The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 BRISTOL CITY - Thu Aug 30, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Aug 30, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Hunt
Attendance:: 23,172
League Week:: 4 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 2
Opp Before/After:: 16 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Nov 15, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2075 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1250 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2278 (of 5790)
Total:: 3441 (of 7585)
Played:: 69 years, 3 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Wilson (17')
Bob McKinlay (80')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Pat Beasley
Prior form: DLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
David Smith (25')
John Atyeo (88')

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 (80')
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	F	25	Tommy Wilson (17')
10	F	32	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Bill Farmer	53		5	1
2	D	31	Bill Whare	212	1	5	1
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	323	1	5	1
4	M	31	Bill Morley	211	7	5	1
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay (80')	92	1	5	1
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt	309	11	5	1
7	F	31	Peter Small	73	17	5	1
8	F	25	Jim Barrett	63	34	5	1
9	F	25	Tommy Wilson (17')	56	13	5	1
10	F	32	Doug Lishman	14	9	5	1
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach	41	5	5	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Cook
2	D	Joe Baillie
3	D	Mike Thresher
4	D	Jack White
5	D	Terry Compton
6	M	Cyril Williams
7	M	Wally Hinshelwood
8	M	John Atyeo
9	M	Jimmy Rogers
10	F	Alec Eisentrager
11	F	David Smith

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Thu Aug 30, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Bristol City
Swansea Town	2-3	Barnsley

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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