The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat Dec 10, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 10, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Attendance:: 10,790
Position Before:: 16
Position After:: 15
Referee:
Season:: 1955-56

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Liverpool

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2047 (of 4795)
League Tier 2: 1222 (of 2378)
Competitive:: 2249 (of 5487)
Total:: 3398 (of 7227)

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

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals:
Jim Barrett
Peter Small

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager:

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	Peter Small
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Dec 10, 1955)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2	3	Leeds United
Bristol Rovers	1	1	West Ham United
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Port Vale
Hull City	2	0	Notts County
Leicester City	5	0	Bury
Lincoln City	6	1	Fulham
Liverpool	1	1	Barnsley
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Swansea City
Plymouth Argyle	4	0	Middlesbrough
Sheffield Wednesday	0	2	Rotherham United
Stoke City	4	2	Bristol City

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Bristol City	19	12	3	4	48	29	9	1	1	31	13	3	2	3	17	16	1.655	27
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8	9	3	43	28	4	5	1	25	15	4	4	2	18	13	1.536	25
	3	Swansea City	20	11	3	6	41	36	7	2	1	24	12	4	1	5	17	24	1.139	25
	4	Bristol Rovers	19	11	2	6	49	35	7	0	1	29	12	4	2	5	20	23	1.400	24
	5	Liverpool	19	9	4	6	41	28	7	1	2	24	10	2	3	4	17	18	1.464	22
	6	Fulham	20	10	2	8	45	39	6	1	3	27	16	4	1	5	18	23	1.154	22
	7	Leicester City	20	9	4	7	47	42	6	2	1	28	12	3	2	6	19	30	1.119	22
	8	Leeds United	19	10	2	7	32	29	9	1	0	23	6	1	1	7	9	23	1.103	22
	9	Stoke City	20	10	1	9	32	27	6	0	3	18	9	4	1	6	14	18	1.185	21
	10	Blackburn Rovers	18	9	2	7	40	26	5	2	2	27	14	4	0	5	13	12	1.538	20
	11	Lincoln City	19	8	4	7	31	24	6	3	1	23	9	2	1	6	8	15	1.292	20
	12	Port Vale	18	6	7	5	23	23	4	4	2	12	7	2	3	3	11	16	1.000	19
	13	Middlesbrough	18	7	5	6	32	33	6	2	1	22	12	1	3	5	10	21	.970	19
	14	Barnsley	20	6	7	7	26	37	6	2	2	19	16	0	5	5	7	21	.703	19
	15	Rotherham United	20	6	6	8	26	33	5	3	2	14	11	1	3	6	12	22	.788	18
	16	Nottingham Forest	18	8	1	9	28	33	4	1	4	14	12	4	0	5	14	21	.848	17
	17	Notts County	20	5	7	8	30	38	3	4	3	20	19	2	3	5	10	19	.789	17
	18	Doncaster Rovers	19	5	6	8	34	48	5	4	1	26	16	0	2	7	8	32	.708	16
	19	West Ham United	19	5	5	9	39	35	5	1	4	27	14	0	4	5	12	21	1.114	15
	20	Bury	20	5	5	10	36	49	3	2	5	14	22	2	3	5	22	27	.735	15
	21	Plymouth Argyle	20	4	3	13	19	42	2	2	5	10	15	2	1	8	9	27	.452	11
	22	Hull City	19	3	2	14	20	48	2	2	5	14	19	1	0	9	6	29	.417	8

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Bristol City	20	12	3	5	50	33	9	1	1	31	13	3	2	4	19	20	1.515	27
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8	9	4	43	30	4	5	2	25	17	4	4	2	18	13	1.433	25
	3	Bristol Rovers	20	11	3	6	50	36	7	1	1	30	13	4	2	5	20	23	1.389	25
	4	Swansea City	21	11	3	7	42	38	7	2	1	24	12	4	1	6	18	26	1.105	25
	5	Leicester City	21	10	4	7	52	42	7	2	1	33	12	3	2	6	19	30	1.238	24
	6	Leeds United	20	11	2	7	35	31	9	1	0	23	6	2	1	7	12	25	1.129	24
	7	Liverpool	20	9	5	6	42	29	7	2	2	25	11	2	3	4	17	18	1.448	23
	8	Stoke City	21	11	1	9	36	29	7	0	3	22	11	4	1	6	14	18	1.241	23
	9	Lincoln City	20	9	4	7	37	25	7	3	1	29	10	2	1	6	8	15	1.480	22
	10	Fulham	21	10	2	9	46	45	6	1	3	27	16	4	1	6	19	29	1.022	22
	11	Blackburn Rovers	19	9	2	8	42	29	5	2	3	29	17	4	0	5	13	12	1.448	20
	12	Rotherham United	21	7	6	8	28	33	5	3	2	14	11	2	3	6	14	22	.848	20
	13	Barnsley	21	6	8	7	27	38	6	2	2	19	16	0	6	5	8	22	.711	20
	14	Port Vale	19	6	7	6	23	26	4	4	2	12	7	2	3	4	11	19	.885	19
	15	Nottingham Forest	19	9	1	9	30	34	5	1	4	16	13	4	0	5	14	21	.882	19
	16	Middlesbrough	19	7	5	7	32	37	6	2	1	22	12	1	3	6	10	25	.865	19
	17	Doncaster Rovers	20	6	6	8	37	48	6	4	1	29	16	0	2	7	8	32	.771	18
	18	Notts County	21	5	7	9	30	40	3	4	3	20	19	2	3	6	10	21	.750	17
	19	West Ham United	20	5	6	9	40	36	5	1	4	27	14	0	5	5	13	22	1.111	16
	20	Bury	21	5	5	11	36	54	3	2	5	14	22	2	3	6	22	32	.667	15
	21	Plymouth Argyle	21	5	3	13	23	42	3	2	5	14	15	2	1	8	9	27	.548	13
	22	Hull City	20	4	2	14	22	48	3	2	5	16	19	1	0	9	6	29	.458	10

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of seasons: 155 | Number of matches: 5487 | Number of goals: 8037 | Number of players: 1834