The City Ground

SEASON: 1956-57

Prev Season: 1955-56
This Season: 1956-57
Next Season: 1957-58

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Birmingham City (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Jim Barrett (30 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1956-57

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Leicester City	42	25	11	6	109	67	14	5	2	68	36	11	6	4	41	31	1.62687	61	Promoted as Champions	1-2	0-0
2	Nottingham Forest	42	22	10	10	94	55	13	4	4	50	29	9	6	6	44	26	1.70909	54	Promoted
3	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	82	54	16	1	4	53	26	5	10	6	29	28	1.51852	53		1-0	1-3
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	21	10	11	83	75	12	6	3	49	32	9	4	8	34	43	1.10667	52		2-1	2-2
5	Stoke City	42	20	8	14	83	58	16	2	3	64	18	4	6	11	19	40	1.43103	48		4-0	1-2
6	Middlesbrough	42	19	10	13	84	60	12	5	4	51	29	7	5	9	33	31	1.40000	48		0-4	2-2
7	Sheffield United	42	19	8	15	87	76	11	6	4	45	28	8	2	11	42	48	1.14474	46		2-1	4-0
8	West Ham United	42	19	8	15	59	63	12	4	5	31	24	7	4	10	28	39	.93651	46		3-0	1-2
9	Bristol Rovers	42	18	9	15	81	67	12	5	4	47	19	6	4	11	34	48	1.20896	45		1-1	2-3
10	Swansea Town	42	19	7	16	90	90	12	3	6	53	34	7	4	10	37	56	1.00000	45		4-3	4-1
11	Fulham	42	19	4	19	84	76	13	1	7	53	32	6	3	12	31	44	1.10526	42		3-1	1-0
12	Huddersfield Town	42	18	6	18	68	74	10	3	8	33	27	8	3	10	35	47	.91892	42		0-0	0-1
13	Bristol City	42	16	9	17	74	79	13	2	6	49	32	3	7	11	25	47	.93671	41		2-2	5-1
14	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	10	17	77	77	12	5	4	51	21	3	5	13	26	56	1.00000	40		2-1	1-1
15	Leyton Orient	42	15	10	17	66	84	7	8	6	34	38	8	2	11	32	46	.78571	40		1-2	4-1
16	Grimsby Town	42	17	5	20	61	62	12	4	5	41	26	5	1	15	20	36	.98387	39		2-1	0-0
17	Rotherham United	42	13	11	18	74	75	9	7	5	37	26	4	4	13	37	49	.98667	37		3-1	2-3
18	Lincoln City	42	14	6	22	54	80	9	4	8	34	27	5	2	14	20	53	.67500	34		1-1	2-0
19	Barnsley	42	12	10	20	59	89	8	7	6	39	35	4	3	14	20	54	.66292	34		7-1	1-1
20	Notts County	42	9	12	21	58	86	7	6	8	34	32	2	6	13	24	54	.67442	30		2-4	2-1
21	Bury	42	8	9	25	60	96	5	3	13	37	47	3	6	12	23	49	.62500	25	Relegated	5-1	2-1
22	Port Vale	42	8	6	28	57	101	7	4	10	31	42	1	2	18	26	59	.56436	22	Relegated	4-2	7-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 47
Competitive Goals:: 105
Goals per game:: 2.2
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 54 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 64.3%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	14 times	4 times	6 times	5 times
Conceded	22 times	8 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	10 times	5 times	3 times	4 times	3 times
