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 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1238 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2266 (of 5828)
Total:: 3427 (of 7633)
Played:: 70 years, 5 months, 8 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

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

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	36	17	12	7	83	50	11	5	2	52	22	6	7	5	31	28	33	46	WLWWWD	Safe
	2	Bristol Rovers	36	18	6	12	77	62	12	3	3	49	27	6	3	9	28	35	15	42	WLLDWW	Safe
	3	Leicester City	36	18	5	13	84	68	13	2	2	56	19	5	3	11	28	49	16	41	WDWLWL	Safe
	4	Port Vale	36	15	11	10	53	46	11	4	3	33	14	4	7	7	20	32	7	41	WLWLWW	Safe
	5	Liverpool	35	17	6	12	74	53	12	3	3	45	21	5	3	9	29	32	21	40	WWWWLL	Safe
	6	Bristol City	36	17	6	13	73	56	12	3	3	43	19	5	3	10	30	37	17	40	DWLWDL	Safe
	7	Leeds United	35	17	6	12	60	54	14	3	1	39	16	3	3	11	21	38	6	40	LDLLWW	Safe
	8	Blackburn Rovers	35	17	5	13	71	57	10	4	4	47	26	7	1	9	24	31	14	39	LWWWLW	Safe
	9	Swansea Town	35	17	5	13	70	64	12	3	3	42	19	5	2	10	28	45	6	39	LLWLLW	Safe
	10	Fulham	36	16	5	15	72	65	12	2	4	48	23	4	3	11	24	42	7	37	DLWDWL	Safe
	11	Nottingham Forest	33	16	5	12	54	52	8	2	6	25	21	8	3	6	29	31	2	37	LWWWLD	Safe
	12	Stoke City	33	16	3	14	55	52	11	1	5	38	24	5	2	9	17	28	3	35	WLWWLL
	13	Lincoln City	32	13	8	11	55	46	10	5	1	38	13	3	3	10	17	33	9	34	LWDLWD
	14	Bury	36	13	8	15	71	79	8	5	6	35	33	5	3	9	36	46	-8	34	LWWLLW
	15	West Ham United	35	12	9	14	64	57	11	3	4	44	20	1	6	10	20	37	7	33	WLWDLW
	16	Middlesbrough	33	13	7	13	61	65	9	4	4	37	26	4	3	9	24	39	-4	33	LWWLWD
	17	Doncaster Rovers	34	10	10	14	61	79	10	5	3	41	26	0	5	11	20	53	-18	30	LLLDWW
	18	Barnsley	36	9	11	16	40	70	8	4	6	28	32	1	7	10	12	38	-30	29	DWLLLD
	19	Notts County	37	10	8	19	50	73	7	4	7	34	31	3	4	12	16	42	-23	28	WLLDWL
	20	Rotherham United	32	9	9	14	45	58	6	5	4	25	24	3	4	10	20	34	-13	27	WDLLLD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	37	9	7	21	48	75	6	6	6	30	22	3	1	15	18	53	-27	25	LWWDLL
	22	Hull City	34	7	4	23	39	79	4	2	9	21	32	3	2	14	18	47	-40	18	LLWLDL

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	37	18	12	7	84	50	12	5	2	53	22	6	7	5	31	28	34	48	LWWWDW	Safe	1-0
3	2	Liverpool	36	18	6	12	76	54	13	3	3	47	22	5	3	9	29	32	22	42	WWWLLW	Safe	2-1
	3	Leicester City	37	18	6	13	85	69	13	3	2	57	20	5	3	11	28	49	16	42	DWLWLD	Safe	1-1
2	4	Bristol Rovers	37	18	6	13	78	66	12	3	4	50	31	6	3	9	28	35	12	42	LLDWWL	Safe	1-4
1	5	Port Vale	37	15	12	10	54	47	11	4	3	33	14	4	8	7	21	33	7	42	LWLWWD	Safe	1-1
2	6	Blackburn Rovers	36	18	5	13	74	58	11	4	4	50	27	7	1	9	24	31	16	41	WWWLWW	Safe	3-1
1	7	Bristol City	37	17	6	14	74	58	12	3	3	43	19	5	3	11	31	39	16	40	WLWDLL	Safe	1-2
1	8	Leeds United	36	17	6	13	60	56	14	3	1	39	16	3	3	12	21	40	4	40	DLLWWL	Safe	0-2
2	9	Nottingham Forest	34	17	5	12	56	52	9	2	6	27	21	8	3	6	29	31	4	39	WWWLDW	Safe	2-0
1	10	Swansea Town	36	17	5	14	71	67	12	3	3	42	19	5	2	11	29	48	4	39	LWLLWL	Safe	1-3
1	11	Fulham	37	16	6	15	74	67	12	2	4	48	23	4	4	11	26	44	7	38	LWDWLD	Safe	2-2
1	12	Lincoln City	33	14	8	11	59	46	11	5	1	42	13	3	3	10	17	33	13	36	WDLWDW	Safe	4-0
1	13	Stoke City	34	16	4	14	56	53	11	2	5	39	25	5	2	9	17	28	3	36	LWWLLD	Safe	1-1
1	14	West Ham United	36	13	9	14	65	57	11	3	4	44	20	2	6	10	21	37	8	35	LWDLWW	Safe	1-0
1	15	Middlesbrough	34	13	8	13	62	66	9	4	4	37	26	4	4	9	25	40	-4	34	WWLWDD	Safe	1-1
2	16	Bury	37	13	8	16	72	82	8	5	6	35	33	5	3	10	37	49	-10	34	WWLLWL	Safe	1-3
	17	Doncaster Rovers	35	11	10	14	64	80	11	5	3	44	27	0	5	11	20	53	-16	32	LLDWWW		3-1
2	18	Rotherham United	33	10	9	14	49	59	6	5	4	25	24	4	4	10	24	35	-10	29	DLLLDW		4-1
1	19	Barnsley	37	9	11	17	40	74	8	4	6	28	32	1	7	11	12	42	-34	29	WLLLDL		0-4
1	20	Notts County	38	10	8	20	50	74	7	4	7	34	31	3	4	13	16	43	-24	28	LLDWLL		0-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	38	9	7	22	48	76	6	6	7	30	23	3	1	15	18	53	-28	25	WWDLLL		0-1
	22	Hull City	35	7	5	23	41	81	4	3	9	23	34	3	2	14	18	47	-40	19	LWLDLD		2-2