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 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1279 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2312 (of 5790)
Total:: 3476 (of 7585)
Played:: 68 years, 8 months, 27 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')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Harry Nicholson	68		7	1
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson	234		7	1
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	356	1	7	1
4	M	31	Bill Morley	245	9	7	1
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay	123	2	7	1
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt	343	13	7	1
7	M	26	Peter Higham	61	19	7	1
8	F	26	Jim Barrett (70') (71')	87	50	7	1
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson (23')	80	23	7	1
10	F	31	Eddie Baily	24	8	9	2
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach (54')	75	17	7	1

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

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