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)
- Attendance:
- 32,656
- Position Before:
- 2
- Position After:
- 3
- Referee:
- Season:
- 1956-57
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 2:
- Middlesbrough
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 2085 (of 4775)
- League Tier 2
- 1260 (of 2358)
- Competitive:
- 2288 (of 5465)
- Total:
- 3441 (of 7198)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
Stoke City Goals:
Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker
| Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Harry Nicholson | |
| 2 | M | Jack Hutchinson | |
| 3 | D | Geoff Thomas (1944-60) | |
| 4 | F | William Morley | |
| 5 | D | Bob McKinlay | |
| 6 | M | Jack Burkitt | |
| 7 | F | Peter Small | |
| 8 | F | Eddie Baily | |
| 9 | M | Peter Higham | |
| 10 | F | Doug Lishman  | |
| 11 | F | Stewart Imlach |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Games on this day (Sat Nov 03, 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 | |
| 4 | Leicester City | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 23 | |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 21 | |
| 16 | Stoke City | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 20 | |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 19 | |
| 28 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 18 | |
| 36 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 17 | |
| 38 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 17 | |
| 42 | Fulham | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 16 | |
| 44 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 16 | |
| 50 | Lincoln City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| 59 | West Ham United | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| 62 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 14 | |
| 64 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 13 | |
| 65 | Liverpool | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 13 | |
| 67 | Swansea City | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -8 | 13 | |
| 68 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 13 | |
| 71 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 12 | |
| 76 | Barnsley | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 11 | |
| 83 | Rotherham United | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 9 | |
| 84 | Port Vale | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 9 | |
| 87 | Notts County | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 8 | |
| 88 | Bury | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -22 | 7 | |
Table after:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| ⇩ | 6 | Leicester City | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 24 |
| ⇧ | 12 | Stoke City | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 22 |
| ⇩ | 15 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 21 |
| ⇧ | 24 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 20 |
| ⇩ | 27 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 19 |
| ⇧ | 28 | Sheffield United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 19 |
| ⇧ | 29 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 19 |
| ⇧ | 48 | Lincoln City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| ⇩ | 53 | Fulham | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 16 |
| ⇩ | 56 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| ⇧ | 57 | Bristol City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| ⇧ | 60 | Liverpool | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| ⇧ | 61 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 15 |
| ⇩ | 65 | West Ham United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| ⇧ | 66 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 14 |
| 67 | Swansea City | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 25 | -8 | 14 | |
| ⇩ | 68 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| ⇧ | 78 | Rotherham United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 79 | Barnsley | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 85 | Port Vale | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -13 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 89 | Notts County | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | -22 | 8 |
| ⇩ | 90 | Bury | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -23 | 7 |