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MIDDLESBROUGH 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Nov 05, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 05, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ayresome Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 (Lost)

Attendance:: 14,295
Pos Before/After:: 17/18
Opp Before/After:: 15/12
Referee:
Season:: 1955-56
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Bristol City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2042 (of 4842)
League Tier 2:: 1217 (of 2425)
Competitive:: 2244 (of 5537)
Total:: 3396 (of 7285)

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

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

Goals:
Stewart Imlach
Jim Barrett

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager:
Prior form: DLWWLD (Old to recent)

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	Stewart Imlach
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	M	Peter Higham
10	F	Dennis Alexander
11	F	Eric Jones

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Nov 05, 1955)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Swansea Town	15	10	2	3	38	24	6	1	0	22	9	4	1	3	16	15	1.583	22	WDWWWW
	2	Bristol City	14	8	3	3	31	21	6	1	1	18	8	2	2	2	13	13	1.476	19	DWWDDW
	3	Fulham	15	8	2	5	37	23	5	1	1	21	8	3	1	4	16	15	1.609	18	LWWLWL
	4	Bristol Rovers	14	8	2	4	28	19	5	0	1	18	8	3	2	3	10	11	1.474	18	WLLLDW
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	15	5	8	2	32	22	3	4	1	21	13	2	4	1	11	9	1.455	18	LDDWWD
	6	Stoke City	15	9	0	6	29	22	5	0	2	15	6	4	0	4	14	16	1.318	18	WLLWWL
	7	Liverpool	14	7	3	4	28	20	5	1	2	15	9	2	2	2	13	11	1.400	17	DWLWWW
	8	Port Vale	13	6	4	3	18	11	4	2	1	10	4	2	2	2	8	7	1.636	16	WDWDLL
	9	Leeds United	14	7	2	5	19	18	6	1	0	15	4	1	1	5	4	14	1.056	16	WDWLWL
	10	Leicester City	15	6	3	6	31	34	4	2	1	17	9	2	1	5	14	25	.912	15	WWLDLW
	11	West Ham United	14	5	4	5	33	23	5	1	1	23	6	0	3	4	10	17	1.435	14	DWWLWD
	12	Lincoln City	14	6	2	6	24	17	5	2	1	20	8	1	0	5	4	9	1.412	14	LWLLLD
	13	Blackburn Rovers	13	6	2	5	25	19	3	2	2	17	13	3	0	3	8	6	1.316	14	LDWWWL
	14	Barnsley	15	4	6	5	18	27	4	2	1	13	9	0	4	4	5	18	.667	14	DLWLLL
	15	Middlesbrough	13	4	5	4	21	20	3	2	1	14	9	1	3	3	7	11	1.050	13	DLWWLD
	16	Doncaster Rovers	14	4	5	5	28	33	4	3	1	22	13	0	2	4	6	20	.848	13	WDLDLW
	17	Nottingham Forest	13	6	0	7	20	24	4	0	3	12	8	2	0	4	8	16	.833	12	WLLWLW
	18	Notts County	15	3	6	6	20	31	1	3	3	11	16	2	3	3	9	15	.645	12	LWDDLW
	19	Rotherham United	15	3	4	8	16	29	3	2	2	8	8	0	2	6	8	21	.552	10	LLWLWL
	20	Bury	15	2	5	8	23	41	1	2	4	7	19	1	3	4	16	22	.561	9	DDLWLD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	15	3	2	10	13	30	1	2	4	5	8	2	0	6	8	22	.433	8	LLLDWL
	22	Hull City	14	1	2	11	13	37	1	2	4	11	15	0	0	7	2	22	.351	4	LDLLLD

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Swansea Town	16	11	2	3	40	25	7	1	0	24	10	4	1	3	16	15	1.600	24	DWWWWW
	2	Bristol City	15	9	3	3	36	23	7	1	1	23	10	2	2	2	13	13	1.565	21	WWDDWW
2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	16	6	8	2	35	22	3	4	1	21	13	3	4	1	14	9	1.591	20	DDWWDW
	4	Bristol Rovers	15	9	2	4	33	22	5	0	1	18	8	4	2	3	15	14	1.500	20	LLLDWW
2	5	Fulham	16	8	2	6	40	28	5	1	2	24	13	3	1	4	16	15	1.429	18	WWLWLL
	6	Stoke City	16	9	0	7	29	23	5	0	2	15	6	4	0	5	14	17	1.261	18	LLWWLL
2	7	Leeds United	15	8	2	5	20	18	7	1	0	16	4	1	1	5	4	14	1.111	18	DWLWLW
	8	Port Vale	14	6	5	3	19	12	4	3	1	11	5	2	2	2	8	7	1.583	17	DWDLLD
2	9	Liverpool	15	7	3	5	29	22	5	1	2	15	9	2	2	3	14	13	1.318	17	WLWWWL
3	10	Blackburn Rovers	14	7	2	5	28	21	3	2	2	17	13	4	0	3	11	8	1.333	16	DWWWLW
1	11	Lincoln City	15	6	3	6	25	18	5	2	1	20	8	1	1	5	5	10	1.389	15	WLLLDD
3	12	Middlesbrough	14	5	5	4	24	22	4	2	1	17	11	1	3	3	7	11	1.091	15	LWWLDW
3	13	Leicester City	16	6	3	7	32	37	4	2	1	17	9	2	1	6	15	28	.865	15	WLDLWL
3	14	West Ham United	15	5	4	6	35	26	5	1	2	25	9	0	3	4	10	17	1.346	14	WWLWDL
3	15	Notts County	16	4	6	6	23	31	2	3	3	14	16	2	3	3	9	15	.742	14	WDDLWW
2	16	Barnsley	16	4	6	6	18	30	4	2	2	13	12	0	4	4	5	18	.600	14	LWLLLL
1	17	Doncaster Rovers	15	4	5	6	29	38	4	3	1	22	13	0	2	5	7	25	.763	13	DLDLWL
1	18	Nottingham Forest	14	6	0	8	22	27	4	0	3	12	8	2	0	5	10	19	.815	12	LLWLWL
	19	Rotherham United	16	4	4	8	19	30	4	2	2	11	9	0	2	6	8	21	.633	12	LWLWLW
	20	Bury	16	3	5	8	28	42	2	2	4	12	20	1	3	4	16	22	.667	11	DLWLDW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	16	3	2	11	13	33	1	2	4	5	8	2	0	7	8	25	.394	8	LLDWLL
	22	Hull City	15	1	2	12	15	42	1	2	4	11	15	0	0	8	4	27	.357	4	DLLLDL