FOREST 1 - 3 LIVERPOOL - Sat Aug 20, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:
Sat Aug 20, 1955 (3:00 PM)

Opponent:
Liverpool

Home/Away:
Home

Ground:
City Ground

Game Type:
League Tier 2

Score:
1-3  LOST 



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

Season:
1955-56

Referee:
K Howley

Attendance:
21,539

Pos Before/After:
- 19

Opp Before/After:
- 4

NEXT GAMES:

Next Game:
Leicester City (League Tier 2)

Liverpool:
Dec 17, 1955


GAME COUNT:

League:
2030 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:
1205 (of 2511)
Competitive:
2232 (of 5763)
Total:
3392 (of 7550)
Played:
69 years, 1 month, 24 days ago


Logo
FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals
Peter Higham - Peter Higham first goal
Logo
LIVERPOOL
Manager: Don Welsh

Goals
?
?
?

Lineup
 
Num Pos Age Player Notes
1GK27 Bill Farmer
2D30 Bill Whare
3D29 Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4M30 Bill Morley
5D22 Bob McKinlay
6M29 Jack Burkitt
7F30 Peter Small
8F24 Jim Barrett
9M24 Peter Higham goalDebut
10F20 Dennis AlexanderDebut
11F23 Stewart ImlachDebut


Lineup

Num Pos Player
1GK?
2D?
3D?
4D?
5D?
6M?
7M?
8M?
9M?
10F?
11F?


All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Aug 20, 1955)
Home Score Away
Barnsley2-1Leeds United
Blackburn Rovers0-2Lincoln City
Bristol City2-1Swansea Town
Bury1-5Fulham
Doncaster Rovers2-4Stoke City
Hull City2-4Leicester City
Middlesbrough3-0Notts County
Nottingham Forest1-3Liverpool
Port Vale1-1Bristol Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday5-2Plymouth Argyle
West Ham United1-1Rotherham United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME




Table after:
SECOND DIVISION Home Away
Pos Club P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F AGAPts Current Form StatusResult(s)
1Lincoln City110020000001002099.999002 W 2-0
2Middlesbrough110030100300000099.999002 W 3-0
3Fulham11005100000100515.000002 W 5-1
4Liverpool11003100000100313.000002 W 3-1
5Sheffield Wednesday11005210052000002.500002 W 5-2
6Barnsley11002110021000002.000002 W 2-1
7Bristol City11002110021000002.000002 W 2-1
8Leicester City11004200000100422.000002 W 4-2
9Stoke City11004200000100422.000002 W 4-2
10Bristol Rovers10101100000010111.000001 D 1-1
11Port Vale10101101011000001.000001 D 1-1
12Rotherham United10101100000010111.000001 D 1-1
13West Ham United10101101011000001.000001 D 1-1
14Doncaster Rovers1001240012400000.500000 L 2-4
15Hull City1001240012400000.500000 L 2-4
16Leeds United1001120000000112.500000 L 1-2
17Swansea Town1001120000000112.500000 L 1-2
18Plymouth Argyle1001250000000125.400000 L 2-5
19Nottingham Forest1001130011300000.333330 L 1-3
20Bury1001150011500000.200000 L 1-5
21Blackburn Rovers1001020010200000.000000 L 0-2
22Notts County1001030000000103.000000 L 0-3