The City Ground

LINCOLN CITY 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Jan 12, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 12, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Lincoln City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Sincil Bank
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON

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

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: G McCabe
Attendance:: 13,214
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 16 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Tier 2)
Lincoln City:: Aug 20, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2097 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1272 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2301 (of 5724)
Total:: 3464 (of 7505)
Played:: 67 years, 3 months, 7 days ago

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

Goals
Jim Barrett
Stewart Imlach

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

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	M	26	Peter Higham
8	F	26	Jim Barrett
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	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 Jan 12, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-0	Bristol City
Bristol Rovers	0-2	Middlesbrough
Huddersfield Town	1-2	Bury
Leicester City	5-0	Sheffield United
Leyton Orient	1-1	Grimsby Town
Lincoln City	0-2	Nottingham Forest
Liverpool	2-1	Doncaster Rovers
Notts County	5-0	Stoke City
Port Vale	0-3	Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United	0-1	West Ham United
Swansea Town	4-5	Fulham

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	Leicester City	25	15	7	3	64	37	7	4	0	35	14	8	3	3	29	23	1.72973	37	WWWWDW
	2	Stoke City	26	15	5	6	59	35	11	2	0	45	12	4	3	6	14	23	1.68571	35	WDWLWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	25	12	7	6	49	34	7	3	2	26	19	5	4	4	23	15	1.44118	31	WLWLWD
	4	Sheffield United	25	13	5	7	63	47	8	4	2	37	21	5	1	5	26	26	1.34043	31	WLWLWD
	5	Liverpool	25	11	8	6	50	32	8	1	3	32	18	3	7	3	18	14	1.56250	30	LWWWWD
	6	Bristol Rovers	26	13	4	9	59	40	9	1	2	35	10	4	3	7	24	30	1.47500	30	LLWLWL
	7	Blackburn Rovers	26	13	4	9	57	60	7	3	3	34	25	6	1	6	23	35	.95000	30	WWWLWD
	8	Middlesbrough	26	11	6	9	52	41	8	3	2	30	18	3	3	7	22	23	1.26829	28	LLLWLL
	9	Doncaster Rovers	26	11	6	9	56	50	9	2	2	37	15	2	4	7	19	35	1.12000	28	LLLLWW
	10	Leyton Orient	25	11	6	8	43	46	5	4	3	21	20	6	2	5	22	26	.93478	28	LWWLLW
	11	West Ham United	24	11	5	8	33	31	7	2	4	17	15	4	3	4	16	16	1.06452	27	DWWLWW
	12	Huddersfield Town	26	11	4	11	43	45	6	2	5	19	18	5	2	6	24	27	.95556	26	LLLWWD
	13	Fulham	26	11	2	13	50	50	9	1	3	36	19	2	1	10	14	31	1.00000	24	WLLLWD
	14	Swansea Town	25	10	4	11	60	63	7	2	4	37	22	3	2	7	23	41	.95238	24	WLWWLD
	15	Rotherham United	25	8	7	10	51	48	5	4	4	25	20	3	3	6	26	28	1.06250	23	WWDDLW
	16	Lincoln City	25	10	3	12	32	42	6	1	5	17	12	4	2	7	15	30	.76190	23	WLLLWL
	17	Grimsby Town	25	9	4	12	32	31	6	4	3	22	14	3	0	9	10	17	1.03226	22	DLWWDD
	18	Barnsley	25	8	6	11	39	56	4	4	5	24	29	4	2	6	15	27	.69643	22	DWWDDL
	19	Bristol City	25	7	6	12	40	59	6	1	6	25	26	1	5	6	15	33	.67797	20	DLWLLD
	20	Port Vale	23	5	4	14	33	49	4	3	3	17	13	1	1	11	16	36	.67347	14	WLWLDL
	21	Bury	27	4	5	18	44	75	3	2	9	29	36	1	3	9	15	39	.58667	13	WLWLLL
	22	Notts County	25	3	4	18	30	68	2	3	8	15	28	1	1	10	15	40	.44118	10	LLLLLL

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	Leicester City	26	16	7	3	69	37	8	4	0	40	14	8	3	3	29	23	1.86486	39	WWWDWW		5-0
	2	Stoke City	27	15	5	7	59	40	11	2	0	45	12	4	3	7	14	28	1.47500	35	DWLWWL		0-5
	3	Nottingham Forest	26	13	7	6	51	34	7	3	2	26	19	6	4	4	25	15	1.50000	33	LWLWDW		2-0
1	4	Liverpool	26	12	8	6	52	33	9	1	3	34	19	3	7	3	18	14	1.57576	32	WWWWDW		2-1
2	5	Blackburn Rovers	27	14	4	9	60	60	7	3	3	34	25	7	1	6	26	35	1.00000	32	WWLWDW		3-0
2	6	Sheffield United	26	13	5	8	63	52	8	4	2	37	21	5	1	6	26	31	1.21154	31	LWLWDL		0-5
1	7	Bristol Rovers	27	13	4	10	59	42	9	1	3	35	12	4	3	7	24	30	1.40476	30	LWLWLL		0-2
	8	Middlesbrough	27	12	6	9	54	41	8	3	2	30	18	4	3	7	24	23	1.31707	30	LLWLLW		2-0
2	9	West Ham United	25	12	5	8	34	31	7	2	4	17	15	5	3	4	17	16	1.09677	29	WWLWWW		1-0
	10	Leyton Orient	26	11	7	8	44	47	5	5	3	22	21	6	2	5	22	26	.93617	29	WWLLWD		1-1
2	11	Doncaster Rovers	27	11	6	10	57	52	9	2	2	37	15	2	4	8	20	37	1.09615	28	LLLWWL		1-2
1	12	Fulham	27	12	2	13	55	54	9	1	3	36	19	3	1	10	19	35	1.01852	26	LLLWDW		5-4
1	13	Huddersfield Town	27	11	4	12	44	47	6	2	6	20	20	5	2	6	24	27	.93617	26	LLWWDL		1-2
	14	Swansea Town	26	10	4	12	64	68	7	2	5	41	27	3	2	7	23	41	.94118	24	LWWLDL		4-5
3	15	Barnsley	26	9	6	11	42	56	5	4	5	27	29	4	2	6	15	27	.75000	24	WWDDLW		3-0
1	16	Rotherham United	26	8	7	11	51	49	5	4	5	25	21	3	3	6	26	28	1.04082	23	WDDLWL		0-1
	17	Grimsby Town	26	9	5	12	33	32	6	4	3	22	14	3	1	9	11	18	1.03125	23	LWWDDD		1-1
2	18	Lincoln City	26	10	3	13	32	44	6	1	6	17	14	4	2	7	15	30	.72727	23	LLLWLL		0-2
	19	Bristol City	26	7	6	13	40	62	6	1	6	25	26	1	5	7	15	36	.64516	20	LWLLDL		0-3
1	20	Bury	28	5	5	18	46	76	3	2	9	29	36	2	3	9	17	40	.60526	15	LWLLLW		2-1
1	21	Port Vale	24	5	4	15	33	52	4	3	4	17	16	1	1	11	16	36	.63462	14	LWLDLL		0-3
	22	Notts County	26	4	4	18	35	68	3	3	8	20	28	1	1	10	15	40	.51471	12	LLLLLW		5-0