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BLACKPOOL 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 21, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 (Lost)

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: L Tirebuck
Attendance:: 13,228
Pos Before/After:: 8 9
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (FA Cup)
League:: Birmingham City
Blackpool:: Sep 05, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2183 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 807 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 2399 (of 5679)
Total:: 3567 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Ron Stuart
Prior form: WWLWWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Dave Durie

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Chic Thomson
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	Joe McDonald
4	M	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	M	Roy Dwight
8	F	Johnny Quigley
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Billy Gray
11	F	Stewart Imlach

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Farm
2	D	Jimmy Armfield
3	D	Jimmy Kelly
4	D	Roy Gratrix
5	D	Tommy Garrett
6	M	Peter Hauser
7	M	Hugh Kelly
8	M	Brian Peterson
9	M	Dave Durie
10	F	Bill Perry
11	F	Ray Charnley

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 21, 1959)

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

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	18	2	8	70	35	11	1	3	45	12	7	1	5	25	23	2.00000	38	WWLWWW
	2	Arsenal	29	16	4	9	68	45	10	1	3	39	20	6	3	6	29	25	1.51111	36	LWWWWD
	3	Manchester United	29	15	6	8	71	51	8	4	3	40	24	7	2	5	31	27	1.39216	36	WWWDWW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	9	6	64	43	4	4	4	24	21	8	5	2	40	22	1.48837	33	LWLWDD
	5	Bolton Wanderers	27	13	7	7	50	41	10	1	3	35	19	3	6	4	15	22	1.21951	33	WLLWWL
	6	Blackpool	28	11	10	7	41	32	6	7	0	21	9	5	3	7	20	23	1.28125	32	WWLWWL
	7	Preston North End	29	14	4	11	52	51	8	1	5	29	22	6	3	6	23	29	1.01961	32	LLWWLL
	8	Nottingham Forest	27	14	3	10	53	37	8	2	3	29	11	6	1	7	24	26	1.43243	31	LWWWLW
	9	West Ham United	28	14	3	11	60	51	10	1	3	40	21	4	2	8	20	30	1.17647	31	WWWWLW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	7	10	54	50	7	2	4	32	19	4	5	6	22	31	1.08000	29	LWLLWL
	11	Birmingham City	27	12	4	11	48	48	8	1	4	32	25	4	3	7	16	23	1.00000	28	WWLWWW
	12	Leeds United	29	10	7	12	39	52	4	6	4	16	17	6	1	8	23	35	.75000	27	LLLWWL
	13	Burnley	27	10	6	11	49	50	6	3	5	28	22	4	3	6	21	28	.98000	26	WDDWLL
	14	Chelsea	28	12	2	14	54	66	9	1	4	37	26	3	1	10	17	40	.81818	26	WLWDLW
	15	Everton	29	11	4	14	50	65	7	3	5	28	30	4	1	9	22	35	.76923	26	WLLWLD
	16	Newcastle United	28	11	3	14	56	57	7	1	6	29	23	4	2	8	27	34	.98246	25	LLWLDL
	17	Luton Town	26	8	8	10	45	40	7	4	3	33	17	1	4	7	12	23	1.12500	24	DWLLLW
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	28	8	5	15	51	68	5	1	8	30	33	3	4	7	21	35	.75000	21	LLWWLL
	19	Leicester City	27	7	7	13	45	64	5	4	5	26	25	2	3	8	19	39	.70313	21	WDDLLD
	20	Manchester City	28	7	7	14	43	66	6	5	3	30	21	1	2	11	13	45	.65152	21	LWLLDL
	21	Aston Villa	29	8	4	17	42	68	6	3	7	24	28	2	1	10	18	40	.61765	20	LLLWLW
	22	Portsmouth	28	6	6	16	44	69	5	3	6	29	28	1	3	10	15	41	.63768	18	LLLDLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	18	2	9	71	37	11	1	3	45	12	7	1	6	26	25	1.91892	38	WLWWWL	1-2
1	2	Manchester United	30	16	6	8	73	52	9	4	3	42	25	7	2	5	31	27	1.40385	38	WWDWWW	2-1
1	3	Arsenal	30	16	5	9	69	46	10	1	3	39	20	6	4	6	30	26	1.50000	37	WWWWDD	1-1
1	4	Bolton Wanderers	28	14	7	7	52	42	11	1	3	37	20	3	6	4	15	22	1.23810	35	LLWWLW	2-1
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	28	12	10	6	65	44	4	5	4	25	22	8	5	2	40	22	1.47727	34	WLWDDD	1-1
	6	Blackpool	29	12	10	7	42	32	7	7	0	22	9	5	3	7	20	23	1.31250	34	WLWWLW	1-0
2	7	West Ham United	29	15	3	11	62	52	10	1	3	40	21	5	2	8	22	31	1.19231	33	WWWLWW	2-1
1	8	Preston North End	30	14	4	12	53	53	8	1	5	29	22	6	3	7	24	31	1.00000	32	LWWLLL	1-2
1	9	Nottingham Forest	28	14	3	11	53	38	8	2	3	29	11	6	1	8	24	27	1.39474	31	WWWLWL	0-1
1	10	Birmingham City	28	13	4	11	50	49	9	1	4	34	26	4	3	7	16	23	1.02041	30	WLWWWW	2-1
1	11	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	7	11	55	52	7	2	5	33	21	4	5	6	22	31	1.05769	29	WLLWLL	1-2
1	12	Burnley	28	11	6	11	52	51	6	3	5	28	22	5	3	6	24	29	1.01961	28	DDWLLW	3-1
3	13	Newcastle United	29	12	3	14	57	57	8	1	6	30	23	4	2	8	27	34	1.00000	27	LWLDLW	1-0
2	14	Leeds United	30	10	7	13	39	56	4	6	5	16	21	6	1	8	23	35	.69643	27	LLWWLL	0-4
2	15	Luton Town	27	9	8	10	49	43	8	4	3	37	20	1	4	7	12	23	1.13953	26	WLLLWW	4-3
2	16	Chelsea	29	12	2	15	55	69	9	1	5	38	29	3	1	10	17	40	.79710	26	LWDLWL	1-3
2	17	Everton	30	11	4	15	51	67	7	3	5	28	30	4	1	10	23	37	.76119	26	LLWLDL	1-2
2	18	Manchester City	29	8	7	14	47	66	6	5	3	30	21	2	2	11	17	45	.71212	23	WLLDLW	4-0
1	19	Tottenham Hotspur	29	8	6	15	55	72	5	2	8	34	37	3	4	7	21	35	.76389	22	LWWLLD	4-4
1	20	Leicester City	28	7	7	14	48	68	5	4	5	26	25	2	3	9	22	43	.70588	21	DDLLDL	3-4
	21	Aston Villa	30	8	4	18	42	69	6	3	7	24	28	2	1	11	18	41	.60870	20	LLWLWL	0-1
	22	Portsmouth	29	6	7	16	48	73	5	3	6	29	28	1	4	10	19	45	.65753	19	LLDLLD	4-4