The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 LINCOLN CITY - Tue Apr 03, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Apr 03, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Lincoln City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: A Ellis
Attendance:: 22,238
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
Lincoln City:: Sep 08, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2065 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1240 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2268 (of 5829)
Total:: 3429 (of 7634)
Played:: 70 years, 5 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Small (83')
Bob McKinlay (90') - Bob McKinlay first goal

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Northcott (65')
Tommy Northcott (83')

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 (90')
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt	300th appearance
7	F	31	Peter Small (83')
8	F	39	Freddie Scott
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	32	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson	33		1	1
2	D	30	Bill Whare	202	1	1	1
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	313	1	1	1
4	M	30	Bill Morley	201	6	1	1
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay (90')	82		3	2
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt	299	11	1	1
7	F	31	Peter Small (83')	63	15	1	1
8	F	39	Freddie Scott	318	44	1	1
9	M	25	Peter Higham	36	15	1	1
10	F	32	Doug Lishman	4	3	1	1
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach	32	5	3	2

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 (Tue Apr 03, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Lincoln City
Rotherham United	2-1	Middlesbrough

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

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	Bristol Rovers	38	19	6	13	79	66	12	3	4	50	31	7	3	9	29	35	13	44	LDWWLW	Safe
	3	Blackburn Rovers	37	19	5	13	77	58	11	4	4	50	27	8	1	9	27	31	19	43	WWLWWW	Safe
	4	Port Vale	38	15	13	10	54	47	11	4	3	33	14	4	9	7	21	33	7	43	WLWWDD	Safe
	5	Liverpool	37	18	6	13	77	56	13	3	4	48	24	5	3	9	29	32	21	42	WWLLWL	Safe
	6	Leicester City	38	18	6	14	86	71	13	3	3	58	22	5	3	11	28	49	15	42	WLWLDL	Safe
	7	Leeds United	37	18	6	13	66	57	15	3	1	45	17	3	3	12	21	40	9	42	LLWWLW	Safe
1	8	Nottingham Forest	36	18	6	12	61	55	9	3	6	29	23	9	3	6	32	32	6	42	WLDWWD	Safe	2-2
1	9	Bristol City	38	17	7	14	74	58	12	4	3	43	19	5	3	11	31	39	16	41	LWDLLD	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	37	17	5	15	73	70	12	3	3	42	19	5	2	12	31	51	3	39	WLLWLL	Safe
	11	Stoke City	35	17	4	14	59	53	12	2	5	42	25	5	2	9	17	28	6	38	WWLLDW	Safe
	12	Fulham	38	16	6	16	75	73	12	2	4	48	23	4	4	12	27	50	2	38	WDWLDL	Safe
	13	Lincoln City	35	14	9	12	62	51	11	5	2	43	16	3	4	10	19	35	11	37	LWDWLD	Safe	2-2
	14	West Ham United	37	13	9	15	65	60	11	3	4	44	20	2	6	11	21	40	5	35	WDLWWL	Safe
	15	Middlesbrough	36	13	8	15	63	69	9	4	5	37	27	4	4	10	26	42	-6	34	LWDDLL	Safe	1-2
	16	Bury	38	13	8	17	73	84	8	5	6	35	33	5	3	11	38	51	-11	34	WLLWLL	Safe
	17	Doncaster Rovers	36	12	10	14	66	81	11	5	3	44	27	1	5	11	22	54	-15	34	LDWWWW	Safe
	18	Rotherham United	35	12	9	14	52	60	7	5	4	27	25	5	4	10	25	35	-8	33	LLDWWW	Safe	2-1
	19	Barnsley	38	10	11	17	43	76	9	4	6	31	34	1	7	11	12	42	-33	31	LLLDLW
	20	Notts County	39	11	8	20	52	75	8	4	7	36	32	3	4	13	16	43	-23	30	LDWLLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	39	9	7	23	48	77	6	6	8	30	24	3	1	15	18	53	-29	25	WDLLLL
	22	Hull City	36	7	5	24	41	84	4	3	10	23	37	3	2	14	18	47	-43	19	WLDLDL