The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED - Sat Apr 23, 1960 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 23, 1960 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: P Rhodes
Attendance:: 28,214
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 1)
Newcastle United:: Sep 03, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2238 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 862 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2463 (of 5724)
Total:: 3640 (of 7505)
Played:: 64 years, 2 days ago

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

Goals
Geoff Vowden (38')
Billy Gray (50')
Johnny Quigley (70')

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Charlie Mitten
Prior form: WDDDWL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Chic Thomson
2	D	24	Roy Patrick
3	D	31	Joe McDonald
4	M	26	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay
6	M	34	Jack Burkitt
7	M	22	Tony Barton
8	F	18	Geoff Vowden (38')
9	F	24	Jim Iley
10	F	24	Johnny Quigley (70')
11	F	32	Billy Gray (50')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bryan Harvey
2	D	Bill McKinney
3	D	Jackie Bell
4	D	Alf McMichael
5	D	Brian Wright
6	M	Gordon Hughes
7	M	Bob Stokoe
8	M	Ivor Allchurch
9	M	George Luke
10	F	Len White
11	F	George Eastham

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 23, 1960)

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

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	40	23	6	11	100	63	15	3	2	62	25	8	3	9	38	38	1.58730	52	WWWLWD	Safe
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	40	19	11	10	79	48	9	6	5	39	23	10	5	5	40	25	1.64583	49	LDLWLL	Safe
	3	Burnley	38	22	5	11	81	59	15	1	4	52	28	7	4	7	29	31	1.37288	49	LDWWWL	Safe
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	40	19	10	11	77	54	12	7	1	46	16	7	3	10	31	38	1.42593	48	DDWDLW	Safe
	5	West Bromwich Albion	40	18	11	11	81	55	11	4	5	47	25	7	7	6	34	30	1.47273	47	LWWWWD	Safe
	6	Newcastle United	40	18	8	14	82	74	10	5	5	42	31	8	3	9	40	43	1.10811	44	WDDDWL	Safe
	7	Bolton Wanderers	40	18	8	14	55	50	11	5	4	35	27	7	3	10	20	23	1.10000	44	WLWLLW	Safe
	8	Manchester United	40	18	7	15	95	75	12	3	5	48	30	6	4	10	47	45	1.26667	43	LWWLWW	Safe
	9	Preston North End	40	15	12	13	76	74	9	6	5	41	34	6	6	8	35	40	1.02703	42	DWLWDL	Safe
	10	Fulham	40	16	9	15	71	79	11	4	5	40	27	5	5	10	31	52	.89873	41	LLDLWW	Safe
	11	Blackpool	40	15	9	16	57	66	9	5	6	31	31	6	4	10	26	35	.86364	39	WDLLLD	Safe
	12	Chelsea	40	14	9	17	75	84	7	5	8	43	45	7	4	9	32	39	.89286	37	LWWLDW
	13	Leicester City	40	12	13	15	64	73	8	6	6	37	30	4	7	9	27	43	.87671	37	LDDLDW
	14	West Ham United	40	16	5	19	73	87	12	2	6	46	32	4	3	13	27	55	.83908	37	LDLWLL
	15	Arsenal	40	14	9	17	63	77	8	5	7	34	36	6	4	10	29	41	.81818	37	DDLWLL
	16	Everton	40	12	11	17	72	73	12	3	5	49	20	0	8	12	23	53	.98630	35	LDWWDD
	17	Blackburn Rovers	39	15	5	19	57	66	11	3	5	35	26	4	2	14	22	40	.86364	35	WLDLLD
	18	Manchester City	39	15	3	21	74	81	10	2	7	44	31	5	1	14	30	50	.91358	33	WLLWWL
	19	Nottingham Forest	40	12	9	19	47	73	7	6	7	27	28	5	3	12	20	45	.64384	33	DWLDLD
	20	Birmingham City	39	11	10	18	58	77	8	5	6	36	35	3	5	12	22	42	.75325	32	DDWWLD
	21	Leeds United	39	11	10	18	62	88	6	5	9	36	46	5	5	9	26	42	.70455	32	DLLWDW
	22	Luton Town	40	8	12	20	47	70	5	5	10	22	28	3	7	10	25	42	.67143	28	DDLWLD

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	41	23	6	12	101	66	15	3	3	63	28	8	3	9	38	38	1.53030	52	WWLWDL	Safe	1-3
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	41	20	11	10	82	49	9	6	5	39	23	11	5	5	43	26	1.67347	51	DLWLLW	Safe	3-1
	3	Burnley	39	22	6	11	82	60	15	1	4	52	28	7	5	7	30	32	1.36667	50	DWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	41	19	10	12	79	58	12	7	2	48	20	7	3	10	31	38	1.36207	48	DWDLWL	Safe	2-4
	5	West Bromwich Albion	41	18	11	12	82	57	11	4	5	47	25	7	7	7	35	32	1.43860	47	WWWWDL	Safe	1-2
1	6	Bolton Wanderers	41	19	8	14	57	50	12	5	4	37	27	7	3	10	20	23	1.14000	46	LWLLWW	Safe	2-0
1	7	Newcastle United	41	18	8	15	82	77	10	5	5	42	31	8	3	10	40	46	1.06494	44	DDDWLL	Safe	0-3
	8	Manchester United	41	18	7	16	97	80	12	3	5	48	30	6	4	11	49	50	1.21250	43	WWLWWL	Safe	2-5
1	9	Fulham	41	17	9	15	73	80	12	4	5	42	28	5	5	10	31	52	.91250	43	LDLWWW	Safe	2-1
1	10	Preston North End	41	15	12	14	77	76	9	6	5	41	34	6	6	9	36	42	1.01316	42	WLWDLL	Safe	1-2
	11	Blackpool	41	15	10	16	58	67	9	6	6	32	32	6	4	10	26	35	.86567	40	DLLLDD	Safe	1-1
1	12	Leicester City	41	13	13	15	65	73	8	6	6	37	30	5	7	9	28	43	.89041	39	DDLDWW	Safe	1-0
2	13	Arsenal	41	15	9	17	68	79	9	5	7	39	38	6	4	10	29	41	.86076	39	DLWLLW	Safe	5-2
2	14	Everton	41	13	11	17	73	73	13	3	5	50	20	0	8	12	23	53	1.00000	37	DWWDDW	Safe	1-0
3	15	Chelsea	41	14	9	18	75	86	7	5	8	43	45	7	4	10	32	41	.87209	37	WWLDWL	Safe	0-2
2	16	West Ham United	41	16	5	20	74	90	12	2	6	46	32	4	3	14	28	58	.82222	37	DLWLLL	Safe	1-3
1	17	Manchester City	40	16	3	21	76	82	11	2	7	46	32	5	1	14	30	50	.92683	35	LLWWLW		2-1
1	18	Blackburn Rovers	40	15	5	20	57	67	11	3	6	35	27	4	2	14	22	40	.85075	35	LDLLDL		0-1
	19	Nottingham Forest	41	13	9	19	50	73	8	6	7	30	28	5	3	12	20	45	.68493	35	WLDLDW		3-0
	20	Birmingham City	40	12	10	18	62	79	8	5	6	36	35	4	5	12	26	44	.78481	34	DWWLDW		4-2
	21	Leeds United	40	11	10	19	62	89	6	5	9	36	46	5	5	10	26	43	.69663	32	LLWDWL		0-1
	22	Luton Town	41	9	12	20	50	71	6	5	10	25	29	3	7	10	25	42	.70423	30	DLWLDW	Relegated	3-1