The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 BRISTOL CITY - Sat Nov 12, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 12, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Attendance:: 14,295
Pos Before/After:: 18/19
Opp Before/After:: 2/2
Referee:
Season:: 1955-56

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: West Ham United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2043 (of 4838)
League Tier 2:: 1218 (of 2421)
Competitive:: 2245 (of 5533)
Total:: 3397 (of 7280)

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

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Form: LLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

BRISTOL CITY
Manager:
Form: WWDDWW (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	William Morley
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 12, 1955)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	7	1	Port Vale
Bristol Rovers	4	2	Bury
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Barnsley
Hull City	3	1	West Ham United
Leicester City	6	1	Swansea City
Lincoln City	1	1	Rotherham United
Liverpool	2	1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Bristol City
Plymouth Argyle	4	3	Leeds United
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Middlesbrough
Stoke City	1	2	Fulham

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	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
	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
	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
	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
	9	Liverpool	15	7	3	5	29	22	5	1	2	15	9	2	2	3	14	13	1.318	17	WLWWWL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	14	7	2	5	28	21	3	2	2	17	13	4	0	3	11	8	1.333	16	DWWWLW
	11	Lincoln City	15	6	3	6	25	18	5	2	1	20	8	1	1	5	5	10	1.389	15	WLLLDD
	12	Middlesbrough	14	5	5	4	24	22	4	2	1	17	11	1	3	3	7	11	1.091	15	LWWLDW
	13	Leicester City	16	6	3	7	32	37	4	2	1	17	9	2	1	6	15	28	.865	15	WLDLWL
	14	West Ham United	15	5	4	6	35	26	5	1	2	25	9	0	3	4	10	17	1.346	14	WWLWDL
	15	Notts County	16	4	6	6	23	31	2	3	3	14	16	2	3	3	9	15	.742	14	WDDLWW
	16	Barnsley	16	4	6	6	18	30	4	2	2	13	12	0	4	4	5	18	.600	14	LWLLLL
	17	Doncaster Rovers	15	4	5	6	29	38	4	3	1	22	13	0	2	5	7	25	.763	13	DLDLWL
	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

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	17	11	2	4	41	31	7	1	0	24	10	4	1	4	17	21	1.323	24	WWWWWL
	2	Bristol City	16	10	3	3	38	23	7	1	1	23	10	3	2	2	15	13	1.652	23	WDDWWW
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	17	7	8	2	38	23	4	4	1	24	14	3	4	1	14	9	1.652	22	DWWDWW
	4	Bristol Rovers	16	10	2	4	37	24	6	0	1	22	10	4	2	3	15	14	1.542	22	LLDWWW
	5	Fulham	17	9	2	6	42	29	5	1	2	24	13	4	1	4	18	16	1.448	20	WLWLLW
3	6	Liverpool	16	8	3	5	31	23	6	1	2	17	10	2	2	3	14	13	1.348	19	LWWWLW
3	7	Blackburn Rovers	15	8	2	5	35	22	4	2	2	24	14	4	0	3	11	8	1.591	18	WWWLWW
2	8	Stoke City	17	9	0	8	30	25	5	0	3	16	8	4	0	5	14	17	1.200	18	LWWLLL
2	9	Leeds United	16	8	2	6	23	22	7	1	0	16	4	1	1	6	7	18	1.045	18	WLWLWL
2	10	Port Vale	15	6	5	4	20	19	4	3	1	11	5	2	2	3	9	14	1.053	17	WDLLDL
2	11	Leicester City	17	7	3	7	38	38	5	2	1	23	10	2	1	6	15	28	1.000	17	LDLWLW
1	12	Lincoln City	16	6	4	6	26	19	5	3	1	21	9	1	1	5	5	10	1.368	16	LLLDDD
1	13	Middlesbrough	15	5	5	5	25	25	4	2	1	17	11	1	3	4	8	14	1.000	15	WWLDWL
2	14	Barnsley	17	4	7	6	19	31	4	2	2	13	12	0	5	4	6	19	.613	15	WLLLLD
1	15	West Ham United	16	5	4	7	36	29	5	1	2	25	9	0	3	5	11	20	1.241	14	WLWDLL
1	16	Doncaster Rovers	16	4	6	6	30	39	4	4	1	23	14	0	2	5	7	25	.769	14	LDLWLD
2	17	Notts County	17	4	6	7	24	33	2	3	3	14	16	2	3	4	10	17	.727	14	DDLWWL
1	18	Rotherham United	17	4	5	8	20	31	4	2	2	11	9	0	3	6	9	22	.645	13	WLWLWD
1	19	Nottingham Forest	15	6	0	9	22	29	4	0	4	12	10	2	0	5	10	19	.759	12	LWLWLL
	20	Bury	17	3	5	9	30	46	2	2	4	12	20	1	3	5	18	26	.652	11	LWLDWL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	17	4	2	11	17	36	2	2	4	9	11	2	0	7	8	25	.472	10	LDWLLW
	22	Hull City	16	2	2	12	18	43	2	2	4	14	16	0	0	8	4	27	.419	6	LLLDLW