The City Ground

SEASON: 1957-58

Prev Season: 1956-57
This Season: 1957-58
Next Season: 1958-59

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 4th Round (West Bromwich Albion (H) 1-5)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Tommy Wilson (22 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1957-58								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	28	8	6	103	47	17	3	1	60	21	11	5	5	43	26	2.191	64	Champions	1-4	0-2
2	Preston North End	42	26	7	9	100	51	18	2	1	63	14	8	5	8	37	37	1.961	59		2-1	0-2
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	9	12	93	77	13	4	4	58	33	8	5	8	35	44	1.208	51		1-2	4-3
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	14	10	92	70	14	4	3	59	29	4	10	7	33	41	1.314	50		0-2	2-3
5	Manchester City	42	22	5	15	104	100	14	4	3	58	33	8	1	12	46	67	1.040	49		2-1	1-1
6	Burnley	42	21	5	16	80	74	16	2	3	52	21	5	3	13	28	53	1.081	47		7-0	1-3
7	Blackpool	42	19	6	17	80	67	11	2	8	47	35	8	4	9	33	32	1.194	44		1-2	0-3
8	Luton Town	42	19	6	17	69	63	13	3	5	45	22	6	3	12	24	41	1.095	44		1-0	1-3
9	Manchester United	42	16	11	15	85	75	10	4	7	45	31	6	7	8	40	44	1.133	43	European Cup Preliminary Round	1-2	1-1
10	Nottingham Forest	42	16	10	16	69	63	10	4	7	41	27	6	6	9	28	36	1.095	42
11	Chelsea	42	15	12	15	83	79	10	5	6	47	34	5	7	9	36	45	1.051	42		1-1	0-0
12	Arsenal	42	16	7	19	73	85	10	4	7	48	39	6	3	12	25	46	.859	39		4-0	1-1
13	Birmingham City	42	14	11	17	76	89	8	6	7	43	37	6	5	10	33	52	.854	39		1-1	2-0
14	Aston Villa	42	16	7	19	73	86	12	4	5	46	26	4	3	14	27	60	.849	39		4-1	1-1
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	10	18	65	87	9	5	7	38	35	5	5	11	27	52	.747	38		0-0	0-2
16	Everton	42	13	11	18	65	75	5	9	7	34	35	8	2	11	31	40	.867	37		0-3	1-1
17	Leeds United	42	14	9	19	51	63	10	6	5	33	23	4	3	14	18	40	.810	37		1-1	2-1
18	Leicester City	42	14	5	23	91	112	11	4	6	59	41	3	1	17	32	71	.813	33		3-1	1-3
19	Newcastle United	42	12	8	22	73	81	6	4	11	38	42	6	4	11	35	39	.901	32		2-3	4-1
20	Portsmouth	42	12	8	22	73	88	10	6	5	45	34	2	2	17	28	54	.830	32		2-0	4-1
21	Sunderland	42	10	12	20	54	97	7	7	7	32	33	3	5	13	22	64	.557	32	Relegated	2-0	0-3
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	7	23	69	92	12	2	7	45	40	0	5	16	24	52	.750	31	Relegated	5-2	2-1

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Competitive Games:: 45
Competitive Goals:: 75
Goals per game:: 1.7
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 42 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 50.0%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	10 times	2 times	5 times	2 times
Conceded	16 times	8 times	10 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	6 times	5 times	4 times	1 time	1 time
Lost By	5 times	7 times	4 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	14	1	2	-	-	2	1	6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-4)
2	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	21	3	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Preston North End (0-2)
4	7	4	2	-	-	2	3	5	0	Manchester United (1-2), West Bromwich Albion (2-3)
5	21	5	3	-	2	1	2	4	2	West Bromwich Albion (0-2), Manchester City (1-1), Manchester United (1-1)
6	40	6	2	2	-	-	5	0	4	Arsenal (4-0), Luton Town (1-0)
7	71	7	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Birmingham City (1-1)
8	18	8	2	1	-	1	8	3	2	Burnley (7-0), Luton Town (1-3)
9	18	9	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2)
10	28	10	2	2	-	-	6	2	4	Manchester City (2-1), Portsmouth (4-1)
11	4	11	5	1	2	2	3	6	4	Birmingham City (2-0), Bolton Wanderers (0-2), Blackpool (0-3), Chelsea (0-0), Chelsea (1-1)
12		12	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Everton (1-1)
13		13	3	-	1	2	3	6	1	Burnley (1-3), Blackpool (1-2), Arsenal (1-1)
14		14	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Bolton Wanderers (0-0), Aston Villa (1-1)
15		15	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Leicester City (3-1)
16		16	4	3	-	1	8	6	6	Tottenham Hotspur (4-3), Sunderland (2-0), Portsmouth (2-0), Everton (0-3)
17		17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18		18	2	1	-	1	6	4	2	Newcastle United (4-1), Newcastle United (2-3)
19		19	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	Aston Villa (4-1)
20		20	2	1	1	-	3	2	3	Leeds United (2-1), Leeds United (1-1)
21		21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22		22	4	2	-	2	8	9	4	Sheffield Wednesday (2-1), Leicester City (1-3), Sheffield Wednesday (5-2), Sunderland (0-3)

