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
Position Before:: 2
Position After:: 2
Referee:
Season:: 1956-57

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Middlesbrough

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2103 (of 4764)
League Tier 2: 1278 (of 2347)
Competitive:: 2311 (of 5452)
Total:: 3464 (of 7185)

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

Forest Goals:
Jim Barrett
Jim Barrett
Tommy Wilson
Stewart Imlach

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	M	Peter Higham
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Eddie Baily
11	F	Stewart Imlach
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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

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	34	21	9	4	90	51	13	4	0	60	25	8	5	4	30	26	39	51
	2	Stoke City	34	18	7	9	76	47	14	2	1	59	15	4	5	8	17	32	29	43
	3	Nottingham Forest	32	17	9	6	71	39	9	4	2	36	21	8	5	4	35	18	32	43
	4	Blackburn Rovers	34	17	8	9	73	67	9	5	3	42	29	8	3	6	31	38	6	42
	5	Bristol Rovers	34	16	7	11	71	53	11	3	3	43	15	5	4	8	28	38	18	39
	6	Liverpool	32	14	9	9	61	43	10	1	4	37	22	4	8	5	24	21	18	37
	7	West Ham United	32	16	5	11	47	46	10	2	5	25	21	6	3	6	22	25	1	37
	8	Swansea City	33	16	4	13	77	76	10	2	5	46	28	6	2	8	31	48	1	36
	9	Sheffield United	33	14	8	11	71	66	8	6	3	38	24	6	2	8	33	42	5	36
	10	Middlesbrough	34	14	7	13	65	51	9	4	4	37	23	5	3	9	28	28	14	35
	11	Huddersfield Town	34	15	5	14	57	58	8	2	7	28	24	7	3	7	29	34	-1	35
	12	Doncaster Rovers	34	13	8	13	68	63	10	4	3	45	19	3	4	10	23	44	5	34
	13	Leyton Orient	33	12	9	12	52	62	5	7	4	26	26	7	2	8	26	36	-10	33
	14	Grimsby Town	34	13	5	16	48	48	9	4	4	30	18	4	1	12	18	30	0	31
	15	Rotherham United	33	11	8	14	61	61	7	5	5	31	25	4	3	9	30	36	0	30
	16	Fulham	34	14	2	18	69	70	10	1	6	44	28	4	1	12	25	42	-1	30
	17	Barnsley	33	11	7	15	51	71	7	4	6	33	32	4	3	9	18	39	-20	29
	18	Bristol City	32	10	7	15	52	69	9	1	6	35	28	1	6	9	17	41	-17	27
	19	Lincoln City	33	12	3	18	41	63	7	1	8	22	19	5	2	10	19	44	-22	27
	20	Bury	35	6	8	21	57	89	3	3	12	35	46	3	5	9	22	43	-32	20
	21	Port Vale	31	7	4	20	45	73	6	3	5	23	24	1	1	15	22	49	-28	18
	22	Notts County	32	5	7	20	40	77	4	5	8	25	31	1	2	12	15	46	-37	17

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	35	22	9	4	93	53	25	4	0	60	25	9	5	4	33	28	40	53
⇧	2	Nottingham Forest	33	18	9	6	75	39	22	4	2	40	21	8	5	4	35	18	36	45
⇧	3	Blackburn Rovers	35	18	8	9	75	67	30	5	3	44	29	8	3	6	31	38	8	44
⇩	4	Stoke City	35	18	7	10	76	51	15	2	1	59	15	4	5	9	17	36	25	43
	5	Bristol Rovers	35	16	7	12	71	54	15	3	3	43	15	5	4	9	28	39	17	39
	6	Liverpool	33	15	9	9	63	44	22	1	4	37	22	5	8	5	26	22	19	39
⇧	7	Sheffield United	34	15	8	11	73	66	25	6	3	40	24	6	2	8	33	42	7	38
⇩	8	West Ham United	33	16	6	11	48	47	21	3	5	26	22	6	3	6	22	25	1	38
⇧	9	Middlesbrough	35	15	7	13	67	52	23	4	4	37	23	6	3	9	30	29	15	37
⇩	10	Swansea City	34	16	4	14	79	79	28	2	6	48	31	6	2	8	31	48	0	36
⇧	11	Doncaster Rovers	35	13	9	13	69	64	19	4	3	45	19	3	5	10	24	45	5	35
⇩	12	Huddersfield Town	35	15	5	15	57	60	24	2	7	28	24	7	3	8	29	36	-3	35
	13	Leyton Orient	34	12	9	13	52	65	26	7	4	26	26	7	2	9	26	39	-13	33
⇧	14	Rotherham United	34	11	9	14	61	61	25	6	5	31	25	4	3	9	30	36	0	31
⇧	15	Barnsley	34	12	7	15	54	71	33	4	6	36	32	4	3	9	18	39	-17	31
⇩	16	Grimsby Town	35	13	5	17	48	50	18	4	4	30	18	4	1	13	18	32	-2	31
⇩	17	Fulham	35	14	2	19	70	72	28	1	7	45	30	4	1	12	25	42	-2	30
	18	Bristol City	33	11	7	15	54	69	29	1	6	37	28	1	6	9	17	41	-15	29
	19	Lincoln City	34	13	3	18	42	63	20	1	8	23	19	5	2	10	19	44	-21	29
	20	Bury	36	6	8	22	57	91	46	3	12	35	46	3	5	10	22	45	-34	20
	21	Port Vale	32	7	4	21	46	75	24	3	6	24	26	1	1	15	22	49	-29	18
	22	Notts County	33	5	8	20	40	77	31	5	8	25	31	1	3	12	15	46	-37	18