The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 24, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 24, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 22,824
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 11
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Aug 21, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2062 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1237 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2265 (of 5829)
Total:: 3426 (of 7634)
Played:: 70 years, 5 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Pat Beasley
Prior form: LLDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare	200th appearance
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	39	Freddie Scott
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	32	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bob Anderson
2	D	Ivor Guy
3	D	Mike Thresher
4	D	Jack White
5	D	Ernie Peacock
6	M	Cyril Williams
7	M	Wally Hinshelwood
8	M	John Atyeo
9	M	Arnold Rodgers
10	F	Tommy Burden
11	F	Jack Boxley

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 24, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-2	Doncaster Rovers
Bristol City	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Bury	0-1	Bristol Rovers
Fulham	2-0	Stoke City
Leeds United	4-2	Plymouth Argyle
Middlesbrough	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Notts County	2-1	Liverpool
Port Vale	4-1	Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United	2-2	Lincoln City
Swansea Town	6-1	Leicester City
West Ham United	1-1	Hull 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	Sheffield Wednesday	35	17	11	7	81	48	11	5	2	52	22	6	6	5	29	26	33	45	WWLWWW	Safe
	2	Leicester City	35	18	5	12	83	62	13	2	2	56	19	5	3	10	27	43	21	41	LWDWLW	Safe
	3	Liverpool	33	17	6	10	73	50	12	3	3	45	21	5	3	7	28	29	23	40	LLWWWW	Safe
	4	Bristol City	34	17	5	12	73	54	12	2	3	43	19	5	3	9	30	35	19	39	LLDWLW
	5	Bristol Rovers	34	16	6	12	74	61	11	3	3	47	26	5	3	9	27	35	13	38	WDWLLD
	6	Blackburn Rovers	33	16	5	12	68	53	9	4	4	45	26	7	1	8	23	27	15	37	WDLWWW
	7	Port Vale	34	13	11	10	47	45	9	4	3	27	13	4	7	7	20	32	2	37	DLWLWL
	8	Swansea Town	34	16	5	13	64	63	11	3	3	36	18	5	2	10	28	45	1	37	DLLWLL
	9	Leeds United	33	15	6	12	54	51	13	3	1	35	14	2	3	11	19	37	3	36	DWLDLL
	10	Nottingham Forest	32	16	4	12	54	52	8	2	6	25	21	8	2	6	29	31	2	36	WLWWWL
	11	Stoke City	31	16	3	12	55	48	11	1	5	38	24	5	2	7	17	24	7	35	DLWLWW
	12	Fulham	34	15	5	14	69	63	11	2	3	45	21	4	3	11	24	42	6	35	LDDLWD
	13	Lincoln City	31	13	7	11	53	44	10	5	1	38	13	3	2	10	15	31	9	33	WLWDLW
	14	Middlesbrough	32	13	6	13	59	63	9	3	4	35	24	4	3	9	24	39	-4	32	WLWWLW
	15	Bury	34	12	8	14	67	78	7	5	5	31	32	5	3	9	36	46	-11	32	DWLWWL
	16	West Ham United	32	11	8	13	60	54	10	2	4	41	19	1	6	9	19	35	6	30	LDWWLW
	17	Barnsley	35	9	10	16	38	68	8	3	6	26	30	1	7	10	12	38	-30	28	DDWLLL
	18	Rotherham United	31	9	8	14	43	56	6	4	4	23	22	3	4	10	20	34	-13	26	DWDLLL
	19	Notts County	35	9	8	18	48	68	6	4	7	32	30	3	4	11	16	38	-20	26	LLWLLD
	20	Doncaster Rovers	31	8	9	14	56	76	8	5	3	38	25	0	4	11	18	51	-20	25	LLDLLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	35	9	7	19	45	69	6	6	6	30	22	3	1	13	15	47	-24	25	WDLWWD
	22	Hull City	32	7	3	22	38	76	4	2	9	21	32	3	1	13	17	44	-38	17	LWLLWL

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	36	17	12	7	83	50	11	5	2	52	22	6	7	5	31	28	33	46	WLWWWD	Safe	2-2
	2	Leicester City	36	18	5	13	84	68	13	2	2	56	19	5	3	11	28	49	16	41	WDWLWL	Safe	1-6
	3	Liverpool	34	17	6	11	74	52	12	3	3	45	21	5	3	8	29	31	22	40	LWWWWL	Safe	1-2
	4	Bristol City	35	17	6	12	73	54	12	3	3	43	19	5	3	9	30	35	19	40	LDWLWD	Safe	0-0
	5	Bristol Rovers	35	17	6	12	75	61	11	3	3	47	26	6	3	9	28	35	14	40	DWLLDW	Safe	1-0
1	6	Port Vale	35	14	11	10	51	46	10	4	3	31	14	4	7	7	20	32	5	39	LWLWLW	Safe	4-1
1	7	Swansea Town	35	17	5	13	70	64	12	3	3	42	19	5	2	10	28	45	6	39	LLWLLW	Safe	6-1
1	8	Leeds United	34	16	6	12	58	53	14	3	1	39	16	2	3	11	19	37	5	38	WLDLLW	Safe	4-2
3	9	Blackburn Rovers	34	16	5	13	69	57	9	4	4	45	26	7	1	9	24	31	12	37	DLWWWL		1-4
2	10	Fulham	35	16	5	14	71	63	12	2	3	47	21	4	3	11	24	42	8	37	DDLWDW		2-0
1	11	Nottingham Forest	33	16	5	12	54	52	8	2	6	25	21	8	3	6	29	31	2	37	LWWWLD		0-0
1	12	Stoke City	32	16	3	13	55	50	11	1	5	38	24	5	2	8	17	26	5	35	LWLWWL		0-2
	13	Lincoln City	32	13	8	11	55	46	10	5	1	38	13	3	3	10	17	33	9	34	LWDLWD		2-2
	14	Middlesbrough	33	13	7	13	61	65	9	4	4	37	26	4	3	9	24	39	-4	33	LWWLWD		2-2
	15	Bury	35	12	8	15	67	79	7	5	6	31	33	5	3	9	36	46	-12	32	WLWWLL		0-1
	16	West Ham United	33	11	9	13	61	55	10	3	4	42	20	1	6	9	19	35	6	31	DWWLWD		1-1
	17	Barnsley	36	9	11	16	40	70	8	4	6	28	32	1	7	10	12	38	-30	29	DWLLLD		2-2
1	18	Notts County	36	10	8	18	50	69	7	4	7	34	31	3	4	11	16	38	-19	28	LWLLDW		2-1
1	19	Rotherham United	32	9	9	14	45	58	6	5	4	25	24	3	4	10	20	34	-13	27	WDLLLD		2-2
	20	Doncaster Rovers	32	8	10	14	58	78	8	5	3	38	25	0	5	11	20	53	-20	26	LDLLLD		2-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	36	9	7	20	47	73	6	6	6	30	22	3	1	14	17	51	-26	25	DLWWDL		2-4
	22	Hull City	33	7	4	22	39	77	4	2	9	21	32	3	2	13	18	45	-38	18	WLLWLD		1-1