The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Dec 19, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 19, 1959 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: J Hunt
Attendance:: 13,506
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 15 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Manchester City:: Aug 20, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2219 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 843 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 2442 (of 5824)
Total:: 3620 (of 7629)
Played:: 66 years, 8 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Calvin Palmer (17') - Calvin Palmer first goal

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Les McDowall
Prior form: LDLLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Burkitt (63') (OG)
Colin Barlow (88')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	33	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	27	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	F	32	Billy Gray
8	F	24	Colin Booth
9	M	19	Calvin Palmer (17')
10	F	24	Johnny Quigley
11	F	27	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bert Trautmann
2	D	Kenneth Branagan
3	D	Cliff Sear
4	D	Roy Cheetham
5	D	Jock McTavish
6	M	Ken Barnes
7	M	Colin Barlow
8	M	Joe Hayes
9	M	Billy McAdams
10	F	Jackie Dyson
11	F	Clive Colbridge

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 19, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Bolton Wanderers	0-3	Blackpool
Burnley	0-1	Leeds United
Fulham	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City	2-1	West Ham United
Luton Town	2-1	Everton
Manchester United	2-3	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Manchester City
Preston North End	4-5	Chelsea
Sheffield Wednesday	5-1	Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Birmingham 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	Preston North End	21	12	5	4	42	31	6	3	1	17	12	6	2	3	25	19	11	29	WWWWDD
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	21	10	8	3	44	24	5	4	1	22	11	5	4	2	22	13	20	28	LLWDWD
	3	Burnley	21	12	3	6	52	34	8	0	2	34	16	4	3	4	18	18	18	27	WDWLWW
	4	West Ham United	21	12	3	6	43	37	8	0	2	26	11	4	3	4	17	26	6	27	WWWLWL
	5	Fulham	21	12	3	6	44	42	8	1	2	25	15	4	2	4	19	27	2	27	DLWWWD
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	12	2	7	56	42	8	1	1	32	13	4	1	6	24	29	14	26	LWLWWL
	7	Blackburn Rovers	21	11	3	7	42	34	8	2	1	28	15	3	1	6	14	19	8	25	LWLWLW
	8	Manchester United	21	9	5	7	52	41	7	1	2	31	17	2	4	5	21	24	11	23	DDWLWW
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	21	9	4	8	37	24	6	3	1	24	7	3	1	7	13	17	13	22	LDWWWD
	10	Bolton Wanderers	21	9	4	8	29	25	6	3	2	20	12	3	1	6	9	13	4	22	WDLWLW
	11	Newcastle United	21	9	3	9	44	42	5	2	4	21	17	4	1	5	23	25	2	21	WLWWWW
	12	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	6	8	38	33	6	1	4	25	15	1	5	4	13	18	5	20	WLWWLD
	13	Arsenal	21	7	5	9	36	41	4	2	5	17	20	3	3	4	19	21	-5	19	LLWLLL
	14	Chelsea	21	8	3	10	38	46	4	1	5	22	27	4	2	5	16	19	-8	19	WDLLLL
	15	Manchester City	21	8	2	11	45	49	5	2	4	26	23	3	0	7	19	26	-4	18	LDLLLD
	16	Everton	21	6	6	9	34	39	6	3	2	24	11	0	3	7	10	28	-5	18	LWLWDD
	17	Blackpool	21	6	5	10	30	36	4	4	3	20	18	2	1	7	10	18	-6	17	LWLDLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	21	7	3	11	24	40	5	2	3	16	16	2	1	8	8	24	-16	17	LWLWLL
	19	Leicester City	21	5	6	10	33	48	3	4	3	17	16	2	2	7	16	32	-15	16	WLLLDW
	20	Birmingham City	21	5	5	11	29	42	4	4	3	20	18	1	1	8	9	24	-13	15	DLWLWL
	21	Leeds United	21	4	6	11	32	53	2	3	5	17	23	2	3	6	15	30	-21	14	WLLLLD
	22	Luton Town	21	3	6	12	22	43	2	2	7	10	19	1	4	5	12	24	-21	12	DWLLDL

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	Tottenham Hotspur	22	11	8	3	48	24	6	4	1	26	11	5	4	2	22	13	24	30	LWDWDW		4-0
1	2	Preston North End	22	12	5	5	46	36	6	3	2	21	17	6	2	3	25	19	10	29	WWWDDL		4-5
3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	13	2	7	58	42	9	1	1	34	13	4	1	6	24	29	16	28	WLWWLW		2-0
1	4	Burnley	22	12	3	7	52	35	8	0	3	34	17	4	3	4	18	18	17	27	DWLWWL		0-1
2	5	Blackburn Rovers	22	12	3	7	43	34	8	2	1	28	15	4	1	6	15	19	9	27	WLWLWW		1-0
2	6	West Ham United	22	12	3	7	44	39	8	0	2	26	11	4	3	5	18	28	5	27	WWLWLL		1-2
2	7	Fulham	22	12	3	7	44	43	8	1	3	25	16	4	2	4	19	27	1	27	LWWWDL		0-1
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	22	10	4	8	42	25	7	3	1	29	8	3	1	7	13	17	17	24	DWWWDW		5-1
1	9	Manchester United	22	9	5	8	54	44	7	1	3	33	20	2	4	5	21	24	10	23	DWLWWL		2-3
2	10	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	6	8	41	35	6	1	4	25	15	2	5	4	16	20	6	22	LWWLDW		3-2
1	11	Bolton Wanderers	22	9	4	9	29	28	6	3	3	20	15	3	1	6	9	13	1	22	DLWLWL		0-3
1	12	Newcastle United	22	9	3	10	44	46	5	2	4	21	17	4	1	6	23	29	-2	21	LWWWWL		0-4
1	13	Chelsea	22	9	3	10	43	50	4	1	5	22	27	5	2	5	21	23	-7	21	DLLLLW		5-4
1	14	Manchester City	22	9	2	11	47	50	5	2	4	26	23	4	0	7	21	27	-3	20	DLLLDW		2-1
2	15	Blackpool	22	7	5	10	33	36	4	4	3	20	18	3	1	7	13	18	-3	19	WLDLWW		3-0
3	16	Arsenal	22	7	5	10	37	46	4	2	5	17	20	3	3	5	20	26	-9	19	LWLLLL		1-5
1	17	Everton	22	6	6	10	35	41	6	3	2	24	11	0	3	8	11	30	-6	18	WLWDDL		1-2
1	18	Leicester City	22	6	6	10	35	49	4	4	3	19	17	2	2	7	16	32	-14	18	LLLDWW		2-1
1	19	Nottingham Forest	22	7	3	12	25	42	5	2	4	17	18	2	1	8	8	24	-17	17	WLWLLL		1-2
1	20	Leeds United	22	5	6	11	33	53	2	3	5	17	23	3	3	6	16	30	-20	16	LLLLDW		1-0
1	21	Birmingham City	22	5	5	12	29	44	4	4	3	20	18	1	1	9	9	26	-15	15	LWLWLL		0-2
	22	Luton Town	22	4	6	12	24	44	3	2	7	12	20	1	4	5	12	24	-20	14	WLLDLW		2-1