The City Ground

SEASON: 1955-56

Prev Season: 1954-55
This Season: 1955-56
Next Season: 1956-57

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Doncaster Rovers (A) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Jim Barrett (17 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1955-56

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	13	8	101	62	13	5	3	60	28	8	8	5	41	34	1.62903	55	Promoted as Champions	0-1	2-1
2	Leeds United	42	23	6	13	80	60	17	3	1	51	18	6	3	12	29	42	1.33333	52	Promoted	2-0	0-3
3	Liverpool	42	21	6	15	85	63	14	3	4	52	25	7	3	11	33	38	1.34921	48		1-3	2-5
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	21	6	15	84	65	13	4	4	55	29	8	2	11	29	36	1.29231	48		1-1	2-2
5	Leicester City	42	21	6	15	94	78	15	3	3	63	23	6	3	12	31	55	1.20513	48		2-0	2-5
6	Bristol Rovers	42	21	6	15	84	70	13	3	5	53	33	8	3	10	31	37	1.20000	48		1-1	1-4
7	Nottingham Forest	42	19	9	14	68	63	9	5	7	30	26	10	4	7	38	37	1.07937	47
8	Lincoln City	42	18	10	14	79	65	14	5	2	49	17	4	5	12	30	48	1.21538	46		2-2	3-1
9	Fulham	42	20	6	16	89	79	15	2	4	59	27	5	4	12	30	52	1.12658	46		1-0	3-4
10	Swansea Town	42	20	6	16	83	81	14	4	3	49	23	6	2	13	34	58	1.02469	46		2-1	1-0
11	Bristol City	42	19	7	16	80	64	14	4	3	49	20	5	3	13	31	44	1.25000	45		0-2	0-0
12	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	60	58	12	4	5	38	21	4	9	8	22	37	1.03448	45		2-2	2-0
13	Stoke City	42	20	4	18	71	62	13	2	6	47	27	7	2	12	24	35	1.14516	44		2-3	1-1
14	Middlesbrough	42	16	8	18	76	78	11	4	6	46	31	5	4	12	30	47	.97436	40		2-4	2-3
15	Bury	42	16	8	18	86	90	9	5	7	44	39	7	3	11	42	51	.95556	40		0-2	2-1
16	West Ham United	42	14	11	17	74	69	12	4	5	52	27	2	7	12	22	42	1.07246	39		0-0	2-1
17	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	11	19	69	96	11	5	5	45	30	1	6	14	24	66	.71875	35		5-0	3-1
18	Barnsley	42	11	12	19	47	84	10	5	6	33	35	1	7	13	14	49	.55952	34		1-0	1-1
19	Rotherham United	42	12	9	21	56	75	7	5	9	29	34	5	4	12	27	41	.74667	33		1-0	1-2
20	Notts County	42	11	9	22	55	82	8	5	8	39	37	3	4	14	16	45	.67073	31		0-2	3-1
21	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	8	24	54	87	7	6	8	33	25	3	2	16	21	62	.62069	28	Relegated	3-1	2-1
22	Hull City	42	10	6	26	53	97	6	4	11	32	45	4	2	15	21	52	.54639	26	Relegated	2-1	3-0

