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WEST HAM UNITED 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Nov 19, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 19, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: R Wood
Attendance:: 17,121
Pos Before/After:: 19 18
Opp Before/After:: 15 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Apr 18, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2045 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1220 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2247 (of 5768)
Total:: 3408 (of 7556)
Played:: 69 years, 7 months, 21 days ago

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

Goals
Dennis Alexander (4')
Jim Barrett (44')

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

Goals
Harry Hooper (73')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (44')
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander (4')
11	F	24	Eric Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Ernie Gregory
2	2	John Bond
3	3	Noel Cantwell
4	4	Dave Sexton
5	5	Malcolm Allison
6	6	Frank O'Farrell
7	7	Harry Hooper
8	8	Brian Moore
9	9	Billy Dare
10	10	Jimmy Andrews
11	11	Ken Tucker

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 19, 1955)

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

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	Swansea Town	17	11	2	4	41	31	7	1	0	24	10	4	1	4	17	21	1.32258	24	WWWWWL
	2	Bristol City	16	10	3	3	38	23	7	1	1	23	10	3	2	2	15	13	1.65217	23	WDDWWW
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	17	7	8	2	38	23	4	4	1	24	14	3	4	1	14	9	1.65217	22	DWWDWW
	4	Bristol Rovers	16	10	2	4	37	24	6	0	1	22	10	4	2	3	15	14	1.54167	22	LLDWWW
	5	Fulham	17	9	2	6	42	29	5	1	2	24	13	4	1	4	18	16	1.44828	20	WLWLLW
	6	Liverpool	16	8	3	5	31	23	6	1	2	17	10	2	2	3	14	13	1.34783	19	LWWWLW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	15	8	2	5	35	22	4	2	2	24	14	4	0	3	11	8	1.59091	18	WWWLWW
	8	Stoke City	17	9	0	8	30	25	5	0	3	16	8	4	0	5	14	17	1.20000	18	LWWLLL
	9	Leeds United	16	8	2	6	23	22	7	1	0	16	4	1	1	6	7	18	1.04545	18	WLWLWL
	10	Port Vale	15	6	5	4	20	19	4	3	1	11	5	2	2	3	9	14	1.05263	17	WDLLDL
	11	Leicester City	17	7	3	7	38	38	5	2	1	23	10	2	1	6	15	28	1.00000	17	LDLWLW
	12	Lincoln City	16	6	4	6	26	19	5	3	1	21	9	1	1	5	5	10	1.36842	16	LLLDDD
	13	Middlesbrough	15	5	5	5	25	25	4	2	1	17	11	1	3	4	8	14	1.00000	15	WWLDWL
	14	Barnsley	17	4	7	6	19	31	4	2	2	13	12	0	5	4	6	19	.61290	15	WLLLLD
	15	West Ham United	16	5	4	7	36	29	5	1	2	25	9	0	3	5	11	20	1.24138	14	WLWDLL
	16	Doncaster Rovers	16	4	6	6	30	39	4	4	1	23	14	0	2	5	7	25	.76923	14	LDLWLD
	17	Notts County	17	4	6	7	24	33	2	3	3	14	16	2	3	4	10	17	.72727	14	DDLWWL
	18	Rotherham United	17	4	5	8	20	31	4	2	2	11	9	0	3	6	9	22	.64516	13	WLWLWD
	19	Nottingham Forest	15	6	0	9	22	29	4	0	4	12	10	2	0	5	10	19	.75862	12	LWLWLL
	20	Bury	17	3	5	9	30	46	2	2	4	12	20	1	3	5	18	26	.65217	11	LWLDWL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	17	4	2	11	17	36	2	2	4	9	11	2	0	7	8	25	.47222	10	LDWLLW
	22	Hull City	16	2	2	12	18	43	2	2	4	14	16	0	0	8	4	27	.41860	6	LLLDLW

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	Bristol City	17	11	3	3	41	25	8	1	1	26	12	3	2	2	15	13	1.64000	25	DDWWWW		3-2
1	2	Swansea Town	18	11	2	5	41	33	7	1	1	24	12	4	1	4	17	21	1.24242	24	WWWWLL		0-2
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	8	3	40	26	4	4	1	24	14	3	4	2	16	12	1.53846	22	WWDWWL		2-3
1	4	Fulham	18	10	2	6	44	30	6	1	2	26	14	4	1	4	18	16	1.46667	22	LWLLWW		2-1
1	5	Bristol Rovers	17	10	2	5	40	28	6	0	1	22	10	4	2	4	18	18	1.42857	22	LDWWWL		3-4
3	6	Leeds United	17	9	2	6	27	24	8	1	0	20	6	1	1	6	7	18	1.12500	20	LWLWLW		4-2
1	7	Liverpool	17	8	3	6	33	27	6	1	2	17	10	2	2	4	16	17	1.22222	19	WWWLWL		2-4
1	8	Blackburn Rovers	16	8	2	6	37	25	4	2	2	24	14	4	0	4	13	11	1.48000	18	WWLWWL		2-3
3	9	Lincoln City	17	7	4	6	28	19	5	3	1	21	9	2	1	5	7	10	1.47368	18	LLDDDW		2-0
2	10	Stoke City	18	9	0	9	30	26	5	0	3	16	8	4	0	6	14	18	1.15385	18	WWLLLL		0-1
	11	Leicester City	18	7	4	7	39	39	5	2	1	23	10	2	2	6	16	29	1.00000	18	DLWLWD		1-1
1	12	Middlesbrough	16	6	5	5	29	26	5	2	1	21	12	1	3	4	8	14	1.11538	17	WLDWLW		4-1
3	13	Port Vale	16	6	5	5	20	20	4	3	2	11	6	2	2	3	9	14	1.00000	17	DLLDLL		0-1
	14	Barnsley	18	5	7	6	23	34	5	2	2	17	15	0	5	4	6	19	.67647	17	LLLLDW		4-3
2	15	Notts County	18	4	7	7	25	34	2	4	3	15	17	2	3	4	10	17	.73529	15	DLWWLD		1-1
2	16	Rotherham United	18	5	5	8	23	33	5	2	2	14	11	0	3	6	9	22	.69697	15	LWLWDW		3-2
2	17	West Ham United	17	5	4	8	37	31	5	1	3	26	11	0	3	5	11	20	1.19355	14	LWDLLL		1-2
1	18	Nottingham Forest	16	7	0	9	24	30	4	0	4	12	10	3	0	5	12	20	.80000	14	WLWLLW		2-1
3	19	Doncaster Rovers	17	4	6	7	31	43	4	4	1	23	14	0	2	6	8	29	.72093	14	DLWLDL		1-4
	20	Bury	18	4	5	9	31	46	3	2	4	13	20	1	3	5	18	26	.67391	13	WLDWLW		1-0
	21	Plymouth Argyle	18	4	2	12	18	38	2	2	4	9	11	2	0	8	9	27	.47368	10	DWLLWL		1-2
	22	Hull City	17	3	2	12	19	43	2	2	4	14	16	1	0	8	5	27	.44186	8	LLDLWW		1-0