ROTHERHAM UNITED 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Sep 15, 1956 (League Tier 2)
- Date:
- Sat Sep 15, 1956 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Rotherham United
- Home/Away:
- Away
- Ground:
- Millmoor
- Game Type:
- League Tier 2
- Score:
- 2-3 (Lost)
- Attendance:
- 12,512
- Position Before:
- 1
- Position After:
- 1
- Referee:
- Season:
- 1956-57
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 2:
- Port Vale
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 2078 (of 4780)
- League Tier 2
- 1253 (of 2363)
- Competitive:
- 2281 (of 5470)
- Total:
- 3433 (of 7203)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
Rotherham United 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 | Freddie Scott  | Last game |
| 9 | F | Tommy Wilson | |
| 10 | F | Doug Lishman | |
| 11 | F | Stewart Imlach |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league games on this day (Sat Sep 15, 1956)
Table before:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 11 | |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | |
| 25 | Leicester City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 28 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| 29 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 9 | |
| 31 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 9 | |
| 32 | West Ham United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 35 | Liverpool | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 38 | Swansea City | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 8 | |
| 39 | Fulham | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 41 | Stoke City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 8 | |
| 42 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
| 43 | Lincoln City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |
| 45 | Barnsley | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 7 | |
| 47 | Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 6 | |
| 49 | Leyton Orient | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 6 | |
| 57 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 4 | |
| 58 | Bury | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 4 | |
| 61 | Bristol City | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 4 | |
| 66 | Notts County | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 3 | |
| 70 | Rotherham United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 2 | |
Table after:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| ⇩ | 9 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 12 |
| ⇩ | 10 | Sheffield United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 12 |
| ⇩ | 20 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| ⇧ | 22 | Leicester City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| ⇧ | 29 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 11 |
| ⇧ | 33 | Swansea City | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 |
| ⇩ | 35 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| ⇧ | 36 | Stoke City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| ⇩ | 38 | West Ham United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 45 | Lincoln City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 46 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 53 | Liverpool | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| ⇩ | 55 | Fulham | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 8 |
| ⇩ | 58 | Barnsley | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| ⇩ | 62 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 63 | Port Vale | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 65 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 76 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 78 | Notts County | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 79 | Bristol City | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 81 | Bury | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 83 | Rotherham United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 4 |