The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 WEST HAM UNITED - Wed Apr 18, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Apr 18, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: Jack Clough
Attendance:: 15,739
Pos Before/After:: 7 5
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Dec 25, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2068 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1243 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2271 (of 5724)
Total:: 3431 (of 7505)
Played:: 68 years, 8 days ago

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

Goals

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Ted Fenton
Prior form: LWWLDL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	24	Stewart Imlach
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	F	31	Peter Small
10	F	32	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Eric Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Ernie Gregory
2	2	John Bond
3	3	Noel Cantwell
4	4	Derek Parker
5	5	Malcolm Allison
6	6	Frank O'Farrell
7	7	Billy Dare
8	8	George Terry Matthews
9	9	Alan Blackburn
10	10	John Dick
11	11	Ken Tucker

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Wed Apr 18, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Middlesbrough	4-2	Lincoln City
Nottingham Forest	0-0	West Ham 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	Status
	1	Sheffield Wednesday	40	19	13	8	91	57	12	5	3	55	25	7	8	5	36	32	1.59649	51	WDWWDL	Safe
	2	Bristol Rovers	40	21	6	13	82	66	13	3	4	52	31	8	3	9	30	35	1.24242	48	WWLWWW	Safe
	3	Leeds United	39	20	6	13	72	58	16	3	1	49	17	4	3	12	23	41	1.24138	46	WWLWWW	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	39	20	5	14	80	61	12	4	4	52	28	8	1	10	28	33	1.31148	45	LWWWLW	Safe
	5	Liverpool	39	19	6	14	82	60	14	3	4	52	25	5	3	10	30	35	1.36667	44	LLWLLW	Safe
	6	Leicester City	40	19	6	15	88	76	14	3	3	60	23	5	3	12	28	53	1.15789	44	WLDLLW	Safe
	7	Nottingham Forest	38	19	6	13	63	57	9	3	7	29	25	10	3	6	34	32	1.10526	44	DWWDWL	Safe
	8	Bristol City	40	18	7	15	78	61	13	4	3	47	20	5	3	12	31	41	1.27869	43	DLLDWL	Safe
	9	Port Vale	40	15	13	12	55	53	11	4	4	33	16	4	9	8	22	37	1.03774	43	WWDDLL	Safe
	10	Fulham	40	18	6	16	81	76	13	2	4	51	24	5	4	12	30	52	1.06579	42	WLDLWW	Safe
	11	Swansea Town	39	18	5	16	75	76	13	3	3	44	20	5	2	13	31	56	.98684	41	LWLLWL	Safe
	12	Lincoln City	37	15	10	12	66	53	12	5	2	45	16	3	5	10	21	37	1.24528	40	DWLDDW	Safe
	13	Stoke City	38	18	4	16	64	56	13	2	6	47	27	5	2	10	17	29	1.14286	40	LDWLWL	Safe
	14	Bury	41	16	8	17	84	85	9	5	6	42	34	7	3	11	42	51	.98824	40	WLLWWW	Safe
	15	West Ham United	39	13	10	16	69	65	11	4	4	47	23	2	6	12	22	42	1.06154	36	LWWLDL	Safe
	16	Doncaster Rovers	39	12	11	16	69	88	11	5	4	45	29	1	6	12	24	59	.78409	35	WWWLDL	Safe
	17	Middlesbrough	38	13	8	17	64	72	9	4	6	37	28	4	4	11	27	44	.88889	34	DDLLLL	Safe
	18	Rotherham United	37	12	9	16	53	65	7	5	5	27	27	5	4	11	26	38	.81538	33	DWWWLL	Safe
	19	Barnsley	40	11	11	18	45	80	10	4	6	32	34	1	7	12	13	46	.56250	33	LDLWWL	Safe
	20	Notts County	41	11	9	21	54	79	8	5	7	38	34	3	4	14	16	45	.68354	31	WLLWDL	Safe
	21	Plymouth Argyle	41	10	7	24	52	85	7	6	8	33	25	3	1	16	19	60	.61176	27	LLLLLW	Relegated
	22	Hull City	39	9	6	24	48	86	5	4	10	28	39	4	2	14	20	47	.55814	24	LDLWDW	Relegated

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)
	1	Sheffield Wednesday	40	19	13	8	91	57	12	5	3	55	25	7	8	5	36	32	1.59649	51	WDWWDL	Safe
	2	Bristol Rovers	40	21	6	13	82	66	13	3	4	52	31	8	3	9	30	35	1.24242	48	WWLWWW	Safe
	3	Leeds United	39	20	6	13	72	58	16	3	1	49	17	4	3	12	23	41	1.24138	46	WWLWWW	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	39	20	5	14	80	61	12	4	4	52	28	8	1	10	28	33	1.31148	45	LWWWLW	Safe
2	5	Nottingham Forest	39	19	7	13	63	57	9	4	7	29	25	10	3	6	34	32	1.10526	45	WWDWLD	Safe	0-0
1	6	Liverpool	39	19	6	14	82	60	14	3	4	52	25	5	3	10	30	35	1.36667	44	LLWLLW	Safe
1	7	Leicester City	40	19	6	15	88	76	14	3	3	60	23	5	3	12	28	53	1.15789	44	WLDLLW	Safe
	8	Bristol City	40	18	7	15	78	61	13	4	3	47	20	5	3	12	31	41	1.27869	43	DLLDWL	Safe
	9	Port Vale	40	15	13	12	55	53	11	4	4	33	16	4	9	8	22	37	1.03774	43	WWDDLL	Safe
	10	Fulham	40	18	6	16	81	76	13	2	4	51	24	5	4	12	30	52	1.06579	42	WLDLWW	Safe
	11	Swansea Town	39	18	5	16	75	76	13	3	3	44	20	5	2	13	31	56	.98684	41	LWLLWL	Safe
	12	Lincoln City	38	15	10	13	68	57	12	5	2	45	16	3	5	11	23	41	1.19298	40	WLDDWL	Safe	2-4
	13	Stoke City	38	18	4	16	64	56	13	2	6	47	27	5	2	10	17	29	1.14286	40	LDWLWL	Safe
	14	Bury	41	16	8	17	84	85	9	5	6	42	34	7	3	11	42	51	.98824	40	WLLWWW	Safe
	15	West Ham United	40	13	11	16	69	65	11	4	4	47	23	2	7	12	22	42	1.06154	37	WWLDLD	Safe	0-0
1	16	Middlesbrough	39	14	8	17	68	74	10	4	6	41	30	4	4	11	27	44	.91892	36	DLLLLW	Safe	4-2
1	17	Doncaster Rovers	39	12	11	16	69	88	11	5	4	45	29	1	6	12	24	59	.78409	35	WWWLDL	Safe
	18	Rotherham United	37	12	9	16	53	65	7	5	5	27	27	5	4	11	26	38	.81538	33	DWWWLL	Safe
	19	Barnsley	40	11	11	18	45	80	10	4	6	32	34	1	7	12	13	46	.56250	33	LDLWWL	Safe
	20	Notts County	41	11	9	21	54	79	8	5	7	38	34	3	4	14	16	45	.68354	31	WLLWDL	Safe
	21	Plymouth Argyle	41	10	7	24	52	85	7	6	8	33	25	3	1	16	19	60	.61176	27	LLLLLW	Relegated
	22	Hull City	39	9	6	24	48	86	5	4	10	28	39	4	2	14	20	47	.55814	24	LDLWDW	Relegated