The City Ground

STOKE CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 31, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 31, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: F Gerrard
Attendance:: 22,385
League Week:: 24 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 12
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Nov 03, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2053 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1228 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2255 (of 5824)
Total:: 3416 (of 7629)
Played:: 70 years, 7 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Small (52')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Frank Taylor
Prior form: DWWLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frank Bowyer (12')

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	31	Peter Small (52')
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	25	Tommy Wilson
11	F	23	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wilf Hall
2	D	Jack Short
3	D	John McCue
4	D	Bobby Cairns
5	D	Ken Thomson
6	M	Johnny Sellars
7	M	Tim Coleman
8	M	Frank Bowyer
9	M	Andy Graver
10	F	Johnny King
11	F	Harry Oscroft

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 31, 1955)

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

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	Sheffield Wednesday	25	10	11	4	55	34	6	5	2	34	18	4	6	2	21	16	21	31	WLDWDW
	2	Bristol City	24	13	3	8	58	43	10	1	2	38	16	3	2	6	20	27	15	29	WLLLLW
	3	Swansea Town	25	13	3	9	48	48	9	2	1	28	13	4	1	8	20	35	0	29	DLWLLW
	4	Liverpool	24	11	6	7	53	37	8	3	2	32	15	3	3	5	21	22	16	28	DDWWDL
	5	Leicester City	25	12	4	9	61	50	8	2	2	38	16	4	2	7	23	34	11	28	WWLWLW
	6	Stoke City	25	13	2	10	46	39	9	0	3	30	15	4	2	7	16	24	7	28	DWWLDW
	7	Leeds United	24	13	2	9	43	39	11	1	0	27	7	2	1	9	16	32	4	28	WWWLWL
	8	Bristol Rovers	24	12	3	9	56	45	8	1	2	33	16	4	2	7	23	29	11	27	LDLLWL
	9	Lincoln City	24	10	6	8	44	31	8	4	1	33	11	2	2	7	11	20	13	26	LWWDDL
	10	Fulham	25	12	2	11	53	52	8	1	3	34	18	4	1	8	19	34	1	26	LLWLWL
	11	Port Vale	23	9	7	7	32	31	5	4	3	17	10	4	3	4	15	21	1	25	DLWWLW
	12	Nottingham Forest	23	12	1	10	40	41	7	1	4	21	15	5	0	6	19	26	-1	25	WWLWWW
	13	Barnsley	25	8	8	9	34	44	7	2	3	23	18	1	6	6	11	26	-10	24	WDLWWL
	14	Notts County	25	8	7	10	40	43	5	4	3	27	20	3	3	7	13	23	-3	23	WLWWLW
	15	Middlesbrough	23	9	5	9	39	46	8	2	1	29	15	1	3	8	10	31	-7	23	WLLWWL
	16	Doncaster Rovers	24	8	7	9	44	55	8	4	1	33	17	0	3	8	11	38	-11	23	LWLWDW
	17	Rotherham United	25	8	6	11	34	44	6	3	3	18	16	2	3	8	16	28	-10	22	DWWLLL
	18	Blackburn Rovers	23	9	3	11	47	42	5	3	4	33	22	4	0	7	14	20	5	21	LLLLDL
	19	West Ham United	24	7	6	11	48	42	7	1	4	33	15	0	5	7	15	27	6	20	LDLWLW
	20	Bury	25	7	6	12	45	62	4	3	5	19	26	3	3	7	26	36	-17	20	LLLDWW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	25	6	4	15	30	52	4	3	5	20	16	2	1	10	10	36	-22	16	DWDLWL
	22	Hull City	24	5	2	17	26	56	3	2	7	17	24	2	0	10	9	32	-30	12	LWWLLL

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	Sheffield Wednesday	26	10	11	5	57	38	6	5	2	34	18	4	6	3	23	20	19	31	LDWDWL		2-4
3	2	Leicester City	26	13	4	9	65	50	9	2	2	42	16	4	2	7	23	34	15	30	WLWLWW		4-0
4	3	Leeds United	25	14	2	9	45	40	12	1	0	29	8	2	1	9	16	32	5	30	WWLWLW		2-1
1	4	Swansea Town	26	13	4	9	48	48	9	3	1	28	13	4	1	8	20	35	0	30	LWLLWD		0-0
3	5	Bristol City	25	13	3	9	59	45	10	1	2	38	16	3	2	7	21	29	14	29	LLLLWL		1-2
2	6	Bristol Rovers	25	13	3	9	60	47	9	1	2	37	18	4	2	7	23	29	13	29	DLLWLW		4-2
1	7	Stoke City	26	13	3	10	47	40	9	1	3	31	16	4	2	7	16	24	7	29	WWLDWD		1-1
4	8	Liverpool	25	11	6	8	54	39	8	3	3	33	17	3	3	5	21	22	15	28	DWWDLL		1-2
1	9	Fulham	26	13	2	11	57	53	9	1	3	38	19	4	1	8	19	34	4	28	LWLWLW		4-1
1	10	Lincoln City	25	10	6	9	44	35	8	4	1	33	11	2	2	8	11	24	9	26	WWDDLL		0-4
	11	Port Vale	24	9	8	7	32	31	5	4	3	17	10	4	4	4	15	21	1	26	LWWLWD		0-0
	12	Nottingham Forest	24	12	2	10	41	42	7	1	4	21	15	5	1	6	20	27	-1	26	WLWWWD		1-1
3	13	Doncaster Rovers	25	8	8	9	47	58	8	4	1	33	17	0	4	8	14	41	-11	24	WLWDWD		3-3
1	14	Barnsley	26	8	8	10	34	47	7	2	3	23	18	1	6	7	11	29	-13	24	DLWWLL		0-3
3	15	Blackburn Rovers	24	10	3	11	49	43	5	3	4	33	22	5	0	7	16	21	6	23	LLLDLW		2-1
2	16	Notts County	26	8	7	11	40	44	5	4	4	27	21	3	3	7	13	23	-4	23	LWWLWL		0-1
2	17	Middlesbrough	24	9	5	10	40	50	8	2	1	29	15	1	3	9	11	35	-10	23	LLWWLL		1-4
1	18	Rotherham United	26	8	7	11	37	47	6	4	3	21	19	2	3	8	16	28	-10	23	WWLLLD		3-3
	19	West Ham United	25	8	6	11	49	42	7	1	4	33	15	1	5	7	16	27	7	22	DLWLWW		1-0
	20	Bury	26	8	6	12	48	62	5	3	5	22	26	3	3	7	26	36	-14	22	LLDWWW		3-0
	21	Plymouth Argyle	26	6	5	15	31	53	4	4	5	21	17	2	1	10	10	36	-22	17	WDLWLD		1-1
	22	Hull City	25	5	3	17	27	57	3	2	7	17	24	2	1	10	10	33	-30	13	WWLLLD		1-1