The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Wed Aug 28, 1957 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Aug 28, 1957 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: J Topliss
Attendance:: 29,705
Pos Before/After:: 9 7
Opp Before/After:: 7 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Birmingham City:: Sep 04, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2115 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 739 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2323 (of 5724)
Total:: 3487 (of 7505)
Played:: 66 years, 7 months, 28 days ago

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

Goals
Tommy Wilson

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Arthur Turner
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goals
Eddy Brown

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Chic Thomson
2	D	36	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	32	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Billy Gray
8	F	32	Eddie Baily
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	26	Jim Barrett
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gil Merrick
2	D	Ken Green
3	D	Jeff Hall
4	D	Dick Neal
5	D	Johnny Watts
6	M	Peter Murphy
7	M	Trevor Smith
8	M	Eddy Brown
9	M	Alex Govan
10	F	Noel Kinsey
11	F	Gordon Astall

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Aug 28, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	2-3	Manchester City
Leicester City	4-1	Sunderland
Manchester United	3-0	Everton
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Birmingham City
Portsmouth	5-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6-1	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Luton Town	2	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3.00000	4	WW
	2	Burnley	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	99.99900	3	DW
	3	Arsenal	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.50000	3	WD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1.33333	3	WD
	5	Everton	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	6	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	99.99900	2	W
	7	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00000	2	W
	8	Blackpool	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	WL
	9	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
	10	Aston Villa	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	1.00000	2	LW
	11	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	13	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
	14	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L
	15	Preston North End	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	.25000	0	LL
	16	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00000	0	L
	17	Leeds United	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	.00000	0	LL
	18	Leicester City	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L
	19	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0
	21	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00000	0	L

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
5	1	Manchester United	2	2	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	99.99900	4	WW		3-0
1	2	Luton Town	2	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3.00000	4	WW
1	3	Burnley	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	99.99900	3	DW
9	4	Portsmouth	2	1	1	0	5	1	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.00000	3	DW		5-1
2	5	Birmingham City	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	2.00000	3	WD		1-1
3	6	Arsenal	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.50000	3	WD
2	7	Nottingham Forest	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	3	WD		1-1
4	8	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1.33333	3	WD
13	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	0	1	6	2	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.00000	2	LW		6-1
2	10	Blackpool	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	WL
8	11	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.50000	2	W		3-2
2	12	Aston Villa	2	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	1.00000	2	LW
5	13	Leicester City	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	2	LW		4-1
9	14	Everton	2	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.33333	2	WL		0-3
4	15	Chelsea	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	.75000	1	DL		2-3
4	16	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	1	1	2	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	.33333	1	DL		1-5
3	17	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L
3	18	Preston North End	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	.25000	0	LL
2	19	Sunderland	2	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	.20000	0	LL		1-4
4	20	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	.14286	0	LL		1-6
4	21	Leeds United	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	.00000	0	LL
2	22	Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0