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	17 times	6 times		1 time
Conceded	15 times	7 times	5 times	3 times	2 times
Won By	10 times	7 times	1 time		1 time
Lost By	5 times	5 times	5 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	1	-	1	1	1	2	Fulham (1-0), Sheffield Wednesday (0-1)
2		2	2	-	-	2	1	6	0	Bristol Rovers (1-4), Bristol City (0-2)
3		3	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Swansea Town (2-1)
4	7	4	2	1	1	-	2	0	3	Bristol City (0-0), Port Vale (2-0)
5	3	5	2	2	-	-	3	1	4	Sheffield Wednesday (2-1), Swansea Town (1-0)
6	9	6	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Stoke City (1-1), Bristol Rovers (1-1)
7	7	7	3	2	-	1	6	5	4	Leicester City (2-0), Liverpool (2-5), Leeds United (2-0)
8	11	8	3	-	1	2	3	9	1	Leicester City (2-5), Leeds United (0-3), Blackburn Rovers (1-1)
9	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	35	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	33	11	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Barnsley (1-0)
12	6	12	4	2	-	2	13	8	4	Stoke City (2-3), Doncaster Rovers (5-0), Lincoln City (3-1), Fulham (3-4)
13	1	13	2	-	2	-	4	4	2	Port Vale (2-2), Lincoln City (2-2)
14	5	14	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Middlesbrough (2-4)
15	19	15	6	2	2	2	9	9	6	Middlesbrough (2-3), West Ham United (2-1), Blackburn Rovers (2-2), Doncaster Rovers (3-1), Bury (0-2),
16	18	16	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Plymouth Argyle (2-1)
17	37	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	29	18	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Rotherham United (1-0)
19	13	19	3	1	1	1	3	4	3	Notts County (0-2), Bury (2-1), Barnsley (1-1)
20	7	20	2	1	-	1	4	3	2	Rotherham United (1-2), Notts County (3-1)
21		21	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Plymouth Argyle (3-1)
22		22	2	2	-	-	5	1	4	Hull City (2-1), Hull City (3-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Liverpool (1-3) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 20, 1955	Liverpool	H	1-3	21,539	19	Higham (?)
2	Mon Aug 22, 1955	Leicester City	A	2-5	29,837	19	Imlach (?), Higham (?)
3	Sat Aug 27, 1955	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-1	17,955	16	Barrett (?, ?)
4	Wed Aug 31, 1955	Leicester City	H	2-0	20,711	14	Thomas (?), Imlach (?)
5	Sat Sep 03, 1955	Stoke City	H	2-3	16,770	14	Higham (?, ?)
6	Sat Sep 10, 1955	Bristol Rovers	A	1-4	25,875	20	Jones (?)
7	Sat Sep 17, 1955	Doncaster Rovers	H	5-0	13,067	17	French (?), Barrett (?, ?), Higham (?), Alexander (?)
8	Sat Sep 24, 1955	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1	28,036	15	Barrett (?), Alexander (?)
9	Sat Oct 01, 1955	Notts County	H	0-2	26,373	17
10	Sat Oct 08, 1955	Leeds United	A	0-3	16,028	18
11	Sat Oct 15, 1955	Fulham	H	1-0	16,028	17	Higham (?)
12	Sat Oct 22, 1955	Rotherham United	A	1-2	11,578	17	Barrett (?)
13	Sat Oct 29, 1955	Barnsley	H	1-0	14,295	17	Small (?)
14	Sat Nov 05, 1955	Middlesbrough	A	2-3	14,295	18	Imlach (?), Barrett (?)
15	Sat Nov 12, 1955	Bristol City	H	0-2	14,295	19
16	Sat Nov 19, 1955	West Ham United	A	2-1	17,121	18	Barrett (?), Alexander (?)
17	Sat Nov 26, 1955	Port Vale	H	2-2	9,533	18	Barrett (?), Higham (?)
18	Sat Dec 03, 1955	Bury	A	2-1	9,396	16	Barrett (?), Higham (?)
19	Sat Dec 10, 1955	Swansea Town	H	2-1	10,790	15	Barrett (?), Small (?)
20	Sat Dec 17, 1955	Liverpool	A	2-5	29,248	16	Barrett (?, ?)
21	Sat Dec 24, 1955	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-1	10,003	15	Barrett (?, ?), Higham (?)
22	Mon Dec 26, 1955	Hull City	H	2-1	15,740	13	Barrett (?), Wilson (?)
23	Tue Dec 27, 1955	Hull City	A	3-0	21,407	12	Higham (?, ?), Wilson (?)
24	Sat Dec 31, 1955	Stoke City	A	1-1	22,385	12	Small (?)
25	Mon Jan 02, 1956	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-2	33,582	11	Higham (?), Imlach (?)
26	Sat Jan 14, 1956	Bristol Rovers	H	1-1	12,441	11	Higham (?)
27	Sat Jan 21, 1956	Doncaster Rovers	A	3-1	10,477	10	Burkitt (?), French (?, ?)
28	Sat Feb 04, 1956	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	16,658	11
29	Sat Feb 11, 1956	Notts County	A	3-1	17,509	9	Morley (?), Higham (?), Barrett (?)
30	Sat Mar 03, 1956	Rotherham United	H	1-0	14,817	9	Small (?)
31	Sat Mar 10, 1956	Swansea Town	A	1-0	20,945	8	Imlach (?)
32	Sat Mar 17, 1956	Middlesbrough	H	2-4	22,918	10	Small (?), Lishman (?)
33	Sat Mar 24, 1956	Bristol City	A	0-0	22,824	11
34	Sat Mar 31, 1956	Leeds United	H	2-0	19,448	9	Small (?), Lishman (?)	Safe
35	Mon Apr 02, 1956	Lincoln City	A	3-1	18,190	9	Higham (?), Lishman (?), Jones (?)	Safe
36	Tue Apr 03, 1956	Lincoln City	H	2-2	22,238	8	McKinlay (?), Small (?)	Safe
37	Sat Apr 07, 1956	Port Vale	A	2-0	23,018	4	Scott (?), Lishman (?)	Safe
38	Sat Apr 14, 1956	Bury	H	0-2	19,840	7		Safe
39	Wed Apr 18, 1956	West Ham United	H	0-0	15,739	5		Safe
40	Sat Apr 21, 1956	Barnsley	A	1-1	11,429	6	Lishman (?)	Safe
41	Sat Apr 28, 1956	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	10,214	6	Higham (?)	Safe
42	Wed May 02, 1956	Fulham	A	3-4	9,975	7	Small (?), Lishman (?), Jones (?)	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 1956	Doncaster Rovers	3		A	0-3	18,717

