The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 4 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sat Mar 17, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 17, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-4 (Lost)

Attendance:: 22,918
Pos Before/After:: 8/10
Opp Before/After:: 14/14
Referee:
Season:: 1955-56
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Bristol City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2060 (of 4860)
League Tier 2:: 1235 (of 2443)
Competitive:: 2263 (of 5556)
Total:: 3415 (of 7304)

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

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

Goals:
Peter Small
Doug Lishman - Doug Lishman first goal

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager:
Prior form: LWLWWL (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	Peter Small
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	M	Peter Higham
10	F	Doug Lishman	Debut
11	F	Stewart Imlach

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Mar 17, 1956)

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

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	Sheffield Wednesday	34	16	11	7	78	48	10	5	2	49	22	6	6	5	29	26	1.625	43	WWWLWW
	2	Leicester City	34	17	5	12	80	61	12	2	2	53	18	5	3	10	27	43	1.311	39	WLWDWL
	3	Liverpool	32	16	6	10	69	49	11	3	3	41	20	5	3	7	28	29	1.408	38	WLLWWW
	4	Bristol City	33	16	5	12	70	53	12	2	3	43	19	4	3	9	27	34	1.321	37	WLLDWL
	5	Bristol Rovers	33	16	5	12	72	59	11	2	3	45	24	5	3	9	27	35	1.220	37	LWDWLL
	6	Swansea Town	33	16	5	12	63	59	11	3	3	36	18	5	2	9	27	41	1.068	37	WDLLWL
	7	Port Vale	33	13	11	9	47	44	9	4	3	27	13	4	7	6	20	31	1.068	37	WDLWLW
	8	Nottingham Forest	31	16	4	11	52	48	8	2	5	23	17	8	2	6	29	31	1.083	36	DWLWWW
	9	Leeds United	32	15	6	11	53	49	13	3	1	35	14	2	3	10	18	35	1.082	36	DDWLDL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	32	15	5	12	64	52	8	4	4	41	25	7	1	8	23	27	1.231	35	WWDLWW
	11	Fulham	33	15	4	14	67	61	11	2	3	45	21	4	2	11	22	40	1.098	34	WLDDLW
	12	Stoke City	30	15	3	12	53	47	10	1	5	36	23	5	2	7	17	24	1.128	33	WDLWLW
	13	Lincoln City	30	12	7	11	52	44	9	5	1	37	13	3	2	10	15	31	1.182	31	LWLWDL
	14	Middlesbrough	31	12	6	13	55	61	9	3	4	35	24	3	3	9	20	37	.902	30	LWLWWL
	15	Bury	32	11	8	13	62	73	7	5	5	31	32	4	3	8	31	41	.849	30	WDDWLW
	16	West Ham United	30	10	8	12	56	48	9	2	4	38	17	1	6	8	18	31	1.167	28	WDLDWW
	17	Barnsley	34	9	10	15	38	65	8	3	6	26	30	1	7	9	12	35	.585	28	LDDWLL
	18	Rotherham United	30	9	8	13	42	53	6	4	4	23	22	3	4	9	19	31	.792	26	LDWDLL
	19	Doncaster Rovers	30	8	9	13	54	73	8	5	2	36	22	0	4	11	18	51	.740	25	DLLDLL
	20	Notts County	34	9	7	18	47	67	6	4	7	32	30	3	3	11	15	37	.701	25	LLLWLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	34	9	6	19	44	68	6	5	6	29	21	3	1	13	15	47	.647	24	LWDLWW
	22	Hull City	31	7	3	21	37	73	4	2	8	20	29	3	1	13	17	44	.507	17	LLWLLW

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
	1	Sheffield Wednesday	34	16	11	7	78	48	10	5	2	49	22	6	6	5	29	26	1.625	43	WWWLWW
	2	Leicester City	35	18	5	12	83	62	13	2	2	56	19	5	3	10	27	43	1.339	41	LWDWLW
	3	Liverpool	33	17	6	10	73	50	12	3	3	45	21	5	3	7	28	29	1.460	40	LLWWWW
	4	Bristol City	34	17	5	12	73	54	12	2	3	43	19	5	3	9	30	35	1.352	39	LLDWLW
	5	Bristol Rovers	34	16	6	12	74	61	11	3	3	47	26	5	3	9	27	35	1.213	38	WDWLLD
4	6	Blackburn Rovers	33	16	5	12	68	53	9	4	4	45	26	7	1	8	23	27	1.283	37	WDLWWW
	7	Port Vale	34	13	11	10	47	45	9	4	3	27	13	4	7	7	20	32	1.044	37	DLWLWL
2	8	Swansea Town	34	16	5	13	64	63	11	3	3	36	18	5	2	10	28	45	1.016	37	DLLWLL
	9	Leeds United	33	15	6	12	54	51	13	3	1	35	14	2	3	11	19	37	1.059	36	DWLDLL
2	10	Nottingham Forest	32	16	4	12	54	52	8	2	6	25	21	8	2	6	29	31	1.038	36	WLWWWL
1	11	Stoke City	31	16	3	12	55	48	11	1	5	38	24	5	2	7	17	24	1.146	35	DLWLWW
1	12	Fulham	34	15	5	14	69	63	11	2	3	45	21	4	3	11	24	42	1.095	35	LDDLWD
	13	Lincoln City	31	13	7	11	53	44	10	5	1	38	13	3	2	10	15	31	1.205	33	WLWDLW
	14	Middlesbrough	32	13	6	13	59	63	9	3	4	35	24	4	3	9	24	39	.937	32	WLWWLW
	15	Bury	33	12	8	13	65	75	7	5	5	31	32	5	3	8	34	43	.867	32	DDWLWW
	16	West Ham United	31	10	8	13	57	52	9	2	4	38	17	1	6	9	19	35	1.096	28	DLDWWL
	17	Barnsley	34	9	10	15	38	65	8	3	6	26	30	1	7	9	12	35	.585	28	LDDWLL
	18	Rotherham United	31	9	8	14	43	56	6	4	4	23	22	3	4	10	20	34	.768	26	DWDLLL
1	19	Notts County	35	9	8	18	48	68	6	4	7	32	30	3	4	11	16	38	.706	26	LLWLLD
1	20	Doncaster Rovers	31	8	9	14	56	76	8	5	3	38	25	0	4	11	18	51	.737	25	LLDLLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	35	9	7	19	45	69	6	6	6	30	22	3	1	13	15	47	.652	25	WDLWWD
	22	Hull City	32	7	3	22	38	76	4	2	9	21	32	3	1	13	17	44	.500	17	LWLLWL