The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 4 NOTTS COUNTY - Wed May 01, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed May 01, 1957 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-4 LOST

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

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Topliss
Attendance:: 32,046
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (Friendly)
League:: Preston North End
Notts County:: Oct 26, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2113 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1288 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2321 (of 5724)
Total:: 3484 (of 7505)
Played:: 66 years, 11 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Tommy Wilson
Stewart Imlach

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

Goals
?
?
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Harry Nicholson	Last game
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Tommy Wilson
8	F	31	Eddie Baily
9	F	26	Jim Barrett
10	F	33	Doug Lishman	Last game
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 (Wed May 01, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Liverpool	2-1	Bristol City
Nottingham Forest	2-4	Notts County

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	42	25	11	6	109	67	14	5	2	68	36	11	6	4	41	31	1.62687	61	WWDWDL	Champions
	2	Nottingham Forest	41	22	10	9	92	51	13	4	3	48	25	9	6	6	44	26	1.80392	54	LWWLWW	Promoted
	3	Blackburn Rovers	42	21	10	11	83	75	12	6	3	49	32	9	4	8	34	43	1.10667	52	WLWDWL	Safe
	4	Liverpool	41	20	11	10	80	53	15	1	4	51	25	5	10	6	29	28	1.50943	51	WLWWDW	Safe
	5	Stoke City	42	20	8	14	83	58	16	2	3	64	18	4	6	11	19	40	1.43103	48	LLLWWD	Safe
	6	Middlesbrough	42	19	10	13	84	60	12	5	4	51	29	7	5	9	33	31	1.40000	48	DWDWWW	Safe
	7	Sheffield United	42	19	8	15	87	76	11	6	4	45	28	8	2	11	42	48	1.14474	46	WLWLLL	Safe
	8	West Ham United	42	19	8	15	59	63	12	4	5	31	24	7	4	10	28	39	.93651	46	WLDLWL	Safe
	9	Bristol Rovers	42	18	9	15	81	67	12	5	4	47	19	6	4	11	34	48	1.20896	45	LWWLLD	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	42	19	7	16	90	90	12	3	6	53	34	7	4	10	37	56	1.00000	45	LWWDDL	Safe
	11	Fulham	42	19	4	19	84	76	13	1	7	53	32	6	3	12	31	44	1.10526	42	WDWWWD	Safe
	12	Huddersfield Town	42	18	6	18	68	74	10	3	8	33	27	8	3	10	35	47	.91892	42	WWLDLL	Safe
	13	Bristol City	41	16	9	16	73	77	13	2	6	49	32	3	7	10	24	45	.94805	41	WWDDLW	Safe
	14	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	10	17	77	77	12	5	4	51	21	3	5	13	26	56	1.00000	40	LWLLWL	Safe
	15	Leyton Orient	42	15	10	17	66	84	7	8	6	34	38	8	2	11	32	46	.78571	40	WLLLWD	Safe
	16	Grimsby Town	42	17	5	20	61	62	12	4	5	41	26	5	1	15	20	36	.98387	39	LWLWWW	Safe
	17	Rotherham United	42	13	11	18	74	75	9	7	5	37	26	4	4	13	37	49	.98667	37	LDDLWL	Safe
	18	Lincoln City	42	14	6	22	54	80	9	4	8	34	27	5	2	14	20	53	.67500	34	LDDLLW	Safe
	19	Barnsley	42	12	10	20	59	89	8	7	6	39	35	4	3	14	20	54	.66292	34	LDLLDL	Safe
	20	Notts County	41	8	12	21	54	84	7	6	8	34	32	1	6	13	20	52	.64286	28	DDDWWD	Safe
	21	Bury	42	8	9	25	60	96	5	3	13	37	47	3	6	12	23	49	.62500	25	LDWLWL	Relegated
	22	Port Vale	42	8	6	28	57	101	7	4	10	31	42	1	2	18	26	59	.56436	22	LLLDWD	Relegated

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	42	25	11	6	109	67	14	5	2	68	36	11	6	4	41	31	1.62687	61	WWDWDL	Promoted
	2	Nottingham Forest	42	22	10	10	94	55	13	4	4	50	29	9	6	6	44	26	1.70909	54	WWLWWL	Promoted	2-4
1	3	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	82	54	16	1	4	53	26	5	10	6	29	28	1.51852	53	LWWDWW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Blackburn Rovers	42	21	10	11	83	75	12	6	3	49	32	9	4	8	34	43	1.10667	52	WLWDWL	Safe
	5	Stoke City	42	20	8	14	83	58	16	2	3	64	18	4	6	11	19	40	1.43103	48	LLLWWD	Safe
	6	Middlesbrough	42	19	10	13	84	60	12	5	4	51	29	7	5	9	33	31	1.40000	48	DWDWWW	Safe
	7	Sheffield United	42	19	8	15	87	76	11	6	4	45	28	8	2	11	42	48	1.14474	46	WLWLLL	Safe
	8	West Ham United	42	19	8	15	59	63	12	4	5	31	24	7	4	10	28	39	.93651	46	WLDLWL	Safe
	9	Bristol Rovers	42	18	9	15	81	67	12	5	4	47	19	6	4	11	34	48	1.20896	45	LWWLLD	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	42	19	7	16	90	90	12	3	6	53	34	7	4	10	37	56	1.00000	45	LWWDDL	Safe
	11	Fulham	42	19	4	19	84	76	13	1	7	53	32	6	3	12	31	44	1.10526	42	WDWWWD	Safe
	12	Huddersfield Town	42	18	6	18	68	74	10	3	8	33	27	8	3	10	35	47	.91892	42	WWLDLL	Safe
	13	Bristol City	42	16	9	17	74	79	13	2	6	49	32	3	7	11	25	47	.93671	41	WDDLWL	Safe	1-2
	14	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	10	17	77	77	12	5	4	51	21	3	5	13	26	56	1.00000	40	LWLLWL	Safe
	15	Leyton Orient	42	15	10	17	66	84	7	8	6	34	38	8	2	11	32	46	.78571	40	WLLLWD	Safe
	16	Grimsby Town	42	17	5	20	61	62	12	4	5	41	26	5	1	15	20	36	.98387	39	LWLWWW	Safe
	17	Rotherham United	42	13	11	18	74	75	9	7	5	37	26	4	4	13	37	49	.98667	37	LDDLWL	Safe
	18	Lincoln City	42	14	6	22	54	80	9	4	8	34	27	5	2	14	20	53	.67500	34	LDDLLW	Safe
	19	Barnsley	42	12	10	20	59	89	8	7	6	39	35	4	3	14	20	54	.66292	34	LDLLDL	Safe
	20	Notts County	42	9	12	21	58	86	7	6	8	34	32	2	6	13	24	54	.67442	30	DDWWDW	Safe	4-2
	21	Bury	42	8	9	25	60	96	5	3	13	37	47	3	6	12	23	49	.62500	25	LDWLWL	Relegated
	22	Port Vale	42	8	6	28	57	101	7	4	10	31	42	1	2	18	26	59	.56436	22	LLLDWD	Relegated