The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Mar 01, 1958 (League Tier 1)

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

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: C Woan
Attendance:: 38,341
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 15 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Nov 29, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2145 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 769 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2356 (of 5824)
Total:: 3522 (of 7629)
Played:: 68 years, 5 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Gray (11')
Eddie Baily (43')
Stewart Imlach (62')

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

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Walsh (4')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Chic Thomson
2	D	32	Bill Whare
3	D	32	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	400th appearance
4	M	32	Bill Morley
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Billy Gray (11')
8	F	32	Eddie Baily (43')
9	F	27	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Chris Joyce
11	F	26	Stewart Imlach (62')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Anderson
2	D	Joe Baillie
3	D	Ian King
4	D	Willie Cunningham
5	D	Eddie Russell
6	M	Don Walker
7	M	Howard Riley
8	M	Derek Hogg
9	M	Derek Hines
10	F	Jimmy Walsh
11	F	Johnny Morris

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

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	4-1	Arsenal
Burnley	0-2	Everton
Manchester City	4-3	Blackpool
Newcastle United	2-4	Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Leicester City
Preston North End	3-0	Sunderland
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Luton Town

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	30	20	6	4	76	36	14	2	0	50	15	6	4	4	26	21	40	46	WDLWWW	Safe
	2	Preston North End	30	18	5	7	74	40	12	1	1	45	10	6	4	6	29	30	34	41	WWDWWW
	3	Luton Town	31	17	4	10	57	42	11	2	3	40	16	6	2	7	17	26	15	38	DWWWWL
	4	West Bromwich Albion	30	13	12	5	70	53	10	4	1	44	20	3	8	4	26	33	17	38	WLWLWD
	5	Manchester United	29	15	7	7	74	48	10	1	4	42	18	5	6	3	32	30	26	37	DDDWWD
	6	Nottingham Forest	31	14	5	12	61	46	8	2	5	35	18	6	3	7	26	28	15	33	DDWLLD
	7	Chelsea	31	13	7	11	68	61	9	2	4	41	25	4	5	7	27	36	7	33	WWLLWW
	8	Burnley	30	15	3	12	61	58	12	1	2	41	16	3	2	10	20	42	3	33	LWWWLW
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	31	13	7	11	69	67	9	3	3	45	28	4	4	8	24	39	2	33	LDLWWD
	10	Manchester City	30	15	3	12	77	78	10	3	1	44	21	5	0	11	33	57	-1	33	DDLWLL
	11	Blackpool	30	13	6	11	55	48	7	2	6	34	28	6	4	5	21	20	7	32	LWWDWD
	12	Bolton Wanderers	31	12	7	12	55	66	7	4	5	32	28	5	3	7	23	38	-11	31	LLLDWD
	13	Arsenal	30	12	4	14	52	58	8	2	6	41	32	4	2	8	11	26	-6	28	LLWLLD
	14	Everton	30	8	11	11	44	52	3	9	4	21	21	5	2	7	23	31	-8	27	LLDLDL
	15	Leicester City	31	10	4	17	67	81	8	3	5	44	30	2	1	12	23	51	-14	24	WLLWDW
	16	Leeds United	30	9	6	15	40	52	7	4	4	26	19	2	2	11	14	33	-12	24	LDDWLW
	17	Birmingham City	29	8	8	13	50	73	4	4	6	30	31	4	4	7	20	42	-23	24	LDWLLL
	18	Newcastle United	29	9	5	15	47	51	3	3	8	19	24	6	2	7	28	27	-4	23	WDLLDW
	19	Portsmouth	30	9	5	16	52	60	7	4	3	30	19	2	1	13	22	41	-8	23	LLWLDL
	20	Aston Villa	30	9	5	16	49	67	7	3	5	31	22	2	2	11	18	45	-18	23	WWLDLL
	21	Sunderland	31	6	9	16	38	78	5	6	5	22	22	1	3	11	16	56	-40	21	LDDLLL
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	30	7	5	18	55	76	7	2	6	36	35	0	3	12	19	41	-21	19	LWLWLD

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	30	20	6	4	76	36	14	2	0	50	15	6	4	4	26	21	40	46	WDLWWW	Safe
	2	Preston North End	31	19	5	7	77	40	13	1	1	48	10	6	4	6	29	30	37	43	WDWWWW		3-0
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	30	13	12	5	70	53	10	4	1	44	20	3	8	4	26	33	17	38	WLWLWD
1	4	Luton Town	32	17	4	11	58	44	11	2	3	40	16	6	2	8	18	28	14	38	WWWWLL		1-2
	5	Manchester United	29	15	7	7	74	48	10	1	4	42	18	5	6	3	32	30	26	37	DDDWWD
	6	Nottingham Forest	32	15	5	12	64	47	9	2	5	38	19	6	3	7	26	28	17	35	DWLLDW		3-1
3	7	Manchester City	31	16	3	12	81	81	11	3	1	48	24	5	0	11	33	57	0	35	DLWLLW		4-3
1	8	Chelsea	31	13	7	11	68	61	9	2	4	41	25	4	5	7	27	36	7	33	WWLLWW
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	31	13	7	11	69	67	9	3	3	45	28	4	4	8	24	39	2	33	LDLWWD
2	10	Burnley	31	15	3	13	61	60	12	1	3	41	18	3	2	10	20	42	1	33	WWWLWL		0-2
	11	Blackpool	31	13	6	12	58	52	7	2	6	34	28	6	4	6	24	24	6	32	WWDWDL		3-4
	12	Bolton Wanderers	31	12	7	12	55	66	7	4	5	32	28	5	3	7	23	38	-11	31	LLLDWD
1	13	Everton	31	9	11	11	46	52	3	9	4	21	21	6	2	7	25	31	-6	29	LDLDLW		2-0
1	14	Arsenal	31	12	4	15	53	62	8	2	6	41	32	4	2	9	12	30	-9	28	LWLLDL		1-4
2	15	Birmingham City	30	9	8	13	54	74	5	4	6	34	32	4	4	7	20	42	-20	26	DWLLLW		4-1
4	16	Aston Villa	31	10	5	16	53	69	7	3	5	31	22	3	2	11	22	47	-16	25	WLDLLW		4-2
2	17	Leicester City	32	10	4	18	68	84	8	3	5	44	30	2	1	13	24	54	-16	24	LLWDWL		1-3
2	18	Leeds United	30	9	6	15	40	52	7	4	4	26	19	2	2	11	14	33	-12	24	LDDWLW
1	19	Newcastle United	30	9	5	16	49	55	3	3	9	21	28	6	2	7	28	27	-6	23	DLLDWL		2-4
1	20	Portsmouth	30	9	5	16	52	60	7	4	3	30	19	2	1	13	22	41	-8	23	LLWLDL
1	21	Sheffield Wednesday	31	8	5	18	57	77	8	2	6	38	36	0	3	12	19	41	-20	21	WLWLDW		2-1
1	22	Sunderland	32	6	9	17	38	81	5	6	5	22	22	1	3	12	16	59	-43	21	DDLLLL		0-3