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:
- 14
- Position After:
- 14
- Referee:
- Season:
- 1955-56
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 2:
- Bristol Rovers
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 2033 (of 4788)
- League Tier 2
- 1208 (of 2371)
- Competitive:
- 2235 (of 5478)
- Total:
- 3385 (of 7212)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
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 |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league games on this day (Sat Sep 03, 1955)
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 | Port Vale | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 7 | Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 8 | Barnsley | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 5 | |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| 10 | Leeds United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 11 | Leicester City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 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 | Bury | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 | |
| 19 | Hull City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |
| ⇧ | 3 | Port Vale | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| ⇧ | 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 5 | Bristol Rovers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| ⇧ | 6 | Leeds United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| ⇩ | 7 | Bristol City | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| ⇩ | 8 | Liverpool | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| ⇧ | 9 | Stoke City | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 | |
| ⇩ | 15 | Leicester City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 16 | Swansea City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 4 |
| ⇧ | 17 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| ⇧ | 18 | West Ham United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| ⇧ | 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| ⇩ | 20 | Bury | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| ⇩ | 21 | Notts County | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 3 |
| ⇩ | 22 | Hull City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 2 |