The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Mon Dec 28, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Dec 28, 1959 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: Capt. C Dennis
Attendance:: 34,755
League Week:: 24 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
West Bromwich Albion:: Sep 17, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2221 (of 5088)
League Tier 1:: 845 (of 2340)
Competitive:: 2444 (of 5830)
Total:: 3622 (of 7635)
Played:: 66 years, 9 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Bobby Robson (68') (OG)

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

Goal Scorers
Derek Hogg (55')
Alec Jackson (83')

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
11	F	24	Jim Iley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jock Wallace
2	D	Graham Williams
3	D	Don Howe
4	D	Joe Kennedy
5	D	David Burnside
6	M	Bobby Robson
7	M	Derek Hogg
8	M	Chuck Drury
9	M	Alec Jackson
10	F	Ronnie Allen
11	F	Derek Kevan

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Dec 28, 1959)

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

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	24	12	8	4	53	30	6	4	2	27	15	6	4	2	26	15	23	32	DWDWWL		1-4
	2	Preston North End	24	12	7	5	49	39	6	4	2	22	18	6	3	3	27	21	10	31	WDDLDD		1-1
	3	Burnley	24	13	3	8	55	40	8	0	4	35	21	5	3	4	20	19	15	29	LWWLWL		1-4
	4	Blackburn Rovers	24	13	3	8	44	35	9	2	1	29	15	4	1	7	15	20	9	29	WLWWWL
2	5	West Ham United	24	13	3	8	47	42	9	0	2	29	12	4	3	6	18	30	5	29	LWLLLW		3-1
1	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	13	2	9	59	45	9	1	2	34	14	4	1	7	25	31	14	28	WWLWLL		0-1
1	7	Fulham	24	12	4	8	46	46	8	1	4	26	18	4	3	4	20	28	0	28	WWDLDL		1-2
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	24	11	5	8	45	27	7	4	1	30	9	4	1	7	15	18	18	27	WWDWDW		2-1
	9	Bolton Wanderers	24	11	4	9	32	29	7	3	3	22	16	4	1	6	10	13	3	26	WLWLWW		1-0
	10	Manchester United	24	10	5	9	59	47	7	1	4	34	22	3	4	5	25	25	12	25	LWWLLW		4-1
	11	West Bromwich Albion	24	9	6	9	45	39	6	1	5	27	18	3	5	4	18	21	6	24	WLDWLW		2-1
	12	Newcastle United	24	9	5	10	47	49	5	3	4	22	18	4	2	6	25	31	-2	23	WWWLDD		1-1
	13	Chelsea	24	9	5	10	46	53	4	2	5	24	29	5	3	5	22	24	-7	23	LLLWDD		1-1
1	14	Manchester City	24	10	2	12	52	52	6	2	4	30	23	4	0	8	22	29	0	22	LLDWLW		4-0
1	15	Blackpool	24	8	5	11	34	37	5	4	3	21	18	3	1	8	13	19	-3	21	DLWWLW
1	16	Arsenal	24	8	5	11	38	49	4	2	6	17	23	4	3	5	21	26	-11	21	LLLLLW		1-0
1	17	Everton	24	7	6	11	37	46	7	3	2	26	12	0	3	9	11	34	-9	20	WDDLWL		0-4
	18	Leicester City	24	6	8	10	38	52	4	5	3	21	19	2	3	7	17	33	-14	20	LDWWDD		1-1
	19	Nottingham Forest	24	8	3	13	29	46	5	2	5	18	20	3	1	8	11	26	-17	19	WLLLWL		1-2
1	20	Leeds United	24	6	6	12	39	58	2	3	6	19	27	4	3	6	20	31	-19	18	LLDWLW		4-1
1	21	Birmingham City	24	6	5	13	32	47	5	4	3	22	18	1	1	10	10	29	-15	17	LWLLWL		1-3
	22	Luton Town	24	5	6	13	27	45	3	2	8	12	21	2	4	5	15	24	-18	16	LDLWWL		0-1