The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 25, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 25, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: J McLoughlin
Attendance:: 16,950
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 13
Opp Before/After:: 7 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (FA Cup)
League:: Manchester City
West Bromwich Albion:: Dec 26, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2197 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 821 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2416 (of 5824)
Total:: 3587 (of 7629)
Played:: 67 years, 3 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Vic Buckingham
Prior form: WDDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Campbell (25')
Ronnie Allen (41')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	33	Bill Whare
3	D	33	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Bill Morley	Last game
7	M	26	Roy Dwight
8	F	26	Bernie Kelly
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	23	Johnny Quigley
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ray Potter
2	D	Stuart Williams
3	D	Don Howe
4	D	David Burnside
5	D	Ray Barlow
6	M	Maurice Setters
7	M	Bobby Robson
8	M	Jimmy Campbell
9	M	Derek Hogg
10	F	Ronnie Allen
11	F	Derek Kevan

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 25, 1959)

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

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	41	27	5	9	109	49	15	3	3	68	19	12	2	6	41	30	60	59	WDDWWW	Champions
	2	Manchester United	41	24	7	10	102	64	14	4	3	58	27	10	3	7	44	37	38	55	WLWWDW	Safe
	3	West Ham United	41	21	6	14	85	69	15	3	3	59	29	6	3	11	26	40	16	48	LWDDDW	Safe
	4	Bolton Wanderers	41	19	10	12	76	65	13	3	4	53	29	6	7	8	23	36	11	48	LWDWWL	Safe
	5	Burnley	41	19	9	13	79	68	11	3	6	39	27	8	6	7	40	41	11	47	WDDWLD	Safe
	6	Blackpool	41	18	10	13	65	48	12	7	2	39	13	6	3	11	26	35	17	46	LWWLLW	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	40	17	12	11	85	67	7	6	6	38	32	10	6	5	47	35	18	46	WDDWLW	Safe
	8	Arsenal	40	19	8	13	81	65	12	3	4	46	26	7	5	9	35	39	16	46	LLDDLW	Safe
	9	Blackburn Rovers	41	17	10	14	75	67	12	3	6	48	28	5	7	8	27	39	8	44	DDLWWL	Safe
	10	Birmingham City	39	19	5	15	78	64	13	1	6	50	34	6	4	9	28	30	14	43	LWWLLW	Safe
	11	Nottingham Forest	41	17	6	18	71	72	9	4	8	37	32	8	2	10	34	40	-1	40	LWLLWL	Safe
	12	Preston North End	41	17	6	18	68	75	9	2	9	38	37	8	4	9	30	38	-7	40	LLWDWD	Safe
	13	Chelsea	41	18	4	19	76	94	13	2	6	52	37	5	2	13	24	57	-18	40	WWDWWL	Safe
	14	Newcastle United	40	17	5	18	77	77	11	2	7	39	28	6	3	11	38	49	0	39	LLWDDW	Safe
	15	Everton	41	17	4	20	71	86	11	3	6	39	37	6	1	14	32	49	-15	38	WWLLWL	Safe
	16	Leeds United	41	14	9	18	56	74	7	7	6	27	27	7	2	12	29	47	-18	37	WLLWDW	Safe
	17	Luton Town	41	12	12	17	67	70	11	5	4	49	25	1	7	13	18	45	-3	36	DDLLLW	Safe
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	41	13	9	19	83	93	10	3	8	56	42	3	6	11	27	51	-10	35	LDWDLW	Safe
	19	Leicester City	40	10	10	20	64	94	6	6	8	32	35	4	4	12	32	59	-30	30	WDWDWL
	20	Aston Villa	40	11	6	23	57	86	8	5	8	31	33	3	1	15	26	53	-29	28	LDLLDL
	21	Manchester City	40	10	8	22	61	94	7	6	6	37	31	3	2	16	24	63	-33	28	LLLLLL
	22	Portsmouth	41	6	9	26	62	107	5	4	12	38	47	1	5	14	24	60	-45	21	LLLLLL	Relegated

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	42	28	5	9	110	49	15	3	3	68	19	13	2	6	42	30	61	61	DDWWWW	Champions	1-0
	2	Manchester United	42	24	7	11	103	66	14	4	3	58	27	10	3	8	45	39	37	55	LWWDWL	Safe	1-2
1	3	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	10	12	79	66	14	3	4	56	30	6	7	8	23	36	13	50	WDWWLW	Safe	3-1
3	4	West Bromwich Albion	41	18	12	11	87	67	8	6	6	40	32	10	6	5	47	35	20	48	DDWLWW	Safe	2-0
3	5	Arsenal	41	20	8	13	86	67	13	3	4	51	28	7	5	9	35	39	19	48	LDDLWW	Safe	5-2
3	6	West Ham United	42	21	6	15	85	70	15	3	3	59	29	6	3	12	26	41	15	48	WDDDWL	Safe	0-1
2	7	Burnley	42	19	10	13	81	70	11	4	6	41	29	8	6	7	40	41	11	48	DDWLDD	Safe	2-2
2	8	Blackpool	42	18	11	13	66	49	12	7	2	39	13	6	4	11	27	36	17	47	WWLLWD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Birmingham City	40	20	5	15	82	65	14	1	6	54	35	6	4	9	28	30	17	45	WWLLWW	Safe	4-1
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	10	15	76	70	12	3	6	48	28	5	7	9	28	42	6	44	DLWWLL	Safe	1-3
1	11	Preston North End	42	17	7	18	70	77	9	3	9	40	39	8	4	9	30	38	-7	41	LWDWDD	Safe	2-2
2	12	Newcastle United	41	17	6	18	79	79	11	2	7	39	28	6	4	11	40	51	0	40	LWDDWD	Safe	2-2
2	13	Nottingham Forest	42	17	6	19	71	74	9	4	8	37	32	8	2	11	34	42	-3	40	WLLWLL	Safe	0-2
1	14	Chelsea	42	18	4	20	77	98	13	2	6	52	37	5	2	14	25	61	-21	40	WDWWLL	Safe	1-4
1	15	Leeds United	42	15	9	18	57	74	8	7	6	28	27	7	2	12	29	47	-17	39	LLWDWW	Safe	1-0
1	16	Everton	42	17	4	21	71	87	11	3	7	39	38	6	1	14	32	49	-16	38	WLLWLL	Safe	0-1
	17	Luton Town	42	12	13	17	68	71	11	6	4	50	26	1	7	13	18	45	-3	37	DLLLWD	Safe	1-1
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	10	19	85	95	10	3	8	56	42	3	7	11	29	53	-10	36	DWDLWD	Safe	2-2
	19	Leicester City	41	11	10	20	66	95	7	6	8	34	36	4	4	12	32	59	-29	32	DWDWLW	Safe	2-1
	20	Aston Villa	41	11	7	23	57	86	8	5	8	31	33	3	2	15	26	53	-29	29	DLLDLD		0-0
	21	Manchester City	41	10	9	22	61	94	7	7	6	37	31	3	2	16	24	63	-33	29	LLLLLD		0-0
	22	Portsmouth	42	6	9	27	64	112	5	4	12	38	47	1	5	15	26	65	-48	21	LLLLLL	Relegated	2-5