The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 GRIMSBY TOWN - Sat Apr 13, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 13, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Cooke
Attendance:: 21,466
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Grimsby Town:: Jan 28, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2108 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1283 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2316 (of 5824)
Total:: 3480 (of 7629)
Played:: 69 years, 4 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Eddie Baily (53')
Jim Barrett (62')

GRIMSBY TOWN
Manager: Allenby Chilton
Prior form: LWLLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ron Rafferty (31')

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	F	25	Eric Jones
8	F	26	Jim Barrett (62')
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Eddie Baily (53')
11	F	25	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Clarrie Williams
2	D	Willie Brown
3	D	Dave Richardson
4	D	Dick Conner
5	D	Malcolm Tucker
6	M	Keith Jobling
7	M	Johnny Scott
8	M	Billy Evans
9	M	Ron Rafferty
10	F	Tony Reeson
11	F	Jimmy Fell

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 13, 1957)

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

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	38	24	9	5	101	60	14	4	1	66	31	10	5	4	35	29	41	57	DWWLWW	Promoted
	2	Blackburn Rovers	38	19	9	10	78	70	11	5	3	45	29	8	4	7	33	41	8	47	DDWDWL	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	36	18	10	8	80	46	10	4	3	41	23	8	6	5	39	23	34	46	WDWDLL	Safe
	4	Liverpool	36	17	10	9	72	48	12	1	4	43	23	5	9	5	29	25	24	44	WWWWDW	Safe
	5	Sheffield United	38	18	8	12	82	67	10	6	3	42	24	8	2	9	40	43	15	44	WWWWWL	Safe
	6	Stoke City	38	18	7	13	76	55	14	2	3	59	18	4	5	10	17	37	21	43	DLLLLL	Safe
	7	Bristol Rovers	38	17	8	13	77	60	12	4	3	47	18	5	4	10	30	42	17	42	WWLDLW	Safe
	8	Middlesbrough	38	16	9	13	72	56	10	5	4	41	26	6	4	9	31	30	16	41	LWWDDW	Safe
	9	Huddersfield Town	38	18	5	15	62	61	10	2	7	31	24	8	3	8	31	37	1	41	WWLWWW	Safe
	10	West Ham United	36	17	7	12	53	53	10	4	5	27	23	7	3	7	26	30	0	41	LLDWDL	Safe
	11	Swansea Town	37	17	5	15	82	83	11	2	6	50	32	6	3	9	32	51	-1	39	WLLDWL	Safe
	12	Doncaster Rovers	38	14	10	14	71	69	11	5	3	47	20	3	5	11	24	49	2	38	LDDDLW	Safe
	13	Leyton Orient	37	14	9	14	57	70	7	7	4	31	29	7	2	10	26	41	-13	37	LLLWLW	Safe
	14	Fulham	38	16	3	19	76	75	11	1	7	48	32	5	2	12	28	43	1	35	LWLWWD	Safe
	15	Bristol City	36	14	7	15	63	69	11	1	6	41	28	3	6	9	22	41	-6	35	WLWWWW	Safe
	16	Rotherham United	37	12	9	16	64	66	8	6	5	33	25	4	3	11	31	41	-2	33	DLDLWL	Safe
	17	Grimsby Town	38	14	5	19	52	56	10	4	5	34	22	4	1	14	18	34	-4	33	LWLLLW	Safe
	18	Barnsley	37	12	8	17	56	78	8	5	6	37	33	4	3	11	19	45	-22	32	WLWLDL	Safe
	19	Lincoln City	37	13	4	20	46	71	8	2	8	26	22	5	2	12	20	49	-25	30	LLWLDL
	20	Bury	39	7	9	23	59	93	4	3	13	36	47	3	6	10	23	46	-34	23	DDLLDW
	21	Notts County	36	6	9	21	44	79	5	6	8	28	31	1	3	13	16	48	-35	21	DWDWLD
	22	Port Vale	36	7	4	25	49	87	6	3	8	25	34	1	1	17	24	53	-38	18	LLLLLL

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	39	24	10	5	102	61	14	4	1	66	31	10	6	4	36	30	41	58	WWLWWD	Promoted	1-1
	2	Blackburn Rovers	39	20	9	10	81	72	12	5	3	48	31	8	4	7	33	41	9	49	DWDWLW	Safe	3-2
	3	Nottingham Forest	37	19	10	8	82	47	11	4	3	43	24	8	6	5	39	23	35	48	DWDLLW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Sheffield United	39	19	8	12	85	67	11	6	3	45	24	8	2	9	40	43	18	46	WWWWLW	Safe	3-0
1	5	Liverpool	37	17	10	10	72	51	12	1	4	43	23	5	9	6	29	28	21	44	WWWDWL	Safe	0-3
1	6	Bristol Rovers	39	18	8	13	80	62	12	4	3	47	18	6	4	10	33	44	18	44	WLDLWW	Safe	3-2
1	7	Stoke City	39	18	7	14	76	56	14	2	3	59	18	4	5	11	17	38	20	43	LLLLLL	Safe	0-1
2	8	West Ham United	37	18	7	12	54	53	11	4	5	28	23	7	3	7	26	30	1	43	LDWDLW	Safe	1-0
1	9	Middlesbrough	39	16	10	13	73	57	10	5	4	41	26	6	5	9	32	31	16	42	WWDDWD	Safe	1-1
1	10	Huddersfield Town	39	18	5	16	64	64	10	2	7	31	24	8	3	9	33	40	0	41	WLWWWL	Safe	2-3
	11	Swansea Town	38	18	5	15	83	83	12	2	6	51	32	6	3	9	32	51	0	41	LLDWLW	Safe	1-0
	12	Doncaster Rovers	39	14	10	15	71	72	11	5	3	47	20	3	5	12	24	52	-1	38	DDDLWL	Safe	0-3
1	13	Fulham	39	17	3	19	79	75	12	1	7	51	32	5	2	12	28	43	4	37	WLWWDW	Safe	3-0
1	14	Bristol City	37	15	7	15	67	71	12	1	6	45	30	3	6	9	22	41	-4	37	LWWWWW	Safe	4-2
2	15	Leyton Orient	38	14	9	15	59	74	7	7	4	31	29	7	2	11	28	45	-15	37	LLWLWL	Safe	2-4
	16	Rotherham United	38	12	10	16	65	67	8	7	5	34	26	4	3	11	31	41	-2	34	LDLWLD	Safe	1-1
	17	Grimsby Town	39	14	5	20	53	58	10	4	5	34	22	4	1	15	19	36	-5	33	WLLLWL	Safe	1-2
	18	Barnsley	38	12	9	17	57	79	8	6	6	38	34	4	3	11	19	45	-22	33	LWLDLD	Safe	1-1
	19	Lincoln City	38	13	5	20	47	72	8	3	8	27	23	5	2	12	20	49	-25	31	LWLDLD	Safe	1-1
	20	Bury	40	7	9	24	59	94	4	3	13	36	47	3	6	11	23	47	-35	23	DLLDWL		0-1
	21	Notts County	37	6	10	21	45	80	5	6	8	28	31	1	4	13	17	49	-35	22	WDWLDD		1-1
	22	Port Vale	37	7	4	26	51	90	6	3	9	27	37	1	1	17	24	53	-39	18	LLLLLL		2-3