The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Apr 28, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 28, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: A Holland
Attendance:: 10,214
League Week:: 41 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Sep 06, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2070 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1245 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2273 (of 5829)
Total:: 3435 (of 7634)
Played:: 70 years, 4 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Higham (7')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: WWWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Briggs (48')

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	Jim Barrett
9	M	25	Peter Higham (7')
10	F	32	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Eric Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Patterson
2	D	Ken Taylor
3	D	Bill Eckersley
4	D	Ronnie Clayton
5	D	Alan Herron
6	M	Mick McGrath
7	M	Bryan Douglas
8	M	Eddie Crossan
9	M	Tommy Briggs
10	F	Johnny Williamson
11	F	Roy Vernon

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 28, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	1-2	Liverpool
Hull City	1-4	Leeds United
Leicester City	3-0	Doncaster Rovers
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Port Vale	3-2	Middlesbrough
Rotherham United	0-1	Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday	5-3	Lincoln City
Swansea Town	3-1	Barnsley
West Ham United	3-0	Bristol 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	41	20	13	8	96	59	12	5	3	55	25	8	8	5	41	34	37	53	DWWDLW	Champions
	2	Leeds United	41	22	6	13	76	59	17	3	1	51	18	5	3	12	25	41	17	50	LWWWWW	Safe
	3	Bristol Rovers	41	21	6	14	83	68	13	3	4	52	31	8	3	10	31	37	15	48	WLWWWL	Safe
	4	Liverpool	40	20	6	14	83	60	14	3	4	52	25	6	3	10	31	35	23	46	LWLLWW	Safe
	5	Leicester City	41	20	6	15	91	78	14	3	3	60	23	6	3	12	31	55	13	46	LDLLWW	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	40	19	8	13	64	58	9	4	7	29	25	10	4	6	35	33	6	46	WDWLDD	Safe
	7	Bristol City	41	19	7	15	80	61	14	4	3	49	20	5	3	12	31	41	19	45	LLDWLW	Safe
	8	Blackburn Rovers	40	20	5	15	80	63	12	4	4	52	28	8	1	11	28	35	17	45	WWWLWL	Safe
	9	Lincoln City	40	17	10	13	74	60	13	5	2	47	17	4	5	11	27	43	14	44	DDWLWW	Safe
	10	Fulham	41	19	6	16	85	76	14	2	4	55	24	5	4	12	30	52	9	44	LDLWWW	Safe
	11	Port Vale	41	15	13	13	57	56	11	4	5	35	19	4	9	8	22	37	1	43	WDDLLL	Safe
	12	Stoke City	40	19	4	17	68	59	13	2	6	47	27	6	2	11	21	32	9	42	WLWLWL	Safe
	13	Swansea Town	40	18	6	16	77	78	13	4	3	46	22	5	2	13	31	56	-1	42	WLLWLD	Safe
	14	Bury	42	16	8	18	86	90	9	5	7	44	39	7	3	11	42	51	-4	40	LLWWWL	Safe
	15	Middlesbrough	40	15	8	17	73	75	11	4	6	46	31	4	4	11	27	44	-2	38	LLLLWW	Safe
	16	West Ham United	41	13	11	17	71	69	11	4	5	49	27	2	7	12	22	42	2	37	WLDLDL	Safe
	17	Doncaster Rovers	40	12	11	17	69	92	11	5	4	45	29	1	6	13	24	63	-23	35	WWLDLL	Safe
	18	Barnsley	41	11	12	18	46	81	10	5	6	33	35	1	7	12	13	46	-35	34	DLWWLD	Safe
	19	Rotherham United	39	12	9	18	53	68	7	5	7	27	30	5	4	11	26	38	-15	33	WWLLLL	Safe
	20	Notts County	42	11	9	22	55	82	8	5	8	39	37	3	4	14	16	45	-27	31	LLWDLL	Safe
	21	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	8	24	54	87	7	6	8	33	25	3	2	16	21	62	-33	28	LLLLWD	Relegated
	22	Hull City	40	9	6	25	49	91	5	4	10	28	39	4	2	15	21	52	-42	24	DLWDWL	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	42	21	13	8	101	62	13	5	3	60	28	8	8	5	41	34	39	55	WWDLWW	Champions	5-3
	2	Leeds United	42	23	6	13	80	60	17	3	1	51	18	6	3	12	29	42	20	52	WWWWWW	Promoted	4-1
1	3	Liverpool	41	21	6	14	85	61	14	3	4	52	25	7	3	10	33	36	24	48	WLLWWW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Leicester City	42	21	6	15	94	78	15	3	3	63	23	6	3	12	31	55	16	48	DLLWWW	Safe	3-0
2	5	Bristol Rovers	42	21	6	15	84	70	13	3	5	53	33	8	3	10	31	37	14	48	LWWWLL	Safe	1-2
	6	Nottingham Forest	41	19	9	13	65	59	9	5	7	30	26	10	4	6	35	33	6	47	DWLDDD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Blackburn Rovers	41	20	6	15	81	64	12	4	4	52	28	8	2	11	29	36	17	46	WWLWLD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Bristol City	42	19	7	16	80	64	14	4	3	49	20	5	3	13	31	44	16	45	LDWLWL	Safe	0-3
2	9	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	60	58	12	4	5	38	21	4	9	8	22	37	2	45	DDLLLW	Safe	3-2
1	10	Lincoln City	41	17	10	14	77	65	13	5	2	47	17	4	5	12	30	48	12	44	DWLWWL	Safe	3-5
1	11	Stoke City	41	20	4	17	69	59	13	2	6	47	27	7	2	11	22	32	10	44	LWLWLW	Safe	1-0
2	12	Fulham	41	19	6	16	85	76	14	2	4	55	24	5	4	12	30	52	9	44	LDLWWW	Safe
	13	Swansea Town	41	19	6	16	80	79	14	4	3	49	23	5	2	13	31	56	1	44	LLWLDW	Safe	3-1
	14	Bury	42	16	8	18	86	90	9	5	7	44	39	7	3	11	42	51	-4	40	LLWWWL	Safe
1	15	West Ham United	42	14	11	17	74	69	12	4	5	52	27	2	7	12	22	42	5	39	LDLDLW	Safe	3-0
1	16	Middlesbrough	41	15	8	18	75	78	11	4	6	46	31	4	4	12	29	47	-3	38	LLLWWL	Safe	2-3
	17	Doncaster Rovers	41	12	11	18	69	95	11	5	4	45	29	1	6	14	24	66	-26	35	WLDLLL	Safe	0-3
	18	Barnsley	42	11	12	19	47	84	10	5	6	33	35	1	7	13	14	49	-37	34	LWWLDL	Safe	1-3
	19	Rotherham United	40	12	9	19	53	69	7	5	8	27	31	5	4	11	26	38	-16	33	WLLLLL	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
	21	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	8	24	54	87	7	6	8	33	25	3	2	16	21	62	-33	28	LLLLWD	Relegated
	22	Hull City	41	9	6	26	50	95	5	4	11	29	43	4	2	15	21	52	-45	24	LWDWLL	Relegated	1-4