The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 3 STOKE CITY - Sat Sep 03, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 03, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 (Lost)

Attendance:: 16,770
Position Before:: 13
Position After:: 13
Referee:
Season:: 1955-56

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Bristol Rovers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2033 (of 4763)
League Tier 2: 1208 (of 2346)
Competitive:: 2235 (of 5452)
Total:: 3385 (of 7185)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

Forest Goals:
Peter Higham
Peter Higham

Stoke City Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Nicholson
2	M	Bill Whare
3	M	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	William Morley
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Stewart Imlach
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	M	Peter Higham
10	F	Dennis Alexander
11	F	Eric Jones	Debut
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Sat Sep 03, 1955)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	3	3	Bury
Blackburn Rovers	3	3	Liverpool
Bristol City	0	1	Leeds United
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Rotherham United
Hull City	0	1	Plymouth Argyle
Lincoln City	7	1	Leicester City
Middlesbrough	1	1	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	2	3	Stoke City
Port Vale	3	0	Swansea City
Sheffield Wednesday	4	2	Bristol Rovers
West Ham United	6	1	Notts County

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Bristol Rovers	4	3	1	0	11	6	2	0	0	8	4	1	1	0	3	2	5	7
	2	Fulham	4	3	0	1	13	3	2	0	0	8	1	1	0	1	5	2	10	6
	3	Lincoln City	4	3	0	1	9	4	2	0	0	6	2	1	0	1	3	2	5	6
	4	Bristol City	4	3	0	1	12	7	2	0	0	7	3	1	0	1	5	4	5	6
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	4	2	1	1	9	5	1	1	0	6	3	1	0	1	3	2	4	5
	6	Liverpool	4	2	1	1	7	5	1	0	1	3	3	1	1	0	4	2	2	5
	7	Port Vale	4	2	1	1	5	3	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	2	5
	8	Barnsley	4	2	1	1	8	9	2	0	0	5	2	0	1	1	3	7	-1	5
	9	Leicester City	4	2	0	2	9	8	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	1	4	4	1	4
	9	Stoke City	4	2	0	2	9	8	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	1	6	6	1	4
	11	Middlesbrough	4	2	0	2	8	5	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	2	1	4	3	4
	12	Leeds United	4	2	0	2	4	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	4
	13	Swansea City	4	2	0	2	8	9	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	2	2	6	-1	4
	14	Nottingham Forest	4	2	0	2	7	9	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	1	4	6	-2	4
	15	Blackburn Rovers	4	2	0	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	3	-2	4
	16	Doncaster Rovers	4	1	1	2	9	11	1	0	1	5	5	0	1	1	4	6	-2	3
	17	Notts County	4	1	1	2	6	10	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	2	1	6	-4	3
	18	Rotherham United	4	1	1	2	5	9	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	3	6	-4	3
	19	Hull City	4	1	0	3	4	10	1	0	1	4	5	0	0	2	0	5	-6	2
	19	Bury	4	1	0	3	4	10	1	0	1	2	5	0	0	2	2	5	-6	2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	4	0	1	3	6	12	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	2	3	8	-6	1
	22	West Ham United	4	0	1	3	4	9	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	3	6	-5	1

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
⇧	1	Lincoln City	5	4	0	1	16	5	3	0	0	13	3	1	0	1	3	2	11	8
	2	Fulham	5	3	1	1	14	4	1	0	0	8	1	1	1	1	6	3	10	7
⇧	3	Port Vale	5	3	1	1	8	3	3	1	0	6	2	1	0	1	2	1	5	7
⇩	4	Bristol Rovers	5	3	1	1	13	10	4	0	0	8	4	1	1	1	5	6	3	7
⇧	4	Sheffield Wednesday	5	3	1	1	13	7	4	1	0	10	5	1	0	1	3	2	6	7
⇧	6	Stoke City	5	3	0	2	12	10	2	0	1	3	2	2	0	1	9	8	2	6
⇩	6	Bristol City	5	3	0	2	12	8	3	0	1	7	4	1	0	1	5	4	4	6
⇩	8	Liverpool	5	2	2	1	10	8	3	0	1	3	3	1	2	0	7	5	2	6
⇧	9	Leeds United	5	3	0	2	5	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	3	2	6
⇩	10	Barnsley	5	2	2	1	11	12	2	1	0	8	5	0	1	1	3	7	-1	6
	11	Middlesbrough	5	2	1	2	9	6	1	1	0	8	2	0	0	2	1	4	3	5
⇧	12	Blackburn Rovers	5	2	1	2	6	8	2	1	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	3	-2	5
⇧	13	Doncaster Rovers	5	1	2	2	10	12	5	1	1	6	6	0	1	1	4	6	-2	4
⇩	13	Leicester City	5	2	0	3	10	15	4	0	1	5	4	1	0	2	5	11	-5	4
⇩	15	Nottingham Forest	5	2	0	3	9	12	3	0	2	5	6	1	0	1	4	6	-3	4
⇩	16	Swansea City	5	2	0	3	8	12	3	0	0	6	3	0	0	3	2	9	-4	4
⇧	17	Rotherham United	5	1	2	2	6	10	3	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	4	7	-4	4
⇧	18	West Ham United	5	1	1	3	10	10	4	1	1	7	4	0	0	2	3	6	0	3
⇩	19	Notts County	5	1	1	3	7	16	4	1	0	5	4	0	0	3	2	12	-9	3
⇧	19	Plymouth Argyle	5	1	1	3	7	12	4	1	1	3	4	1	0	2	4	8	-5	3
	19	Bury	5	1	1	3	7	13	5	0	1	2	5	0	1	2	5	8	-6	3
⇩	22	Hull City	5	1	0	4	4	11	5	0	2	4	6	0	0	2	0	5	-7	2