The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 LEYTON ORIENT - Sat Dec 15, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 15, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leyton Orient
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: LG Hamer
Attendance:: 13,959
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Leyton Orient:: Nov 03, 1962

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2092 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1267 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2295 (of 5828)
Total:: 3459 (of 7633)
Played:: 69 years, 8 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (80')

LEYTON ORIENT
Manager: Alec Stock
Prior form: WWWWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Johnston (38')
Tommy Johnston (74')

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 (80')
10	F	31	Eddie Baily
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dave Groombridge
2	D	Jack Gregory
3	D	Stan Willemse
4	D	Ken Facey
5	D	Stan Aldous
6	M	Phil McKnight
7	M	Phil White
8	M	Dave Sexton
9	M	Tommy Johnston
10	F	Ron Heckman
11	F	Jimmy Smith

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 15, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-0	Port Vale
Blackburn Rovers	5-3	Swansea Town
Bristol City	5-1	Lincoln City
Bury	2-1	Notts County
Doncaster Rovers	0-2	Leicester City
Grimsby Town	3-2	Bristol Rovers
Huddersfield Town	0-3	Liverpool
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Leyton Orient
Sheffield United	2-7	Rotherham United
Stoke City	3-1	Middlesbrough
West Ham United	2-1	Fulham

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

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	22	13	6	3	56	32	6	4	0	32	12	7	2	3	24	20	24	32	DDLWWW		2-0
	2	Stoke City	23	13	5	5	54	31	10	2	0	43	11	3	3	5	11	20	23	31	LWWWDW		3-1
1	3	Nottingham Forest	21	10	6	5	41	27	6	3	2	22	16	4	3	3	19	11	14	26	LDDDWL		1-2
1	4	Bristol Rovers	22	11	4	7	44	29	7	1	2	23	8	4	3	5	21	21	15	26	WWDWLL		2-3
	5	Middlesbrough	22	10	6	6	46	32	7	3	0	25	11	3	3	6	21	21	14	26	WWLWLL		1-3
	6	Sheffield United	21	11	4	6	53	41	6	3	2	28	19	5	1	4	25	22	12	26	DWWLWL		2-7
	7	Doncaster Rovers	22	9	6	7	47	38	7	2	2	31	12	2	4	5	16	26	9	24	DWLWLL		0-2
	8	Leyton Orient	21	9	6	6	37	39	4	4	2	18	15	5	2	4	19	24	-2	24	WWWDLW		2-1
	9	Liverpool	21	8	7	6	43	32	6	1	3	29	18	2	6	3	14	14	11	23	DWDWLW		3-0
	10	West Ham United	21	9	5	7	28	26	5	2	4	13	13	4	3	3	15	13	2	23	WLWDWW		2-1
2	11	Blackburn Rovers	21	10	3	8	46	48	5	2	3	27	21	5	1	5	19	27	-2	23	DLWWWW		5-3
1	12	Fulham	22	10	1	11	42	44	8	1	2	29	16	2	0	9	13	28	-2	21	DLWLWL		1-2
1	13	Huddersfield Town	22	9	3	10	36	40	5	1	5	15	17	4	2	5	21	23	-4	21	WWDLLL		0-3
	14	Lincoln City	21	9	3	9	26	35	5	1	4	12	9	4	2	5	14	26	-9	21	WLLLWL		1-5
	15	Swansea Town	21	8	3	10	47	56	5	2	4	29	21	3	1	6	18	35	-9	19	LWDLWL		3-5
	16	Bristol City	22	7	5	10	36	45	6	0	6	22	23	1	5	4	14	22	-9	19	LLLDLW		5-1
	17	Grimsby Town	22	8	2	12	29	29	6	2	3	20	12	2	0	9	9	17	0	18	WLLDLW		3-2
	18	Barnsley	21	7	4	10	36	49	4	3	5	23	28	3	1	5	13	21	-13	18	LWWLDW		2-0
	19	Rotherham United	20	6	5	9	41	43	3	3	4	18	19	3	2	5	23	24	-2	17	DLDLWW		7-2
	20	Port Vale	21	5	3	13	30	45	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	10	13	32	-15	13	LLWLWL		0-2
1	21	Bury	22	3	5	14	35	61	2	2	7	21	30	1	3	7	14	31	-26	11	DLLDLW		2-1
1	22	Notts County	21	3	4	14	27	58	2	3	6	14	25	1	1	8	13	33	-31	10	LLLWLL		1-2