The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 4 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Apr 18, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 18, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1958-59
Referee:: W Hickson
Attendance:: 28,535
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 13
Opp Before/After:: 20 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Nov 14, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2194 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 818 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2413 (of 5824)
Total:: 3584 (of 7629)
Played:: 67 years, 4 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Roy Dwight (73')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Matt Gillies
Prior form: LDWDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Walsh (34')
Ken Keyworth (52')
Tommy McDonald (63')
Bill Whare (79') (OG)

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 (73')
8	F	23	Johnny Quigley
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	29	Chic Thomson	83		3	1
2	D	33	Bill Whare	304	2	3	1
3	D	30	Joe McDonald	40		3	1
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot	42	2	3	1
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay	221	3	3	1
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt	439	14	3	1
7	M	26	Roy Dwight (73')	45	23	3	1
8	F	23	Johnny Quigley	68	17	3	1
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson	178	76	3	1
10	F	31	Billy Gray	84	21	3	1
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach	168	43	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David MacLaren
2	D	Joe Baillie
3	D	Johnny Newman
4	D	Tony Knapp
5	D	Len Chalmers
6	M	Colin Appleton
7	M	Ken Leek
8	M	Jimmy Walsh
9	M	Tommy McDonald
10	F	Gordon Wills
11	F	Ken Keyworth

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 18, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-0	Burnley
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Manchester City
Blackpool	1-2	Arsenal
Chelsea	3-1	Everton
Manchester United	1-0	Birmingham City
Newcastle United	2-2	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	1-4	Leicester City
Portsmouth	0-1	Bolton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur	5-0	West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United	1-1	Preston North End
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5-0	Luton Town

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	39	25	5	9	101	49	13	3	3	60	19	12	2	6	41	30	52	55	WWWDDW	Safe
2	Manchester United	40	23	7	10	101	64	13	4	3	57	27	10	3	7	44	37	37	53	WWLWWD	Safe
3	Bolton Wanderers	39	18	10	11	75	63	13	3	4	53	29	5	7	7	22	34	12	46	WDLWDW	Safe
4	Burnley	40	19	8	13	79	68	11	3	6	39	27	8	5	7	40	41	11	46	WWDDWL	Safe
5	West Ham United	39	20	5	14	79	67	14	2	3	53	27	6	3	11	26	40	12	45	WWLWDD	Safe
6	Blackpool	39	17	10	12	62	46	11	7	1	36	11	6	3	11	26	35	16	44	WLLWWL	Safe
7	West Bromwich Albion	38	16	12	10	83	62	7	6	6	38	32	9	6	4	45	30	21	44	WWWDDW	Safe
8	Arsenal	39	18	8	13	79	64	12	3	4	46	26	6	5	9	33	38	15	44	DLLDDL	Safe
9	Birmingham City	36	18	5	13	75	61	12	1	6	47	34	6	4	7	28	27	14	41	LWDLWW	Safe
10	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	10	13	70	62	10	3	6	43	26	5	7	7	27	36	8	40	DWWDDL	Safe
11	Preston North End	40	17	5	18	67	74	9	2	9	38	37	8	3	9	29	37	-7	39	LLLWDW	Safe
12	Nottingham Forest	38	16	6	16	68	65	8	4	6	34	25	8	2	10	34	40	3	38	DDDLWL	Safe
13	Everton	40	17	4	19	70	83	11	3	6	39	37	6	1	13	31	46	-13	38	WWWLLW	Safe
14	Chelsea	39	17	4	18	73	91	12	2	5	49	34	5	2	13	24	57	-18	38	LLWWDW	Safe
15	Newcastle United	38	16	4	18	73	75	10	1	7	35	26	6	3	11	38	49	-2	36	LWLLWD	Safe
16	Luton Town	38	11	12	15	63	61	10	5	4	46	24	1	7	11	17	37	2	34	LDWDDL
17	Leeds United	39	13	8	18	51	72	7	7	6	27	27	6	1	12	24	45	-21	34	WLWLLW
18	Tottenham Hotspur	40	12	9	19	78	93	9	3	8	51	42	3	6	11	27	51	-15	33	WLDWDL
19	Manchester City	38	10	8	20	59	87	7	6	6	37	31	3	2	14	22	56	-28	28	LDLLLL
20	Leicester City	38	9	10	19	60	90	6	6	8	32	35	3	4	11	28	55	-30	28	LDWDWD
21	Aston Villa	38	11	5	22	57	84	8	4	8	31	33	3	1	14	26	51	-27	27	WLLDLL
22	Portsmouth	39	6	9	24	61	103	5	4	11	38	46	1	5	13	23	57	-42	21	LLLLLL	Relegated

