The City Ground

LIVERPOOL 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 20, 1957 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 20, 1957 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Anfield
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: H Hawthorne
Attendance:: 47,621
Pos Before/After:: 2 3
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 2)
Liverpool:: Sep 08, 1962

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2110 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1285 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2318 (of 5724)
Total:: 3481 (of 7505)
Played:: 67 years, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Jim Barrett

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Phil Taylor
Prior form: WWDWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Harry Nicholson
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	31	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	31	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Eric Jones
8	F	26	Jim Barrett
9	F	26	Tommy Wilson
10	F	33	Doug Lishman
11	F	32	Peter Small	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 20, 1957)

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

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	40	25	10	5	107	62	14	4	1	66	31	11	6	4	41	31	1.72581	60	WLWWDW	Champions
	2	Nottingham Forest	38	20	10	8	85	47	12	4	3	46	24	8	6	5	39	23	1.80851	50	WDLLWW	Safe
	3	Blackburn Rovers	40	20	10	10	82	73	12	6	3	49	32	8	4	7	33	41	1.12329	50	WDWLWD	Safe
	4	Liverpool	38	18	10	10	76	52	13	1	4	47	24	5	9	6	29	28	1.46154	46	WWDWLW	Safe
	5	Sheffield United	39	19	8	12	85	67	11	6	3	45	24	8	2	9	40	43	1.26866	46	WWWWLW	Safe
	6	Bristol Rovers	40	18	8	14	81	66	12	4	3	47	18	6	4	11	34	48	1.22727	44	LDLWWL	Safe
	7	West Ham United	39	18	8	13	55	57	11	4	5	28	23	7	4	8	27	34	.96491	44	WDLWLD	Safe
	8	Stoke City	39	18	7	14	76	56	14	2	3	59	18	4	5	11	17	38	1.35714	43	LLLLLL	Safe
	9	Swansea Town	39	19	5	15	85	83	12	2	6	51	32	7	3	9	34	51	1.02410	43	LDWLWW	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	39	16	10	13	73	57	10	5	4	41	26	6	5	9	32	31	1.28070	42	WWDDWD	Safe
	11	Huddersfield Town	39	18	5	16	64	64	10	2	7	31	24	8	3	9	33	40	1.00000	41	WLWWWL	Safe
	12	Fulham	40	18	3	19	81	75	13	1	7	53	32	5	2	12	28	43	1.08000	39	LWWDWW	Safe
	13	Doncaster Rovers	40	14	10	16	73	76	11	5	3	47	20	3	5	13	26	56	.96053	38	DDLWLL	Safe
	14	Bristol City	38	15	8	15	68	72	12	2	6	46	31	3	6	9	22	41	.94444	38	WWWWWD	Safe
	15	Leyton Orient	39	14	9	16	60	79	7	7	5	32	34	7	2	11	28	45	.75949	37	LWLWLL	Safe
	16	Rotherham United	39	12	11	16	68	70	8	7	5	34	26	4	4	11	34	44	.97143	35	DLWLDD	Safe
	17	Grimsby Town	40	15	5	20	57	60	11	4	5	38	24	4	1	15	19	36	.95000	35	LLLWLW	Safe
	18	Barnsley	39	12	9	18	57	81	8	6	6	38	34	4	3	12	19	47	.70370	33	WLDLDL	Safe
	19	Lincoln City	39	13	6	20	50	75	8	4	8	30	26	5	2	12	20	49	.66667	32	WLDLDD	Safe
	20	Bury	40	7	9	24	59	94	4	3	13	36	47	3	6	11	23	47	.62766	23	DLLDWL
	21	Notts County	38	6	11	21	46	81	5	6	8	28	31	1	5	13	18	50	.56790	23	DWLDDD
	22	Port Vale	38	7	4	27	51	92	6	3	10	27	39	1	1	17	24	53	.55435	18	LLLLLL

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	41	25	11	5	108	63	14	5	1	67	32	11	6	4	41	31	1.71429	61	LWWDWD	Champions	1-1
1	2	Blackburn Rovers	41	21	10	10	83	73	12	6	3	49	32	9	4	7	34	41	1.13699	52	DWLWDW	Safe	1-0
1	3	Nottingham Forest	39	20	10	9	86	50	12	4	3	46	24	8	6	6	40	26	1.72000	50	DLLWWL	Safe	1-3
	4	Liverpool	39	19	10	10	79	53	14	1	4	50	25	5	9	6	29	28	1.49057	48	WDWLWW	Safe	3-1
	5	Sheffield United	40	19	8	13	86	70	11	6	3	45	24	8	2	10	41	46	1.22857	46	WWWLWL	Safe	1-3
2	6	Stoke City	40	19	7	14	79	56	15	2	3	62	18	4	5	11	17	38	1.41071	45	LLLLLW	Safe	3-0
3	7	Middlesbrough	40	17	10	13	76	58	11	5	4	44	27	6	5	9	32	31	1.31034	44	WDDWDW	Safe	3-1
2	8	Bristol Rovers	41	18	8	15	81	67	12	4	4	47	19	6	4	11	34	48	1.20896	44	DLWWLL	Safe	0-1
	9	Swansea Town	40	19	6	15	87	85	12	2	6	51	32	7	4	9	36	53	1.02353	44	DWLWWD	Safe	2-2
3	10	West Ham United	40	18	8	14	56	61	11	4	5	28	23	7	4	9	28	38	.91803	44	DLWLDL	Safe	1-4
	11	Huddersfield Town	40	18	6	16	66	66	10	3	7	33	26	8	3	9	33	40	1.00000	42	LWWWLD	Safe	2-2
	12	Fulham	41	19	3	19	83	75	13	1	7	53	32	6	2	12	30	43	1.10667	41	WWDWWW	Safe	2-0
	13	Doncaster Rovers	41	15	10	16	77	76	12	5	3	51	20	3	5	13	26	56	1.01316	40	DLWLLW	Safe	4-0
	14	Bristol City	39	15	9	15	69	73	12	2	6	46	31	3	7	9	23	42	.94521	39	WWWWDD	Safe	1-1
2	15	Grimsby Town	41	16	5	20	60	62	12	4	5	41	26	4	1	15	19	36	.96774	37	LLWLWW	Safe	3-2
1	16	Leyton Orient	40	14	9	17	60	81	7	7	6	32	36	7	2	11	28	45	.74074	37	WLWLLL	Safe	0-2
1	17	Rotherham United	40	12	11	17	70	73	8	7	5	34	26	4	4	12	36	47	.95890	35	LWLDDL	Safe	2-3
	18	Barnsley	40	12	9	19	57	84	8	6	6	38	34	4	3	13	19	50	.67857	33	LDLDLL	Safe	0-3
	19	Lincoln City	40	13	6	21	50	76	8	4	8	30	26	5	2	13	20	50	.65789	32	LDLDDL	Safe	0-1
	20	Bury	41	8	9	24	60	94	5	3	13	37	47	3	6	11	23	47	.63830	25	LLDWLW		1-0
	21	Notts County	39	7	11	21	50	82	6	6	8	32	32	1	5	13	18	50	.60976	25	WLDDDW		4-1
	22	Port Vale	39	7	4	28	51	96	6	3	10	27	39	1	1	18	24	57	.53125	18	LLLLLL	Relegated	0-4