The City Ground

BURNLEY 8 - 0 FOREST - Sat Nov 21, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 21, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Turf Moor
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-8 LOST
: Half-time: 0-5

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: H Hackney
Attendance:: 24,349
League Week:: 18 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 16
Opp Before/After:: 6 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 1)
Burnley:: Apr 09, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2215 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 839 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2438 (of 5824)
Total:: 3616 (of 7629)
Played:: 66 years, 8 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BURNLEY
Manager: Harry Potts
Prior form: LLWDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Robson (4')
Brian Pilkington (14')
Jimmy Robson (35')
Jimmy Robson (41')
Jimmy Robson (45')
Ray Pointer (52')
Jimmy Robson (54')
Ray Pointer (83')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	34	Bill Whare	Last game
3	D	23	Roy Patrick
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay
6	F	23	Jim Iley
7	F	32	Billy Gray
8	F	24	Colin Booth
9	F	29	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Johnny Quigley
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson	106		7	1
2	D	34	Bill Whare	323	2	7	1
3	D	23	Roy Patrick	8		7	1
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot	62	3	7	1
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay	244	3	7	1
6	F	23	Jim Iley	20	2	7	1
7	F	32	Billy Gray	106	27	7	1
8	F	24	Colin Booth	3		7	1
9	F	29	Tommy Wilson	202	81	14	2
10	F	24	Johnny Quigley	90	20	7	1
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach	190	48	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Adam Blacklaw
2	D	Alex Elder
3	D	John Angus
4	D	Jimmy Adamson
5	D	Bobby Seith
6	M	Brian Pilkington
7	M	Brian Miller
8	M	Jimmy McIlroy
9	M	Jimmy Robson
10	F	Ray Pointer
11	F	John Connelly

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Nov 21, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-1	Blackpool
Burnley	8-0	Nottingham Forest
Chelsea	1-3	Arsenal
Leeds United	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Leicester City	0-1	Fulham
Manchester United	4-1	Luton Town
Newcastle United	3-1	Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End	1-0	Bolton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Everton
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Manchester City
West Ham United	3-2	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	West Ham United	17	10	3	4	34	21	6	0	2	19	8	4	3	2	15	13	13	23	WWWLWW
2	Preston North End	17	10	3	4	36	28	5	2	1	16	12	5	1	3	20	16	8	23	LWWWWW
3	Tottenham Hotspur	17	8	6	3	36	20	3	4	1	17	10	5	2	2	19	10	16	22	WLWWLL
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	10	2	5	50	35	7	1	0	29	9	3	1	5	21	26	15	22	LWLWLW
5	Blackburn Rovers	17	9	3	5	32	26	6	2	1	20	12	3	1	4	12	14	6	21	WWWDLW
6	Burnley	17	9	3	5	36	31	6	0	2	22	16	3	3	3	14	15	5	21	LLWDWD
7	Fulham	17	9	2	6	37	40	7	0	2	23	14	2	2	4	14	26	-3	20	WWWWDL
8	Chelsea	17	8	3	6	35	33	4	1	3	21	20	4	2	3	14	13	2	19	LWWLWD
9	Bolton Wanderers	17	7	4	6	22	18	4	3	2	13	10	3	1	4	9	8	4	18	WDWDWD
10	Manchester United	17	6	5	6	39	36	5	1	2	24	15	1	4	4	15	21	3	17	WLWDDD
11	Manchester City	17	8	1	8	37	36	5	1	3	20	16	3	0	5	17	20	1	17	WWLLLD
12	Arsenal	17	6	5	6	28	28	4	2	3	13	12	2	3	3	15	16	0	17	LLDWLL
13	West Bromwich Albion	17	5	5	7	30	28	5	1	3	23	14	0	4	4	7	14	2	15	LDWLWL
14	Sheffield Wednesday	17	6	3	8	21	21	5	2	1	15	5	1	1	7	6	16	0	15	DWLWLD
15	Nottingham Forest	17	6	3	8	18	22	4	2	2	11	10	2	1	6	7	12	-4	15	LLLWLW
16	Everton	17	5	4	8	30	33	5	2	2	20	8	0	2	6	10	25	-3	14	DLLWLW
17	Blackpool	17	5	4	8	23	28	3	3	3	15	15	2	1	5	8	13	-5	14	WDLLLW
18	Newcastle United	17	5	3	9	29	34	3	2	4	14	15	2	1	5	15	19	-5	13	WLLLWL
19	Leeds United	17	4	5	8	26	39	2	3	3	15	16	2	2	5	11	23	-13	13	DDLDWL
20	Leicester City	17	4	5	8	26	41	3	3	2	14	12	1	2	6	12	29	-15	13	LLDLWL
21	Birmingham City	17	3	5	9	21	33	2	4	3	14	15	1	1	6	7	18	-12	11	DWLLDL
22	Luton Town	17	3	5	9	14	29	2	2	5	6	12	1	3	4	8	17	-15	11	LLLDDW

