The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 FULHAM - Sat Oct 15, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 15, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: E Abbot
Attendance:: 16,028
League Week:: 11 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 1 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: May 02, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2040 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1215 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2242 (of 5790)
Total:: 3403 (of 7585)
Played:: 70 years, 1 month, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Higham (41')

FULHAM
Manager: Duggie Livingstone
Prior form: WWLLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	30	Jack French
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Peter Small
8	F	24	Jim Barrett
9	M	24	Peter Higham (41')
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander
11	F	18	John Langford

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson	7		7	1
2	D	30	Bill Whare	176	1	7	1
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	288	1	7	1
4	F	30	Jack French	78	6	7	1
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay	57		21	3
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt	273	10	7	1
7	F	30	Peter Small	41	9	28	4
8	F	24	Jim Barrett	35	15	7	1
9	M	24	Peter Higham (41')	10	5	7	1
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander	10	2	7	1
11	F	18	John Langford	1		7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ian Black
2	D	John Chenhall
3	D	Robin Lawler
4	D	Joe Stapleton
5	D	Ron Greenwood
6	M	Jimmy Hill
7	M	Tony Barton
8	M	Bobby Robson
9	M	Bedford Jezzard
10	F	Johnny Haynes
11	F	Charlie Mitten

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 15, 1955)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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