The City Ground

DONCASTER ROVERS 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Jan 21, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 21, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Belle Vue
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: G Oliver
Attendance:: 10,477
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 10
Opp Before/After:: 15 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Oct 27, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2056 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1231 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2259 (of 5829)
Total:: 3420 (of 7634)
Played:: 70 years, 7 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack French (30')
Jack Burkitt (55') (Pen)
Jack French (65') - Jack French last goal

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Peter Doherty
Prior form: LWDWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ronnie Walker (72')

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	30	Jack Burkitt (55')
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	31	Jack French (30') (65')
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	20	Dennis Alexander
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Gregg
2	D	Brian Makepeace
3	D	Len Graham
4	D	Jimmy Kilkenny
5	D	Charlie Williams
6	M	Jackie Teasdale
7	M	Johnny Mooney
8	M	Reece Nicholson
9	M	Jimmy Walker
10	F	Alick Jeffrey
11	F	Ronnie Walker

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 21, 1956)

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

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	27	11	11	5	62	40	7	5	2	39	20	4	6	3	23	20	22	33	DWDWLW
	2	Leicester City	27	14	4	9	66	50	9	2	2	42	16	5	2	7	24	34	16	32	LWLWWW
	3	Bristol City	26	14	3	9	61	46	11	1	2	40	17	3	2	7	21	29	15	31	LLLWLW
	4	Leeds United	26	14	3	9	46	41	12	1	0	29	8	2	2	9	17	33	5	31	WLWLWD
	5	Bristol Rovers	26	13	4	9	61	48	9	1	2	37	18	4	3	7	24	30	13	30	LLWLWD
	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
	8	Port Vale	26	10	9	7	36	33	6	4	3	20	11	4	5	4	16	22	3	29	WLWDDW
	9	Liverpool	25	11	6	8	54	39	8	3	3	33	17	3	3	5	21	22	15	28	DWWDLL
	10	Fulham	27	13	2	12	58	55	9	1	3	38	19	4	1	9	20	36	3	28	WLWLWL
	11	Nottingham Forest	26	12	4	10	44	45	7	2	4	22	16	5	2	6	22	29	-1	28	WWWDDD
	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
	14	Bury	27	9	6	12	51	63	5	3	5	22	26	4	3	7	29	37	-12	24	LDWWWW
	15	Doncaster Rovers	26	8	8	10	49	63	8	4	1	33	17	0	4	9	16	46	-14	24	LWDWDL
	16	Middlesbrough	26	9	6	11	42	54	8	3	2	31	19	1	3	9	11	35	-12	24	WWLLDL
	17	Barnsley	27	8	8	11	34	48	7	2	4	23	19	1	6	7	11	29	-14	24	LWWLLL
	18	West Ham United	26	8	7	11	50	43	7	2	4	34	16	1	5	7	16	27	7	23	LWLWWD
	19	Notts County	27	8	7	12	41	47	5	4	4	27	21	3	3	8	14	26	-6	23	WWLWLL
	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
	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	28	11	11	6	63	42	7	5	2	39	20	4	6	4	24	22	21	33	WDWLWL		1-2
1	2	Bristol City	27	14	4	9	62	47	11	1	2	40	17	3	3	7	22	30	15	32	LLWLWD		1-1
2	3	Bristol Rovers	27	14	4	9	65	50	10	1	2	41	20	4	3	7	24	30	15	32	LWLWDW		4-2
2	4	Leicester City	28	14	4	10	67	53	9	2	2	42	16	5	2	8	25	37	14	32	WLWWWL		1-3
1	5	Leeds United	27	14	4	9	47	42	12	2	0	30	9	2	2	9	17	33	5	32	LWLWDD		1-1
	6	Swansea Town	27	14	4	9	50	49	10	3	1	30	14	4	1	8	20	35	1	32	WLLWDW		2-1
2	7	Liverpool	26	12	6	8	57	40	9	3	3	36	18	3	3	5	21	22	17	30	WWDLLW		3-1
2	8	Fulham	28	14	2	12	61	56	10	1	3	41	20	4	1	9	20	36	5	30	LWLWLW		3-1
1	9	Port Vale	27	10	10	7	37	34	6	4	3	20	11	4	6	4	17	23	3	30	LWDDWD		1-1
1	10	Nottingham Forest	27	13	4	10	47	46	7	2	4	22	16	6	2	6	25	30	1	30	WWDDDW		3-1
4	11	Stoke City	27	13	3	11	48	42	9	1	4	32	18	4	2	7	16	24	6	29	WLDWDL		1-2
	12	Lincoln City	26	11	6	9	48	36	8	4	1	33	11	3	2	8	15	25	12	28	WDDLLW		4-1
	13	Blackburn Rovers	27	12	4	11	55	47	6	4	4	37	25	6	0	7	18	22	8	28	DLWDWW		2-1
2	14	Middlesbrough	27	10	6	11	46	54	8	3	2	31	19	2	3	9	15	35	-8	26	WLLDLW		4-0
1	15	Bury	28	9	7	12	52	64	5	4	5	23	27	4	3	7	29	37	-12	25	DWWWWD		1-1
4	16	Rotherham United	27	9	7	11	39	48	6	4	3	21	19	3	3	8	18	29	-9	25	WLLLDW		2-1
2	17	Doncaster Rovers	27	8	8	11	50	66	8	4	2	34	20	0	4	9	16	46	-16	24	WDWDLL		1-3
1	18	Barnsley	28	8	8	12	34	52	7	2	5	23	23	1	6	7	11	29	-18	24	WWLLLL		0-4
1	19	West Ham United	27	8	7	12	51	46	7	2	4	34	16	1	5	8	17	30	5	23	WLWWDL		1-3
1	20	Notts County	28	8	7	13	42	49	5	4	5	28	23	3	3	8	14	26	-7	23	WLWLLL		1-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	28	6	5	17	33	59	4	4	6	22	21	2	1	11	11	38	-26	17	LWLDLL		1-4
	22	Hull City	26	5	3	18	29	61	3	2	7	17	24	2	1	11	12	37	-32	13	WLLLDL		2-4