The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Thu Sep 06, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Sep 06, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: E Oxley
Attendance:: 21,251
League Week:: 6 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 1
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Jan 01, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2077 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1252 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2280 (of 5790)
Total:: 3443 (of 7585)
Played:: 69 years, 3 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Small (43')
Jack Burkitt (88')

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

Goal Scorers
Bryan Douglas (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	31	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	M	22	Peter Watson (1956)
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt (88')
7	F	31	Peter Small (43')
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	F	25	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson	39		131	8
2	D	31	Bill Whare	214	1	5	1
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	325	1	5	1
4	M	31	Bill Morley	213	7	5	1
5	M	22	Peter Watson (1956)	2		5	1
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt (88')	311	11	5	1
7	F	31	Peter Small (43')	75	18	5	1
8	F	25	Jim Barrett	65	34	5	1
9	F	25	Tommy Wilson	58	14	5	1
10	F	32	Doug Lishman	16	11	5	1
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach	43	6	5	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Leyland
2	D	Ken Taylor
3	D	Eric Bell
4	D	Bill Smith
5	D	Willie Kelly
6	M	Ken Clayton
7	M	Bryan Douglas
8	M	Eddie Crossan
9	M	Tommy Briggs
10	F	Roy Vernon
11	F	Ally MacLeod

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Thu Sep 06, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Blackburn Rovers

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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