The City Ground

ARSENAL 1 - 1 FOREST - Mon Apr 21, 1958 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 21, 1958 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: D Martin
Attendance:: 23,217
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Nov 15, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2153 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 777 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2364 (of 5824)
Total:: 3530 (of 7629)
Played:: 68 years, 4 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Gray (80')

ARSENAL
Manager: Jack Crayston
Prior form: WLLWDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Bloomfield (21')

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	22	Ronald Farmer
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Billy Gray (80')
8	F	22	Johnny Quigley
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Eddie Baily
11	F	26	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Kelsey
2	D	Len Wills
3	D	Jim Fotheringham
4	D	Stan Charlton
5	D	John Petts
6	M	Vic Groves
7	M	Jimmy Bloomfield
8	M	Mike Tiddy
9	M	Tony Biggs
10	F	Gerry Ward
11	F	Joe Haverty

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 21, 1958)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Bolton Wanderers	0-4	Preston North End
Manchester United	0-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	40	27	8	5	98	45	17	3	1	60	21	10	5	4	38	24	53	62	WWWLDW	Champions
	2	Preston North End	40	24	7	9	93	51	17	2	1	60	14	7	5	8	33	37	42	55	WWDWDL	Safe
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	41	20	9	12	91	76	12	4	4	56	32	8	5	8	35	44	15	49	WDWWWW	Safe
	4	Manchester City	41	22	5	14	103	98	14	4	2	57	31	8	1	12	46	67	5	49	WWWWLW	Safe
	5	West Bromwich Albion	41	17	14	10	88	68	13	4	3	55	27	4	10	7	33	41	20	48	LDLLWL	Safe
	6	Blackpool	40	19	6	15	79	64	11	2	7	47	34	8	4	8	32	30	15	44	LLWLWW	Safe
	7	Luton Town	41	19	6	16	67	59	13	3	5	45	22	6	3	11	22	37	8	44	LLWLLW	Safe
	8	Burnley	40	19	5	16	74	72	15	2	3	49	20	4	3	13	25	52	2	43	WWLWDD	Safe
	9	Manchester United	39	16	10	13	83	68	10	3	6	44	26	6	7	7	39	42	15	42	DDWLDL	Safe
	10	Nottingham Forest	39	16	8	15	67	58	10	4	6	41	24	6	4	9	26	34	9	40	LDDDWL	Safe
	11	Chelsea	41	14	12	15	81	78	9	5	6	45	33	5	7	9	36	45	3	40	DDWDDD	Safe
	12	Birmingham City	41	14	11	16	76	88	8	6	6	43	36	6	5	10	33	52	-12	39	WLWWDW	Safe
	13	Arsenal	40	16	6	18	72	81	10	3	7	47	38	6	3	11	25	43	-9	38	WLLWDD	Safe
	14	Bolton Wanderers	40	14	10	16	64	80	9	5	6	38	31	5	5	10	26	49	-16	38	DWLLDD	Safe
	15	Aston Villa	40	15	6	19	70	84	12	3	5	45	25	3	3	14	25	59	-14	36	WLWWDW	Safe
	16	Leeds United	41	13	9	19	49	62	10	6	5	33	23	3	3	14	16	39	-13	35	LWDWDD	Safe
	17	Everton	40	11	11	18	61	75	5	9	7	34	35	6	2	11	27	40	-14	33	LLLLLL	Safe
	18	Portsmouth	41	12	8	21	73	86	10	6	4	45	32	2	2	17	28	54	-13	32	WLLLDL
	19	Newcastle United	39	12	7	20	70	75	6	4	9	36	37	6	3	11	34	38	-5	31	WLLDWD
	20	Leicester City	41	13	5	23	90	112	11	4	6	59	41	2	1	17	31	71	-22	31	LWLWLL
	21	Sunderland	41	9	12	20	52	97	7	7	7	32	33	2	5	13	20	64	-45	30	DDLLLW
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	41	11	7	23	67	91	11	2	7	43	39	0	5	16	24	52	-24	29	WLDLWL

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	41	28	8	5	102	45	17	3	1	60	21	11	5	4	42	24	57	64	WWLDWW	Champions	4-0
	2	Preston North End	41	25	7	9	97	51	17	2	1	60	14	8	5	8	37	37	46	57	WDWDLW	Safe	4-0
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	41	20	9	12	91	76	12	4	4	56	32	8	5	8	35	44	15	49	WDWWWW	Safe
	4	Manchester City	41	22	5	14	103	98	14	4	2	57	31	8	1	12	46	67	5	49	WWWWLW	Safe
	5	West Bromwich Albion	41	17	14	10	88	68	13	4	3	55	27	4	10	7	33	41	20	48	LDLLWL	Safe
	6	Blackpool	40	19	6	15	79	64	11	2	7	47	34	8	4	8	32	30	15	44	LLWLWW	Safe
	7	Luton Town	41	19	6	16	67	59	13	3	5	45	22	6	3	11	22	37	8	44	LLWLLW	Safe
	8	Burnley	40	19	5	16	74	72	15	2	3	49	20	4	3	13	25	52	2	43	WWLWDD	Safe
	9	Manchester United	40	16	10	14	83	72	10	3	7	44	30	6	7	7	39	42	11	42	DWLDLL	Safe	0-4
	10	Nottingham Forest	40	16	9	15	68	59	10	4	6	41	24	6	5	9	27	35	9	41	DDDWLD	Safe	1-1
	11	Chelsea	41	14	12	15	81	78	9	5	6	45	33	5	7	9	36	45	3	40	DDWDDD	Safe
1	12	Arsenal	41	16	7	18	73	82	10	4	7	48	39	6	3	11	25	43	-9	39	LLWDDD	Safe	1-1
1	13	Birmingham City	41	14	11	16	76	88	8	6	6	43	36	6	5	10	33	52	-12	39	WLWWDW	Safe
	14	Bolton Wanderers	41	14	10	17	64	84	9	5	7	38	35	5	5	10	26	49	-20	38	WLLDDL	Safe	0-4
	15	Aston Villa	40	15	6	19	70	84	12	3	5	45	25	3	3	14	25	59	-14	36	WLWWDW	Safe
	16	Leeds United	41	13	9	19	49	62	10	6	5	33	23	3	3	14	16	39	-13	35	LWDWDD	Safe
	17	Everton	40	11	11	18	61	75	5	9	7	34	35	6	2	11	27	40	-14	33	LLLLLL	Safe
	18	Portsmouth	41	12	8	21	73	86	10	6	4	45	32	2	2	17	28	54	-13	32	WLLLDL
	19	Newcastle United	39	12	7	20	70	75	6	4	9	36	37	6	3	11	34	38	-5	31	WLLDWD
	20	Leicester City	41	13	5	23	90	112	11	4	6	59	41	2	1	17	31	71	-22	31	LWLWLL
	21	Sunderland	41	9	12	20	52	97	7	7	7	32	33	2	5	13	20	64	-45	30	DDLLLW
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	41	11	7	23	67	91	11	2	7	43	39	0	5	16	24	52	-24	29	WLDLWL