The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 4 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Sat Mar 15, 1958 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 15, 1958 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-4 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: A Murdoch
Attendance:: 40,197
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 9
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Aug 23, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2147 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 771 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2358 (of 5824)
Total:: 3524 (of 7629)
Played:: 68 years, 5 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Eddie Baily (25') - Eddie Baily last goal

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: Stan Cullis
Prior form: LWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Peter Broadbent (23')
Jimmy Murray (48')
Jimmy Murray (63')
Jimmy Murray (68')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Chic Thomson
2	D	32	Bill Whare
3	D	32	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	32	Bill Morley
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jack Burkitt
7	F	24	Chris Joyce
8	F	32	Eddie Baily (25')
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson
10	F	22	Johnny Quigley
11	F	30	Billy Gray

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Chic Thomson	34		7	1
2	D	32	Bill Whare	252	2	7	1
3	D	32	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	401	1	7	1
4	M	32	Bill Morley	289	10	7	1
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay	167	3	7	1
6	M	32	Jack Burkitt	386	13	7	1
7	F	24	Chris Joyce	6		7	1
8	F	32	Eddie Baily (25')	64	16	7	1
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson	124	49	7	1
10	F	22	Johnny Quigley	19	4	21	3
11	F	30	Billy Gray	31	8	14	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Malcolm Finlayson
2	D	Gerry Harris
3	D	Eddie Stuart
4	D	Billy Wright
5	D	Bill Slater
6	M	Eddie Clamp
7	M	Peter Broadbent
8	M	Jimmy Murray
9	M	Bobby Mason
10	F	Norman Deeley
11	F	Jimmy Mullen

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 15, 1958)

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

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	22	6	4	81	38	15	2	0	53	16	7	4	4	28	22	43	50	LWWWWW	Safe
2	Preston North End	32	19	5	8	79	44	13	1	1	48	10	6	4	7	31	34	35	43	DWWWWL	Safe
3	West Bromwich Albion	32	15	12	5	75	53	11	4	1	45	20	4	8	4	30	33	22	42	WLWDWW	Safe
4	Luton Town	33	17	4	12	59	46	11	2	4	41	18	6	2	8	18	28	13	38	WWWLLL
5	Manchester City	33	17	4	12	84	83	11	4	1	49	25	6	0	11	35	58	1	38	WLLWDW
6	Manchester United	30	15	7	8	74	52	10	1	5	42	22	5	6	3	32	30	22	37	DDWWDL
7	Tottenham Hotspur	33	15	7	11	75	69	10	3	3	49	29	5	4	8	26	40	6	37	LWWDWW
8	Nottingham Forest	33	15	5	13	64	50	9	2	5	38	19	6	3	8	26	31	14	35	WLLDWL
9	Blackpool	32	14	6	12	61	52	8	2	6	37	28	6	4	6	24	24	9	34	WDWDLW
10	Chelsea	33	13	7	13	73	68	9	2	5	42	27	4	5	8	31	41	5	33	LLWWLL
11	Burnley	32	15	3	14	61	63	12	1	3	41	18	3	2	11	20	45	-2	33	WWLWLL
12	Bolton Wanderers	33	13	7	13	57	70	8	4	5	33	28	5	3	8	24	42	-13	33	LDWDWL
13	Everton	32	10	11	11	50	54	4	9	4	25	23	6	2	7	25	31	-4	31	DLDLWW
14	Arsenal	32	13	4	15	58	66	9	2	6	46	36	4	2	9	12	30	-8	30	WLLDLW
15	Birmingham City	33	10	9	14	56	76	6	4	6	35	32	4	5	8	21	44	-20	29	LLWDLW
16	Aston Villa	32	11	5	16	56	69	8	3	5	34	22	3	2	11	22	47	-13	27	LDLLWW
17	Leicester City	33	10	5	18	70	86	8	4	5	46	32	2	1	13	24	54	-16	25	LWDWLD
18	Portsmouth	31	9	6	16	54	62	7	4	3	30	19	2	2	13	24	43	-8	24	LWLDLD
19	Leeds United	32	9	6	17	41	55	7	4	5	27	21	2	2	12	14	34	-14	24	DWLWLL
20	Newcastle United	31	9	5	17	50	58	3	3	9	21	28	6	2	8	29	30	-8	23	LLDWLL
21	Sheffield Wednesday	33	8	6	19	60	81	8	2	6	38	36	0	4	13	22	45	-21	22	WLDWDL
22	Sunderland	33	6	10	17	41	84	5	7	5	25	25	1	3	12	16	59	-43	22	DLLLLD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	23	6	4	85	39	15	2	0	53	16	8	4	4	32	23	46	52	WWWWWW	Safe	4-1
	2	Preston North End	33	20	5	8	82	44	14	1	1	51	10	6	4	7	31	34	38	45	WWWWLW	Safe	3-0
	3	West Bromwich Albion	33	16	12	5	79	53	12	4	1	49	20	4	8	4	30	33	26	44	LWDWWW	Safe	4-0
	4	Luton Town	34	17	5	12	60	47	11	2	4	41	18	6	3	8	19	29	13	39	WWLLLD		1-1
	5	Manchester City	34	17	4	13	86	87	11	4	2	51	29	6	0	11	35	58	-1	38	LLWDWL		2-4
	6	Manchester United	31	15	7	9	74	55	10	1	5	42	22	5	6	4	32	33	19	37	DWWDLL		0-3
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	7	12	75	70	10	3	4	49	30	5	4	8	26	40	5	37	WWDWWL		0-1
1	8	Blackpool	33	15	6	12	65	53	8	2	6	37	28	7	4	6	28	25	12	36	DWDLWW		4-1
1	9	Nottingham Forest	34	15	5	14	65	54	9	2	6	39	23	6	3	8	26	31	11	35	LLDWLL		1-4
1	10	Burnley	33	16	3	14	64	63	13	1	3	44	18	3	2	11	20	45	1	35	WLWLLW		3-0
1	11	Chelsea	34	13	7	14	74	72	9	2	6	43	31	4	5	8	31	41	2	33	LWWLLL		1-4
	12	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	7	14	57	71	8	4	5	33	28	5	3	9	24	43	-14	33	DWDWLL		0-1
1	13	Arsenal	33	14	4	15	62	68	9	2	6	46	36	5	2	9	16	32	-6	32	LLDLWW		4-2
1	14	Everton	33	10	11	12	50	58	4	9	4	25	23	6	2	8	25	35	-8	31	LDLWWL		0-4
	15	Birmingham City	34	10	10	14	57	77	6	5	6	36	33	4	5	8	21	44	-20	30	LWDLWD		1-1
	16	Aston Villa	33	11	5	17	56	70	8	3	5	34	22	3	2	12	22	48	-14	27	DLLWWL		0-1
1	17	Portsmouth	32	10	6	16	55	62	8	4	3	31	19	2	2	13	24	43	-7	26	WLDLDW		1-0
2	18	Newcastle United	32	10	5	17	55	61	4	3	9	26	31	6	2	8	29	30	-6	25	LDWLLW		5-3
2	19	Leicester City	34	10	5	19	73	91	8	4	5	46	32	2	1	14	27	59	-18	25	WDWLDL		3-5
1	20	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	6	19	61	81	9	2	6	39	36	0	4	13	22	45	-20	24	LDWDLW		1-0
2	21	Leeds United	33	9	6	18	41	58	7	4	5	27	21	2	2	13	14	37	-17	24	WLWLLL		0-3
	22	Sunderland	34	7	10	17	42	84	5	7	5	25	25	2	3	12	17	59	-42	24	LLLLDW		1-0