The City Ground

FULHAM 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 22, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 22, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Craven Cottage
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 (Won)

Attendance:: 12,499
Pos Before/After:: 3/4
Opp Before/After:: 12/12
Referee:
Season:: 1956-57
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: West Ham United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2092 (of 4860)
League Tier 2:: 1267 (of 2443)
Competitive:: 2295 (of 5557)
Total:: 3450 (of 7305)

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

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

Goals:
Stewart Imlach

FULHAM
Manager:
Prior form: DLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

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	M	Peter Higham
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Eddie Baily
11	F	Stewart Imlach

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Dec 22, 1956)

Home	F	A	Away
Bristol Rovers	6	1	Doncaster Rovers
Fulham	0	1	Nottingham Forest
Leicester City	3	2	Stoke City
Leyton Orient	3	1	Huddersfield Town
Lincoln City	1	2	Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool	2	0	Bury
Middlesbrough	1	2	Barnsley
Notts County	0	1	Grimsby Town
Rotherham United	6	1	Bristol City
Swansea City	3	1	West Ham United

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
	1	Leicester City	22	13	6	3	56	32	6	4	0	32	12	7	2	3	24	20	1.750	32	DDLWWW
	2	Stoke City	23	13	5	5	54	31	10	2	0	43	11	3	3	5	11	20	1.742	31	LWWWDW
	3	Nottingham Forest	21	10	6	5	41	27	6	3	2	22	16	4	3	3	19	11	1.519	26	LDDDWL
	4	Bristol Rovers	22	11	4	7	44	29	7	1	2	23	8	4	3	5	21	21	1.517	26	WWDWLL
	5	Middlesbrough	22	10	6	6	46	32	7	3	0	25	11	3	3	6	21	21	1.438	26	WWLWLL
	6	Sheffield United	21	11	4	6	53	41	6	3	2	28	19	5	1	4	25	22	1.293	26	DWWLWL
	7	Doncaster Rovers	22	9	6	7	47	38	7	2	2	31	12	2	4	5	16	26	1.237	24	DWLWLL
	8	Leyton Orient	21	9	6	6	37	39	4	4	2	18	15	5	2	4	19	24	.949	24	WWWDLW
	9	Liverpool	21	8	7	6	43	32	6	1	3	29	18	2	6	3	14	14	1.344	23	DWDWLW
	10	West Ham United	21	9	5	7	28	26	5	2	4	13	13	4	3	3	15	13	1.077	23	WLWDWW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	21	10	3	8	46	48	5	2	3	27	21	5	1	5	19	27	.958	23	DLWWWW
	12	Fulham	22	10	1	11	42	44	8	1	2	29	16	2	0	9	13	28	.955	21	DLWLWL
	13	Huddersfield Town	22	9	3	10	36	40	5	1	5	15	17	4	2	5	21	23	.900	21	WWDLLL
	14	Lincoln City	21	9	3	9	26	35	5	1	4	12	9	4	2	5	14	26	.743	21	WLLLWL
	15	Swansea Town	21	8	3	10	47	56	5	2	4	29	21	3	1	6	18	35	.839	19	LWDLWL
	16	Bristol City	22	7	5	10	36	45	6	0	6	22	23	1	5	4	14	22	.800	19	LLLDLW
	17	Grimsby Town	22	8	2	12	29	29	6	2	3	20	12	2	0	9	9	17	1.000	18	WLLDLW
	18	Barnsley	21	7	4	10	36	49	4	3	5	23	28	3	1	5	13	21	.735	18	LWWLDW
	19	Rotherham United	20	6	5	9	41	43	3	3	4	18	19	3	2	5	23	24	.953	17	DLDLWW
	20	Port Vale	21	5	3	13	30	45	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	10	13	32	.667	13	LLWLWL
	21	Bury	22	3	5	14	35	61	2	2	7	21	30	1	3	7	14	31	.574	11	DLLDLW
	22	Notts County	21	3	4	14	27	58	2	3	6	14	25	1	1	8	13	33	.466	10	LLLWLL

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
	1	Leicester City	23	14	6	3	59	34	7	4	0	35	14	7	2	3	24	20	1.735	34	DLWWWW
	2	Stoke City	24	13	5	6	56	34	10	2	0	43	11	3	3	6	13	23	1.647	31	WWWDWL
1	3	Bristol Rovers	23	12	4	7	50	30	8	1	2	29	9	4	3	5	21	21	1.667	28	WDWLLW
1	4	Nottingham Forest	22	11	6	5	42	27	6	3	2	22	16	5	3	3	20	11	1.556	28	DDDWLW
	5	Middlesbrough	23	10	6	7	47	34	7	3	1	26	13	3	3	6	21	21	1.382	26	WLWLLL
	6	Sheffield United	21	11	4	6	53	41	6	3	2	28	19	5	1	4	25	22	1.293	26	DWWLWL
1	7	Leyton Orient	22	10	6	6	40	40	5	4	2	21	16	5	2	4	19	24	1.000	26	WWDLWW
1	8	Liverpool	22	9	7	6	45	32	7	1	3	31	18	2	6	3	14	14	1.406	25	WDWLWW
2	9	Blackburn Rovers	22	11	3	8	48	49	5	2	3	27	21	6	1	5	21	28	.980	25	LWWWWW
3	10	Doncaster Rovers	23	9	6	8	48	44	7	2	2	31	12	2	4	6	17	32	1.091	24	WLWLLL
1	11	West Ham United	22	9	5	8	29	29	5	2	4	13	13	4	3	4	16	16	1.000	23	LWDWWL
	12	Fulham	23	10	1	12	42	45	8	1	3	29	17	2	0	9	13	28	.933	21	LWLWLL
2	13	Swansea Town	22	9	3	10	50	57	6	2	4	32	22	3	1	6	18	35	.877	21	WDLWLW
1	14	Huddersfield Town	23	9	3	11	37	43	5	1	5	15	17	4	2	6	22	26	.860	21	WDLLLL
1	15	Lincoln City	22	9	3	10	27	37	5	1	5	13	11	4	2	5	14	26	.730	21	LLLWLL
1	16	Grimsby Town	23	9	2	12	30	29	6	2	3	20	12	3	0	9	10	17	1.034	20	LLDLWW
1	17	Barnsley	22	8	4	10	38	50	4	3	5	23	28	4	1	5	15	22	.760	20	WWLDWW
1	18	Rotherham United	21	7	5	9	47	44	4	3	4	24	20	3	2	5	23	24	1.068	19	LDLWWW
3	19	Bristol City	23	7	5	11	37	51	6	0	6	22	23	1	5	5	15	28	.725	19	LLDLWL
	20	Port Vale	21	5	3	13	30	45	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	10	13	32	.667	13	LLWLWL
	21	Bury	23	3	5	15	35	63	2	2	7	21	30	1	3	8	14	33	.556	11	LLDLWL
	22	Notts County	22	3	4	15	27	59	2	3	7	14	26	1	1	8	13	33	.458	10	LLWLLL