The City Ground

BURY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 03, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 03, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: L Peake
Attendance:: 9,396
League Week:: 18 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 16
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Apr 14, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2047 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1222 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2249 (of 5828)
Total:: 3410 (of 7633)
Played:: 70 years, 9 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Higham (43')
Jim Barrett (76')

BURY
Manager: Dave Russell
Prior form: LDWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Doug Fletcher (29')

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 (76')
9	M	25	Peter Higham (43')
10	F	39	Freddie Scott
11	F	24	Eric Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Lewis Goram
2	D	Don Wilson
3	D	Eric Massey
4	D	Don May
5	D	Norman Nielson
6	M	Henry Cockburn
7	M	Eddie Gleadall
8	M	Walter Kelly
9	M	Doug Fletcher
10	F	Tommy Daniel
11	F	Bill Redman

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 03, 1955)

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

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	Bristol City	18	11	3	4	43	28	8	1	1	26	12	3	2	3	17	16	15	25	DWWWWL
	2	Bristol Rovers	18	11	2	5	47	30	7	0	1	29	12	4	2	4	18	18	17	24	DWWWLW
	3	Swansea Town	19	11	2	6	41	36	7	1	1	24	12	4	1	5	17	24	5	24	WWWLLL
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	19	7	9	3	41	27	4	5	1	25	15	3	4	2	16	12	14	23	WDWWLD
	5	Fulham	19	10	2	7	44	37	6	1	2	26	14	4	1	5	18	23	7	22	WLLWWL
	6	Liverpool	18	9	3	6	40	27	7	1	2	24	10	2	2	4	16	17	13	21	WWLWLW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	17	9	2	6	40	25	5	2	2	27	14	4	0	4	13	11	15	20	WLWWLW
	8	Lincoln City	18	8	4	6	30	19	6	3	1	23	9	2	1	5	7	10	11	20	LDDDWW
	9	Stoke City	19	10	0	9	32	27	6	0	3	18	9	4	0	6	14	18	5	20	WLLLLW
	10	Leicester City	19	8	4	7	44	41	6	2	1	28	12	2	2	6	16	29	3	20	LWLWDW
	11	Leeds United	18	9	2	7	29	29	8	1	0	20	6	1	1	7	9	23	0	20	WLWLWL
	12	Port Vale	17	6	6	5	22	22	4	3	2	11	6	2	3	3	11	16	0	18	LLDLLD
	13	Middlesbrough	17	6	5	6	31	33	5	2	1	21	12	1	3	5	10	21	-2	17	LDWLWL
	14	Rotherham United	19	6	5	8	26	33	5	2	2	14	11	1	3	6	12	22	-7	17	WLWDWW
	15	Barnsley	19	5	7	7	24	36	5	2	2	17	15	0	5	5	7	21	-12	17	LLLDWL
	16	Doncaster Rovers	18	5	6	7	34	45	5	4	1	26	16	0	2	6	8	29	-11	16	LWLDLW
	17	West Ham United	18	5	5	8	38	32	5	1	3	26	11	0	4	5	12	21	6	15	WDLLLD
	18	Nottingham Forest	17	7	1	9	26	32	4	1	4	14	12	3	0	5	12	20	-6	15	LWLLWD
	19	Bury	19	5	5	9	35	47	3	2	4	13	20	2	3	5	22	27	-12	15	LDWLWW
	20	Notts County	19	4	7	8	25	36	2	4	3	15	17	2	3	5	10	19	-11	15	LWWLDL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	19	4	2	13	19	42	2	2	5	10	15	2	0	8	9	27	-23	10	WLLWLL
	22	Hull City	18	3	2	13	19	46	2	2	5	14	19	1	0	8	5	27	-27	8	LDLWWL

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	Bristol City	19	12	3	4	48	29	9	1	1	31	13	3	2	3	17	16	19	27	WWWWLW		5-1
2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8	9	3	43	28	4	5	1	25	15	4	4	2	18	13	15	25	DWWLDW		2-1
	3	Swansea Town	20	11	3	6	41	36	7	2	1	24	12	4	1	5	17	24	5	25	WWLLLD		0-0
2	4	Bristol Rovers	19	11	2	6	49	35	7	0	1	29	12	4	2	5	20	23	14	24	WWWLWL		2-5
1	5	Liverpool	19	9	4	6	41	28	7	1	2	24	10	2	3	4	17	18	13	22	WLWLWD		1-1
1	6	Fulham	20	10	2	8	45	39	6	1	3	27	16	4	1	5	18	23	6	22	LLWWLL		1-2
3	7	Leicester City	20	9	4	7	47	42	6	2	1	28	12	3	2	6	19	30	5	22	WLWDWW		3-1
3	8	Leeds United	19	10	2	7	32	29	9	1	0	23	6	1	1	7	9	23	3	22	LWLWLW		3-0
	9	Stoke City	20	10	1	9	32	27	6	0	3	18	9	4	1	6	14	18	5	21	LLLLWD		0-0
3	10	Blackburn Rovers	18	9	2	7	40	26	5	2	2	27	14	4	0	5	13	12	14	20	LWWLWL		0-1
3	11	Lincoln City	19	8	4	7	31	24	6	3	1	23	9	2	1	6	8	15	7	20	DDDWWL		1-5
	12	Port Vale	18	6	7	5	23	23	4	4	2	12	7	2	3	3	11	16	0	19	LDLLDD		1-1
	13	Middlesbrough	18	7	5	6	32	33	6	2	1	22	12	1	3	5	10	21	-1	19	DWLWLW		1-0
1	14	Barnsley	20	6	7	7	26	37	6	2	2	19	16	0	5	5	7	21	-11	19	LLDWLW		2-1
1	15	Rotherham United	20	6	6	8	26	33	5	3	2	14	11	1	3	6	12	22	-7	18	LWDWWD		0-0
2	16	Nottingham Forest	18	8	1	9	28	33	4	1	4	14	12	4	0	5	14	21	-5	17	WLLWDW		2-1
3	17	Notts County	20	5	7	8	30	38	3	4	3	20	19	2	3	5	10	19	-8	17	WWLDLW		5-2
2	18	Doncaster Rovers	19	5	6	8	34	48	5	4	1	26	16	0	2	7	8	32	-14	16	WLDLWL		0-3
2	19	West Ham United	19	5	5	9	39	35	5	1	4	27	14	0	4	5	12	21	4	15	DLLLDL		1-3
1	20	Bury	20	5	5	10	36	49	3	2	5	14	22	2	3	5	22	27	-13	15	DWLWWL		1-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	20	4	3	13	19	42	2	2	5	10	15	2	1	8	9	27	-23	11	LLWLLD		0-0
	22	Hull City	19	3	2	14	20	48	2	2	5	14	19	1	0	9	6	29	-28	8	DLWWLL		1-2