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Apr 25, 1956	Arsenal	England	H	1-1	7,609	Lishman (?)
Fri May 04, 1956	Nottingham Rugby Club	England	H	4-3	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 20, 1955	League Tier 2	Liverpool		H	1-3	21,539	Higham (?)
Mon Aug 22, 1955	League Tier 2	Leicester City		A	2-5	29,837	Imlach (?), Higham (?)
Sat Aug 27, 1955	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	2-1	17,955	Barrett (?, ?)
Wed Aug 31, 1955	League Tier 2	Leicester City		H	2-0	20,711	Thomas (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Sep 03, 1955	League Tier 2	Stoke City		H	2-3	16,770	Higham (?, ?)
Sat Sep 10, 1955	League Tier 2	Bristol Rovers		A	1-4	25,875	Jones (?)
Sat Sep 17, 1955	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		H	5-0	13,067	French (?), Barrett (?, ?), Higham (?), Alexander (?)
Sat Sep 24, 1955	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday		A	2-1	28,036	Barrett (?), Alexander (?)
Sat Oct 01, 1955	League Tier 2	Notts County		H	0-2	26,373
Sat Oct 08, 1955	League Tier 2	Leeds United		A	0-3	16,028
Sat Oct 15, 1955	League Tier 2	Fulham		H	1-0	16,028	Higham (?)
Sat Oct 22, 1955	League Tier 2	Rotherham United		A	1-2	11,578	Barrett (?)
Sat Oct 29, 1955	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	1-0	14,295	Small (?)
Sat Nov 05, 1955	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough		A	2-3	14,295	Imlach (?), Barrett (?)
Sat Nov 12, 1955	League Tier 2	Bristol City		H	0-2	14,295
Sat Nov 19, 1955	League Tier 2	West Ham United		A	2-1	17,121	Barrett (?), Alexander (?)
Sat Nov 26, 1955	League Tier 2	Port Vale		H	2-2	9,533	Barrett (?), Higham (?)
Sat Dec 03, 1955	League Tier 2	Bury		A	2-1	9,396	Barrett (?), Higham (?)
Sat Dec 10, 1955	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		H	2-1	10,790	Barrett (?), Small (?)
Sat Dec 17, 1955	League Tier 2	Liverpool		A	2-5	29,248	Barrett (?, ?)
Sat Dec 24, 1955	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	3-1	10,003	Barrett (?, ?), Higham (?)
Mon Dec 26, 1955	League Tier 2	Hull City		H	2-1	15,740	Barrett (?), Wilson (?)
Tue Dec 27, 1955	League Tier 2	Hull City		A	3-0	21,407	Higham (?, ?), Wilson (?)
Sat Dec 31, 1955	League Tier 2	Stoke City		A	1-1	22,385	Small (?)
Mon Jan 02, 1956	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		A	2-2	33,582	Higham (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Jan 07, 1956	FA Cup	Doncaster Rovers	3	A	0-3	18,717
Sat Jan 14, 1956	League Tier 2	Bristol Rovers		H	1-1	12,441	Higham (?)
Sat Jan 21, 1956	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		A	3-1	10,477	Burkitt (?), French (?, ?)
Sat Feb 04, 1956	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday		H	0-1	16,658
Sat Feb 11, 1956	League Tier 2	Notts County		A	3-1	17,509	Morley (?), Higham (?), Barrett (?)
Sat Mar 03, 1956	League Tier 2	Rotherham United		H	1-0	14,817	Small (?)
Sat Mar 10, 1956	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	1-0	20,945	Imlach (?)
Sat Mar 17, 1956	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough		H	2-4	22,918	Small (?), Lishman (?)
Sat Mar 24, 1956	League Tier 2	Bristol City		A	0-0	22,824
Sat Mar 31, 1956	League Tier 2	Leeds United		H	2-0	19,448	Small (?), Lishman (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 02, 1956	League Tier 2	Lincoln City		A	3-1	18,190	Higham (?), Lishman (?), Jones (?)	Safe
Tue Apr 03, 1956	League Tier 2	Lincoln City		H	2-2	22,238	McKinlay (?), Small (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 07, 1956	League Tier 2	Port Vale		A	2-0	23,018	Scott (?), Lishman (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 14, 1956	League Tier 2	Bury		H	0-2	19,840		Safe
Wed Apr 18, 1956	League Tier 2	West Ham United		H	0-0	15,739		Safe
Sat Apr 21, 1956	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	1-1	11,429	Lishman (?)	Safe
Wed Apr 25, 1956	Friendly	Arsenal		H	1-1	7,609	Lishman (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 28, 1956	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		H	1-1	10,214	Higham (?)	Safe
Wed May 02, 1956	League Tier 2	Fulham		A	3-4	9,975	Small (?), Lishman (?), Jones (?)	Safe
Fri May 04, 1956	Friendly	Nottingham Rugby Club		H	4-3	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 07, 1956	Doncaster Rovers	3		A	0-3	18,717

