The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Mar 23, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 23, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ayresome Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: H Howarth
Attendance:: 25,009
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Dec 09, 1972

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2105 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1280 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2313 (of 5829)
Total:: 3477 (of 7634)
Played:: 69 years, 5 months, 24 days ago

Review
Clough assisted the first goal and scored the second goal for Middlesborough. According to the Newcastle Sunday Sun, "The game built to an exciting climax when Clough scored a fine individual goal holding off two defenders before squeezing the ball past the advancing goalkeeper".

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Higham (10')
Jim Barrett (80')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Bob Dennison
Prior form: LLLLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Derek McLean (72')
Brian Clough (82')

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 (10')
8	F	26	Jim Barrett (80')
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Harry Nicholson	69		7	1
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson	235		7	1
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	357	1	7	1
4	M	31	Bill Morley	246	9	7	1
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay	124	2	7	1
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt	344	13	7	1
7	M	26	Peter Higham (10')	62	19	7	1
8	F	26	Jim Barrett (80')	88	52	7	1
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson	81	24	7	1
10	F	31	Eddie Baily	25	8	7	1
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach	76	18	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Taylor
2	D	Ray Bilcliff
3	D	Dick Robinson
4	D	Brian Phillips
5	D	Ronnie Dicks
6	M	Billy Day
7	M	Brian Clough
8	M	Ron Burbeck
9	M	Arthur Fitzsimmons
10	F	Derek McLean
11	F	Bill Harris

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

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

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

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	36	22	9	5	94	56	13	4	1	61	28	9	5	4	33	28	38	53	WLDWWL	Safe	1-3
	2	Nottingham Forest	34	18	10	6	77	41	10	4	2	40	21	8	6	4	37	20	36	46	WDWDWD	Safe	2-2
	3	Blackburn Rovers	36	18	9	9	76	68	10	5	3	44	29	8	4	6	32	39	8	45	DDDDWD	Safe	1-1
	4	Stoke City	36	18	7	11	76	52	14	2	2	59	16	4	5	9	17	36	24	43	LWDLLL	Safe	0-1
	5	Liverpool	34	16	9	9	67	45	11	1	4	41	23	5	8	5	26	22	22	41	LDWWWW	Safe	4-1
	6	Bristol Rovers	36	16	8	12	72	55	11	4	3	44	16	5	4	9	28	39	17	40	DDWWLD	Safe	1-1
	7	Sheffield United	35	16	8	11	74	66	9	6	3	40	24	7	2	8	34	42	8	40	DDDWWW	Safe	1-0
	8	West Ham United	34	17	6	11	49	47	10	3	5	26	22	7	3	6	23	25	2	40	WLLLDW	Safe	1-0
	9	Middlesbrough	36	15	8	13	69	54	9	5	4	39	25	6	3	9	30	29	15	38	LLLWWD	Safe	2-2
	10	Swansea Town	35	16	5	14	80	80	10	2	6	48	31	6	3	8	32	49	0	37	WWWLLD	Safe	1-1
1	11	Huddersfield Town	36	16	5	15	59	60	9	2	7	30	24	7	3	8	29	36	-1	37	DWWWLW	Safe	2-0
1	12	Doncaster Rovers	36	13	10	13	70	65	10	5	3	46	20	3	5	10	24	45	5	36	LLLDDD		1-1
	13	Leyton Orient	35	13	9	13	55	67	6	7	4	29	28	7	2	9	26	39	-12	35	LDLLLW		3-2
3	14	Fulham	36	15	2	19	73	73	10	1	7	45	30	5	1	12	28	43	0	32	LLLWLW		3-1
1	15	Rotherham United	35	11	9	15	62	65	7	6	5	31	25	4	3	10	31	40	-3	31	WWDLDL		1-4
1	16	Grimsby Town	36	13	5	18	48	53	9	4	5	30	21	4	1	13	18	32	-5	31	LWLWLL		0-3
1	17	Bristol City	34	12	7	15	57	69	10	1	6	37	28	2	6	9	20	41	-12	31	LWWLWW		3-0
2	18	Barnsley	35	12	7	16	54	73	8	4	6	36	32	4	3	10	18	41	-19	31	DWWLWL		0-2
	19	Lincoln City	35	13	3	19	42	66	8	1	8	23	19	5	2	11	19	47	-24	29	WLLLWL		0-3
	20	Bury	37	6	8	23	57	92	3	3	13	35	47	3	5	10	22	45	-35	20	WLDDLL		0-1
1	21	Notts County	34	6	8	20	43	77	5	5	8	28	31	1	3	12	15	46	-34	20	LLDWDW		3-0
1	22	Port Vale	33	7	4	22	48	78	6	3	6	24	26	1	1	16	24	52	-30	18	WLWLLL		2-3

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