The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 DONCASTER ROVERS - Sat Oct 27, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 27, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Topliss
Attendance:: 24,512
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 2
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Mar 09, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2085 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1260 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2288 (of 5829)
Total:: 3452 (of 7634)
Played:: 69 years, 10 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Stewart Imlach (61')
Peter Small (81')

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Peter Doherty
Prior form: DWDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ronnie Walker (39')

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	D	24	Bob McKinlay	100th appearance
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	32	Peter Small (81')
8	F	31	Eddie Baily
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	33	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach (61')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Gregg
2	D	Brian Makepeace
3	D	Len Graham
4	D	Paddy Gavin
5	D	Charlie Williams
6	M	Tommy Ewing
7	M	Johnny Mooney
8	M	Eddie McMorran
9	M	Bert Tindill
10	F	Tommy Cavanagh
11	F	Ronnie Walker

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 27, 1956)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leicester City	14	9	3	2	40	23	5	2	0	26	9	4	1	2	14	14	17	21	WWLWWW
	2	Stoke City	15	8	4	3	37	22	6	2	0	30	7	2	2	3	7	15	15	20	WDWWWD
	3	Nottingham Forest	13	8	3	2	35	17	4	2	0	17	8	4	1	2	18	9	18	19	LWDLWW
	4	Bristol Rovers	14	8	2	4	32	19	5	1	1	17	6	3	1	3	15	13	13	18	LLWWWD
	5	Sheffield United	13	7	3	3	35	22	4	2	0	17	7	3	1	3	18	15	13	17	DLWLWD
	6	Doncaster Rovers	14	6	5	3	32	23	4	2	1	20	9	2	3	2	12	14	9	17	DWDWLW
	7	Middlesbrough	14	6	5	3	29	22	4	3	0	16	9	2	2	3	13	13	7	17	LDDWWW
	8	Huddersfield Town	14	7	2	5	21	21	4	1	2	11	7	3	1	3	10	14	0	16	WLDWWL
	9	Lincoln City	13	6	3	4	19	18	3	1	2	7	4	3	2	2	12	14	1	15	WWWLLW
	10	West Ham United	13	5	4	4	17	13	1	2	3	6	9	4	2	1	11	4	4	14	DWLWLD
	11	Fulham	14	7	0	7	29	27	5	0	2	18	12	2	0	5	11	15	2	14	LWLWWL
	12	Liverpool	13	4	5	4	23	22	3	1	3	16	16	1	4	1	7	6	1	13	LDWLLW
	13	Swansea Town	13	6	0	7	29	37	4	0	3	20	13	2	0	4	9	24	-8	12	WLLLWL
	14	Bristol City	14	4	4	6	22	29	4	0	3	14	15	0	4	3	8	14	-7	12	DWWDWL
	15	Grimsby Town	14	5	1	8	20	18	5	1	1	15	5	0	0	7	5	13	2	11	LLLWLW
	16	Leyton Orient	13	3	5	5	21	29	2	3	2	12	12	1	2	3	9	17	-8	11	DLDLDW
	17	Blackburn Rovers	13	4	2	7	24	36	1	1	3	11	14	3	1	4	13	22	-12	10	DWLWDL
	18	Port Vale	13	3	3	7	18	27	2	3	1	8	6	1	0	6	10	21	-9	9	LWLLLL
	19	Barnsley	13	3	3	7	22	35	1	2	4	13	20	2	1	3	9	15	-13	9	DLDLLL
	20	Rotherham United	12	3	2	7	19	27	2	0	4	11	13	1	2	3	8	14	-8	8	WLWLLW
	21	Bury	14	2	3	9	22	40	1	1	5	13	21	1	2	4	9	19	-18	7	LWDLLL
	22	Notts County	13	1	4	8	17	36	1	3	4	9	14	0	1	4	8	22	-19	6	WLLDLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Leicester City	15	10	3	2	43	25	5	2	0	26	9	5	1	2	17	16	18	23	WLWWWW		3-2
1	2	Nottingham Forest	14	9	3	2	37	18	5	2	0	19	9	4	1	2	18	9	19	21	WDLWWW		2-1
1	3	Stoke City	16	8	4	4	37	23	6	2	0	30	7	2	2	4	7	16	14	20	DWWWDL		0-1
	4	Bristol Rovers	15	8	3	4	32	19	5	1	1	17	6	3	2	3	15	13	13	19	LWWWDD		0-0
2	5	Middlesbrough	15	6	6	3	31	24	4	3	0	16	9	2	3	3	15	15	7	18	DDWWWD		2-2
1	6	Sheffield United	14	7	3	4	37	25	4	2	1	19	10	3	1	3	18	15	12	17	LWLWDL		2-3
1	7	Doncaster Rovers	15	6	5	4	33	25	4	2	1	20	9	2	3	3	13	16	8	17	WDWLWL		1-2
3	8	Fulham	15	8	0	7	30	27	6	0	2	19	12	2	0	5	11	15	3	16	WLWWLW		1-0
1	9	Huddersfield Town	15	7	2	6	22	23	4	1	2	11	7	3	1	4	11	16	-1	16	LDWWLL		1-2
1	10	Lincoln City	14	6	3	5	21	21	3	1	3	9	7	3	2	2	12	14	0	15	WWLLWL		2-3
1	11	West Ham United	14	5	4	5	17	14	1	2	4	6	10	4	2	1	11	4	3	14	WLWLDL		0-1
2	12	Bristol City	15	5	4	6	24	30	5	0	3	16	16	0	4	3	8	14	-6	14	WWDWLW		2-1
2	13	Grimsby Town	15	6	1	8	21	18	5	1	1	15	5	1	0	7	6	13	3	13	LLWLWW		1-0
2	14	Liverpool	14	4	5	5	24	26	3	1	3	16	16	1	4	2	8	10	-2	13	DWLLWL		1-4
2	15	Swansea Town	14	6	1	7	31	39	4	1	3	22	15	2	0	4	9	24	-8	13	LLLWLD		2-2
	16	Leyton Orient	14	4	5	5	24	31	2	3	2	12	12	2	2	3	12	19	-7	13	LDLDWW		3-2
	17	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	2	7	30	38	2	1	3	17	16	3	1	4	13	22	-8	12	WLWDLW		6-2
1	18	Barnsley	14	4	3	7	26	36	2	2	4	17	21	2	1	3	9	15	-10	11	LDLLLW		4-1
1	19	Rotherham United	13	3	3	7	19	27	2	1	4	11	13	1	2	3	8	14	-8	9	LWLLWD		0-0
2	20	Port Vale	14	3	3	8	19	29	2	3	2	9	8	1	0	6	10	21	-10	9	WLLLLL		1-2
1	21	Notts County	14	2	4	8	19	37	1	3	4	9	14	1	1	4	10	23	-18	8	LLDLLW		2-1
1	22	Bury	15	2	3	10	24	46	1	1	5	13	21	1	2	5	11	25	-22	7	WDLLLL		2-6