The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Mar 30, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 30, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: E Ellis
Attendance:: 39,750
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 3
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Oct 19, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2106 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1281 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2314 (of 5824)
Total:: 3478 (of 7629)
Played:: 69 years, 4 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (75')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Dave Halliday
Prior form: WLDWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Derek Hines (1')
Ian McNeill (62')

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 (75')
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Eddie Baily
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dave McLaren
2	D	Stan Milburn
3	D	John Ogilvie
4	D	Pat Ward
5	D	Derek Hogg
6	M	Billy Wright
7	M	Jack Froggatt
8	M	Derek Hines
9	M	Ian McNeill
10	F	Johnny Morris
11	F	Arthur Rowley

Videos:

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 30, 1957)

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

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	36	22	9	5	94	56	13	4	1	61	28	9	5	4	33	28	38	53	WLDWWL	Safe
	2	Nottingham Forest	34	18	10	6	77	41	10	4	2	40	21	8	6	4	37	20	36	46	WDWDWD	Safe
	3	Blackburn Rovers	36	18	9	9	76	68	10	5	3	44	29	8	4	6	32	39	8	45	DDDDWD	Safe
	4	Stoke City	36	18	7	11	76	52	14	2	2	59	16	4	5	9	17	36	24	43	LWDLLL	Safe
	5	Sheffield United	36	17	8	11	80	66	9	6	3	40	24	8	2	8	40	42	14	42	DDWWWW	Safe
	6	Liverpool	34	16	9	9	67	45	11	1	4	41	23	5	8	5	26	22	22	41	LDWWWW	Safe
	7	Bristol Rovers	36	16	8	12	72	55	11	4	3	44	16	5	4	9	28	39	17	40	DDWWLD	Safe
	8	West Ham United	34	17	6	11	49	47	10	3	5	26	22	7	3	6	23	25	2	40	WLLLDW	Safe
	9	Middlesbrough	36	15	8	13	69	54	9	5	4	39	25	6	3	9	30	29	15	38	LLLWWD	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	35	16	5	14	80	80	10	2	6	48	31	6	3	8	32	49	0	37	WWWLLD	Safe
	11	Huddersfield Town	36	16	5	15	59	60	9	2	7	30	24	7	3	8	29	36	-1	37	DWWWLW	Safe
	12	Doncaster Rovers	36	13	10	13	70	65	10	5	3	46	20	3	5	10	24	45	5	36	LLLDDD	Safe
	13	Leyton Orient	35	13	9	13	55	67	6	7	4	29	28	7	2	9	26	39	-12	35	LDLLLW	Safe
	14	Fulham	36	15	2	19	73	73	10	1	7	45	30	5	1	12	28	43	0	32	LLLWLW
	15	Rotherham United	35	11	9	15	62	65	7	6	5	31	25	4	3	10	31	40	-3	31	WWDLDL
	16	Grimsby Town	36	13	5	18	48	53	9	4	5	30	21	4	1	13	18	32	-5	31	LWLWLL
	17	Bristol City	34	12	7	15	57	69	10	1	6	37	28	2	6	9	20	41	-12	31	LWWLWW
	18	Barnsley	35	12	7	16	54	73	8	4	6	36	32	4	3	10	18	41	-19	31	DWWLWL
	19	Lincoln City	35	13	3	19	42	66	8	1	8	23	19	5	2	11	19	47	-24	29	WLLLWL
	20	Bury	37	6	8	23	57	92	3	3	13	35	47	3	5	10	22	45	-35	20	WLDDLL
	21	Notts County	34	6	8	20	43	77	5	5	8	28	31	1	3	12	15	46	-34	20	LLDWDW
	22	Port Vale	34	7	4	23	48	84	6	3	7	24	32	1	1	16	24	52	-36	18	LWLLLL

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	37	23	9	5	96	57	13	4	1	61	28	10	5	4	35	29	39	55	LDWWLW	Safe	2-1
1	2	Blackburn Rovers	37	19	9	9	77	68	11	5	3	45	29	8	4	6	32	39	9	47	DDDWDW	Safe	1-0
1	3	Nottingham Forest	35	18	10	7	78	43	10	4	3	41	23	8	6	4	37	20	35	46	DWDWDL	Safe	1-2
1	4	Sheffield United	37	18	8	11	82	66	10	6	3	42	24	8	2	8	40	42	16	44	DWWWWW	Safe	2-0
1	5	Stoke City	37	18	7	12	76	53	14	2	2	59	16	4	5	10	17	37	23	43	WDLLLL	Safe	0-1
	6	Liverpool	35	16	10	9	70	48	11	1	4	41	23	5	9	5	29	25	22	42	DWWWWD	Safe	3-3
1	7	West Ham United	35	17	7	11	50	48	10	4	5	27	23	7	3	6	23	25	2	41	LLLDWD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Bristol Rovers	37	16	8	13	74	58	11	4	3	44	16	5	4	10	30	42	16	40	DWWLDL	Safe	2-3
	9	Middlesbrough	37	15	9	13	70	55	9	5	4	39	25	6	4	9	31	30	15	39	LLWWDD	Safe	1-1
	10	Swansea Town	36	17	5	14	82	81	11	2	6	50	32	6	3	8	32	49	1	39	WWLLDW	Safe	2-1
	11	Huddersfield Town	37	17	5	15	61	61	9	2	7	30	24	8	3	8	31	37	0	39	WWWLWW	Safe	2-1
	12	Doncaster Rovers	37	13	10	14	70	69	10	5	3	46	20	3	5	11	24	49	1	36	LLDDDL	Safe	0-4
	13	Leyton Orient	36	13	9	14	55	69	6	7	4	29	28	7	2	10	26	41	-14	35	DLLLWL	Safe	0-2
	14	Fulham	37	16	2	19	76	75	11	1	7	48	32	5	1	12	28	43	1	34	LLWLWW	Safe	3-2
	15	Rotherham United	36	12	9	15	64	65	8	6	5	33	25	4	3	10	31	40	-1	33	WDLDLW	Safe	2-0
1	16	Bristol City	35	13	7	15	61	69	11	1	6	41	28	2	6	9	20	41	-8	33	WWLWWW	Safe	4-0
1	17	Barnsley	36	12	8	16	55	74	8	5	6	37	33	4	3	10	18	41	-19	32	WWLWLD		1-1
2	18	Grimsby Town	37	13	5	19	48	55	9	4	5	30	21	4	1	14	18	34	-7	31	WLWLLL		0-2
	19	Lincoln City	36	13	4	19	45	69	8	2	8	26	22	5	2	11	19	47	-24	30	LLLWLD		3-3
	20	Bury	38	6	9	23	58	93	3	3	13	35	47	3	6	10	23	46	-35	21	LDDLLD		1-1
	21	Notts County	35	6	8	21	44	79	5	5	8	28	31	1	3	13	16	48	-35	20	LDWDWL		1-2
	22	Port Vale	35	7	4	24	49	86	6	3	8	25	34	1	1	16	24	52	-37	18	WLLLLL		1-2