The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 28, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 28, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: R Wood
Attendance:: 28,146
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 11
Opp Before/After:: 19 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Aug 22, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2188 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 812 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 2407 (of 5828)
Total:: 3578 (of 7633)
Played:: 67 years, 5 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Wilson (7')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Les McDowall
Prior form: LWLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Colin Barlow (15')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	33	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	M	26	Roy Dwight
8	F	23	Johnny Quigley
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson (7')
10	F	31	Billy Gray
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bert Trautmann
2	D	Bill Leivers
3	D	Cliff Sear
4	D	Ken Barnes
5	D	Jock McTavish
6	M	Ron Phoenix
7	M	Colin Barlow
8	M	George Hannah
9	M	Billy McAdams
10	F	Joe Hayes
11	F	Ray Sambrook

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 28, 1959)

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

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	Manchester United	36	21	6	9	93	59	12	4	3	54	27	9	2	6	39	32	34	48	LWWWWW	Safe
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	22	3	9	90	42	13	2	3	57	16	9	1	6	33	26	48	47	LWDWWW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	35	18	6	11	75	56	12	2	3	44	23	6	4	8	31	33	19	42	DWWLDL	Safe
	4	Blackpool	34	15	10	9	55	39	10	7	0	33	10	5	3	9	22	29	16	40	WWLLWW	Safe
	5	West Ham United	34	18	3	13	72	60	13	1	3	50	25	5	2	10	22	35	12	39	WLWLWW	Safe
	6	Bolton Wanderers	33	15	8	10	65	56	12	2	4	47	26	3	6	6	18	30	9	38	WWLLLD
	7	Blackburn Rovers	35	15	8	12	68	59	10	2	6	43	26	5	6	6	25	33	9	38	WLWDWW
	8	Burnley	34	16	6	12	64	59	9	3	5	33	23	7	3	7	31	36	5	38	LWWWWW
	9	Birmingham City	33	16	5	12	65	56	10	1	5	37	29	6	4	7	28	27	9	37	WWWLWD
	10	West Bromwich Albion	32	12	10	10	71	59	4	5	6	28	29	8	5	4	43	30	12	34	DDLLLL
	11	Preston North End	35	15	4	16	60	65	8	1	7	33	29	7	3	9	27	36	-5	34	LLWLLL
	12	Nottingham Forest	32	15	3	14	60	53	8	2	5	31	20	7	1	9	29	33	7	33	WLLWLL
	13	Newcastle United	35	15	3	17	66	68	9	1	7	32	25	6	2	10	34	43	-2	33	WLWLWL
	14	Everton	35	14	4	17	59	73	9	3	5	33	32	5	1	12	26	41	-14	32	LWLWLW
	15	Chelsea	34	14	3	17	64	84	10	2	5	44	33	4	1	12	20	51	-20	31	LLDWWL
	16	Leeds United	35	11	8	16	44	65	5	7	5	20	23	6	1	11	24	42	-21	30	LLDLWL
	17	Tottenham Hotspur	35	11	7	17	70	81	8	2	8	46	40	3	5	9	24	41	-11	29	LDWLWW
	18	Luton Town	30	9	9	12	53	50	8	4	4	37	21	1	5	8	16	29	3	27	LWWDLL
	19	Manchester City	33	10	7	16	58	77	7	5	4	36	26	3	2	12	22	51	-19	27	LWLWWL
	20	Aston Villa	34	11	4	19	52	75	8	3	7	29	30	3	1	12	23	45	-23	26	WLWWWL
	21	Leicester City	34	7	8	19	54	87	5	4	8	28	33	2	4	11	26	54	-33	22	LLLLLD
	22	Portsmouth	34	6	9	19	55	90	5	4	8	34	38	1	5	11	21	52	-35	21	DDLLDL

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	35	23	3	9	92	43	13	2	3	57	16	10	1	6	35	27	49	49	WDWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	2	Manchester United	37	21	6	10	95	63	12	4	3	54	27	9	2	7	41	36	32	48	WWWWWL	Safe	2-4
	3	Arsenal	36	18	6	12	76	58	12	2	4	45	25	6	4	8	31	33	18	42	WWLDLL	Safe	1-2
1	4	West Ham United	35	19	3	13	74	61	13	1	3	50	25	6	2	10	24	36	13	41	LWLWWW	Safe	2-1
1	5	Blackpool	35	15	10	10	56	42	10	7	0	33	10	5	3	10	23	32	14	40	WLLWWL	Safe	1-3
	6	Bolton Wanderers	34	16	8	10	69	57	13	2	4	51	27	3	6	6	18	30	12	40	WLLLDW	Safe	4-1
1	7	Burnley	35	17	6	12	68	61	10	3	5	37	25	7	3	7	31	36	7	40	WWWWWW	Safe	4-2
1	8	Blackburn Rovers	35	15	8	12	68	59	10	2	6	43	26	5	6	6	25	33	9	38	WLWDWW
	9	Birmingham City	33	16	5	12	65	56	10	1	5	37	29	6	4	7	28	27	9	37	WWWLWD
	10	West Bromwich Albion	33	13	10	10	74	60	5	5	6	31	30	8	5	4	43	30	14	36	DLLLLW		3-1
1	11	Nottingham Forest	33	15	4	14	61	54	8	2	5	31	20	7	2	9	30	34	7	34	LLWLLD		1-1
1	12	Preston North End	36	15	4	17	61	67	8	1	8	34	31	7	3	9	27	36	-6	34	LWLLLL		1-2
1	13	Everton	36	15	4	17	61	74	10	3	5	35	33	5	1	12	26	41	-13	34	WLWLWW		2-1
1	14	Newcastle United	36	15	3	18	68	72	9	1	7	32	25	6	2	11	36	47	-4	33	LWLWLL		2-4
1	15	Leeds United	36	12	8	16	48	65	6	7	5	24	23	6	1	11	24	42	-17	32	LDLWLW		4-0
1	16	Chelsea	35	14	3	18	64	88	10	2	5	44	33	4	1	13	20	55	-24	31	LDWWLL		0-4
1	17	Luton Town	31	10	9	12	57	52	9	4	4	41	23	1	5	8	16	29	5	29	WWDLLW		4-2
1	18	Tottenham Hotspur	36	11	7	18	71	85	8	2	8	46	40	3	5	10	25	45	-14	29	DWLWWL		1-4
	19	Manchester City	34	10	8	16	59	78	7	6	4	37	27	3	2	12	22	51	-19	28	WLWWLD		1-1
	20	Aston Villa	35	11	4	20	53	77	8	3	7	29	30	3	1	13	24	47	-24	26	LWWWLL		1-2
	21	Leicester City	35	8	8	19	57	88	6	4	8	31	34	2	4	11	26	54	-31	24	LLLLDW		3-1
	22	Portsmouth	35	6	9	20	56	93	5	4	8	34	38	1	5	12	22	55	-37	21	DLLDLL		1-3