The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 1 - 5 FOREST - Tue Aug 21, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Aug 21, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-1 (Won)

Attendance:: 27,898
Position Before:: 6
Position After:: 1
Referee:
Season:: 1956-57

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Fulham

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2072 (of 4769)
League Tier 2: 1247 (of 2352)
Competitive:: 2275 (of 5459)
Total:: 3427 (of 7192)

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

Forest Goals:
William Morley
Jim Barrett
Jim Barrett
Doug Lishman
Doug Lishman

Bristol City Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Willie Fraser
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	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Doug Lishman
11	F	Stewart Imlach
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Tue Aug 21, 1956)

Home	F	A	Away
Bristol City	1	5	Nottingham Forest
Bury	3	2	Middlesbrough

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Sheffield United	2	2	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	0	7	4
	2	Leicester City	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	4
	3	Stoke City	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3
	4	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
	5	Swansea City	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
	6	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	2
	7	West Ham United	2	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	1	2
	8	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	2
	9	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	-2	2
	10	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	10	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	12	Notts County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	12	Bury	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
	14	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
	14	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	14	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	17	Fulham	2	0	0	2	3	9	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	5	-6	0
	18	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
	19	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
	19	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
	21	Grimsby Town	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0
	21	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
⇧	1	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	2	7	4
	1	Sheffield United	2	2	0	0	9	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	0	7	4
⇩	3	Leicester City	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	4
⇩	4	Stoke City	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3
⇧	5	Bury	2	1	1	0	5	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	3
⇩	6	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
⇩	7	Swansea City	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
⇩	8	West Ham United	2	1	0	1	5	4	3	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	1	2
⇩	9	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	1	4	4	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	2
⇩	10	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	-2	2
⇩	11	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
⇩	11	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
⇩	13	Notts County	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	14	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
⇩	15	Middlesbrough	2	0	1	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	1
⇩	16	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	1	-4	1
	17	Fulham	2	0	0	2	3	9	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	5	-6	0
	18	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
	19	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	1	1	4	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
	19	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
	21	Grimsby Town	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0
	21	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0