30
	15	Leeds United	34	11	8	15	44	61	5	7	5	20	23	6	1	10	24	38	-17	30
	16	Chelsea	32	13	3	16	61	78	9	2	5	41	32	4	1	11	20	46	-17	29
	17	Luton Town	28	9	9	10	52	46	8	4	3	37	20	1	5	7	15	26	6	27
	18	Manchester City	32	10	7	15	57	74	7	5	4	36	26	3	2	11	21	48	-17	27
	19	Tottenham Hotspur	33	9	7	17	64	78	6	2	8	40	37	3	5	9	24	41	-14	25
	20	Aston Villa	31	9	4	18	44	70	7	3	7	26	29	2	1	11	18	41	-26	22
	21	Leicester City	31	7	7	17	48	78	5	4	7	26	29	2	3	10	22	49	-30	21
	22	Portsmouth	32	6	8	18	53	83	5	3	8	33	37	1	5	10	20	46	-30	20

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	21	3	9	85	40	14	2	3	52	14	9	1	6	33	26	45	45
	2	Manchester United	34	19	6	9	83	58	26	4	3	44	26	9	2	6	39	32	25	44
	3	Arsenal	34	18	6	10	75	55	23	2	3	44	23	6	4	7	31	32	20	42
	4	Bolton Wanderers	30	15	7	8	58	46	20	1	3	43	20	3	6	5	15	26	12	37
	5	Blackpool	31	13	10	8	47	35	9	7	0	26	9	5	3	8	21	26	12	36
	6	West Ham United	32	16	3	13	65	57	22	1	3	43	22	5	2	10	22	35	8	35
	7	West Bromwich Albion	31	12	10	9	69	54	29	5	6	28	29	8	5	3	41	25	15	34
	8	Blackburn Rovers	33	13	8	12	63	58	25	2	6	38	25	5	6	6	25	33	5	34
	9	Birmingham City	31	15	4	12	60	53	29	1	5	37	29	5	3	7	23	24	7	34
	10	Preston North End	33	15	4	14	59	61	24	1	7	33	29	7	3	7	26	32	-2	34
⇧	11	Nottingham Forest	30	15	3	12	59	48	18	2	4	30	18	7	1	8	29	30	11	33
⇩	12	Burnley	31	13	6	12	58	57	22	3	5	29	22	6	3	7	29	35	1	32
⇩	13	Newcastle United	33	14	3	16	65	65	25	1	7	31	25	6	2	9	34	40	0	31
	14	Everton	33	13	4	16	57	71	32	3	5	33	32	4	1	11	24	39	-14	30
	15	Leeds United	34	11	8	15	44	61	23	7	5	20	23	6	1	10	24	38	-17	30
	16	Chelsea	32	13	3	16	61	78	32	2	5	41	32	4	1	11	20	46	-17	29
	17	Luton Town	28	9	9	10	52	46	20	4	3	37	20	1	5	7	15	26	6	27
	18	Manchester City	32	10	7	15	57	74	26	5	4	36	26	3	2	11	21	48	-17	27
	19	Tottenham Hotspur	33	9	7	17	64	78	37	2	8	40	37	3	5	9	24	41	-14	25
	20	Aston Villa	31	9	4	18	44	70	29	3	7	26	29	2	1	11	18	41	-26	22
	21	Leicester City	31	7	7	17	48	78	29	4	7	26	29	2	3	10	22	49	-30	21
	22	Portsmouth	32	6	8	18	53	83	37	3	8	33	37	1	5	10	20	46	-30	20