The City Ground

NOTTS COUNTY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Oct 20, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 20, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Meadow Lane
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:: 31,585
League Week:: 13 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Doncaster Rovers (League Tier 2)
Notts County:: May 01, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2084 (of 5061)
League Tier 2:: 1259 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2287 (of 5791)
Total:: 3451 (of 7586)
Played:: 69 years, 1 month, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Doug Lishman (25')
Eddie Baily (62')

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: George Poyser
Prior form: LWLLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jackie Lane (63')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	31	Bill Whare
3	M	22	Peter Watson (1956)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	31	Eddie Baily (62')
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	33	Doug Lishman (25')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson	43		7	2
2	D	31	Bill Whare	220	1	7	2
3	M	22	Peter Watson (1956)	6		21	4
4	M	31	Bill Morley	220	9	7	2
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay	98	2	7	2
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt	318	13	7	2
7	F	31	Peter Small	82	19	7	2
8	F	31	Eddie Baily (62')	2	2	7	2
9	M	25	Peter Higham	41	17	7	2
10	F	33	Doug Lishman (25')	23	16	7	2
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach	50	6	7	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Smith
2	D	Aubrey Southwell
3	D	Frank Maddison
4	D	Bert Loxley
5	D	Peter Russell
6	M	Ray Chatham
7	M	Don Roby
8	M	Ron Wylie
9	M	Jackie Lane
10	F	Gerry Carver
11	F	Gordon Wills

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 20, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	1-1	West Ham United
Bury	1-4	Rotherham United
Doncaster Rovers	5-2	Barnsley
Grimsby Town	1-0	Port Vale
Huddersfield Town	0-1	Lincoln City
Leicester City	6-0	Blackburn Rovers
Leyton Orient	3-0	Swansea Town
Liverpool	4-3	Fulham
Middlesbrough	4-1	Bristol City
Notts County	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	3-3	Sheffield United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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