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WEST HAM UNITED 4 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 05, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 05, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-4 (Lost)

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: K Howley
Attendance:: 15,765
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (League Tier 1)
West Ham United:: Feb 27, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2217 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 841 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 2440 (of 5721)
Total:: 3615 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals
Stewart Imlach - Stewart Imlach last goal

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Ted Fenton
Prior form: WLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Phil Woosnam
Harry Obeney
Phil Woosnam
Harry Obeney

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Chic Thomson
2	D	Joe McDonald
3	D	Roy Patrick
4	M	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	F	Jim Iley
7	M	Tony Barton	Debut
8	F	Colin Booth
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Billy Gray
11	F	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Noel Dwyer
2	2	John Bond
3	3	Noel Cantwell
4	4	Andy Malcolm
5	5	Ken Brown
6	6	John Smith
7	7	Mike Grice
8	8	Phil Woosnam
9	9	Harry Obeney
10	10	John Dick
11	11	Malcolm Musgrove

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Dec 05, 1959)

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

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Preston North End	19	12	3	4	40	29	6	2	1	17	12	6	1	3	23	17	1.37931	27	WWWWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	19	9	7	3	41	22	4	4	1	20	10	5	3	2	21	12	1.86364	25	WWLLWD
	3	West Ham United	19	11	3	5	37	30	7	0	2	22	10	4	3	3	15	20	1.23333	25	WLWWWL
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	11	2	6	55	39	8	1	0	32	10	3	1	6	23	29	1.41026	24	LWLWLW
	5	Fulham	19	11	2	6	39	40	8	0	2	24	14	3	2	4	15	26	.97500	24	WWDLWW
	6	Burnley	19	10	3	6	44	32	7	0	2	30	16	3	3	4	14	16	1.37500	23	WDWDWL
	7	Blackburn Rovers	19	10	3	6	35	30	7	2	1	22	13	3	1	5	13	17	1.16667	23	WDLWLW
	8	Bolton Wanderers	19	8	4	7	25	20	5	3	2	16	11	3	1	5	9	9	1.25000	20	WDWDLW
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	19	8	3	8	31	22	6	2	1	22	5	2	1	7	9	17	1.40909	19	LWLDWW
	10	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	5	7	36	30	6	1	3	25	14	1	4	4	11	16	1.20000	19	WLWLWW
	11	Manchester United	19	7	5	7	44	39	6	1	2	28	16	1	4	5	16	23	1.12821	19	WDDDWL
	12	Arsenal	19	7	5	7	33	33	4	2	4	15	16	3	3	3	18	17	1.00000	19	DWLLWL
	13	Chelsea	19	8	3	8	37	39	4	1	4	22	23	4	2	4	15	16	.94872	19	WLWDLL
	14	Manchester City	19	8	1	10	40	42	5	1	4	23	20	3	0	6	17	22	.95238	17	LLLDLL
	15	Newcastle United	19	7	3	9	36	38	4	2	4	17	16	3	1	5	19	22	.94737	17	LLWLWW
	16	Nottingham Forest	19	7	3	9	22	31	5	2	2	15	11	2	1	7	7	20	.70968	17	LWLWLW
	17	Everton	19	6	4	9	32	37	6	2	2	22	9	0	2	7	10	28	.86486	16	LWLWLW
	18	Blackpool	19	5	5	9	26	32	3	4	3	17	17	2	1	6	9	15	.81250	15	LLLWLD
	19	Birmingham City	19	4	5	10	24	36	3	4	3	16	16	1	1	7	8	20	.66667	13	LLDLWL
	20	Leeds United	19	4	5	10	28	46	2	3	4	16	19	2	2	6	12	27	.60870	13	LDWLLL
	21	Leicester City	19	4	5	10	27	45	3	3	3	14	13	1	2	7	13	32	.60000	13	DLWLLL
	22	Luton Town	19	3	5	11	16	36	2	2	6	7	15	1	3	5	9	21	.44444	11	LDDWLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Preston North End	20	12	4	4	40	29	6	3	1	17	12	6	1	3	23	17	1.37931	28	WWWWWD	0-0
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	20	10	7	3	43	23	5	4	1	22	11	5	3	2	21	12	1.86957	27	WLLWDW	2-1
	3	West Ham United	20	12	3	5	41	31	8	0	2	26	11	4	3	3	15	20	1.32258	27	LWWWLW	4-1
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	12	2	6	56	39	8	1	0	32	10	4	1	6	24	29	1.43590	26	WLWLWW	1-0
	5	Fulham	20	12	2	6	43	41	8	0	2	24	14	4	2	4	19	27	1.04878	26	WDLWWW	4-1
	6	Burnley	20	11	3	6	48	32	8	0	2	34	16	3	3	4	14	16	1.50000	25	DWDWLW	4-0
	7	Blackburn Rovers	20	10	3	7	36	32	7	2	1	22	13	3	1	6	14	19	1.12500	23	DLWLWL	1-2
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	20	9	3	8	35	22	6	2	1	22	5	3	1	7	13	17	1.59091	21	WLDWWW	4-0
2	9	Manchester United	20	8	5	7	47	40	7	1	2	31	17	1	4	5	16	23	1.17500	21	DDDWLW	3-1
2	10	Bolton Wanderers	20	8	4	8	25	24	5	3	2	16	11	3	1	6	9	13	1.04167	20	DWDLWL	0-4
1	11	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	5	8	36	31	6	1	4	25	15	1	4	4	11	16	1.16129	19	LWLWWL	0-1
3	12	Newcastle United	20	8	3	9	40	39	5	2	4	21	17	3	1	5	19	22	1.02564	19	LWLWWW	4-1
1	13	Arsenal	20	7	5	8	34	37	4	2	4	15	16	3	3	4	19	21	.91892	19	WLLWLL	1-4
1	14	Chelsea	20	8	3	9	37	43	4	1	5	22	27	4	2	4	15	16	.86047	19	LWDLLL	0-4
1	15	Manchester City	20	8	1	11	42	46	5	1	4	23	20	3	0	7	19	26	.91304	17	LLDLLL	2-4
1	16	Everton	20	6	5	9	32	37	6	2	2	22	9	0	3	7	10	28	.86486	17	WLWLWD	0-0
1	17	Nottingham Forest	20	7	3	10	23	35	5	2	2	15	11	2	1	8	8	24	.65714	17	WLWLWL	1-4
	18	Blackpool	20	5	5	10	27	35	3	4	3	17	17	2	1	7	10	18	.77143	15	LLWLDL	1-3
	19	Birmingham City	20	5	5	10	28	38	4	4	3	20	18	1	1	7	8	20	.73684	15	LDLWLW	4-2
1	20	Leicester City	20	4	6	10	30	48	3	4	3	17	16	1	2	7	13	32	.62500	14	LWLLLD	3-3
1	21	Leeds United	20	4	5	11	29	50	2	3	5	17	23	2	2	6	12	27	.58000	13	DWLLLL	1-4
	22	Luton Town	20	3	6	11	19	39	2	2	6	7	15	1	4	5	12	24	.48718	12	DDWLLD	3-3