The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 3 NEWCASTLE UNITED - Thu Dec 26, 1957 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu Dec 26, 1957 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-3

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: G McCabe
Attendance:: 32,509
League Week:: 24 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 18 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Newcastle United:: Dec 26, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2137 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 761 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2345 (of 5829)
Total:: 3511 (of 7634)
Played:: 68 years, 8 months, 21 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Eddie Baily (39')
Tommy Wilson (49')

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: Stan Seymour
Prior form: LWLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bobby Mitchell (5')
Thommy Casey (20')
Len White (34')

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 (49')
10	F	32	Eddie Baily (39')
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Chic Thomson	23		1	1
2	D	32	Bill Whare	239	2	1	1
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	388	1	1	1
4	M	32	Bill Morley	278	10	1	1
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay	154	2	1	1
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt	376	13	1	1
7	F	30	Billy Gray	22	6	1	1
8	F	22	Johnny Quigley	8	2	1	1
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson (49')	113	43	1	1
10	F	32	Eddie Baily (39')	52	11	1	1
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach	106	27	1	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ronnie Simpson
2	D	Jimmy Scoular
3	D	Alf McMichael
4	D	Dick Keith
5	D	Albert Franks
6	M	Gordon Hughes
7	M	Bob Stokoe
8	M	Thommy Casey
9	M	Len White
10	F	Bobby Mitchell
11	F	George Eastham

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Thu Dec 26, 1957)

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

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	23	16	5	2	58	27	11	1	0	36	10	5	4	2	22	17	31	37	DWWWWW
2	Manchester United	23	13	3	7	56	36	9	0	4	34	15	4	3	3	22	21	20	29	WLDLWW
3	West Bromwich Albion	23	9	11	3	50	37	7	4	1	33	16	2	7	2	17	21	13	29	DWDDLL
4	Preston North End	23	12	4	7	50	35	9	1	1	31	9	3	3	6	19	26	15	28	WDLLWD
5	Manchester City	23	13	1	9	60	58	8	1	1	33	16	5	0	8	27	42	2	27	LLWWWL
6	Nottingham Forest	23	12	2	9	46	33	6	1	3	24	10	6	1	6	22	23	13	26	WLWDLW
7	Luton Town	23	12	2	9	35	34	8	1	2	23	10	4	1	7	12	24	1	26	LWLWWL
8	Burnley	23	11	3	9	48	42	10	1	1	36	13	1	2	8	12	29	6	25	WLWLWW
9	Arsenal	23	11	3	9	40	37	8	1	3	30	18	3	2	6	10	19	3	25	WLLLWW
10	Bolton Wanderers	23	10	5	8	41	42	7	3	2	27	16	3	2	6	14	26	-1	25	LDWWLD
11	Chelsea	23	9	6	8	53	46	7	2	3	36	21	2	4	5	17	25	7	24	WDWWLW
12	Blackpool	23	10	4	9	39	35	6	1	5	27	21	4	3	4	12	14	4	24	DWDLLW
13	Tottenham Hotspur	23	10	4	9	51	51	7	1	3	33	21	3	3	6	18	30	0	24	DWWLWW
14	Everton	23	7	9	7	33	39	3	8	1	17	13	4	1	6	16	26	-6	23	LDLDLD
15	Birmingham City	23	7	7	9	39	48	4	3	4	22	20	3	4	5	17	28	-9	21	WDDDDW
16	Portsmouth	23	7	4	12	43	47	5	3	2	23	14	2	1	10	20	33	-4	18	WLWDLL
17	Leeds United	23	7	4	12	31	42	6	3	4	23	18	1	1	8	8	24	-11	18	LLDLWW
18	Newcastle United	23	7	3	13	35	39	3	2	7	16	20	4	1	6	19	19	-4	17	LWLLWL
19	Sunderland	23	5	7	11	27	53	4	5	2	16	11	1	2	9	11	42	-26	17	DLWLDL
20	Aston Villa	23	6	4	13	36	51	5	2	4	21	16	1	2	9	15	35	-15	16	DLDWLL
21	Sheffield Wednesday	23	5	4	14	42	58	5	2	5	28	30	0	2	9	14	28	-16	14	WDLLLD
22	Leicester City	23	5	3	15	42	65	4	3	4	25	23	1	0	11	17	42	-23	13	LDWDLL

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	24	16	5	3	58	28	11	1	0	36	10	5	4	3	22	18	30	37	WWWWWL		0-1
1	2	West Bromwich Albion	24	10	11	3	55	40	7	4	1	33	16	3	7	2	22	24	15	31	WDDLLW		5-3
1	3	Manchester United	24	13	4	7	58	38	9	0	4	34	15	4	4	3	24	23	20	30	LDLWWD		2-2
	4	Preston North End	24	13	4	7	53	35	10	1	1	34	9	3	3	6	19	26	18	30	DLLWDW		3-0
	5	Manchester City	24	14	1	9	64	59	9	1	1	37	17	5	0	8	27	42	5	29	LWWWLW		4-1
1	6	Luton Town	24	12	3	9	37	36	8	2	2	25	12	4	1	7	12	24	1	27	WLWWLD		2-2
1	7	Nottingham Forest	24	12	2	10	48	36	6	1	4	26	13	6	1	6	22	23	12	26	LWDLWL		2-3
5	8	Tottenham Hotspur	24	11	4	9	52	51	8	1	3	34	21	3	3	6	18	30	1	26	WWLWWW		1-0
1	9	Burnley	24	11	3	10	49	46	10	1	1	36	13	1	2	9	13	33	3	25	LWLWWL		1-4
1	10	Arsenal	24	11	3	10	40	40	8	1	3	30	18	3	2	7	10	22	0	25	LLLWWL		0-3
3	11	Everton	24	8	9	7	38	40	3	8	1	17	13	5	1	6	21	27	-2	25	DLDLDW		5-1
2	12	Bolton Wanderers	24	10	5	9	42	47	7	3	3	28	21	3	2	6	14	26	-5	25	DWWLDL		1-5
2	13	Chelsea	24	9	6	9	53	49	7	2	3	36	21	2	4	6	17	28	4	24	DWWLWL		0-3
2	14	Blackpool	24	10	4	10	40	37	6	1	5	27	21	4	3	5	13	16	3	24	WDLLWL		1-2
	15	Birmingham City	24	7	7	10	42	53	4	3	5	25	25	3	4	5	17	28	-11	21	DDDDWL		3-5
	16	Portsmouth	24	8	4	12	46	47	6	3	2	26	14	2	1	10	20	33	-1	20	LWDLLW		3-0
1	17	Newcastle United	24	8	3	13	38	41	3	2	7	16	20	5	1	6	22	21	-3	19	WLLWLW		3-2
1	18	Sunderland	24	6	7	11	29	54	5	5	2	18	12	1	2	9	11	42	-25	19	LWLDLW		2-1
1	19	Aston Villa	24	7	4	13	39	51	6	2	4	24	16	1	2	9	15	35	-12	18	LDWLLW		3-0
3	20	Leeds United	24	7	4	13	32	44	6	3	4	23	18	1	1	9	9	26	-12	18	LDLWWL		1-2
1	21	Leicester City	24	6	3	15	44	66	5	3	4	27	24	1	0	11	17	42	-22	15	DWDLLW		2-1
1	22	Sheffield Wednesday	24	5	4	15	42	61	5	2	5	28	30	0	2	10	14	31	-19	14	DLLLDL		0-3