The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Aug 22, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Aug 22, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: E Crawford
Attendance:: 38,974
Pos Before/After:: - 17
Opp Before/After:: - 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Dec 19, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2198 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 822 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2419 (of 5736)
Total:: 3594 (of 7523)
Played:: 65 years, 3 months, 0 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals
Jim Iley - Jim Iley first goal

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Les McDowall

Goals
Bobby Johnstone
Fionan Fagan

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	34	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	M	21	Peter Knight	First start
8	F	24	Johnny Quigley
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	23	Jim Iley
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bert Trautmann
2	D	Bill Leivers
3	D	Andy Kerr
4	D	Ken Barnes
5	D	Jock McTavish
6	M	David Shawcross
7	M	Fionan Fagan
8	M	Bobby Johnstone
9	M	Colin Barlow
10	F	Joe Hayes
11	F	Clive Colbridge

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Aug 22, 1959)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		4-0
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	2	W		1-0
	3	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		3-0
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	2	W		1-0
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	5.00000	2	W		5-1
	6	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W		2-1
	7	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	2	W		3-2
	8	Burnley	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.50000	2	W		3-2
	9	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	2	W		3-2
	10	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D		4-4
	11	Everton	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D		2-2
	12	Luton Town	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	1	D		2-2
	13	Preston North End	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1.00000	1	D		4-4
	14	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	L		2-3
	15	Leeds United	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66667	0	L		2-3
	16	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	L		2-3
	17	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L		1-2
	18	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.20000	0	L		1-5
	19	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L		0-1
	20	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L		0-1
	21	Fulham	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.00000	0	L		0-4
	22	Leicester City	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	0	L		0-3