The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 HULL CITY - Mon Dec 26, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Dec 26, 1955 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Hull City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: J McLoughlin
Attendance:: 15,740
Pos Before/After:: 15 13
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Hull City:: Dec 27, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2051 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1226 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2253 (of 5724)
Total:: 3413 (of 7505)
Played:: 68 years, 4 months, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Jim Barrett
Tommy Wilson

HULL CITY
Manager: Bob Brocklebank
Prior form: WLLWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
?

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	23	Stewart Imlach
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	25	Tommy Wilson
11	F	31	Peter Small

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 (Mon Dec 26, 1955)

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

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	Sheffield Wednesday	23	9	10	4	48	31	5	5	2	29	17	4	5	2	19	14	1.54839	28	LDWLDW
	2	Liverpool	22	11	5	6	49	32	8	2	2	30	13	3	3	4	19	19	1.53125	27	LWDDWW
	3	Bristol City	22	12	3	7	52	38	9	1	2	32	16	3	2	5	20	22	1.36842	27	WLWLLL
	4	Swansea Town	23	12	3	8	45	44	8	2	1	26	13	4	1	7	19	31	1.02273	27	LLDLWL
	5	Leicester City	23	11	4	8	56	46	7	2	2	34	14	4	2	6	22	32	1.21739	26	DWWWLW
	6	Leeds United	22	12	2	8	41	37	10	1	0	26	7	2	1	8	15	30	1.10811	26	WLWWWL
	7	Lincoln City	22	10	5	7	43	28	8	3	1	32	10	2	2	6	11	18	1.53571	25	WWLWWD
	8	Bristol Rovers	22	11	3	8	52	40	7	1	2	31	15	4	2	6	21	25	1.30000	25	LWLDLL
	9	Stoke City	23	12	1	10	41	35	8	0	3	27	13	4	1	7	14	22	1.17143	25	LWDWWL
	10	Fulham	23	11	2	10	49	49	7	1	3	30	17	4	1	7	19	32	1.00000	24	WLLLWL
	11	Port Vale	21	8	7	6	29	28	5	4	2	16	8	3	3	4	13	20	1.03571	23	LDDLWW
	12	Rotherham United	23	8	6	9	32	39	6	3	2	17	13	2	3	7	15	26	.82051	22	WWDWWL
	13	Barnsley	23	7	8	8	31	41	7	2	2	22	16	0	6	6	9	25	.75610	22	WLWDLW
	14	Notts County	23	7	7	9	38	41	4	4	3	25	19	3	3	6	13	22	.92683	21	DLWLWW
	15	Nottingham Forest	21	10	1	10	35	40	6	1	4	19	14	4	0	6	16	26	.87500	21	WDWWLW
	16	Middlesbrough	21	8	5	8	37	45	7	2	1	27	15	1	3	7	10	30	.82222	21	WLWLLW
	17	Blackburn Rovers	21	9	2	10	44	35	5	2	4	31	20	4	0	6	13	15	1.25714	20	LWLLLL
	18	Doncaster Rovers	22	7	6	9	41	54	7	4	1	31	17	0	2	8	10	37	.75926	20	LWLWLW
	19	West Ham United	22	6	6	10	47	40	6	1	4	32	15	0	5	6	15	25	1.17500	18	LDLDLW
	20	Bury	23	5	6	12	40	60	3	3	5	17	25	2	3	7	23	35	.66667	16	WWLLLD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	23	5	4	14	25	46	3	3	5	15	16	2	1	9	10	30	.54348	14	LLDWDL
	22	Hull City	22	5	2	15	25	51	3	2	6	17	21	2	0	9	8	30	.49020	12	WLLWWL

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	Sheffield Wednesday	24	9	11	4	50	33	5	5	2	29	17	4	6	2	21	16	1.51515	29	DWLDWD		2-2
	2	Liverpool	23	11	6	6	51	34	8	3	2	32	15	3	3	4	19	19	1.50000	28	WDDWWD		2-2
3	3	Leeds United	23	13	2	8	42	37	11	1	0	27	7	2	1	8	15	30	1.13514	28	LWWWLW		1-0
4	4	Bristol Rovers	23	12	3	8	54	41	8	1	2	33	16	4	2	6	21	25	1.31707	27	WLDLLW		2-1
2	5	Bristol City	23	12	3	8	52	43	9	1	2	32	16	3	2	6	20	27	1.20930	27	LWLLLL		0-5
2	6	Swansea Town	24	12	3	9	46	48	8	2	1	26	13	4	1	8	20	35	.95833	27	LDLWLL		1-4
	7	Lincoln City	23	10	6	7	44	29	8	4	1	33	11	2	2	6	11	18	1.51724	26	WLWWDD		1-1
3	8	Leicester City	24	11	4	9	57	48	7	2	2	34	14	4	2	7	23	34	1.18750	26	WWWLWL		1-2
	9	Stoke City	24	12	2	10	43	37	8	0	3	27	13	4	2	7	16	24	1.16216	26	WDWWLD		2-2
	10	Fulham	24	12	2	10	53	50	8	1	3	34	18	4	1	7	19	32	1.06000	26	LLLWLW		4-1
2	11	Barnsley	24	8	8	8	33	42	7	2	2	22	16	1	6	6	11	26	.78571	24	LWDLWW		2-1
1	12	Port Vale	22	8	7	7	30	30	5	4	3	17	10	3	3	4	13	20	1.00000	23	DDLWWL		1-2
2	13	Nottingham Forest	22	11	1	10	37	41	7	1	4	21	15	4	0	6	16	26	.90244	23	DWWLWW		2-1
2	14	Middlesbrough	22	9	5	8	39	45	8	2	1	29	15	1	3	7	10	30	.86667	23	LWLLWW		2-0
3	15	Rotherham United	24	8	6	10	33	42	6	3	3	18	16	2	3	7	15	26	.78571	22	WDWWLL		1-3
1	16	Blackburn Rovers	22	9	3	10	46	37	5	3	4	33	22	4	0	6	13	15	1.24324	21	WLLLLD		2-2
3	17	Notts County	24	7	7	10	38	42	4	4	3	25	19	3	3	7	13	23	.90476	21	LWLWWL		0-1
	18	Doncaster Rovers	23	7	7	9	42	55	7	4	1	31	17	0	3	8	11	38	.76364	21	WLWLWD		1-1
	19	West Ham United	23	6	6	11	47	42	6	1	4	32	15	0	5	7	15	27	1.11905	18	DLDLWL		0-2
	20	Bury	24	6	6	12	43	61	3	3	5	17	25	3	3	7	26	36	.70492	18	WLLLDW		3-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	24	6	4	14	30	46	4	3	5	20	16	2	1	9	10	30	.65217	16	LDWDLW		5-0
	22	Hull City	23	5	2	16	26	53	3	2	6	17	21	2	0	10	9	32	.49057	12	LLWWLL		1-2