The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BOLTON WANDERERS - Sat Feb 07, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 07, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bolton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: R Langdale
Attendance:: 29,703
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 3 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (FA Cup)
League:: Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers:: Feb 28, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2182 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 806 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2396 (of 5829)
Total:: 3567 (of 7634)
Played:: 67 years, 7 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jeff Whitefoot (5')
Roy Dwight (53')
Tommy Wilson (87')

BOLTON WANDERERS
Manager: Bill Ridding
Prior form: DWLLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Chic Thomson
2	D	33	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot (5')
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	M	26	Roy Dwight (53')
8	F	23	Johnny Quigley
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson (87')
10	F	31	Billy Gray
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Eddie Hopkinson
2	D	Tommy Banks
3	D	John Higgins
4	D	Roy Hartle
5	D	Derek Hennin
6	M	Ray Parry
7	M	Graham Stanley
8	M	Bryan Edwards
9	M	Brian Birch
10	F	Doug Holden
11	F	Fred Hill

Videos:

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 07, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	5-1	Preston North End
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Portsmouth
Blackpool	2-1	Aston Villa
Chelsea	3-2	West Ham United
Leeds United	1-0	Everton
Luton Town	6-2	Burnley
Manchester City	0-0	Arsenal
Newcastle United	3-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Bolton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur	1-3	Manchester United
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	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	Arsenal	28	16	3	9	68	45	10	1	3	39	20	6	2	6	29	25	23	35	LLWWWW
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	16	2	8	60	30	10	1	3	39	10	6	1	5	21	20	30	34	LWWWLW
	3	Bolton Wanderers	26	13	7	6	50	38	10	1	3	35	19	3	6	3	15	19	12	33	DWLLWW
	4	Manchester United	27	13	6	8	64	49	7	4	3	36	23	6	2	5	28	26	15	32	WWWWWD
	5	Preston North End	28	14	4	10	51	46	8	1	5	29	22	6	3	5	22	24	5	32	WLLWWL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	25	12	7	6	59	38	4	3	4	22	19	8	4	2	37	19	21	31	DWLWLW
	7	Blackpool	26	10	10	6	39	30	5	7	0	19	8	5	3	6	20	22	9	30	LDWWLW
	8	Nottingham Forest	26	13	3	10	50	37	7	2	3	26	11	6	1	7	24	26	13	29	LLWWWL
	9	West Ham United	26	13	3	10	57	48	9	1	3	39	21	4	2	7	18	27	9	29	LWWWWW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	26	10	7	9	52	48	6	2	4	30	18	4	5	5	22	30	4	27	DWLWLL
	11	Burnley	26	10	6	10	47	44	6	3	5	28	22	4	3	5	19	22	3	26	WWDDWL
	12	Birmingham City	26	11	4	11	43	47	7	1	4	27	24	4	3	7	16	23	-4	26	WWWLWW
	13	Newcastle United	27	11	3	13	53	53	7	1	5	26	19	4	2	8	27	34	0	25	LLLWLD
	14	Leeds United	27	9	7	11	36	46	3	6	4	15	17	6	1	7	21	29	-10	25	LWLLLW
	15	Everton	27	11	3	13	47	61	7	2	5	25	27	4	1	8	22	34	-14	25	LWWLLW
	16	Chelsea	27	11	2	14	51	64	8	1	4	34	24	3	1	10	17	40	-13	24	LWLWDL
	17	Luton Town	25	7	8	10	39	38	6	4	3	27	15	1	4	7	12	23	1	22	LDWLLL
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	27	8	5	14	50	65	5	1	7	29	30	3	4	7	21	35	-15	21	DLLWWL
	19	Leicester City	26	7	6	13	43	62	5	4	5	26	25	2	2	8	17	37	-19	20	WWDDLL
	20	Manchester City	26	7	6	13	42	62	6	4	3	30	21	1	2	10	12	41	-20	20	WLLWLL
	21	Portsmouth	27	6	6	15	43	67	5	3	6	29	28	1	3	9	14	39	-24	18	LLLLDL
	22	Aston Villa	27	7	4	16	40	66	5	3	7	23	28	2	1	9	17	38	-26	18	WLLLLW

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	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	17	2	8	64	33	10	1	3	39	10	7	1	5	25	23	31	36	WWWLWW		4-3
1	2	Arsenal	29	16	4	9	68	45	10	1	3	39	20	6	3	6	29	25	23	36	LWWWWD		0-0
1	3	Manchester United	28	14	6	8	67	50	7	4	3	36	23	7	2	5	31	27	17	34	WWWWDW		3-1
1	4	Bolton Wanderers	27	13	7	7	50	41	10	1	3	35	19	3	6	4	15	22	9	33	WLLWWL		0-3
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	26	12	8	6	61	40	4	4	4	24	21	8	4	2	37	19	21	32	WLWLWD		2-2
1	6	Blackpool	27	11	10	6	41	31	6	7	0	21	9	5	3	6	20	22	10	32	DWWLWW		2-1
2	7	Preston North End	29	14	4	11	52	51	8	1	5	29	22	6	3	6	23	29	1	32	LLWWLL		1-5
	8	Nottingham Forest	27	14	3	10	53	37	8	2	3	29	11	6	1	7	24	26	16	31	LWWWLW		3-0
	9	West Ham United	27	13	3	11	59	51	9	1	3	39	21	4	2	8	20	30	8	29	WWWWWL		2-3
	10	Blackburn Rovers	27	11	7	9	54	49	7	2	4	32	19	4	5	5	22	30	5	29	WLWLLW		2-1
1	11	Birmingham City	27	12	4	11	48	48	8	1	4	32	25	4	3	7	16	23	0	28	WWLWWW		5-1
2	12	Leeds United	28	10	7	11	37	46	4	6	4	16	17	6	1	7	21	29	-9	27	WLLLWW		1-0
2	13	Burnley	27	10	6	11	49	50	6	3	5	28	22	4	3	6	21	28	-1	26	WDDWLL		2-6
2	14	Chelsea	28	12	2	14	54	66	9	1	4	37	26	3	1	10	17	40	-12	26	WLWDLW		3-2
2	15	Newcastle United	28	11	3	14	56	57	7	1	6	29	23	4	2	8	27	34	-1	25	LLWLDL		3-4
1	16	Everton	28	11	3	14	47	62	7	2	5	25	27	4	1	9	22	35	-15	25	WWLLWL		0-1
	17	Luton Town	26	8	8	10	45	40	7	4	3	33	17	1	4	7	12	23	5	24	DWLLLW		6-2
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	28	8	5	15	51	68	5	1	8	30	33	3	4	7	21	35	-17	21	LLWWLL		1-3
	19	Leicester City	27	7	7	13	45	64	5	4	5	26	25	2	3	8	19	39	-19	21	WDDLLD		2-2
	20	Manchester City	27	7	7	13	42	62	6	5	3	30	21	1	2	10	12	41	-20	21	LLWLLD		0-0
	21	Portsmouth	28	6	6	16	44	69	5	3	6	29	28	1	3	10	15	41	-25	18	LLLDLL		1-2
	22	Aston Villa	28	7	4	17	41	68	5	3	7	23	28	2	1	10	18	40	-27	18	LLLLWL		1-2