The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 LEEDS UNITED - Sat Mar 31, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 31, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: K Dagnall
Attendance:: 19,448
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 9
Opp Before/After:: 7 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Leeds United:: Sep 14, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2063 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1238 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2266 (of 5790)
Total:: 3427 (of 7585)
Played:: 69 years, 8 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Small (10')
Doug Lishman (75')

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Raich Carter
Prior form: LDLLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley	200th appearance
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small (10')
8	F	39	Freddie Scott
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	32	Doug Lishman (75')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson	31		7	1
2	D	30	Bill Whare	200	1	7	1
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	311	1	7	1
4	M	30	Bill Morley	199	6	7	1
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay	81		7	1
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt	297	11	7	1
7	F	31	Peter Small (10')	61	14	7	1
8	F	39	Freddie Scott	316	44	7	1
9	M	25	Peter Higham	34	14	7	1
10	F	32	Doug Lishman (75')	2	1	7	1
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach	31	5	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roy Wood
2	D	Jimmy Dunn
3	D	Grenville Hair
4	D	Archie Gibson
5	D	Jack Charlton
6	M	Eric Kerfoot
7	M	George Meek
8	M	John Charles
9	M	Harold Brook
10	F	Bobby Forrest
11	F	Jack Overfield

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 31, 1956)

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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