The City Ground

BARNSLEY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 21, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Barnsley
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Oakwell
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: F Gerrard
Attendance:: 11,429
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 6
Opp Before/After:: 19 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (Friendly)
League:: Blackburn Rovers
Barnsley:: Sep 29, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2069 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1244 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2272 (of 5824)
Total:: 3433 (of 7629)
Played:: 70 years, 3 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Doug Lishman (71')

BARNSLEY
Manager: Tim Ward
Prior form: LDLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bobby Wood (85')

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	24	Stewart Imlach
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	F	31	Peter Small
10	F	32	Doug Lishman (71')
11	F	24	Eric Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Hough
2	D	Joe Thomas
3	D	Barrie Betts
4	D	Tommy Holmes
5	D	George Spruce
6	M	Harry Walters
7	M	Arthur Kaye
8	M	Bobby Wood
9	M	Lol Chappell
10	F	Bobby Brown
11	F	Johnny McCann

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 21, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Bristol City	2-0	Blackburn Rovers
Bury	2-5	Sheffield Wednesday
Fulham	4-0	Doncaster Rovers
Leeds United	2-1	Bristol Rovers
Middlesbrough	5-1	Hull City
Notts County	1-3	Stoke City
Port Vale	2-3	Leicester City
Rotherham United	0-1	Liverpool
Swansea Town	2-2	Plymouth Argyle
West Ham United	2-4	Lincoln 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	40	19	13	8	91	57	12	5	3	55	25	7	8	5	36	32	34	51	WDWWDL	Safe
	2	Bristol Rovers	40	21	6	13	82	66	13	3	4	52	31	8	3	9	30	35	16	48	WWLWWW	Safe
	3	Leeds United	39	20	6	13	72	58	16	3	1	49	17	4	3	12	23	41	14	46	WWLWWW	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	39	20	5	14	80	61	12	4	4	52	28	8	1	10	28	33	19	45	LWWWLW	Safe
	5	Nottingham Forest	39	19	7	13	63	57	9	4	7	29	25	10	3	6	34	32	6	45	WWDWLD	Safe
	6	Liverpool	39	19	6	14	82	60	14	3	4	52	25	5	3	10	30	35	22	44	LLWLLW	Safe
	7	Leicester City	40	19	6	15	88	76	14	3	3	60	23	5	3	12	28	53	12	44	WLDLLW	Safe
	8	Bristol City	40	18	7	15	78	61	13	4	3	47	20	5	3	12	31	41	17	43	DLLDWL	Safe
	9	Port Vale	40	15	13	12	55	53	11	4	4	33	16	4	9	8	22	37	2	43	WWDDLL	Safe
	10	Fulham	40	18	6	16	81	76	13	2	4	51	24	5	4	12	30	52	5	42	WLDLWW	Safe
	11	Swansea Town	39	18	5	16	75	76	13	3	3	44	20	5	2	13	31	56	-1	41	LWLLWL	Safe
	12	Lincoln City	38	15	10	13	68	57	12	5	2	45	16	3	5	11	23	41	11	40	WLDDWL	Safe
	13	Stoke City	38	18	4	16	64	56	13	2	6	47	27	5	2	10	17	29	8	40	LDWLWL	Safe
	14	Bury	41	16	8	17	84	85	9	5	6	42	34	7	3	11	42	51	-1	40	WLLWWW	Safe
	15	West Ham United	40	13	11	16	69	65	11	4	4	47	23	2	7	12	22	42	4	37	WWLDLD	Safe
	16	Middlesbrough	39	14	8	17	68	74	10	4	6	41	30	4	4	11	27	44	-6	36	DLLLLW	Safe
	17	Doncaster Rovers	39	12	11	16	69	88	11	5	4	45	29	1	6	12	24	59	-19	35	WWWLDL	Safe
	18	Rotherham United	37	12	9	16	53	65	7	5	5	27	27	5	4	11	26	38	-12	33	DWWWLL	Safe
	19	Barnsley	40	11	11	18	45	80	10	4	6	32	34	1	7	12	13	46	-35	33	LDLWWL	Safe
	20	Notts County	41	11	9	21	54	79	8	5	7	38	34	3	4	14	16	45	-25	31	WLLWDL	Safe
	21	Plymouth Argyle	41	10	7	24	52	85	7	6	8	33	25	3	1	16	19	60	-33	27	LLLLLW	Relegated
	22	Hull City	39	9	6	24	48	86	5	4	10	28	39	4	2	14	20	47	-38	24	LDLWDW	Relegated

