The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 7 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Mar 07, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 07, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-7 LOST
: Half-time: 1-3

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

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: Jack Clough
Attendance:: 18,977
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 11
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (FA Cup)
League:: Preston North End
Birmingham City:: Oct 17, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2184 (of 5088)
League Tier 1:: 808 (of 2340)
Competitive:: 2402 (of 5830)
Total:: 3573 (of 7635)
Played:: 67 years, 6 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Roy Dwight (24')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Pat Beasley
Prior form: LWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Robin Stubbs (32')
Robin Stubbs (42')
Gordon Astall (44')
Harry Hooper (46')
Johnny Gordon (60')
Johnny Watts (63')
Gordon Astall (82')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Willie Fraser	Debut
2	D	33	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	M	24	Peter Watson (1956)
6	M	33	Bill Morley
7	M	26	Roy Dwight (24')
8	F	18	Billy Younger	Debut
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Billy Gray
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	30	Willie Fraser	Debut
2	D	33	Bill Whare	293	2	7	1
3	D	30	Joe McDonald	30		7	1
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot	32	2	7	1
5	M	24	Peter Watson (1956)	10		434	61
6	M	33	Bill Morley	294	10	35	7
7	M	26	Roy Dwight (24')	35	22	7	1
8	F	18	Billy Younger	Debut
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson	167	71	7	1
10	F	31	Billy Gray	73	17	7	1
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach	158	42	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gil Merrick
2	D	George Allen
3	D	Jeff Hall
4	D	Dick Neal
5	D	Johnny Watts
6	M	Trevor Smith
7	M	Harry Hooper
8	M	Bunny Larkin
9	M	Robin Stubbs
10	F	Johnny Gordon
11	F	Gordon Astall

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

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Leeds United
Blackburn Rovers	4-1	Burnley
Blackpool	4-0	Bolton Wanderers
Chelsea	3-3	Luton Town
Manchester United	2-1	Everton
Newcastle United	1-2	Preston North End
Nottingham Forest	1-7	Birmingham City
Portsmouth	3-4	Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur	6-0	Leicester City
West Ham United	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6-1	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	19	3	9	76	39	11	2	3	46	13	8	1	6	30	26	37	41	WWWLWD
2	Arsenal	32	18	5	9	73	48	12	1	3	43	22	6	4	6	30	26	25	41	WWDDWW
3	Manchester United	32	17	6	9	78	56	9	4	3	42	25	8	2	6	36	31	22	40	DWWWLW
4	Bolton Wanderers	29	15	7	7	58	42	12	1	3	43	20	3	6	4	15	22	16	37	LWWLWW
5	West Bromwich Albion	28	12	10	6	65	44	4	5	4	25	22	8	5	2	40	22	21	34	WLWDDD
6	Blackpool	29	12	10	7	42	32	7	7	0	22	9	5	3	7	20	23	10	34	WLWWLW
7	West Ham United	30	15	3	12	62	55	10	1	3	40	21	5	2	9	22	34	7	33	WWLWWL
8	Birmingham City	29	14	4	11	53	49	10	1	4	37	26	4	3	7	16	23	4	32	LWWWWW
9	Preston North End	31	14	4	13	54	55	8	1	6	30	24	6	3	7	24	31	-1	32	WWLLLL
10	Nottingham Forest	28	14	3	11	53	38	8	2	3	29	11	6	1	8	24	27	15	31	WWWLWL
11	Blackburn Rovers	31	12	7	12	58	56	7	2	6	34	24	5	5	6	24	32	2	31	LWLLWL
12	Newcastle United	30	13	3	14	58	57	8	1	6	30	23	5	2	8	28	34	1	29	WLDLWW
13	Burnley	28	11	6	11	52	51	6	3	5	28	22	5	3	6	24	29	1	28	DDWLLW
14	Everton	31	12	4	15	53	68	8	3	5	30	31	4	1	10	23	37	-15	28	LWLDLW
15	Leeds United	32	10	8	14	40	58	4	7	5	17	22	6	1	9	23	36	-18	28	WWLLLD
16	Luton Town	27	9	8	10	49	43	8	4	3	37	20	1	4	7	12	23	6	26	WLLLWW
17	Chelsea	30	12	2	16	55	75	9	1	5	38	29	3	1	11	17	46	-20	26	WDLWLL
18	Tottenham Hotspur	31	8	7	16	57	75	5	2	8	34	37	3	5	8	23	38	-18	23	WLLDLD
19	Manchester City	30	8	7	15	48	70	6	5	4	31	25	2	2	11	17	45	-22	23	LLDLWL
20	Leicester City	29	7	7	15	48	69	5	4	6	26	26	2	3	9	22	43	-21	21	DLLDLL
21	Portsmouth	30	6	8	16	49	74	5	3	6	29	28	1	5	10	20	46	-25	20	LDLLDD
22	Aston Villa	30	8	4	18	42	69	6	3	7	24	28	2	1	11	18	41	-27	20	LLWLWL