Lost By	8 times	2 times		1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	24	1	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Leicester City (0-0), Leicester City (1-2)
2	76	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	109	3	2	1	-	1	5	2	2	Stoke City (1-2), Stoke City (4-0)
4	12	4	3	-	1	2	2	8	1	Middlesbrough (0-4), Bristol Rovers (1-1), Liverpool (1-3)
5	27	5	2	2	-	-	6	2	4	Swansea Town (4-1), Sheffield United (2-1)
6	8	6	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Doncaster Rovers (2-1)
7		7	2	1	1	-	6	2	3	Blackburn Rovers (2-2), Sheffield United (4-0)
8		8	4	1	-	3	6	6	2	Huddersfield Town (0-1), Leyton Orient (1-2), Bristol Rovers (2-3), West Ham United (3-0)
9		9	2	1	1	-	3	2	3	Liverpool (1-0), Middlesbrough (2-2)
10		10	2	1	1	-	6	2	3	Bristol City (5-1), Lincoln City (1-1)
11		11	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	West Ham United (1-2), Doncaster Rovers (1-1)
12		12	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Fulham (1-0)
13		13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14		14	3	1	2	-	5	4	4	Barnsley (1-1), Swansea Town (4-3), Huddersfield Town (0-0)
15		15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16		16	5	4	1	-	13	6	9	Bristol City (2-2), Blackburn Rovers (2-1), Port Vale (4-2), Lincoln City (2-0), Rotherham United (3-1)<
17		17	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	Grimsby Town (0-0), Grimsby Town (2-1)
18		18	1	1	-	-	7	1	2	Barnsley (7-1)
19		19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20		20	3	2	-	1	9	6	4	Bury (5-1), Bury (2-1), Notts County (2-4)
21		21	2	2	-	-	10	2	4	Fulham (3-1), Port Vale (7-1)
22		22	2	1	-	1	4	4	2	Rotherham United (2-3), Notts County (2-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Leyton Orient (4-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 39,750 (Leicester City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 13,959 (Leyton Orient)
Average League Attendance:: 23,118
Highest Cup Attendance:: 36,486 (Birmingham City)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 18,060 (Goole Town)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 2 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 2
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 18, 1956	Leyton Orient	A	4-1	25,983	4	Barrett (?, ?), Wilson (?), Lishman (?)
2	Tue Aug 21, 1956	Bristol City	A	5-1	27,898	1	Morley (?), Barrett (?, ?), Lishman (?, ?)
3	Sat Aug 25, 1956	Fulham	H	3-1	21,494	1	Barrett (?, ?, ?)
4	Thu Aug 30, 1956	Bristol City	H	2-2	23,172	2	McKinlay (?), Wilson (?)
5	Sat Sep 01, 1956	Swansea Town	A	4-1	24,478	2	Small (?), Lishman (?, ?), Imlach (?)
6	Thu Sep 06, 1956	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1	21,251	1	Burkitt (?), Small (?)
