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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)

Attendance:: 17,121
Pos Before/After:: 19/18
Opp Before/After:: 15/17
Referee:
Season:: 1955-56
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Port Vale

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2044 (of 4878)
League Tier 2:: 1219 (of 2461)
Competitive:: 2246 (of 5575)
Total:: 3399 (of 7323)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Jim Barrett
Dennis Alexander

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

Goals:

Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 19, 1955)

Home	F	A	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 City	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
	1	Swansea Town	17	11	2	4	41	31	7	1	0	24	10	4	1	4	17	21	1.323	24	WWWWWL
	2	Bristol City	16	10	3	3	38	23	7	1	1	23	10	3	2	2	15	13	1.652	23	WDDWWW
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	17	7	8	2	38	23	4	4	1	24	14	3	4	1	14	9	1.652	22	DWWDWW
	4	Bristol Rovers	16	10	2	4	37	24	6	0	1	22	10	4	2	3	15	14	1.542	22	LLDWWW
	5	Fulham	17	9	2	6	42	29	5	1	2	24	13	4	1	4	18	16	1.448	20	WLWLLW
	6	Liverpool	16	8	3	5	31	23	6	1	2	17	10	2	2	3	14	13	1.348	19	LWWWLW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	15	8	2	5	35	22	4	2	2	24	14	4	0	3	11	8	1.591	18	WWWLWW
	8	Stoke City	17	9	0	8	30	25	5	0	3	16	8	4	0	5	14	17	1.200	18	LWWLLL
	9	Leeds United	16	8	2	6	23	22	7	1	0	16	4	1	1	6	7	18	1.045	18	WLWLWL
	10	Port Vale	15	6	5	4	20	19	4	3	1	11	5	2	2	3	9	14	1.053	17	WDLLDL
	11	Leicester City	17	7	3	7	38	38	5	2	1	23	10	2	1	6	15	28	1.000	17	LDLWLW
	12	Lincoln City	16	6	4	6	26	19	5	3	1	21	9	1	1	5	5	10	1.368	16	LLLDDD
	13	Middlesbrough	15	5	5	5	25	25	4	2	1	17	11	1	3	4	8	14	1.000	15	WWLDWL
	14	Barnsley	17	4	7	6	19	31	4	2	2	13	12	0	5	4	6	19	.613	15	WLLLLD
	15	West Ham United	16	5	4	7	36	29	5	1	2	25	9	0	3	5	11	20	1.241	14	WLWDLL
	16	Doncaster Rovers	16	4	6	6	30	39	4	4	1	23	14	0	2	5	7	25	.769	14	LDLWLD
	17	Notts County	17	4	6	7	24	33	2	3	3	14	16	2	3	4	10	17	.727	14	DDLWWL
	18	Rotherham United	17	4	5	8	20	31	4	2	2	11	9	0	3	6	9	22	.645	13	WLWLWD
	19	Nottingham Forest	15	6	0	9	22	29	4	0	4	12	10	2	0	5	10	19	.759	12	LWLWLL
	20	Bury	17	3	5	9	30	46	2	2	4	12	20	1	3	5	18	26	.652	11	LWLDWL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	17	4	2	11	17	36	2	2	4	9	11	2	0	7	8	25	.472	10	LDWLLW
	22	Hull City	16	2	2	12	18	43	2	2	4	14	16	0	0	8	4	27	.419	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
1	1	Bristol City	17	11	3	3	41	25	8	1	1	26	12	3	2	2	15	13	1.640	25	DDWWWW
1	2	Swansea Town	18	11	2	5	41	33	7	1	1	24	12	4	1	4	17	21	1.242	24	WWWWLL
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	8	3	40	26	4	4	1	24	14	3	4	2	16	12	1.538	22	WWDWWL
1	4	Fulham	18	10	2	6	44	30	6	1	2	26	14	4	1	4	18	16	1.467	22	LWLLWW
1	5	Bristol Rovers	17	10	2	5	40	28	6	0	1	22	10	4	2	4	18	18	1.429	22	LDWWWL
3	6	Leeds United	17	9	2	6	27	24	8	1	0	20	6	1	1	6	7	18	1.125	20	LWLWLW
1	7	Liverpool	17	8	3	6	33	27	6	1	2	17	10	2	2	4	16	17	1.222	19	WWWLWL
1	8	Blackburn Rovers	16	8	2	6	37	25	4	2	2	24	14	4	0	4	13	11	1.480	18	WWLWWL
3	9	Lincoln City	17	7	4	6	28	19	5	3	1	21	9	2	1	5	7	10	1.474	18	LLDDDW
2	10	Stoke City	18	9	0	9	30	26	5	0	3	16	8	4	0	6	14	18	1.154	18	WWLLLL
	11	Leicester City	18	7	4	7	39	39	5	2	1	23	10	2	2	6	16	29	1.000	18	DLWLWD
1	12	Middlesbrough	16	6	5	5	29	26	5	2	1	21	12	1	3	4	8	14	1.115	17	WLDWLW
3	13	Port Vale	16	6	5	5	20	20	4	3	2	11	6	2	2	3	9	14	1.000	17	DLLDLL
	14	Barnsley	18	5	7	6	23	34	5	2	2	17	15	0	5	4	6	19	.676	17	LLLLDW
2	15	Notts County	18	4	7	7	25	34	2	4	3	15	17	2	3	4	10	17	.735	15	DLWWLD
2	16	Rotherham United	18	5	5	8	23	33	5	2	2	14	11	0	3	6	9	22	.697	15	LWLWDW
2	17	West Ham United	17	5	4	8	37	31	5	1	3	26	11	0	3	5	11	20	1.194	14	LWDLLL
1	18	Nottingham Forest	16	7	0	9	24	30	4	0	4	12	10	3	0	5	12	20	.800	14	WLWLLW
3	19	Doncaster Rovers	17	4	6	7	31	43	4	4	1	23	14	0	2	6	8	29	.721	14	DLWLDL
	20	Bury	18	4	5	9	31	46	3	2	4	13	20	1	3	5	18	26	.674	13	WLDWLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	18	4	2	12	18	38	2	2	4	9	11	2	0	8	9	27	.474	10	DWLLWL
	22	Hull City	17	3	2	12	19	43	2	2	4	14	16	1	0	8	5	27	.442	8	LLDLWW