The City Ground

NOTTS COUNTY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Oct 20, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 20, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Meadow Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: E Oxley
Attendance:: 31,585
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Doncaster Rovers (League Tier 2)
Notts County:: May 01, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2084 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1259 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2287 (of 5724)
Total:: 3450 (of 7505)
Played:: 67 years, 5 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals
Eddie Baily
Doug Lishman

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: George Poyser
Prior form: LWLLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	31	Bill Whare
3	M	22	Peter Watson (1956)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	31	Eddie Baily
9	M	25	Peter Higham
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 Oct 20, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	1-1	West Ham United
Bury	1-4	Rotherham United
Doncaster Rovers	5-2	Barnsley
Grimsby Town	1-0	Port Vale
Huddersfield Town	0-1	Lincoln City
Leicester City	6-0	Blackburn Rovers
Leyton Orient	3-0	Swansea Town
Liverpool	4-3	Fulham
Middlesbrough	4-1	Bristol City
Notts County	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	3-3	Sheffield 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	Stoke City	14	8	3	3	34	19	6	1	0	27	4	2	2	3	7	15	1.78947	19	WWDWWW
	2	Leicester City	13	8	3	2	34	23	4	2	0	20	9	4	1	2	14	14	1.47826	19	WWWLWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	12	7	3	2	33	16	4	2	0	17	8	3	1	2	16	8	2.06250	17	DLWDLW
	4	Bristol Rovers	13	8	1	4	31	18	5	0	1	16	5	3	1	3	15	13	1.72222	17	WLLWWW
	5	Sheffield United	12	7	2	3	32	19	4	2	0	17	7	3	0	3	15	12	1.68421	16	LDLWLW
	6	Huddersfield Town	13	7	2	4	21	20	4	1	1	11	6	3	1	3	10	14	1.05000	16	LWLDWW
	7	Doncaster Rovers	13	5	5	3	27	21	3	2	1	15	7	2	3	2	12	14	1.28571	15	WDWDWL
	8	Middlesbrough	13	5	5	3	25	21	3	3	0	12	8	2	2	3	13	13	1.19048	15	WLDDWW
	9	Fulham	13	7	0	6	26	23	5	0	2	18	12	2	0	4	8	11	1.13043	14	WLWLWW
	10	West Ham United	12	5	3	4	16	12	1	2	3	6	9	4	1	1	10	3	1.33333	13	DDWLWL
	11	Lincoln City	12	5	3	4	18	18	3	1	2	7	4	2	2	2	11	14	1.00000	13	DWWWLL
	12	Swansea Town	12	6	0	6	29	34	4	0	3	20	13	2	0	3	9	21	.85294	12	WWLLLW
	13	Bristol City	13	4	4	5	21	25	4	0	3	14	15	0	4	2	7	10	.84000	12	LDWWDW
	14	Liverpool	12	3	5	4	19	19	2	1	3	12	13	1	4	1	7	6	1.00000	11	DLDWLL
	15	Blackburn Rovers	12	4	2	6	24	30	1	1	3	11	14	3	1	3	13	16	.80000	10	LDWLWD
	16	Grimsby Town	13	4	1	8	19	18	4	1	1	14	5	0	0	7	5	13	1.05556	9	LLLLWL
	17	Port Vale	12	3	3	6	18	26	2	3	1	8	6	1	0	5	10	20	.69231	9	DLWLLL
	18	Barnsley	12	3	3	6	20	30	1	2	4	13	20	2	1	2	7	10	.66667	9	WDLDLL
	19	Leyton Orient	12	2	5	5	18	29	1	3	2	9	12	1	2	3	9	17	.62069	9	WDLDLD
	20	Bury	13	2	3	8	21	36	1	1	4	12	17	1	2	4	9	19	.58333	7	LLWDLL
	21	Rotherham United	11	2	2	7	15	26	2	0	4	11	13	0	2	3	4	13	.57692	6	DWLWLL
	22	Notts County	12	1	4	7	16	34	1	3	3	8	12	0	1	4	8	22	.47059	6	LWLLDL

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	1	Leicester City	14	9	3	2	40	23	5	2	0	26	9	4	1	2	14	14	1.73913	21	WWLWWW		6-0
1	2	Stoke City	15	8	4	3	37	22	6	2	0	30	7	2	2	3	7	15	1.68182	20	WDWWWD		3-3
	3	Nottingham Forest	13	8	3	2	35	17	4	2	0	17	8	4	1	2	18	9	2.05882	19	LWDLWW		2-1
	4	Bristol Rovers	14	8	2	4	32	19	5	1	1	17	6	3	1	3	15	13	1.68421	18	LLWWWD		1-1
	5	Sheffield United	13	7	3	3	35	22	4	2	0	17	7	3	1	3	18	15	1.59091	17	DLWLWD		3-3
1	6	Doncaster Rovers	14	6	5	3	32	23	4	2	1	20	9	2	3	2	12	14	1.39130	17	DWDWLW		5-2
1	7	Middlesbrough	14	6	5	3	29	22	4	3	0	16	9	2	2	3	13	13	1.31818	17	LDDWWW		4-1
2	8	Huddersfield Town	14	7	2	5	21	21	4	1	2	11	7	3	1	3	10	14	1.00000	16	WLDWWL		0-1
2	9	Lincoln City	13	6	3	4	19	18	3	1	2	7	4	3	2	2	12	14	1.05556	15	WWWLLW		1-0
	10	West Ham United	13	5	4	4	17	13	1	2	3	6	9	4	2	1	11	4	1.30769	14	DWLWLD		1-1
2	11	Fulham	14	7	0	7	29	27	5	0	2	18	12	2	0	5	11	15	1.07407	14	LWLWWL		3-4
2	12	Liverpool	13	4	5	4	23	22	3	1	3	16	16	1	4	1	7	6	1.04545	13	LDWLLW		4-3
1	13	Swansea Town	13	6	0	7	29	37	4	0	3	20	13	2	0	4	9	24	.78378	12	WLLLWL		0-3
1	14	Bristol City	14	4	4	6	22	29	4	0	3	14	15	0	4	3	8	14	.75862	12	DWWDWL		1-4
1	15	Grimsby Town	14	5	1	8	20	18	5	1	1	15	5	0	0	7	5	13	1.11111	11	LLLWLW		1-0
3	16	Leyton Orient	13	3	5	5	21	29	2	3	2	12	12	1	2	3	9	17	.72414	11	DLDLDW		3-0
2	17	Blackburn Rovers	13	4	2	7	24	36	1	1	3	11	14	3	1	4	13	22	.66667	10	DWLWDL		0-6
1	18	Port Vale	13	3	3	7	18	27	2	3	1	8	6	1	0	6	10	21	.66667	9	LWLLLL		0-1
1	19	Barnsley	13	3	3	7	22	35	1	2	4	13	20	2	1	3	9	15	.62857	9	DLDLLL		2-5
1	20	Rotherham United	12	3	2	7	19	27	2	0	4	11	13	1	2	3	8	14	.70370	8	WLWLLW		4-1
1	21	Bury	14	2	3	9	22	40	1	1	5	13	21	1	2	4	9	19	.55000	7	LWDLLL		1-4
	22	Notts County	13	1	4	8	17	36	1	3	4	9	14	0	1	4	8	22	.47222	6	WLLDLL		1-2