The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 MANCHESTER UNITED - Sat Oct 12, 1957 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 12, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: R Langdale
Attendance:: 47,804
Pos Before/After:: 3 4
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 1)
Manchester United:: Feb 22, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2125 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 749 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2333 (of 5724)
Total:: 3498 (of 7505)
Played:: 66 years, 6 months, 14 days ago

Stats:
The attendance of 47,804 was the record attendance at the time.

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

Goals
Stewart Imlach (47')

MANCHESTER UNITED
Manager: Matt Busby
Prior form: WLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
William Whelan (3')
Dennis Viollet (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Chic Thomson
2	D	32	Bill Whare
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	32	Bill Morley
5	M	23	Peter Watson (1956)
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Billy Gray
8	F	22	Johnny Quigley
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach (47')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ray Wood
2	D	William Foulkes
3	D	Roger Byrne
4	D	Eddie Colman
5	D	Jackie Blanchflower
6	M	Duncan Edwards
7	M	Johnny Berry
8	M	William Whelan
9	M	Tommy Taylor
10	F	Dennis Viollet
11	F	David Pegg

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Oct 12, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-5	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Burnley	6-0	Sunderland
Chelsea	4-2	Aston Villa
Manchester City	4-3	Leicester City
Newcastle United	2-3	Everton
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Manchester United
Portsmouth	1-2	Leeds United
Preston North End	1-0	Luton Town
Sheffield Wednesday	0-3	Blackpool
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Arsenal
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	8	2	2	32	14	6	0	0	23	4	2	2	2	9	10	2.28571	18	WWWWWD
	2	West Bromwich Albion	12	6	5	1	30	15	4	2	1	20	8	2	3	0	10	7	2.00000	17	WDWWDW
	3	Nottingham Forest	11	8	1	2	27	14	3	1	1	12	5	5	0	1	15	9	1.92857	17	LWWWLW
	4	Manchester United	11	7	1	3	32	17	5	0	1	21	6	2	1	2	11	11	1.88235	15	WLLWLW
	5	Arsenal	11	7	1	3	21	13	4	1	1	15	7	3	0	2	6	6	1.61538	15	LWLWWW
	6	Everton	9	6	2	1	17	11	3	1	0	10	4	3	1	1	7	7	1.54545	14	DWWWWD
	7	Luton Town	11	6	1	4	14	13	4	1	1	10	5	2	0	3	4	8	1.07692	13	WLDLLW
	8	Preston North End	11	6	0	5	25	18	5	0	0	20	5	1	0	5	5	13	1.38889	12	LWWLWW
	9	Bolton Wanderers	11	5	2	4	18	16	3	2	1	11	4	2	0	3	7	12	1.12500	12	DWWLWL
	10	Manchester City	11	6	0	5	24	31	5	0	0	16	4	1	0	5	8	27	.77419	12	WLLWLW
	11	Chelsea	11	4	3	4	25	23	3	1	1	16	7	1	2	3	9	16	1.08696	11	DWDWLW
	12	Newcastle United	11	4	2	5	15	14	2	1	2	6	6	2	1	3	9	8	1.07143	10	LDLDWL
	13	Leeds United	12	4	2	6	14	21	4	1	2	12	8	0	1	4	2	13	.66667	10	LDWWLD
	14	Blackpool	10	4	1	5	17	16	3	1	2	14	7	1	0	3	3	9	1.06250	9	WLLWDW
	15	Birmingham City	12	3	3	6	18	29	3	1	2	11	8	0	2	4	7	21	.62069	9	LLWLDW
	16	Portsmouth	11	3	2	6	18	24	2	2	1	11	9	1	0	5	7	15	.75000	8	LLDLLL
	17	Tottenham Hotspur	12	3	2	7	25	34	3	1	2	21	14	0	1	5	4	20	.73529	8	LWWLLL
	18	Aston Villa	12	3	2	7	16	24	3	0	2	11	5	0	2	5	5	19	.66667	8	LDLWLL
	19	Burnley	11	3	2	6	15	27	3	1	1	10	6	0	1	5	5	21	.55556	8	WWLLLL
	20	Sunderland	12	3	2	7	15	29	3	1	2	10	6	0	1	5	5	23	.51724	8	LLWLWL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	11	3	1	7	15	22	3	0	2	10	8	0	1	5	5	14	.68182	7	LLDWLL
	22	Leicester City	11	2	1	8	20	28	2	1	3	14	13	0	0	5	6	15	.71429	5	LLWLLD