Not included: Week 1 game against Preston North End (2-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 47,804 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 16,879 (Everton)
Average League Attendance:: 31,304
Highest Cup Attendance:: 46,455 (West Bromwich Albion)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 24,546 (Gillingham)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 9
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 24, 1957	Preston North End	H	2-1	Win	33,285	7	Gray (?), Barrett (?)
2	Wed Aug 28, 1957	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	29,705	7	Wilson (?)
3	Sat Aug 31, 1957	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1	Win	31,236	3	Barrett (?), Imlach (?)
4	Wed Sep 04, 1957	Birmingham City	A	2-0	Win	26,852	3	Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
5	Sat Sep 07, 1957	Manchester City	H	2-1	Win	37,191	2	Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
6	Mon Sep 09, 1957	Burnley	A	1-3	Loss	15,818	2	Barrett (?)
7	Sat Sep 14, 1957	Leeds United	A	2-1	Win	25,566	3	Barrett (?), Wilson (?)
8	Wed Sep 18, 1957	Burnley	H	7-0	Win	26,842	1	Gray (?), Baily (?), Wilson (?, ?), Barrett (?), Imlach (?, ?)
9	Sat Sep 21, 1957	Portsmouth	A	4-1	Win	33,801	1	Gray (?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?, ?)
10	Sat Sep 28, 1957	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	Loss	41,825	1
11	Sat Oct 05, 1957	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4-3	Win	51,429	3	Gray (?), Quigley (?), Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
12	Sat Oct 12, 1957	Manchester United	H	1-2	Loss	47,804	4	Imlach (47)
13	Sat Oct 19, 1957	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	36,836	5	Wilson (? pen)
14	Sat Oct 26, 1957	Blackpool	H	1-2	Loss	41,586	6	Barrett (?)
15	Sat Nov 02, 1957	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	47,858	8
16	Sat Nov 09, 1957	Arsenal	H	4-0	Win	34,366	6	Barrett (?), Wilson (?, ?), Imlach (?)
17	Sat Nov 16, 1957	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	24,562	8
18	Sat Nov 23, 1957	Aston Villa	H	4-1	Win	30,382	5	Whare (?), Quigley (?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
19	Sat Nov 30, 1957	Luton Town	A	1-3	Loss	18,391	6	Gray (?)
20	Sat Dec 07, 1957	Sunderland	H	2-0	Win	24,262	5	Wilson (?, ?)
21	Sat Dec 14, 1957	Everton	A	1-1	Draw	29,099	6	Gray (?)
22	Sat Dec 21, 1957	Preston North End	A	0-2	Loss	20,945	8
23	Wed Dec 25, 1957	Newcastle United	A	4-1	Win	25,214	6	Wilson (42), Imlach (68, 77), Baily (72)
24	Thu Dec 26, 1957	Newcastle United	H	2-3	Loss	32,509	7	Baily (39), Wilson (49)
25	Sat Dec 28, 1957	Sheffield Wednesday	H	5-2	Win	31,903	7	Gray (?), Wilson (?), Baily (?), Imlach (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 11, 1958	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	34,837	7	McKinlay (?)
27	Sat Jan 18, 1958	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	23,368	7	Baily (?)
28	Sat Feb 01, 1958	Portsmouth	H	2-0	Win	23,344	7	Baily (?), Imlach (?)
29	Sat Feb 08, 1958	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-3	Loss	32,735	7	Quigley (?), Simcoe (?)
30	Sat Feb 15, 1958	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	Loss	32,334	7	Wilson (?)
31	Sat Feb 22, 1958	Manchester United	A	1-1	Draw	66,346	6	Imlach (31)
32	Sat Mar 01, 1958	Leicester City	H	3-1	Win	38,341	6	Gray (?), Baily (?), Imlach (?)
33	Sat Mar 08, 1958	Blackpool	A	0-3	Loss	16,492	7
34	Sat Mar 15, 1958	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-4	Loss	40,197	9	Baily (?)
35	Sat Mar 29, 1958	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	24,060	10
36	Fri Apr 04, 1958	Chelsea	A	0-0	Draw	44,288	10
37	Mon Apr 07, 1958	Chelsea	H	1-1	Draw	25,130	10	Imlach (?)
38	Sat Apr 12, 1958	Luton Town	H	1-0	Win	22,085	10	Wilson (?)
39	Sat Apr 19, 1958	Sunderland	A	0-3	Loss	28,753	10
40	Mon Apr 21, 1958	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	23,217	10	Gray (?)
41	Sat Apr 26, 1958	Everton	H	0-3	Loss	16,879	11
42	Wed Apr 30, 1958	Aston Villa	A	1-1	Draw	21,043	10	Quigley (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 04, 1958	Gillingham	3			H	2-0	Win	24,546	Quigley (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1958	West Bromwich Albion	4			A	3-3	Draw	58,163	Wilson (?, ?), Imlach (?)
Wed Jan 29, 1958	West Bromwich Albion	4	Y	1	H	1-5	Loss	46,455	Wilson (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed May 14, 1958	Berlin	Germany	A	4-3	Win	-	Quigley (?), Gray (?), Baily (?, ?)
Sat May 17, 1958	RW Oberhausen	Germany	A	3-1	Win	-	Gray (?), Wilson (?, ?)
Sun May 18, 1958	Flamengo	Brazil	N	2-2	Draw	-	Wilson (25), Baily (70)
Mon May 19, 1958	Fiorentina	Italy	A	0-0	Draw	-
Wed May 21, 1958	Netherlands XI	Netherlands	A	0-1	Loss	-

