The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN - Thu Feb 21, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Feb 21, 1957 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Huddersfield Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
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 Topliss
Attendance:: 14,904
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 2
Opp Before/After:: 14 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Huddersfield Town:: Sep 09, 1970

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2101 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1276 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2307 (of 5829)
Total:: 3471 (of 7634)
Played:: 69 years, 6 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
Manager: Bill Shankly
Prior form: WDLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Harry Nicholson
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt
7	M	26	Peter Higham
8	F	26	Jim Barrett
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Fearnley
2	D	Tony Conwell
3	D	Brian Gibson
4	D	Bill McGarry
5	D	Ron Cockerill
6	M	Len Quested
7	M	Kevin McHale
8	M	Denis Law
9	M	Ken Taylor
10	F	Ron Simpson
11	F	Vic Metcalfe

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Thu Feb 21, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Huddersfield 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	Leicester City	30	19	8	3	83	44	11	4	0	54	21	8	4	3	29	23	39	46	WWWWDW	Safe
	2	Stoke City	31	17	6	8	67	44	13	2	0	51	13	4	4	8	16	31	23	40	WLWDWL	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	29	16	7	6	68	37	9	3	2	36	21	7	4	4	32	16	31	39	WDWWWW	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	31	17	5	9	69	63	9	4	3	41	28	8	1	6	28	35	6	39	DWWWWD	Safe
	5	West Ham United	29	16	5	8	43	36	10	2	4	24	19	6	3	4	19	17	7	37	WWWWWW
	6	Bristol Rovers	31	14	6	11	64	49	10	2	3	38	12	4	4	8	26	37	15	34	LLLDWD
	7	Liverpool	30	12	9	9	57	41	9	1	4	35	21	3	8	5	22	20	16	33	DWLLLD
	8	Middlesbrough	31	13	7	11	58	46	8	4	3	31	20	5	3	8	27	26	12	33	LWDWLL
	9	Doncaster Rovers	31	13	7	11	66	58	10	3	2	44	17	3	4	9	22	41	8	33	WLWWDL
	10	Sheffield United	30	13	6	11	66	62	8	5	3	37	23	5	1	8	29	39	4	32	DLLLLD
	11	Swansea Town	30	14	4	12	73	70	9	2	5	45	28	5	2	7	28	42	3	32	DLWWWW
	12	Leyton Orient	30	12	8	10	50	58	5	6	3	24	23	7	2	7	26	35	-8	32	WDLDWL
	13	Fulham	31	13	2	16	65	65	10	1	5	43	26	3	1	11	22	39	0	28	DWLLWL
	14	Huddersfield Town	30	12	4	14	47	54	6	2	7	20	21	6	2	7	27	33	-7	28	WDLWLL
	15	Rotherham United	30	10	7	13	57	56	7	4	5	30	24	3	3	8	27	32	1	27	WLLWLW
	16	Grimsby Town	31	11	5	15	43	43	7	4	4	25	16	4	1	11	18	27	0	27	DLLWWL
	17	Lincoln City	30	12	3	15	37	49	7	1	7	21	17	5	2	8	16	32	-12	27	LLWLLW
	18	Bristol City	30	9	7	14	49	66	8	1	6	33	27	1	6	8	16	39	-17	25	DLWDLW
	19	Barnsley	29	9	6	14	44	67	5	4	6	28	31	4	2	8	16	36	-23	24	DLWLLL
	20	Bury	32	6	6	20	53	84	3	2	11	32	42	3	4	9	21	42	-31	18	LWLLDW
	21	Port Vale	28	6	4	18	40	68	5	3	5	20	24	1	1	13	20	44	-28	16	LLLLLW
	22	Notts County	30	4	6	20	35	74	3	4	8	20	28	1	2	12	15	46	-39	14	LWDDLL

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
1	2	Nottingham Forest	30	16	8	6	68	37	9	4	2	36	21	7	4	4	32	16	31	40	DWWWWD	Safe	0-0
1	3	Stoke City	31	17	6	8	67	44	13	2	0	51	13	4	4	8	16	31	23	40	WLWDWL	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	31	17	5	9	69	63	9	4	3	41	28	8	1	6	28	35	6	39	DWWWWD	Safe
	5	West Ham United	29	16	5	8	43	36	10	2	4	24	19	6	3	4	19	17	7	37	WWWWWW
	6	Bristol Rovers	31	14	6	11	64	49	10	2	3	38	12	4	4	8	26	37	15	34	LLLDWD
	7	Liverpool	30	12	9	9	57	41	9	1	4	35	21	3	8	5	22	20	16	33	DWLLLD
	8	Middlesbrough	31	13	7	11	58	46	8	4	3	31	20	5	3	8	27	26	12	33	LWDWLL
	9	Doncaster Rovers	31	13	7	11	66	58	10	3	2	44	17	3	4	9	22	41	8	33	WLWWDL
	10	Sheffield United	30	13	6	11	66	62	8	5	3	37	23	5	1	8	29	39	4	32	DLLLLD
	11	Swansea Town	30	14	4	12	73	70	9	2	5	45	28	5	2	7	28	42	3	32	DLWWWW
	12	Leyton Orient	30	12	8	10	50	58	5	6	3	24	23	7	2	7	26	35	-8	32	WDLDWL
1	13	Huddersfield Town	31	12	5	14	47	54	6	2	7	20	21	6	3	7	27	33	-7	29	DLWLLD		0-0
1	14	Fulham	31	13	2	16	65	65	10	1	5	43	26	3	1	11	22	39	0	28	DWLLWL
	15	Rotherham United	30	10	7	13	57	56	7	4	5	30	24	3	3	8	27	32	1	27	WLLWLW
	16	Grimsby Town	31	11	5	15	43	43	7	4	4	25	16	4	1	11	18	27	0	27	DLLWWL
	17	Lincoln City	30	12	3	15	37	49	7	1	7	21	17	5	2	8	16	32	-12	27	LLWLLW
	18	Bristol City	30	9	7	14	49	66	8	1	6	33	27	1	6	8	16	39	-17	25	DLWDLW
	19	Barnsley	29	9	6	14	44	67	5	4	6	28	31	4	2	8	16	36	-23	24	DLWLLL
	20	Bury	32	6	6	20	53	84	3	2	11	32	42	3	4	9	21	42	-31	18	LWLLDW
	21	Port Vale	28	6	4	18	40	68	5	3	5	20	24	1	1	13	20	44	-28	16	LLLLLW
	22	Notts County	30	4	6	20	35	74	3	4	8	20	28	1	2	12	15	46	-39	14	LWDDLL