The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 STOKE CITY - Sat Mar 16, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 16, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: H Hough
Attendance:: 32,444
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 3 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Sep 14, 1963

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2104 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1279 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2312 (of 5829)
Total:: 3476 (of 7634)
Played:: 69 years, 6 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Wilson (23')
Stewart Imlach (54')
Jim Barrett (70')
Jim Barrett (71')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Frank Taylor
Prior form: DWLWDL (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 (70') (71')
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson (23')
10	F	31	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach (54')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Robertson
2	D	Frank Mountford
3	D	Johnny Sellars
4	D	Bill Asprey
5	D	Ken Thomson
6	M	Bobby Cairns
7	M	Tim Coleman
8	M	Frank Bowyer
9	M	Johnny King
10	F	George Kelly
11	F	Harry Oscroft

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 16, 1957)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-0	Leyton Orient
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Grimsby Town
Bristol City	2-0	Bury
Fulham	1-2	Middlesbrough
Lincoln City	1-0	Bristol Rovers
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Stoke City
Port Vale	1-2	Liverpool
Rotherham United	0-0	Notts County
Sheffield United	2-0	Huddersfield Town
Swansea Town	2-3	Leicester City
West Ham United	1-1	Doncaster Rovers

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

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	35	22	9	4	93	53	13	4	0	60	25	9	5	4	33	28	40	53	WWLDWW	Safe	3-2
	2	Nottingham Forest	33	18	9	6	75	39	10	4	2	40	21	8	5	4	35	18	36	45	WWDWDW	Safe	4-0
1	3	Blackburn Rovers	35	18	8	9	75	67	10	5	3	44	29	8	3	6	31	38	8	44	WDDDDW	Safe	2-0
1	4	Stoke City	35	18	7	10	76	51	14	2	1	59	15	4	5	9	17	36	25	43	WLWDLL	Safe	0-4
1	5	Liverpool	33	15	9	9	63	44	10	1	4	37	22	5	8	5	26	22	19	39	LLDWWW	Safe	2-1
1	6	Bristol Rovers	35	16	7	12	71	54	11	3	3	43	15	5	4	9	28	39	17	39	WDDWWL	Safe	0-1
1	7	Sheffield United	34	15	8	11	73	66	9	6	3	40	24	6	2	8	33	42	7	38	LDDDWW	Safe	2-0
1	8	West Ham United	33	16	6	11	48	47	10	3	5	26	22	6	3	6	22	25	1	38	WWLLLD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Middlesbrough	35	15	7	13	67	52	9	4	4	37	23	6	3	9	30	29	15	37	LLLLWW	Safe	2-1
1	10	Swansea Town	34	16	4	14	79	79	10	2	6	48	31	6	2	8	31	48	0	36	WWWWLL		2-3
1	11	Doncaster Rovers	35	13	9	13	69	64	10	4	3	45	19	3	5	10	24	45	5	35	DLLLDD		1-1
1	12	Huddersfield Town	35	15	5	15	57	60	8	2	7	28	24	7	3	8	29	36	-3	35	LDWWWL		0-2
	13	Leyton Orient	34	12	9	13	52	65	5	7	4	26	26	7	2	9	26	39	-13	33	WLDLLL		0-3
1	14	Rotherham United	34	11	9	14	61	61	7	6	5	31	25	4	3	9	30	36	0	31	LWWDLD		0-0
1	15	Grimsby Town	35	13	5	17	48	50	9	4	4	30	18	4	1	13	18	32	-2	31	WLWLWL		0-2
1	16	Barnsley	34	12	7	15	54	71	8	4	6	36	32	4	3	9	18	39	-17	31	LDWWLW		3-0
1	17	Fulham	35	14	2	19	70	72	10	1	7	45	30	4	1	12	25	42	-2	30	WLLLWL		1-2
	18	Bristol City	33	11	7	15	54	69	10	1	6	37	28	1	6	9	17	41	-15	29	DLWWLW		2-0
	19	Lincoln City	34	13	3	18	42	63	8	1	8	23	19	5	2	10	19	44	-21	29	LWLLLW		1-0
	20	Bury	36	6	8	22	57	91	3	3	12	35	46	3	5	10	22	45	-34	20	DWLDDL		0-2
	21	Port Vale	32	7	4	21	46	75	6	3	6	24	26	1	1	15	22	49	-29	18	LWLWLL		1-2
	22	Notts County	33	5	8	20	40	77	4	5	8	25	31	1	3	12	15	46	-37	18	DLLDWD		0-0