The City Ground

HULL CITY 0 - 3 FOREST - Tue Dec 27, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Dec 27, 1955 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Hull City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Boothferry Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: J McLoughlin
Attendance:: 21,407
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 12
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Hull City:: Feb 12, 1966

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2052 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 1227 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2254 (of 5827)
Total:: 3415 (of 7632)
Played:: 70 years, 8 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Higham (55')
Peter Higham (65')
Tommy Wilson (76')

HULL CITY
Manager: Bob Brocklebank
Prior form: LLWWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	31	Peter Small
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	M	25	Peter Higham (55') (65')
10	F	25	Tommy Wilson (76')
11	F	23	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Bly
2	D	John Neal
3	D	Viggo Jensen
4	D	Andy Davidson
5	D	Tom Berry
6	M	Brian Bulless
7	M	Johnny Stephens
8	M	Tommy Martin
9	M	Stan Mortensen
10	F	Doug Clarke
11	F	Brian Cripsey

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Dec 27, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-2	Port Vale
Bristol City	6-0	Plymouth Argyle
Bury	2-1	Rotherham United
Doncaster Rovers	2-0	Lincoln City
Hull City	0-3	Nottingham Forest
Leicester City	4-2	Bristol Rovers
Notts County	2-1	Leeds United
Sheffield Wednesday	5-1	Blackburn Rovers
Stoke City	3-2	Liverpool
Swansea Town	2-0	Fulham
West Ham United	1-0	Middlesbrough

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	Sheffield Wednesday	24	9	11	4	50	33	5	5	2	29	17	4	6	2	21	16	17	29	DWLDWD
	2	Liverpool	23	11	6	6	51	34	8	3	2	32	15	3	3	4	19	19	17	28	WDDWWD
	3	Leeds United	23	13	2	8	42	37	11	1	0	27	7	2	1	8	15	30	5	28	LWWWLW
	4	Bristol Rovers	23	12	3	8	54	41	8	1	2	33	16	4	2	6	21	25	13	27	WLDLLW
	5	Bristol City	23	12	3	8	52	43	9	1	2	32	16	3	2	6	20	27	9	27	LWLLLL
	6	Swansea Town	24	12	3	9	46	48	8	2	1	26	13	4	1	8	20	35	-2	27	LDLWLL
	7	Lincoln City	23	10	6	7	44	29	8	4	1	33	11	2	2	6	11	18	15	26	WLWWDD
	8	Leicester City	24	11	4	9	57	48	7	2	2	34	14	4	2	7	23	34	9	26	WWWLWL
	9	Stoke City	24	12	2	10	43	37	8	0	3	27	13	4	2	7	16	24	6	26	WDWWLD
	10	Fulham	24	12	2	10	53	50	8	1	3	34	18	4	1	7	19	32	3	26	LLLWLW
	11	Barnsley	24	8	8	8	33	42	7	2	2	22	16	1	6	6	11	26	-9	24	LWDLWW
	12	Port Vale	22	8	7	7	30	30	5	4	3	17	10	3	3	4	13	20	0	23	DDLWWL
	13	Nottingham Forest	22	11	1	10	37	41	7	1	4	21	15	4	0	6	16	26	-4	23	DWWLWW
	14	Middlesbrough	22	9	5	8	39	45	8	2	1	29	15	1	3	7	10	30	-6	23	LWLLWW
	15	Rotherham United	24	8	6	10	33	42	6	3	3	18	16	2	3	7	15	26	-9	22	WDWWLL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	22	9	3	10	46	37	5	3	4	33	22	4	0	6	13	15	9	21	WLLLLD
	17	Notts County	24	7	7	10	38	42	4	4	3	25	19	3	3	7	13	23	-4	21	LWLWWL
	18	Doncaster Rovers	23	7	7	9	42	55	7	4	1	31	17	0	3	8	11	38	-13	21	WLWLWD
	19	West Ham United	23	6	6	11	47	42	6	1	4	32	15	0	5	7	15	27	5	18	DLDLWL
	20	Bury	24	6	6	12	43	61	3	3	5	17	25	3	3	7	26	36	-18	18	WLLLDW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	24	6	4	14	30	46	4	3	5	20	16	2	1	9	10	30	-16	16	LDWDLW
	22	Hull City	23	5	2	16	26	53	3	2	6	17	21	2	0	10	9	32	-27	12	LLWWLL

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	Sheffield Wednesday	25	10	11	4	55	34	6	5	2	34	18	4	6	2	21	16	21	31	WLDWDW		5-1
3	2	Bristol City	24	13	3	8	58	43	10	1	2	38	16	3	2	6	20	27	15	29	WLLLLW		6-0
3	3	Swansea Town	25	13	3	9	48	48	9	2	1	28	13	4	1	8	20	35	0	29	DLWLLW		2-0
2	4	Liverpool	24	11	6	7	53	37	8	3	2	32	15	3	3	5	21	22	16	28	DDWWDL		2-3
3	5	Leicester City	25	12	4	9	61	50	8	2	2	38	16	4	2	7	23	34	11	28	WWLWLW		4-2
3	6	Stoke City	25	13	2	10	46	39	9	0	3	30	15	4	2	7	16	24	7	28	DWWLDW		3-2
4	7	Leeds United	24	13	2	9	43	39	11	1	0	27	7	2	1	9	16	32	4	28	WWWLWL		1-2
4	8	Bristol Rovers	24	12	3	9	56	45	8	1	2	33	16	4	2	7	23	29	11	27	LDLLWL		2-4
2	9	Lincoln City	24	10	6	8	44	31	8	4	1	33	11	2	2	7	11	20	13	26	LWWDDL		0-2
	10	Fulham	25	12	2	11	53	52	8	1	3	34	18	4	1	8	19	34	1	26	LLWLWL		0-2
1	11	Port Vale	23	9	7	7	32	31	5	4	3	17	10	4	3	4	15	21	1	25	DLWWLW		2-1
1	12	Nottingham Forest	23	12	1	10	40	41	7	1	4	21	15	5	0	6	19	26	-1	25	WWLWWW		3-0
2	13	Barnsley	25	8	8	9	34	44	7	2	3	23	18	1	6	6	11	26	-10	24	WDLWWL		1-2
3	14	Notts County	25	8	7	10	40	43	5	4	3	27	20	3	3	7	13	23	-3	23	WLWWLW		2-1
1	15	Middlesbrough	23	9	5	9	39	46	8	2	1	29	15	1	3	8	10	31	-7	23	WLLWWL		0-1
2	16	Doncaster Rovers	24	8	7	9	44	55	8	4	1	33	17	0	3	8	11	38	-11	23	LWLWDW		2-0
2	17	Rotherham United	25	8	6	11	34	44	6	3	3	18	16	2	3	8	16	28	-10	22	DWWLLL		1-2
2	18	Blackburn Rovers	23	9	3	11	47	42	5	3	4	33	22	4	0	7	14	20	5	21	LLLLDL		1-5
	19	West Ham United	24	7	6	11	48	42	7	1	4	33	15	0	5	7	15	27	6	20	LDLWLW		1-0
	20	Bury	25	7	6	12	45	62	4	3	5	19	26	3	3	7	26	36	-17	20	LLLDWW		2-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	25	6	4	15	30	52	4	3	5	20	16	2	1	10	10	36	-22	16	DWDLWL		0-6
	22	Hull City	24	5	2	17	26	56	3	2	7	17	24	2	0	10	9	32	-30	12	LWWLLL		0-3