The City Ground

LEYTON ORIENT 1 - 4 FOREST - Sat Aug 18, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 18, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leyton Orient
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Brisbane Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: LG Hamer
Attendance:: 25,983
League Week:: 1 of 42
Pos Before/After:: - 4
Opp Before/After:: - 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
Leyton Orient:: Dec 15, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2072 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1247 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2275 (of 5790)
Total:: 3438 (of 7585)
Played:: 69 years, 3 months, 25 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goal Scorers
Doug Lishman (6')
Jim Barrett (49') (Pen)
Jim Barrett (60')
Tommy Wilson (89')

LEYTON ORIENT
Manager: Alec Stock

Goal Scorers
Dave Sexton (25')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Bill Farmer
2	D	31	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (49') (60')
9	F	25	Tommy Wilson (89')
10	F	32	Doug Lishman (6')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Bill Farmer	50		108	2
2	D	31	Bill Whare	209	1	108	2
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	320	1	108	2
4	M	31	Bill Morley	208	6	108	2
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay	89	1	108	2
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt	306	11	108	2
7	F	31	Peter Small	70	17	108	2
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (49') (60')	60	27	112	3
9	F	25	Tommy Wilson (89')	53	12	108	2
10	F	32	Doug Lishman (6')	11	6	108	2
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach	38	5	108	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Pat Welton
2	D	Jack Gregory
3	D	Stan Willemse
4	D	Les Blizzard
5	D	Stan Aldous
6	M	Alex Forbes
7	M	Phil White
8	M	Dave Sexton
9	M	Tommy Johnston
10	F	Ron Heckman
11	F	Johnny Hartburn

Videos:

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Aug 18, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	1-0	Grimsby Town
Fulham	1-4	West Ham United
Leicester City	3-1	Doncaster Rovers
Leyton Orient	1-4	Nottingham Forest
Lincoln City	1-1	Bristol City
Liverpool	2-3	Huddersfield Town
Middlesbrough	1-1	Stoke City
Notts County	2-2	Bury
Port Vale	0-0	Barnsley
Rotherham United	0-4	Sheffield United
Swansea Town	5-1	Blackburn Rovers

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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