The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Nov 05, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 05, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ayresome Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: J Swain
Attendance:: 14,295
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 18
Opp Before/After:: 15 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Mar 17, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2043 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1218 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2245 (of 5828)
Total:: 3406 (of 7633)
Played:: 70 years, 10 months, 4 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Stewart Imlach (50')
Jim Barrett (70')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Bob Dennison
Prior form: DLWWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Charlie Wayman (35')
Sammy Lawrie (79')
Ken McPherson (87')

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	23	Stewart Imlach (50')
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (70')
9	M	24	Peter Higham
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander
11	F	24	Eric Jones

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson	10		7	1
2	D	30	Bill Whare	179	1	7	1
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	291	1	7	1
4	F	30	Jack French	81	6	7	1
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay	60		7	1
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt	276	10	7	1
7	F	23	Stewart Imlach (50')	11	2	7	1
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (70')	38	16	7	1
9	M	24	Peter Higham	13	6	7	1
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander	12	2	14	2
11	F	24	Eric Jones	4	1	35	5

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Taylor
2	D	Ray Barnard
3	D	Dick Robinson
4	D	Derek Stonehouse
5	D	Ronnie Dicks
6	M	Billy Day
7	M	Sammy Lawrie
8	M	Ken McPherson
9	M	Charlie Wayman
10	F	Arthur Fitzsimmons
11	F	Bill Harris

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 05, 1955)

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

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Swansea Town	15	10	2	3	38	24	6	1	0	22	9	4	1	3	16	15	14	22	WDWWWW
2	Bristol City	14	8	3	3	31	21	6	1	1	18	8	2	2	2	13	13	10	19	DWWDDW
3	Fulham	15	8	2	5	37	23	5	1	1	21	8	3	1	4	16	15	14	18	LWWLWL
4	Bristol Rovers	14	8	2	4	28	19	5	0	1	18	8	3	2	3	10	11	9	18	WLLLDW
5	Sheffield Wednesday	15	5	8	2	32	22	3	4	1	21	13	2	4	1	11	9	10	18	LDDWWD
6	Stoke City	15	9	0	6	29	22	5	0	2	15	6	4	0	4	14	16	7	18	WLLWWL
7	Liverpool	14	7	3	4	28	20	5	1	2	15	9	2	2	2	13	11	8	17	DWLWWW
8	Port Vale	13	6	4	3	18	11	4	2	1	10	4	2	2	2	8	7	7	16	WDWDLL
9	Leeds United	14	7	2	5	19	18	6	1	0	15	4	1	1	5	4	14	1	16	WDWLWL
10	Leicester City	15	6	3	6	31	34	4	2	1	17	9	2	1	5	14	25	-3	15	WWLDLW
11	West Ham United	14	5	4	5	33	23	5	1	1	23	6	0	3	4	10	17	10	14	DWWLWD
12	Lincoln City	14	6	2	6	24	17	5	2	1	20	8	1	0	5	4	9	7	14	LWLLLD
13	Blackburn Rovers	13	6	2	5	25	19	3	2	2	17	13	3	0	3	8	6	6	14	LDWWWL
14	Barnsley	15	4	6	5	18	27	4	2	1	13	9	0	4	4	5	18	-9	14	DLWLLL
15	Middlesbrough	13	4	5	4	21	20	3	2	1	14	9	1	3	3	7	11	1	13	DLWWLD
16	Doncaster Rovers	14	4	5	5	28	33	4	3	1	22	13	0	2	4	6	20	-5	13	WDLDLW
17	Nottingham Forest	13	6	0	7	20	24	4	0	3	12	8	2	0	4	8	16	-4	12	WLLWLW
18	Notts County	15	3	6	6	20	31	1	3	3	11	16	2	3	3	9	15	-11	12	LWDDLW
19	Rotherham United	15	3	4	8	16	29	3	2	2	8	8	0	2	6	8	21	-13	10	LLWLWL
20	Bury	15	2	5	8	23	41	1	2	4	7	19	1	3	4	16	22	-18	9	DDLWLD
21	Plymouth Argyle	15	3	2	10	13	30	1	2	4	5	8	2	0	6	8	22	-17	8	LLLDWL
22	Hull City	14	1	2	11	13	37	1	2	4	11	15	0	0	7	2	22	-24	4	LDLLLD

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Swansea Town	16	11	2	3	40	25	7	1	0	24	10	4	1	3	16	15	15	24	DWWWWW		2-1
	2	Bristol City	15	9	3	3	36	23	7	1	1	23	10	2	2	2	13	13	13	21	WWDDWW		5-2
2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	16	6	8	2	35	22	3	4	1	21	13	3	4	1	14	9	13	20	DDWWDW		3-0
	4	Bristol Rovers	15	9	2	4	33	22	5	0	1	18	8	4	2	3	15	14	11	20	LLLDWW		5-3
2	5	Fulham	16	8	2	6	40	28	5	1	2	24	13	3	1	4	16	15	12	18	WWLWLL		3-5
	6	Stoke City	16	9	0	7	29	23	5	0	2	15	6	4	0	5	14	17	6	18	LLWWLL		0-1
2	7	Leeds United	15	8	2	5	20	18	7	1	0	16	4	1	1	5	4	14	2	18	DWLWLW		1-0
	8	Port Vale	14	6	5	3	19	12	4	3	1	11	5	2	2	2	8	7	7	17	DWDLLD		1-1
2	9	Liverpool	15	7	3	5	29	22	5	1	2	15	9	2	2	3	14	13	7	17	WLWWWL		1-2
3	10	Blackburn Rovers	14	7	2	5	28	21	3	2	2	17	13	4	0	3	11	8	7	16	DWWWLW		3-2
1	11	Lincoln City	15	6	3	6	25	18	5	2	1	20	8	1	1	5	5	10	7	15	WLLLDD		1-1
3	12	Middlesbrough	14	5	5	4	24	22	4	2	1	17	11	1	3	3	7	11	2	15	LWWLDW		3-2
3	13	Leicester City	16	6	3	7	32	37	4	2	1	17	9	2	1	6	15	28	-5	15	WLDLWL		1-3
3	14	West Ham United	15	5	4	6	35	26	5	1	2	25	9	0	3	4	10	17	9	14	WWLWDL		2-3
3	15	Notts County	16	4	6	6	23	31	2	3	3	14	16	2	3	3	9	15	-8	14	WDDLWW		3-0
2	16	Barnsley	16	4	6	6	18	30	4	2	2	13	12	0	4	4	5	18	-12	14	LWLLLL		0-3
1	17	Doncaster Rovers	15	4	5	6	29	38	4	3	1	22	13	0	2	5	7	25	-9	13	DLDLWL		1-5
1	18	Nottingham Forest	14	6	0	8	22	27	4	0	3	12	8	2	0	5	10	19	-5	12	LLWLWL		2-3
	19	Rotherham United	16	4	4	8	19	30	4	2	2	11	9	0	2	6	8	21	-11	12	LWLWLW		3-1
	20	Bury	16	3	5	8	28	42	2	2	4	12	20	1	3	4	16	22	-14	11	DLWLDW		5-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	16	3	2	11	13	33	1	2	4	5	8	2	0	7	8	25	-20	8	LLDWLL		0-3
	22	Hull City	15	1	2	12	15	42	1	2	4	11	15	0	0	8	4	27	-27	4	DLLLDL		2-5