The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 1 - 5 FOREST - Tue Aug 21, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Aug 21, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-1 WON

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

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Hunt
Attendance:: 27,898
Pos Before/After:: 6 1
Opp Before/After:: 10 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Aug 30, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2073 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1248 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2276 (of 5724)
Total:: 3438 (of 7505)
Played:: 67 years, 7 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Bill Morley
Jim Barrett
Jim Barrett
Doug Lishman
Doug Lishman

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Pat Beasley
Prior form: D (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Bill Farmer
2	D	31	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	F	25	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Doug Lishman
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 (Tue Aug 21, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	1-5	Nottingham Forest
Bury	3-2	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 United	2	2	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	0	4.50000	4	WW
	2	Leicester City	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	2.50000	4	WW
	3	Stoke City	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2.00000	3	DW
	4	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	5	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.00000	2	W
	6	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4.00000	2	W
	7	West Ham United	2	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	1.25000	2	WL
	8	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	1.00000	2	WL
	9	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	.66667	2	LW
	10	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D
	11	Bury	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	1	D
	12	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	13	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	14	Notts County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	15	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
	16	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
	17	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66667	0	L
	18	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.33333	0	L
	19	Fulham	2	0	0	2	3	9	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	5	.33333	0	LL
	20	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.25000	0	L
	21	Grimsby Town	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.00000	0	LL
	22	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L

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)
5	1	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	2	4.50000	4	WW		5-1
1	2	Sheffield United	2	2	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	0	4.50000	4	WW
1	3	Leicester City	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	2.50000	4	WW
1	4	Stoke City	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2.00000	3	DW
6	5	Bury	2	1	1	0	5	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.25000	3	DW		3-2
2	6	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
2	7	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.00000	2	W
1	8	West Ham United	2	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	1.25000	2	WL
1	9	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	1.00000	2	WL
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	.66667	2	LW
1	11	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
2	12	Notts County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	13	Middlesbrough	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	.75000	1	DL		2-3
4	14	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	1	.33333	1	DL		1-5
	15	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
	16	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
	17	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66667	0	L
	18	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.33333	0	L
	19	Fulham	2	0	0	2	3	9	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	5	.33333	0	LL
	20	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.25000	0	L
	21	Grimsby Town	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.00000	0	LL
	22	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L