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 23, 1957	All Stars XI	USA	H	4-0	Win	3,000	Quigley (?, ?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 24, 1957	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	2-1	33,285	Gray (?), Barrett (?)
Wed Aug 28, 1957	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			H	1-1	29,705	Wilson (?)
Sat Aug 31, 1957	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	2-1	31,236	Barrett (?), Imlach (?)
Wed Sep 04, 1957	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			A	2-0	26,852	Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
Sat Sep 07, 1957	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	2-1	37,191	Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
Mon Sep 09, 1957	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	1-3	15,818	Barrett (?)
Sat Sep 14, 1957	League Tier 1	Leeds United			A	2-1	25,566	Barrett (?), Wilson (?)
Wed Sep 18, 1957	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	7-0	26,842	Gray (?), Baily (?), Wilson (?, ?), Barrett (?), Imlach (?, ?)
Sat Sep 21, 1957	League Tier 1	Portsmouth			A	4-1	33,801	Gray (?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?, ?)
Mon Sep 23, 1957	Testimonial	All Stars XI			H	4-0	3,000	Quigley (?, ?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
Sat Sep 28, 1957	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	0-2	41,825
Sat Oct 05, 1957	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	4-3	51,429	Gray (?), Quigley (?), Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Oct 12, 1957	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	1-2	47,804	Imlach (47)
Sat Oct 19, 1957	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	1-3	36,836	Wilson (? pen)
Sat Oct 26, 1957	League Tier 1	Blackpool			H	1-2	41,586	Barrett (?)
Sat Nov 02, 1957	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	0-2	47,858
Sat Nov 09, 1957	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	4-0	34,366	Barrett (?), Wilson (?, ?), Imlach (?)
Sat Nov 16, 1957	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	0-2	24,562
Sat Nov 23, 1957	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	4-1	30,382	Whare (?), Quigley (?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
Sat Nov 30, 1957	League Tier 1	Luton Town			A	1-3	18,391	Gray (?)
Sat Dec 07, 1957	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	2-0	24,262	Wilson (?, ?)
Sat Dec 14, 1957	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-1	29,099	Gray (?)
Sat Dec 21, 1957	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	0-2	20,945
Wed Dec 25, 1957	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	4-1	25,214	Wilson (42), Imlach (68, 77), Baily (72)
Thu Dec 26, 1957	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	2-3	32,509	Baily (39), Wilson (49)
Sat Dec 28, 1957	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	5-2	31,903	Gray (?), Wilson (?), Baily (?), Imlach (?, ?)
Sat Jan 04, 1958	FA Cup	Gillingham	3		H	2-0	24,546	Quigley (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Jan 11, 1958	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	1-1	34,837	McKinlay (?)
Sat Jan 18, 1958	League Tier 1	Leeds United			H	1-1	23,368	Baily (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1958	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	4		A	3-3	58,163	Wilson (?, ?), Imlach (?)
Wed Jan 29, 1958	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	4	1	H	1-5	46,455	Wilson (?)
Sat Feb 01, 1958	League Tier 1	Portsmouth			H	2-0	23,344	Baily (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Feb 08, 1958	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	2-3	32,735	Quigley (?), Simcoe (?)
Sat Feb 15, 1958	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	1-2	32,334	Wilson (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1958	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	1-1	66,346	Imlach (31)
Sat Mar 01, 1958	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	3-1	38,341	Gray (?), Baily (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Mar 08, 1958	League Tier 1	Blackpool			A	0-3	16,492
Sat Mar 15, 1958	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	1-4	40,197	Baily (?)
Sat Mar 29, 1958	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	0-0	24,060
Fri Apr 04, 1958	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	0-0	44,288
Mon Apr 07, 1958	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	1-1	25,130	Imlach (?)
Sat Apr 12, 1958	League Tier 1	Luton Town			H	1-0	22,085	Wilson (?)
Sat Apr 19, 1958	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	0-3	28,753
Mon Apr 21, 1958	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	1-1	23,217	Gray (?)
Sat Apr 26, 1958	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-3	16,879
Wed Apr 30, 1958	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	1-1	21,043	Quigley (?)
Wed May 14, 1958	Friendly	Berlin			A	4-3	-	Quigley (?), Gray (?), Baily (?, ?)
Sat May 17, 1958	Friendly	RW Oberhausen			A	3-1	-	Gray (?), Wilson (?, ?)
Sun May 18, 1958	Friendly	Flamengo			N	2-2	-	Wilson (25), Baily (70)
Mon May 19, 1958	Friendly	Fiorentina			A	0-0	-
Wed May 21, 1958	Friendly	Netherlands XI			A	0-1	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8) - £4,500				Out (8) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Billy Younger	Bought			Chris Joyce	Sold
	Chic Thomson	Bought			Eric Jones	Sold
	Harry Sharratt	Bought			Harry Sharratt	Sold
	Ken Simcoe	Bought			Ken Simcoe	Sold
1957	Arthur Lightening	Bought		1958	Harry Nicholson	Sold
Jun 1957	Billy Gray	Bought	£4,500	1958	Ronald Farmer	Sold
Jul 01, 1957	Johnny Quigley	Bought		Mar 08, 1958	Peter Higham	Sold
Apr 04, 1958	Fay Coyle	Bought		Apr 19, 1958	Fay Coyle	Sold

