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WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 26, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 26, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: R Smith
Attendance:: 28,817
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Dec 28, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2220 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 844 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2443 (of 5828)
Total:: 3621 (of 7633)
Played:: 66 years, 8 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Iley (35')
Johnny Quigley (57')
Johnny Quigley (76')

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Gordon Clark
Prior form: LWWLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Derek Kevan (25')
Derek Kevan (67')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	33	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	F	29	Tommy Wilson
8	F	24	Colin Booth
9	M	19	Calvin Palmer
10	F	24	Johnny Quigley (57') (76')
11	F	24	Jim Iley (35')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jock Wallace
2	D	Stuart Williams
3	D	Don Howe
4	D	Joe Kennedy
5	D	David Burnside
6	M	Maurice Setters
7	M	Bobby Robson
8	M	Andy Aitken
9	M	Derek Hogg
10	F	Ronnie Allen
11	F	Derek Kevan

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 26, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	0-3	Luton Town
Birmingham City	2-0	West Ham United
Blackpool	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chelsea	2-2	Newcastle United
Everton	2-1	Manchester City
Leeds United	2-4	Tottenham Hotspur
Leicester City	2-2	Preston North End
Manchester United	1-2	Burnley
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Fulham
West Bromwich Albion	2-3	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	Tottenham Hotspur	22	11	8	3	48	24	6	4	1	26	11	5	4	2	22	13	24	30	LWDWDW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	23	13	3	7	44	34	9	2	1	29	15	4	1	6	15	19	10	29	LWLWWW
	3	Preston North End	22	12	5	5	46	36	6	3	2	21	17	6	2	3	25	19	10	29	WWWDDL
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	13	2	7	58	42	9	1	1	34	13	4	1	6	24	29	16	28	WLWWLW
	5	Burnley	22	12	3	7	52	35	8	0	3	34	17	4	3	4	18	18	17	27	DWLWWL
	6	West Ham United	22	12	3	7	44	39	8	0	2	26	11	4	3	5	18	28	5	27	WWLWLL
	7	Fulham	22	12	3	7	44	43	8	1	3	25	16	4	2	4	19	27	1	27	LWWWDL
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	22	10	4	8	42	25	7	3	1	29	8	3	1	7	13	17	17	24	DWWWDW
	9	Manchester United	22	9	5	8	54	44	7	1	3	33	20	2	4	5	21	24	10	23	DWLWWL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	6	8	41	35	6	1	4	25	15	2	5	4	16	20	6	22	LWWLDW
	11	Bolton Wanderers	22	9	4	9	29	28	6	3	3	20	15	3	1	6	9	13	1	22	DLWLWL
	12	Newcastle United	22	9	3	10	44	46	5	2	4	21	17	4	1	6	23	29	-2	21	LWWWWL
	13	Chelsea	22	9	3	10	43	50	4	1	5	22	27	5	2	5	21	23	-7	21	DLLLLW
	14	Manchester City	22	9	2	11	47	50	5	2	4	26	23	4	0	7	21	27	-3	20	DLLLDW
	15	Blackpool	23	7	5	11	33	37	4	4	3	20	18	3	1	8	13	19	-4	19	LDLWWL
	16	Arsenal	22	7	5	10	37	46	4	2	5	17	20	3	3	5	20	26	-9	19	LWLLLL
	17	Everton	22	6	6	10	35	41	6	3	2	24	11	0	3	8	11	30	-6	18	WLWDDL
	18	Leicester City	22	6	6	10	35	49	4	4	3	19	17	2	2	7	16	32	-14	18	LLLDWW
	19	Nottingham Forest	22	7	3	12	25	42	5	2	4	17	18	2	1	8	8	24	-17	17	WLWLLL
	20	Leeds United	22	5	6	11	33	53	2	3	5	17	23	3	3	6	16	30	-20	16	LLLLDW
	21	Birmingham City	22	5	5	12	29	44	4	4	3	20	18	1	1	9	9	26	-15	15	LWLWLL
	22	Luton Town	22	4	6	12	24	44	3	2	7	12	20	1	4	5	12	24	-20	14	WLLDLW

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	Tottenham Hotspur	23	12	8	3	52	26	6	4	1	26	11	6	4	2	26	15	26	32	WDWDWW		4-2
1	2	Preston North End	23	12	6	5	48	38	6	3	2	21	17	6	3	3	27	21	10	30	WWDDLD		2-2
2	3	Burnley	23	13	3	7	54	36	8	0	3	34	17	5	3	4	20	19	18	29	WLWWLW		2-1
2	4	Blackburn Rovers	24	13	3	8	44	35	9	2	1	29	15	4	1	7	15	20	9	29	WLWWWL		0-1
1	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	13	2	8	59	44	9	1	1	34	13	4	1	7	25	31	15	28	LWWLWL		1-2
1	6	Fulham	23	12	4	7	45	44	8	1	3	25	16	4	3	4	20	28	1	28	WWWDLD		1-1
1	7	West Ham United	23	12	3	8	44	41	8	0	2	26	11	4	3	6	18	30	3	27	WLWLLL		0-2
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	23	10	5	8	43	26	7	4	1	30	9	3	1	7	13	17	17	25	WWWDWD		1-1
2	9	Bolton Wanderers	23	10	4	9	31	29	7	3	3	22	16	3	1	6	9	13	2	24	LWLWLW		2-1
1	10	Manchester United	23	9	5	9	55	46	7	1	4	34	22	2	4	5	21	24	9	23	WLWWLL		1-2
1	11	West Bromwich Albion	23	8	6	9	43	38	6	1	5	27	18	2	5	4	16	20	5	22	WWLDWL		2-3
	12	Newcastle United	23	9	4	10	46	48	5	2	4	21	17	4	2	6	25	31	-2	22	WWWWLD		2-2
	13	Chelsea	23	9	4	10	45	52	4	2	5	24	29	5	2	5	21	23	-7	22	LLLLWD		2-2
1	14	Blackpool	24	8	5	11	34	37	5	4	3	21	18	3	1	8	13	19	-3	21	DLWWLW		1-0
1	15	Manchester City	23	9	2	12	48	52	5	2	4	26	23	4	0	8	22	29	-4	20	LLLDWL		1-2
1	16	Everton	23	7	6	10	37	42	7	3	2	26	12	0	3	8	11	30	-5	20	LWDDLW		2-1
1	17	Arsenal	23	7	5	11	37	49	4	2	6	17	23	3	3	5	20	26	-12	19	WLLLLL		0-3
	18	Leicester City	23	6	7	10	37	51	4	5	3	21	19	2	2	7	16	32	-14	19	LLDWWD		2-2
	19	Nottingham Forest	23	8	3	12	28	44	5	2	4	17	18	3	1	8	11	26	-16	19	LWLLLW		3-2
1	20	Birmingham City	23	6	5	12	31	44	5	4	3	22	18	1	1	9	9	26	-13	17	WLWLLW		2-0
1	21	Leeds United	23	5	6	12	35	57	2	3	6	19	27	3	3	6	16	30	-22	16	LLLDWL		2-4
	22	Luton Town	23	5	6	12	27	44	3	2	7	12	20	2	4	5	15	24	-17	16	LLDLWW		3-0