7	Sat Sep 08, 1956	Lincoln City	H	1-1	26,780	1	Lishman (?)
8	Sat Sep 15, 1956	Rotherham United	A	2-3	12,512	1	Scott (?), Lishman (?)
9	Sat Sep 22, 1956	Port Vale	H	4-2	18,699	2	Morley (?), Burkitt (?), Lishman (?), Hayward (? OG)
10	Sat Sep 29, 1956	Barnsley	A	1-1	15,666	1	Lishman (?)
11	Sat Oct 06, 1956	Huddersfield Town	A	0-1	17,600	2
12	Sat Oct 13, 1956	Bury	H	5-1	21,967	3	Morley (?), Baily (?, ?), Higham (?), Lishman (?)
13	Sat Oct 20, 1956	Notts County	A	2-1	31,585	3	Baily (?), Lishman (?)
14	Sat Oct 27, 1956	Doncaster Rovers	H	2-1	24,512	2	Small (?), Imlach (?)
15	Sat Nov 03, 1956	Stoke City	A	1-2	32,656	3	Lishman (?)
16	Sat Nov 10, 1956	Middlesbrough	H	0-4	20,862	5
17	Sat Nov 17, 1956	Leicester City	A	0-0	40,830	5
18	Sat Nov 24, 1956	Bristol Rovers	H	1-1	18,146	6	Lishman (?)
19	Sat Dec 01, 1956	Grimsby Town	A	0-0	14,033	5
20	Sat Dec 08, 1956	Liverpool	H	1-0	17,774	4	Baily (?)
21	Sat Dec 15, 1956	Leyton Orient	H	1-2	13,959	3	Barrett (?)
22	Sat Dec 22, 1956	Fulham	A	1-0	12,499	4	Imlach (?)
23	Tue Dec 25, 1956	West Ham United	A	1-2	16,300	3	Imlach (?)
24	Sat Dec 29, 1956	Swansea Town	H	4-3	18,372	5	Barrett (?), Wilson (?, ?), Imlach (?)
25	Tue Jan 01, 1957	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-2	28,810	3	Barrett (?), Alexander (?)
26	Sat Jan 12, 1957	Lincoln City	A	2-0	13,214	3	Barrett (?), Imlach (?)
27	Sat Jan 19, 1957	Rotherham United	H	3-1	18,580	3	Barrett (?, ?), Imlach (?)
28	Sat Feb 02, 1957	Port Vale	A	7-1	18,185	3	Barrett (?, ?, ?), Wilson (?), Baily (?), Imlach (?, ?)
29	Sat Feb 09, 1957	Barnsley	H	7-1	25,994	3	Higham (?), Barrett (?), Wilson (?, ?, ?), Baily (?), Imlach (?)
30	Thu Feb 21, 1957	Huddersfield Town	H	0-0	14,904	2		Safe
31	Sat Feb 23, 1957	Bury	A	2-1	14,128	2	Barrett (?, ?)	Safe
32	Sat Mar 09, 1957	Doncaster Rovers	A	1-1	14,128	2	Barrett (?)	Safe
33	Sat Mar 16, 1957	Stoke City	H	4-0	32,444	2	Barrett (?, ?), Wilson (?), Imlach (?)	Safe
34	Sat Mar 23, 1957	Middlesbrough	A	2-2	25,009	2	Higham (10'), Barrett (80')	Safe
35	Sat Mar 30, 1957	Leicester City	H	1-2	39,750	3	Barrett (75')	Safe
36	Sat Apr 06, 1957	Bristol Rovers	A	2-3	21,078	3	Morley (?), Wilson (?)	Safe
37	Sat Apr 13, 1957	Grimsby Town	H	2-1	21,466	3	Barrett (?), Baily (?)	Safe
38	Mon Apr 15, 1957	West Ham United	H	3-0	24,251	2	Barrett (?), Small (?), Bond (? OG)	Safe
39	Sat Apr 20, 1957	Liverpool	A	1-3	47,621	3	Barrett (?)	Safe
40	Mon Apr 22, 1957	Sheffield United	H	2-1	29,063	2	Higham (?), Wilson (?)	Safe
41	Sat Apr 27, 1957	Sheffield United	A	4-0	28,036	2	Wilson (?), Lishman (?, ?, ?)	Promoted
42	Wed May 01, 1957	Notts County	H	2-4	32,046	2	Wilson (?), Imlach (?)	Promoted

