The City Ground

MANCHESTER UNITED 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 19, 1960 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 19, 1960 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Old Trafford
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: H Webb
Attendance:: 35,269
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Oct 24, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2231 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 855 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2456 (of 5736)
Total:: 3633 (of 7523)
Played:: 64 years, 8 months, 5 days ago

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

Goals
Shay Brennan (49') (OG)

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Matt Busby
Prior form: LDDLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Alex Dawson (26')
Bobby Charlton (47')
Bobby Charlton (51')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	John Armstrong
2	D	34	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	31	Joe McDonald
4	M	26	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay
6	M	34	Jack Burkitt
7	M	27	Roy Dwight
8	F	25	Colin Booth
9	F	29	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Billy Gray
11	F	28	Stewart Imlach

	So Far	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	John Armstrong	12		7	2
2	D	34	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	429	2	7	2
3	D	31	Joe McDonald	76		7	2
4	M	26	Jeff Whitefoot	79	3	7	2
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay	262	4	7	2
6	M	34	Jack Burkitt	473	16	7	2
7	M	27	Roy Dwight	50	26	322	47
8	F	25	Colin Booth	21	8	7	2
9	F	29	Tommy Wilson	215	98	7	2
10	F	32	Billy Gray	120	31	7	2
11	F	28	Stewart Imlach	200	52	7	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Gregg
2	D	William Foulkes
3	D	Joseph Carolan
4	D	Maurice Setters
5	D	Ronald Cope
6	M	Shay Brennan
7	M	Johnny Giles
8	M	Dennis Viollet
9	M	Alex Dawson
10	F	Mark Pearson
11	F	Bobby Charlton

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 19, 1960)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-5	Bolton Wanderers
Burnley	3-2	Arsenal
Chelsea	2-3	Blackpool
Leeds United	4-3	Manchester City
Leicester City	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Newcastle United	3-2	Luton Town
Preston North End	3-4	Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Fulham
West Bromwich Albion	6-2	Everton
West Ham United	2-1	Blackburn Rovers

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	Tottenham Hotspur	33	18	9	6	72	39	9	4	3	37	19	9	5	3	35	20	1.84615	45	DLWLWW	Safe
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	19	5	9	82	58	12	3	2	48	23	7	2	7	34	35	1.41379	43	DWWWWD
3	Burnley	31	18	4	9	68	46	12	0	4	42	23	6	4	5	26	23	1.47826	40	WDWLWW
4	Sheffield Wednesday	32	15	7	10	57	38	9	6	1	37	12	6	1	9	20	26	1.50000	37	WDWWDL
5	West Bromwich Albion	33	13	10	10	61	48	8	3	5	35	21	5	7	5	26	27	1.27083	36	WDLDWD
6	Bolton Wanderers	33	14	8	11	43	41	8	5	4	28	24	6	3	7	15	17	1.04878	36	DLWDDL
7	Preston North End	33	13	10	10	61	62	7	5	4	29	27	6	5	6	32	35	.98387	36	DDLWLD
8	Newcastle United	33	15	5	13	71	64	8	3	5	34	25	7	2	8	37	39	1.10938	35	LWWLWW
9	Fulham	33	14	7	12	63	65	10	3	4	36	21	4	4	8	27	44	.96923	35	DLDWLD
10	Blackpool	33	13	7	13	50	54	8	4	5	29	30	5	3	8	21	24	.92593	33	DWLWWW
11	Arsenal	33	13	7	13	57	63	7	4	6	30	31	6	3	7	27	32	.90476	33	WLWWWD
12	West Ham United	33	14	4	15	64	70	10	1	5	41	28	4	3	10	23	42	.91429	32	WLLDLL
13	Manchester United	32	12	7	13	73	63	8	3	5	37	26	4	4	8	36	37	1.15873	31	LDDLWL
14	Blackburn Rovers	32	14	3	15	53	57	10	2	4	33	23	4	1	11	20	34	.92982	31	LLWLLL
15	Leicester City	33	10	10	13	54	63	6	5	5	30	24	4	5	8	24	39	.85714	30	LWWLWD
16	Chelsea	33	11	8	14	63	75	6	4	6	36	38	5	4	8	27	37	.84000	30	LWDDWL
17	Everton	33	10	8	15	58	59	10	3	4	42	17	0	5	11	16	42	.98305	28	DLLWDW
18	Nottingham Forest	33	11	6	16	42	64	7	4	6	26	26	4	2	10	16	38	.65625	28	WDDWLL
19	Manchester City	32	12	3	17	65	69	8	2	6	40	29	4	1	11	25	40	.94203	27	LDLWLL
20	Birmingham City	32	9	7	16	47	61	7	4	4	28	21	2	3	12	19	40	.77049	25	WWLWDD
21	Leeds United	32	8	8	16	53	78	3	5	8	29	39	5	3	8	24	39	.67949	24	WLLLLD
22	Luton Town	33	7	9	17	38	58	5	3	9	18	23	2	6	8	20	35	.65517	23	LLWLDD

