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 4780)
- League Tier 2
- 1247 (of 2363)
- Competitive:
- 2275 (of 5470)
- Total:
- 3427 (of 7203)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
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 |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league 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 | |
| 3 | Leicester City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 6 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | Swansea City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 38 | West Ham United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 44 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 2 | |
| 46 | Barnsley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | Port Vale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | Notts County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | Bury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 58 | Bristol City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 58 | Middlesbrough | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 58 | Lincoln City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 62 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |
| 70 | Fulham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 0 | |
| 73 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |
| 77 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |
| 84 | Rotherham United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |
| 84 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | |
| ⇩ | 2 | Sheffield United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| ⇧ | 2 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 6 | Leicester City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 10 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| ⇧ | 12 | Bury | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| ⇩ | 16 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| ⇩ | 19 | Swansea City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 38 | West Ham United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| ⇩ | 41 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| ⇩ | 47 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 2 |
| ⇩ | 49 | Barnsley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ⇩ | 49 | Port Vale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ⇩ | 52 | Notts County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 58 | Lincoln City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| ⇩ | 59 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| ⇩ | 63 | Bristol City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| ⇩ | 64 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 70 | Fulham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 0 | |
| ⇩ | 74 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 77 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |
| 84 | Rotherham United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |
| 84 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |