The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 BRISTOL CITY - Sat Nov 12, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 12, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 14,295
League Week:: 15 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Mar 24, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2044 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1219 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2246 (of 5828)
Total:: 3407 (of 7633)
Played:: 70 years, 9 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Pat Beasley
Prior form: WWDDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Atyeo (15')
Bob McKinlay (52') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	23	Stewart Imlach
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander
11	F	24	Eric Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Cook
2	D	Ivor Guy
3	D	Mike Thresher
4	D	Jack White
5	D	Ernie Peacock
6	M	Jim Regan
7	M	Alec Eisentrager
8	M	John Atyeo
9	M	Jimmy Rogers
10	F	Tommy Burden
11	F	Jack Boxley

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 12, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	7-1	Port Vale
Bristol Rovers	4-2	Bury
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Barnsley
Hull City	3-1	West Ham United
Leicester City	6-1	Swansea Town
Lincoln City	1-1	Rotherham United
Liverpool	2-1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Bristol City
Plymouth Argyle	4-3	Leeds United
Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	Middlesbrough
Stoke City	1-2	Fulham

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

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	17	11	2	4	41	31	7	1	0	24	10	4	1	4	17	21	10	24	WWWWWL		1-6
	2	Bristol City	16	10	3	3	38	23	7	1	1	23	10	3	2	2	15	13	15	23	WDDWWW		2-0
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	17	7	8	2	38	23	4	4	1	24	14	3	4	1	14	9	15	22	DWWDWW		3-1
	4	Bristol Rovers	16	10	2	4	37	24	6	0	1	22	10	4	2	3	15	14	13	22	LLDWWW		4-2
	5	Fulham	17	9	2	6	42	29	5	1	2	24	13	4	1	4	18	16	13	20	WLWLLW		2-1
3	6	Liverpool	16	8	3	5	31	23	6	1	2	17	10	2	2	3	14	13	8	19	LWWWLW		2-1
3	7	Blackburn Rovers	15	8	2	5	35	22	4	2	2	24	14	4	0	3	11	8	13	18	WWWLWW		7-1
2	8	Stoke City	17	9	0	8	30	25	5	0	3	16	8	4	0	5	14	17	5	18	LWWLLL		1-2
2	9	Leeds United	16	8	2	6	23	22	7	1	0	16	4	1	1	6	7	18	1	18	WLWLWL		3-4
2	10	Port Vale	15	6	5	4	20	19	4	3	1	11	5	2	2	3	9	14	1	17	WDLLDL		1-7
2	11	Leicester City	17	7	3	7	38	38	5	2	1	23	10	2	1	6	15	28	0	17	LDLWLW		6-1
1	12	Lincoln City	16	6	4	6	26	19	5	3	1	21	9	1	1	5	5	10	7	16	LLLDDD		1-1
1	13	Middlesbrough	15	5	5	5	25	25	4	2	1	17	11	1	3	4	8	14	0	15	WWLDWL		1-3
2	14	Barnsley	17	4	7	6	19	31	4	2	2	13	12	0	5	4	6	19	-12	15	WLLLLD		1-1
1	15	West Ham United	16	5	4	7	36	29	5	1	2	25	9	0	3	5	11	20	7	14	WLWDLL		1-3
1	16	Doncaster Rovers	16	4	6	6	30	39	4	4	1	23	14	0	2	5	7	25	-9	14	LDLWLD		1-1
2	17	Notts County	17	4	6	7	24	33	2	3	3	14	16	2	3	4	10	17	-9	14	DDLWWL		1-2
1	18	Rotherham United	17	4	5	8	20	31	4	2	2	11	9	0	3	6	9	22	-11	13	WLWLWD		1-1
1	19	Nottingham Forest	15	6	0	9	22	29	4	0	4	12	10	2	0	5	10	19	-7	12	LWLWLL		0-2
	20	Bury	17	3	5	9	30	46	2	2	4	12	20	1	3	5	18	26	-16	11	LWLDWL		2-4
	21	Plymouth Argyle	17	4	2	11	17	36	2	2	4	9	11	2	0	7	8	25	-19	10	LDWLLW		4-3
	22	Hull City	16	2	2	12	18	43	2	2	4	14	16	0	0	8	4	27	-25	6	LLLDLW		3-1