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 05, 1957	Goole Town	3		H	6-0	18,060	Higham (?), Barrett (?, ?, ?), Wilson (?), Baily (?)
Sat Jan 26, 1957	Portsmouth	4		A	3-1	36,432	Baily (?, ?), Imlach (?)
Sat Feb 16, 1957	Barnsley	5		A	2-1	40,626	Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Mar 02, 1957	Birmingham City	Quarter		A	0-0	57,827
Thu Mar 07, 1957	Birmingham City	Quarter	1	H	0-1	36,486

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Oct 15, 1956	Coventry City	England	A	2-3	10,000	Jones (?), Kirk (? OG)
Wed May 08, 1957	Norwich City	England	A	7-2	6,533	Imlach (?, ?, ?), Wilson (?, ?), Morley (?), McKinlay (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 18, 1956	League Tier 2	Leyton Orient			A	4-1	25,983	Barrett (?, ?), Wilson (?), Lishman (?)
Tue Aug 21, 1956	League Tier 2	Bristol City			A	5-1	27,898	Morley (?), Barrett (?, ?), Lishman (?, ?)
Sat Aug 25, 1956	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	3-1	21,494	Barrett (?, ?, ?)
Thu Aug 30, 1956	League Tier 2	Bristol City			H	2-2	23,172	McKinlay (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Sep 01, 1956	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	4-1	24,478	Small (?), Lishman (?, ?), Imlach (?)
Thu Sep 06, 1956	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers			H	2-1	21,251	Burkitt (?), Small (?)
Sat Sep 08, 1956	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			H	1-1	26,780	Lishman (?)
Sat Sep 15, 1956	League Tier 2	Rotherham United			A	2-3	12,512	Scott (?), Lishman (?)
Sat Sep 22, 1956	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	4-2	18,699	Morley (?), Burkitt (?), Lishman (?), Hayward (? OG)
Sat Sep 29, 1956	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	1-1	15,666	Lishman (?)
Sat Oct 06, 1956	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town			A	0-1	17,600
Sat Oct 13, 1956	League Tier 2	Bury			H	5-1	21,967	Morley (?), Baily (?, ?), Higham (?), Lishman (?)
Mon Oct 15, 1956	Friendly	Coventry City			A	2-3	10,000	Jones (?), Kirk (? OG)
Sat Oct 20, 1956	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	2-1	31,585	Baily (?), Lishman (?)
Sat Oct 27, 1956	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers			H	2-1	24,512	Small (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Nov 03, 1956	League Tier 2	Stoke City			A	1-2	32,656	Lishman (?)
Sat Nov 10, 1956	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough			H	0-4	20,862
Sat Nov 17, 1956	League Tier 2	Leicester City			A	0-0	40,830
Sat Nov 24, 1956	League Tier 2	Bristol Rovers			H	1-1	18,146	Lishman (?)
Sat Dec 01, 1956	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			A	0-0	14,033
Sat Dec 08, 1956	League Tier 2	Liverpool			H	1-0	17,774	Baily (?)
Sat Dec 15, 1956	League Tier 2	Leyton Orient			H	1-2	13,959	Barrett (?)
Sat Dec 22, 1956	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-0	12,499	Imlach (?)
Tue Dec 25, 1956	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	1-2	16,300	Imlach (?)
Sat Dec 29, 1956	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	4-3	18,372	Barrett (?), Wilson (?, ?), Imlach (?)
Tue Jan 01, 1957	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers			A	2-2	28,810	Barrett (?), Alexander (?)
Sat Jan 05, 1957	FA Cup	Goole Town	3		H	6-0	18,060	Higham (?), Barrett (?, ?, ?), Wilson (?), Baily (?)
Sat Jan 12, 1957	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			A	2-0	13,214	Barrett (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Jan 19, 1957	League Tier 2	Rotherham United			H	3-1	18,580	Barrett (?, ?), Imlach (?)
Sat Jan 26, 1957	FA Cup	Portsmouth	4		A	3-1	36,432	Baily (?, ?), Imlach (?)
Sat Feb 02, 1957	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	7-1	18,185	Barrett (?, ?, ?), Wilson (?), Baily (?), Imlach (?, ?)
Sat Feb 09, 1957	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	7-1	25,994	Higham (?), Barrett (?), Wilson (?, ?, ?), Baily (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Feb 16, 1957	FA Cup	Barnsley	5		A	2-1	40,626	Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
