The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 4 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 05, 1960 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 05, 1960 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-4 LOST
: Half-time: 1-3

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: W Crossley
Attendance:: 24,821
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 17
Opp Before/After:: 21 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Sep 24, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2229 (of 5088)
League Tier 1:: 853 (of 2340)
Competitive:: 2454 (of 5830)
Total:: 3632 (of 7635)
Played:: 66 years, 6 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Wilson (11')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Pat Beasley
Prior form: LLLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Dick Neal (24')
Harry Hooper (26')
Johnny Gordon (31')
Johnny Gordon (76')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	John Armstrong
2	D	24	Roy Patrick
3	D	31	Joe McDonald
4	M	26	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay
6	M	34	Jack Burkitt
7	M	22	Tony Barton
8	F	25	Colin Booth
9	F	29	Tommy Wilson (11')
10	F	18	Geoff Vowden
11	F	32	Billy Gray

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	John Armstrong	10		7	1
2	D	24	Roy Patrick	16		7	1
3	D	31	Joe McDonald	74		7	1
4	M	26	Jeff Whitefoot	77	3	7	1
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay	260	3	7	1
6	M	34	Jack Burkitt	472	15	7	1
7	M	22	Tony Barton	6		7	1
8	F	25	Colin Booth	19	8	7	1
9	F	29	Tommy Wilson (11')	213	87	7	1
10	F	18	Geoff Vowden	11	3	7	1
11	F	32	Billy Gray	118	28	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Johnny Schofield
2	D	George Allen
3	D	Brian Farmer
4	D	Billy Hume
5	D	Dick Neal
6	M	Johnny Watts
7	M	Trevor Smith
8	M	Harry Hooper
9	M	Robin Stubbs
10	F	Johnny Gordon
11	F	Gordon Astall

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 05, 1960)

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

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	31	16	9	6	65	37	8	4	3	33	18	8	5	3	32	19	28	41	WWDLWL
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	18	4	9	77	55	12	2	2	45	20	6	2	7	32	35	22	40	WWDWWW
3	Burnley	30	17	4	9	67	46	11	0	4	41	23	6	4	5	26	23	21	38	WWDWLW
4	Sheffield Wednesday	31	15	7	9	56	34	9	6	1	37	12	6	1	8	19	22	22	37	WWDWWD
5	Preston North End	31	13	9	9	58	56	7	5	3	29	24	6	4	6	29	32	2	35	LLDDLW
6	Bolton Wanderers	30	14	6	10	39	34	8	4	3	25	18	6	2	7	14	16	5	34	WWDDLW
7	Fulham	31	14	6	11	60	60	10	2	4	34	19	4	4	7	26	41	0	34	WLDLDW
8	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	8	10	57	45	7	2	5	31	18	5	6	5	26	27	12	32	WWDWDL
9	Manchester United	31	12	7	12	73	61	8	3	4	37	24	4	4	8	36	37	12	31	WLDDLW
10	Newcastle United	31	13	5	13	64	62	7	3	5	31	24	6	2	8	33	38	2	31	WLLWWL
11	Blackburn Rovers	31	14	3	14	53	56	10	2	4	33	23	4	1	10	20	33	-3	31	LLLWLL
12	West Ham United	30	14	3	13	58	62	10	0	5	39	26	4	3	8	19	36	-4	31	LLLWLL
13	Arsenal	31	12	6	13	53	62	7	3	6	29	30	5	3	7	24	32	-9	30	LWWLWW
14	Chelsea	31	10	8	13	59	69	5	4	6	33	38	5	4	7	26	31	-10	28	LLLWDD
15	Nottingham Forest	31	11	6	14	40	57	7	4	5	25	23	4	2	9	15	34	-17	28	DLWDDW
16	Manchester City	30	12	3	15	63	61	8	2	5	38	26	4	1	10	25	35	2	27	WLLDLW
17	Blackpool	30	10	7	13	40	48	7	4	5	26	28	3	3	8	14	20	-8	27	WDLDWL
18	Leicester City	31	9	9	13	48	62	5	5	5	25	24	4	4	8	23	38	-14	27	LWLWWL
19	Everton	31	9	7	15	50	56	9	3	4	36	16	0	4	11	14	40	-6	25	LWDLLW
20	Leeds United	30	8	7	15	48	71	3	4	7	24	32	5	3	8	24	39	-23	23	DWWLLL
21	Birmingham City	29	8	5	16	38	55	6	4	4	24	20	2	1	12	14	35	-17	21	LLLWWL
22	Luton Town	30	7	7	16	36	53	5	2	9	18	23	2	5	7	18	30	-17	21	DWLLLW

