The City Ground

LINCOLN CITY 1 - 3 FOREST - Mon Apr 02, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 02, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Lincoln City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Sincil Bank
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: A Ellis
Attendance:: 18,190
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 12 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Lincoln City:: Apr 03, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2064 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1239 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2267 (of 5828)
Total:: 3428 (of 7633)
Played:: 70 years, 5 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Eric Jones (44')
Doug Lishman (51')
Peter Higham (48')

LINCOLN CITY
Manager: Bill Anderson
Prior form: WDLWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Munro (27')

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	M	21	Peter Watson (1956)	Debut
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	39	Freddie Scott
9	M	25	Peter Higham (48')
10	F	32	Doug Lishman (51')
11	F	24	Eric Jones (44')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mitch Downie
2	D	Doug Graham
3	D	Harry Troops
4	D	Fred Middleton
5	D	Tony Emery
6	M	Dick Neal
7	M	Jimmy Munro
8	M	Colin Gibson
9	M	Tommy Northcott
10	F	Tommy Bannan
11	F	Roy Finch

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Apr 02, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-2	Swansea Town
Bristol City	0-0	Port Vale
Hull City	0-3	Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United	6-1	Fulham
Leicester City	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Lincoln City	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Liverpool	1-2	Doncaster Rovers
Middlesbrough	0-1	Rotherham United
Notts County	2-1	Bury
Plymouth Argyle	0-1	Bristol Rovers
Stoke City	3-0	West Ham 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield Wednesday	37	18	12	7	84	50	12	5	2	53	22	6	7	5	31	28	34	48	LWWWDW	Safe
	2	Liverpool	36	18	6	12	76	54	13	3	3	47	22	5	3	9	29	32	22	42	WWWLLW	Safe
	3	Leicester City	37	18	6	13	85	69	13	3	2	57	20	5	3	11	28	49	16	42	DWLWLD	Safe
	4	Bristol Rovers	37	18	6	13	78	66	12	3	4	50	31	6	3	9	28	35	12	42	LLDWWL	Safe
	5	Port Vale	37	15	12	10	54	47	11	4	3	33	14	4	8	7	21	33	7	42	LWLWWD	Safe
	6	Blackburn Rovers	36	18	5	13	74	58	11	4	4	50	27	7	1	9	24	31	16	41	WWWLWW	Safe
	7	Bristol City	37	17	6	14	74	58	12	3	3	43	19	5	3	11	31	39	16	40	WLWDLL	Safe
	8	Leeds United	36	17	6	13	60	56	14	3	1	39	16	3	3	12	21	40	4	40	DLLWWL	Safe
	9	Nottingham Forest	34	17	5	12	56	52	9	2	6	27	21	8	3	6	29	31	4	39	WWWLDW	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	36	17	5	14	71	67	12	3	3	42	19	5	2	11	29	48	4	39	LWLLWL	Safe
	11	Fulham	37	16	6	15	74	67	12	2	4	48	23	4	4	11	26	44	7	38	LWDWLD	Safe
	12	Lincoln City	33	14	8	11	59	46	11	5	1	42	13	3	3	10	17	33	13	36	WDLWDW	Safe
	13	Stoke City	34	16	4	14	56	53	11	2	5	39	25	5	2	9	17	28	3	36	LWWLLD	Safe
	14	West Ham United	36	13	9	14	65	57	11	3	4	44	20	2	6	10	21	37	8	35	LWDLWW	Safe
	15	Middlesbrough	34	13	8	13	62	66	9	4	4	37	26	4	4	9	25	40	-4	34	WWLWDD	Safe
	16	Bury	37	13	8	16	72	82	8	5	6	35	33	5	3	10	37	49	-10	34	WWLLWL	Safe
	17	Doncaster Rovers	35	11	10	14	64	80	11	5	3	44	27	0	5	11	20	53	-16	32	LLDWWW
	18	Rotherham United	33	10	9	14	49	59	6	5	4	25	24	4	4	10	24	35	-10	29	DLLLDW
	19	Barnsley	37	9	11	17	40	74	8	4	6	28	32	1	7	11	12	42	-34	29	WLLLDL
	20	Notts County	38	10	8	20	50	74	7	4	7	34	31	3	4	13	16	43	-24	28	LLDWLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	38	9	7	22	48	76	6	6	7	30	23	3	1	15	18	53	-28	25	WWDLLL
	22	Hull City	35	7	5	23	41	81	4	3	9	23	34	3	2	14	18	47	-40	19	LWLDLD

