The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Jan 02, 1960 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 02, 1960 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: W Surtees
Attendance:: 27,817
Pos Before/After:: 19 18
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Reading (FA Cup)
League:: Blackpool
Blackburn Rovers:: Aug 24, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2222 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 846 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2445 (of 5724)
Total:: 3622 (of 7505)
Played:: 64 years, 3 months, 23 days ago

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

Goals
Geoff Vowden
Colin Booth

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

Goals
Roy Vernon

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	John Armstrong
2	D	33	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	26	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	M	22	Tony Barton
8	F	18	Geoff Vowden
9	F	25	Colin Booth
10	F	24	Johnny Quigley
11	F	24	Jim Iley

Lineup

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

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 02, 1960)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	4-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Blackpool	3-1	Fulham
Chelsea	2-2	Leicester City
Everton	0-1	Bolton Wanderers
Leeds United	1-1	Luton Town
Manchester City	4-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Newcastle United	7-3	Manchester United
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Preston North End
West Ham United	2-5	Burnley

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	24	12	8	4	53	30	6	4	2	27	15	6	4	2	26	15	1.76667	32	DWDWWL
	2	Preston North End	24	12	7	5	49	39	6	4	2	22	18	6	3	3	27	21	1.25641	31	WDDLDD
	3	Burnley	24	13	3	8	55	40	8	0	4	35	21	5	3	4	20	19	1.37500	29	LWWLWL
	4	Blackburn Rovers	24	13	3	8	44	35	9	2	1	29	15	4	1	7	15	20	1.25714	29	WLWWWL
	5	West Ham United	24	13	3	8	47	42	9	0	2	29	12	4	3	6	18	30	1.11905	29	LWLLLW
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	13	2	9	59	45	9	1	2	34	14	4	1	7	25	31	1.31111	28	WWLWLL
	7	Fulham	24	12	4	8	46	46	8	1	4	26	18	4	3	4	20	28	1.00000	28	WWDLDL
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	24	11	5	8	45	27	7	4	1	30	9	4	1	7	15	18	1.66667	27	WWDWDW
	9	Bolton Wanderers	24	11	4	9	32	29	7	3	3	22	16	4	1	6	10	13	1.10345	26	WLWLWW
	10	Manchester United	24	10	5	9	59	47	7	1	4	34	22	3	4	5	25	25	1.25532	25	LWWLLW
	11	West Bromwich Albion	24	9	6	9	45	39	6	1	5	27	18	3	5	4	18	21	1.15385	24	WLDWLW
	12	Newcastle United	24	9	5	10	47	49	5	3	4	22	18	4	2	6	25	31	.95918	23	WWWLDD
	13	Chelsea	24	9	5	10	46	53	4	2	5	24	29	5	3	5	22	24	.86792	23	LLLWDD
	14	Manchester City	24	10	2	12	52	52	6	2	4	30	23	4	0	8	22	29	1.00000	22	LLDWLW
	15	Blackpool	24	8	5	11	34	37	5	4	3	21	18	3	1	8	13	19	.91892	21	DLWWLW
	16	Arsenal	24	8	5	11	38	49	4	2	6	17	23	4	3	5	21	26	.77551	21	LLLLLW
	17	Everton	24	7	6	11	37	46	7	3	2	26	12	0	3	9	11	34	.80435	20	WDDLWL
	18	Leicester City	24	6	8	10	38	52	4	5	3	21	19	2	3	7	17	33	.73077	20	LDWWDD
	19	Nottingham Forest	24	8	3	13	29	46	5	2	5	18	20	3	1	8	11	26	.63043	19	WLLLWL
	20	Leeds United	24	6	6	12	39	58	2	3	6	19	27	4	3	6	20	31	.67241	18	LLDWLW
	21	Birmingham City	24	6	5	13	32	47	5	4	3	22	18	1	1	10	10	29	.68085	17	LWLLWL
	22	Luton Town	24	5	6	13	27	45	3	2	8	12	21	2	4	5	15	24	.60000	16	LDLWWL

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	25	13	8	4	54	30	6	4	2	27	15	7	4	2	27	15	1.80000	34	WDWWLW		1-0
1	2	Burnley	25	14	3	8	60	42	8	0	4	35	21	6	3	4	25	21	1.42857	31	WWLWLW		5-2
1	3	Preston North End	25	12	7	6	49	43	6	4	2	22	18	6	3	4	27	25	1.13953	31	DDLDDL		0-4
2	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	13	3	9	63	49	9	1	2	34	14	4	2	7	29	35	1.28571	29	WLWLLD		4-4
1	5	Blackburn Rovers	25	13	3	9	45	37	9	2	2	30	17	4	1	7	15	20	1.21622	29	LWWWLL		1-2
1	6	West Ham United	25	13	3	9	49	47	9	0	3	31	17	4	3	6	18	30	1.04255	29	WLLLWL		2-5
2	7	Bolton Wanderers	25	12	4	9	33	29	7	3	3	22	16	5	1	6	11	13	1.13793	28	LWLWWW		1-0
1	8	Fulham	25	12	4	9	47	49	8	1	4	26	18	4	3	5	21	31	.95918	28	WDLDLL		1-3
1	9	Sheffield Wednesday	25	11	5	9	46	31	7	4	1	30	9	4	1	8	16	22	1.48387	27	WDWDWL		1-4
1	10	West Bromwich Albion	25	10	6	9	49	39	7	1	5	31	18	3	5	4	18	21	1.25641	26	LDWLWW		4-0
1	11	Manchester United	25	10	5	10	62	54	7	1	4	34	22	3	4	6	28	32	1.14815	25	WWLLWL		3-7
	12	Newcastle United	25	10	5	10	54	52	6	3	4	29	21	4	2	6	25	31	1.03846	25	WWLDDW		7-3
1	13	Manchester City	25	11	2	12	56	53	7	2	4	34	24	4	0	8	22	29	1.05660	24	LDWLWW		4-1
1	14	Chelsea	25	9	6	10	48	55	4	3	5	26	31	5	3	5	22	24	.87273	24	LLWDDD		2-2
	15	Blackpool	25	9	5	11	37	38	6	4	3	24	19	3	1	8	13	19	.97368	23	LWWLWW		3-1
	16	Arsenal	25	8	6	11	42	53	4	3	6	21	27	4	3	5	21	26	.79245	22	LLLLWD		4-4
1	17	Leicester City	25	6	9	10	40	54	4	5	3	21	19	2	4	7	19	35	.74074	21	DWWDDD		2-2
1	18	Nottingham Forest	25	9	3	13	31	47	5	2	5	18	20	4	1	8	13	27	.65957	21	LLLWLW		2-1
2	19	Everton	25	7	6	12	37	47	7	3	3	26	13	0	3	9	11	34	.78723	20	DDLWLL		0-1
	20	Leeds United	25	6	7	12	40	59	2	4	6	20	28	4	3	6	20	31	.67797	19	LDWLWD		1-1
	21	Birmingham City	25	6	5	14	32	48	5	4	4	22	19	1	1	10	10	29	.66667	17	WLLWLL		0-1
	22	Luton Town	25	5	7	13	28	46	3	2	8	12	21	2	5	5	16	25	.60870	17	DLWWLD		1-1