The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 PORT VALE - Sat Nov 26, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 26, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 (Draw)

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: E Crawford
Attendance:: 9,533
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Apr 07, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2045 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1220 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2247 (of 5672)
Total:: 3405 (of 7437)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Jim Barrett
Peter Higham

PORT VALE
Manager: Freddie Steele
Prior form: DLLDLL (Old to recent)

Goals:
?
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Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 26, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Swansea Town
Bristol Rovers	7-2	Middlesbrough
Doncaster Rovers	3-2	Bristol City
Hull City	0-3	Rotherham United
Leicester City	5-2	Leeds United
Lincoln City	2-0	Notts County
Liverpool	7-0	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Port Vale
Plymouth Argyle	1-4	Bury
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	West Ham United
Stoke City	2-1	Barnsley

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Bristol City	17	11	3	3	41	25	8	1	1	26	12	3	2	2	15	13	1.640	25	DDWWWW
	2	Swansea Town	18	11	2	5	41	33	7	1	1	24	12	4	1	4	17	21	1.242	24	WWWWLL
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	8	3	40	26	4	4	1	24	14	3	4	2	16	12	1.538	22	WWDWWL
	4	Fulham	18	10	2	6	44	30	6	1	2	26	14	4	1	4	18	16	1.467	22	LWLLWW
	5	Bristol Rovers	17	10	2	5	40	28	6	0	1	22	10	4	2	4	18	18	1.429	22	LDWWWL
	6	Leeds United	17	9	2	6	27	24	8	1	0	20	6	1	1	6	7	18	1.125	20	LWLWLW
	7	Liverpool	17	8	3	6	33	27	6	1	2	17	10	2	2	4	16	17	1.222	19	WWWLWL
	8	Blackburn Rovers	16	8	2	6	37	25	4	2	2	24	14	4	0	4	13	11	1.480	18	WWLWWL
	9	Lincoln City	17	7	4	6	28	19	5	3	1	21	9	2	1	5	7	10	1.474	18	LLDDDW
	10	Stoke City	18	9	0	9	30	26	5	0	3	16	8	4	0	6	14	18	1.154	18	WWLLLL
	11	Leicester City	18	7	4	7	39	39	5	2	1	23	10	2	2	6	16	29	1.000	18	DLWLWD
	12	Middlesbrough	16	6	5	5	29	26	5	2	1	21	12	1	3	4	8	14	1.115	17	WLDWLW
	13	Port Vale	16	6	5	5	20	20	4	3	2	11	6	2	2	3	9	14	1.000	17	DLLDLL
	14	Barnsley	18	5	7	6	23	34	5	2	2	17	15	0	5	4	6	19	.676	17	LLLLDW
	15	Notts County	18	4	7	7	25	34	2	4	3	15	17	2	3	4	10	17	.735	15	DLWWLD
	16	Rotherham United	18	5	5	8	23	33	5	2	2	14	11	0	3	6	9	22	.697	15	LWLWDW
	17	West Ham United	17	5	4	8	37	31	5	1	3	26	11	0	3	5	11	20	1.194	14	LWDLLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	16	7	0	9	24	30	4	0	4	12	10	3	0	5	12	20	.800	14	WLWLLW
	19	Doncaster Rovers	17	4	6	7	31	43	4	4	1	23	14	0	2	6	8	29	.721	14	DLWLDL
	20	Bury	18	4	5	9	31	46	3	2	4	13	20	1	3	5	18	26	.674	13	WLDWLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	18	4	2	12	18	38	2	2	4	9	11	2	0	8	9	27	.474	10	DWLLWL
	22	Hull City	17	3	2	12	19	43	2	2	4	14	16	1	0	8	5	27	.442	8	LLDLWW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Bristol City	18	11	3	4	43	28	8	1	1	26	12	3	2	3	17	16	1.536	25	DWWWWL	2-3
3	2	Bristol Rovers	18	11	2	5	47	30	7	0	1	29	12	4	2	4	18	18	1.567	24	DWWWLW	7-2
1	3	Swansea Town	19	11	2	6	41	36	7	1	1	24	12	4	1	5	17	24	1.139	24	WWWLLL	0-3
1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	19	7	9	3	41	27	4	5	1	25	15	3	4	2	16	12	1.519	23	WDWWLD	1-1
1	5	Fulham	19	10	2	7	44	37	6	1	2	26	14	4	1	5	18	23	1.189	22	WLLWWL	0-7
1	6	Liverpool	18	9	3	6	40	27	7	1	2	24	10	2	2	4	16	17	1.481	21	WWLWLW	7-0
1	7	Blackburn Rovers	17	9	2	6	40	25	5	2	2	27	14	4	0	4	13	11	1.600	20	WLWWLW	3-0
1	8	Lincoln City	18	8	4	6	30	19	6	3	1	23	9	2	1	5	7	10	1.579	20	LDDDWW	2-0
1	9	Stoke City	19	10	0	9	32	27	6	0	3	18	9	4	0	6	14	18	1.185	20	WLLLLW	2-1
1	10	Leicester City	19	8	4	7	44	41	6	2	1	28	12	2	2	6	16	29	1.073	20	LWLWDW	5-2
5	11	Leeds United	18	9	2	7	29	29	8	1	0	20	6	1	1	7	9	23	1.000	20	WLWLWL	2-5
1	12	Port Vale	17	6	6	5	22	22	4	3	2	11	6	2	3	3	11	16	1.000	18	LLDLLD	2-2
1	13	Middlesbrough	17	6	5	6	31	33	5	2	1	21	12	1	3	5	10	21	.939	17	LDWLWL	2-7
2	14	Rotherham United	19	6	5	8	26	33	5	2	2	14	11	1	3	6	12	22	.788	17	WLWDWW	3-0
1	15	Barnsley	19	5	7	7	24	36	5	2	2	17	15	0	5	5	7	21	.667	17	LLLDWL	1-2
3	16	Doncaster Rovers	18	5	6	7	34	45	5	4	1	26	16	0	2	6	8	29	.756	16	LWLDLW	3-2
	17	West Ham United	18	5	5	8	38	32	5	1	3	26	11	0	4	5	12	21	1.188	15	WDLLLD	1-1
	18	Nottingham Forest	17	7	1	9	26	32	4	1	4	14	12	3	0	5	12	20	.813	15	LWLLWD	2-2
1	19	Bury	19	5	5	9	35	47	3	2	4	13	20	2	3	5	22	27	.745	15	LDWLWW	4-1
5	20	Notts County	19	4	7	8	25	36	2	4	3	15	17	2	3	5	10	19	.694	15	LWWLDL	0-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	19	4	2	13	19	42	2	2	5	10	15	2	0	8	9	27	.452	10	WLLWLL	1-4
	22	Hull City	18	3	2	13	19	46	2	2	5	14	19	1	0	8	5	27	.413	8	LDLWWL	0-3