The City Ground

FOREST 7 - 1 BARNSLEY - Sat Feb 09, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 09, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Barnsley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 7-1 WON
: Half-time: 5-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: R Hartley
Attendance:: 25,994
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (FA Cup)
League:: Huddersfield Town
Barnsley:: Feb 16, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2100 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1275 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2305 (of 5824)
Total:: 3469 (of 7629)
Played:: 69 years, 6 months, 11 days ago

Review
This was our second consecutive 7-1 victory, after beating Port Vale by the same score last Saturday!

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Wilson (1')
Tommy Wilson (11')
Jim Barrett (26')
Tommy Wilson (36')
Stewart Imlach (39')
Peter Higham (70')
Tommy Wilson (71')

BARNSLEY
Manager: Tim Ward
Prior form: DDLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Johnny Edgar (24')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	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	31	Jack Burkitt
7	M	26	Peter Higham (70')
8	F	26	Jim Barrett (26')
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson (1') (11') (36') (71')
10	F	31	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach (39')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Hough
2	D	Jack Short
3	D	Colin Swift
4	D	Frank Bartlett
5	D	George Spruce
6	M	Harry Walters
7	M	Jackie Lunn
8	M	Joe Hooley
9	M	Lol Chappell
10	F	Johnny Edgar
11	F	Johnny McCann

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 09, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Bristol City
Bristol Rovers	3-0	Notts County
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Bury
Fulham	6-3	Port Vale
Grimsby Town	2-0	Lincoln City
Leicester City	3-2	Liverpool
Middlesbrough	1-2	Leyton Orient
Nottingham Forest	7-1	Barnsley
Stoke City	5-1	Huddersfield Town
Swansea Town	1-0	Rotherham United
West Ham United	3-2	Sheffield United

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	29	18	8	3	80	42	10	4	0	51	19	8	4	3	29	23	38	44	DWWWWD	Safe
	2	Stoke City	29	16	6	7	62	42	12	2	0	46	12	4	4	7	16	30	20	38	LWWLWD
	3	Nottingham Forest	28	15	7	6	61	36	8	3	2	29	20	7	4	4	32	16	25	37	LWDWWW
	4	Blackburn Rovers	29	16	4	9	64	60	8	3	3	36	25	8	1	6	28	35	4	36	LWDWWW
	5	Middlesbrough	29	13	7	9	56	42	8	4	2	30	18	5	3	7	26	24	14	33	WLLWDW
	6	West Ham United	27	14	5	8	38	33	8	2	4	19	16	6	3	4	19	17	5	33	LWWWWW
	7	Liverpool	28	12	8	8	53	36	9	1	4	35	21	3	7	4	18	15	17	32	WWDWLL
	8	Doncaster Rovers	29	13	6	10	64	53	10	2	2	43	16	3	4	8	21	37	11	32	LWWLWW
	9	Bristol Rovers	29	13	5	11	61	49	9	2	3	35	12	4	3	8	26	37	12	31	LWLLLD
	10	Sheffield United	28	13	5	10	64	59	8	4	3	37	23	5	1	7	27	36	5	31	LWDLLL
	11	Leyton Orient	28	11	8	9	47	55	5	6	3	24	23	6	2	6	23	32	-8	30	LLWDLD
	12	Swansea Town	28	12	4	12	69	69	7	2	5	41	27	5	2	7	28	42	0	28	WLDLWW
	13	Huddersfield Town	29	12	4	13	46	49	6	2	7	20	21	6	2	6	26	28	-3	28	WWDLWL
	14	Fulham	29	12	2	15	58	59	9	1	4	36	20	3	1	11	22	39	-1	26	LWDWLL
	15	Rotherham United	28	9	7	12	56	55	6	4	5	29	24	3	3	7	27	31	1	25	DLWLLW
	16	Grimsby Town	29	10	5	14	40	40	6	4	4	23	16	4	1	10	17	24	0	25	DDDLLW
	17	Lincoln City	28	11	3	14	33	46	6	1	7	17	16	5	2	7	16	30	-13	25	LWLLWL
	18	Barnsley	28	9	6	13	43	60	5	4	6	28	31	4	2	7	15	29	-17	24	DDLWLL
	19	Bristol City	28	8	7	13	45	63	7	1	6	30	27	1	6	7	15	36	-18	23	LLDLWD
	20	Bury	30	5	5	20	49	82	3	2	11	32	42	2	3	9	17	40	-33	15	LLLWLL
	21	Port Vale	26	5	4	17	35	61	4	3	5	18	23	1	1	12	17	38	-26	14	LDLLLL
	22	Notts County	28	4	6	18	35	68	3	4	8	20	28	1	2	10	15	40	-33	14	LLLWDD

