The City Ground

PORT VALE 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 07, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 07, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vale Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: E Crawford
Attendance:: 23,018
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 4
Opp Before/After:: 4 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Sep 22, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2066 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1241 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2269 (of 5829)
Total:: 3430 (of 7634)
Played:: 70 years, 5 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Freddie Scott (24')
Doug Lishman (75')

PORT VALE
Manager: Freddie Steele
Prior form: WLWWDD (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
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	39	Freddie Scott (24')
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	32	Doug Lishman (75')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ray King
2	D	Stan Turner
3	D	Reg Potts
4	D	Albert Leake
5	D	Basil Hayward
6	M	Roy Sproson
7	M	Jack 'Dickie' Cunliffe
8	M	Len Stephenson
9	M	Stan Smith
10	F	Eddie Baily
11	F	Alan Bennett

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 07, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-0	Stoke City
Bristol City	4-1	Doncaster Rovers
Bury	7-1	Plymouth Argyle
Fulham	3-1	Liverpool
Leeds United	4-0	Leicester City
Middlesbrough	0-1	Bristol Rovers
Notts County	2-2	Lincoln City
Port Vale	0-2	Nottingham Forest
Rotherham United	0-2	Hull City
Swansea Town	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
West Ham United	3-3	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	38	19	12	7	86	51	12	5	2	53	22	7	7	5	33	29	35	50	WWWDWW	Safe
	2	Bristol Rovers	38	19	6	13	79	66	12	3	4	50	31	7	3	9	29	35	13	44	LDWWLW	Safe
	3	Blackburn Rovers	37	19	5	13	77	58	11	4	4	50	27	8	1	9	27	31	19	43	WWLWWW	Safe
	4	Port Vale	38	15	13	10	54	47	11	4	3	33	14	4	9	7	21	33	7	43	WLWWDD	Safe
	5	Liverpool	37	18	6	13	77	56	13	3	4	48	24	5	3	9	29	32	21	42	WWLLWL	Safe
	6	Leicester City	38	18	6	14	86	71	13	3	3	58	22	5	3	11	28	49	15	42	WLWLDL	Safe
	7	Leeds United	37	18	6	13	66	57	15	3	1	45	17	3	3	12	21	40	9	42	LLWWLW	Safe
	8	Nottingham Forest	36	18	6	12	61	55	9	3	6	29	23	9	3	6	32	32	6	42	WLDWWD	Safe
	9	Bristol City	38	17	7	14	74	58	12	4	3	43	19	5	3	11	31	39	16	41	LWDLLD	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	37	17	5	15	73	70	12	3	3	42	19	5	2	12	31	51	3	39	WLLWLL	Safe
	11	Stoke City	35	17	4	14	59	53	12	2	5	42	25	5	2	9	17	28	6	38	WWLLDW	Safe
	12	Fulham	38	16	6	16	75	73	12	2	4	48	23	4	4	12	27	50	2	38	WDWLDL	Safe
	13	Lincoln City	35	14	9	12	62	51	11	5	2	43	16	3	4	10	19	35	11	37	LWDWLD	Safe
	14	West Ham United	37	13	9	15	65	60	11	3	4	44	20	2	6	11	21	40	5	35	WDLWWL	Safe
	15	Middlesbrough	36	13	8	15	63	69	9	4	5	37	27	4	4	10	26	42	-6	34	LWDDLL	Safe
	16	Bury	38	13	8	17	73	84	8	5	6	35	33	5	3	11	38	51	-11	34	WLLWLL	Safe
	17	Doncaster Rovers	36	12	10	14	66	81	11	5	3	44	27	1	5	11	22	54	-15	34	LDWWWW	Safe
	18	Rotherham United	35	12	9	14	52	60	7	5	4	27	25	5	4	10	25	35	-8	33	LLDWWW	Safe
	19	Barnsley	38	10	11	17	43	76	9	4	6	31	34	1	7	11	12	42	-33	31	LLLDLW
	20	Notts County	39	11	8	20	52	75	8	4	7	36	32	3	4	13	16	43	-23	30	LDWLLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	39	9	7	23	48	77	6	6	8	30	24	3	1	15	18	53	-29	25	WDLLLL
	22	Hull City	36	7	5	24	41	84	4	3	10	23	37	3	2	14	18	47	-43	19	WLDLDL

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	39	19	13	7	89	54	12	5	2	53	22	7	8	5	36	32	35	51	WWDWWD	Safe	3-3
	2	Bristol Rovers	39	20	6	13	80	66	12	3	4	50	31	8	3	9	30	35	14	46	DWWLWW	Safe	1-0
4	3	Leeds United	38	19	6	13	70	57	16	3	1	49	17	3	3	12	21	40	13	44	LWWLWW	Safe	4-0
4	4	Nottingham Forest	37	19	6	12	63	55	9	3	6	29	23	10	3	6	34	32	8	44	LDWWDW	Safe	2-0
4	5	Bristol City	39	18	7	14	78	59	13	4	3	47	20	5	3	11	31	39	19	43	WDLLDW	Safe	4-1
3	6	Blackburn Rovers	38	19	5	14	78	60	11	4	4	50	27	8	1	10	28	33	18	43	WLWWWL	Safe	1-2
3	7	Port Vale	39	15	13	11	54	49	11	4	4	33	16	4	9	7	21	33	5	43	LWWDDL	Safe	0-2
3	8	Liverpool	38	18	6	14	78	59	13	3	4	48	24	5	3	10	30	35	19	42	WLLWLL	Safe	1-3
3	9	Leicester City	39	18	6	15	86	75	13	3	3	58	22	5	3	12	28	53	11	42	LWLDLL	Safe	0-4
	10	Swansea Town	38	18	5	15	75	71	13	3	3	44	20	5	2	12	31	51	4	41	LLWLLW	Safe	2-1
1	11	Fulham	39	17	6	16	78	74	13	2	4	51	24	4	4	12	27	50	4	40	DWLDLW	Safe	3-1
1	12	Lincoln City	36	14	10	12	64	53	11	5	2	43	16	3	5	10	21	37	11	38	WDWLDD	Safe	2-2
2	13	Stoke City	36	17	4	15	59	54	12	2	5	42	25	5	2	10	17	29	5	38	WLLDWL	Safe	0-1
	14	West Ham United	38	13	10	15	68	63	11	4	4	47	23	2	6	11	21	40	5	36	DLWWLD	Safe	3-3
1	15	Bury	39	14	8	17	80	85	9	5	6	42	34	5	3	11	38	51	-5	36	LLWLLW	Safe	7-1
1	16	Middlesbrough	37	13	8	16	63	70	9	4	6	37	28	4	4	10	26	42	-7	34	WDDLLL	Safe	0-1
	17	Doncaster Rovers	37	12	10	15	67	85	11	5	3	44	27	1	5	12	23	58	-18	34	DWWWWL	Safe	1-4
	18	Rotherham United	36	12	9	15	52	62	7	5	5	27	27	5	4	10	25	35	-10	33	LDWWWL	Safe	0-2
	19	Barnsley	39	11	11	17	44	76	10	4	6	32	34	1	7	11	12	42	-32	33	LLDLWW	Safe	1-0
	20	Notts County	40	11	9	20	54	77	8	5	7	38	34	3	4	13	16	43	-23	31	DWLLWD		2-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	7	24	49	84	6	6	8	30	24	3	1	16	19	60	-35	25	DLLLLL	Relegated	1-7
	22	Hull City	37	8	5	24	43	84	4	3	10	23	37	4	2	14	20	47	-41	21	LDLDLW		2-0