The City Ground

BURY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 03, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 03, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: L Peake
Attendance:: 9,396
Pos Before/After:: 18 16
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Apr 14, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2047 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1222 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2249 (of 5679)
Total:: 3407 (of 7451)

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

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals:
Jim Barrett
Peter Higham

BURY
Manager: Dave Russell

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Nicholson
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	William Morley
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Stewart Imlach
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	M	Peter Higham
10	F	Freddie Scott
11	F	Eric Jones

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 03, 1955)

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

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
	1	Bristol City	18	11	3	4	43	28	8	1	1	26	12	3	2	3	17	16	1.53571	25
	2	Bristol Rovers	18	11	2	5	47	30	7	0	1	29	12	4	2	4	18	18	1.56667	24
	3	Swansea Town	19	11	2	6	41	36	7	1	1	24	12	4	1	5	17	24	1.13889	24
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	19	7	9	3	41	27	4	5	1	25	15	3	4	2	16	12	1.51852	23
	5	Fulham	19	10	2	7	44	37	6	1	2	26	14	4	1	5	18	23	1.18919	22
	6	Liverpool	18	9	3	6	40	27	7	1	2	24	10	2	2	4	16	17	1.48148	21
	7	Blackburn Rovers	17	9	2	6	40	25	5	2	2	27	14	4	0	4	13	11	1.60000	20
	8	Lincoln City	18	8	4	6	30	19	6	3	1	23	9	2	1	5	7	10	1.57895	20
	9	Stoke City	19	10	0	9	32	27	6	0	3	18	9	4	0	6	14	18	1.18519	20
	10	Leicester City	19	8	4	7	44	41	6	2	1	28	12	2	2	6	16	29	1.07317	20
	11	Leeds United	18	9	2	7	29	29	8	1	0	20	6	1	1	7	9	23	1.00000	20
	12	Port Vale	17	6	6	5	22	22	4	3	2	11	6	2	3	3	11	16	1.00000	18
	13	Middlesbrough	17	6	5	6	31	33	5	2	1	21	12	1	3	5	10	21	.93939	17
	14	Rotherham United	19	6	5	8	26	33	5	2	2	14	11	1	3	6	12	22	.78788	17
	15	Barnsley	19	5	7	7	24	36	5	2	2	17	15	0	5	5	7	21	.66667	17
	16	Doncaster Rovers	18	5	6	7	34	45	5	4	1	26	16	0	2	6	8	29	.75556	16
	17	West Ham United	18	5	5	8	38	32	5	1	3	26	11	0	4	5	12	21	1.18750	15
	18	Nottingham Forest	17	7	1	9	26	32	4	1	4	14	12	3	0	5	12	20	.81250	15
	19	Bury	19	5	5	9	35	47	3	2	4	13	20	2	3	5	22	27	.74468	15
	20	Notts County	19	4	7	8	25	36	2	4	3	15	17	2	3	5	10	19	.69444	15
	21	Plymouth Argyle	19	4	2	13	19	42	2	2	5	10	15	2	0	8	9	27	.45238	10
	22	Hull City	18	3	2	13	19	46	2	2	5	14	19	1	0	8	5	27	.41304	8

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	Result(s)
	1	Bristol City	19	12	3	4	48	29	9	1	1	31	13	3	2	3	17	16	1.65517	27		5-1
2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8	9	3	43	28	4	5	1	25	15	4	4	2	18	13	1.53571	25		2-1
	3	Swansea Town	20	11	3	6	41	36	7	2	1	24	12	4	1	5	17	24	1.13889	25		0-0
2	4	Bristol Rovers	19	11	2	6	49	35	7	0	1	29	12	4	2	5	20	23	1.40000	24		2-5
1	5	Liverpool	19	9	4	6	41	28	7	1	2	24	10	2	3	4	17	18	1.46429	22		1-1
1	6	Fulham	20	10	2	8	45	39	6	1	3	27	16	4	1	5	18	23	1.15385	22		1-2
3	7	Leicester City	20	9	4	7	47	42	6	2	1	28	12	3	2	6	19	30	1.11905	22		3-1
3	8	Leeds United	19	10	2	7	32	29	9	1	0	23	6	1	1	7	9	23	1.10345	22		3-0
	9	Stoke City	20	10	1	9	32	27	6	0	3	18	9	4	1	6	14	18	1.18519	21		0-0
3	10	Blackburn Rovers	18	9	2	7	40	26	5	2	2	27	14	4	0	5	13	12	1.53846	20		0-1
3	11	Lincoln City	19	8	4	7	31	24	6	3	1	23	9	2	1	6	8	15	1.29167	20		1-5
	12	Port Vale	18	6	7	5	23	23	4	4	2	12	7	2	3	3	11	16	1.00000	19		1-1
	13	Middlesbrough	18	7	5	6	32	33	6	2	1	22	12	1	3	5	10	21	.96970	19		1-0
1	14	Barnsley	20	6	7	7	26	37	6	2	2	19	16	0	5	5	7	21	.70270	19		2-1
1	15	Rotherham United	20	6	6	8	26	33	5	3	2	14	11	1	3	6	12	22	.78788	18		0-0
2	16	Nottingham Forest	18	8	1	9	28	33	4	1	4	14	12	4	0	5	14	21	.84848	17		2-1
3	17	Notts County	20	5	7	8	30	38	3	4	3	20	19	2	3	5	10	19	.78947	17		5-2
2	18	Doncaster Rovers	19	5	6	8	34	48	5	4	1	26	16	0	2	7	8	32	.70833	16		0-3
2	19	West Ham United	19	5	5	9	39	35	5	1	4	27	14	0	4	5	12	21	1.11429	15		1-3
1	20	Bury	20	5	5	10	36	49	3	2	5	14	22	2	3	5	22	27	.73469	15		1-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	20	4	3	13	19	42	2	2	5	10	15	2	1	8	9	27	.45238	11		0-0
	22	Hull City	19	3	2	14	20	48	2	2	5	14	19	1	0	9	6	29	.41667	8		1-2