The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - Sat Dec 24, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 24, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON

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

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: A Howlett
Attendance:: 10,003
Pos Before/After:: 16 15
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Plymouth Argyle:: Jan 28, 1967

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2050 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1225 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2252 (of 5724)
Total:: 3412 (of 7505)
Played:: 68 years, 3 months, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Jim Barrett
Jim Barrett
Peter Higham

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Manager: Jack Rowley
Prior form: WLLDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Charlie Twissell

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	23	Stewart Imlach
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	25	Tommy Wilson
11	F	31	Peter Small

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Shortt
2	D	George Robertson
3	D	Pat Jones
4	D	Neil Dougall
5	D	Peter Langman
6	M	Ralph Wetton
7	M	George Baker
8	M	Johnny Williams
9	M	Eric Davis
10	F	Rex Tilley
11	F	Charlie Twissell

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 24, 1955)

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

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	Bristol City	21	12	3	6	51	35	9	1	1	31	13	3	2	5	20	22	1.45714	27	WWLWLL
	2	Swansea Town	22	12	3	7	44	39	8	2	1	26	13	4	1	6	18	26	1.12821	27	LLLDLW
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	10	4	44	31	4	5	2	25	17	4	5	2	19	14	1.41935	26	WLDWLD
	4	Leeds United	21	12	2	7	38	32	10	1	0	26	7	2	1	7	12	25	1.18750	26	LWLWWW
	5	Liverpool	21	10	5	6	47	31	8	2	2	30	13	2	3	4	17	18	1.51613	25	WLWDDW
	6	Bristol Rovers	21	11	3	7	51	38	7	1	2	31	15	4	2	5	20	23	1.34211	25	WLWLDL
	7	Stoke City	22	12	1	9	41	31	8	0	3	27	13	4	1	6	14	18	1.32258	25	LLWDWW
	8	Lincoln City	21	10	4	7	40	25	8	3	1	32	10	2	1	6	8	15	1.60000	24	DWWLWW
	9	Leicester City	22	10	4	8	53	44	7	2	2	34	14	3	2	6	19	30	1.20455	24	WDWWWL
	10	Fulham	22	11	2	9	49	46	7	1	3	30	17	4	1	6	19	29	1.06522	24	WWLLLW
	11	Rotherham United	22	8	6	8	31	35	6	3	2	17	13	2	3	6	14	22	.88571	22	DWWDWW
	12	Port Vale	20	7	7	6	25	27	4	4	2	12	7	3	3	4	13	20	.92593	21	LLDDLW
	13	Blackburn Rovers	20	9	2	9	42	32	5	2	3	29	17	4	0	6	13	15	1.31250	20	WLWLLL
	14	Barnsley	22	6	8	8	28	41	6	2	2	19	16	0	6	6	9	25	.68293	20	DWLWDL
	15	Notts County	22	6	7	9	35	40	4	4	3	25	19	2	3	6	10	21	.87500	19	LDLWLW
	16	Nottingham Forest	20	9	1	10	32	39	5	1	4	16	13	4	0	6	16	26	.82051	19	LWDWWL
	17	Middlesbrough	20	7	5	8	32	42	6	2	1	22	12	1	3	7	10	30	.76190	19	LWLWLL
	18	Doncaster Rovers	21	6	6	9	39	53	6	4	1	29	16	0	2	8	10	37	.73585	18	DLWLWL
	19	West Ham United	21	5	6	10	42	39	5	1	4	27	14	0	5	6	15	25	1.07692	16	LLDLDL
	20	Bury	22	5	5	12	37	57	3	2	5	14	22	2	3	7	23	35	.64912	15	LWWLLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	22	5	4	13	24	43	3	3	5	15	16	2	1	8	9	27	.55814	14	WLLDWD
	22	Hull City	21	5	2	14	24	49	3	2	5	16	19	2	0	9	8	30	.48980	12	WWLLWW

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)
2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	23	9	10	4	48	31	5	5	2	29	17	4	5	2	19	14	1.54839	28	LDWLDW		4-0
3	2	Liverpool	22	11	5	6	49	32	8	2	2	30	13	3	3	4	19	19	1.53125	27	LWDDWW		2-1
2	3	Bristol City	22	12	3	7	52	38	9	1	2	32	16	3	2	5	20	22	1.36842	27	WLWLLL		1-3
2	4	Swansea Town	23	12	3	8	45	44	8	2	1	26	13	4	1	7	19	31	1.02273	27	LLDLWL		1-5
4	5	Leicester City	23	11	4	8	56	46	7	2	2	34	14	4	2	6	22	32	1.21739	26	DWWWLW		3-2
2	6	Leeds United	22	12	2	8	41	37	10	1	0	26	7	2	1	8	15	30	1.10811	26	WLWWWL		3-5
1	7	Lincoln City	22	10	5	7	43	28	8	3	1	32	10	2	2	6	11	18	1.53571	25	WWLWWD		3-3
2	8	Bristol Rovers	22	11	3	8	52	40	7	1	2	31	15	4	2	6	21	25	1.30000	25	LWLDLL		1-2
2	9	Stoke City	23	12	1	10	41	35	8	0	3	27	13	4	1	7	14	22	1.17143	25	LWDWWL		0-4
	10	Fulham	23	11	2	10	49	49	7	1	3	30	17	4	1	7	19	32	1.00000	24	WLLLWL		0-3
1	11	Port Vale	21	8	7	6	29	28	5	4	2	16	8	3	3	4	13	20	1.03571	23	LDDLWW		4-1
1	12	Rotherham United	23	8	6	9	32	39	6	3	2	17	13	2	3	7	15	26	.82051	22	WWDWWL		1-4
1	13	Barnsley	23	7	8	8	31	41	7	2	2	22	16	0	6	6	9	25	.75610	22	WLWDLW		3-0
1	14	Notts County	23	7	7	9	38	41	4	4	3	25	19	3	3	6	13	22	.92683	21	DLWLWW		3-1
1	15	Nottingham Forest	21	10	1	10	35	40	6	1	4	19	14	4	0	6	16	26	.87500	21	WDWWLW		3-1
1	16	Middlesbrough	21	8	5	8	37	45	7	2	1	27	15	1	3	7	10	30	.82222	21	WLWLLW		5-3
4	17	Blackburn Rovers	21	9	2	10	44	35	5	2	4	31	20	4	0	6	13	15	1.25714	20	LWLLLL		2-3
	18	Doncaster Rovers	22	7	6	9	41	54	7	4	1	31	17	0	2	8	10	37	.75926	20	LWLWLW		2-1
	19	West Ham United	22	6	6	10	47	40	6	1	4	32	15	0	5	6	15	25	1.17500	18	LDLDLW		5-1
	20	Bury	23	5	6	12	40	60	3	3	5	17	25	2	3	7	23	35	.66667	16	WWLLLD		3-3
	21	Plymouth Argyle	23	5	4	14	25	46	3	3	5	15	16	2	1	9	10	30	.54348	14	LLDWDL		1-3
	22	Hull City	22	5	2	15	25	51	3	2	6	17	21	2	0	9	8	30	.49020	12	WLLWWL		1-2