Thu Feb 21, 1957	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town			H	0-0	14,904		Safe
Sat Feb 23, 1957	League Tier 2	Bury			A	2-1	14,128	Barrett (?, ?)	Safe
Sat Mar 02, 1957	FA Cup	Birmingham City	Quarter		A	0-0	57,827		Safe
Thu Mar 07, 1957	FA Cup	Birmingham City	Quarter	1	H	0-1	36,486
Sat Mar 09, 1957	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers			A	1-1	14,128	Barrett (?)	Safe
Sat Mar 16, 1957	League Tier 2	Stoke City			H	4-0	32,444	Barrett (?, ?), Wilson (?), Imlach (?)	Safe
Sat Mar 23, 1957	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough			A	2-2	25,009	Higham (10'), Barrett (80')	Safe
Sat Mar 30, 1957	League Tier 2	Leicester City			H	1-2	39,750	Barrett (75')	Safe
Sat Apr 06, 1957	League Tier 2	Bristol Rovers			A	2-3	21,078	Morley (?), Wilson (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 13, 1957	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			H	2-1	21,466	Barrett (?), Baily (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 15, 1957	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	3-0	24,251	Barrett (?), Small (?), Bond (? OG)	Safe
Sat Apr 20, 1957	League Tier 2	Liverpool			A	1-3	47,621	Barrett (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 22, 1957	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			H	2-1	29,063	Higham (?), Wilson (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 27, 1957	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			A	4-0	28,036	Wilson (?), Lishman (?, ?, ?)	Promoted
Wed May 01, 1957	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	2-4	32,046	Wilson (?), Imlach (?)	Promoted
Wed May 08, 1957	Friendly	Norwich City			A	7-2	6,533	Imlach (?, ?, ?), Wilson (?, ?), Morley (?), McKinlay (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (3) - £6,000				Out (7) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Chris Joyce	Bought		July 1957	Bill Farmer	Sold
	Edward Huddlestone	Bought			Dennis Alexander	Sold
Oct 06, 1956	Eddie Baily	Bought	£6,000		Doug Lishman	Retired
					Edward Huddlestone	Sold
					Freddie Scott	Sold
					Roy Banham	Sold
				1957	Peter Small	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Harry Nicholson	England	24	39	20	9	10
Defenders
D		Bill Whare	England	31	13	9	3	1
D		Bob McKinlay	Scotland	23	44	23	10	11	1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	30	46	24	11	11
D		Jack Hutchinson	England	35	33	16	8	9
D		Roy Banham	England	19	1			1
Midfielders
M		Bill Morley	England	31	47	25	11	11	4
M		Edward Huddlestone	England	20	1		1
M		Jack Burkitt	England	30	47	25	11	11	2
M		Peter Higham	England	25	26	15	5	6	5
M		Peter Watson (1956)	England	22	6	4	2
Forwards
F		Chris Joyce	Scotland	23
F		Dennis Alexander	England	21	1		1		1
F		Doug Lishman	England	32	27	12	7	8	16
F		Eddie Baily	England	30	32	18	6	8	10
F		Eric Jones	England	24	3	2		1
F		Freddie Scott	England	39	1			1	1
F		Jim Barrett	England	25	37	21	9	7	30
F		Peter Small	England	31	23	11	6	6	4
F		Stewart Imlach	Scotland	24	45	24	11	10	14
F		Tommy Wilson	England	25	37	21	8	8	15

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 14

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
30	Jim Barrett	37
16	Doug Lishman	27
15	Tommy Wilson	37
14	Stewart Imlach	45
10	Eddie Baily	32
5	Peter Higham	26
4	Bill Morley	47
4	Peter Small	23
2	Jack Burkitt	47
2	Own Goals	47
1	Bob McKinlay	44
1	Dennis Alexander	1
1	Freddie Scott	1

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bury	Sat Oct 13, 1956	Home	5-1	Sat Feb 23, 1957	Away	2-1
Fulham	Sat Aug 25, 1956	Home	3-1	Sat Dec 22, 1956	Away	1-0
Port Vale	Sat Sep 22, 1956	Home	4-2	Sat Feb 02, 1957	Away	7-1
Sheffield United	Mon Apr 22, 1957	Home	2-1	Sat Apr 27, 1957	Away	4-0
Swansea Town	Sat Sep 01, 1956	Away	4-1	Sat Dec 29, 1956	Home	4-3

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score