The City Ground

NOTTS COUNTY 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Feb 11, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 11, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Meadow Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: A Luty
Attendance:: 17,509
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 9
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Tier 2)
Notts County:: Oct 20, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2058 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1233 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2261 (of 5828)
Total:: 3422 (of 7633)
Played:: 70 years, 6 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (41') (Pen)
Bill Morley (49')
Peter Higham (83')

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: George Poyser
Prior form: LWLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Jackson (24')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley (49')
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	31	Jack French
9	M	25	Peter Higham (83')
10	F	25	Jim Barrett (41')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Smith
2	D	Aubrey Southwell
3	D	Frank Cruickshank
4	D	John McGrath
5	D	Ray Chatham
6	M	Tom Johnston
7	M	Billy Coole
8	M	Ron Wylie
9	M	Jimmy Jackson
10	F	Jack Taylor
11	F	Gordon Wills

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 11, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	West Ham United
Bristol Rovers	3-0	Lincoln City
Bury	2-2	Port Vale
Doncaster Rovers	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Fulham	1-1	Rotherham United
Leeds United	2-2	Swansea Town
Middlesbrough	2-1	Bristol City
Notts County	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle	4-0	Liverpool
Sheffield Wednesday	4-1	Hull City
Stoke City	2-0	Leicester 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	Sheffield Wednesday	29	12	11	6	64	42	7	5	2	39	20	5	6	4	25	22	22	35	DWLWLW
	2	Bristol City	28	15	4	9	64	47	12	1	2	42	17	3	3	7	22	30	17	34	LWLWDW
	3	Leicester City	29	15	4	10	72	54	10	2	2	47	17	5	2	8	25	37	18	34	LWWWLW
	4	Swansea Town	28	15	4	9	55	50	11	3	1	35	15	4	1	8	20	35	5	34	LLWDWW
	5	Liverpool	27	13	6	8	59	41	9	3	3	36	18	4	3	5	23	23	18	32	WDLLWW
	6	Bristol Rovers	28	14	4	10	65	52	10	1	2	41	20	4	3	8	24	32	13	32	WLWDWL
	7	Leeds United	27	14	4	9	47	42	12	2	0	30	9	2	2	9	17	33	5	32	LWLWDD
	8	Port Vale	28	11	10	7	39	35	7	4	3	22	12	4	6	4	17	23	4	32	WDDWDW
	9	Blackburn Rovers	28	13	4	11	57	47	7	4	4	39	25	6	0	7	18	22	10	30	LWDWWW
	10	Fulham	29	14	2	13	62	58	10	1	3	41	20	4	1	10	21	38	4	30	WLWLWL
	11	Nottingham Forest	28	13	4	11	47	47	7	2	5	22	17	6	2	6	25	30	0	30	WDDDWL
	12	Stoke City	27	13	3	11	48	42	9	1	4	32	18	4	2	7	16	24	6	29	WLDWDL
	13	Lincoln City	26	11	6	9	48	36	8	4	1	33	11	3	2	8	15	25	12	28	WDDLLW
	14	Middlesbrough	28	10	6	12	47	56	8	3	3	32	21	2	3	9	15	35	-9	26	LLDLWL
	15	Bury	28	9	7	12	52	64	5	4	5	23	27	4	3	7	29	37	-12	25	DWWWWD
	16	Rotherham United	27	9	7	11	39	48	6	4	3	21	19	3	3	8	18	29	-9	25	WLLLDW
	17	Doncaster Rovers	27	8	8	11	50	66	8	4	2	34	20	0	4	9	16	46	-16	24	WDWDLL
	18	Barnsley	29	8	8	13	34	54	7	2	5	23	23	1	6	8	11	31	-20	24	WLLLLL
	19	West Ham United	27	8	7	12	51	46	7	2	4	34	16	1	5	8	17	30	5	23	WLWWDL
	20	Notts County	29	8	7	14	43	54	5	4	5	28	23	3	3	9	15	31	-11	23	LWLLLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	29	6	5	18	34	64	4	4	6	22	21	2	1	12	12	43	-30	17	WLDLLL
	22	Hull City	26	5	3	18	29	61	3	2	7	17	24	2	1	11	12	37	-32	13	WLLLDL

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	30	13	11	6	68	43	8	5	2	43	21	5	6	4	25	22	25	37	WLWLWW		4-1
2	2	Swansea Town	29	15	5	9	57	52	11	3	1	35	15	4	2	8	22	37	5	35	LWDWWD		2-2
1	3	Bristol City	29	15	4	10	65	49	12	1	2	42	17	3	3	8	23	32	16	34	WLWDWL		1-2
2	4	Bristol Rovers	29	15	4	10	68	52	11	1	2	44	20	4	3	8	24	32	16	34	LWDWLW		3-0
2	5	Leicester City	30	15	4	11	72	56	10	2	2	47	17	5	2	9	25	39	16	34	WWWLWL		0-2
1	6	Leeds United	28	14	5	9	49	44	12	3	0	32	11	2	2	9	17	33	5	33	WLWDDD		2-2
1	7	Port Vale	29	11	11	7	41	37	7	4	3	22	12	4	7	4	19	25	4	33	DDWDWD		2-2
3	8	Liverpool	28	13	6	9	59	45	9	3	3	36	18	4	3	6	23	27	14	32	DLLWWL		0-4
2	9	Nottingham Forest	29	14	4	11	50	48	7	2	5	22	17	7	2	6	28	31	2	32	DDDWLW		3-1
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	29	13	5	11	59	49	7	4	4	39	25	6	1	7	20	24	10	31	WDWWWD		2-2
1	11	Stoke City	28	14	3	11	50	42	10	1	4	34	18	4	2	7	16	24	8	31	LDWDLW		2-0
2	12	Fulham	30	14	3	13	63	59	10	2	3	42	21	4	1	10	21	38	4	31	LWLWLD		1-1
	13	Lincoln City	27	11	6	10	48	39	8	4	1	33	11	3	2	9	15	28	9	28	DDLLWL		0-3
	14	Middlesbrough	29	11	6	12	49	57	9	3	3	34	22	2	3	9	15	35	-8	28	LDLWLW		2-1
	15	Bury	29	9	8	12	54	66	5	5	5	25	29	4	3	7	29	37	-12	26	WWWWDD		2-2
	16	Rotherham United	28	9	8	11	40	49	6	4	3	21	19	3	4	8	19	30	-9	26	LLLDWD		1-1
	17	Doncaster Rovers	28	8	9	11	52	68	8	5	2	36	22	0	4	9	16	46	-16	25	DWDLLD		2-2
	18	Barnsley	30	8	9	13	35	55	7	3	5	24	24	1	6	8	11	31	-20	25	LLLLLD		1-1
	19	West Ham United	28	8	8	12	52	47	7	2	4	34	16	1	6	8	18	31	5	24	LWWDLD		1-1
	20	Notts County	30	8	7	15	44	57	5	4	6	29	26	3	3	9	15	31	-13	23	WLLLLL		1-3
	21	Plymouth Argyle	30	7	5	18	38	64	5	4	6	26	21	2	1	12	12	43	-26	19	LDLLLW		4-0
	22	Hull City	27	5	3	19	30	65	3	2	7	17	24	2	1	12	13	41	-35	13	LLLDLL		1-4