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)

Attendance:: 32,656
Position Before:: 2
Position After:: 3
Referee:
Season:: 1956-57

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Middlesbrough

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2085 (of 4764)
League Tier 2: 1260 (of 2347)
Competitive:: 2288 (of 5452)
Total:: 3441 (of 7185)

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

Forest Goals:
Doug Lishman

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
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Sat Nov 03, 1956)

Home	F	A	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 City
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

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	Leicester City	15	10	3	2	43	25	5	2	0	26	9	5	1	2	17	16	18	23
	2	Nottingham Forest	14	9	3	2	37	18	5	2	0	19	9	4	1	2	18	9	19	21
	3	Stoke City	16	8	4	4	37	23	6	2	0	30	7	2	2	4	7	16	14	20
	4	Bristol Rovers	15	8	3	4	32	19	5	1	1	17	6	3	2	3	15	13	13	19
	5	Middlesbrough	15	6	6	3	31	24	4	3	0	16	9	2	3	3	15	15	7	18
	6	Sheffield United	14	7	3	4	37	25	4	2	1	19	10	3	1	3	18	15	12	17
	7	Doncaster Rovers	15	6	5	4	33	25	4	2	1	20	9	2	3	3	13	16	8	17
	8	Fulham	15	8	0	7	30	27	6	0	2	19	12	2	0	5	11	15	3	16
	9	Huddersfield Town	15	7	2	6	22	23	4	1	2	11	7	3	1	4	11	16	-1	16
	10	Lincoln City	14	6	3	5	21	21	3	1	3	9	7	3	2	2	12	14	0	15
	11	West Ham United	14	5	4	5	17	14	1	2	4	6	10	4	2	1	11	4	3	14
	12	Bristol City	15	5	4	6	24	30	5	0	3	16	16	0	4	3	8	14	-6	14
	13	Grimsby Town	15	6	1	8	21	18	5	1	1	15	5	1	0	7	6	13	3	13
	14	Swansea City	14	6	1	7	31	39	4	1	3	22	15	2	0	4	9	24	-8	13
	15	Liverpool	14	4	5	5	24	26	3	1	3	16	16	1	4	2	8	10	-2	13
	15	Leyton Orient	14	4	5	5	24	31	2	3	2	12	12	2	2	3	12	19	-7	13
	17	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	2	7	30	38	2	1	3	17	16	3	1	4	13	22	-8	12
	18	Barnsley	14	4	3	7	26	36	2	2	4	17	21	2	1	3	9	15	-10	11
	19	Port Vale	14	3	3	8	19	29	2	3	2	9	8	1	0	6	10	21	-10	9
	19	Rotherham United	13	3	3	7	19	27	2	1	4	11	13	1	2	3	8	14	-8	9
	21	Notts County	14	2	4	8	19	37	1	3	4	9	14	1	1	4	10	23	-18	8
	22	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
	1	Leicester City	16	10	4	2	44	26	9	3	0	27	10	5	1	2	17	16	18	24
⇧	2	Stoke City	17	9	4	4	39	24	8	2	0	32	8	2	2	4	7	16	15	22
⇩	3	Nottingham Forest	15	9	3	3	38	20	9	2	0	19	9	4	1	3	19	11	18	21
⇧	4	Middlesbrough	16	7	6	3	34	25	10	3	0	19	10	2	3	3	15	15	9	20
⇧	5	Sheffield United	15	8	3	4	41	26	10	2	1	19	10	4	1	3	22	16	15	19
⇧	6	Doncaster Rovers	16	7	5	4	36	25	10	2	1	23	9	2	3	3	13	16	11	19
⇩	7	Bristol Rovers	16	8	3	5	32	20	6	1	2	17	7	3	2	3	15	13	12	19
⇧	8	Lincoln City	15	7	3	5	22	21	7	1	3	9	7	4	2	2	13	14	1	17
⇩	9	Fulham	16	8	0	8	31	30	12	0	2	19	12	2	0	6	12	18	1	16
⇧	10	Bristol City	16	6	4	6	27	32	16	0	3	16	16	1	4	3	11	16	-5	16
⇩	11	Huddersfield Town	16	7	2	7	23	27	7	1	3	12	11	3	1	4	11	16	-4	16
⇧	12	Liverpool	15	5	5	5	28	27	17	1	3	20	17	1	4	2	8	10	1	15
⇧	13	Leyton Orient	15	5	5	5	26	31	13	3	2	14	12	2	2	3	12	19	-5	15
⇩	14	West Ham United	15	5	4	6	17	17	10	2	4	6	10	4	2	2	11	7	0	14
⇧	15	Blackburn Rovers	15	6	2	7	33	39	16	1	3	17	16	4	1	4	16	23	-6	14
⇩	16	Swansea City	15	6	2	7	32	40	15	1	3	22	15	2	1	4	10	25	-8	14
⇩	17	Grimsby Town	16	6	1	9	22	21	5	1	2	16	8	1	0	7	6	13	1	13
	18	Barnsley	15	4	3	8	26	38	21	2	4	17	21	2	1	4	9	17	-12	11
	19	Rotherham United	14	4	3	7	24	28	13	1	4	11	13	2	2	3	13	15	-4	11
⇩	20	Port Vale	15	3	3	9	20	33	8	3	2	9	8	1	0	7	11	25	-13	9
	21	Notts County	15	2	4	9	20	42	14	3	5	10	19	1	1	4	10	23	-22	8
	22	Bury	16	2	3	11	26	49	21	1	6	15	24	1	2	5	11	25	-23	7