The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BOLTON WANDERERS - Sat Sep 26, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 26, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: H Husband
Attendance:: 28,930
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 18 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: St Mirren (Anglo-Scottish Cup)
League:: Fulham
Bolton Wanderers:: Feb 13, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2207 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 831 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2429 (of 5724)
Total:: 3604 (of 7505)
Played:: 64 years, 6 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Johnny Quigley
Billy Gray

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Bill Ridding
Prior form: LDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	34	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	F	23	Jim Iley
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Stewart Imlach
8	F	18	Geoff Vowden
9	F	29	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Johnny Quigley
11	F	32	Billy Gray

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Eddie Hopkinson
2	D	Tommy Banks
3	D	John Higgins
4	D	Roy Hartle
5	D	Derek Hennin
6	M	Ray Parry
7	M	Neville Bannister
8	M	Bryan Edwards
9	M	Dennis Stevens
10	F	Doug Holden
11	F	Fred Hill

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Sep 26, 1959)

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

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	Tottenham Hotspur	9	5	4	0	24	10	1	3	0	9	5	4	1	0	15	5	2.40000	14	WDDWWW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	9	5	2	2	18	10	4	1	0	12	3	1	1	2	6	7	1.80000	12	WWLLDW
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	5	2	2	29	17	3	1	0	18	5	2	1	2	11	12	1.70588	12	DWLWWL
	4	Arsenal	9	4	4	1	15	9	2	2	1	7	5	2	2	0	8	4	1.66667	12	DDWWWD
	5	Burnley	9	6	0	3	19	16	3	0	1	10	7	3	0	2	9	9	1.18750	12	WLWWLW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	9	3	4	2	18	11	3	1	1	14	6	0	3	1	4	5	1.63636	10	LWDLDW
	7	West Ham United	9	4	2	3	18	16	2	0	2	7	5	2	2	1	11	11	1.12500	10	WLDLLW
	8	Preston North End	9	3	3	3	15	18	2	2	0	6	4	1	1	3	9	14	.83333	9	LWLWWL
	9	Nottingham Forest	9	3	3	3	9	11	1	2	1	5	7	2	1	2	4	4	.81818	9	DWWDWL
	10	Blackpool	9	3	3	3	11	14	2	2	1	9	7	1	1	2	2	7	.78571	9	DLDLDW
	11	Leicester City	9	3	3	3	15	21	2	1	1	7	6	1	2	2	8	15	.71429	9	DLDLDW
	12	Fulham	9	4	1	4	16	24	4	0	0	13	5	0	1	4	3	19	.66667	9	LDWWLL
	13	Manchester United	9	3	2	4	21	20	2	0	2	10	8	1	2	2	11	12	1.05000	8	WDWLDL
	14	Chelsea	9	3	2	4	21	23	2	1	2	17	17	1	1	2	4	6	.91304	8	LWDLWL
	15	Manchester City	9	4	0	5	18	20	3	0	2	13	10	1	0	3	5	10	.90000	8	WLWLLW
	16	Leeds United	9	3	2	4	12	20	1	2	1	7	7	2	0	3	5	13	.60000	8	DWLWDL
	17	Sheffield Wednesday	9	3	1	5	13	13	2	1	1	8	3	1	0	4	5	10	1.00000	7	DLLWLL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	9	3	1	5	13	14	3	0	2	10	8	0	1	3	3	6	.92857	7	LDLWLW
	19	Everton	9	2	3	4	12	16	2	2	1	7	5	0	1	3	5	11	.75000	7	LDDWWL
	20	Luton Town	9	2	3	4	8	11	1	1	3	2	4	1	2	1	6	7	.72727	7	DDLLWW
	21	Newcastle United	9	2	2	5	13	19	1	1	3	4	10	1	1	2	9	9	.68421	6	WLDWDL
	22	Birmingham City	9	1	3	5	13	18	1	2	2	9	10	0	1	3	4	8	.72222	5	LDDLLL

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	Tottenham Hotspur	10	5	5	0	25	11	1	3	0	9	5	4	2	0	16	6	2.27273	15	DDWWWD		1-1
1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	6	2	2	31	17	4	1	0	20	5	2	1	2	11	12	1.82353	14	WLWWLW		2-0
1	3	Arsenal	10	5	4	1	17	10	3	2	1	9	6	2	2	0	8	4	1.70000	14	DWWWDW		2-1
1	4	Burnley	10	7	0	3	22	17	4	0	1	13	8	3	0	2	9	9	1.29412	14	LWWLWW		3-1
3	5	Blackburn Rovers	10	5	2	3	19	12	4	1	0	12	3	1	1	3	7	9	1.58333	12	WLLDWL		1-2
1	6	West Ham United	10	5	2	3	22	17	3	0	2	11	6	2	2	1	11	11	1.29412	12	LDLLWW		4-1
1	7	Preston North End	10	4	3	3	19	18	3	2	0	10	4	1	1	3	9	14	1.05556	11	WLWWLW		4-0
1	8	Nottingham Forest	10	4	3	3	11	11	2	2	1	7	7	2	1	2	4	4	1.00000	11	WWDWLW		2-0
3	9	West Bromwich Albion	10	3	4	3	19	15	3	1	1	14	6	0	3	2	5	9	1.26667	10	WDLDWL		1-4
4	10	Chelsea	10	4	2	4	24	24	2	1	2	17	17	2	1	2	7	7	1.00000	10	WDLWLW		3-1
4	11	Manchester City	10	5	0	5	20	21	4	0	2	15	11	1	0	3	5	10	.95238	10	LWLLWW		2-1
1	12	Leicester City	10	3	4	3	16	22	2	2	1	8	7	1	2	2	8	15	.72727	10	LDLDWD		1-1
4	13	Sheffield Wednesday	10	4	1	5	15	13	3	1	1	10	3	1	0	4	5	10	1.15385	9	LLWLLW		2-0
4	14	Blackpool	10	3	3	4	12	16	2	2	1	9	7	1	1	3	3	9	.75000	9	LDLDWL		1-2
3	15	Fulham	10	4	1	5	17	27	4	0	1	14	8	0	1	4	3	19	.62963	9	DWWLLL		1-3
3	16	Manchester United	10	3	2	5	21	24	2	0	2	10	8	1	2	3	11	16	.87500	8	DWLDLL		0-4
4	17	Newcastle United	10	3	2	5	16	21	1	1	3	4	10	2	1	2	12	11	.76190	8	LDWDLW		3-2
2	18	Leeds United	10	3	2	5	14	23	1	2	2	9	10	2	0	3	5	13	.60870	8	WLWDLL		2-3
1	19	Bolton Wanderers	10	3	1	6	13	16	3	0	2	10	8	0	1	4	3	8	.81250	7	DLWLWL		0-2
1	20	Everton	10	2	3	5	12	18	2	2	1	7	5	0	1	4	5	13	.66667	7	DDWWLL		0-2
1	21	Luton Town	10	2	3	5	8	13	1	1	3	2	4	1	2	2	6	9	.61538	7	DLLWWL		0-2
	22	Birmingham City	10	1	3	6	14	21	1	2	2	9	10	0	1	4	5	11	.66667	5	DDLLLL		1-3