The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 LINCOLN CITY - Sat Sep 08, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 08, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Lincoln City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: G McCabe
Attendance:: 26,780
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Tier 2)
Lincoln City:: Jan 12, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2078 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1253 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2281 (of 5724)
Total:: 3443 (of 7505)
Played:: 67 years, 7 months, 10 days ago

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

Goals
Doug Lishman

LINCOLN CITY
Manager: Bill Anderson
Prior form: DWWDLL (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	31	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	M	22	Peter Watson (1956)
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 (Sat Sep 08, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-4	Port Vale
Bristol City	1-2	Barnsley
Bury	1-3	Huddersfield Town
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Liverpool
Fulham	7-3	Swansea Town
Grimsby Town	0-0	Leyton Orient
Middlesbrough	3-2	Bristol Rovers
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Lincoln City
Sheffield United	1-1	Leicester City
Stoke City	6-0	Notts County
West Ham United	1-1	Rotherham United

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	Nottingham Forest	6	5	1	0	20	7	2	1	0	7	4	3	0	0	13	3	2.85714	11	WWWDWW
	2	Sheffield United	5	5	0	0	21	6	2	0	0	9	4	3	0	0	12	2	3.50000	10	WWWWW
	3	Bristol Rovers	6	4	1	1	14	7	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	1	6	5	2.00000	9	WDWWWL
	4	West Ham United	6	3	1	2	11	7	0	1	2	3	6	3	0	0	8	1	1.57143	7	WLLWWD
	5	Huddersfield Town	6	3	1	2	11	8	2	0	1	6	3	1	1	1	5	5	1.37500	7	WLWDLW
	6	Liverpool	6	2	3	1	12	10	1	1	1	8	8	1	2	0	4	2	1.20000	7	LDWDWD
	7	Grimsby Town	6	3	0	3	11	9	3	0	0	9	4	0	0	3	2	5	1.22222	6	LLWWLW
	8	Swansea Town	5	3	0	2	13	11	1	0	2	8	8	2	0	0	5	3	1.18182	6	WWWLL
	9	Leicester City	5	2	2	1	9	8	1	2	0	6	4	1	0	1	3	4	1.12500	6	WWLDD
	10	Lincoln City	6	2	2	2	12	12	1	1	1	5	3	1	1	1	7	9	1.00000	6	DWWDLL
	11	Doncaster Rovers	6	2	2	2	8	10	0	1	1	3	5	2	1	1	5	5	.80000	6	LDLWWD
	12	Stoke City	6	2	2	2	7	11	2	1	0	5	2	0	1	2	2	9	.63636	6	DWWLLD
	13	Middlesbrough	6	1	3	2	11	11	0	2	0	3	3	1	1	2	8	8	1.00000	5	DLWDDL
	14	Barnsley	6	2	1	3	12	16	1	0	3	9	14	1	1	0	3	2	.75000	5	DLLWLW
	15	Bury	5	1	2	2	10	12	1	0	1	3	4	0	2	1	7	8	.83333	4	DWLDL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	6	2	0	4	10	14	0	0	2	3	6	2	0	2	7	8	.71429	4	LWLLWL
	17	Fulham	6	2	0	4	9	14	1	0	2	3	6	1	0	2	6	8	.64286	4	LLLLWW
	18	Port Vale	5	1	2	2	6	10	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	8	.60000	4	DLLDW
	19	Bristol City	6	1	2	3	7	15	1	0	2	3	9	0	2	1	4	6	.46667	4	DLWDLL
	20	Notts County	5	0	3	2	8	10	0	2	1	4	5	0	1	1	4	5	.80000	3	DDLDL
	21	Leyton Orient	5	1	1	3	8	14	1	1	1	6	8	0	0	2	2	6	.57143	3	LDLLW
	22	Rotherham United	5	0	1	4	2	10	0	0	3	0	7	0	1	1	2	3	.20000	1	LDLLL

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	Nottingham Forest	7	5	2	0	21	8	2	2	0	8	5	3	0	0	13	3	2.62500	12	WWDWWD		1-1
	2	Sheffield United	6	5	1	0	22	7	2	1	0	10	5	3	0	0	12	2	3.14286	11	WWWWWD		1-1
	3	Bristol Rovers	7	4	1	2	16	10	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	2	8	8	1.60000	9	DWWWLL		2-3
1	4	Huddersfield Town	7	4	1	2	14	9	2	0	1	6	3	2	1	1	8	6	1.55556	9	LWDLWW		3-1
1	5	West Ham United	7	3	2	2	12	8	0	2	2	4	7	3	0	0	8	1	1.50000	8	LLWWDD		1-1
	6	Liverpool	7	2	4	1	13	11	1	1	1	8	8	1	3	0	5	3	1.18182	8	DWDWDD		1-1
5	7	Stoke City	7	3	2	2	13	11	3	1	0	11	2	0	1	2	2	9	1.18182	8	WWLLDW		6-0
1	8	Grimsby Town	7	3	1	3	11	9	3	1	0	9	4	0	0	3	2	5	1.22222	7	LWWLWD		0-0
	9	Leicester City	6	2	3	1	10	9	1	2	0	6	4	1	1	1	4	5	1.11111	7	WWLDDD		1-1
3	10	Middlesbrough	7	2	3	2	14	13	1	2	0	6	5	1	1	2	8	8	1.07692	7	LWDDLW		3-2
1	11	Lincoln City	7	2	3	2	13	13	1	1	1	5	3	1	2	1	8	10	1.00000	7	WWDLLD		1-1
2	12	Barnsley	7	3	1	3	14	17	1	0	3	9	14	2	1	0	5	3	.82353	7	LLWLWW		2-1
2	13	Doncaster Rovers	7	2	3	2	9	11	0	2	1	4	6	2	1	1	5	5	.81818	7	DLWWDD		1-1
3	14	Fulham	7	3	0	4	16	17	2	0	2	10	9	1	0	2	6	8	.94118	6	LLLWWW		7-3
7	15	Swansea Town	6	3	0	3	16	18	1	0	2	8	8	2	0	1	8	10	.88889	6	WWWLLL		3-7
2	16	Port Vale	6	2	2	2	10	12	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	2	6	10	.83333	6	DLLDWW		4-2
2	17	Bury	6	1	2	3	11	15	1	0	2	4	7	0	2	1	7	8	.73333	4	DWLDLL		1-3
2	18	Blackburn Rovers	7	2	0	5	12	18	0	0	3	5	10	2	0	2	7	8	.66667	4	WLLWLL		2-4
2	19	Leyton Orient	6	1	2	3	8	14	1	1	1	6	8	0	1	2	2	6	.57143	4	LDLLWD		0-0
1	20	Bristol City	7	1	2	4	8	17	1	0	3	4	11	0	2	1	4	6	.47059	4	LWDLLL		1-2
1	21	Notts County	6	0	3	3	8	16	0	2	1	4	5	0	1	2	4	11	.50000	3	DDLDLL		0-6
	22	Rotherham United	6	0	2	4	3	11	0	0	3	0	7	0	2	1	3	4	.27273	2	LDLLLD		1-1