The City Ground

STOKE CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 03, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 03, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: N Hough
Attendance:: 32,656
League Week:: 15 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 3
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Mar 16, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2086 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1261 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2289 (of 5790)
Total:: 3453 (of 7585)
Played:: 69 years, 1 month, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Doug Lishman (78')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Frank Taylor
Prior form: DWWWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frank Bowyer (12')
Harry Oscroft (35')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	32	Peter Small
8	F	31	Eddie Baily
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	33	Doug Lishman (78')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson	45		7	1
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson	211		294	34
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	333	1	7	1
4	M	31	Bill Morley	222	9	7	1
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay	100	2	7	1
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt	320	13	7	1
7	F	32	Peter Small	84	20	7	1
8	F	31	Eddie Baily	4	3	7	1
9	M	25	Peter Higham	43	17	7	1
10	F	33	Doug Lishman (78')	25	17	7	1
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach	52	7	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Robertson
2	D	Frank Mountford
3	D	John McCue
4	D	Johnny Sellars
5	D	Ken Thomson
6	M	Bobby Cairns
7	M	Tim Coleman
8	M	Frank Bowyer
9	M	Johnny King
10	F	George Kelly
11	F	Harry Oscroft

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 03, 1956)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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