The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 NOTTS COUNTY - Sat Oct 01, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 01, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: A Luty
Attendance:: 26,373
Pos Before/After:: 15 17
Opp Before/After:: 19 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
Notts County:: Feb 11, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2038 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1213 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2240 (of 5736)
Total:: 3400 (of 7523)
Played:: 69 years, 1 month, 21 days ago

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

Goals

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: George Poyser
Prior form: LDDLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


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

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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 01, 1955)

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

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	Bristol Rovers	9	7	1	1	22	12	4	0	0	13	5	3	1	1	9	7	1.83333	15	WLWWWW
	2	Stoke City	10	7	0	3	24	15	4	0	1	14	4	3	0	2	10	11	1.60000	14	WWWWLW
	3	Swansea Town	10	6	1	3	28	21	4	0	0	15	7	2	1	3	13	14	1.33333	13	LWWDWW
	4	Port Vale	8	5	2	1	14	4	3	1	0	8	2	2	1	1	6	2	3.50000	12	LWWDWW
	5	Fulham	10	5	2	3	24	14	3	1	1	13	6	2	1	2	11	8	1.71429	12	DDWWLL
	6	Barnsley	10	3	6	1	15	15	3	2	0	11	7	0	4	1	4	8	1.00000	12	DDDWDD
	7	Lincoln City	9	5	1	3	20	12	4	1	0	16	5	1	0	3	4	7	1.66667	11	LWDLWL
	8	Leeds United	9	5	1	3	13	9	4	1	0	11	4	1	0	3	2	5	1.44444	11	LWWDLW
	9	Bristol City	9	5	1	3	18	13	4	0	1	13	6	1	1	2	5	7	1.38462	11	WLWLWD
	10	Sheffield Wednesday	10	3	5	2	21	16	2	3	1	14	10	1	2	1	7	6	1.31250	11	WDDDDL
	11	Leicester City	10	4	2	4	17	23	2	1	1	8	5	2	1	3	9	18	.73913	10	LLDDWW
	12	Doncaster Rovers	9	3	3	3	21	21	3	2	1	17	10	0	1	2	4	11	1.00000	9	WDWDLW
	13	Liverpool	9	3	3	3	14	15	2	1	2	6	7	1	2	1	8	8	.93333	9	DDLWLD
	14	Middlesbrough	8	2	4	2	12	9	2	2	0	9	3	0	2	2	3	6	1.33333	8	LWDDDD
	15	Nottingham Forest	8	4	0	4	17	17	2	0	2	10	6	2	0	2	7	11	1.00000	8	WWLLWW
	16	West Ham United	9	2	3	4	17	18	2	1	1	9	5	0	2	3	8	13	.94444	7	LWLDWD
	17	Blackburn Rovers	8	3	1	4	9	10	2	1	1	7	5	1	0	3	2	5	.90000	7	WWDLWL
	18	Rotherham United	10	1	4	5	11	22	1	2	1	3	4	0	2	4	8	18	.50000	6	DDLLDL
	19	Notts County	10	1	4	5	13	27	1	2	2	9	13	0	2	3	4	14	.48148	6	LDDLDL
	20	Bury	10	1	3	6	15	27	1	2	2	6	11	0	1	4	9	16	.55556	5	DLDLLD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	10	2	1	7	9	19	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	4	5	13	.47368	5	WLWLLL
	22	Hull City	9	1	0	8	6	21	1	0	3	5	8	0	0	5	1	13	.28571	2	WLLLLL

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)
	1	Bristol Rovers	10	7	1	2	22	14	4	0	0	13	5	3	1	2	9	9	1.57143	15	LWWWWL		0-2
3	2	Fulham	11	6	2	3	27	16	3	1	1	13	6	3	1	2	14	10	1.68750	14	DWWLLW		3-2
1	3	Stoke City	11	7	0	4	25	18	4	0	1	14	4	3	0	3	11	14	1.38889	14	WWWLWL		1-3
1	4	Swansea Town	11	6	2	3	29	22	4	1	0	16	8	2	1	3	13	14	1.31818	14	WWDWWD		1-1
1	5	Port Vale	9	5	3	1	15	5	3	2	0	9	3	2	1	1	6	2	3.00000	13	WWDWWD		1-1
1	6	Lincoln City	10	6	1	3	22	12	5	1	0	18	5	1	0	3	4	7	1.83333	13	WDLWLW		2-0
2	7	Bristol City	10	6	1	3	20	13	5	0	1	15	6	1	1	2	5	7	1.53846	13	LWLWDW		2-0
	8	Leeds United	10	5	2	3	14	10	4	1	0	11	4	1	1	3	3	6	1.40000	12	WWDLWD		1-1
1	9	Sheffield Wednesday	11	3	6	2	23	18	2	3	1	14	10	1	3	1	9	8	1.27778	12	DDDDLD		2-2
1	10	Leicester City	11	5	2	4	20	24	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	3	9	18	.83333	12	LDDWWW		3-1
5	11	Barnsley	11	3	6	2	15	19	3	2	0	11	7	0	4	2	4	12	.78947	12	DDWDDL		0-4
1	12	Liverpool	10	4	3	3	18	16	3	1	2	10	8	1	2	1	8	8	1.12500	11	DLWLDW		4-1
1	13	Doncaster Rovers	10	3	4	3	22	22	3	2	1	17	10	0	2	2	5	12	1.00000	10	DWDLWD		1-1
2	14	West Ham United	10	3	3	4	21	18	3	1	1	13	5	0	2	3	8	13	1.16667	9	WLDWDW		4-0
1	15	Middlesbrough	9	2	4	3	12	11	2	2	0	9	3	0	2	3	3	8	1.09091	8	WDDDDL		0-2
1	16	Blackburn Rovers	9	3	2	4	10	11	2	2	1	8	6	1	0	3	2	5	.90909	8	WDLWLD		1-1
2	17	Nottingham Forest	9	4	0	5	17	19	2	0	3	10	8	2	0	2	7	11	.89474	8	WLLWWL		0-2
1	18	Notts County	11	2	4	5	15	27	1	2	2	9	13	1	2	3	6	14	.55556	8	DDLDLW		2-0
1	19	Bury	11	1	4	6	16	28	1	2	2	6	11	0	2	4	10	17	.57143	6	LDLLDD		1-1
2	20	Rotherham United	11	1	4	6	13	25	1	2	2	5	7	0	2	4	8	18	.52000	6	DLLDLL		2-3
	21	Plymouth Argyle	11	2	1	8	10	23	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	5	6	17	.43478	5	LWLLLL		1-4
	22	Hull City	10	1	1	8	8	23	1	1	3	7	10	0	0	5	1	13	.34783	3	LLLLLD		2-2