The City Ground

GRIMSBY TOWN 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 01, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 01, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Blundell Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Cooke
Attendance:: 14,033
League Week:: 19 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 2)
Grimsby Town:: Apr 13, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2090 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1265 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2293 (of 5829)
Total:: 3457 (of 7634)
Played:: 69 years, 9 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

GRIMSBY TOWN
Manager: Allenby Chilton
Prior form: WWLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	21	Edward Huddlestone	Only appearance
10	F	33	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Clarrie Williams
2	D	Willie Brown
3	D	Dave Richardson
4	D	Dick Conner
5	D	Malcolm Tucker
6	M	Pat Johnston
7	M	Johnny Scott
8	M	Dennis Pell
9	M	Albert Stokes
10	F	Tony Reeson
11	F	Jimmy Maddison

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 01, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	2-1	Port Vale
Bury	3-3	West Ham United
Doncaster Rovers	4-0	Fulham
Grimsby Town	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Huddersfield Town	0-2	Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City	5-2	Rotherham United
Leyton Orient	2-2	Bristol City
Liverpool	5-1	Sheffield United
Middlesbrough	3-0	Lincoln City
Notts County	3-2	Barnsley
Stoke City	4-1	Swansea 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	Stoke City	20	11	4	5	45	27	8	2	0	36	9	3	2	5	9	18	18	26	DLWLWW
	2	Leicester City	19	10	6	3	47	30	5	4	0	27	10	5	2	3	20	20	17	26	WWDDDL
	3	Bristol Rovers	19	10	4	5	40	23	6	1	2	21	7	4	3	3	19	16	17	24	DDLWWD
	4	Sheffield United	18	10	4	4	48	28	5	3	1	24	11	5	1	3	24	17	20	24	DLWDWW
	5	Middlesbrough	19	9	6	4	41	27	6	3	0	22	11	3	3	4	19	16	14	24	WDWWWL
	6	Nottingham Forest	18	9	5	4	39	25	5	3	1	20	14	4	2	3	19	11	14	23	WWLLDD
	7	Doncaster Rovers	19	8	6	5	42	32	6	2	1	27	10	2	4	4	15	22	10	22	WLWDWL
	8	Huddersfield Town	19	9	3	7	34	31	5	1	3	15	12	4	2	4	19	19	3	21	LLLWWD
	9	Leyton Orient	18	8	5	5	32	33	4	3	2	16	13	4	2	3	16	20	-1	21	WWWWWW
	10	Liverpool	18	6	7	5	35	30	5	1	3	24	17	1	6	2	11	13	5	19	WLWDWD
	11	Fulham	19	9	1	9	38	37	7	1	2	26	15	2	0	7	12	22	1	19	LWLDLW
	12	Lincoln City	18	8	3	7	23	27	4	1	4	10	9	4	2	3	13	18	-4	19	WLWWLL
	13	West Ham United	18	7	4	7	21	21	3	2	4	9	11	4	2	3	12	10	0	18	DLLWLW
	14	Swansea Town	18	7	3	8	39	45	4	2	4	25	19	3	1	4	14	26	-6	17	LDDLWD
	15	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	3	8	37	45	3	2	3	20	18	4	1	5	17	27	-8	17	LWWDLW
	16	Bristol City	19	6	4	9	29	40	5	0	5	17	20	1	4	4	12	20	-11	16	LWWLLL
	17	Grimsby Town	19	7	1	11	25	25	5	1	3	17	10	2	0	8	8	15	0	15	WWLWLL
	18	Barnsley	18	6	3	9	30	44	3	2	5	19	26	3	1	4	11	18	-14	15	LWLLWW
	19	Rotherham United	17	4	5	8	30	35	2	3	4	16	18	2	2	4	14	17	-5	13	WDWDLD
	20	Port Vale	18	4	3	11	25	40	3	3	3	13	12	1	0	8	12	28	-15	11	LLLLLW
	21	Bury	19	2	4	13	30	55	1	1	7	16	26	1	3	6	14	29	-25	8	LLLDLL
	22	Notts County	18	2	4	12	22	52	1	3	6	11	23	1	1	6	11	29	-30	8	LWLLLL

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	Stoke City	21	12	4	5	49	28	9	2	0	40	10	3	2	5	9	18	21	28	LWLWWW		4-1
	2	Leicester City	20	11	6	3	52	32	6	4	0	32	12	5	2	3	20	20	20	28	WDDDLW		5-2
	3	Bristol Rovers	20	11	4	5	42	24	7	1	2	23	8	4	3	3	19	16	18	26	DLWWDW		2-1
1	4	Middlesbrough	20	10	6	4	44	27	7	3	0	25	11	3	3	4	19	16	17	26	DWWWLW		3-0
1	5	Nottingham Forest	19	9	6	4	39	25	5	3	1	20	14	4	3	3	19	11	14	24	WLLDDD		0-0
2	6	Sheffield United	19	10	4	5	49	33	5	3	1	24	11	5	1	4	25	22	16	24	LWDWWL		1-5
	7	Doncaster Rovers	20	9	6	5	46	32	7	2	1	31	10	2	4	4	15	22	14	24	LWDWLW		4-0
1	8	Leyton Orient	19	8	6	5	34	35	4	4	2	18	15	4	2	3	16	20	-1	22	WWWWWD		2-2
1	9	Liverpool	19	7	7	5	40	31	6	1	3	29	18	1	6	2	11	13	9	21	LWDWDW		5-1
2	10	Huddersfield Town	20	9	3	8	34	33	5	1	4	15	14	4	2	4	19	19	1	21	LLWWDL		0-2
2	11	West Ham United	19	7	5	7	24	24	3	2	4	9	11	4	3	3	15	13	0	19	LLWLWD		3-3
1	12	Fulham	20	9	1	10	38	41	7	1	2	26	15	2	0	8	12	26	-3	19	WLDLWL		0-4
2	13	Blackburn Rovers	19	8	3	8	39	45	3	2	3	20	18	5	1	5	19	27	-6	19	WWDLWW		2-0
2	14	Lincoln City	19	8	3	8	23	30	4	1	4	10	9	4	2	4	13	21	-7	19	LWWLLL		0-3
1	15	Swansea Town	19	7	3	9	40	49	4	2	4	25	19	3	1	5	15	30	-9	17	DDLWDL		1-4
	16	Bristol City	20	6	5	9	31	42	5	0	5	17	20	1	5	4	14	22	-11	17	WWLLLD		2-2
	17	Grimsby Town	20	7	2	11	25	25	5	2	3	17	10	2	0	8	8	15	0	16	WLWLLD		0-0
	18	Barnsley	19	6	3	10	32	47	3	2	5	19	26	3	1	5	13	21	-15	15	WLLWWL		2-3
	19	Rotherham United	18	4	5	9	32	40	2	3	4	16	18	2	2	5	16	22	-8	13	DWDLDL		2-5
	20	Port Vale	19	4	3	12	26	42	3	3	3	13	12	1	0	9	13	30	-16	11	LLLLWL		1-2
1	21	Notts County	19	3	4	12	25	54	2	3	6	14	25	1	1	6	11	29	-29	10	WLLLLW		3-2
1	22	Bury	20	2	5	13	33	58	1	2	7	19	29	1	3	6	14	29	-25	9	LLDLLD		3-3