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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)

Top Goalscorer:: Tommy Wilson (22 goals)

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1957-58

SEASON END TABLE								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	2.19149	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	1.96078	59		2-1	0-2
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	9	12	93	77	13	4	4	58	33	8	5	8	35	44	1.20779	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	1.31429	50		0-2	2-3
5	Manchester City	42	22	5	15	104	100	14	4	3	58	33	8	1	12	46	67	1.04000	49		2-1	1-1
6	Burnley	42	21	5	16	80	74	16	2	3	52	21	5	3	13	28	53	1.08108	47		7-0	1-3
7	Blackpool	42	19	6	17	80	67	11	2	8	47	35	8	4	9	33	32	1.19403	44		1-2	0-3
8	Luton Town	42	19	6	17	69	63	13	3	5	45	22	6	3	12	24	41	1.09524	44		1-0	1-3
9	Manchester United	42	16	11	15	85	75	10	4	7	45	31	6	7	8	40	44	1.13333	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	1.09524	42
11	Chelsea	42	15	12	15	83	79	10	5	6	47	34	5	7	9	36	45	1.05063	42		1-1	0-0
12	Arsenal	42	16	7	19	73	85	10	4	7	48	39	6	3	12	25	46	.85882	39		4-0	1-1
13	Birmingham City	42	14	11	17	76	89	8	6	7	43	37	6	5	10	33	52	.85393	39		1-1	2-0
14	Aston Villa	42	16	7	19	73	86	12	4	5	46	26	4	3	14	27	60	.84884	39		4-1	1-1
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	10	18	65	87	9	5	7	38	35	5	5	11	27	52	.74713	38		0-0	0-2
16	Everton	42	13	11	18	65	75	5	9	7	34	35	8	2	11	31	40	.86667	37		0-3	1-1
17	Leeds United	42	14	9	19	51	63	10	6	5	33	23	4	3	14	18	40	.80952	37		1-1	2-1
18	Leicester City	42	14	5	23	91	112	11	4	6	59	41	3	1	17	32	71	.81250	33		3-1	1-3
19	Newcastle United	42	12	8	22	73	81	6	4	11	38	42	6	4	11	35	39	.90123	32		2-3	4-1
20	Portsmouth	42	12	8	22	73	88	10	6	5	45	34	2	2	17	28	54	.82955	32		2-0	4-1
21	Sunderland	42	10	12	20	54	97	7	7	7	32	33	3	5	13	22	64	.55670	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	.75000	31	Relegated	5-2	2-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

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

FA Cup

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

Friendly

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

Testimonial

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

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
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 (? pen), 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 (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 12, 1958	League Tier 1	Luton Town			H	1-0	22,085	Wilson (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 19, 1958	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	0-3	28,753		Safe
Mon Apr 21, 1958	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	1-1	23,217	Gray (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 26, 1958	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-3	16,879		Safe
Wed Apr 30, 1958	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	1-1	21,043	Quigley (?)	Safe
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	-

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 04, 1958	Gillingham	3		H	2-0	24,546
Sat Jan 25, 1958	West Bromwich Albion	4		A	3-3	58,163
Wed Jan 29, 1958	West Bromwich Albion	4	1	H	1-5	46,455

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Sep 23, 1957	All Stars XI	England	H	4-0	3,000

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

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Arthur Lightening	S. Africa	21	1			1
GK		Chic Thomson	Scotland	27	43	16	11	16
GK		Harry Sharratt	England	27	1	1
Defenders
D		Bill Whare	England	32	38	13	9	16	1
D		Bob McKinlay	Scotland	24	43	16	11	16	1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	31	44	16	11	17
D		Jack Hutchinson	England	36	9	5	3	1
Midfielders
M		Bill Morley	England	32	36	16	5	15
M		Fay Coyle	N. Ireland	24	3	1	1	1
M		Jack Burkitt	England	31	42	15	10	17
M		Ken Simcoe	England	20	2	1		1	1
M		Peter Higham	England	26	2			2
M		Peter Watson (1956)	England	23	3	2		1
M		Ronald Farmer	England	21	10	2	6	2
Forwards
F		Billy Gray	England	30	38	16	8	14	9
F		Billy Younger	England	17
F		Chris Joyce	Scotland	24	11	3	5	3
F		Eddie Baily	England	31	40	15	9	16	8
F		Eric Jones	England	25	1		1
F		Jim Barrett	England	26	17	10	1	6	12
F		Johnny Quigley	Scotland	22	25	6	9	10	5
F		Stewart Imlach	Scotland	25	43	17	10	16	16
F		Tommy Wilson	England	26	43	16	11	16	22

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
22 (1)	Tommy Wilson	43
16	Stewart Imlach	43
12 (1)	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 (FOR)
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

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Blackpool	Sat Oct 26, 1957	Home	1-2	Sat Mar 08, 1958	Away	0-3
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Sep 28, 1957	Home	0-2	Sat Feb 08, 1958	Away	2-3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat Nov 02, 1957	Away	0-2	Sat Mar 15, 1958	Home	1-4