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	32	17	9	6	69	38	9	4	3	37	19	8	5	3	32	19	31	43	WDLWLW		4-1
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	19	4	9	79	55	12	2	2	45	20	7	2	7	34	35	24	42	WDWWWW		2-0
	3	Burnley	31	18	4	9	68	46	12	0	4	42	23	6	4	5	26	23	22	40	WDWLWW		1-0
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	32	15	7	10	57	38	9	6	1	37	12	6	1	9	20	26	19	37	WDWWDL		1-4
1	5	Bolton Wanderers	31	14	7	10	40	35	8	4	3	25	18	6	3	7	15	17	5	35	WDDLWD		1-1
1	6	Preston North End	32	13	9	10	58	59	7	5	4	29	27	6	4	6	29	32	-1	35	LDDLWL		0-3
	7	Fulham	32	14	6	12	61	63	10	2	4	34	19	4	4	8	27	44	-2	34	LDLDWL		1-3
	8	West Bromwich Albion	31	12	9	10	58	46	7	3	5	32	19	5	6	5	26	27	12	33	WDWDLD		1-1
1	9	Newcastle United	32	14	5	13	67	63	8	3	5	34	25	6	2	8	33	38	4	33	LLWWLW		3-1
2	10	West Ham United	31	14	4	13	60	64	10	1	5	41	28	4	3	8	19	36	-4	32	LLWLLD		2-2
2	11	Arsenal	32	13	6	13	56	62	7	3	6	29	30	6	3	7	27	32	-6	32	WWLWWW		3-0
3	12	Manchester United	32	12	7	13	73	63	8	3	5	37	26	4	4	8	36	37	10	31	LDDLWL		0-2
2	13	Blackburn Rovers	32	14	3	15	53	57	10	2	4	33	23	4	1	11	20	34	-4	31	LLWLLL		0-1
	14	Chelsea	32	11	8	13	62	69	6	4	6	36	38	5	4	7	26	31	-7	30	LLWDDW		3-0
2	15	Blackpool	31	11	7	13	44	50	7	4	5	26	28	4	3	8	18	22	-6	29	DLDWLW		4-2
2	16	Leicester City	32	10	9	13	53	62	6	5	5	30	24	4	4	8	23	38	-9	29	WLWWLW		5-0
2	17	Nottingham Forest	32	11	6	15	41	61	7	4	5	25	23	4	2	10	16	38	-20	28	LWDDWL		1-4
2	18	Manchester City	31	12	3	16	63	66	8	2	5	38	26	4	1	11	25	40	-3	27	LLDLWL		0-5
	19	Everton	32	9	8	15	52	58	9	3	4	36	16	0	5	11	16	42	-6	26	WDLLWD		2-2
1	20	Birmingham City	30	9	5	16	42	56	7	4	4	28	21	2	1	12	14	35	-14	23	LLWWLW		4-1
1	21	Leeds United	31	8	7	16	50	75	3	4	8	26	36	5	3	8	24	39	-25	23	WWLLLL		2-4
	22	Luton Town	31	7	7	17	36	56	5	2	9	18	23	2	5	8	18	33	-20	21	WLLLWL		0-3