The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 ROTHERHAM UNITED - Sat Mar 03, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 03, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON

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

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: Jack Clough
Attendance:: 14,817
Pos Before/After:: 10 9
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Rotherham United:: Sep 15, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2059 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1234 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2262 (of 5724)
Total:: 3422 (of 7505)
Played:: 68 years, 1 month, 17 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Small

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Andy Smailes
Prior form: LLLDWD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	31	Jack French	Last game
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

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 Mar 03, 1956)

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

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	32	14	11	7	71	46	9	5	2	45	22	5	6	5	26	24	1.54348	39	WLWWWL
	2	Leicester City	32	16	5	11	77	57	11	2	2	51	17	5	3	9	26	40	1.35088	37	WLWLWD
	3	Bristol Rovers	31	16	5	10	71	54	11	2	2	45	21	5	3	8	26	33	1.31481	37	DWLWDW
	4	Bristol City	31	15	5	11	67	52	12	2	2	43	18	3	3	9	24	34	1.28846	35	WDWLLD
	5	Port Vale	31	12	11	8	45	40	8	4	3	25	13	4	7	5	20	27	1.12500	35	WDWDLW
	6	Leeds United	30	15	5	10	51	46	13	3	0	34	12	2	2	10	17	34	1.10870	35	WDDDWL
	7	Swansea Town	31	15	5	11	59	57	11	3	2	36	17	4	2	9	23	40	1.03509	35	DWWDLL
	8	Liverpool	30	14	6	10	60	47	10	3	3	37	18	4	3	7	23	29	1.27660	34	LWWLLW
	9	Fulham	31	14	4	13	63	59	10	2	3	42	21	4	2	10	21	38	1.06780	32	WLWLDD
	10	Nottingham Forest	29	14	4	11	50	48	7	2	5	22	17	7	2	6	28	31	1.04167	32	DDDWLW
	11	Stoke City	28	14	3	11	50	42	10	1	4	34	18	4	2	7	16	24	1.19048	31	LDWDLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	30	13	5	12	60	51	7	4	4	39	25	6	1	8	21	26	1.17647	31	DWWWDL
	13	Lincoln City	28	12	6	10	51	40	9	4	1	36	12	3	2	9	15	28	1.27500	30	DLLWLW
	14	Middlesbrough	29	11	6	12	49	57	9	3	3	34	22	2	3	9	15	35	.85965	28	LDLWLW
	15	Bury	30	10	8	12	57	68	6	5	5	28	31	4	3	7	29	37	.83824	28	WWWDDW
	16	Barnsley	32	9	10	13	38	57	8	3	5	26	25	1	7	8	12	32	.66667	28	LLLDDW
	17	West Ham United	29	9	8	12	54	47	8	2	4	36	16	1	6	8	18	31	1.14894	26	WWDLDW
	18	Rotherham United	28	9	8	11	40	49	6	4	3	21	19	3	4	8	19	30	.81633	26	LLLDWD
	19	Doncaster Rovers	29	8	9	12	54	71	8	5	2	36	22	0	4	10	18	49	.76056	25	WDLLDL
	20	Notts County	32	9	7	16	47	63	6	4	6	32	28	3	3	10	15	35	.74603	25	LLLLLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	32	7	6	19	39	67	5	5	6	26	21	2	1	13	13	46	.58209	20	LLLWDL
	22	Hull City	29	6	3	20	34	69	4	2	7	19	25	2	1	13	15	44	.49275	15	LDLLWL

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	33	15	11	7	75	46	10	5	2	49	22	5	6	5	26	24	1.63043	41	LWWWLW	Safe	4-0
	2	Leicester City	33	17	5	11	79	58	12	2	2	53	18	5	3	9	26	40	1.36207	39	LWLWDW		2-1
1	3	Bristol City	32	16	5	11	70	52	12	2	2	43	18	4	3	9	27	34	1.34615	37	DWLLDW		3-0
1	4	Bristol Rovers	32	16	5	11	71	57	11	2	3	45	24	5	3	8	26	33	1.24561	37	WLWDWL		0-3
2	5	Swansea Town	32	16	5	11	63	58	11	3	2	36	17	5	2	9	27	41	1.08621	37	WWDLLW		4-1
2	6	Liverpool	31	15	6	10	64	49	11	3	3	41	20	4	3	7	23	29	1.30612	36	WWLLWW		4-2
1	7	Leeds United	31	15	6	10	52	47	13	3	0	34	12	2	3	10	18	35	1.10638	36	DDDWLD		1-1
3	8	Port Vale	32	12	11	9	45	44	8	4	3	25	13	4	7	6	20	31	1.02273	35	DWDLWL		0-4
1	9	Nottingham Forest	30	15	4	11	51	48	8	2	5	23	17	7	2	6	28	31	1.06250	34	DDWLWW		1-0
2	10	Blackburn Rovers	31	14	5	12	62	51	8	4	4	41	25	6	1	8	21	26	1.21569	33	WWWDLW		2-0
2	11	Fulham	32	14	4	14	64	61	10	2	3	42	21	4	2	11	22	40	1.04918	32	LWLDDL		1-2
1	12	Lincoln City	29	12	7	10	52	41	9	5	1	37	13	3	2	9	15	28	1.26829	31	LLWLWD		1-1
2	13	Stoke City	29	14	3	12	52	47	10	1	5	36	23	4	2	7	16	24	1.10638	31	DWDLWL		2-5
	14	Middlesbrough	30	12	6	12	54	59	9	3	3	34	22	3	3	9	20	37	.91525	30	DLWLWW		5-2
	15	Bury	31	10	8	13	59	72	6	5	5	28	31	4	3	8	31	41	.81944	28	WWDDWL		2-4
	16	Barnsley	33	9	10	14	38	60	8	3	5	26	25	1	7	9	12	35	.63333	28	LLDDWL		0-3
	17	West Ham United	29	9	8	12	54	47	8	2	4	36	16	1	6	8	18	31	1.14894	26	WWDLDW
	18	Rotherham United	29	9	8	12	40	50	6	4	3	21	19	3	4	9	19	31	.80000	26	LLDWDL		0-1
	19	Doncaster Rovers	29	8	9	12	54	71	8	5	2	36	22	0	4	10	18	49	.76056	25	WDLLDL
	20	Notts County	33	9	7	17	47	65	6	4	6	32	28	3	3	11	15	37	.72308	25	LLLLWL		0-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	33	8	6	19	42	67	6	5	6	29	21	2	1	13	13	46	.62687	22	LLWDLW		3-0
	22	Hull City	30	6	3	21	35	73	4	2	8	20	29	2	1	13	15	44	.47945	15	DLLWLL		1-4