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WEST HAM UNITED 2 - 1 FOREST - Tue Dec 25, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Dec 25, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Kelly
Attendance:: 16,300
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 11 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Apr 15, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2094 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1269 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2297 (of 5724)
Total:: 3460 (of 7505)
Played:: 67 years, 3 months, 22 days ago

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

Goals
Stewart Imlach

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Ted Fenton
Prior form: LWDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Eddie Lewis
Malcolm Musgrove

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	M	26	Peter Higham
8	F	26	Jim Barrett
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	33	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Robinson 'Bob' Wyllie
2	2	John Bond
3	3	Noel Cantwell
4	4	Andy Malcolm
5	5	Malcolm Allison
6	6	Bill Lansdowne
7	7	Billy Dare
8	8	John Smith
9	9	Eddie Lewis
10	10	John Dick
11	11	Malcolm Musgrove

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Tue Dec 25, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Fulham
Bury	7-2	Bristol Rovers
Grimsby Town	2-2	Leicester City
Liverpool	1-0	Leyton Orient
Middlesbrough	3-2	Doncaster Rovers
Rotherham United	0-0	Barnsley
Sheffield United	2-0	Lincoln City
West Ham United	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	23	14	6	3	59	34	7	4	0	35	14	7	2	3	24	20	1.73529	34	DLWWWW
	2	Stoke City	24	13	5	6	56	34	10	2	0	43	11	3	3	6	13	23	1.64706	31	WWWDWL
	3	Bristol Rovers	23	12	4	7	50	30	8	1	2	29	9	4	3	5	21	21	1.66667	28	WDWLLW
	4	Nottingham Forest	22	11	6	5	42	27	6	3	2	22	16	5	3	3	20	11	1.55556	28	DDDWLW
	5	Middlesbrough	23	10	6	7	47	34	7	3	1	26	13	3	3	6	21	21	1.38235	26	WLWLLL
	6	Sheffield United	21	11	4	6	53	41	6	3	2	28	19	5	1	4	25	22	1.29268	26	DWWLWL
	7	Leyton Orient	22	10	6	6	40	40	5	4	2	21	16	5	2	4	19	24	1.00000	26	WWDLWW
	8	Liverpool	22	9	7	6	45	32	7	1	3	31	18	2	6	3	14	14	1.40625	25	WDWLWW
	9	Blackburn Rovers	22	11	3	8	48	49	5	2	3	27	21	6	1	5	21	28	.97959	25	LWWWWW
	10	Doncaster Rovers	23	9	6	8	48	44	7	2	2	31	12	2	4	6	17	32	1.09091	24	WLWLLL
	11	West Ham United	22	9	5	8	29	29	5	2	4	13	13	4	3	4	16	16	1.00000	23	LWDWWL
	12	Huddersfield Town	24	10	3	11	39	44	5	1	5	15	17	5	2	6	24	27	.88636	23	DLLLLW
	13	Fulham	23	10	1	12	42	45	8	1	3	29	17	2	0	9	13	28	.93333	21	LWLWLL
	14	Swansea Town	22	9	3	10	50	57	6	2	4	32	22	3	1	6	18	35	.87719	21	WDLWLW
	15	Lincoln City	22	9	3	10	27	37	5	1	5	13	11	4	2	5	14	26	.72973	21	LLLWLL
	16	Grimsby Town	23	9	2	12	30	29	6	2	3	20	12	3	0	9	10	17	1.03448	20	LLDLWW
	17	Barnsley	22	8	4	10	38	50	4	3	5	23	28	4	1	5	15	22	.76000	20	WWLDWW
	18	Rotherham United	21	7	5	9	47	44	4	3	4	24	20	3	2	5	23	24	1.06818	19	LDLWWW
	19	Bristol City	23	7	5	11	37	51	6	0	6	22	23	1	5	5	15	28	.72549	19	LLDLWL
	20	Port Vale	21	5	3	13	30	45	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	10	13	32	.66667	13	LLWLWL
	21	Bury	23	3	5	15	35	63	2	2	7	21	30	1	3	8	14	33	.55556	11	LLDLWL
	22	Notts County	23	3	4	16	28	61	2	3	8	15	28	1	1	8	13	33	.45902	10	LWLLLL

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	24	14	7	3	61	36	7	4	0	35	14	7	3	3	26	22	1.69444	35	LWWWWD		2-2
	2	Stoke City	24	13	5	6	56	34	10	2	0	43	11	3	3	6	13	23	1.64706	31	WWWDWL
1	3	Nottingham Forest	23	11	6	6	43	29	6	3	2	22	16	5	3	4	21	13	1.48276	28	DDWLWL		1-2
1	4	Bristol Rovers	24	12	4	8	52	37	8	1	2	29	9	4	3	6	23	28	1.40541	28	DWLLWL		2-7
	5	Middlesbrough	24	11	6	7	50	36	8	3	1	29	15	3	3	6	21	21	1.38889	28	LWLLLW		3-2
	6	Sheffield United	22	12	4	6	55	41	7	3	2	30	19	5	1	4	25	22	1.34146	28	WWLWLW		2-0
1	7	Liverpool	23	10	7	6	46	32	8	1	3	32	18	2	6	3	14	14	1.43750	27	DWLWWW		1-0
1	8	Blackburn Rovers	23	12	3	8	50	49	6	2	3	29	21	6	1	5	21	28	1.02041	27	WWWWWW		2-0
2	9	Leyton Orient	23	10	6	7	40	41	5	4	2	21	16	5	2	5	19	25	.97561	26	WDLWWL		0-1
1	10	West Ham United	23	10	5	8	31	30	6	2	4	15	14	4	3	4	16	16	1.03333	25	WDWWLW		2-1
1	11	Doncaster Rovers	24	9	6	9	50	47	7	2	2	31	12	2	4	7	19	35	1.06383	24	LWLLLL		2-3
	12	Huddersfield Town	24	10	3	11	39	44	5	1	5	15	17	5	2	6	24	27	.88636	23	DLLLLW
3	13	Grimsby Town	24	9	3	12	32	31	6	3	3	22	14	3	0	9	10	17	1.03226	21	LDLWWD		2-2
1	14	Fulham	24	10	1	13	42	47	8	1	3	29	17	2	0	10	13	30	.89362	21	WLWLLL		0-2
1	15	Swansea Town	22	9	3	10	50	57	6	2	4	32	22	3	1	6	18	35	.87719	21	WDLWLW
1	16	Barnsley	23	8	5	10	38	50	4	3	5	23	28	4	2	5	15	22	.76000	21	WLDWWD		0-0
2	17	Lincoln City	23	9	3	11	27	39	5	1	5	13	11	4	2	6	14	28	.69231	21	LLWLLL		0-2
	18	Rotherham United	22	7	6	9	47	44	4	4	4	24	20	3	2	5	23	24	1.06818	20	DLWWWD		0-0
	19	Bristol City	23	7	5	11	37	51	6	0	6	22	23	1	5	5	15	28	.72549	19	LLDLWL
	20	Port Vale	21	5	3	13	30	45	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	10	13	32	.66667	13	LLWLWL
	21	Bury	24	4	5	15	42	65	3	2	7	28	32	1	3	8	14	33	.64615	13	LDLWLW		7-2
	22	Notts County	23	3	4	16	28	61	2	3	8	15	28	1	1	8	13	33	.45902	10	LWLLLL