The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BARNSLEY - Sat Oct 29, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 29, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Barnsley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON

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

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: H Vickers
Attendance:: 14,295
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 11 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Barnsley:: Apr 21, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2042 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1217 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2244 (of 5724)
Total:: 3404 (of 7505)
Played:: 68 years, 5 months, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Small

BARNSLEY
Manager: Tim Ward
Prior form: DDLWLL (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	23	Stewart Imlach
8	F	31	Peter Small
9	M	24	Peter Higham
10	F	24	Jim Barrett
11	F	18	John Langford	Last game

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 the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 29, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	4-6	Bristol City
Bristol Rovers	4-1	Leeds United
Doncaster Rovers	4-2	Fulham
Hull City	2-2	Middlesbrough
Leicester City	4-1	Port Vale
Lincoln City	1-1	West Ham United
Liverpool	2-0	Rotherham United
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Barnsley
Plymouth Argyle	0-1	Swansea Town
Sheffield Wednesday	3-3	Bury
Stoke City	0-2	Notts County

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	Swansea Town	14	9	2	3	37	24	6	1	0	22	9	3	1	3	15	15	1.54167	20	WWDWWW
	2	Fulham	14	8	2	4	35	19	5	1	1	21	8	3	1	3	14	11	1.84211	18	LLWWLW
	3	Stoke City	14	9	0	5	29	20	5	0	1	15	4	4	0	4	14	16	1.45000	18	LWLLWW
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	14	5	7	2	29	19	3	3	1	18	10	2	4	1	11	9	1.52632	17	DLDDWW
	5	Bristol City	13	7	3	3	25	17	6	1	1	18	8	1	2	2	7	9	1.47059	17	WDWWDD
	6	Port Vale	12	6	4	2	17	7	4	2	1	10	4	2	2	1	7	3	2.42857	16	WWDWDL
	7	Bristol Rovers	13	7	2	4	24	18	4	0	1	14	7	3	2	3	10	11	1.33333	16	WWLLLD
	8	Leeds United	13	7	2	4	18	14	6	1	0	15	4	1	1	4	3	10	1.28571	16	LWDWLW
	9	Liverpool	13	6	3	4	26	20	4	1	2	13	9	2	2	2	13	11	1.30000	15	LDWLWW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	12	6	2	4	21	13	3	2	1	13	7	3	0	3	8	6	1.61538	14	WLDWWW
	11	Barnsley	14	4	6	4	18	26	4	2	1	13	9	0	4	3	5	17	.69231	14	DDLWLL
	12	West Ham United	13	5	3	5	32	22	5	1	1	23	6	0	2	4	9	16	1.45455	13	WDWWLW
	13	Lincoln City	13	6	1	6	23	16	5	1	1	19	7	1	0	5	4	9	1.43750	13	WLWLLL
	14	Leicester City	14	5	3	6	27	33	3	2	1	13	8	2	1	5	14	25	.81818	13	WWWLDL
	15	Middlesbrough	12	4	4	4	19	18	3	2	1	14	9	1	2	3	5	9	1.05556	12	DDLWWL
	16	Doncaster Rovers	13	3	5	5	24	31	3	3	1	18	11	0	2	4	6	20	.77419	11	LWDLDL
	17	Nottingham Forest	12	5	0	7	19	24	3	0	3	11	8	2	0	4	8	16	.79167	10	WWLLWL
	18	Rotherham United	14	3	4	7	16	27	3	2	2	8	8	0	2	5	8	19	.59259	10	DLLWLW
	19	Notts County	14	2	6	6	18	31	1	3	3	11	16	1	3	3	7	15	.58065	10	DLWDDL
	20	Bury	14	2	4	8	20	38	1	2	4	7	19	1	2	4	13	19	.52632	8	LDDLWL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	14	3	2	9	13	29	1	2	3	5	7	2	0	6	8	22	.44828	8	LLLLDW
	22	Hull City	13	1	1	11	11	35	1	1	4	9	13	0	0	7	2	22	.31429	3	LLDLLL

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	Swansea Town	15	10	2	3	38	24	6	1	0	22	9	4	1	3	16	15	1.58333	22	WDWWWW		1-0
3	2	Bristol City	14	8	3	3	31	21	6	1	1	18	8	2	2	2	13	13	1.47619	19	DWWDDW		6-4
1	3	Fulham	15	8	2	5	37	23	5	1	1	21	8	3	1	4	16	15	1.60870	18	LWWLWL		2-4
3	4	Bristol Rovers	14	8	2	4	28	19	5	0	1	18	8	3	2	3	10	11	1.47368	18	WLLLDW		4-1
1	5	Sheffield Wednesday	15	5	8	2	32	22	3	4	1	21	13	2	4	1	11	9	1.45455	18	LDDWWD		3-3
3	6	Stoke City	15	9	0	6	29	22	5	0	2	15	6	4	0	4	14	16	1.31818	18	WLLWWL		0-2
2	7	Liverpool	14	7	3	4	28	20	5	1	2	15	9	2	2	2	13	11	1.40000	17	DWLWWW		2-0
2	8	Port Vale	13	6	4	3	18	11	4	2	1	10	4	2	2	2	8	7	1.63636	16	WDWDLL		1-4
1	9	Leeds United	14	7	2	5	19	18	6	1	0	15	4	1	1	5	4	14	1.05556	16	WDWLWL		1-4
4	10	Leicester City	15	6	3	6	31	34	4	2	1	17	9	2	1	5	14	25	.91176	15	WWLDLW		4-1
1	11	West Ham United	14	5	4	5	33	23	5	1	1	23	6	0	3	4	10	17	1.43478	14	DWWLWD		1-1
1	12	Lincoln City	14	6	2	6	24	17	5	2	1	20	8	1	0	5	4	9	1.41176	14	LWLLLD		1-1
3	13	Blackburn Rovers	13	6	2	5	25	19	3	2	2	17	13	3	0	3	8	6	1.31579	14	LDWWWL		4-6
3	14	Barnsley	15	4	6	5	18	27	4	2	1	13	9	0	4	4	5	18	.66667	14	DLWLLL		0-1
	15	Middlesbrough	13	4	5	4	21	20	3	2	1	14	9	1	3	3	7	11	1.05000	13	DLWWLD		2-2
	16	Doncaster Rovers	14	4	5	5	28	33	4	3	1	22	13	0	2	4	6	20	.84848	13	WDLDLW		4-2
	17	Nottingham Forest	13	6	0	7	20	24	4	0	3	12	8	2	0	4	8	16	.83333	12	WLLWLW		1-0
1	18	Notts County	15	3	6	6	20	31	1	3	3	11	16	2	3	3	9	15	.64516	12	LWDDLW		2-0
1	19	Rotherham United	15	3	4	8	16	29	3	2	2	8	8	0	2	6	8	21	.55172	10	LLWLWL		0-2
	20	Bury	15	2	5	8	23	41	1	2	4	7	19	1	3	4	16	22	.56098	9	DDLWLD		3-3
	21	Plymouth Argyle	15	3	2	10	13	30	1	2	4	5	8	2	0	6	8	22	.43333	8	LLLDWL		0-1
	22	Hull City	14	1	2	11	13	37	1	2	4	11	15	0	0	7	2	22	.35135	4	LDLLLD		2-2