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
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: E Abbot
Attendance:: 16,028
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 1 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: May 02, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2040 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1215 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2242 (of 5768)
Total:: 3403 (of 7556)
Played:: 69 years, 8 months, 19 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Higham (41')

FULHAM
Manager: Duggie Livingstone
Prior form: WWLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals

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	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Peter Small
8	F	24	Jim Barrett
9	M	24	Peter Higham (41')
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander
11	F	18	John Langford

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ian Black
2	D	John Chenhall
3	D	Robin Lawler
4	D	Joe Stapleton
5	D	Ron Greenwood
6	M	Jimmy Hill
7	M	Tony Barton
8	M	Bobby Robson
9	M	Bedford Jezzard
10	F	Johnny Haynes
11	F	Charlie Mitten

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 15, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	5-1	Barnsley
Bristol Rovers	1-2	Swansea Town
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

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	Fulham	12	7	2	3	32	16	4	1	1	18	6	3	1	2	14	10	2.00000	16	WWLLWW
	2	Swansea Town	12	7	2	3	31	22	5	1	0	18	8	2	1	3	13	14	1.40909	16	WDWWDW
	3	Port Vale	10	6	3	1	16	5	4	2	0	10	3	2	1	1	6	2	3.20000	15	WDWWDW
	4	Bristol City	11	7	1	3	22	14	6	0	1	17	7	1	1	2	5	7	1.57143	15	WLWDWW
	5	Bristol Rovers	11	7	1	3	22	15	4	0	0	13	5	3	1	3	9	10	1.46667	15	WWWWLL
	6	Leeds United	11	6	2	3	17	10	5	1	0	14	4	1	1	3	3	6	1.70000	14	WDLWDW
	7	Stoke City	12	7	0	5	25	19	4	0	1	14	4	3	0	4	11	15	1.31579	14	WWLWLL
	8	Barnsley	12	4	6	2	16	19	4	2	0	12	7	0	4	2	4	12	.84211	14	DWDDLW
	9	Lincoln City	11	6	1	4	22	13	5	1	0	18	5	1	0	4	4	8	1.69231	13	DLWLWL
	10	Sheffield Wednesday	12	3	7	2	24	19	2	3	1	14	10	1	4	1	10	9	1.26316	13	DDDLDD
	11	Leicester City	12	5	2	5	23	28	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	4	12	22	.82143	12	DDWWWL
	12	West Ham United	11	4	3	4	25	18	4	1	1	17	5	0	2	3	8	13	1.38889	11	LDWDWW
	13	Liverpool	11	4	3	4	19	18	3	1	2	10	8	1	2	2	9	10	1.05556	11	LWLDWL
	14	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	2	4	14	11	2	2	1	8	6	2	0	3	6	5	1.27273	10	DLWLDW
	15	Middlesbrough	10	3	4	3	16	14	3	2	0	13	6	0	2	3	3	8	1.14286	10	DDDDLW
	16	Doncaster Rovers	11	3	4	4	22	24	3	2	1	17	10	0	2	3	5	14	.91667	10	WDLWDL
	17	Notts County	12	2	5	5	16	28	1	3	2	10	14	1	2	3	6	14	.57143	9	DLDLWD
	18	Nottingham Forest	10	4	0	6	17	22	2	0	3	10	8	2	0	3	7	14	.77273	8	LLWWLL
	19	Rotherham United	12	2	4	6	14	25	2	2	2	6	7	0	2	4	8	18	.56000	8	LLDLLW
	20	Bury	12	1	4	7	16	32	1	2	3	6	15	0	2	4	10	17	.50000	6	DLLDDL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	12	2	1	9	10	27	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	6	6	21	.37037	5	WLLLLL
	22	Hull City	11	1	1	9	8	28	1	1	3	7	10	0	0	6	1	18	.28571	3	LLLLDL

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	1	Swansea Town	13	8	2	3	33	23	5	1	0	18	8	3	1	3	15	15	1.43478	18	DWWDWW		2-1
1	2	Port Vale	11	6	4	1	17	6	4	2	0	10	3	2	2	1	7	3	2.83333	16	DWWDWD		1-1
2	3	Fulham	13	7	2	4	32	17	4	1	1	18	6	3	1	3	14	11	1.88235	16	WLLWWL		0-1
	4	Bristol City	12	7	2	3	24	16	6	0	1	17	7	1	2	2	7	9	1.50000	16	LWDWWD		2-2
2	5	Stoke City	13	8	0	5	26	19	5	0	1	15	4	3	0	4	11	15	1.36842	16	WLWLLW		1-0
4	6	Sheffield Wednesday	13	4	7	2	28	19	3	3	1	18	10	1	4	1	10	9	1.47368	15	DDLDDW		4-0
2	7	Bristol Rovers	12	7	1	4	23	17	4	0	1	14	7	3	1	3	9	10	1.35294	15	WWWLLL		1-2
2	8	Leeds United	12	6	2	4	17	14	5	1	0	14	4	1	1	4	3	10	1.21429	14	DLWDWL		0-4
1	9	Barnsley	13	4	6	3	17	24	4	2	0	12	7	0	4	3	5	17	.70833	14	WDDLWL		1-5
1	10	Lincoln City	12	6	1	5	23	15	5	1	1	19	7	1	0	4	4	8	1.53333	13	LWLWLL		1-2
2	11	Liverpool	12	5	3	4	22	19	4	1	2	13	9	1	2	2	9	10	1.15789	13	WLDWLW		3-1
1	12	Leicester City	13	5	3	5	25	30	3	2	1	13	8	2	1	4	12	22	.83333	13	DWWWLD		2-2
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	11	5	2	4	19	12	3	2	1	13	7	2	0	3	6	5	1.58333	12	LWLDWW		5-1
1	14	Middlesbrough	11	4	4	3	18	15	3	2	0	13	6	1	2	3	5	9	1.20000	12	DDDLWW		2-1
3	15	West Ham United	12	4	3	5	26	21	4	1	1	17	5	0	2	4	9	16	1.23810	11	DWDWWL		1-3
	16	Doncaster Rovers	12	3	5	4	23	25	3	3	1	18	11	0	2	3	5	14	.92000	11	DLWDLD		1-1
1	17	Nottingham Forest	11	5	0	6	18	22	3	0	3	11	8	2	0	3	7	14	.81818	10	LWWLLW		1-0
1	18	Notts County	13	2	6	5	17	29	1	3	2	10	14	1	3	3	7	15	.58621	10	LDLWDD		1-1
1	19	Bury	13	2	4	7	19	34	1	2	3	6	15	1	2	4	13	19	.55882	8	LLDDLW		3-2
1	20	Rotherham United	13	2	4	7	14	26	2	2	2	6	7	0	2	5	8	19	.53846	8	LDLLWL		0-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	13	2	2	9	11	28	1	2	3	5	7	1	0	6	6	21	.39286	6	LLLLLD		1-1
	22	Hull City	12	1	1	10	10	31	1	1	4	9	13	0	0	6	1	18	.32258	3	LLLDLL		2-3