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)
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	9	2	2	37	15	6	0	0	23	4	3	2	2	14	11	2.46667	20	WWWWDW		5-1
	2	West Bromwich Albion	13	6	6	1	32	17	4	3	1	22	10	2	3	0	10	7	1.88235	18	DWWDWD		2-2
1	3	Manchester United	12	8	1	3	34	18	5	0	1	21	6	3	1	2	13	12	1.88889	17	LLWLWW		2-1
1	4	Nottingham Forest	12	8	1	3	28	16	3	1	2	13	7	5	0	1	15	9	1.75000	17	WWWLWL		1-2
1	5	Everton	10	7	2	1	20	13	3	1	0	10	4	4	1	1	10	9	1.53846	16	WWWWDW		3-2
1	6	Arsenal	12	7	1	4	22	16	4	1	1	15	7	3	0	3	7	9	1.37500	15	WLWWWL		1-3
1	7	Preston North End	12	7	0	5	26	18	6	0	0	21	5	1	0	5	5	13	1.44444	14	WWLWWW		1-0
2	8	Manchester City	12	7	0	5	28	34	6	0	0	20	7	1	0	5	8	27	.82353	14	LLWLWW		4-3
2	9	Chelsea	12	5	3	4	29	25	4	1	1	20	9	1	2	3	9	16	1.16000	13	WDWLWW		4-2
1	10	Bolton Wanderers	12	5	3	4	20	18	3	2	1	11	4	2	1	3	9	14	1.11111	13	WWLWLD		2-2
4	11	Luton Town	12	6	1	5	14	14	4	1	1	10	5	2	0	4	4	9	1.00000	13	LDLLWL		0-1
1	12	Leeds United	13	5	2	6	16	22	4	1	2	12	8	1	1	4	4	14	.72727	12	DWWLDW		2-1
1	13	Blackpool	11	5	1	5	20	16	3	1	2	14	7	2	0	3	6	9	1.25000	11	LLWDWW		3-0
2	14	Newcastle United	12	4	2	6	17	17	2	1	3	8	9	2	1	3	9	8	1.00000	10	DLDWLL		2-3
2	15	Tottenham Hotspur	13	4	2	7	28	35	4	1	2	24	15	0	1	5	4	20	.80000	10	WWLLLW		3-1
3	16	Burnley	12	4	2	6	21	27	4	1	1	16	6	0	1	5	5	21	.77778	10	WLLLLW		6-0
2	17	Birmingham City	13	3	3	7	19	34	3	1	3	12	13	0	2	4	7	21	.55882	9	LWLDWL		1-5
2	18	Portsmouth	12	3	2	7	19	26	2	2	2	12	11	1	0	5	7	15	.73077	8	LDLLLL		1-2
1	19	Aston Villa	13	3	2	8	18	28	3	0	2	11	5	0	2	6	7	23	.64286	8	DLWLLL		2-4
	20	Sunderland	13	3	2	8	15	35	3	1	2	10	6	0	1	6	5	29	.42857	8	LWLWLL		0-6
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	12	3	1	8	15	25	3	0	3	10	11	0	1	5	5	14	.60000	7	LDWLLL		0-3
	22	Leicester City	12	2	1	9	23	32	2	1	3	14	13	0	0	6	9	19	.71875	5	LWLLDL		3-4