The City Ground

STOKE CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 03, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 03, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: N Hough
Attendance:: 32,656
Pos Before/After:: 2 3
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Mar 16, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2086 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1261 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2289 (of 5768)
Total:: 3453 (of 7556)
Played:: 68 years, 8 months, 2 days ago

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

Goals
Doug Lishman (78')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Frank Taylor
Prior form: DWWWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Frank Bowyer (12')
Harry Oscroft (35')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	32	Peter Small
8	F	31	Eddie Baily
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	33	Doug Lishman (78')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Robertson
2	D	Frank Mountford
3	D	John McCue
4	D	Johnny Sellars
5	D	Ken Thomson
6	M	Bobby Cairns
7	M	Tim Coleman
8	M	Frank Bowyer
9	M	Johnny King
10	F	George Kelly
11	F	Harry Oscroft

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 03, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	0-1	Lincoln City
Bury	2-3	Bristol City
Doncaster Rovers	3-0	West Ham United
Grimsby Town	1-3	Blackburn Rovers
Huddersfield Town	1-4	Sheffield United
Leicester City	1-1	Swansea Town
Leyton Orient	2-0	Barnsley
Liverpool	4-1	Port Vale
Middlesbrough	3-1	Fulham
Notts County	1-5	Rotherham United
Stoke City	2-1	Nottingham Forest

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	Leicester City	15	10	3	2	43	25	5	2	0	26	9	5	1	2	17	16	1.72000	23	WLWWWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	14	9	3	2	37	18	5	2	0	19	9	4	1	2	18	9	2.05556	21	WDLWWW
	3	Stoke City	16	8	4	4	37	23	6	2	0	30	7	2	2	4	7	16	1.60870	20	DWWWDL
	4	Bristol Rovers	15	8	3	4	32	19	5	1	1	17	6	3	2	3	15	13	1.68421	19	LWWWDD
	5	Middlesbrough	15	6	6	3	31	24	4	3	0	16	9	2	3	3	15	15	1.29167	18	DDWWWD
	6	Sheffield United	14	7	3	4	37	25	4	2	1	19	10	3	1	3	18	15	1.48000	17	LWLWDL
	7	Doncaster Rovers	15	6	5	4	33	25	4	2	1	20	9	2	3	3	13	16	1.32000	17	WDWLWL
	8	Fulham	15	8	0	7	30	27	6	0	2	19	12	2	0	5	11	15	1.11111	16	WLWWLW
	9	Huddersfield Town	15	7	2	6	22	23	4	1	2	11	7	3	1	4	11	16	.95652	16	LDWWLL
	10	Lincoln City	14	6	3	5	21	21	3	1	3	9	7	3	2	2	12	14	1.00000	15	WWLLWL
	11	West Ham United	14	5	4	5	17	14	1	2	4	6	10	4	2	1	11	4	1.21429	14	WLWLDL
	12	Bristol City	15	5	4	6	24	30	5	0	3	16	16	0	4	3	8	14	.80000	14	WWDWLW
	13	Grimsby Town	15	6	1	8	21	18	5	1	1	15	5	1	0	7	6	13	1.16667	13	LLWLWW
	14	Liverpool	14	4	5	5	24	26	3	1	3	16	16	1	4	2	8	10	.92308	13	DWLLWL
	15	Swansea Town	14	6	1	7	31	39	4	1	3	22	15	2	0	4	9	24	.79487	13	LLLWLD
	16	Leyton Orient	14	4	5	5	24	31	2	3	2	12	12	2	2	3	12	19	.77419	13	LDLDWW
	17	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	2	7	30	38	2	1	3	17	16	3	1	4	13	22	.78947	12	WLWDLW
	18	Barnsley	14	4	3	7	26	36	2	2	4	17	21	2	1	3	9	15	.72222	11	LDLLLW
	19	Rotherham United	13	3	3	7	19	27	2	1	4	11	13	1	2	3	8	14	.70370	9	LWLLWD
	20	Port Vale	14	3	3	8	19	29	2	3	2	9	8	1	0	6	10	21	.65517	9	WLLLLL
	21	Notts County	14	2	4	8	19	37	1	3	4	9	14	1	1	4	10	23	.51351	8	LLDLLW
	22	Bury	15	2	3	10	24	46	1	1	5	13	21	1	2	5	11	25	.52174	7	WDLLLL

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	Leicester City	16	10	4	2	44	26	5	3	0	27	10	5	1	2	17	16	1.69231	24	LWWWWD		1-1
1	2	Stoke City	17	9	4	4	39	24	7	2	0	32	8	2	2	4	7	16	1.62500	22	WWWDLW		2-1
1	3	Nottingham Forest	15	9	3	3	38	20	5	2	0	19	9	4	1	3	19	11	1.90000	21	DLWWWL		1-2
1	4	Middlesbrough	16	7	6	3	34	25	5	3	0	19	10	2	3	3	15	15	1.36000	20	DWWWDW		3-1
1	5	Bristol Rovers	16	8	3	5	32	20	5	1	2	17	7	3	2	3	15	13	1.60000	19	WWWDDL		0-1
	6	Sheffield United	15	8	3	4	41	26	4	2	1	19	10	4	1	3	22	16	1.57692	19	WLWDLW		4-1
	7	Doncaster Rovers	16	7	5	4	36	25	5	2	1	23	9	2	3	3	13	16	1.44000	19	DWLWLW		3-0
2	8	Lincoln City	15	7	3	5	22	21	3	1	3	9	7	4	2	2	13	14	1.04762	17	WLLWLW		1-0
1	9	Fulham	16	8	0	8	31	30	6	0	2	19	12	2	0	6	12	18	1.03333	16	LWWLWL		1-3
1	10	Huddersfield Town	16	7	2	7	23	27	4	1	3	12	11	3	1	4	11	16	.85185	16	DWWLLL		1-4
1	11	Bristol City	16	6	4	6	27	32	5	0	3	16	16	1	4	3	11	16	.84375	16	WDWLWW		3-2
2	12	Liverpool	15	5	5	5	28	27	4	1	3	20	17	1	4	2	8	10	1.03704	15	WLLWLW		4-1
3	13	Leyton Orient	15	5	5	5	26	31	3	3	2	14	12	2	2	3	12	19	.83871	15	DLDWWW		2-0
3	14	West Ham United	15	5	4	6	17	17	1	2	4	6	10	4	2	2	11	7	1.00000	14	LWLDLL		0-3
2	15	Blackburn Rovers	15	6	2	7	33	39	2	1	3	17	16	4	1	4	16	23	.84615	14	LWDLWW		3-1
1	16	Swansea Town	15	6	2	7	32	40	4	1	3	22	15	2	1	4	10	25	.80000	14	LLWLDD		1-1
4	17	Grimsby Town	16	6	1	9	22	21	5	1	2	16	8	1	0	7	6	13	1.04762	13	LWLWWL		1-3
1	18	Rotherham United	14	4	3	7	24	28	2	1	4	11	13	2	2	3	13	15	.85714	11	WLLWDW		5-1
1	19	Barnsley	15	4	3	8	26	38	2	2	4	17	21	2	1	4	9	17	.68421	11	DLLLWL		0-2
	20	Port Vale	15	3	3	9	20	33	2	3	2	9	8	1	0	7	11	25	.60606	9	LLLLLL		1-4
	21	Notts County	15	2	4	9	20	42	1	3	5	10	19	1	1	4	10	23	.47619	8	LDLLWL		1-5
	22	Bury	16	2	3	11	26	49	1	1	6	15	24	1	2	5	11	25	.53061	7	DLLLLL		2-3