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	West Ham United	18	11	3	4	37	23	7	0	2	22	10	4	3	2	15	13	14	25	WWLWWW		3-2
	2	Preston North End	18	11	3	4	37	28	6	2	1	17	12	5	1	3	20	16	9	25	WWWWWW		1-0
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	18	9	6	3	39	20	4	4	1	20	10	5	2	2	19	10	19	24	LWWLLW		3-0
2	4	Burnley	18	10	3	5	44	31	7	0	2	30	16	3	3	3	14	15	13	23	LWDWDW		8-0
1	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	10	2	6	52	38	7	1	0	29	9	3	1	6	23	29	14	22	WLWLWL		2-3
1	6	Fulham	18	10	2	6	38	40	7	0	2	23	14	3	2	4	15	26	-2	22	WWWDLW		1-0
2	7	Blackburn Rovers	18	9	3	6	33	29	6	2	1	20	12	3	1	5	13	17	4	21	WWDLWL		1-3
2	8	Manchester United	18	7	5	6	43	37	6	1	2	28	16	1	4	4	15	21	6	19	LWDDDW		4-1
3	9	Arsenal	18	7	5	6	31	29	4	2	3	13	12	3	3	3	18	17	2	19	LDWLLW		3-1
2	10	Chelsea	18	8	3	7	36	36	4	1	4	22	23	4	2	3	14	13	0	19	WWLWDL		1-3
2	11	Bolton Wanderers	18	7	4	7	22	19	4	3	2	13	10	3	1	5	9	9	3	18	DWDWDL		0-1
1	12	West Bromwich Albion	18	6	5	7	32	28	6	1	3	25	14	0	4	4	7	14	4	17	DWLWLW		2-0
1	13	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	3	8	24	22	5	2	1	15	5	2	1	7	9	17	2	17	WLWLDW		3-1
3	14	Manchester City	18	8	1	9	37	38	5	1	3	20	16	3	0	6	17	22	-1	17	WLLLDL		0-2
3	15	Newcastle United	18	6	3	9	32	35	4	2	4	17	16	2	1	5	15	19	-3	15	LLLWLW		3-1
1	16	Nottingham Forest	18	6	3	9	18	30	4	2	2	11	10	2	1	7	7	20	-12	15	LLWLWL		0-8
1	17	Everton	18	5	4	9	30	36	5	2	2	20	8	0	2	7	10	28	-6	14	LLWLWL		0-3
1	18	Blackpool	18	5	4	9	24	30	3	3	3	15	15	2	1	6	9	15	-6	14	DLLLWL		1-2
2	19	Birmingham City	18	4	5	9	23	34	3	4	3	16	16	1	1	6	7	18	-11	13	WLLDLW		2-1
1	20	Leeds United	18	4	5	9	27	42	2	3	4	16	19	2	2	5	11	23	-15	13	DLDWLL		1-3
1	21	Leicester City	18	4	5	9	26	42	3	3	3	14	13	1	2	6	12	29	-16	13	LDLWLL		0-1
	22	Luton Town	18	3	5	10	15	33	2	2	5	6	12	1	3	5	9	21	-18	11	LLDDWL		1-4