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BLACKPOOL 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 08, 1958 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 08, 1958 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: L Tirebuck
Attendance:: 16,492
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 11 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Blackpool:: Oct 04, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2146 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 770 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2357 (of 5724)
Total:: 3522 (of 7505)
Played:: 66 years, 1 month, 17 days ago

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

Goals

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Joe Smith
Prior form: WWDWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Dave Durie
Bill Perry
Bill Perry

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Chic Thomson
2	D	32	Bill Whare
3	D	32	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	400th appearance
4	M	32	Bill Morley
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jack Burkitt
7	M	27	Peter Higham	Last game
8	F	32	Eddie Baily
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Chris Joyce
11	F	26	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Farm
2	D	Jackie Wright
3	D	Jimmy Kelly
4	D	Roy Gratrix
5	D	Jimmy Armfield
6	M	Hugh Kelly
7	M	Stanley Matthews
8	M	Dave Durie
9	M	Bill Perry
10	F	Ray Charnley
11	F	Jackie Mudie

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 08, 1958)

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

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	30	20	6	4	76	36	14	2	0	50	15	6	4	4	26	21	2.11111	46	WDLWWW	Safe
	2	Preston North End	31	19	5	7	77	40	13	1	1	48	10	6	4	6	29	30	1.92500	43	WDWWWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	30	13	12	5	70	53	10	4	1	44	20	3	8	4	26	33	1.32075	38	WLWLWD
	4	Luton Town	32	17	4	11	58	44	11	2	3	40	16	6	2	8	18	28	1.31818	38	WWWWLL
	5	Manchester United	29	15	7	7	74	48	10	1	4	42	18	5	6	3	32	30	1.54167	37	DDDWWD
	6	Manchester City	32	16	4	12	82	82	11	4	1	49	25	5	0	11	33	57	1.00000	36	LWLLWD
	7	Nottingham Forest	32	15	5	12	64	47	9	2	5	38	19	6	3	7	26	28	1.36170	35	DWLLDW
	8	Chelsea	31	13	7	11	68	61	9	2	4	41	25	4	5	7	27	36	1.11475	33	WWLLWW
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	31	13	7	11	69	67	9	3	3	45	28	4	4	8	24	39	1.02985	33	LDLWWD
	10	Burnley	31	15	3	13	61	60	12	1	3	41	18	3	2	10	20	42	1.01667	33	WWWLWL
	11	Blackpool	31	13	6	12	58	52	7	2	6	34	28	6	4	6	24	24	1.11538	32	WWDWDL
	12	Bolton Wanderers	31	12	7	12	55	66	7	4	5	32	28	5	3	7	23	38	.83333	31	LLLDWD
	13	Everton	31	9	11	11	46	52	3	9	4	21	21	6	2	7	25	31	.88462	29	LDLDLW
	14	Arsenal	31	12	4	15	53	62	8	2	6	41	32	4	2	9	12	30	.85484	28	LWLLDL
	15	Birmingham City	31	9	9	13	55	75	5	4	6	34	32	4	5	7	21	43	.73333	27	WLLLWD
	16	Aston Villa	31	10	5	16	53	69	7	3	5	31	22	3	2	11	22	47	.76812	25	WLDLLW
	17	Leicester City	32	10	4	18	68	84	8	3	5	44	30	2	1	13	24	54	.80952	24	LLWDWL
	18	Leeds United	30	9	6	15	40	52	7	4	4	26	19	2	2	11	14	33	.76923	24	LDDWLW
	19	Newcastle United	30	9	5	16	49	55	3	3	9	21	28	6	2	7	28	27	.89091	23	DLLDWL
	20	Portsmouth	30	9	5	16	52	60	7	4	3	30	19	2	1	13	22	41	.86667	23	LLWLDL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	31	8	5	18	57	77	8	2	6	38	36	0	3	12	19	41	.74026	21	WLWLDW
	22	Sunderland	32	6	9	17	38	81	5	6	5	22	22	1	3	12	16	59	.46914	21	DDLLLL

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	31	21	6	4	79	37	15	2	0	53	16	6	4	4	26	21	2.13514	48	DLWWWW	Safe	3-1
	2	Preston North End	32	19	5	8	79	44	13	1	1	48	10	6	4	7	31	34	1.79545	43	DWWWWL	Safe	2-4
	3	West Bromwich Albion	31	14	12	5	74	53	10	4	1	44	20	4	8	4	30	33	1.39623	40	LWLWDW		4-0
	4	Luton Town	33	17	4	12	59	46	11	2	4	41	18	6	2	8	18	28	1.28261	38	WWWLLL		1-2
1	5	Manchester City	33	17	4	12	84	83	11	4	1	49	25	6	0	11	35	58	1.01205	38	WLLWDW		2-1
1	6	Manchester United	30	15	7	8	74	52	10	1	5	42	22	5	6	3	32	30	1.42308	37	DDWWDL		0-4
	7	Nottingham Forest	33	15	5	13	64	50	9	2	5	38	19	6	3	8	26	31	1.28000	35	WLLDWL		0-3
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	32	14	7	11	71	68	9	3	3	45	28	5	4	8	26	40	1.04412	35	DLWWDW		2-1
2	9	Blackpool	32	14	6	12	61	52	8	2	6	37	28	6	4	6	24	24	1.17308	34	WDWDLW		3-0
2	10	Chelsea	32	13	7	12	72	66	9	2	4	41	25	4	5	8	31	41	1.09091	33	WLLWWL		4-5
1	11	Burnley	32	15	3	14	61	63	12	1	3	41	18	3	2	11	20	45	.96825	33	WWLWLL		0-3
	12	Bolton Wanderers	32	13	7	12	56	66	8	4	5	33	28	5	3	7	23	38	.84848	33	LLDWDW		1-0
	13	Everton	32	10	11	11	50	54	4	9	4	25	23	6	2	7	25	31	.92593	31	DLDLWW		4-2
	14	Arsenal	32	13	4	15	58	66	9	2	6	46	36	4	2	9	12	30	.87879	30	WLLDLW		5-4
1	15	Aston Villa	32	11	5	16	56	69	8	3	5	34	22	3	2	11	22	47	.81159	27	LDLLWW		3-0
1	16	Birmingham City	32	9	9	14	55	76	5	4	6	34	32	4	5	8	21	44	.72368	27	LLLWDL		0-1
	17	Leicester City	33	10	5	18	70	86	8	4	5	46	32	2	1	13	24	54	.81395	25	LWDWLD		2-2
2	18	Portsmouth	31	9	6	16	54	62	7	4	3	30	19	2	2	13	24	43	.87097	24	LWLDLD		2-2
1	19	Leeds United	31	9	6	16	41	54	7	4	5	27	21	2	2	11	14	33	.75926	24	DDWLWL		1-2
1	20	Newcastle United	31	9	5	17	50	58	3	3	9	21	28	6	2	8	29	30	.86207	23	LLDWLL		1-3
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	32	8	6	18	60	80	8	2	6	38	36	0	4	12	22	44	.75000	22	LWLDWD		3-3
	22	Sunderland	33	6	10	17	41	84	5	7	5	25	25	1	3	12	16	59	.48810	22	DLLLLD		3-3