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed Apr 25, 1956	Arsenal	England	H	1-1	7,609
Fri May 04, 1956	Nottingham Rugby Club	England	H	4-3	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £5,000				Out (2) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Eric Jones	Bought			Jack French	Sold
	Peter Watson (1956)	Bought			John Langford	Sold
	Roy Banham	Bought
1955	Harry Nicholson	Bought
Aug 20, 1955	Peter Higham	Bought
Aug 20, 1955	Stewart Imlach	Bought	£5,000
Mar 17, 1956	Doug Lishman	Bought

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Bill Farmer	England	27	4	1		3
GK		Harry Nicholson	England	23	39	18	9	12
Defenders
D		Bill Whare	England	30	43	19	9	15
D		Bob McKinlay	Scotland	22	40	18	9	13	1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	29	39	18	8	13	1
D		Jack Hutchinson	England	34	4	1	1	2
D		Roy Banham	England	18	1			1
Midfielders
M		Bill Morley	England	30	35	14	9	12	1
M		Jack Burkitt	England	29	43	19	9	15	1
M		Peter Higham	England	24	40	19	7	14	16
M		Peter Watson (1956)	England	21	1	1
Forwards
F		Dennis Alexander	England	20	19	8	1	10	3
F		Doug Lishman	England	31	11	3	5	3	6
F		Eric Jones	England	23	14	4	4	6	3
F		Freddie Scott	England	38	7	4	2	1	1
F		Jack French	England	30	13	8		5	3
F		Jim Barrett	England	24	35	15	7	13	17
F		John Langford	England	17	4	2		2
F		Peter Small	England	30	34	17	8	9	8
F		Stewart Imlach	Scotland	23	38	16	8	14	5
F		Tommy Wilson	England	24	9	4	3	2	2

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
17	Jim Barrett	35
16	Peter Higham	40
8	Peter Small	34
6	Doug Lishman	11
5	Stewart Imlach	38
3	Dennis Alexander	19
3	Eric Jones	14
3	Jack French	13
2	Tommy Wilson	9
1	Bill Morley	35
1	Bob McKinlay	40
1	Freddie Scott	7
1	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	39
1	Jack Burkitt	43

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Doncaster Rovers	Sat Sep 17, 1955	Home	5-0	Sat Jan 21, 1956	Away	3-1
Hull City	Mon Dec 26, 1955	Home	2-1	Tue Dec 27, 1955	Away	3-0
Plymouth Argyle	Sat Aug 27, 1955	Away	2-1	Sat Dec 24, 1955	Home	3-1
Swansea Town	Sat Dec 10, 1955	Home	2-1	Sat Mar 10, 1956	Away	1-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Liverpool	Sat Aug 20, 1955	Home	1-3	Sat Dec 17, 1955	Away	2-5
Middlesbrough	Sat Nov 05, 1955	Away	2-3	Sat Mar 17, 1956	Home	2-4