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		S. Africa	Arthur Lightening	1			1
GK		Scotland	Chic Thomson	43	16	11	16
GK		England	Harry Sharratt	1	1
Defenders
D		England	Bill Whare	38	13	9	16	1
D		Scotland	Bob McKinlay	43	16	11	16	1
D		England	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	44	16	11	17
D		England	Jack Hutchinson	9	5	3	1
Midfielders
M		N. Ireland	Fay Coyle	3	1	1	1
M		England	Jack Burkitt	42	15	10	17
M		England	Ken Simcoe	2	1		1	1
M		England	Peter Higham	2			2
M		England	Peter Watson (1956)	3	2		1
M		England	Ronald Farmer	10	2	6	2
M		England	William Morley	36	16	5	15
Forwards
F		England	Billy Gray	38	16	8	14	9
F		England	Billy Younger
F		Scotland	Chris Joyce	11	3	5	3
F		England	Eddie Baily	40	15	9	16	8
F		England	Eric Jones	1		1
F		England	Jim Barrett	17	10	1	6	12
F		Scotland	Johnny Quigley	25	6	9	10	5
F		Scotland	Stewart Imlach	43	17	10	16	16
F		England	Tommy Wilson	43	16	11	16	22

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
22 (1)	Tommy Wilson	43
16	Stewart Imlach	43
12	Jim Barrett	17
9	Billy Gray	38
8	Eddie Baily	40
5	Johnny Quigley	25
1	Bill Whare	38
1	Bob McKinlay	43
1	Ken Simcoe	2

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Portsmouth	Sat Sep 21, 1957	Away	4-1	Sat Feb 01, 1958	Home	2-0
Sheffield Wednesday	Sat Aug 31, 1957	Away	2-1	Sat Dec 28, 1957	Home	5-2