The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 ROTHERHAM UNITED - Sat Jan 19, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 19, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON

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

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: T Cooper
Attendance:: 18,580
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 16 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Portsmouth (FA Cup)
League:: Port Vale
Rotherham United:: Aug 19, 1975

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2098 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1273 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2302 (of 5724)
Total:: 3465 (of 7505)
Played:: 67 years, 3 months, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Jim Barrett
Jim Barrett
Stewart Imlach

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Andy Smailes
Prior form: WDDLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Penalties Missed:
Jim Barrett

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	31	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 19, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Barnsley
Bristol City	5-1	Sheffield United
Bury	1-3	Swansea Town
Doncaster Rovers	6-1	Leyton Orient
Fulham	0-1	Lincoln City
Grimsby Town	1-2	Huddersfield Town
Leicester City	7-2	Bristol Rovers
Middlesbrough	0-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Rotherham United
Stoke City	1-0	Liverpool
West Ham United	2-1	Port Vale

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

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	27	17	7	3	76	39	9	4	0	47	16	8	3	3	29	23	1.94872	41	WWDWWW		7-2
	2	Stoke City	28	16	5	7	60	40	12	2	0	46	12	4	3	7	14	28	1.50000	37	WLWWLW		1-0
	3	Nottingham Forest	27	14	7	6	54	35	8	3	2	29	20	6	4	4	25	15	1.54286	35	WLWDWW		3-1
1	4	Blackburn Rovers	28	15	4	9	62	60	8	3	3	36	25	7	1	6	26	35	1.03333	34	WLWDWW		2-0
1	5	Liverpool	27	12	8	7	52	34	9	1	3	34	19	3	7	4	18	15	1.52941	32	WWWDWL		0-1
2	6	Middlesbrough	28	12	7	9	54	41	8	4	2	30	18	4	3	7	24	23	1.31707	31	LWLLWD		0-0
2	7	West Ham United	26	13	5	8	36	32	8	2	4	19	16	5	3	4	17	16	1.12500	31	WLWWWW		2-1
2	8	Sheffield United	27	13	5	9	64	57	8	4	2	37	21	5	1	7	27	36	1.12281	31	WLWDLL		1-5
2	9	Bristol Rovers	28	13	4	11	61	49	9	1	3	35	12	4	3	8	26	37	1.24490	30	WLWLLL		2-7
1	10	Doncaster Rovers	28	12	6	10	63	53	10	2	2	43	16	2	4	8	20	37	1.18868	30	LLWWLW		6-1
1	11	Leyton Orient	27	11	7	9	45	53	5	5	3	22	21	6	2	6	23	32	.84906	29	WLLWDL		1-6
1	12	Huddersfield Town	28	12	4	12	46	48	6	2	6	20	20	6	2	6	26	28	.95833	28	LWWDLW		2-1
1	13	Fulham	28	12	2	14	55	55	9	1	4	36	20	3	1	10	19	35	1.00000	26	LLWDWL		0-1
	14	Swansea Town	27	11	4	12	67	69	7	2	5	41	27	4	2	7	26	42	.97101	26	WWLDLW		3-1
3	15	Lincoln City	27	11	3	13	33	44	6	1	6	17	14	5	2	7	16	30	.75000	25	LLWLLW		1-0
1	16	Barnsley	27	9	6	12	42	58	5	4	5	27	29	4	2	7	15	29	.72414	24	WDDLWL		0-2
	17	Grimsby Town	27	9	5	13	34	34	6	4	4	23	16	3	1	9	11	18	1.00000	23	WWDDDL		1-2
2	18	Rotherham United	27	8	7	12	52	52	5	4	5	25	21	3	3	7	27	31	1.00000	23	DDLWLL		1-3
	19	Bristol City	27	8	6	13	45	63	7	1	6	30	27	1	5	7	15	36	.71429	22	WLLDLW		5-1
	20	Bury	29	5	5	19	47	79	3	2	10	30	39	2	3	9	17	40	.59494	15	WLLLWL		1-3
	21	Port Vale	25	5	4	16	34	54	4	3	4	17	16	1	1	12	17	38	.62963	14	WLDLLL		1-2
	22	Notts County	27	4	5	18	35	68	3	3	8	20	28	1	2	10	15	40	.51471	13	LLLLWD		0-0