The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BRISTOL ROVERS - Sat Nov 24, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 24, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Pickles
Attendance:: 18,146
Pos Before/After:: 5 6
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (League Tier 2)
Bristol Rovers:: Apr 06, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2089 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1264 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2292 (of 5768)
Total:: 3456 (of 7557)
Played:: 68 years, 7 months, 21 days ago

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

Goals
Doug Lishman (77')

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: WDDLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Alfie Biggs (26')

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	F	26	Jim Barrett
10	F	33	Doug Lishman (77')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ron Nicholls
2	D	Harry Bamford
3	D	Les Edwards
4	D	Jackie Pitt
5	D	Paddy Hale
6	M	Peter Sampson
7	M	John McIlvenny
8	M	Alfie Biggs
9	M	Bill Roost
10	F	Barrie Meyer
11	F	Peter Hooper

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 24, 1956)

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

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leicester City	18	10	6	2	46	28	5	4	0	27	10	5	2	2	19	18	1.64286	26	WWWDDD
	2	Stoke City	19	10	4	5	43	26	8	2	0	36	9	2	2	5	7	17	1.65385	24	WDLWLW
	3	Middlesbrough	18	9	6	3	41	26	6	3	0	22	11	3	3	3	19	15	1.57692	24	WWDWWW
	4	Bristol Rovers	18	10	3	5	39	22	6	1	2	21	7	4	2	3	18	15	1.77273	23	WDDLWW
	5	Nottingham Forest	17	9	4	4	38	24	5	2	1	19	13	4	2	3	19	11	1.58333	22	WWWLLD
	6	Sheffield United	17	9	4	4	44	28	4	3	1	20	11	5	1	3	24	17	1.57143	22	WDLWDW
	7	Doncaster Rovers	18	8	6	4	42	28	6	2	1	27	10	2	4	3	15	18	1.50000	22	LWLWDW
	8	Huddersfield Town	18	9	2	7	31	28	5	1	3	15	12	4	1	4	16	16	1.10714	20	WLLLWW
	9	Lincoln City	17	8	3	6	23	25	4	1	3	10	7	4	2	3	13	18	.92000	19	LWLWWL
	10	Leyton Orient	17	7	5	5	30	33	4	3	2	16	13	3	2	3	14	20	.90909	19	DWWWWW
	11	Liverpool	17	6	6	5	34	29	5	1	3	24	17	1	5	2	10	12	1.17241	18	LWLWDW
	12	Fulham	18	8	1	9	33	36	6	1	2	21	14	2	0	7	12	22	.91667	17	WLWLDL
	13	West Ham United	17	6	4	7	19	20	2	2	4	7	10	4	2	3	12	10	.95000	16	LDLLWL
	14	Swansea Town	17	7	2	8	38	44	4	1	4	24	18	3	1	4	14	26	.86364	16	WLDDLW
	15	Bristol City	18	6	4	8	28	38	5	0	4	16	18	1	4	4	12	20	.73684	16	WLWWLL
	16	Grimsby Town	18	7	1	10	25	23	5	1	3	17	10	2	0	7	8	13	1.08696	15	LWWLWL
	17	Blackburn Rovers	17	6	3	8	36	45	2	2	3	19	18	4	1	5	17	27	.80000	15	DLWWDL
	18	Barnsley	17	5	3	9	28	44	2	2	5	17	26	3	1	4	11	18	.63636	13	LLWLLW
	19	Rotherham United	16	4	4	8	27	32	2	2	4	13	15	2	2	4	14	17	.84375	12	LWDWDL
	20	Port Vale	17	3	3	11	22	38	2	3	3	10	10	1	0	8	12	28	.57895	9	LLLLLL
	21	Bury	18	2	4	12	28	52	1	1	7	16	26	1	3	5	12	26	.53846	8	LLLLDL
	22	Notts County	17	2	4	11	21	47	1	3	6	11	23	1	1	5	10	24	.44681	8	LLWLLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Stoke City	20	11	4	5	45	27	8	2	0	36	9	3	2	5	9	18	1.66667	26	DLWLWW		2-1
1	2	Leicester City	19	10	6	3	47	30	5	4	0	27	10	5	2	3	20	20	1.56667	26	WWDDDL		1-2
1	3	Bristol Rovers	19	10	4	5	40	23	6	1	2	21	7	4	3	3	19	16	1.73913	24	DDLWWD		1-1
2	4	Sheffield United	18	10	4	4	48	28	5	3	1	24	11	5	1	3	24	17	1.71429	24	DLWDWW		4-0
2	5	Middlesbrough	19	9	6	4	41	27	6	3	0	22	11	3	3	4	19	16	1.51852	24	WDWWWL		0-1
1	6	Nottingham Forest	18	9	5	4	39	25	5	3	1	20	14	4	2	3	19	11	1.56000	23	WWLLDD		1-1
	7	Doncaster Rovers	19	8	6	5	42	32	6	2	1	27	10	2	4	4	15	22	1.31250	22	WLWDWL		0-4
	8	Huddersfield Town	19	9	3	7	34	31	5	1	3	15	12	4	2	4	19	19	1.09677	21	LLLWWD		3-3
1	9	Leyton Orient	18	8	5	5	32	33	4	3	2	16	13	4	2	3	16	20	.96970	21	WWWWWW		2-0
1	10	Liverpool	18	6	7	5	35	30	5	1	3	24	17	1	6	2	11	13	1.16667	19	WLWDWD		1-1
1	11	Fulham	19	9	1	9	38	37	7	1	2	26	15	2	0	7	12	22	1.02703	19	LWLDLW		5-1
3	12	Lincoln City	18	8	3	7	23	27	4	1	4	10	9	4	2	3	13	18	.85185	19	WLWWLL		0-2
	13	West Ham United	18	7	4	7	21	21	3	2	4	9	11	4	2	3	12	10	1.00000	18	DLLWLW		2-1
	14	Swansea Town	18	7	3	8	39	45	4	2	4	25	19	3	1	4	14	26	.86667	17	LDDLWD		1-1
2	15	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	3	8	37	45	3	2	3	20	18	4	1	5	17	27	.82222	17	LWWDLW		1-0
1	16	Bristol City	19	6	4	9	29	40	5	0	5	17	20	1	4	4	12	20	.72500	16	LWWLLL		1-2
1	17	Grimsby Town	19	7	1	11	25	25	5	1	3	17	10	2	0	8	8	15	1.00000	15	WWLWLL		0-2
	18	Barnsley	18	6	3	9	30	44	3	2	5	19	26	3	1	4	11	18	.68182	15	LWLLWW		2-0
	19	Rotherham United	17	4	5	8	30	35	2	3	4	16	18	2	2	4	14	17	.85714	13	WDWDLD		3-3
	20	Port Vale	18	4	3	11	25	40	3	3	3	13	12	1	0	8	12	28	.62500	11	LLLLLW		3-2
	21	Bury	19	2	4	13	30	55	1	1	7	16	26	1	3	6	14	29	.54545	8	LLLDLL		2-3
	22	Notts County	18	2	4	12	22	52	1	3	6	11	23	1	1	6	11	29	.42308	8	LWLLLL		1-5