The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Nov 14, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 14, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: R Mann
Attendance:: 20,800
League Week:: 17 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 15
Opp Before/After:: 18 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Apr 02, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2214 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 838 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 2437 (of 5829)
Total:: 3615 (of 7634)
Played:: 66 years, 10 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Burkitt (3') - Jack Burkitt last goal

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

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	34	Bill Whare
3	D	23	Roy Patrick
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt (3')
7	F	32	Billy Gray
8	F	24	Colin Booth
9	F	23	Jim Iley
10	F	24	Johnny Quigley
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gordon Banks
2	D	Joe Baillie
3	D	Tony Knapp
4	D	Ian White
5	D	Len Chalmers
6	M	Howard Riley
7	M	Colin Appleton
8	M	Jimmy Walsh
9	M	Albert Cheesebrough
10	F	Ken Keyworth
11	F	Ken Leek

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Nov 14, 1959)

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

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	Tottenham Hotspur	16	8	6	2	36	19	3	4	1	17	10	5	2	1	19	9	17	22	DWLWWL
	2	West Ham United	16	9	3	4	31	20	6	0	2	19	8	3	3	2	12	12	11	21	DWWWLW
	3	Preston North End	16	9	3	4	34	27	5	2	1	16	12	4	1	3	18	15	7	21	WLWWWW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	9	2	5	46	33	6	1	0	25	7	3	1	5	21	26	13	20	WLWLWL
	5	Burnley	16	9	2	5	35	30	6	0	2	22	16	3	2	3	13	14	5	20	DLLWDW
	6	Fulham	16	9	2	5	36	38	7	0	1	22	12	2	2	4	14	26	-2	20	WWWWWD
	7	Blackburn Rovers	16	8	3	5	29	24	5	2	1	17	10	3	1	4	12	14	5	19	LWWWDL
	8	Chelsea	16	8	2	6	34	32	4	1	3	21	20	4	1	3	13	12	2	18	WLWWLW
	9	Bolton Wanderers	16	7	3	6	21	17	4	2	2	12	9	3	1	4	9	8	4	17	WWDWDW
	10	Arsenal	16	6	5	5	27	25	4	2	2	12	9	2	3	3	15	16	2	17	LLLDWL
	11	Manchester United	16	6	4	6	38	35	5	1	2	24	15	1	3	4	14	20	3	16	WWLWDD
	12	Manchester City	16	8	0	8	36	35	5	0	3	19	15	3	0	5	17	20	1	16	WWWLLL
	13	West Bromwich Albion	16	5	5	6	28	25	5	1	3	23	14	0	4	3	5	11	3	15	LLDWLW
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	16	6	2	8	20	20	5	1	1	14	4	1	1	7	6	16	0	14	LDWLWL
	15	Newcastle United	16	5	3	8	29	32	3	2	4	14	15	2	1	4	15	17	-3	13	DWLLLW
	16	Nottingham Forest	16	5	3	8	17	22	3	2	2	10	10	2	1	6	7	12	-5	13	LLLLWL
	17	Leeds United	16	4	5	7	24	35	2	3	3	15	16	2	2	4	9	19	-11	13	LDDLDW
	18	Leicester City	16	4	5	7	26	40	3	3	2	14	12	1	2	5	12	28	-14	13	LLLDLW
	19	Everton	16	4	4	8	26	33	4	2	2	16	8	0	2	6	10	25	-7	12	WDLLWL
	20	Blackpool	16	4	4	8	21	28	2	3	3	13	15	2	1	5	8	13	-7	12	LWDLLL
	21	Birmingham City	16	3	5	8	21	29	2	4	3	14	15	1	1	5	7	14	-8	11	WDWLLD
	22	Luton Town	16	2	5	9	13	29	1	2	5	5	12	1	3	4	8	17	-16	9	LLLLDD

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	West Ham United	17	10	3	4	34	21	6	0	2	19	8	4	3	2	15	13	13	23	WWWLWW		3-1
1	2	Preston North End	17	10	3	4	36	28	5	2	1	16	12	5	1	3	20	16	8	23	LWWWWW		2-1
2	3	Tottenham Hotspur	17	8	6	3	36	20	3	4	1	17	10	5	2	2	19	10	16	22	WLWWLL		0-1
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	10	2	5	50	35	7	1	0	29	9	3	1	5	21	26	15	22	LWLWLW		4-2
2	5	Blackburn Rovers	17	9	3	5	32	26	6	2	1	20	12	3	1	4	12	14	6	21	WWWDLW		3-2
1	6	Burnley	17	9	3	5	36	31	6	0	2	22	16	3	3	3	14	15	5	21	LLWDWD		1-1
1	7	Fulham	17	9	2	6	37	40	7	0	2	23	14	2	2	4	14	26	-3	20	WWWWDL		1-2
	8	Chelsea	17	8	3	6	35	33	4	1	3	21	20	4	2	3	14	13	2	19	LWWLWD		1-1
	9	Bolton Wanderers	17	7	4	6	22	18	4	3	2	13	10	3	1	4	9	8	4	18	WDWDWD		1-1
1	10	Manchester United	17	6	5	6	39	36	5	1	2	24	15	1	4	4	15	21	3	17	WLWDDD		1-1
1	11	Manchester City	17	8	1	8	37	36	5	1	3	20	16	3	0	5	17	20	1	17	WWLLLD		1-1
2	12	Arsenal	17	6	5	6	28	28	4	2	3	13	12	2	3	3	15	16	0	17	LLDWLL		1-3
	13	West Bromwich Albion	17	5	5	7	30	28	5	1	3	23	14	0	4	4	7	14	2	15	LDWLWL		2-3
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	17	6	3	8	21	21	5	2	1	15	5	1	1	7	6	16	0	15	DWLWLD		1-1
1	15	Nottingham Forest	17	6	3	8	18	22	4	2	2	11	10	2	1	6	7	12	-4	15	LLLWLW		1-0
3	16	Everton	17	5	4	8	30	33	5	2	2	20	8	0	2	6	10	25	-3	14	DLLWLW		4-0
3	17	Blackpool	17	5	4	8	23	28	3	3	3	15	15	2	1	5	8	13	-5	14	WDLLLW		2-0
3	18	Newcastle United	17	5	3	9	29	34	3	2	4	14	15	2	1	5	15	19	-5	13	WLLLWL		0-2
2	19	Leeds United	17	4	5	8	26	39	2	3	3	15	16	2	2	5	11	23	-13	13	DDLDWL		2-4
2	20	Leicester City	17	4	5	8	26	41	3	3	2	14	12	1	2	6	12	29	-15	13	LLDLWL		0-1
	21	Birmingham City	17	3	5	9	21	33	2	4	3	14	15	1	1	6	7	18	-12	11	DWLLDL		0-4
	22	Luton Town	17	3	5	9	14	29	2	2	5	6	12	1	3	4	8	17	-15	11	LLLDDW		1-0