The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 BURY - Sat Apr 14, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 14, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 14 April 1956

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: L Richardson
Attendance:: 19,840
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 7
Opp Before/After:: 15 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Oct 13, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2067 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1242 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2270 (of 5828)
Total:: 3431 (of 7633)
Played:: 70 years, 4 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BURY
Manager: Dave Russell
Prior form: LLWLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Stan Pearson (29')
Johnny Robinson (31')

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
9	M	25	Peter Higham
10	F	32	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roy MacLaren
2	D	Cyril Fairclough
3	D	Eric Massey
4	D	Harry Gordon
5	D	Norman Nielson
6	M	Peter Tilley
7	M	Johnny Robinson
8	M	Don May
9	M	Walter Kelly
10	F	Stan Pearson
11	F	Norman Lawson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 14, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Middlesbrough
Bristol Rovers	2-0	Notts County
Doncaster Rovers	1-2	Leeds United
Hull City	4-1	Barnsley
Leicester City	2-1	West Ham United
Lincoln City	2-0	Bristol City
Liverpool	4-1	Port Vale
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Bury
Plymouth Argyle	3-1	Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday	2-3	Fulham
Stoke City	5-0	Swansea Town

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

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	40	19	13	8	91	57	12	5	3	55	25	7	8	5	36	32	34	51	WDWWDL	Safe	2-3
	2	Bristol Rovers	40	21	6	13	82	66	13	3	4	52	31	8	3	9	30	35	16	48	WWLWWW	Safe	2-0
	3	Leeds United	39	20	6	13	72	58	16	3	1	49	17	4	3	12	23	41	14	46	WWLWWW	Safe	2-1
2	4	Blackburn Rovers	39	20	5	14	80	61	12	4	4	52	28	8	1	10	28	33	19	45	LWWWLW	Safe	2-1
3	5	Liverpool	39	19	6	14	82	60	14	3	4	52	25	5	3	10	30	35	22	44	LLWLLW	Safe	4-1
3	6	Leicester City	40	19	6	15	88	76	14	3	3	60	23	5	3	12	28	53	12	44	WLDLLW	Safe	2-1
3	7	Nottingham Forest	38	19	6	13	63	57	9	3	7	29	25	10	3	6	34	32	6	44	DWWDWL	Safe	0-2
3	8	Bristol City	40	18	7	15	78	61	13	4	3	47	20	5	3	12	31	41	17	43	DLLDWL	Safe	0-2
2	9	Port Vale	40	15	13	12	55	53	11	4	4	33	16	4	9	8	22	37	2	43	WWDDLL	Safe	1-4
1	10	Fulham	40	18	6	16	81	76	13	2	4	51	24	5	4	12	30	52	5	42	WLDLWW	Safe	3-2
1	11	Swansea Town	39	18	5	16	75	76	13	3	3	44	20	5	2	13	31	56	-1	41	LWLLWL	Safe	0-5
	12	Lincoln City	37	15	10	12	66	53	12	5	2	45	16	3	5	10	21	37	13	40	DWLDDW	Safe	2-0
	13	Stoke City	37	18	4	15	64	54	13	2	5	47	25	5	2	10	17	29	10	40	LLDWLW	Safe	5-0
1	14	Bury	40	15	8	17	82	85	9	5	6	42	34	6	3	11	40	51	-3	38	LWLLWW	Safe	2-0
1	15	West Ham United	39	13	10	16	69	65	11	4	4	47	23	2	6	12	22	42	4	36	LWWLDL	Safe	1-2
	16	Doncaster Rovers	39	12	11	16	69	88	11	5	4	45	29	1	6	12	24	59	-19	35	WWWLDL	Safe	1-2
	17	Middlesbrough	38	13	8	17	64	72	9	4	6	37	28	4	4	11	27	44	-8	34	DDLLLL	Safe	1-2
	18	Rotherham United	37	12	9	16	53	65	7	5	5	27	27	5	4	11	26	38	-12	33	DWWWLL	Safe	1-3
	19	Barnsley	40	11	11	18	45	80	10	4	6	32	34	1	7	12	13	46	-35	33	LDLWWL	Safe	1-4
	20	Notts County	41	11	9	21	54	79	8	5	7	38	34	3	4	14	16	45	-25	31	WLLWDL	Safe	0-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	41	10	7	24	52	85	7	6	8	33	25	3	1	16	19	60	-33	27	LLLLLW	Relegated	3-1
	22	Hull City	39	9	6	24	48	86	5	4	10	28	39	4	2	14	20	47	-38	24	LDLWDW	Relegated	4-1