The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BURNLEY - Sat Mar 21, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 21, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: A Holland
Attendance:: 27,811
Pos Before/After:: 12 12
Opp Before/After:: 10 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Burnley:: Nov 21, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2186 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 810 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2405 (of 5736)
Total:: 3575 (of 7523)
Played:: 65 years, 8 months, 1 day ago

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

Goals
Tommy Wilson

BURNLEY
Manager: Harry Potts
Prior form: LWLWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Ray Pointer
John Connelly

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	33	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	M	26	Roy Dwight
8	F	23	Johnny Quigley
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Billy Gray
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Adam Blacklaw
2	D	Dave Smith
3	D	Jimmy Adamson
4	D	Thomas Cummings
5	D	Bobby Seith
6	M	Brian Pilkington
7	M	Brian Miller
8	M	Jimmy McIlroy
9	M	Jimmy Robson
10	F	Ray Pointer
11	F	John Connelly

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 21, 1959)

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

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	33	21	3	9	85	40	12	2	3	52	14	9	1	6	33	26	2.12500	45	WLWDWW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	34	19	6	9	83	58	10	4	3	44	26	9	2	6	39	32	1.43103	44	WWLWWW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	34	18	6	10	75	55	12	2	3	44	23	6	4	7	31	32	1.36364	42	DDWWLD	Safe
	4	Bolton Wanderers	31	15	7	9	59	49	12	1	4	44	23	3	6	5	15	26	1.20408	37	WLWWLL
	5	Blackpool	32	13	10	9	48	38	8	7	0	26	9	5	3	9	22	29	1.26316	36	WLWWLL
	6	Birmingham City	32	16	4	12	64	55	10	1	5	37	29	6	3	7	27	26	1.16364	36	WWWWLW
	7	West Ham United	32	16	3	13	65	57	11	1	3	43	22	5	2	10	22	35	1.14035	35	LWWLWL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	31	12	10	9	69	54	4	5	6	28	29	8	5	3	41	25	1.27778	34	DDDLLL
	9	Blackburn Rovers	33	13	8	12	63	58	8	2	6	38	25	5	6	6	25	33	1.08621	34	LLWLWD
	10	Burnley	32	14	6	12	61	58	8	3	5	32	23	6	3	7	29	35	1.05172	34	LWLWWW
	11	Preston North End	33	15	4	14	59	61	8	1	7	33	29	7	3	7	26	32	.96721	34	LLLLWL
	12	Nottingham Forest	30	15	3	12	59	48	8	2	4	30	18	7	1	8	29	30	1.22917	33	WLWLLW
	13	Newcastle United	33	14	3	16	65	65	8	1	7	31	25	6	2	9	34	40	1.00000	31	LWWLWL
	14	Everton	33	13	4	16	57	71	9	3	5	33	32	4	1	11	24	39	.80282	30	LDLWLW
	15	Leeds United	34	11	8	15	44	61	5	7	5	20	23	6	1	10	24	38	.72131	30	LLLDLW
	16	Chelsea	32	13	3	16	61	78	9	2	5	41	32	4	1	11	20	46	.78205	29	LWLLDW
	17	Luton Town	28	9	9	10	52	46	8	4	3	37	20	1	5	7	15	26	1.13043	27	LLLWWD
	18	Manchester City	32	10	7	15	57	74	7	5	4	36	26	3	2	11	21	48	.77027	27	DLWLWW
	19	Tottenham Hotspur	33	9	7	17	64	78	6	2	8	40	37	3	5	9	24	41	.82051	25	LDLDWL
	20	Aston Villa	32	10	4	18	47	71	7	3	7	26	29	3	1	11	21	42	.66197	24	WLWLWW
	21	Leicester City	32	7	7	18	50	82	5	4	8	28	33	2	3	10	22	49	.60976	21	DLLLLL
	22	Portsmouth	32	6	8	18	53	83	5	3	8	33	37	1	5	10	20	46	.63855	20	LLDDLL

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	34	22	3	9	90	42	13	2	3	57	16	9	1	6	33	26	2.14286	47	LWDWWW	Safe	5-2
	2	Manchester United	35	20	6	9	87	58	11	4	3	48	26	9	2	6	39	32	1.50000	46	WLWWWW	Safe	4-0
	3	Arsenal	35	18	6	11	75	56	12	2	3	44	23	6	4	8	31	33	1.33929	42	DWWLDL	Safe	0-1
1	4	Blackpool	33	14	10	9	50	39	9	7	0	28	10	5	3	9	22	29	1.28205	38	LWWLLW		2-1
1	5	Bolton Wanderers	32	15	7	10	62	53	12	1	4	44	23	3	6	6	18	30	1.16981	37	LWWLLL		3-4
	6	Birmingham City	33	16	5	12	65	56	10	1	5	37	29	6	4	7	28	27	1.16071	37	WWWLWD		1-1
	7	West Ham United	33	17	3	13	69	60	12	1	3	47	25	5	2	10	22	35	1.15000	37	WWLWLW		4-3
1	8	Blackburn Rovers	34	14	8	12	65	59	9	2	6	40	26	5	6	6	25	33	1.10169	36	LWLWDW		2-1
1	9	Burnley	33	15	6	12	63	59	8	3	5	32	23	7	3	7	31	36	1.06780	36	WLWWWW		2-1
2	10	West Bromwich Albion	32	12	10	10	71	59	4	5	6	28	29	8	5	4	43	30	1.20339	34	DDLLLL		2-5
	11	Preston North End	34	15	4	15	60	64	8	1	7	33	29	7	3	8	27	35	.93750	34	LLLWLL		1-3
	12	Nottingham Forest	31	15	3	13	60	50	8	2	5	31	20	7	1	8	29	30	1.20000	33	LWLLWL		1-2
	13	Newcastle United	34	15	3	16	66	65	9	1	7	32	25	6	2	9	34	40	1.01538	33	WWLWLW		1-0
2	14	Chelsea	33	14	3	16	64	79	10	2	5	44	33	4	1	11	20	46	.81013	31	WLLDWW		3-1
1	15	Everton	34	13	4	17	58	73	9	3	5	33	32	4	1	12	25	41	.79452	30	DLWLWL		1-2
1	16	Leeds United	35	11	8	16	44	65	5	7	5	20	23	6	1	11	24	42	.67692	30	LLDLWL		0-4
	17	Luton Town	29	9	9	11	53	49	8	4	3	37	20	1	5	8	16	29	1.08163	27	LLWWDL		1-3
1	18	Tottenham Hotspur	34	10	7	17	67	79	7	2	8	43	38	3	5	9	24	41	.84810	27	DLDWLW		3-1
1	19	Manchester City	33	10	7	16	58	77	7	5	4	36	26	3	2	12	22	51	.75325	27	LWLWWL		1-3
	20	Aston Villa	33	11	4	18	50	72	8	3	7	29	30	3	1	11	21	42	.69444	26	LWLWWW		3-1
1	21	Portsmouth	33	6	9	18	54	84	5	4	8	34	38	1	5	10	20	46	.64286	21	LDDLLD		1-1
1	22	Leicester City	33	7	7	19	51	84	5	4	8	28	33	2	3	11	23	51	.60714	21	LLLLLL		1-2