The City Ground

DONCASTER ROVERS 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 09, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 09, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Belle Vue
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Topliss
Attendance:: 14,128
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 2
Opp Before/After:: 11 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Oct 04, 1965

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2103 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 1278 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2311 (of 5830)
Total:: 3475 (of 7635)
Played:: 69 years, 6 months, 16 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (69')

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Peter Doherty
Prior form: WWDLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Reece Nicholson (28')

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 (69')
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	33	Doug Lishman
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Gregg
2	D	Brian Makepeace
3	D	Len Graham
4	D	Morgan Hunt
5	D	Charlie Williams
6	M	Paddy Gavin
7	M	Johnny Mooney
8	M	Reece Nicholson
9	M	Eddie McMorran
10	F	Tommy Cavanagh
11	F	Geoff Walker

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

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	4-2	Rotherham United
Bury	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Grimsby Town	2-1	West Ham United
Huddersfield Town	2-1	Bristol City
Leicester City	4-3	Lincoln City
Leyton Orient	1-2	Sheffield United
Liverpool	2-1	Barnsley
Middlesbrough	6-2	Swansea Town
Notts County	3-1	Port Vale
Stoke City	0-2	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	33	20	9	4	86	48	12	4	0	56	22	8	5	4	30	26	38	49	WDWWLD	Safe
	2	Stoke City	33	18	7	8	76	45	14	2	0	59	13	4	5	8	17	32	31	43	WDWLWD	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	31	17	8	6	70	38	9	4	2	36	21	8	4	4	34	17	32	42	WWWWDW	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	33	17	7	9	71	65	9	5	3	42	29	8	2	6	29	36	6	41	WWWDDD	Safe
	5	Bristol Rovers	33	15	7	11	67	51	10	3	3	39	13	5	4	8	28	38	16	37	LDWDDW
	6	West Ham United	31	16	5	10	46	44	10	2	5	25	21	6	3	5	21	23	2	37	WWWWLL
	7	Swansea Town	32	16	4	12	75	70	10	2	5	46	28	6	2	7	29	42	5	36	WWWWWW
	8	Liverpool	31	13	9	9	59	42	9	1	4	35	21	4	8	5	24	21	17	35	WLLLDW
	9	Sheffield United	32	13	8	11	69	65	8	6	3	38	24	5	2	8	31	41	4	34	LLLDDD
	10	Middlesbrough	33	13	7	13	59	49	8	4	4	31	21	5	3	9	28	28	10	33	DWLLLL
	11	Doncaster Rovers	33	13	7	13	67	62	10	3	3	44	18	3	4	10	23	44	5	33	WWDLLL
	12	Huddersfield Town	33	14	5	14	55	57	7	2	7	26	23	7	3	7	29	34	-2	33	WLLDWW
	13	Leyton Orient	32	12	9	11	51	60	5	7	3	25	24	7	2	8	26	36	-9	33	LDWLDL
	14	Rotherham United	32	11	8	13	59	57	7	5	5	31	25	4	3	8	28	32	2	30	LWLWWD
	15	Grimsby Town	33	12	5	16	46	47	8	4	4	28	17	4	1	12	18	30	-1	29	LWWLWL
	16	Barnsley	32	11	7	14	50	69	7	4	6	33	32	4	3	8	17	37	-19	29	LLLDWW
	17	Fulham	33	13	2	18	67	70	10	1	6	44	28	3	1	12	23	42	-3	28	LLWLLL
	18	Bristol City	31	10	7	14	51	67	9	1	6	35	28	1	6	8	16	39	-16	27	LWDLWW
	19	Lincoln City	32	12	3	17	38	59	7	1	8	22	19	5	2	9	16	40	-21	27	WLLWLL
	20	Bury	34	6	7	21	55	87	3	2	12	33	44	3	5	9	22	43	-32	19	LLDWLD
	21	Port Vale	30	7	4	19	44	70	6	3	5	23	24	1	1	14	21	46	-26	18	LLLWLW
	22	Notts County	31	4	7	20	37	76	3	5	8	22	30	1	2	12	15	46	-39	15	WDDLLD

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	34	21	9	4	90	51	13	4	0	60	25	8	5	4	30	26	39	51	DWWLDW	Safe	4-3
1	2	Nottingham Forest	32	17	9	6	71	39	9	4	2	36	21	8	5	4	35	18	32	43	WWWDWD	Safe	1-1
1	3	Stoke City	34	18	7	9	76	47	14	2	1	59	15	4	5	8	17	32	29	43	DWLWDL	Safe	0-2
	4	Blackburn Rovers	34	17	8	9	73	67	9	5	3	42	29	8	3	6	31	38	6	42	WWDDDD	Safe	2-2
	5	Bristol Rovers	34	16	7	11	71	53	11	3	3	43	15	5	4	8	28	38	18	39	DWDDWW	Safe	4-2
2	6	Liverpool	32	14	9	9	61	43	10	1	4	37	22	4	8	5	24	21	18	37	LLLDWW		2-1
1	7	West Ham United	32	16	5	11	47	46	10	2	5	25	21	6	3	6	22	25	1	37	WWWLLL		1-2
1	8	Sheffield United	33	14	8	11	71	66	8	6	3	38	24	6	2	8	33	42	5	36	LLDDDW		2-1
2	9	Swansea Town	33	16	4	13	77	76	10	2	5	46	28	6	2	8	31	48	1	36	WWWWWL		2-6
	10	Middlesbrough	34	14	7	13	65	51	9	4	4	37	23	5	3	9	28	28	14	35	WLLLLW		6-2
1	11	Huddersfield Town	34	15	5	14	57	58	8	2	7	28	24	7	3	7	29	34	-1	35	LLDWWW		2-1
1	12	Doncaster Rovers	34	13	8	13	68	63	10	4	3	45	19	3	4	10	23	44	5	34	WDLLLD		1-1
	13	Leyton Orient	33	12	9	12	52	62	5	7	4	26	26	7	2	8	26	36	-10	33	DWLDLL		1-2
1	14	Grimsby Town	34	13	5	16	48	48	9	4	4	30	18	4	1	12	18	30	0	31	WWLWLW		2-1
1	15	Rotherham United	33	11	8	14	61	61	7	5	5	31	25	4	3	9	30	36	0	30	WLWWDL		2-4
1	16	Fulham	34	14	2	18	69	70	10	1	6	44	28	4	1	12	25	42	-1	30	LWLLLW		2-0
1	17	Barnsley	33	11	7	15	51	71	7	4	6	33	32	4	3	9	18	39	-20	29	LLDWWL		1-2
	18	Bristol City	32	10	7	15	52	69	9	1	6	35	28	1	6	9	17	41	-17	27	WDLWWL		1-2
	19	Lincoln City	33	12	3	18	41	63	7	1	8	22	19	5	2	10	19	44	-22	27	LLWLLL		3-4
	20	Bury	35	6	8	21	57	89	3	3	12	35	46	3	5	9	22	43	-32	20	LDWLDD		2-2
	21	Port Vale	31	7	4	20	45	73	6	3	5	23	24	1	1	15	22	49	-28	18	LLWLWL		1-3
	22	Notts County	32	5	7	20	40	77	4	5	8	25	31	1	2	12	15	46	-37	17	DDLLDW		3-1