The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BRISTOL ROVERS - Sat Jan 14, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 14, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: M Gaiger
Attendance:: 12,441
Pos Before/After:: 11 11
Opp Before/After:: 6 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Doncaster Rovers (League Tier 2)
Bristol Rovers:: Nov 24, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2055 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1230 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2258 (of 5679)
Total:: 3416 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Peter Higham

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: DLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Nicholson
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	William Morley
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Peter Small
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	M	Peter Higham
10	F	Tommy Wilson
11	F	Stewart Imlach

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 14, 1956)

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

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	Sheffield Wednesday	26	10	11	5	57	38	6	5	2	34	18	4	6	3	23	20	1.50000	31	LDWDWL
	2	Leicester City	26	13	4	9	65	50	9	2	2	42	16	4	2	7	23	34	1.30000	30	WLWLWW
	3	Leeds United	25	14	2	9	45	40	12	1	0	29	8	2	1	9	16	32	1.12500	30	WWLWLW
	4	Swansea Town	26	13	4	9	48	48	9	3	1	28	13	4	1	8	20	35	1.00000	30	LWLLWD
	5	Bristol City	25	13	3	9	59	45	10	1	2	38	16	3	2	7	21	29	1.31111	29	LLLLWL
	6	Bristol Rovers	25	13	3	9	60	47	9	1	2	37	18	4	2	7	23	29	1.27660	29	DLLWLW
	7	Stoke City	26	13	3	10	47	40	9	1	3	31	16	4	2	7	16	24	1.17500	29	WWLDWD
	8	Liverpool	25	11	6	8	54	39	8	3	3	33	17	3	3	5	21	22	1.38462	28	DWWDLL
	9	Fulham	26	13	2	11	57	53	9	1	3	38	19	4	1	8	19	34	1.07547	28	LWLWLW
	10	Port Vale	25	9	9	7	33	32	5	4	3	17	10	4	5	4	16	22	1.03125	27	WWLWDD
	11	Nottingham Forest	25	12	3	10	43	44	7	1	4	21	15	5	2	6	22	29	.97727	27	LWWWDD
	12	Lincoln City	25	10	6	9	44	35	8	4	1	33	11	2	2	8	11	24	1.25714	26	WWDDLL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	25	10	4	11	51	45	5	4	4	35	24	5	0	7	16	21	1.13333	24	LLDLWD
	14	Doncaster Rovers	25	8	8	9	47	58	8	4	1	33	17	0	4	8	14	41	.81034	24	WLWDWD
	15	Middlesbrough	25	9	6	10	41	51	8	3	1	30	16	1	3	9	11	35	.80392	24	LWWLLD
	16	Barnsley	26	8	8	10	34	47	7	2	3	23	18	1	6	7	11	29	.72340	24	DLWWLL
	17	Notts County	26	8	7	11	40	44	5	4	4	27	21	3	3	7	13	23	.90909	23	LWWLWL
	18	Rotherham United	26	8	7	11	37	47	6	4	3	21	19	2	3	8	16	28	.78723	23	WWLLLD
	19	West Ham United	25	8	6	11	49	42	7	1	4	33	15	1	5	7	16	27	1.16667	22	DLWLWW
	20	Bury	26	8	6	12	48	62	5	3	5	22	26	3	3	7	26	36	.77419	22	LLDWWW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	26	6	5	15	31	53	4	4	5	21	17	2	1	10	10	36	.58491	17	WDLWLD
	22	Hull City	25	5	3	17	27	57	3	2	7	17	24	2	1	10	10	33	.47368	13	WWLLLD

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	Sheffield Wednesday	27	11	11	5	62	40	7	5	2	39	20	4	6	3	23	20	1.55000	33	DWDWLW	5-2
	2	Leicester City	27	14	4	9	66	50	9	2	2	42	16	5	2	7	24	34	1.32000	32	LWLWWW	1-0
2	3	Bristol City	26	14	3	9	61	46	11	1	2	40	17	3	2	7	21	29	1.32609	31	LLLWLW	2-1
1	4	Leeds United	26	14	3	9	46	41	12	1	0	29	8	2	2	9	17	33	1.12195	31	WLWLWD	1-1
1	5	Bristol Rovers	26	13	4	9	61	48	9	1	2	37	18	4	3	7	24	30	1.27083	30	LLWLWD	1-1
2	6	Swansea Town	26	13	4	9	48	48	9	3	1	28	13	4	1	8	20	35	1.00000	30	LWLLWD
	7	Stoke City	26	13	3	10	47	40	9	1	3	31	16	4	2	7	16	24	1.17500	29	WWLDWD
2	8	Port Vale	26	10	9	7	36	33	6	4	3	20	11	4	5	4	16	22	1.09091	29	WLWDDW	3-1
1	9	Liverpool	25	11	6	8	54	39	8	3	3	33	17	3	3	5	21	22	1.38462	28	DWWDLL
1	10	Fulham	27	13	2	12	58	55	9	1	3	38	19	4	1	9	20	36	1.05455	28	WLWLWL	1-2
	11	Nottingham Forest	26	12	4	10	44	45	7	2	4	22	16	5	2	6	22	29	.97778	28	WWWDDD	1-1
	12	Lincoln City	25	10	6	9	44	35	8	4	1	33	11	2	2	8	11	24	1.25714	26	WWDDLL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	26	11	4	11	53	46	6	4	4	37	25	5	0	7	16	21	1.15217	26	LDLWDW	2-1
6	14	Bury	27	9	6	12	51	63	5	3	5	22	26	4	3	7	29	37	.80952	24	LDWWWW	3-1
1	15	Doncaster Rovers	26	8	8	10	49	63	8	4	1	33	17	0	4	9	16	46	.77778	24	LWDWDL	2-5
1	16	Middlesbrough	26	9	6	11	42	54	8	3	2	31	19	1	3	9	11	35	.77778	24	WWLLDL	1-3
1	17	Barnsley	27	8	8	11	34	48	7	2	4	23	19	1	6	7	11	29	.70833	24	LWWLLL	0-1
1	18	West Ham United	26	8	7	11	50	43	7	2	4	34	16	1	5	7	16	27	1.16279	23	LWLWWD	1-1
2	19	Notts County	27	8	7	12	41	47	5	4	4	27	21	3	3	8	14	26	.87234	23	WWLWLL	1-3
2	20	Rotherham United	26	8	7	11	37	47	6	4	3	21	19	2	3	8	16	28	.78723	23	WWLLLD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	27	6	5	16	32	55	4	4	5	21	17	2	1	11	11	38	.58182	17	DLWLDL	1-2
	22	Hull City	25	5	3	17	27	57	3	2	7	17	24	2	1	10	10	33	.47368	13	WWLLLD