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	38	19	12	7	86	51	12	5	2	53	22	7	7	5	33	29	35	50	WWWDWW	Safe	2-1
2	2	Bristol Rovers	38	19	6	13	79	66	12	3	4	50	31	7	3	9	29	35	13	44	LDWWLW	Safe	1-0
3	3	Blackburn Rovers	37	19	5	13	77	58	11	4	4	50	27	8	1	9	27	31	19	43	WWLWWW	Safe	3-0
1	4	Port Vale	38	15	13	10	54	47	11	4	3	33	14	4	9	7	21	33	7	43	WLWWDD	Safe	0-0
3	5	Liverpool	37	18	6	13	77	56	13	3	4	48	24	5	3	9	29	32	21	42	WWLLWL	Safe	1-2
3	6	Leicester City	38	18	6	14	86	71	13	3	3	58	22	5	3	11	28	49	15	42	WLWLDL	Safe	1-2
1	7	Leeds United	37	18	6	13	66	57	15	3	1	45	17	3	3	12	21	40	9	42	LLWWLW	Safe	6-1
1	8	Bristol City	38	17	7	14	74	58	12	4	3	43	19	5	3	11	31	39	16	41	LWDLLD	Safe	0-0
	9	Nottingham Forest	35	18	5	12	59	53	9	2	6	27	21	9	3	6	32	32	6	41	WWLDWW	Safe	3-1
	10	Swansea Town	37	17	5	15	73	70	12	3	3	42	19	5	2	12	31	51	3	39	WLLWLL	Safe	2-3
2	11	Stoke City	35	17	4	14	59	53	12	2	5	42	25	5	2	9	17	28	6	38	WWLLDW	Safe	3-0
1	12	Fulham	38	16	6	16	75	73	12	2	4	48	23	4	4	12	27	50	2	38	WDWLDL	Safe	1-6
1	13	Lincoln City	34	14	8	12	60	49	11	5	2	43	16	3	3	10	17	33	11	36	DLWDWL	Safe	1-3
	14	West Ham United	37	13	9	15	65	60	11	3	4	44	20	2	6	11	21	40	5	35	WDLWWL	Safe	0-3
	15	Middlesbrough	35	13	8	14	62	67	9	4	5	37	27	4	4	9	25	40	-5	34	WLWDDL	Safe	0-1
	16	Bury	38	13	8	17	73	84	8	5	6	35	33	5	3	11	38	51	-11	34	WLLWLL	Safe	1-2
	17	Doncaster Rovers	36	12	10	14	66	81	11	5	3	44	27	1	5	11	22	54	-15	34	LDWWWW	Safe	2-1
	18	Rotherham United	34	11	9	14	50	59	6	5	4	25	24	5	4	10	25	35	-9	31	LLLDWW		1-0
	19	Barnsley	38	10	11	17	43	76	9	4	6	31	34	1	7	11	12	42	-33	31	LLLDLW		3-2
	20	Notts County	39	11	8	20	52	75	8	4	7	36	32	3	4	13	16	43	-23	30	LDWLLW		2-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	39	9	7	23	48	77	6	6	8	30	24	3	1	15	18	53	-29	25	WDLLLL		0-1
	22	Hull City	36	7	5	24	41	84	4	3	10	23	37	3	2	14	18	47	-43	19	WLDLDL		0-3