The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 3 ARSENAL - Wed Aug 26, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Aug 26, 1959 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: F Collinge
Attendance:: 32,536
Pos Before/After:: 17 22
Opp Before/After:: 19 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Sep 01, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2199 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 823 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2420 (of 5736)
Total:: 3595 (of 7523)
Played:: 65 years, 2 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals

ARSENAL
Manager: George Swindin
Prior form: L (Old to recent)

Goals
Danny Clapton
Danny Clapton
Danny Clapton

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	F	23	Jim Iley
7	M	21	Peter Knight
8	F	24	Johnny Quigley
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Billy Gray
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Standen
2	D	Len Wills
3	D	Bill Dodgin
4	D	Dennis Evans
5	D	Vic Groves
6	M	Jimmy Bloomfield
7	M	Mel Charles
8	M	John Barnwell
9	M	Joe Haverty
10	F	David Herd
11	F	Danny Clapton

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Aug 26, 1959)

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

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	Burnley	2	2	0	0	8	4	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	2	2.00000	4	WW
	2	West Ham United	2	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	4.00000	3	WD
	3	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	2	W
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	2	W
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	5.00000	2	W
	7	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
	8	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	2	W
	9	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	2	W
	10	Preston North End	2	0	2	0	5	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	4	1.00000	2	DD
	11	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	12	Luton Town	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	1	D
	13	Everton	2	0	1	1	4	7	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	5	.57143	1	DL
	14	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	L
	15	Leeds United	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66667	0	L
	16	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	L
	17	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L
	18	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.20000	0	L
	19	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L
	20	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L
	21	Fulham	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.00000	0	L
	22	Leicester City	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	0	L

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)
2	1	Blackburn Rovers	2	2	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	99.99900	4	WW		3-0
3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.00000	4	WW		3-1
5	3	Blackpool	2	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2.00000	4	WW		1-0
3	4	Burnley	2	2	0	0	8	4	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	2	2.00000	4	WW
3	5	West Ham United	2	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	4.00000	3	WD
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	1	0	7	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	5	1	2.33333	3	WD		2-2
4	7	Chelsea	2	1	1	0	5	4	0	1	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	1.25000	3	DW		1-0
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	1	0	5	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.25000	3	WD		2-2
10	9	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	3.00000	2	LW		3-0
10	10	Birmingham City	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	2	LW		4-3
1	11	Preston North End	2	0	2	0	5	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	4	1.00000	2	DD
9	12	Fulham	2	1	0	1	5	6	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	.83333	2	LW		5-2
6	13	Manchester City	2	1	0	1	4	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	5	.66667	2	WL		2-5
10	14	Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	.66667	2	WL		1-3
7	15	Leicester City	2	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	3	.60000	2	LW		3-2
4	16	Luton Town	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	.66667	1	DL		0-1
4	17	Everton	2	0	1	1	4	7	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	5	.57143	1	DL
3	18	Leeds United	2	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	LL		2-3
3	19	Manchester United	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	.50000	0	LL		0-1
2	20	Newcastle United	2	0	0	2	4	9	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	3	4	.44444	0	LL		3-4
7	21	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	3	.33333	0	LL		0-3
5	22	Nottingham Forest	2	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	.20000	0	LL		0-3