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	30	19	8	3	83	44	11	4	0	54	21	8	4	3	29	23	39	46	WWWWDW	Safe	3-2
	2	Stoke City	30	17	6	7	67	43	13	2	0	51	13	4	4	7	16	30	24	40	WWLWDW		5-1
	3	Nottingham Forest	29	16	7	6	68	37	9	3	2	36	21	7	4	4	32	16	31	39	WDWWWW		7-1
	4	Blackburn Rovers	30	17	4	9	67	61	9	3	3	39	26	8	1	6	28	35	6	38	WDWWWW		3-1
1	5	West Ham United	28	15	5	8	41	35	9	2	4	22	18	6	3	4	19	17	6	35	WWWWWW		3-2
3	6	Bristol Rovers	30	14	5	11	64	49	10	2	3	38	12	4	3	8	26	37	15	33	WLLLDW		3-0
2	7	Middlesbrough	30	13	7	10	57	44	8	4	3	31	20	5	3	7	26	24	13	33	LLWDWL		1-2
	8	Doncaster Rovers	30	13	7	10	65	54	10	3	2	44	17	3	4	8	21	37	11	33	WWLWWD		1-1
2	9	Liverpool	29	12	8	9	55	39	9	1	4	35	21	3	7	5	20	18	16	32	WDWLLL		2-3
1	10	Leyton Orient	29	12	8	9	49	56	5	6	3	24	23	7	2	6	25	33	-7	32	LWDLDW		2-1
1	11	Sheffield United	29	13	5	11	66	62	8	4	3	37	23	5	1	8	29	39	4	31	WDLLLL		2-3
	12	Swansea Town	29	13	4	12	70	69	8	2	5	42	27	5	2	7	28	42	1	30	LDLWWW		1-0
1	13	Fulham	30	13	2	15	64	62	10	1	4	42	23	3	1	11	22	39	2	28	WDWLLW		6-3
1	14	Huddersfield Town	30	12	4	14	47	54	6	2	7	20	21	6	2	7	27	33	-7	28	WDLWLL		1-5
1	15	Grimsby Town	30	11	5	14	42	40	7	4	4	25	16	4	1	10	17	24	2	27	DDLLWW		2-0
1	16	Rotherham United	29	9	7	13	56	56	6	4	5	29	24	3	3	8	27	32	0	25	LWLLWL		0-1
	17	Lincoln City	29	11	3	15	33	48	6	1	7	17	16	5	2	8	16	32	-15	25	WLLWLL		0-2
	18	Barnsley	29	9	6	14	44	67	5	4	6	28	31	4	2	8	16	36	-23	24	DLWLLL		1-7
	19	Bristol City	29	8	7	14	46	66	7	1	6	30	27	1	6	8	16	39	-20	23	LDLWDL		1-3
	20	Bury	31	5	6	20	50	83	3	2	11	32	42	2	4	9	18	41	-33	16	LLWLLD		1-1
	21	Port Vale	27	5	4	18	38	67	4	3	5	18	23	1	1	13	20	44	-29	14	DLLLLL		3-6
	22	Notts County	29	4	6	19	35	71	3	4	8	20	28	1	2	11	15	43	-36	14	LLWDDL		0-3