The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 PORT VALE - Sat Nov 26, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 26, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: E Crawford
Attendance:: 9,533
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Apr 07, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2046 (of 5043)
League Tier 2:: 1221 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2248 (of 5766)
Total:: 3409 (of 7554)
Played:: 69 years, 5 months, 22 days ago

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

Goals
Peter Higham (56')
Jim Barrett (74') (Pen)

PORT VALE
Manager: Freddie Steele
Prior form: DLLDLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Tom Conway (17')
Jack 'Dickie' Cunliffe (26')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	23	Stewart Imlach
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (74')
9	M	25	Peter Higham (56')
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander
11	F	24	Eric Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ray King
2	D	Stan Turner
3	D	Basil Hayward
4	D	Albert Leake
5	D	Tom Cheadle
6	M	Roy Sproson
7	M	Jack 'Dickie' Cunliffe
8	M	Tom Conway
9	M	Albert Mullard
10	F	Len Stephenson
11	F	Reg Potts

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 26, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Swansea Town
Bristol Rovers	7-2	Middlesbrough
Doncaster Rovers	3-2	Bristol City
Hull City	0-3	Rotherham United
Leicester City	5-2	Leeds United
Lincoln City	2-0	Notts County
Liverpool	7-0	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Port Vale
Plymouth Argyle	1-4	Bury
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	West Ham United
Stoke City	2-1	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	Bristol City	17	11	3	3	41	25	8	1	1	26	12	3	2	2	15	13	1.64000	25	DDWWWW
	2	Swansea Town	18	11	2	5	41	33	7	1	1	24	12	4	1	4	17	21	1.24242	24	WWWWLL
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	8	3	40	26	4	4	1	24	14	3	4	2	16	12	1.53846	22	WWDWWL
	4	Fulham	18	10	2	6	44	30	6	1	2	26	14	4	1	4	18	16	1.46667	22	LWLLWW
	5	Bristol Rovers	17	10	2	5	40	28	6	0	1	22	10	4	2	4	18	18	1.42857	22	LDWWWL
	6	Leeds United	17	9	2	6	27	24	8	1	0	20	6	1	1	6	7	18	1.12500	20	LWLWLW
	7	Liverpool	17	8	3	6	33	27	6	1	2	17	10	2	2	4	16	17	1.22222	19	WWWLWL
	8	Blackburn Rovers	16	8	2	6	37	25	4	2	2	24	14	4	0	4	13	11	1.48000	18	WWLWWL
	9	Lincoln City	17	7	4	6	28	19	5	3	1	21	9	2	1	5	7	10	1.47368	18	LLDDDW
	10	Stoke City	18	9	0	9	30	26	5	0	3	16	8	4	0	6	14	18	1.15385	18	WWLLLL
	11	Leicester City	18	7	4	7	39	39	5	2	1	23	10	2	2	6	16	29	1.00000	18	DLWLWD
	12	Middlesbrough	16	6	5	5	29	26	5	2	1	21	12	1	3	4	8	14	1.11538	17	WLDWLW
	13	Port Vale	16	6	5	5	20	20	4	3	2	11	6	2	2	3	9	14	1.00000	17	DLLDLL
	14	Barnsley	18	5	7	6	23	34	5	2	2	17	15	0	5	4	6	19	.67647	17	LLLLDW
	15	Notts County	18	4	7	7	25	34	2	4	3	15	17	2	3	4	10	17	.73529	15	DLWWLD
	16	Rotherham United	18	5	5	8	23	33	5	2	2	14	11	0	3	6	9	22	.69697	15	LWLWDW
	17	West Ham United	17	5	4	8	37	31	5	1	3	26	11	0	3	5	11	20	1.19355	14	LWDLLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	16	7	0	9	24	30	4	0	4	12	10	3	0	5	12	20	.80000	14	WLWLLW
	19	Doncaster Rovers	17	4	6	7	31	43	4	4	1	23	14	0	2	6	8	29	.72093	14	DLWLDL
	20	Bury	18	4	5	9	31	46	3	2	4	13	20	1	3	5	18	26	.67391	13	WLDWLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	18	4	2	12	18	38	2	2	4	9	11	2	0	8	9	27	.47368	10	DWLLWL
	22	Hull City	17	3	2	12	19	43	2	2	4	14	16	1	0	8	5	27	.44186	8	LLDLWW

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	Bristol City	18	11	3	4	43	28	8	1	1	26	12	3	2	3	17	16	1.53571	25	DWWWWL		2-3
3	2	Bristol Rovers	18	11	2	5	47	30	7	0	1	29	12	4	2	4	18	18	1.56667	24	DWWWLW		7-2
1	3	Swansea Town	19	11	2	6	41	36	7	1	1	24	12	4	1	5	17	24	1.13889	24	WWWLLL		0-3
1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	19	7	9	3	41	27	4	5	1	25	15	3	4	2	16	12	1.51852	23	WDWWLD		1-1
1	5	Fulham	19	10	2	7	44	37	6	1	2	26	14	4	1	5	18	23	1.18919	22	WLLWWL		0-7
1	6	Liverpool	18	9	3	6	40	27	7	1	2	24	10	2	2	4	16	17	1.48148	21	WWLWLW		7-0
1	7	Blackburn Rovers	17	9	2	6	40	25	5	2	2	27	14	4	0	4	13	11	1.60000	20	WLWWLW		3-0
1	8	Lincoln City	18	8	4	6	30	19	6	3	1	23	9	2	1	5	7	10	1.57895	20	LDDDWW		2-0
1	9	Stoke City	19	10	0	9	32	27	6	0	3	18	9	4	0	6	14	18	1.18519	20	WLLLLW		2-1
1	10	Leicester City	19	8	4	7	44	41	6	2	1	28	12	2	2	6	16	29	1.07317	20	LWLWDW		5-2
5	11	Leeds United	18	9	2	7	29	29	8	1	0	20	6	1	1	7	9	23	1.00000	20	WLWLWL		2-5
1	12	Port Vale	17	6	6	5	22	22	4	3	2	11	6	2	3	3	11	16	1.00000	18	LLDLLD		2-2
1	13	Middlesbrough	17	6	5	6	31	33	5	2	1	21	12	1	3	5	10	21	.93939	17	LDWLWL		2-7
2	14	Rotherham United	19	6	5	8	26	33	5	2	2	14	11	1	3	6	12	22	.78788	17	WLWDWW		3-0
1	15	Barnsley	19	5	7	7	24	36	5	2	2	17	15	0	5	5	7	21	.66667	17	LLLDWL		1-2
3	16	Doncaster Rovers	18	5	6	7	34	45	5	4	1	26	16	0	2	6	8	29	.75556	16	LWLDLW		3-2
	17	West Ham United	18	5	5	8	38	32	5	1	3	26	11	0	4	5	12	21	1.18750	15	WDLLLD		1-1
	18	Nottingham Forest	17	7	1	9	26	32	4	1	4	14	12	3	0	5	12	20	.81250	15	LWLLWD		2-2
1	19	Bury	19	5	5	9	35	47	3	2	4	13	20	2	3	5	22	27	.74468	15	LDWLWW		4-1
5	20	Notts County	19	4	7	8	25	36	2	4	3	15	17	2	3	5	10	19	.69444	15	LWWLDL		0-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	19	4	2	13	19	42	2	2	5	10	15	2	0	8	9	27	.45238	10	WLLWLL		1-4
	22	Hull City	18	3	2	13	19	46	2	2	5	14	19	1	0	8	5	27	.41304	8	LDLWWL		0-3