The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 2 FOREST - Tue Jan 01, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Jan 01, 1957 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: E Oxley
Attendance:: 28,810
League Week:: 25 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 3
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Goole Town (FA Cup)
League:: Lincoln City
Blackburn Rovers:: Mar 27, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2096 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1271 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2299 (of 5790)
Total:: 3463 (of 7585)
Played:: 68 years, 11 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Dennis Alexander (33') - Dennis Alexander last goal
Jim Barrett (44')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: WWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bryan Douglas (18')
Ally MacLeod (21')

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	M	26	Peter Higham
8	F	26	Jim Barrett (44')
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	21	Dennis Alexander (33')	Last game
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson	55		3	1
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson	221		3	1
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	343	1	3	1
4	M	31	Bill Morley	232	9	3	1
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay	110	2	3	1
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt	330	13	3	1
7	M	26	Peter Higham	48	17	3	1
8	F	26	Jim Barrett (44')	74	36	3	1
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson	67	16	3	1
10	F	21	Dennis Alexander (33')	19	3	346	43
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach	62	10	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Leyland
2	D	Ken Taylor
3	D	Bill Eckersley
4	D	Ronnie Clayton
5	D	Matt Woods
6	M	Ken Clayton
7	M	Bryan Douglas
8	M	Peter Dobing
9	M	Tommy Briggs
10	F	Eddie Crossan
11	F	Ally MacLeod

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Jan 01, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Bury	0-1	Stoke City
Rotherham United	1-0	Port Vale
Sheffield United	2-2	Swansea Town

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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