The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 ARSENAL - Sat Apr 04, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 04, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: F Collinge
Attendance:: 32,708
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 11
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Aug 26, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2190 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 814 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2409 (of 5829)
Total:: 3580 (of 7634)
Played:: 67 years, 5 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Wilson (72')

ARSENAL
Manager: George Swindin
Prior form: WWLDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Haverty (60')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	33	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	18	Calvin Palmer	Debut
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 (72')
10	F	28	Jim Barrett
11	F	31	Billy Gray

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Standen
2	D	Bill Dodgin
3	D	Dennis Evans
4	D	Billy McCullough
5	D	David Bowen
6	M	Vic Groves
7	M	Tommy Docherty
8	M	John Barnwell
9	M	Joe Haverty
10	F	David Herd
11	F	Danny Clapton

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 04, 1959)

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

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	36	24	3	9	95	44	13	2	3	57	16	11	1	6	38	28	51	51	DWWWWW	Safe
	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
	7	West Bromwich Albion	35	15	10	10	79	60	6	5	6	34	30	9	5	4	45	30	19	40	LLLWWW	Safe
	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
	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	Nottingham Forest	34	15	5	14	62	55	8	3	5	32	21	7	2	9	30	34	7	35	LWLLDD
	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
	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
	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	24	4	9	98	47	13	3	3	60	19	11	1	6	38	28	51	52	WWWWWD	Safe	3-3
	2	Manchester United	39	23	6	10	101	64	13	4	3	57	27	10	2	7	44	37	37	52	WWWLWW	Safe	3-0
	3	Arsenal	37	18	7	12	77	59	12	2	4	45	25	6	5	8	32	34	18	43	WLDLLD	Safe	1-1
2	4	West Ham United	37	20	3	14	78	66	14	1	3	53	27	6	2	11	25	39	12	43	LWWWLW	Safe	3-2
1	5	Burnley	37	18	7	12	75	64	10	3	5	37	25	8	4	7	38	39	11	43	WWWWWD	Safe	3-3
2	6	Blackpool	37	16	10	11	60	45	11	7	0	36	10	5	3	11	24	35	15	42	LWWLLW	Safe	3-0
	7	West Bromwich Albion	36	15	11	10	79	60	6	5	6	34	30	9	6	4	45	30	19	41	LLWWWD	Safe	0-0
3	8	Bolton Wanderers	36	16	9	11	69	60	13	2	4	51	27	3	7	7	18	33	9	41	LLDWDL	Safe	0-3
	9	Blackburn Rovers	37	15	10	12	69	60	10	3	6	43	26	5	7	6	26	34	9	40	WDWWDD	Safe	0-0
	10	Birmingham City	33	16	5	12	65	56	10	1	5	37	29	6	4	7	28	27	9	37	WWWLWD
1	11	Nottingham Forest	35	15	6	14	63	56	8	4	5	33	22	7	2	9	30	34	7	36	WLLDDD		1-1
2	12	Preston North End	38	16	4	18	63	72	8	1	9	34	35	8	3	9	29	37	-9	36	LLLLLW		2-1
2	13	Everton	38	16	4	18	66	78	11	3	5	38	34	5	1	13	28	44	-12	36	WLWWWL		2-3
1	14	Newcastle United	37	16	3	18	71	73	10	1	7	35	26	6	2	11	36	47	-2	35	WLWLLW
	15	Chelsea	37	16	3	18	69	89	12	2	5	49	34	4	1	13	20	55	-20	35	WWLLWW		2-0
1	16	Tottenham Hotspur	38	12	8	18	75	86	9	2	8	49	40	3	6	10	26	46	-11	32	LWWLDW		3-0
1	17	Leeds United	38	12	8	18	49	71	6	7	6	25	26	6	1	12	24	45	-22	32	LWLWLL		0-3
	18	Luton Town	33	10	9	14	58	58	9	4	4	41	23	1	5	10	17	35	0	29	DLLWLL		0-3
	19	Manchester City	37	10	8	19	59	85	7	6	5	37	29	3	2	14	22	56	-26	28	WLDLLL		0-2
	20	Aston Villa	37	11	5	21	55	80	8	4	8	31	33	3	1	13	24	47	-25	27	WWLLDL		1-2
	21	Leicester City	37	9	9	19	59	89	6	5	8	31	34	3	4	11	28	55	-30	27	LLDWDW		2-1
	22	Portsmouth	37	6	9	22	58	98	5	4	10	36	43	1	5	12	22	55	-40	21	LDLLLL		1-2