The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 24, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 24, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-0

Attendance:: 22,824
Pos Before/After:: 10/11
Opp Before/After:: 4/4
Referee:
Season:: 1955-56
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Leeds United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2061 (of 4860)
League Tier 2:: 1236 (of 2443)
Competitive:: 2264 (of 5556)
Total:: 3416 (of 7304)

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

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

Goals:

BRISTOL CITY
Manager:
Prior form: LLDWLW (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	Freddie Scott
9	M	Peter Higham
10	F	Doug Lishman
11	F	Stewart Imlach

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Mar 24, 1956)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	2	2	Doncaster Rovers
Bristol City	0	0	Nottingham Forest
Bury	0	1	Bristol Rovers
Fulham	2	0	Stoke City
Leeds United	4	2	Plymouth Argyle
Middlesbrough	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday
Notts County	2	1	Liverpool
Port Vale	4	1	Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United	2	2	Lincoln City
Swansea City	6	1	Leicester City
West Ham United	1	1	Hull 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	Sheffield Wednesday	35	17	11	7	81	48	11	5	2	52	22	6	6	5	29	26	1.688	45	WWLWWW
	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
	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
	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
	10	Nottingham Forest	32	16	4	12	54	52	8	2	6	25	21	8	2	6	29	31	1.038	36	WLWWWL
	11	Stoke City	31	16	3	12	55	48	11	1	5	38	24	5	2	7	17	24	1.146	35	DLWLWW
	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	34	12	8	14	67	78	7	5	5	31	32	5	3	9	36	46	.859	32	DWLWWL
	16	West Ham United	32	11	8	13	60	54	10	2	4	41	19	1	6	9	19	35	1.111	30	LDWWLW
	17	Barnsley	35	9	10	16	38	68	8	3	6	26	30	1	7	10	12	38	.559	28	DDWLLL
	18	Rotherham United	31	9	8	14	43	56	6	4	4	23	22	3	4	10	20	34	.768	26	DWDLLL
	19	Notts County	35	9	8	18	48	68	6	4	7	32	30	3	4	11	16	38	.706	26	LLWLLD
	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

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	36	17	12	7	83	50	11	5	2	52	22	6	7	5	31	28	1.660	46	WLWWWD
	2	Leicester City	36	18	5	13	84	68	13	2	2	56	19	5	3	11	28	49	1.235	41	WDWLWL
	3	Liverpool	34	17	6	11	74	52	12	3	3	45	21	5	3	8	29	31	1.423	40	LWWWWL
	4	Bristol City	35	17	6	12	73	54	12	3	3	43	19	5	3	9	30	35	1.352	40	LDWLWD
	5	Bristol Rovers	35	17	6	12	75	61	11	3	3	47	26	6	3	9	28	35	1.230	40	DWLLDW
1	6	Port Vale	35	14	11	10	51	46	10	4	3	31	14	4	7	7	20	32	1.109	39	LWLWLW
1	7	Swansea Town	35	17	5	13	70	64	12	3	3	42	19	5	2	10	28	45	1.094	39	LLWLLW
1	8	Leeds United	34	16	6	12	58	53	14	3	1	39	16	2	3	11	19	37	1.094	38	WLDLLW
3	9	Blackburn Rovers	34	16	5	13	69	57	9	4	4	45	26	7	1	9	24	31	1.211	37	DLWWWL
2	10	Fulham	35	16	5	14	71	63	12	2	3	47	21	4	3	11	24	42	1.127	37	DDLWDW
1	11	Nottingham Forest	33	16	5	12	54	52	8	2	6	25	21	8	3	6	29	31	1.038	37	LWWWLD
1	12	Stoke City	32	16	3	13	55	50	11	1	5	38	24	5	2	8	17	26	1.100	35	LWLWWL
	13	Lincoln City	32	13	8	11	55	46	10	5	1	38	13	3	3	10	17	33	1.196	34	LWDLWD
	14	Middlesbrough	33	13	7	13	61	65	9	4	4	37	26	4	3	9	24	39	.938	33	LWWLWD
	15	Bury	35	12	8	15	67	79	7	5	6	31	33	5	3	9	36	46	.848	32	WLWWLL
	16	West Ham United	33	11	9	13	61	55	10	3	4	42	20	1	6	9	19	35	1.109	31	DWWLWD
	17	Barnsley	36	9	11	16	40	70	8	4	6	28	32	1	7	10	12	38	.571	29	DWLLLD
1	18	Notts County	36	10	8	18	50	69	7	4	7	34	31	3	4	11	16	38	.725	28	LWLLDW
1	19	Rotherham United	32	9	9	14	45	58	6	5	4	25	24	3	4	10	20	34	.776	27	WDLLLD
	20	Doncaster Rovers	32	8	10	14	58	78	8	5	3	38	25	0	5	11	20	53	.744	26	LDLLLD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	36	9	7	20	47	73	6	6	6	30	22	3	1	14	17	51	.644	25	DLWWDL
	22	Hull City	33	7	4	22	39	77	4	2	9	21	32	3	2	13	18	45	.506	18	WLLWLD