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WEST HAM UNITED 5 - 3 FOREST - Sat Jan 31, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 31, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-5 (Lost)

Attendance:: 26,769
Pos Before/After:: 7/8
Opp Before/After:: 10/9
Referee:
Season:: 1958-59
Forest/Opp Tier:: 1/1

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Bolton Wanderers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2180 (of 4878)
League Tier 1:: 805 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 2394 (of 5575)
Total:: 3557 (of 7323)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Roy Dwight
Tommy Wilson
Billy Gray

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager:
Prior form: LLWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Chic Thomson
2	M	Bill Whare
3	D	Joe McDonald
4	F	William Morley
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	M	Roy Dwight
8	F	Johnny Quigley
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Billy Gray
11	F	Stewart Imlach

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 31, 1959)

Home	F	A	Away
Aston Villa	3	1	Chelsea
Bolton Wanderers	4	2	Luton Town
Burnley	0	1	Birmingham City
Everton	3	1	Manchester City
Leicester City	0	1	Leeds United
Manchester United	4	4	Newcastle United
Portsmouth	1	2	Blackpool
Preston North End	2	4	West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur	1	4	Arsenal
West Ham United	5	3	Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	0	Blackburn Rovers

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
	1	Arsenal	27	15	3	9	64	44	10	1	3	39	20	5	2	6	25	24	1.455	33	LLLWWW
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	15	2	8	55	30	9	1	3	34	10	6	1	5	21	20	1.833	32	WLWWWL
	3	Preston North End	27	14	4	9	49	42	8	1	4	27	18	6	3	5	22	24	1.167	32	LWLLWW
	4	Manchester United	26	13	5	8	60	45	7	3	3	32	19	6	2	5	28	26	1.333	31	WWWWWW
	5	Bolton Wanderers	25	12	7	6	46	36	9	1	3	31	17	3	6	3	15	19	1.278	31	DDWLLW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	24	11	7	6	55	36	4	3	4	22	19	7	4	2	33	17	1.528	29	WDWLWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	25	13	3	9	47	32	7	2	3	26	11	6	1	6	21	21	1.469	29	DLLWWW
	8	Blackpool	25	9	10	6	37	29	5	7	0	19	8	4	3	6	18	21	1.276	28	WLDWWL
	9	Blackburn Rovers	25	10	7	8	52	43	6	2	4	30	18	4	5	4	22	25	1.209	27	DDWLWL
	10	West Ham United	25	12	3	10	52	45	8	1	3	34	18	4	2	7	18	27	1.156	27	LLWWWW
	11	Burnley	25	10	6	9	47	43	6	3	4	28	21	4	3	5	19	22	1.093	26	LWWDDW
	12	Newcastle United	26	11	2	13	49	49	7	1	5	26	19	4	1	8	23	30	1.000	24	DLLLWL
	13	Birmingham City	25	10	4	11	42	47	7	1	4	27	24	3	3	7	15	23	.894	24	LWWWLW
	14	Chelsea	26	11	2	13	50	61	8	1	4	34	24	3	1	9	16	37	.820	24	LLWLWD
	15	Leeds United	26	8	7	11	35	46	3	6	4	15	17	5	1	7	20	29	.761	23	WLWLLL
	16	Everton	26	10	3	13	44	60	6	2	5	22	26	4	1	8	22	34	.733	23	WLWWLL
	17	Luton Town	24	7	8	9	37	34	6	4	3	27	15	1	4	6	10	19	1.088	22	LLDWLL
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	26	8	5	13	49	61	5	1	6	28	26	3	4	7	21	35	.803	21	LDLLWW
	19	Leicester City	25	7	6	12	43	61	5	4	4	26	24	2	2	8	17	37	.705	20	LWWDDL
	20	Manchester City	25	7	6	12	41	59	6	4	3	30	21	1	2	9	11	38	.695	20	DWLLWL
	21	Portsmouth	26	6	6	14	42	65	5	3	5	28	26	1	3	9	14	39	.646	18	LLLLLD
	22	Aston Villa	26	6	4	16	37	65	4	3	7	20	27	2	1	9	17	38	.569	16	DWLLLL

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
	1	Arsenal	28	16	3	9	68	45	10	1	3	39	20	6	2	6	29	25	1.511	35	LLWWWW
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	16	2	8	60	30	10	1	3	39	10	6	1	5	21	20	2.000	34	LWWWLW
2	3	Bolton Wanderers	26	13	7	6	50	38	10	1	3	35	19	3	6	3	15	19	1.316	33	DWLLWW
	4	Manchester United	27	13	6	8	64	49	7	4	3	36	23	6	2	5	28	26	1.306	32	WWWWWD
2	5	Preston North End	28	14	4	10	51	46	8	1	5	29	22	6	3	5	22	24	1.109	32	WLLWWL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	25	12	7	6	59	38	4	3	4	22	19	8	4	2	37	19	1.553	31	DWLWLW
1	7	Blackpool	26	10	10	6	39	30	5	7	0	19	8	5	3	6	20	22	1.300	30	LDWWLW
1	8	Nottingham Forest	26	13	3	10	50	37	7	2	3	26	11	6	1	7	24	26	1.351	29	LLWWWL
1	9	West Ham United	26	13	3	10	57	48	9	1	3	39	21	4	2	7	18	27	1.188	29	LWWWWW
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	26	10	7	9	52	48	6	2	4	30	18	4	5	5	22	30	1.083	27	DWLWLL
	11	Burnley	26	10	6	10	47	44	6	3	5	28	22	4	3	5	19	22	1.068	26	WWDDWL
1	12	Birmingham City	26	11	4	11	43	47	7	1	4	27	24	4	3	7	16	23	.915	26	WWWLWW
1	13	Newcastle United	27	11	3	13	53	53	7	1	5	26	19	4	2	8	27	34	1.000	25	LLLWLD
1	14	Leeds United	27	9	7	11	36	46	3	6	4	15	17	6	1	7	21	29	.783	25	LWLLLW
1	15	Everton	27	11	3	13	47	61	7	2	5	25	27	4	1	8	22	34	.770	25	LWWLLW
2	16	Chelsea	27	11	2	14	51	64	8	1	4	34	24	3	1	10	17	40	.797	24	LWLWDL
	17	Luton Town	25	7	8	10	39	38	6	4	3	27	15	1	4	7	12	23	1.026	22	LDWLLL
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	27	8	5	14	50	65	5	1	7	29	30	3	4	7	21	35	.769	21	DLLWWL
	19	Leicester City	26	7	6	13	43	62	5	4	5	26	25	2	2	8	17	37	.694	20	WWDDLL
	20	Manchester City	26	7	6	13	42	62	6	4	3	30	21	1	2	10	12	41	.677	20	WLLWLL
	21	Portsmouth	27	6	6	15	43	67	5	3	6	29	28	1	3	9	14	39	.642	18	LLLLDL
	22	Aston Villa	27	7	4	16	40	66	5	3	7	23	28	2	1	9	17	38	.606	18	WLLLLW