The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BRISTOL ROVERS - Sat Jan 14, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 14, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: M Gaiger
Attendance:: 12,441
League Week:: 26 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 11
Opp Before/After:: 6 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Doncaster Rovers (League Tier 2)
Bristol Rovers:: Nov 24, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2055 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1230 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2258 (of 5824)
Total:: 3419 (of 7629)
Played:: 70 years, 7 months, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Higham (50')

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: DLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Barrie Meyer (36')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	34	Jack Hutchinson
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 (50')
10	F	25	Tommy Wilson
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ron Nicholls
2	D	Harry Bamford
3	D	Frank Allcock
4	D	Jimmy Anderson
5	D	Paddy Hale
6	M	Peter Sampson
7	M	George Petherbridge
8	M	Alfie Biggs
9	M	Geoff Bradford
10	F	Barrie Meyer
11	F	Peter Hooper

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 14, 1956)

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

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	26	10	11	5	57	38	6	5	2	34	18	4	6	3	23	20	19	31	LDWDWL
	2	Leicester City	26	13	4	9	65	50	9	2	2	42	16	4	2	7	23	34	15	30	WLWLWW
	3	Leeds United	25	14	2	9	45	40	12	1	0	29	8	2	1	9	16	32	5	30	WWLWLW
	4	Swansea Town	26	13	4	9	48	48	9	3	1	28	13	4	1	8	20	35	0	30	LWLLWD
	5	Bristol City	25	13	3	9	59	45	10	1	2	38	16	3	2	7	21	29	14	29	LLLLWL
	6	Bristol Rovers	25	13	3	9	60	47	9	1	2	37	18	4	2	7	23	29	13	29	DLLWLW
	7	Stoke City	26	13	3	10	47	40	9	1	3	31	16	4	2	7	16	24	7	29	WWLDWD
	8	Liverpool	25	11	6	8	54	39	8	3	3	33	17	3	3	5	21	22	15	28	DWWDLL
	9	Fulham	26	13	2	11	57	53	9	1	3	38	19	4	1	8	19	34	4	28	LWLWLW
	10	Port Vale	25	9	9	7	33	32	5	4	3	17	10	4	5	4	16	22	1	27	WWLWDD
	11	Nottingham Forest	25	12	3	10	43	44	7	1	4	21	15	5	2	6	22	29	-1	27	LWWWDD
	12	Lincoln City	25	10	6	9	44	35	8	4	1	33	11	2	2	8	11	24	9	26	WWDDLL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	25	10	4	11	51	45	5	4	4	35	24	5	0	7	16	21	6	24	LLDLWD
	14	Doncaster Rovers	25	8	8	9	47	58	8	4	1	33	17	0	4	8	14	41	-11	24	WLWDWD
	15	Middlesbrough	25	9	6	10	41	51	8	3	1	30	16	1	3	9	11	35	-10	24	LWWLLD
	16	Barnsley	26	8	8	10	34	47	7	2	3	23	18	1	6	7	11	29	-13	24	DLWWLL
	17	Notts County	26	8	7	11	40	44	5	4	4	27	21	3	3	7	13	23	-4	23	LWWLWL
	18	Rotherham United	26	8	7	11	37	47	6	4	3	21	19	2	3	8	16	28	-10	23	WWLLLD
	19	West Ham United	25	8	6	11	49	42	7	1	4	33	15	1	5	7	16	27	7	22	DLWLWW
	20	Bury	26	8	6	12	48	62	5	3	5	22	26	3	3	7	26	36	-14	22	LLDWWW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	26	6	5	15	31	53	4	4	5	21	17	2	1	10	10	36	-22	17	WDLWLD
	22	Hull City	25	5	3	17	27	57	3	2	7	17	24	2	1	10	10	33	-30	13	WWLLLD

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	27	11	11	5	62	40	7	5	2	39	20	4	6	3	23	20	22	33	DWDWLW		5-2
	2	Leicester City	27	14	4	9	66	50	9	2	2	42	16	5	2	7	24	34	16	32	LWLWWW		1-0
2	3	Bristol City	26	14	3	9	61	46	11	1	2	40	17	3	2	7	21	29	15	31	LLLWLW		2-1
1	4	Leeds United	26	14	3	9	46	41	12	1	0	29	8	2	2	9	17	33	5	31	WLWLWD		1-1
1	5	Bristol Rovers	26	13	4	9	61	48	9	1	2	37	18	4	3	7	24	30	13	30	LLWLWD		1-1
2	6	Swansea Town	26	13	4	9	48	48	9	3	1	28	13	4	1	8	20	35	0	30	LWLLWD
	7	Stoke City	26	13	3	10	47	40	9	1	3	31	16	4	2	7	16	24	7	29	WWLDWD
2	8	Port Vale	26	10	9	7	36	33	6	4	3	20	11	4	5	4	16	22	3	29	WLWDDW		3-1
1	9	Liverpool	25	11	6	8	54	39	8	3	3	33	17	3	3	5	21	22	15	28	DWWDLL
1	10	Fulham	27	13	2	12	58	55	9	1	3	38	19	4	1	9	20	36	3	28	WLWLWL		1-2
	11	Nottingham Forest	26	12	4	10	44	45	7	2	4	22	16	5	2	6	22	29	-1	28	WWWDDD		1-1
	12	Lincoln City	25	10	6	9	44	35	8	4	1	33	11	2	2	8	11	24	9	26	WWDDLL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	26	11	4	11	53	46	6	4	4	37	25	5	0	7	16	21	7	26	LDLWDW		2-1
6	14	Bury	27	9	6	12	51	63	5	3	5	22	26	4	3	7	29	37	-12	24	LDWWWW		3-1
1	15	Doncaster Rovers	26	8	8	10	49	63	8	4	1	33	17	0	4	9	16	46	-14	24	LWDWDL		2-5
1	16	Middlesbrough	26	9	6	11	42	54	8	3	2	31	19	1	3	9	11	35	-12	24	WWLLDL		1-3
1	17	Barnsley	27	8	8	11	34	48	7	2	4	23	19	1	6	7	11	29	-14	24	LWWLLL		0-1
1	18	West Ham United	26	8	7	11	50	43	7	2	4	34	16	1	5	7	16	27	7	23	LWLWWD		1-1
2	19	Notts County	27	8	7	12	41	47	5	4	4	27	21	3	3	8	14	26	-6	23	WWLWLL		1-3
2	20	Rotherham United	26	8	7	11	37	47	6	4	3	21	19	2	3	8	16	28	-10	23	WWLLLD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	27	6	5	16	32	55	4	4	5	21	17	2	1	11	11	38	-23	17	DLWLDL		1-2
	22	Hull City	25	5	3	17	27	57	3	2	7	17	24	2	1	10	10	33	-30	13	WWLLLD