The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 3 CHELSEA - Wed Apr 15, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Apr 15, 1959 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: K Dagnall
Attendance:: 18,339
Pos Before/After:: 12 12
Opp Before/After:: 15 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Oct 31, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2193 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 817 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2412 (of 5724)
Total:: 3582 (of 7505)
Played:: 65 years, 5 days ago

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

Goals
Billy Gray (Pen)

CHELSEA
Manager: Ted Drake
Prior form: WLLWWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Peter Brabrook
Les Allen
Jimmy Greaves

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	33	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	M	26	Roy Dwight
8	F	23	Johnny Quigley
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Billy Gray
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Robertson
2	D	Dick Whittaker
3	D	Ken Shellito
4	D	John Mortimore
5	D	Sylvan Anderton
6	M	Frank Blunstone
7	M	Stan Crowther
8	M	Peter Brabrook
9	M	Mike Harrison
10	F	Les Allen
11	F	Jimmy Greaves

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Wed Apr 15, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	1-3	Chelsea
Portsmouth	2-3	Everton
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Luton Town

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	39	25	5	9	101	49	13	3	3	60	19	12	2	6	41	30	2.06122	55	WWWDDW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	40	23	7	10	101	64	13	4	3	57	27	10	3	7	44	37	1.57813	53	WWLWWD	Safe
	3	Bolton Wanderers	39	18	10	11	75	63	13	3	4	53	29	5	7	7	22	34	1.19048	46	WDLWDW	Safe
	4	Burnley	40	19	8	13	79	68	11	3	6	39	27	8	5	7	40	41	1.16176	46	WWDDWL	Safe
	5	West Ham United	39	20	5	14	79	67	14	2	3	53	27	6	3	11	26	40	1.17910	45	WWLWDD	Safe
	6	Blackpool	39	17	10	12	62	46	11	7	1	36	11	6	3	11	26	35	1.34783	44	WLLWWL	Safe
	7	Arsenal	39	18	8	13	79	64	12	3	4	46	26	6	5	9	33	38	1.23438	44	DLLDDL	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	37	15	12	10	81	62	6	6	6	36	32	9	6	4	45	30	1.30645	42	LWWWDD	Safe
	9	Birmingham City	36	18	5	13	75	61	12	1	6	47	34	6	4	7	28	27	1.22951	41	LWDLWW	Safe
	10	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	10	13	70	62	10	3	6	43	26	5	7	7	27	36	1.12903	40	DWWDDL	Safe
	11	Preston North End	40	17	5	18	67	74	9	2	9	38	37	8	3	9	29	37	.90541	39	LLLWDW	Safe
	12	Nottingham Forest	37	16	6	15	67	62	8	4	5	33	22	8	2	10	34	40	1.08065	38	LDDDLW	Safe
	13	Newcastle United	38	16	4	18	73	75	10	1	7	35	26	6	3	11	38	49	.97333	36	LWLLWD	Safe
	14	Everton	39	16	4	19	67	81	11	3	6	39	37	5	1	13	28	44	.82716	36	LWWWLL	Safe
	15	Chelsea	38	16	4	18	70	90	12	2	5	49	34	4	2	13	21	56	.77778	36	WLLWWD	Safe
	16	Luton Town	37	11	12	14	63	59	10	5	4	46	24	1	7	10	17	35	1.06780	34	LLDWDD
	17	Leeds United	39	13	8	18	51	72	7	7	6	27	27	6	1	12	24	45	.70833	34	WLWLLW
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	40	12	9	19	78	93	9	3	8	51	42	3	6	11	27	51	.83871	33	WLDWDL
	19	Manchester City	38	10	8	20	59	87	7	6	6	37	31	3	2	14	22	56	.67816	28	LDLLLL
	20	Leicester City	38	9	10	19	60	90	6	6	8	32	35	3	4	11	28	55	.66667	28	LDWDWD
	21	Aston Villa	38	11	5	22	57	84	8	4	8	31	33	3	1	14	26	51	.67857	27	WLLDLL
	22	Portsmouth	38	6	9	23	59	100	5	4	10	36	43	1	5	13	23	57	.59000	21	DLLLLL

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	39	25	5	9	101	49	13	3	3	60	19	12	2	6	41	30	2.06122	55	WWWDDW	Safe
	2	Manchester United	40	23	7	10	101	64	13	4	3	57	27	10	3	7	44	37	1.57813	53	WWLWWD	Safe
	3	Bolton Wanderers	39	18	10	11	75	63	13	3	4	53	29	5	7	7	22	34	1.19048	46	WDLWDW	Safe
	4	Burnley	40	19	8	13	79	68	11	3	6	39	27	8	5	7	40	41	1.16176	46	WWDDWL	Safe
	5	West Ham United	39	20	5	14	79	67	14	2	3	53	27	6	3	11	26	40	1.17910	45	WWLWDD	Safe
	6	Blackpool	39	17	10	12	62	46	11	7	1	36	11	6	3	11	26	35	1.34783	44	WLLWWL	Safe
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	38	16	12	10	83	62	7	6	6	38	32	9	6	4	45	30	1.33871	44	WWWDDW	Safe	2-0
1	8	Arsenal	39	18	8	13	79	64	12	3	4	46	26	6	5	9	33	38	1.23438	44	DLLDDL	Safe
	9	Birmingham City	36	18	5	13	75	61	12	1	6	47	34	6	4	7	28	27	1.22951	41	LWDLWW	Safe
	10	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	10	13	70	62	10	3	6	43	26	5	7	7	27	36	1.12903	40	DWWDDL	Safe
	11	Preston North End	40	17	5	18	67	74	9	2	9	38	37	8	3	9	29	37	.90541	39	LLLWDW	Safe
	12	Nottingham Forest	38	16	6	16	68	65	8	4	6	34	25	8	2	10	34	40	1.04615	38	DDDLWL	Safe	1-3
1	13	Everton	40	17	4	19	70	83	11	3	6	39	37	6	1	13	31	46	.84337	38	WWWLLW	Safe	3-2
1	14	Chelsea	39	17	4	18	73	91	12	2	5	49	34	5	2	13	24	57	.80220	38	LLWWDW	Safe	3-1
2	15	Newcastle United	38	16	4	18	73	75	10	1	7	35	26	6	3	11	38	49	.97333	36	LWLLWD	Safe
	16	Luton Town	38	11	12	15	63	61	10	5	4	46	24	1	7	11	17	37	1.03279	34	LDWDDL		0-2
	17	Leeds United	39	13	8	18	51	72	7	7	6	27	27	6	1	12	24	45	.70833	34	WLWLLW
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	40	12	9	19	78	93	9	3	8	51	42	3	6	11	27	51	.83871	33	WLDWDL
	19	Manchester City	38	10	8	20	59	87	7	6	6	37	31	3	2	14	22	56	.67816	28	LDLLLL
	20	Leicester City	38	9	10	19	60	90	6	6	8	32	35	3	4	11	28	55	.66667	28	LDWDWD
	21	Aston Villa	38	11	5	22	57	84	8	4	8	31	33	3	1	14	26	51	.67857	27	WLLDLL
	22	Portsmouth	39	6	9	24	61	103	5	4	11	38	46	1	5	13	23	57	.59223	21	LLLLLL	Relegated	2-3