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	41	20	13	8	96	59	12	5	3	55	25	8	8	5	41	34	37	53	DWWDLW	Champions	5-2
1	2	Leeds United	40	21	6	13	74	59	17	3	1	51	18	4	3	12	23	41	15	48	WLWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	3	Bristol Rovers	41	21	6	14	83	68	13	3	4	52	31	8	3	10	31	37	15	48	WLWWWL	Safe	1-2
2	4	Liverpool	40	20	6	14	83	60	14	3	4	52	25	6	3	10	31	35	23	46	LWLLWW	Safe	1-0
2	5	Leicester City	41	20	6	15	91	78	14	3	3	60	23	6	3	12	31	55	13	46	LDLLWW	Safe	3-2
1	6	Nottingham Forest	40	19	8	13	64	58	9	4	7	29	25	10	4	6	35	33	6	46	WDWLDD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Bristol City	41	19	7	15	80	61	14	4	3	49	20	5	3	12	31	41	19	45	LLDWLW	Safe	2-0
4	8	Blackburn Rovers	40	20	5	15	80	63	12	4	4	52	28	8	1	11	28	35	17	45	WWWLWL	Safe	0-2
1	9	Fulham	41	19	6	16	85	76	14	2	4	55	24	5	4	12	30	52	9	44	LDLWWW	Safe	4-0
1	10	Port Vale	41	15	13	13	57	56	11	4	5	35	19	4	9	8	22	37	1	43	WDDLLL	Safe	2-3
1	11	Lincoln City	39	16	10	13	72	59	12	5	2	45	16	4	5	11	27	43	13	42	LDDWLW	Safe	4-2
1	12	Stoke City	39	19	4	16	67	57	13	2	6	47	27	6	2	10	20	30	10	42	DWLWLW	Safe	3-1
2	13	Swansea Town	40	18	6	16	77	78	13	4	3	46	22	5	2	13	31	56	-1	42	WLLWLD	Safe	2-2
	14	Bury	42	16	8	18	86	90	9	5	7	44	39	7	3	11	42	51	-4	40	LLWWWL	Safe	2-5
1	15	Middlesbrough	40	15	8	17	73	75	11	4	6	46	31	4	4	11	27	44	-2	38	LLLLWW	Safe	5-1
1	16	West Ham United	41	13	11	17	71	69	11	4	5	49	27	2	7	12	22	42	2	37	WLDLDL	Safe	2-4
	17	Doncaster Rovers	40	12	11	17	69	92	11	5	4	45	29	1	6	13	24	63	-23	35	WWLDLL	Safe	0-4
1	18	Barnsley	41	11	12	18	46	81	10	5	6	33	35	1	7	12	13	46	-35	34	DLWWLD	Safe	1-1
1	19	Rotherham United	38	12	9	17	53	66	7	5	6	27	28	5	4	11	26	38	-13	33	WWWLLL	Safe	0-1
	20	Notts County	42	11	9	22	55	82	8	5	8	39	37	3	4	14	16	45	-27	31	LLWDLL	Safe	1-3
	21	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	8	24	54	87	7	6	8	33	25	3	2	16	21	62	-33	28	LLLLWD	Relegated	2-2
	22	Hull City	40	9	6	25	49	91	5	4	10	28	39	4	2	15	21	52	-42	24	DLWDWL	Relegated	1-5