The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 5 - 2 FOREST - Mon Aug 22, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Aug 22, 1955 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-5 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: T Seymour
Attendance:: 29,837
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 8 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Aug 31, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2031 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1206 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2233 (of 5724)
Total:: 3393 (of 7505)
Played:: 68 years, 8 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Stewart Imlach - Stewart Imlach first goal
Peter Higham

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

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	23	Stewart Imlach
8	F	24	Jim Barrett
9	M	24	Peter Higham
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander
11	F	30	Peter Small

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Mon Aug 22, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	4-2	Stoke City
Leeds United	1-0	Bury
Leicester City	5-2	Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Doncaster Rovers
Port Vale	2-1	West Ham United
Rotherham United	1-3	Bristol City

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Lincoln City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	99.99900	2	W
	2	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	3	Fulham	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	5.00000	2	W
	4	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3.00000	2	W
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.50000	2	W
	6	Barnsley	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
	7	Bristol City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
	8	Leicester City	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2.00000	2	W
	9	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2.00000	2	W
	10	Bristol Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D
	11	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	12	Rotherham United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D
	13	West Ham United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	14	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.50000	0	L
	15	Hull City	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.50000	0	L
	16	Leeds United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L
	17	Swansea Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L
	18	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	.40000	0	L
	19	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.33333	0	L
	20	Bury	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.20000	0	L
	21	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L
	22	Notts County	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	0	L

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
6	1	Bristol City	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	2.50000	4	WW		3-1
6	2	Leicester City	2	2	0	0	9	4	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	2	2.25000	4	WW		5-2
7	3	Bristol Rovers	2	1	1	0	5	3	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.66667	3	DW		4-2
7	4	Port Vale	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	3	DW		2-1
4	5	Lincoln City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	99.99900	2	W
4	6	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
4	7	Fulham	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	5.00000	2	W
4	8	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3.00000	2	W
4	9	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.50000	2	W
4	10	Barnsley	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
5	11	Leeds United	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.00000	2	LW		1-0
3	12	Stoke City	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	6	1.00000	2	WL		2-4
1	13	Doncaster Rovers	2	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	1	2	4	0	1	0	2	2	.66667	1	LD		2-2
1	14	West Ham United	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	.66667	1	DL		1-2
3	15	Plymouth Argyle	2	0	1	1	4	7	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	5	.57143	1	LD		2-2
4	16	Rotherham United	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	.50000	1	DL		1-3
2	17	Hull City	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.50000	0	L
1	18	Swansea Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L
	19	Nottingham Forest	2	0	0	2	3	8	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	5	.37500	0	LL		2-5
	20	Bury	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	.16667	0	LL		0-1
	21	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L
	22	Notts County	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	0	L