The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Oct 19, 1957 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 19, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: L Tirebuck
Attendance:: 36,836
League Week:: 13 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 22 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Mar 01, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2126 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 750 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 2334 (of 5827)
Total:: 3500 (of 7632)
Played:: 68 years, 10 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Wilson (81') (Pen)

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Dave Halliday
Prior form: LWLLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy McDonald (5')
Bill Whare (44') (OG)
William Gardiner (55')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Chic Thomson
2	D	32	Bill Whare
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	32	Bill Morley
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Billy Gray
8	F	22	Johnny Quigley
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson (81')
10	F	32	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Chic Thomson	12		7	1
2	D	32	Bill Whare	228	1	7	1
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	378	1	7	1
4	M	32	Bill Morley	267	10	7	1
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay	143	2	21	3
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt	365	13	7	1
7	F	30	Billy Gray	12	4	7	1
8	F	22	Johnny Quigley	2	1	7	1
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson (81')	102	36	7	1
10	F	32	Eddie Baily	44	10	7	1
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach	95	24	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David MacLaren
2	D	Willie Cunningham
3	D	John Ogilvie
4	D	Ian King
5	D	Eddie Russell
6	M	Don Walker
7	M	Ian McNeill
8	M	Derek Hogg
9	M	William Gardiner
10	F	Tommy McDonald
11	F	John Doherty

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Oct 19, 1957)

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

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	9	2	2	37	15	6	0	0	23	4	3	2	2	14	11	22	20	WWWWDW
2	West Bromwich Albion	13	6	6	1	32	17	4	3	1	22	10	2	3	0	10	7	15	18	DWWDWD
3	Manchester United	12	8	1	3	34	18	5	0	1	21	6	3	1	2	13	12	16	17	LLWLWW
4	Nottingham Forest	12	8	1	3	28	16	3	1	2	13	7	5	0	1	15	9	12	17	WWWLWL
5	Everton	11	7	3	1	22	15	3	2	0	12	6	4	1	1	10	9	7	17	WWWDWD
6	Arsenal	13	7	2	4	24	18	4	1	1	15	7	3	1	3	9	11	6	16	LWWWLD
7	Preston North End	12	7	0	5	26	18	6	0	0	21	5	1	0	5	5	13	8	14	WWLWWW
8	Manchester City	12	7	0	5	28	34	6	0	0	20	7	1	0	5	8	27	-6	14	LLWLWW
9	Chelsea	12	5	3	4	29	25	4	1	1	20	9	1	2	3	9	16	4	13	WDWLWW
10	Bolton Wanderers	12	5	3	4	20	18	3	2	1	11	4	2	1	3	9	14	2	13	WWLWLD
11	Luton Town	12	6	1	5	14	14	4	1	1	10	5	2	0	4	4	9	0	13	LDLLWL
12	Leeds United	13	5	2	6	16	22	4	1	2	12	8	1	1	4	4	14	-6	12	DWWLDW
13	Blackpool	11	5	1	5	20	16	3	1	2	14	7	2	0	3	6	9	4	11	LLWDWW
14	Newcastle United	12	4	2	6	17	17	2	1	3	8	9	2	1	3	9	8	0	10	DLDWLL
15	Tottenham Hotspur	13	4	2	7	28	35	4	1	2	24	15	0	1	5	4	20	-7	10	WWLLLW
16	Burnley	12	4	2	6	21	27	4	1	1	16	6	0	1	5	5	21	-6	10	WLLLLW
17	Birmingham City	13	3	3	7	19	34	3	1	3	12	13	0	2	4	7	21	-15	9	LWLDWL
18	Portsmouth	12	3	2	7	19	26	2	2	2	12	11	1	0	5	7	15	-7	8	LDLLLL
19	Aston Villa	13	3	2	8	18	28	3	0	2	11	5	0	2	6	7	23	-10	8	DLWLLL
20	Sunderland	13	3	2	8	15	35	3	1	2	10	6	0	1	6	5	29	-20	8	LWLWLL
21	Sheffield Wednesday	12	3	1	8	15	25	3	0	3	10	11	0	1	5	5	14	-10	7	LDWLLL
22	Leicester City	12	2	1	9	23	32	2	1	3	14	13	0	0	6	9	19	-9	5	LWLLDL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	10	2	2	39	16	7	0	0	25	5	3	2	2	14	11	23	22	WWWDWW		2-1
	2	West Bromwich Albion	14	6	7	1	33	18	4	3	1	22	10	2	4	0	11	8	15	19	WWDWDD		1-1
2	3	Everton	12	7	4	1	23	16	3	3	0	13	7	4	1	1	10	9	7	18	WWDWDD		1-1
1	4	Manchester United	13	8	1	4	34	21	5	0	2	21	9	3	1	2	13	12	13	17	LWLWWL		0-3
1	5	Nottingham Forest	13	8	1	4	29	19	3	1	2	13	7	5	0	2	16	12	10	17	WWLWLL		1-3
	6	Arsenal	14	7	2	5	25	21	4	1	2	16	10	3	1	3	9	11	4	16	WWWLDL		1-3
1	7	Manchester City	13	8	0	5	33	36	6	0	0	20	7	2	0	5	13	29	-3	16	LWLWWW		5-2
1	8	Preston North End	13	7	1	5	26	18	6	0	0	21	5	1	1	5	5	13	8	15	WLWWWD		0-0
1	9	Bolton Wanderers	13	6	3	4	23	20	4	2	1	14	6	2	1	3	9	14	3	15	WLWLDW		3-2
1	10	Luton Town	13	7	1	5	16	14	5	1	1	12	5	2	0	4	4	9	2	15	DLLWLW		2-0
2	11	Chelsea	13	5	3	5	30	27	4	1	1	20	9	1	2	4	10	18	3	13	DWLWWL		1-2
	12	Leeds United	14	5	3	6	17	23	4	2	2	13	9	1	1	4	4	14	-6	13	WWLDWD		1-1
	13	Blackpool	12	5	1	6	22	21	3	1	3	16	12	2	0	3	6	9	1	11	LWDWWL		2-5
2	14	Burnley	13	4	3	6	22	28	4	1	1	16	6	0	2	5	6	22	-6	11	LLLLWD		1-1
2	15	Birmingham City	14	4	3	7	22	35	3	1	3	12	13	1	2	4	10	22	-13	11	WLDWLW		3-1
2	16	Newcastle United	13	4	2	7	20	21	2	1	3	8	9	2	1	4	12	12	-1	10	LDWLLL		3-4
1	17	Portsmouth	13	4	2	7	22	26	2	2	2	12	11	2	0	5	10	15	-4	10	DLLLLW		3-0
3	18	Tottenham Hotspur	14	4	2	8	30	38	4	1	2	24	15	0	1	6	6	23	-8	10	WLLLWL		2-3
	19	Aston Villa	14	4	2	8	22	31	4	0	2	15	8	0	2	6	7	23	-9	10	LWLLLW		4-3
	20	Sunderland	14	3	3	8	15	35	3	2	2	10	6	0	1	6	5	29	-20	9	WLWLLD		0-0
1	21	Leicester City	13	3	1	9	26	33	3	1	3	17	14	0	0	6	9	19	-7	7	WLLDLW		3-1
1	22	Sheffield Wednesday	13	3	1	9	15	27	3	0	3	10	11	0	1	6	5	16	-12	7	DWLLLL		0-2