SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Sep 24, 1955 (League Tier 2)
- Date:
- Sat Sep 24, 1955 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Sheffield Wednesday
- Home/Away:
- Away
- Ground:
- Hillsborough
- Game Type:
- League Tier 2
- Score:
- 2-1 (Won)
- Attendance:
- 28,036
- Position Before:
- 17
- Position After:
- 15
- Referee:
- Season:
- 1955-56
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 2:
- Notts County
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 2036 (of 4780)
- League Tier 2
- 1211 (of 2363)
- Competitive:
- 2238 (of 5470)
- Total:
- 3388 (of 7203)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
Sheffield Wednesday Goals:
Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker
| Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Harry Nicholson | |
| 2 | M | Bill Whare | |
| 3 | D | Geoff Thomas (1944-60) | |
| 4 | F | Jack French | |
| 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 |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league games on this day (Sat Sep 24, 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 | |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 13 | |
| 8 | Fulham | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 12 | |
| 12 | Stoke City | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 12 | |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | |
| 23 | Swansea City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 11 | |
| 24 | Barnsley | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 11 | |
| 25 | Port Vale | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
| 28 | Bristol City | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | |
| 35 | Leeds United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| 40 | Liverpool | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 8 | |
| 42 | Leicester City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 8 | |
| 46 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |
| 47 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 49 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 7 | |
| 56 | West Ham United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 6 | |
| 57 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 6 | |
| 61 | Rotherham United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 6 | |
| 62 | Notts County | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 6 | |
| 67 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 5 | |
| 68 | Bury | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 4 | |
| 70 | Hull City | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 2 | |
Table after:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| ⇩ | 6 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| ⇩ | 13 | Stoke City | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
| ⇧ | 18 | Swansea City | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 13 |
| ⇧ | 21 | Port Vale | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| ⇩ | 22 | Fulham | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| ⇩ | 28 | Barnsley | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| ⇩ | 34 | Lincoln City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 36 | Leeds United | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 37 | Bristol City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 39 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 50 | Leicester City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 10 |
| ⇩ | 54 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 57 | Liverpool | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 62 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| ⇩ | 66 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| ⇩ | 74 | West Ham United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 75 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 81 | Rotherham United | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 6 |
| ⇩ | 82 | Notts County | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 6 |
| ⇩ | 87 | Bury | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 90 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 92 | Hull City | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -15 | 2 |