The City Ground

SWANSEA TOWN 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 10, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 10, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vetch Field
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: G Pullin
Attendance:: 20,945
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 5 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Sep 01, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2060 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1235 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2263 (of 5829)
Total:: 3424 (of 7634)
Played:: 70 years, 6 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Stewart Imlach (50')

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Ronnie Burgess
Prior form: WWDLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	25	Tommy Wilson
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	25	Jim Barrett
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach (50')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John King
2	D	Arthur Willis
3	D	Dai Thomas
4	D	Mel Charles
5	D	Tom Kiley
6	M	Bryn Jones
7	M	Len Allchurch
8	M	Terry Medwin
9	M	Harry Griffiths
10	F	Ivor Allchurch
11	F	Cliff Jones

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 10, 1956)

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

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	33	15	11	7	75	46	10	5	2	49	22	5	6	5	26	24	29	41	LWWWLW	Safe
	2	Leicester City	33	17	5	11	79	58	12	2	2	53	18	5	3	9	26	40	21	39	LWLWDW
	3	Bristol City	32	16	5	11	70	52	12	2	2	43	18	4	3	9	27	34	18	37	DWLLDW
	4	Bristol Rovers	32	16	5	11	71	57	11	2	3	45	24	5	3	8	26	33	14	37	WLWDWL
	5	Swansea Town	32	16	5	11	63	58	11	3	2	36	17	5	2	9	27	41	5	37	WWDLLW
	6	Liverpool	31	15	6	10	64	49	11	3	3	41	20	4	3	7	23	29	15	36	WWLLWW
	7	Leeds United	31	15	6	10	52	47	13	3	0	34	12	2	3	10	18	35	5	36	DDDWLD
	8	Port Vale	32	12	11	9	45	44	8	4	3	25	13	4	7	6	20	31	1	35	DWDLWL
	9	Nottingham Forest	30	15	4	11	51	48	8	2	5	23	17	7	2	6	28	31	3	34	DDWLWW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	31	14	5	12	62	51	8	4	4	41	25	6	1	8	21	26	11	33	WWWDLW
	11	Fulham	32	14	4	14	64	61	10	2	3	42	21	4	2	11	22	40	3	32	LWLDDL
	12	Lincoln City	29	12	7	10	52	41	9	5	1	37	13	3	2	9	15	28	11	31	LLWLWD
	13	Stoke City	29	14	3	12	52	47	10	1	5	36	23	4	2	7	16	24	5	31	DWDLWL
	14	Middlesbrough	30	12	6	12	54	59	9	3	3	34	22	3	3	9	20	37	-5	30	DLWLWW
	15	Bury	31	10	8	13	59	72	6	5	5	28	31	4	3	8	31	41	-13	28	WWDDWL
	16	Barnsley	33	9	10	14	38	60	8	3	5	26	25	1	7	9	12	35	-22	28	LLDDWL
	17	West Ham United	29	9	8	12	54	47	8	2	4	36	16	1	6	8	18	31	7	26	WWDLDW
	18	Rotherham United	29	9	8	12	40	50	6	4	3	21	19	3	4	9	19	31	-10	26	LLDWDL
	19	Doncaster Rovers	29	8	9	12	54	71	8	5	2	36	22	0	4	10	18	49	-17	25	WDLLDL
	20	Notts County	33	9	7	17	47	65	6	4	6	32	28	3	3	11	15	37	-18	25	LLLLWL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	33	8	6	19	42	67	6	5	6	29	21	2	1	13	13	46	-25	22	LLWDLW
	22	Hull City	30	6	3	21	35	73	4	2	8	20	29	2	1	13	15	44	-38	15	DLLWLL

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	34	16	11	7	78	48	10	5	2	49	22	6	6	5	29	26	30	43	WWWLWW	Safe	3-2
	2	Leicester City	34	17	5	12	80	61	12	2	2	53	18	5	3	10	27	43	19	39	WLWDWL		1-3
3	3	Liverpool	32	16	6	10	69	49	11	3	3	41	20	5	3	7	28	29	20	38	WLLWWW		5-0
1	4	Bristol City	33	16	5	12	70	53	12	2	3	43	19	4	3	9	27	34	17	37	WLLDWL		0-1
1	5	Bristol Rovers	33	16	5	12	72	59	11	2	3	45	24	5	3	9	27	35	13	37	LWDWLL		1-2
2	6	Port Vale	33	13	11	9	47	44	9	4	3	27	13	4	7	6	20	31	3	37	WDLWLW		2-0
2	7	Swansea Town	33	16	5	12	63	59	11	3	3	36	18	5	2	9	27	41	4	37	WDLLWL		0-1
1	8	Nottingham Forest	31	16	4	11	52	48	8	2	5	23	17	8	2	6	29	31	4	36	DWLWWW		1-0
2	9	Leeds United	32	15	6	11	53	49	13	3	1	35	14	2	3	10	18	35	4	36	DDWLDL		1-2
	10	Blackburn Rovers	32	15	5	12	64	52	8	4	4	41	25	7	1	8	23	27	12	35	WWDLWW		2-1
	11	Fulham	33	15	4	14	67	61	11	2	3	45	21	4	2	11	22	40	6	34	WLDDLW		3-0
1	12	Stoke City	30	15	3	12	53	47	10	1	5	36	23	5	2	7	17	24	6	33	WDLWLW		1-0
1	13	Lincoln City	30	12	7	11	52	44	9	5	1	37	13	3	2	10	15	31	8	31	LWLWDL		0-3
	14	Middlesbrough	31	12	6	13	55	61	9	3	4	35	24	3	3	9	20	37	-6	30	LWLWWL		1-2
	15	Bury	32	11	8	13	62	73	7	5	5	31	32	4	3	8	31	41	-11	30	WDDWLW		3-1
1	16	West Ham United	30	10	8	12	56	48	9	2	4	38	17	1	6	8	18	31	8	28	WDLDWW		2-1
1	17	Barnsley	34	9	10	15	38	65	8	3	6	26	30	1	7	9	12	35	-27	28	LDDWLL		0-5
	18	Rotherham United	30	9	8	13	42	53	6	4	4	23	22	3	4	9	19	31	-11	26	LDWDLL		2-3
	19	Doncaster Rovers	30	8	9	13	54	73	8	5	2	36	22	0	4	11	18	51	-19	25	DLLDLL		0-2
	20	Notts County	34	9	7	18	47	67	6	4	7	32	30	3	3	11	15	37	-20	25	LLLWLL		0-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	34	9	6	19	44	68	6	5	6	29	21	3	1	13	15	47	-24	24	LWDLWW		2-1
	22	Hull City	31	7	3	21	37	73	4	2	8	20	29	3	1	13	17	44	-36	17	LLWLLW		2-0