The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Aug 29, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Aug 29, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: Thomas Dawes
Attendance:: 26,027
Pos Before/After:: 22 21
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Jan 02, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2200 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 824 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2421 (of 5724)
Total:: 3596 (of 7505)
Played:: 64 years, 7 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals
Johnny Quigley
Jim Iley

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Dally Duncan
Prior form: WW (Old to recent)

Goals
Peter Dobing
Roy Vernon

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	23	Roy Patrick	Debut
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Stewart Imlach
8	F	24	Johnny Quigley
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	23	Jim Iley
11	F	32	Billy Gray

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Leyland
2	D	Dave Whelan
3	D	Matt Woods
4	D	Ken Taylor
5	D	Ronnie Clayton
6	M	Mick McGrath
7	M	Roy Isherwood
8	M	Peter Dobing
9	M	Roy Vernon
10	F	Ally MacLeod
11	F	Derek Dougan

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Aug 29, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Everton
Burnley	1-3	West Ham United
Fulham	1-0	Blackpool
Leicester City	3-1	Chelsea
Luton Town	0-1	Leeds United
Manchester United	3-2	Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-3	Arsenal

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	Blackburn Rovers	2	2	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	99.99900	4	WW
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.00000	4	WW
	3	Blackpool	2	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2.00000	4	WW
	4	Burnley	2	2	0	0	8	4	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	2	2.00000	4	WW
	5	West Ham United	2	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	4.00000	3	WD
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	1	0	7	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	5	1	2.33333	3	WD
	7	Chelsea	2	1	1	0	5	4	0	1	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	1.25000	3	DW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	1	0	5	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.25000	3	WD
	9	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	3.00000	2	LW
	10	Birmingham City	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	2	LW
	11	Preston North End	2	0	2	0	5	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	4	1.00000	2	DD
	12	Fulham	2	1	0	1	5	6	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	.83333	2	LW
	13	Manchester City	2	1	0	1	4	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	5	.66667	2	WL
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	.66667	2	WL
	15	Leicester City	2	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	3	.60000	2	LW
	16	Luton Town	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	.66667	1	DL
	17	Everton	2	0	1	1	4	7	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	5	.57143	1	DL
	18	Leeds United	2	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	LL
	19	Manchester United	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	.50000	0	LL
	20	Newcastle United	2	0	0	2	4	9	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	3	4	.44444	0	LL
	21	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	3	.33333	0	LL
	22	Nottingham Forest	2	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	.20000	0	LL

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	Blackburn Rovers	3	2	1	0	9	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	5	2	4.50000	5	WWD		2-2
3	2	West Ham United	3	2	1	0	7	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	4	2	3.50000	5	WDW		3-1
1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	1	0	7	4	1	1	0	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	1.75000	5	WWD		3-3
2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	2	0	7	3	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	5	1	2.33333	4	WDD		0-0
2	5	Blackpool	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	1.33333	4	WWL		0-1
2	6	Burnley	3	2	0	1	9	7	1	0	1	6	5	1	0	0	3	2	1.28571	4	WWL		1-3
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	2	0	6	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	3	3	1.20000	4	WDD		1-1
4	8	Fulham	3	2	0	1	6	6	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	4	1.00000	4	LWW		1-0
6	9	Leicester City	3	2	0	1	6	6	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	0	3	1.00000	4	LWW		3-1
4	10	Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	3	1.00000	4	WLW		1-0
2	11	Arsenal	3	1	1	1	6	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	6	3	1.50000	3	LWD		3-3
2	12	Birmingham City	3	1	1	1	4	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.00000	3	LWD		0-0
2	13	Preston North End	3	0	3	0	6	6	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	4	4	1.00000	3	DDD		1-1
7	14	Chelsea	3	1	1	1	6	7	0	1	0	4	4	1	0	1	2	3	.85714	3	DWL		1-3
3	15	Leeds United	3	1	0	2	5	6	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	1	3	3	.83333	2	LLW		1-0
3	16	Manchester United	3	1	0	2	5	6	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	2	3	.83333	2	LLW		3-2
4	17	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	2	4	7	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	2	3	.57143	2	LLW		2-1
5	18	Manchester City	3	1	0	2	4	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	6	.57143	2	WLL		0-1
2	19	Everton	3	0	1	2	5	9	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	3	7	.55556	1	DLL		1-2
4	20	Luton Town	3	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	.50000	1	DLL		0-1
1	21	Nottingham Forest	3	0	1	2	3	7	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	1	1	2	.42857	1	LLD		2-2
2	22	Newcastle United	3	0	0	3	6	12	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	5	7	.50000	0	LLL		2-3