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	32	20	3	9	82	40	12	2	3	52	14	8	1	6	30	26	42	43	WWLWDW		6-1
1	2	Manchester United	33	18	6	9	80	57	10	4	3	44	26	8	2	6	36	31	23	42	WWWLWW		2-1
1	3	Arsenal	33	18	5	10	74	54	12	1	3	43	22	6	4	7	31	32	20	41	WDDWWL		1-6
	4	Bolton Wanderers	30	15	7	8	58	46	12	1	3	43	20	3	6	5	15	26	12	37	WWLWWL		0-4
1	5	Blackpool	30	13	10	7	46	32	8	7	0	26	9	5	3	7	20	23	14	36	LWWLWW		4-0
1	6	West Ham United	31	16	3	12	65	56	11	1	3	43	22	5	2	9	22	34	9	35	WLWWLW		3-1
2	7	West Bromwich Albion	29	12	10	7	66	47	4	5	4	25	22	8	5	3	41	25	19	34	LWDDDL		1-3
	8	Birmingham City	30	15	4	11	60	50	10	1	4	37	26	5	3	7	23	24	10	34	WWWWWW		7-1
	9	Preston North End	32	15	4	13	56	56	8	1	6	30	24	7	3	7	26	32	0	34	WLLLLW		2-1
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	32	13	7	12	62	57	8	2	6	38	25	5	5	6	24	32	5	33	WLLWLW		4-1
1	11	Nottingham Forest	29	14	3	12	54	45	8	2	4	30	18	6	1	8	24	27	9	31	WWLWLL		1-7
	12	Newcastle United	31	13	3	15	59	59	8	1	7	31	25	5	2	8	28	34	0	29	LDLWWL		1-2
	13	Burnley	29	11	6	12	53	55	6	3	5	28	22	5	3	7	25	33	-2	28	DWLLWL		1-4
	14	Everton	32	12	4	16	54	70	8	3	5	30	31	4	1	11	24	39	-16	28	WLDLWL		1-2
	15	Leeds United	33	10	8	15	41	60	4	7	5	17	22	6	1	10	24	38	-19	28	WLLLDL		1-2
	16	Luton Town	28	9	9	10	52	46	8	4	3	37	20	1	5	7	15	26	6	27	LLLWWD		3-3
	17	Chelsea	31	12	3	16	58	78	9	2	5	41	32	3	1	11	17	46	-20	27	DLWLLD		3-3
	18	Tottenham Hotspur	32	9	7	16	63	75	6	2	8	40	37	3	5	8	23	38	-12	25	LLDLDW		6-0
	19	Manchester City	31	9	7	15	52	73	6	5	4	31	25	3	2	11	21	48	-21	25	LDLWLW		4-3
2	20	Aston Villa	31	9	4	18	44	70	7	3	7	26	29	2	1	11	18	41	-26	22	LWLWLW		2-1
1	21	Leicester City	30	7	7	16	48	75	5	4	6	26	26	2	3	10	22	49	-27	21	LLDLLL		0-6
1	22	Portsmouth	31	6	8	17	52	78	5	3	7	32	32	1	5	10	20	46	-26	20	DLLDDL		3-4