The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 LUTON TOWN - Sat Apr 12, 1958 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 12, 1958 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1957-58
Referee:: R Hartley
Attendance:: 22,085
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 1)
Luton Town:: Oct 11, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2151 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 775 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2362 (of 5828)
Total:: 3528 (of 7633)
Played:: 68 years, 5 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Wilson (58')

LUTON TOWN
Manager: Dally Duncan
Prior form: DDLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Chic Thomson
2	D	32	Bill Whare
3	D	32	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	22	Ronald Farmer
5	D	25	Bob McKinlay
6	M	32	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Billy Gray
8	F	27	Tommy Wilson (58')
9	M	25	Fay Coyle
10	F	32	Eddie Baily
11	F	26	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ronald Baynham
2	D	Ken Hawkes
3	D	Seamus Dunne
4	D	Syd Owen
5	D	Terry Kelly
6	M	Brian Whitby
7	M	Gordon Turner
8	M	Alwyn McGuffie
9	M	Tony Gregory
10	F	George Cummins
11	F	Michael Cullen

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 12, 1958)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Leeds United
Burnley	1-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chelsea	2-2	Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City	3-1	Sunderland
Newcastle United	3-3	Arsenal
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Luton Town
Portsmouth	1-2	Blackpool
Preston North End	1-1	Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Everton
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Manchester United
West Bromwich Albion	6-2	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	38	26	7	5	95	44	16	3	1	58	21	10	4	4	37	23	51	59	WDWWWL	Safe
	2	Preston North End	38	24	6	8	92	48	17	1	1	59	13	7	5	7	33	35	44	54	WWWWDW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	39	16	14	9	82	64	12	4	3	49	25	4	10	6	33	39	18	46	DLLDLL	Safe
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	39	18	9	12	87	75	11	4	4	55	32	7	5	8	32	43	12	45	LDWDWW	Safe
	5	Manchester City	38	20	5	13	94	91	13	4	2	54	30	7	1	11	40	61	3	45	WLDWWW	Safe
	6	Luton Town	39	18	6	15	65	57	12	3	5	43	21	6	3	10	22	36	8	42	DDLLWL	Safe
	7	Manchester United	36	16	9	11	80	62	10	3	5	44	24	6	6	6	36	38	18	41	LLLDDW	Safe
	8	Burnley	38	19	3	16	73	71	15	1	3	48	19	4	2	13	25	52	2	41	WLWWLW	Safe
	9	Blackpool	38	17	6	15	75	63	10	2	7	45	34	7	4	8	30	29	12	40	WWLLWL	Safe
	10	Nottingham Forest	37	15	8	14	66	55	9	4	6	40	24	6	4	8	26	31	11	38	WLLDDD	Safe
	11	Chelsea	39	14	10	15	79	76	9	4	6	43	31	5	6	9	36	45	3	38	LLDDWD	Safe
	12	Arsenal	38	16	4	18	69	78	10	2	7	47	38	6	2	11	22	40	-9	36	WLWLLW	Safe
	13	Birmingham City	39	13	10	16	73	87	8	5	6	42	35	5	5	10	31	52	-14	36	DLWLWW	Safe
	14	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	8	16	61	77	9	4	6	37	30	5	4	10	24	47	-16	36	LLDWLL	Safe
	15	Everton	38	11	11	16	58	68	5	9	6	32	30	6	2	10	26	38	-10	33	LWLLLL
	16	Aston Villa	38	14	5	19	67	83	11	3	5	43	25	3	2	14	24	58	-16	33	LLWLWW
	17	Leeds United	39	13	7	19	48	61	10	5	5	33	23	3	2	14	15	38	-13	33	WWLWDW
	18	Portsmouth	38	12	7	19	68	79	10	5	3	41	27	2	2	16	27	52	-11	31	DLWWLL
	19	Leicester City	39	13	5	21	87	103	11	4	5	58	38	2	1	16	29	65	-16	31	LWLWLW
	20	Sunderland	39	8	12	19	48	94	6	7	7	29	33	2	5	12	19	61	-46	28	WWDDLL
	21	Newcastle United	36	11	5	20	62	70	5	3	9	29	33	6	2	11	33	37	-8	27	LWLWLL
	22	Sheffield Wednesday	39	10	7	22	65	88	10	2	7	41	38	0	5	15	24	50	-23	27	WLWLDL

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	39	26	8	5	96	45	16	3	1	58	21	10	5	4	38	24	51	60	DWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	2	Preston North End	39	24	7	8	93	49	17	2	1	60	14	7	5	7	33	35	44	55	WWWDWD	Safe	1-1
	3	West Bromwich Albion	40	17	14	9	88	66	13	4	3	55	27	4	10	6	33	39	22	48	LLDLLW	Safe	6-2
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	40	19	9	12	88	75	12	4	4	56	32	7	5	8	32	43	13	47	DWDWWW	Safe	1-0
	5	Manchester City	39	21	5	13	97	92	14	4	2	57	31	7	1	11	40	61	5	47	LDWWWW	Safe	3-1
3	6	Blackpool	39	18	6	15	77	64	10	2	7	45	34	8	4	8	32	30	13	42	WLLWLW	Safe	2-1
1	7	Luton Town	40	18	6	16	65	58	12	3	5	43	21	6	3	11	22	37	7	42	DLLWLL	Safe	0-1
	8	Burnley	39	19	4	16	74	72	15	2	3	49	20	4	2	13	25	52	2	42	LWWLWD	Safe	1-1
2	9	Manchester United	37	16	9	12	80	63	10	3	5	44	24	6	6	7	36	39	17	41	LLDDWL	Safe	0-1
	10	Nottingham Forest	38	16	8	14	67	55	10	4	6	41	24	6	4	8	26	31	12	40	LLDDDW	Safe	1-0
	11	Chelsea	40	14	11	15	81	78	9	5	6	45	33	5	6	9	36	45	3	39	LDDWDD	Safe	2-2
	12	Arsenal	39	16	5	18	72	81	10	2	7	47	38	6	3	11	25	43	-9	37	LWLLWD	Safe	3-3
	13	Birmingham City	40	13	11	16	74	88	8	6	6	43	36	5	5	10	31	52	-14	37	LWLWWD	Safe	1-1
	14	Bolton Wanderers	39	14	9	16	63	79	9	4	6	37	30	5	5	10	26	49	-16	37	LDWLLD	Safe	2-2
1	15	Aston Villa	39	14	6	19	68	84	11	3	5	43	25	3	3	14	25	59	-16	34	LWLWWD	Safe	1-1
1	16	Leeds United	40	13	8	19	49	62	10	5	5	33	23	3	3	14	16	39	-13	34	WLWDWD	Safe	1-1
2	17	Everton	39	11	11	17	59	70	5	9	6	32	30	6	2	11	27	40	-11	33	WLLLLL		1-2
	18	Portsmouth	39	12	7	20	69	81	10	5	4	42	29	2	2	16	27	52	-12	31	LWWLLL		1-2
	19	Leicester City	40	13	5	22	89	109	11	4	5	58	38	2	1	17	31	71	-20	31	WLWLWL		2-6
2	20	Sheffield Wednesday	40	11	7	22	67	89	11	2	7	43	39	0	5	15	24	50	-22	29	LWLDLW		2-1
	21	Newcastle United	37	11	6	20	65	73	5	4	9	32	36	6	2	11	33	37	-8	28	WLWLLD		3-3
2	22	Sunderland	40	8	12	20	49	97	6	7	7	29	33	2	5	13	20	64	-48	28	WDDLLL		1-3