The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 PORTSMOUTH - Sat Feb 01, 1958 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 01, 1958 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 23,344
League Week:: 28 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 16 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Portsmouth:: Aug 30, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2141 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 765 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2352 (of 5824)
Total:: 3518 (of 7629)
Played:: 68 years, 6 months, 20 days ago

Review
Cyril Rutter went off injured after only 5 mintutes

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

Goal Scorers
Stewart Imlach (44') (Pen)
Eddie Baily (86')

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: Eddie Lever
Prior form: LLWLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Harry Sharratt	Only appearance
2	D	32	Bill Whare
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	32	Bill Morley
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jack Burkitt
7	F	24	Chris Joyce
8	F	22	Johnny Quigley
9	M	20	Ken Simcoe	Debut
10	F	32	Eddie Baily (86')
11	F	26	Stewart Imlach (44')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Norman Uprichard
2	D	Phil Gunter
3	D	Cyril Rutter
4	D	Alec Wilson
5	D	Jimmy Dickinson
6	M	Peter Harris
7	M	Mike Barnard
8	M	Ron Newman
9	M	Johnny Gordon
10	F	Ray Crawford
11	F	Jackie Henderson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 01, 1958)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	4-5	Manchester United
Aston Villa	1-1	Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers	0-2	Leeds United
Burnley	2-1	Chelsea
Everton	0-2	Luton Town
Manchester City	4-1	West Bromwich Albion
Newcastle United	2-2	Sunderland
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Portsmouth
Preston North End	8-0	Birmingham City
Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5-1	Leicester City

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	27	17	6	4	63	32	11	2	0	37	11	6	4	4	26	21	31	40	WWLWDL
	2	Preston North End	27	15	5	7	61	39	11	1	1	37	10	4	4	6	24	29	22	35	WDWWWD
	3	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	11	4	64	45	9	4	1	41	18	3	7	3	23	27	19	35	LLWWLW
	4	Manchester United	27	14	6	7	68	43	10	0	4	41	17	4	6	3	27	26	25	34	WWDDDW
	5	Luton Town	27	14	4	9	45	37	10	2	2	32	12	4	2	7	13	25	8	32	WLDWDW
	6	Manchester City	27	14	3	10	68	64	9	3	1	40	20	5	0	9	28	44	4	31	WLWDDL
	7	Nottingham Forest	27	13	4	10	55	40	7	2	4	32	16	6	2	6	23	24	15	30	LWLWDD
	8	Chelsea	27	11	7	9	61	54	9	2	3	41	23	2	5	6	20	31	7	29	LWLDWW
	9	Burnley	27	13	3	11	55	53	11	1	1	38	13	2	2	10	17	40	2	29	WWLLWW
	10	Blackpool	27	12	4	11	48	44	7	1	6	32	26	5	3	5	16	18	4	28	LWLLWW
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	27	11	6	10	58	59	8	3	3	40	27	3	3	7	18	32	-1	28	WWWDLD
	12	Arsenal	27	12	3	12	43	47	8	1	4	32	21	4	2	8	11	26	-4	27	WWLLLW
	13	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	5	11	49	59	7	3	4	30	24	4	2	7	19	35	-10	27	LDLWLL
	14	Everton	27	8	10	9	41	46	3	8	2	18	15	5	2	7	23	31	-5	26	LDWLLD
	15	Birmingham City	27	8	8	11	49	60	4	4	6	30	31	4	4	5	19	29	-11	24	DWLDWL
	16	Portsmouth	27	9	4	14	50	54	7	3	3	28	17	2	1	11	22	37	-4	22	LLWLLW
	17	Aston Villa	27	9	4	14	46	57	7	2	4	29	18	2	2	10	17	39	-11	22	LLWWWL
	18	Newcastle United	27	8	4	15	43	48	3	2	8	17	22	5	2	7	26	26	-5	20	WLWDLL
	19	Leeds United	27	7	6	14	34	49	6	4	4	24	19	1	2	10	10	30	-15	20	WWLLDD
	20	Sunderland	27	6	8	13	32	62	5	6	3	19	15	1	2	10	13	47	-30	20	DLWLLD
	21	Leicester City	27	8	3	16	50	69	6	3	5	30	25	2	0	11	20	44	-19	19	LLWWWL
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	27	6	4	17	49	71	6	2	5	32	32	0	2	12	17	39	-22	16	LDLLWL

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	28	18	6	4	68	33	12	2	0	42	12	6	4	4	26	21	35	42	WLWDLW		5-1
	2	Preston North End	28	16	5	7	69	39	12	1	1	45	10	4	4	6	24	29	30	37	DWWWDW		8-0
1	3	Manchester United	28	15	6	7	73	47	10	0	4	41	17	5	6	3	32	30	26	36	WDDDWW		5-4
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	28	12	11	5	65	49	9	4	1	41	18	3	7	4	24	31	16	35	LWWLWL		1-4
	5	Luton Town	28	15	4	9	47	37	10	2	2	32	12	5	2	7	15	25	10	34	LDWDWW		2-0
	6	Manchester City	28	15	3	10	72	65	10	3	1	44	21	5	0	9	28	44	7	33	LWDDLW		4-1
	7	Nottingham Forest	28	14	4	10	57	40	8	2	4	34	16	6	2	6	23	24	17	32	WLWDDW		2-0
1	8	Burnley	28	14	3	11	57	54	12	1	1	40	14	2	2	10	17	40	3	31	WLLWWW		2-1
1	9	Chelsea	28	11	7	10	62	56	9	2	3	41	23	2	5	7	21	33	6	29	WLDWWL		1-2
	10	Blackpool	28	12	5	11	49	45	7	1	6	32	26	5	4	5	17	19	4	29	WLLWWD		1-1
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	28	11	6	11	58	61	8	3	3	40	27	3	3	8	18	34	-3	28	WWDLDL		0-2
	12	Arsenal	28	12	3	13	47	52	8	1	5	36	26	4	2	8	11	26	-5	27	WLLLWL		4-5
	13	Bolton Wanderers	28	11	5	12	49	61	7	3	5	30	26	4	2	7	19	35	-12	27	DLWLLL		0-2
	14	Everton	28	8	10	10	41	48	3	8	3	18	17	5	2	7	23	31	-7	26	DWLLDL		0-2
	15	Birmingham City	28	8	8	12	49	68	4	4	6	30	31	4	4	6	19	37	-19	24	WLDWLL		0-8
1	16	Aston Villa	28	9	5	14	47	58	7	3	4	30	19	2	2	10	17	39	-11	23	LWWWLD		1-1
1	17	Portsmouth	28	9	4	15	50	56	7	3	3	28	17	2	1	12	22	39	-6	22	LWLLWL		0-2
1	18	Leeds United	28	8	6	14	36	49	6	4	4	24	19	2	2	10	12	30	-13	22	WLLDDW		2-0
1	19	Newcastle United	28	8	5	15	45	50	3	3	8	19	24	5	2	7	26	26	-5	21	LWDLLD		2-2
	20	Sunderland	28	6	9	13	34	64	5	6	3	19	15	1	3	10	15	49	-30	21	LWLLDD		2-2
	21	Leicester City	28	8	3	17	51	74	6	3	5	30	25	2	0	12	21	49	-23	19	LWWWLL		1-5
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	28	7	4	17	51	71	7	2	5	34	32	0	2	12	17	39	-20	18	DLLWLW		2-0