The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 LIVERPOOL - Sat Dec 08, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 08, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: R Hawthorne
Attendance:: 17,774
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leyton Orient (League Tier 2)
Liverpool:: Apr 20, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2091 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1266 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2294 (of 5829)
Total:: 3458 (of 7634)
Played:: 69 years, 9 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Eddie Baily (25')

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Phil Taylor
Prior form: LWDWDW (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	33	Doug Lishman
9	F	26	Jim Barrett
10	F	31	Eddie Baily (25')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tommy Younger
2	D	John Molyneux
3	D	Ronnie Moran
4	D	Roy Saunders
5	D	Laurie Hughes
6	M	Geoff Twentyman
7	M	Billy Liddell
8	M	Johnny Wheeler
9	M	Alan Arnell
10	F	Jimmy Melia
11	F	Alan A'Court

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 08, 1956)

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

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

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	1	Leicester City	21	12	6	3	54	32	6	4	0	32	12	6	2	3	22	20	22	30	DDDLWW		2-0
1	2	Stoke City	22	12	5	5	51	30	9	2	0	40	10	3	3	5	11	20	21	29	WLWWWD		2-2
	3	Bristol Rovers	21	11	4	6	42	26	7	1	2	23	8	4	3	4	19	18	16	26	LWWDWL		0-2
1	4	Nottingham Forest	20	10	6	4	40	25	6	3	1	21	14	4	3	3	19	11	15	26	LLDDDW		1-0
1	5	Middlesbrough	21	10	6	5	45	29	7	3	0	25	11	3	3	5	20	18	16	26	WWWLWL		1-2
	6	Sheffield United	20	11	4	5	51	34	6	3	1	26	12	5	1	4	25	22	17	26	WDWWLW		2-1
	7	Doncaster Rovers	21	9	6	6	47	36	7	2	1	31	10	2	4	5	16	26	11	24	WDWLWL		1-4
	8	Leyton Orient	20	8	6	6	35	38	4	4	2	18	15	4	2	4	17	23	-3	22	WWWWDL		1-3
	9	Liverpool	20	7	7	6	40	32	6	1	3	29	18	1	6	3	11	14	8	21	WDWDWL		0-1
1	10	West Ham United	20	8	5	7	26	25	4	2	4	11	12	4	3	3	15	13	1	21	LWLWDW		2-1
1	11	Fulham	21	10	1	10	41	42	8	1	2	29	16	2	0	8	12	26	-1	21	LDLWLW		3-1
2	12	Huddersfield Town	21	9	3	9	36	37	5	1	4	15	14	4	2	5	21	23	-1	21	LWWDLL		2-4
	13	Blackburn Rovers	20	9	3	8	41	45	4	2	3	22	18	5	1	5	19	27	-4	21	WDLWWW		2-0
	14	Lincoln City	20	9	3	8	25	30	5	1	4	12	9	4	2	4	13	21	-5	21	WWLLLW		2-0
	15	Swansea Town	20	8	3	9	44	51	5	2	4	29	21	3	1	5	15	30	-7	19	DLWDLW		4-2
	16	Bristol City	21	6	5	10	31	44	5	0	6	17	22	1	5	4	14	22	-13	17	WLLLDL		0-2
	17	Grimsby Town	21	7	2	12	26	27	5	2	3	17	10	2	0	9	9	17	-1	16	LWLLDL		1-2
	18	Barnsley	20	6	4	10	34	49	3	3	5	21	28	3	1	5	13	21	-15	16	LLWWLD		2-2
	19	Rotherham United	19	5	5	9	34	41	3	3	4	18	19	2	2	5	16	22	-7	15	WDLDLW		2-1
	20	Port Vale	20	5	3	12	30	43	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	9	13	30	-13	13	LLLWLW		4-1
	21	Notts County	20	3	4	13	26	56	2	3	6	14	25	1	1	7	12	31	-30	10	LLLLWL		1-2
	22	Bury	21	2	5	14	33	60	1	2	7	19	29	1	3	7	14	31	-27	9	LDLLDL		0-2