The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 1 - 5 FOREST - Tue Aug 21, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Aug 21, 1956 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: J Hunt
Attendance:: 27,898
League Week:: 2 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 1
Opp Before/After:: 10 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Aug 30, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2073 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 1248 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2276 (of 5827)
Total:: 3439 (of 7632)
Played:: 70 years, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Bill Morley (11')
Doug Lishman (59')
Jim Barrett (73')
Jim Barrett (19')
Doug Lishman (82')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Pat Beasley
Prior form: D (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Atyeo (84')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Bill Farmer
2	D	31	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley (11')
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (73') (19')
9	F	25	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Doug Lishman (59') (82')
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Cook
2	D	Joe Baillie
3	D	Mike Thresher
4	D	Jack White
5	D	Ernie Peacock
6	M	Cyril Williams
7	M	Wally Hinshelwood
8	M	Alec Eisentrager
9	M	John Atyeo
10	F	Tommy Burden
11	F	Jack Boxley

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Aug 21, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	1-5	Nottingham Forest
Bury	3-2	Middlesbrough

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 United	2	2	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	0	7	4	WW
	2	Leicester City	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	4	WW
	3	Stoke City	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	DW
	4	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
	5	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W
	6	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	2	W
	7	West Ham United	2	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	1	2	WL
	8	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	WL
	9	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	-2	2	LW
	10	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	11	Bury	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	12	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	13	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	14	Notts County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	15	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	16	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	17	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	18	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
	19	Fulham	2	0	0	2	3	9	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	5	-6	0	LL
	20	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L
	21	Grimsby Town	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0	LL
	22	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0	L

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)
5	1	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	2	7	4	WW		5-1
1	2	Sheffield United	2	2	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	0	7	4	WW
1	3	Leicester City	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	4	WW
1	4	Stoke City	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	DW
6	5	Bury	2	1	1	0	5	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	DW		3-2
2	6	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W
2	7	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W
1	8	West Ham United	2	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	1	2	WL
1	9	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	WL
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	-2	2	LW
1	11	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
2	12	Notts County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	13	Middlesbrough	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	1	DL		2-3
4	14	Bristol City	2	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	1	-4	1	DL		1-5
	15	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	16	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	17	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	18	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
	19	Fulham	2	0	0	2	3	9	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	5	-6	0	LL
	20	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L
	21	Grimsby Town	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0	LL
	22	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0	L