The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 FULHAM - Sat Oct 15, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 15, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 (Won)

Attendance:: 16,028
Position Before:: 18
Position After:: 17
Referee:
Season:: 1955-56

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Rotherham United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2039 (of 4799)
League Tier 2:: 1214 (of 2382)
Competitive:: 2241 (of 5492)
Total:: 3390 (of 7232)

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

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals:
Peter Higham

FULHAM
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

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	Peter Small
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	M	Peter Higham
10	F	Dennis Alexander
11	F	John Langford
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Oct 15, 1955)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	5	1	Barnsley
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Swansea City
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Notts County
Hull City	2	3	Bury
Leicester City	2	2	Bristol City
Lincoln City	1	2	Middlesbrough
Liverpool	3	1	West Ham United
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Fulham
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Port Vale
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Leeds United
Stoke City	1	0	Rotherham United

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Fulham	12	7	2	3	32	16	4	1	1	18	6	3	1	2	14	10	2.000	16
	2	Swansea City	12	7	2	3	31	22	5	1	0	18	8	2	1	3	13	14	1.409	16
	3	Port Vale	10	6	3	1	16	5	4	2	0	10	3	2	1	1	6	2	3.200	15
	4	Bristol City	11	7	1	3	22	14	6	0	1	17	7	1	1	2	5	7	1.571	15
	5	Bristol Rovers	11	7	1	3	22	15	4	0	0	13	5	3	1	3	9	10	1.467	15
	6	Leeds United	11	6	2	3	17	10	5	1	0	14	4	1	1	3	3	6	1.700	14
	7	Stoke City	12	7	0	5	25	19	4	0	1	14	4	3	0	4	11	15	1.316	14
	8	Barnsley	12	4	6	2	16	19	4	2	0	12	7	0	4	2	4	12	.842	14
	9	Lincoln City	11	6	1	4	22	13	5	1	0	18	5	1	0	4	4	8	1.692	13
	10	Sheffield Wednesday	12	3	7	2	24	19	2	3	1	14	10	1	4	1	10	9	1.263	13
	11	Leicester City	12	5	2	5	23	28	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	4	12	22	.821	12
	12	West Ham United	11	4	3	4	25	18	4	1	1	17	5	0	2	3	8	13	1.389	11
	13	Liverpool	11	4	3	4	19	18	3	1	2	10	8	1	2	2	9	10	1.056	11
	14	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	2	4	14	11	2	2	1	8	6	2	0	3	6	5	1.273	10
	15	Middlesbrough	10	3	4	3	16	14	3	2	0	13	6	0	2	3	3	8	1.143	10
	16	Doncaster Rovers	11	3	4	4	22	24	3	2	1	17	10	0	2	3	5	14	.917	10
	17	Notts County	12	2	5	5	16	28	1	3	2	10	14	1	2	3	6	14	.571	9
	18	Nottingham Forest	10	4	0	6	17	22	2	0	3	10	8	2	0	3	7	14	.773	8
	19	Rotherham United	12	2	4	6	14	25	2	2	2	6	7	0	2	4	8	18	.560	8
	20	Bury	12	1	4	7	16	32	1	2	3	6	15	0	2	4	10	17	.500	6
	21	Plymouth Argyle	12	2	1	9	10	27	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	6	6	21	.370	5
	22	Hull City	11	1	1	9	8	28	1	1	3	7	10	0	0	6	1	18	.286	3

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Swansea City	13	8	2	3	33	23	5	1	0	18	8	3	1	3	15	15	1.435	18
	2	Port Vale	11	6	4	1	17	6	4	2	0	10	3	2	2	1	7	3	2.833	16
	3	Fulham	13	7	2	4	32	17	4	1	1	18	6	3	1	3	14	11	1.882	16
	4	Bristol City	12	7	2	3	24	16	6	0	1	17	7	1	2	2	7	9	1.500	16
	5	Stoke City	13	8	0	5	26	19	5	0	1	15	4	3	0	4	11	15	1.368	16
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	13	4	7	2	28	19	3	3	1	18	10	1	4	1	10	9	1.474	15
	7	Bristol Rovers	12	7	1	4	23	17	4	0	1	14	7	3	1	3	9	10	1.353	15
	8	Leeds United	12	6	2	4	17	14	5	1	0	14	4	1	1	4	3	10	1.214	14
	9	Barnsley	13	4	6	3	17	24	4	2	0	12	7	0	4	3	5	17	.708	14
	10	Lincoln City	12	6	1	5	23	15	5	1	1	19	7	1	0	4	4	8	1.533	13
	11	Liverpool	12	5	3	4	22	19	4	1	2	13	9	1	2	2	9	10	1.158	13
	12	Leicester City	13	5	3	5	25	30	3	2	1	13	8	2	1	4	12	22	.833	13
	13	Blackburn Rovers	11	5	2	4	19	12	3	2	1	13	7	2	0	3	6	5	1.583	12
	14	Middlesbrough	11	4	4	3	18	15	3	2	0	13	6	1	2	3	5	9	1.200	12
	15	West Ham United	12	4	3	5	26	21	4	1	1	17	5	0	2	4	9	16	1.238	11
	16	Doncaster Rovers	12	3	5	4	23	25	3	3	1	18	11	0	2	3	5	14	.920	11
	17	Nottingham Forest	11	5	0	6	18	22	3	0	3	11	8	2	0	3	7	14	.818	10
	18	Notts County	13	2	6	5	17	29	1	3	2	10	14	1	3	3	7	15	.586	10
	19	Bury	13	2	4	7	19	34	1	2	3	6	15	1	2	4	13	19	.559	8
	20	Rotherham United	13	2	4	7	14	26	2	2	2	6	7	0	2	5	8	19	.538	8
	21	Plymouth Argyle	13	2	2	9	11	28	1	2	3	5	7	1	0	6	6	21	.393	6
	22	Hull City	12	1	1	10	10	31	1	1	4	9	13	0	0	6	1	18	.323	3

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of seasons: 155 | Number of matches: 5492 | Number of goals: 8043 | Number of players: 1834