The City Ground

BURY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Feb 23, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 23, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: K Howley
Attendance:: 14,128
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (FA Cup)
League:: Doncaster Rovers
Bury:: Jan 17, 1978

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2102 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1277 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2308 (of 5824)
Total:: 3472 (of 7629)
Played:: 69 years, 5 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (38')
Jim Barrett (71')

BURY
Manager: Dave Russell
Prior form: LWLLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Willie Parker (21')

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 (38') (71')
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roy MacLaren
2	D	Eddie Robertson
3	D	Bobby Conroy
4	D	Don May
5	D	John McGrath
6	M	Tommy Neill
7	M	Johnny Robinson
8	M	Peter Tilley
9	M	John Willie Parker
10	F	James Reid
11	F	Norman Lockhart

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 23, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	1-1	Barnsley
Bury	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Doncaster Rovers	0-1	Swansea Town
Grimsby Town	3-1	Fulham
Huddersfield Town	6-2	West Ham United
Leicester City	2-1	Port Vale
Leyton Orient	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough	0-1	Rotherham United
Notts County	2-2	Sheffield United
Stoke City	8-0	Lincoln City

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	Nottingham Forest	30	16	8	6	68	37	9	4	2	36	21	7	4	4	32	16	31	40	DWWWWD	Safe
	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
	13	Huddersfield Town	31	12	5	14	47	54	6	2	7	20	21	6	3	7	27	33	-7	29	DLWLLD
	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

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	31	20	8	3	85	45	12	4	0	56	22	8	4	3	29	23	40	48	WWWDWW	Safe	2-1
	2	Nottingham Forest	31	17	8	6	70	38	9	4	2	36	21	8	4	4	34	17	32	42	WWWWDW	Safe	2-1
	3	Stoke City	32	18	6	8	75	44	14	2	0	59	13	4	4	8	16	31	31	42	LWDWLW	Safe	8-0
	4	Blackburn Rovers	32	17	6	9	70	64	9	4	3	41	28	8	2	6	29	36	6	40	WWWWDD	Safe	1-1
	5	West Ham United	30	16	5	9	45	42	10	2	4	24	19	6	3	5	21	23	3	37	WWWWWL		2-6
	6	Bristol Rovers	32	14	7	11	65	50	10	3	3	39	13	4	4	8	26	37	15	35	LLDWDD		1-1
4	7	Swansea Town	31	15	4	12	74	70	9	2	5	45	28	6	2	7	29	42	4	34	LWWWWW		1-0
1	8	Liverpool	30	12	9	9	57	41	9	1	4	35	21	3	8	5	22	20	16	33	DWLLLD
1	9	Middlesbrough	32	13	7	12	58	47	8	4	4	31	21	5	3	8	27	26	11	33	WDWLLL		0-1
1	10	Doncaster Rovers	32	13	7	12	66	59	10	3	3	44	18	3	4	9	22	41	7	33	LWWDLL		0-1
1	11	Sheffield United	31	13	7	11	68	64	8	5	3	37	23	5	2	8	31	41	4	33	LLLLDD		2-2
	12	Leyton Orient	31	12	9	10	51	59	5	7	3	25	24	7	2	7	26	35	-8	33	DLDWLD		1-1
	13	Huddersfield Town	32	13	5	14	53	56	7	2	7	26	23	6	3	7	27	33	-3	31	LWLLDW		6-2
2	14	Grimsby Town	32	12	5	15	46	44	8	4	4	28	17	4	1	11	18	27	2	29	LLWWLW		3-1
	15	Rotherham United	31	11	7	13	58	56	7	4	5	30	24	4	3	8	28	32	2	29	LLWLWW		1-0
2	16	Fulham	32	13	2	17	66	68	10	1	5	43	26	3	1	12	23	42	-2	28	WLLWLL		1-3
	17	Lincoln City	31	12	3	16	37	57	7	1	7	21	17	5	2	9	16	40	-20	27	LWLLWL		0-8
	18	Bristol City	30	9	7	14	49	66	8	1	6	33	27	1	6	8	16	39	-17	25	DLWDLW
	19	Barnsley	30	9	7	14	45	68	5	4	6	28	31	4	3	8	17	37	-23	25	LWLLLD		1-1
	20	Bury	33	6	6	21	54	86	3	2	12	33	44	3	4	9	21	42	-32	18	WLLDWL		1-2
	21	Port Vale	29	6	4	19	41	70	5	3	5	20	24	1	1	14	21	46	-29	16	LLLLWL		1-2
	22	Notts County	31	4	7	20	37	76	3	5	8	22	30	1	2	12	15	46	-39	15	WDDLLD		2-2