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 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1245 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2273 (of 5790)
Total:: 3435 (of 7585)
Played:: 69 years, 7 months, 15 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

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson	38		7	2
2	D	30	Bill Whare	207	1	7	2
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	318	1	7	2
4	M	30	Bill Morley	206	6	7	2
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay	87	1	7	2
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt	304	11	7	2
7	F	31	Peter Small	68	16	7	2
8	F	25	Jim Barrett	59	27	7	2
9	M	25	Peter Higham (7')	39	15	14	4
10	F	32	Doug Lishman	9	5	7	2
11	F	24	Eric Jones	12	2	7	2

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

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