The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 STOKE CITY - Sat Mar 16, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 16, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-0 (Won)

Attendance:: 32,444
Pos Before/After:: 2/2
Opp Before/After:: 3/4
Referee:
Season:: 1956-57
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Middlesbrough

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2103 (of 4859)
League Tier 2:: 1278 (of 2442)
Competitive:: 2311 (of 5555)
Total:: 3466 (of 7303)

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

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

Goals:
Jim Barrett
Jim Barrett
Tommy Wilson
Stewart Imlach

STOKE CITY
Manager:
Prior form: DWLWDL (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 Mar 16, 1957)

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

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	34	21	9	4	90	51	13	4	0	60	25	8	5	4	30	26	1.765	51	DWWLDW
	2	Nottingham Forest	32	17	9	6	71	39	9	4	2	36	21	8	5	4	35	18	1.821	43	WWWDWD
	3	Stoke City	34	18	7	9	76	47	14	2	1	59	15	4	5	8	17	32	1.617	43	DWLWDL
	4	Blackburn Rovers	34	17	8	9	73	67	9	5	3	42	29	8	3	6	31	38	1.090	42	WWDDDD
	5	Bristol Rovers	34	16	7	11	71	53	11	3	3	43	15	5	4	8	28	38	1.340	39	DWDDWW
	6	Liverpool	32	14	9	9	61	43	10	1	4	37	22	4	8	5	24	21	1.419	37	LLLDWW
	7	West Ham United	32	16	5	11	47	46	10	2	5	25	21	6	3	6	22	25	1.022	37	WWWLLL
	8	Sheffield United	33	14	8	11	71	66	8	6	3	38	24	6	2	8	33	42	1.076	36	LLDDDW
	9	Swansea Town	33	16	4	13	77	76	10	2	5	46	28	6	2	8	31	48	1.013	36	WWWWWL
	10	Middlesbrough	34	14	7	13	65	51	9	4	4	37	23	5	3	9	28	28	1.275	35	WLLLLW
	11	Huddersfield Town	34	15	5	14	57	58	8	2	7	28	24	7	3	7	29	34	.983	35	LLDWWW
	12	Doncaster Rovers	34	13	8	13	68	63	10	4	3	45	19	3	4	10	23	44	1.079	34	WDLLLD
	13	Leyton Orient	33	12	9	12	52	62	5	7	4	26	26	7	2	8	26	36	.839	33	DWLDLL
	14	Grimsby Town	34	13	5	16	48	48	9	4	4	30	18	4	1	12	18	30	1.000	31	WWLWLW
	15	Rotherham United	33	11	8	14	61	61	7	5	5	31	25	4	3	9	30	36	1.000	30	WLWWDL
	16	Fulham	34	14	2	18	69	70	10	1	6	44	28	4	1	12	25	42	.986	30	LWLLLW
	17	Barnsley	33	11	7	15	51	71	7	4	6	33	32	4	3	9	18	39	.718	29	LLDWWL
	18	Bristol City	32	10	7	15	52	69	9	1	6	35	28	1	6	9	17	41	.754	27	WDLWWL
	19	Lincoln City	33	12	3	18	41	63	7	1	8	22	19	5	2	10	19	44	.651	27	LLWLLL
	20	Bury	35	6	8	21	57	89	3	3	12	35	46	3	5	9	22	43	.640	20	LDWLDD
	21	Port Vale	31	7	4	20	45	73	6	3	5	23	24	1	1	15	22	49	.616	18	LLWLWL
	22	Notts County	32	5	7	20	40	77	4	5	8	25	31	1	2	12	15	46	.519	17	DDLLDW

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	35	22	9	4	93	53	13	4	0	60	25	9	5	4	33	28	1.755	53	WWLDWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	33	18	9	6	75	39	10	4	2	40	21	8	5	4	35	18	1.923	45	WWDWDW
1	3	Blackburn Rovers	35	18	8	9	75	67	10	5	3	44	29	8	3	6	31	38	1.119	44	WDDDDW
1	4	Stoke City	35	18	7	10	76	51	14	2	1	59	15	4	5	9	17	36	1.490	43	WLWDLL
1	5	Liverpool	33	15	9	9	63	44	10	1	4	37	22	5	8	5	26	22	1.432	39	LLDWWW
1	6	Bristol Rovers	35	16	7	12	71	54	11	3	3	43	15	5	4	9	28	39	1.315	39	WDDWWL
1	7	Sheffield United	34	15	8	11	73	66	9	6	3	40	24	6	2	8	33	42	1.106	38	LDDDWW
1	8	West Ham United	33	16	6	11	48	47	10	3	5	26	22	6	3	6	22	25	1.021	38	WWLLLD
1	9	Middlesbrough	35	15	7	13	67	52	9	4	4	37	23	6	3	9	30	29	1.288	37	LLLLWW
1	10	Swansea Town	34	16	4	14	79	79	10	2	6	48	31	6	2	8	31	48	1.000	36	WWWWLL
1	11	Doncaster Rovers	35	13	9	13	69	64	10	4	3	45	19	3	5	10	24	45	1.078	35	DLLLDD
1	12	Huddersfield Town	35	15	5	15	57	60	8	2	7	28	24	7	3	8	29	36	.950	35	LDWWWL
	13	Leyton Orient	34	12	9	13	52	65	5	7	4	26	26	7	2	9	26	39	.800	33	WLDLLL
1	14	Rotherham United	34	11	9	14	61	61	7	6	5	31	25	4	3	9	30	36	1.000	31	LWWDLD
1	15	Grimsby Town	35	13	5	17	48	50	9	4	4	30	18	4	1	13	18	32	.960	31	WLWLWL
1	16	Barnsley	34	12	7	15	54	71	8	4	6	36	32	4	3	9	18	39	.761	31	LDWWLW
1	17	Fulham	35	14	2	19	70	72	10	1	7	45	30	4	1	12	25	42	.972	30	WLLLWL
	18	Bristol City	33	11	7	15	54	69	10	1	6	37	28	1	6	9	17	41	.783	29	DLWWLW
	19	Lincoln City	34	13	3	18	42	63	8	1	8	23	19	5	2	10	19	44	.667	29	LWLLLW
	20	Bury	36	6	8	22	57	91	3	3	12	35	46	3	5	10	22	45	.626	20	DWLDDL
	21	Port Vale	32	7	4	21	46	75	6	3	6	24	26	1	1	15	22	49	.613	18	LWLWLL
	22	Notts County	33	5	8	20	40	77	4	5	8	25	31	1	3	12	15	46	.519	18	DLLDWD