The City Ground

ROTHERHAM UNITED 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Sep 15, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 15, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Millmoor
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: T Cooper
Attendance:: 12,512
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
Rotherham United:: Jan 19, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2079 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1254 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2282 (of 5724)
Total:: 3444 (of 7505)
Played:: 67 years, 7 months, 11 days ago

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

Goals
Freddie Scott - Freddie Scott last goal
Doug Lishman

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Andy Smailes
Prior form: LDLLLD (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	39	Freddie Scott	Last game
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	33	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 15, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-3	Blackburn Rovers
Bristol Rovers	1-2	Leicester City
Huddersfield Town	2-1	Grimsby Town
Leyton Orient	1-1	Doncaster Rovers
Lincoln City	1-0	Fulham
Liverpool	0-2	Stoke City
Notts County	2-1	Middlesbrough
Port Vale	0-0	West Ham United
Rotherham United	3-2	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United	1-1	Bristol City
Swansea Town	3-0	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	Nottingham Forest	7	5	2	0	21	8	2	2	0	8	5	3	0	0	13	3	2.62500	12	WWDWWD
	2	Sheffield United	7	5	1	1	23	11	2	1	0	10	5	3	0	1	13	6	2.09091	11	WWWWDL
	3	Bristol Rovers	8	5	1	2	20	10	4	0	0	12	2	1	1	2	8	8	2.00000	11	WWWLLW
	4	Leicester City	7	3	3	1	13	9	2	2	0	9	4	1	1	1	4	5	1.44444	9	WLDDDW
	5	Doncaster Rovers	8	3	3	2	13	11	1	2	1	8	6	2	1	1	5	5	1.18182	9	LWWDDW
	6	Middlesbrough	8	3	3	2	16	14	2	2	0	8	6	1	1	2	8	8	1.14286	9	WDDLWW
	7	Huddersfield Town	8	4	1	3	14	13	2	0	1	6	3	2	1	2	8	10	1.07692	9	WDLWWL
	8	West Ham United	7	3	2	2	12	8	0	2	2	4	7	3	0	0	8	1	1.50000	8	LLWWDD
	9	Liverpool	7	2	4	1	13	11	1	1	1	8	8	1	3	0	5	3	1.18182	8	DWDWDD
	10	Swansea Town	7	4	0	3	20	19	2	0	2	12	9	2	0	1	8	10	1.05263	8	WWLLLW
	11	Fulham	8	4	0	4	18	18	3	0	2	12	10	1	0	2	6	8	1.00000	8	LLWWWW
	12	Stoke City	8	3	2	3	13	15	3	1	0	11	2	0	1	3	2	13	.86667	8	WLLDWL
	13	Grimsby Town	8	3	1	4	12	11	3	1	0	9	4	0	0	4	3	7	1.09091	7	WWLWDL
	14	Lincoln City	7	2	3	2	13	13	1	1	1	5	3	1	2	1	8	10	1.00000	7	WWDLLD
	15	Barnsley	7	3	1	3	14	17	1	0	3	9	14	2	1	0	5	3	.82353	7	LLWLWW
	16	Port Vale	6	2	2	2	10	12	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	2	6	10	.83333	6	DLLDWW
	17	Leyton Orient	7	2	2	3	11	15	1	1	1	6	8	1	1	2	5	7	.73333	6	DLLWDW
	18	Blackburn Rovers	7	2	0	5	12	18	0	0	3	5	10	2	0	2	7	8	.66667	4	WLLWLL
	19	Bury	7	1	2	4	11	18	1	0	2	4	7	0	2	2	7	11	.61111	4	WLDLLL
	20	Bristol City	8	1	2	5	9	19	1	0	3	4	11	0	2	2	5	8	.47368	4	WDLLLL
	21	Notts County	7	0	3	4	9	19	0	2	2	5	8	0	1	2	4	11	.47368	3	DLDLLL
	22	Rotherham United	6	0	2	4	3	11	0	0	3	0	7	0	2	1	3	4	.27273	2	LDLLLD

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	8	5	2	1	23	11	2	2	0	8	5	3	0	1	15	6	2.09091	12	WDWWDL		2-3
	2	Sheffield United	8	5	2	1	24	12	2	2	0	11	6	3	0	1	13	6	2.00000	12	WWWDLD		1-1
	3	Bristol Rovers	9	5	1	3	21	12	4	0	1	13	4	1	1	2	8	8	1.75000	11	WWLLWL		1-2
	4	Leicester City	8	4	3	1	15	10	2	2	0	9	4	2	1	1	6	6	1.50000	11	LDDDWW		2-1
2	5	Huddersfield Town	9	5	1	3	16	14	3	0	1	8	4	2	1	2	8	10	1.14286	11	DLWWLW		2-1
4	6	Swansea Town	8	5	0	3	23	19	3	0	2	15	9	2	0	1	8	10	1.21053	10	WLLLWW		3-0
2	7	Doncaster Rovers	9	3	4	2	14	12	1	2	1	8	6	2	2	1	6	6	1.16667	10	WWDDWD		1-1
4	8	Stoke City	9	4	2	3	15	15	3	1	0	11	2	1	1	3	4	13	1.00000	10	LLDWLW		2-0
1	9	West Ham United	8	3	3	2	12	8	0	2	2	4	7	3	1	0	8	1	1.50000	9	LWWDDD		0-0
4	10	Lincoln City	8	3	3	2	14	13	2	1	1	6	3	1	2	1	8	10	1.07692	9	WDLLDW		1-0
5	11	Middlesbrough	9	3	3	3	17	16	2	2	0	8	6	1	1	3	9	10	1.06250	9	DDLWWL		1-2
3	12	Liverpool	8	2	4	2	13	13	1	1	2	8	10	1	3	0	5	3	1.00000	8	WDWDDL		0-2
2	13	Fulham	9	4	0	5	18	19	3	0	2	12	10	1	0	3	6	9	.94737	8	LWWWWL		0-1
1	14	Barnsley	8	3	2	3	17	20	1	1	3	12	17	2	1	0	5	3	.85000	8	LWLWWD		3-3
2	15	Grimsby Town	9	3	1	5	13	13	3	1	0	9	4	0	0	5	4	9	1.00000	7	WLWDLL		1-2
	16	Port Vale	7	2	3	2	10	12	1	3	0	4	2	1	0	2	6	10	.83333	7	LLDWWD		0-0
	17	Leyton Orient	8	2	3	3	12	16	1	2	1	7	9	1	1	2	5	7	.75000	7	LLWDWD		1-1
	18	Blackburn Rovers	8	2	1	5	15	21	0	0	3	5	10	2	1	2	10	11	.71429	5	LLWLLD		3-3
2	19	Notts County	8	1	3	4	11	20	1	2	2	7	9	0	1	2	4	11	.55000	5	LDLLLW		2-1
	20	Bristol City	9	1	3	5	10	20	1	0	3	4	11	0	3	2	6	9	.50000	5	DLLLLD		1-1
2	21	Bury	8	1	2	5	11	21	1	0	2	4	7	0	2	3	7	14	.52381	4	LDLLLL		0-3
	22	Rotherham United	7	1	2	4	6	13	1	0	3	3	9	0	2	1	3	4	.46154	4	DLLLDW		3-2