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	40	26	5	9	106	49	14	3	3	65	19	12	2	6	41	30	57	57	WWDDWW	Safe	5-0
	2	Manchester United	41	24	7	10	102	64	14	4	3	58	27	10	3	7	44	37	38	55	WLWWDW	Safe	1-0
	3	Bolton Wanderers	40	19	10	11	76	63	13	3	4	53	29	6	7	7	23	34	13	48	DLWDWW	Safe	1-0
	4	Burnley	41	19	9	13	79	68	11	3	6	39	27	8	6	7	40	41	11	47	WDDWLD	Safe	0-0
3	5	Arsenal	40	19	8	13	81	65	12	3	4	46	26	7	5	9	35	39	16	46	LLDDLW	Safe	2-1
1	6	West Ham United	40	20	6	14	80	68	14	3	3	54	28	6	3	11	26	40	12	46	WLWDDD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Blackpool	40	17	10	13	63	48	11	7	2	37	13	6	3	11	26	35	15	44	LLWWLL	Safe	1-2
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	39	16	12	11	83	67	7	6	6	38	32	9	6	5	45	35	16	44	WWDDWL	Safe	0-5
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	39	16	10	13	72	63	11	3	6	45	27	5	7	7	27	36	9	42	WWDDLW	Safe	2-1
1	10	Birmingham City	37	18	5	14	75	62	12	1	6	47	34	6	4	8	28	28	13	41	WDLWWL	Safe	0-1
	11	Preston North End	41	17	6	18	68	75	9	2	9	38	37	8	4	9	30	38	-7	40	LLWDWD	Safe	1-1
2	12	Chelsea	40	18	4	18	76	92	13	2	5	52	35	5	2	13	24	57	-16	40	LWWDWW	Safe	3-1
1	13	Nottingham Forest	39	16	6	17	69	69	8	4	7	35	29	8	2	10	34	40	0	38	DDLWLL	Safe	1-4
1	14	Everton	41	17	4	20	71	86	11	3	6	39	37	6	1	14	32	49	-15	38	WWLLWL	Safe	1-3
	15	Newcastle United	39	16	5	18	75	77	10	2	7	37	28	6	3	11	38	49	-2	37	WLLWDD	Safe	2-2
2	16	Tottenham Hotspur	41	13	9	19	83	93	10	3	8	56	42	3	6	11	27	51	-10	35	LDWDLW	Safe	5-0
	17	Leeds United	40	13	9	18	53	74	7	7	6	27	27	6	2	12	26	47	-21	35	LWLLWD	Safe	2-2
2	18	Luton Town	39	11	12	16	63	66	10	5	4	46	24	1	7	12	17	42	-3	34	DWDDLL		0-5
1	19	Leicester City	39	10	10	19	64	91	6	6	8	32	35	4	4	11	32	56	-27	30	DWDWDW		4-1
1	20	Aston Villa	39	11	6	22	57	84	8	5	8	31	33	3	1	14	26	51	-27	28	LLDLLD		0-0
2	21	Manchester City	39	10	8	21	60	89	7	6	6	37	31	3	2	15	23	58	-29	28	DLLLLL		1-2
	22	Portsmouth	40	6	9	25	61	104	5	4	12	38	47	1	5	13	23	57	-43	21	LLLLLL	Relegated	0-1