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	Tottenham Hotspur	34	18	10	6	73	40	9	5	3	38	20	9	5	3	35	20	1.82500	46	LWLWWD	Safe	1-1
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	19	5	10	83	60	12	3	2	48	23	7	2	8	35	37	1.38333	43	WWWWDL		1-2
	3	Burnley	32	19	4	9	71	48	13	0	4	45	25	6	4	5	26	23	1.47917	42	DWLWWW		3-2
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	33	16	7	10	61	41	9	6	1	37	12	7	1	9	24	29	1.48780	39	DWWDLW		4-3
	5	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	10	10	67	50	9	3	5	41	23	5	7	5	26	27	1.34000	38	DLDWDW		6-2
	6	Bolton Wanderers	34	15	8	11	48	43	8	5	4	28	24	7	3	7	20	19	1.11628	38	LWDDLW		5-2
1	7	Newcastle United	34	16	5	13	74	66	9	3	5	37	27	7	2	8	37	39	1.12121	37	WWLWWW		3-2
1	8	Fulham	34	14	8	12	64	66	10	3	4	36	21	4	5	8	28	45	.96970	36	LDWLDD		1-1
2	9	Preston North End	34	13	10	11	64	66	7	5	5	32	31	6	5	6	32	35	.96970	36	DLWLDL		3-4
	10	Blackpool	34	14	7	13	53	56	8	4	5	29	30	6	3	8	24	26	.94643	35	WLWWWW		3-2
1	11	West Ham United	34	15	4	15	66	71	11	1	5	43	29	4	3	10	23	42	.92958	34	LLDLLW		2-1
1	12	Manchester United	33	13	7	13	76	64	9	3	5	40	27	4	4	8	36	37	1.18750	33	DDLWLW		3-1
2	13	Arsenal	34	13	7	14	59	66	7	4	6	30	31	6	3	8	29	35	.89394	33	LWWWDL		2-3
1	14	Leicester City	34	11	10	13	56	64	7	5	5	32	25	4	5	8	24	39	.87500	32	WWLWDW		2-1
1	15	Blackburn Rovers	33	14	3	16	54	59	10	2	4	33	23	4	1	12	21	36	.91525	31	LWLLLL		1-2
	16	Chelsea	34	11	8	15	65	78	6	4	7	38	41	5	4	8	27	37	.83333	30	WDDWLL		2-3
	17	Everton	34	10	8	16	60	65	10	3	4	42	17	0	5	12	18	48	.92308	28	LLWDWL		2-6
	18	Nottingham Forest	34	11	6	17	43	67	7	4	6	26	26	4	2	11	17	41	.64179	28	DDWLLL		1-3
	19	Manchester City	33	12	3	18	68	73	8	2	6	40	29	4	1	12	28	44	.93151	27	DLWLLL		3-4
1	20	Leeds United	33	9	8	16	57	81	4	5	8	33	42	5	3	8	24	39	.70370	26	LLLLDW		4-3
1	21	Birmingham City	33	9	7	17	49	66	7	4	5	30	26	2	3	12	19	40	.74242	25	WLWDDL		2-5
	22	Luton Town	34	7	9	18	40	61	5	3	9	18	23	2	6	9	22	38	.65574	23	LWLDDL		2-3