The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Tue Mar 31, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Tue Mar 31, 1959 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: K Aston
Attendance:: 27,917
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 12
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Aug 29, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2189 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 813 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2408 (of 5829)
Total:: 3579 (of 7634)
Played:: 67 years, 5 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Johnny Quigley (41')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Dally Duncan
Prior form: WLWDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Peter Dobing (55')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	33	Bill Whare	300th appearance
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 (41')
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Billy Gray
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Leyland
2	D	Dave Whelan
3	D	Matt Woods
4	D	Ken Taylor
5	D	Ronnie Clayton
6	M	Mick McGrath
7	M	Peter Dobing
8	M	Roy Vernon
9	M	Ally MacLeod
10	F	Bryan Douglas
11	F	Derek Dougan

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Tue Mar 31, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Leeds United	1-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
West Bromwich Albion	3-0	Manchester 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	Manchester United	38	22	6	10	98	64	12	4	3	54	27	10	2	7	44	37	34	50	WWWWLW	Safe
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	23	3	9	92	43	13	2	3	57	16	10	1	6	35	27	49	49	WDWWWW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	36	18	6	12	76	58	12	2	4	45	25	6	4	8	31	33	18	42	WWLDLL	Safe
	4	Burnley	36	18	6	12	72	61	10	3	5	37	25	8	3	7	35	36	11	42	WWWWWW	Safe
	5	Bolton Wanderers	35	16	9	10	69	57	13	2	4	51	27	3	7	6	18	30	12	41	LLLDWD	Safe
	6	West Ham United	36	19	3	14	75	64	13	1	3	50	25	6	2	11	25	39	11	41	WLWWWL	Safe
	7	Blackpool	36	15	10	11	57	45	10	7	0	33	10	5	3	11	24	35	12	40	LLWWLL	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	10	10	76	60	5	5	6	31	30	9	5	4	45	30	16	38	LLLLWW	Safe
	9	Blackburn Rovers	35	15	8	12	68	59	10	2	6	43	26	5	6	6	25	33	9	38	WLWDWW	Safe
	10	Birmingham City	33	16	5	12	65	56	10	1	5	37	29	6	4	7	28	27	9	37	WWWLWD
	11	Everton	37	16	4	17	64	75	11	3	5	38	34	5	1	12	26	41	-11	36	LWLWWW
	12	Newcastle United	37	16	3	18	71	73	10	1	7	35	26	6	2	11	36	47	-2	35	WLWLLW
	13	Nottingham Forest	33	15	4	14	61	54	8	2	5	31	20	7	2	9	30	34	7	34	LLWLLD
	14	Preston North End	37	15	4	18	61	71	8	1	9	34	35	7	3	9	27	36	-10	34	WLLLLL
	15	Chelsea	36	15	3	18	67	89	11	2	5	47	34	4	1	13	20	55	-22	33	DWWLLW
	16	Leeds United	36	12	8	16	48	65	6	7	5	24	23	6	1	11	24	42	-17	32	LDLWLW
	17	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	8	18	72	86	8	2	8	46	40	3	6	10	26	46	-14	30	WLWWLD
	18	Luton Town	32	10	9	13	58	55	9	4	4	41	23	1	5	9	17	32	3	29	WDLLWL
	19	Manchester City	35	10	8	17	59	80	7	6	5	37	29	3	2	12	22	51	-21	28	LWWLDL
	20	Aston Villa	36	11	5	20	54	78	8	4	7	30	31	3	1	13	24	47	-24	27	WWWLLD
	21	Leicester City	36	8	9	19	57	88	6	5	8	31	34	2	4	11	26	54	-31	25	LLLDWD
	22	Portsmouth	36	6	9	21	57	96	5	4	9	35	41	1	5	12	22	55	-39	21	LLDLLL

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	36	24	3	9	95	44	13	2	3	57	16	11	1	6	38	28	51	51	DWWWWW	Safe	3-1
1	2	Manchester United	38	22	6	10	98	64	12	4	3	54	27	10	2	7	44	37	34	50	WWWWLW	Safe
	3	Arsenal	36	18	6	12	76	58	12	2	4	45	25	6	4	8	31	33	18	42	WWLDLL	Safe
	4	Burnley	36	18	6	12	72	61	10	3	5	37	25	8	3	7	35	36	11	42	WWWWWW	Safe
	5	Bolton Wanderers	35	16	9	10	69	57	13	2	4	51	27	3	7	6	18	30	12	41	LLLDWD	Safe
	6	West Ham United	36	19	3	14	75	64	13	1	3	50	25	6	2	11	25	39	11	41	WLWWWL	Safe
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	35	15	10	10	79	60	6	5	6	34	30	9	5	4	45	30	19	40	LLLWWW	Safe	3-0
1	8	Blackpool	36	15	10	11	57	45	10	7	0	33	10	5	3	11	24	35	12	40	LLWWLL	Safe
	9	Blackburn Rovers	36	15	9	12	69	60	10	2	6	43	26	5	7	6	26	34	9	39	LWDWWD	Safe	1-1
	10	Birmingham City	33	16	5	12	65	56	10	1	5	37	29	6	4	7	28	27	9	37	WWWLWD
	11	Everton	37	16	4	17	64	75	11	3	5	38	34	5	1	12	26	41	-11	36	LWLWWW
1	12	Nottingham Forest	34	15	5	14	62	55	8	3	5	32	21	7	2	9	30	34	7	35	LWLLDD		1-1
1	13	Newcastle United	37	16	3	18	71	73	10	1	7	35	26	6	2	11	36	47	-2	35	WLWLLW
	14	Preston North End	37	15	4	18	61	71	8	1	9	34	35	7	3	9	27	36	-10	34	WLLLLL
	15	Chelsea	36	15	3	18	67	89	11	2	5	47	34	4	1	13	20	55	-22	33	DWWLLW
	16	Leeds United	37	12	8	17	49	68	6	7	6	25	26	6	1	11	24	42	-19	32	DLWLWL		1-3
	17	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	8	18	72	86	8	2	8	46	40	3	6	10	26	46	-14	30	WLWWLD
	18	Luton Town	32	10	9	13	58	55	9	4	4	41	23	1	5	9	17	32	3	29	WDLLWL
	19	Manchester City	36	10	8	18	59	83	7	6	5	37	29	3	2	13	22	54	-24	28	WWLDLL		0-3
	20	Aston Villa	36	11	5	20	54	78	8	4	7	30	31	3	1	13	24	47	-24	27	WWWLLD
	21	Leicester City	36	8	9	19	57	88	6	5	8	31	34	2	4	11	26	54	-31	25	LLLDWD
	22	Portsmouth	36	6	9	21	57	96	5	4	9	35	41	1	5	12	22	55	-39	21	LLDLLL