The City Ground

LIVERPOOL 5 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 17, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 17, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Anfield
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-5 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: K Howley
Attendance:: 29,248
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 16
Opp Before/After:: 7 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Liverpool:: Dec 08, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2049 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1224 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2251 (of 5824)
Total:: 3412 (of 7629)
Played:: 70 years, 8 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (69') (Pen)
Jim Barrett (70')

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Don Welsh
Prior form: LWLWDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Evans (6')
Jimmy Melia (48')
Billy Liddell (51')
Billy Liddell (80')
Billy Liddell (90')

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 (69') (70')
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander
11	F	31	Peter Small

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson	16		7	1
2	D	30	Bill Whare	185	1	7	1
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	297	1	7	1
4	M	30	Bill Morley	184	5	7	1
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay	66		7	1
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt	282	10	7	1
7	F	23	Stewart Imlach	16	3	7	1
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (69') (70')	44	21	7	1
9	M	25	Peter Higham	19	8	7	1
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander	17	3	7	1
11	F	31	Peter Small	46	11	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dave Underwood
2	D	John Molyneux
3	D	Ronnie Moran
4	D	Roy Saunders
5	D	Laurie Hughes
6	M	Geoff Twentyman
7	M	Eric Anderson
8	M	Jimmy Melia
9	M	Billy Liddell
10	F	John Evans
11	F	Alan A'Court

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 17, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	1-2	Port Vale
Fulham	3-1	Bury
Leeds United	3-1	Barnsley
Leicester City	1-2	Hull City
Lincoln City	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool	5-2	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	5-0	Middlesbrough
Plymouth Argyle	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Rotherham United	3-2	West Ham United
Stoke City	5-2	Doncaster Rovers
Swansea Town	2-1	Bristol City

