The City Ground

LEEDS UNITED 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Oct 08, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 08, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elland Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: K Dagnall
Attendance:: 16,028
Pos Before/After:: 17 18
Opp Before/After:: 8 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Leeds United:: Mar 31, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2039 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1214 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2241 (of 5724)
Total:: 3401 (of 7505)
Played:: 68 years, 6 months, 18 days ago

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

Goals

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Raich Carter
Prior form: WWDLWD (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	30	Jack French
5	D	18	Roy Banham	Debut
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	23	Stewart Imlach
8	F	24	Jim Barrett
9	M	24	Peter Higham
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander
11	F	18	John Langford	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 08, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-0	Lincoln City
Bristol City	2-1	Liverpool
Bury	0-4	Blackburn Rovers
Fulham	5-0	Hull City
Leeds United	3-0	Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough	4-3	Leicester City
Notts County	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Port Vale	1-0	Stoke City
Rotherham United	1-0	Bristol Rovers
Swansea Town	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
West Ham United	4-0	Plymouth Argyle

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Status
	1	Bristol Rovers	10	7	1	2	22	14	4	0	0	13	5	3	1	2	9	9	1.57143	15	LWWWWL
	2	Fulham	11	6	2	3	27	16	3	1	1	13	6	3	1	2	14	10	1.68750	14	DWWLLW
	3	Stoke City	11	7	0	4	25	18	4	0	1	14	4	3	0	3	11	14	1.38889	14	WWWLWL
	4	Swansea Town	11	6	2	3	29	22	4	1	0	16	8	2	1	3	13	14	1.31818	14	WWDWWD
	5	Port Vale	9	5	3	1	15	5	3	2	0	9	3	2	1	1	6	2	3.00000	13	WWDWWD
	6	Lincoln City	10	6	1	3	22	12	5	1	0	18	5	1	0	3	4	7	1.83333	13	WDLWLW
	7	Bristol City	10	6	1	3	20	13	5	0	1	15	6	1	1	2	5	7	1.53846	13	LWLWDW
	8	Leeds United	10	5	2	3	14	10	4	1	0	11	4	1	1	3	3	6	1.40000	12	WWDLWD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	11	3	6	2	23	18	2	3	1	14	10	1	3	1	9	8	1.27778	12	DDDDLD
	10	Leicester City	11	5	2	4	20	24	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	3	9	18	.83333	12	LDDWWW
	11	Barnsley	11	3	6	2	15	19	3	2	0	11	7	0	4	2	4	12	.78947	12	DDWDDL
	12	Liverpool	10	4	3	3	18	16	3	1	2	10	8	1	2	1	8	8	1.12500	11	DLWLDW
	13	Doncaster Rovers	10	3	4	3	22	22	3	2	1	17	10	0	2	2	5	12	1.00000	10	DWDLWD
	14	West Ham United	10	3	3	4	21	18	3	1	1	13	5	0	2	3	8	13	1.16667	9	WLDWDW
	15	Middlesbrough	9	2	4	3	12	11	2	2	0	9	3	0	2	3	3	8	1.09091	8	WDDDDL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	9	3	2	4	10	11	2	2	1	8	6	1	0	3	2	5	.90909	8	WDLWLD
	17	Nottingham Forest	9	4	0	5	17	19	2	0	3	10	8	2	0	2	7	11	.89474	8	WLLWWL
	18	Notts County	11	2	4	5	15	27	1	2	2	9	13	1	2	3	6	14	.55556	8	DDLDLW
	19	Bury	11	1	4	6	16	28	1	2	2	6	11	0	2	4	10	17	.57143	6	LDLLDD
	20	Rotherham United	11	1	4	6	13	25	1	2	2	5	7	0	2	4	8	18	.52000	6	DLLDLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	11	2	1	8	10	23	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	5	6	17	.43478	5	LWLLLL
	22	Hull City	10	1	1	8	8	23	1	1	3	7	10	0	0	5	1	13	.34783	3	LLLLLD

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Fulham	12	7	2	3	32	16	4	1	1	18	6	3	1	2	14	10	2.00000	16	WWLLWW		5-0
2	2	Swansea Town	12	7	2	3	31	22	5	1	0	18	8	2	1	3	13	14	1.40909	16	WDWWDW		2-0
2	3	Port Vale	10	6	3	1	16	5	4	2	0	10	3	2	1	1	6	2	3.20000	15	WDWWDW		1-0
3	4	Bristol City	11	7	1	3	22	14	6	0	1	17	7	1	1	2	5	7	1.57143	15	WLWDWW		2-1
4	5	Bristol Rovers	11	7	1	3	22	15	4	0	0	13	5	3	1	3	9	10	1.46667	15	WWWWLL		0-1
2	6	Leeds United	11	6	2	3	17	10	5	1	0	14	4	1	1	3	3	6	1.70000	14	WDLWDW		3-0
4	7	Stoke City	12	7	0	5	25	19	4	0	1	14	4	3	0	4	11	15	1.31579	14	WWLWLL		0-1
3	8	Barnsley	12	4	6	2	16	19	4	2	0	12	7	0	4	2	4	12	.84211	14	DWDDLW		1-0
3	9	Lincoln City	11	6	1	4	22	13	5	1	0	18	5	1	0	4	4	8	1.69231	13	DLWLWL		0-1
1	10	Sheffield Wednesday	12	3	7	2	24	19	2	3	1	14	10	1	4	1	10	9	1.26316	13	DDDLDD		1-1
1	11	Leicester City	12	5	2	5	23	28	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	4	12	22	.82143	12	DDWWWL		3-4
2	12	West Ham United	11	4	3	4	25	18	4	1	1	17	5	0	2	3	8	13	1.38889	11	LDWDWW		4-0
1	13	Liverpool	11	4	3	4	19	18	3	1	2	10	8	1	2	2	9	10	1.05556	11	LWLDWL		1-2
2	14	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	2	4	14	11	2	2	1	8	6	2	0	3	6	5	1.27273	10	DLWLDW		4-0
	15	Middlesbrough	10	3	4	3	16	14	3	2	0	13	6	0	2	3	3	8	1.14286	10	DDDDLW		4-3
3	16	Doncaster Rovers	11	3	4	4	22	24	3	2	1	17	10	0	2	3	5	14	.91667	10	WDLWDL		0-2
1	17	Notts County	12	2	5	5	16	28	1	3	2	10	14	1	2	3	6	14	.57143	9	DLDLWD		1-1
1	18	Nottingham Forest	10	4	0	6	17	22	2	0	3	10	8	2	0	3	7	14	.77273	8	LLWWLL		0-3
1	19	Rotherham United	12	2	4	6	14	25	2	2	2	6	7	0	2	4	8	18	.56000	8	LLDLLW		1-0
1	20	Bury	12	1	4	7	16	32	1	2	3	6	15	0	2	4	10	17	.50000	6	DLLDDL		0-4
	21	Plymouth Argyle	12	2	1	9	10	27	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	6	6	21	.37037	5	WLLLLL		0-4
	22	Hull City	11	1	1	9	8	28	1	1	3	7	10	0	0	6	1	18	.28571	3	LLLLDL		0-5