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WEST HAM UNITED 2 - 1 FOREST - Tue Dec 25, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Dec 25, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)

Attendance:: 16,300
Pos Before/After:: 4/3
Opp Before/After:: 11/10
Referee:
Season:: 1956-57
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Swansea Town

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2093 (of 4878)
League Tier 2:: 1268 (of 2461)
Competitive:: 2296 (of 5575)
Total:: 3452 (of 7323)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Stewart Imlach

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager:
Prior form: LWDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Nicholson
2	M	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	William Morley
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	M	Peter Higham
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Doug Lishman
11	F	Stewart Imlach

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Tue Dec 25, 1956)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Fulham
Bury	7	2	Bristol Rovers
Grimsby Town	2	2	Leicester City
Liverpool	1	0	Leyton Orient
Middlesbrough	3	2	Doncaster Rovers
Rotherham United	0	0	Barnsley
Sheffield United	2	0	Lincoln City
West Ham United	2	1	Nottingham Forest

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
	1	Leicester City	23	14	6	3	59	34	7	4	0	35	14	7	2	3	24	20	1.735	34	DLWWWW
	2	Stoke City	24	13	5	6	56	34	10	2	0	43	11	3	3	6	13	23	1.647	31	WWWDWL
	3	Bristol Rovers	23	12	4	7	50	30	8	1	2	29	9	4	3	5	21	21	1.667	28	WDWLLW
	4	Nottingham Forest	22	11	6	5	42	27	6	3	2	22	16	5	3	3	20	11	1.556	28	DDDWLW
	5	Middlesbrough	23	10	6	7	47	34	7	3	1	26	13	3	3	6	21	21	1.382	26	WLWLLL
	6	Sheffield United	21	11	4	6	53	41	6	3	2	28	19	5	1	4	25	22	1.293	26	DWWLWL
	7	Leyton Orient	22	10	6	6	40	40	5	4	2	21	16	5	2	4	19	24	1.000	26	WWDLWW
	8	Liverpool	22	9	7	6	45	32	7	1	3	31	18	2	6	3	14	14	1.406	25	WDWLWW
	9	Blackburn Rovers	22	11	3	8	48	49	5	2	3	27	21	6	1	5	21	28	.980	25	LWWWWW
	10	Doncaster Rovers	23	9	6	8	48	44	7	2	2	31	12	2	4	6	17	32	1.091	24	WLWLLL
	11	West Ham United	22	9	5	8	29	29	5	2	4	13	13	4	3	4	16	16	1.000	23	LWDWWL
	12	Huddersfield Town	24	10	3	11	39	44	5	1	5	15	17	5	2	6	24	27	.886	23	DLLLLW
	13	Fulham	23	10	1	12	42	45	8	1	3	29	17	2	0	9	13	28	.933	21	LWLWLL
	14	Swansea Town	22	9	3	10	50	57	6	2	4	32	22	3	1	6	18	35	.877	21	WDLWLW
	15	Lincoln City	22	9	3	10	27	37	5	1	5	13	11	4	2	5	14	26	.730	21	LLLWLL
	16	Grimsby Town	23	9	2	12	30	29	6	2	3	20	12	3	0	9	10	17	1.034	20	LLDLWW
	17	Barnsley	22	8	4	10	38	50	4	3	5	23	28	4	1	5	15	22	.760	20	WWLDWW
	18	Rotherham United	21	7	5	9	47	44	4	3	4	24	20	3	2	5	23	24	1.068	19	LDLWWW
	19	Bristol City	23	7	5	11	37	51	6	0	6	22	23	1	5	5	15	28	.725	19	LLDLWL
	20	Port Vale	21	5	3	13	30	45	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	10	13	32	.667	13	LLWLWL
	21	Bury	23	3	5	15	35	63	2	2	7	21	30	1	3	8	14	33	.556	11	LLDLWL
	22	Notts County	23	3	4	16	28	61	2	3	8	15	28	1	1	8	13	33	.459	10	LWLLLL

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
	1	Leicester City	24	14	7	3	61	36	7	4	0	35	14	7	3	3	26	22	1.694	35	LWWWWD
	2	Stoke City	24	13	5	6	56	34	10	2	0	43	11	3	3	6	13	23	1.647	31	WWWDWL
1	3	Nottingham Forest	23	11	6	6	43	29	6	3	2	22	16	5	3	4	21	13	1.483	28	DDWLWL
1	4	Bristol Rovers	24	12	4	8	52	37	8	1	2	29	9	4	3	6	23	28	1.405	28	DWLLWL
	5	Middlesbrough	24	11	6	7	50	36	8	3	1	29	15	3	3	6	21	21	1.389	28	LWLLLW
	6	Sheffield United	22	12	4	6	55	41	7	3	2	30	19	5	1	4	25	22	1.341	28	WWLWLW
1	7	Liverpool	23	10	7	6	46	32	8	1	3	32	18	2	6	3	14	14	1.438	27	DWLWWW
1	8	Blackburn Rovers	23	12	3	8	50	49	6	2	3	29	21	6	1	5	21	28	1.020	27	WWWWWW
2	9	Leyton Orient	23	10	6	7	40	41	5	4	2	21	16	5	2	5	19	25	.976	26	WDLWWL
1	10	West Ham United	23	10	5	8	31	30	6	2	4	15	14	4	3	4	16	16	1.033	25	WDWWLW
1	11	Doncaster Rovers	24	9	6	9	50	47	7	2	2	31	12	2	4	7	19	35	1.064	24	LWLLLL
	12	Huddersfield Town	24	10	3	11	39	44	5	1	5	15	17	5	2	6	24	27	.886	23	DLLLLW
3	13	Grimsby Town	24	9	3	12	32	31	6	3	3	22	14	3	0	9	10	17	1.032	21	LDLWWD
1	14	Fulham	24	10	1	13	42	47	8	1	3	29	17	2	0	10	13	30	.894	21	WLWLLL
1	15	Swansea Town	22	9	3	10	50	57	6	2	4	32	22	3	1	6	18	35	.877	21	WDLWLW
1	16	Barnsley	23	8	5	10	38	50	4	3	5	23	28	4	2	5	15	22	.760	21	WLDWWD
2	17	Lincoln City	23	9	3	11	27	39	5	1	5	13	11	4	2	6	14	28	.692	21	LLWLLL
	18	Rotherham United	22	7	6	9	47	44	4	4	4	24	20	3	2	5	23	24	1.068	20	DLWWWD
	19	Bristol City	23	7	5	11	37	51	6	0	6	22	23	1	5	5	15	28	.725	19	LLDLWL
	20	Port Vale	21	5	3	13	30	45	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	10	13	32	.667	13	LLWLWL
	21	Bury	24	4	5	15	42	65	3	2	7	28	32	1	3	8	14	33	.646	13	LDLWLW
	22	Notts County	23	3	4	16	28	61	2	3	8	15	28	1	1	8	13	33	.459	10	LWLLLL