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Bristol City	20	12	3	5	50	33	9	1	1	31	13	3	2	4	19	20	17	27	WWWLWL
2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8	9	4	43	30	4	5	2	25	17	4	4	2	18	13	13	25	WWLDWL
3	Bristol Rovers	20	11	3	6	50	36	7	1	1	30	13	4	2	5	20	23	14	25	WWLWLD
4	Swansea Town	21	11	3	7	42	38	7	2	1	24	12	4	1	6	18	26	4	25	WLLLDL
5	Leicester City	21	10	4	7	52	42	7	2	1	33	12	3	2	6	19	30	10	24	LWDWWW
6	Leeds United	20	11	2	7	35	31	9	1	0	23	6	2	1	7	12	25	4	24	WLWLWW
7	Liverpool	20	9	5	6	42	29	7	2	2	25	11	2	3	4	17	18	13	23	LWLWDD
8	Stoke City	21	11	1	9	36	29	7	0	3	22	11	4	1	6	14	18	7	23	LLLWDW
9	Lincoln City	20	9	4	7	37	25	7	3	1	29	10	2	1	6	8	15	12	22	DDWWLW
10	Fulham	21	10	2	9	46	45	6	1	3	27	16	4	1	6	19	29	1	22	LWWLLL
11	Blackburn Rovers	19	9	2	8	42	29	5	2	3	29	17	4	0	5	13	12	13	20	WWLWLL
12	Rotherham United	21	7	6	8	28	33	5	3	2	14	11	2	3	6	14	22	-5	20	WDWWDW
13	Barnsley	21	6	8	7	27	38	6	2	2	19	16	0	6	5	8	22	-11	20	LDWLWD
14	Port Vale	19	6	7	6	23	26	4	4	2	12	7	2	3	4	11	19	-3	19	DLLDDL
15	Nottingham Forest	19	9	1	9	30	34	5	1	4	16	13	4	0	5	14	21	-4	19	LLWDWW
16	Middlesbrough	19	7	5	7	32	37	6	2	1	22	12	1	3	6	10	25	-5	19	WLWLWL
17	Doncaster Rovers	20	6	6	8	37	48	6	4	1	29	16	0	2	7	8	32	-11	18	LDLWLW
18	Notts County	21	5	7	9	30	40	3	4	3	20	19	2	3	6	10	21	-10	17	WLDLWL
19	West Ham United	20	5	6	9	40	36	5	1	4	27	14	0	5	5	13	22	4	16	LLLDLD
20	Bury	21	5	5	11	36	54	3	2	5	14	22	2	3	6	22	32	-18	15	WLWWLL
21	Plymouth Argyle	21	5	3	13	23	42	3	2	5	14	15	2	1	8	9	27	-19	13	LWLLDW
22	Hull City	20	4	2	14	22	48	3	2	5	16	19	1	0	9	6	29	-26	10	LWWLLW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Bristol City	21	12	3	6	51	35	9	1	1	31	13	3	2	5	20	22	16	27	WWLWLL		1-2
2	2	Swansea Town	22	12	3	7	44	39	8	2	1	26	13	4	1	6	18	26	5	27	LLLDLW		2-1
1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	10	4	44	31	4	5	2	25	17	4	5	2	19	14	13	26	WLDWLD		1-1
2	4	Leeds United	21	12	2	7	38	32	10	1	0	26	7	2	1	7	12	25	6	26	LWLWWW		3-1
2	5	Liverpool	21	10	5	6	47	31	8	2	2	30	13	2	3	4	17	18	16	25	WLWDDW		5-2
3	6	Bristol Rovers	21	11	3	7	51	38	7	1	2	31	15	4	2	5	20	23	13	25	WLWLDL		1-2
1	7	Stoke City	22	12	1	9	41	31	8	0	3	27	13	4	1	6	14	18	10	25	LLWDWW		5-2
1	8	Lincoln City	21	10	4	7	40	25	8	3	1	32	10	2	1	6	8	15	15	24	DWWLWW		3-0
4	9	Leicester City	22	10	4	8	53	44	7	2	2	34	14	3	2	6	19	30	9	24	WDWWWL		1-2
	10	Fulham	22	11	2	9	49	46	7	1	3	30	17	4	1	6	19	29	3	24	WWLLLW		3-1
1	11	Rotherham United	22	8	6	8	31	35	6	3	2	17	13	2	3	6	14	22	-4	22	DWWDWW		3-2
2	12	Port Vale	20	7	7	6	25	27	4	4	2	12	7	3	3	4	13	20	-2	21	LLDDLW		2-1
2	13	Blackburn Rovers	20	9	2	9	42	32	5	2	3	29	17	4	0	6	13	15	10	20	WLWLLL		0-3
1	14	Barnsley	22	6	8	8	28	41	6	2	2	19	16	0	6	6	9	25	-13	20	DWLWDL		1-3
3	15	Notts County	22	6	7	9	35	40	4	4	3	25	19	2	3	6	10	21	-5	19	LDLWLW		5-0
1	16	Nottingham Forest	20	9	1	10	32	39	5	1	4	16	13	4	0	6	16	26	-7	19	LWDWWL		2-5
1	17	Middlesbrough	20	7	5	8	32	42	6	2	1	22	12	1	3	7	10	30	-10	19	LWLWLL		0-5
1	18	Doncaster Rovers	21	6	6	9	39	53	6	4	1	29	16	0	2	8	10	37	-14	18	DLWLWL		2-5
	19	West Ham United	21	5	6	10	42	39	5	1	4	27	14	0	5	6	15	25	3	16	LLDLDL		2-3
	20	Bury	22	5	5	12	37	57	3	2	5	14	22	2	3	7	23	35	-20	15	LWWLLL		1-3
	21	Plymouth Argyle	22	5	4	13	24	43	3	3	5	15	16	2	1	8	9	27	-19	14	WLLDWD		1-1
	22	Hull City	21	5	2	14	24	49	3	2	5	16	19	2	0	9	8	30	-25	12	WWLLWW		2-1