The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Nov 17, 1956 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 17, 1956 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1956-57
Referee:: A Ellis
Attendance:: 40,830
League Week:: 17 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Mar 30, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2088 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1263 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2291 (of 5824)
Total:: 3455 (of 7629)
Played:: 69 years, 9 months, 4 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Dave Halliday
Prior form: WWWWDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Harry Nicholson
2	D	35	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	30	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	Bill Morley
5	D	24	Bob McKinlay
6	M	30	Jack Burkitt
7	F	32	Peter Small
8	F	31	Eddie Baily
9	F	26	Jim Barrett
10	F	33	Doug Lishman
11	F	24	Stewart Imlach

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Johnny Anderson
2	D	Stan Milburn
3	D	John Ogilvie
4	D	Johnny Morris
5	D	Jack Froggatt
6	M	Colin Appleton
7	M	Tommy McDonald
8	M	Ian McNeill
9	M	Willie Gardiner
10	F	Arthur Rowley
11	F	Derek Hogg

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 17, 1956)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	4-0	Fulham
Bury	1-2	Barnsley
Doncaster Rovers	4-1	Bristol City
Grimsby Town	1-2	Sheffield United
Huddersfield Town	3-1	Port Vale
Leicester City	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Leyton Orient	2-1	Rotherham United
Liverpool	4-0	Lincoln City
Middlesbrough	3-1	West Ham United
Notts County	1-4	Swansea Town
Stoke City	4-1	Blackburn Rovers

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	Leicester City	17	10	5	2	46	28	5	3	0	27	10	5	2	2	19	18	18	25	WWWWDD
	2	Stoke City	18	9	4	5	39	25	7	2	0	32	8	2	2	5	7	17	14	22	WWDLWL
	3	Middlesbrough	17	8	6	3	38	25	5	3	0	19	10	3	3	3	19	15	13	22	WWWDWW
	4	Bristol Rovers	17	9	3	5	35	22	5	1	2	17	7	4	2	3	18	15	13	21	WWDDLW
	5	Nottingham Forest	16	9	3	4	38	24	5	2	1	19	13	4	1	3	19	11	14	21	LWWWLL
	6	Sheffield United	16	8	4	4	42	27	4	3	1	20	11	4	1	3	22	16	15	20	LWDLWD
	7	Doncaster Rovers	17	7	6	4	38	27	5	2	1	23	9	2	4	3	15	18	11	20	WLWLWD
	8	Lincoln City	16	8	3	5	23	21	4	1	3	10	7	4	2	2	13	14	2	19	LLWLWW
	9	Huddersfield Town	17	8	2	7	28	27	4	1	3	12	11	4	1	4	16	16	1	18	WWLLLW
	10	Fulham	17	8	1	8	33	32	6	1	2	21	14	2	0	6	12	18	1	17	WWLWLD
	11	Leyton Orient	16	6	5	5	28	32	3	3	2	14	12	3	2	3	14	20	-4	17	LDWWWW
	12	West Ham United	16	6	4	6	18	17	2	2	4	7	10	4	2	2	11	7	1	16	WLDLLW
	13	Liverpool	16	5	6	5	30	29	4	1	3	20	17	1	5	2	10	12	1	16	LLWLWD
	14	Bristol City	17	6	4	7	27	34	5	0	4	16	18	1	4	3	11	16	-7	16	DWLWWL
	15	Grimsby Town	17	7	1	9	24	21	5	1	2	16	8	2	0	7	8	13	3	15	WLWWLW
	16	Blackburn Rovers	16	6	3	7	35	41	2	2	3	19	18	4	1	4	16	23	-6	15	WDLWWD
	17	Swansea Town	16	6	2	8	34	43	4	1	4	24	18	2	1	4	10	25	-9	14	LWLDDL
	18	Rotherham United	15	4	4	7	26	30	2	2	4	13	15	2	2	3	13	15	-4	12	LLWDWD
	19	Barnsley	16	4	3	9	26	43	2	2	5	17	26	2	1	4	9	17	-17	11	LLLWLL
	20	Port Vale	16	3	3	10	21	35	2	3	3	10	10	1	0	7	11	25	-14	9	LLLLLL
	21	Bury	17	2	4	11	27	50	1	1	6	15	24	1	3	5	12	26	-23	8	LLLLLD
	22	Notts County	16	2	4	10	20	43	1	3	5	10	19	1	1	5	10	24	-23	8	DLLWLL

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	Leicester City	18	10	6	2	46	28	5	4	0	27	10	5	2	2	19	18	18	26	WWWDDD		0-0
	2	Stoke City	19	10	4	5	43	26	8	2	0	36	9	2	2	5	7	17	17	24	WDLWLW		4-1
	3	Middlesbrough	18	9	6	3	41	26	6	3	0	22	11	3	3	3	19	15	15	24	WWDWWW		3-1
	4	Bristol Rovers	18	10	3	5	39	22	6	1	2	21	7	4	2	3	18	15	17	23	WDDLWW		4-0
	5	Nottingham Forest	17	9	4	4	38	24	5	2	1	19	13	4	2	3	19	11	14	22	WWWLLD		0-0
	6	Sheffield United	17	9	4	4	44	28	4	3	1	20	11	5	1	3	24	17	16	22	WDLWDW		2-1
	7	Doncaster Rovers	18	8	6	4	42	28	6	2	1	27	10	2	4	3	15	18	14	22	LWLWDW		4-1
1	8	Huddersfield Town	18	9	2	7	31	28	5	1	3	15	12	4	1	4	16	16	3	20	WLLLWW		3-1
1	9	Lincoln City	17	8	3	6	23	25	4	1	3	10	7	4	2	3	13	18	-2	19	LWLWWL		0-4
1	10	Leyton Orient	17	7	5	5	30	33	4	3	2	16	13	3	2	3	14	20	-3	19	DWWWWW		2-1
2	11	Liverpool	17	6	6	5	34	29	5	1	3	24	17	1	5	2	10	12	5	18	LWLWDW		4-0
2	12	Fulham	18	8	1	9	33	36	6	1	2	21	14	2	0	7	12	22	-3	17	WLWLDL		0-4
1	13	West Ham United	17	6	4	7	19	20	2	2	4	7	10	4	2	3	12	10	-1	16	LDLLWL		1-3
3	14	Swansea Town	17	7	2	8	38	44	4	1	4	24	18	3	1	4	14	26	-6	16	WLDDLW		4-1
1	15	Bristol City	18	6	4	8	28	38	5	0	4	16	18	1	4	4	12	20	-10	16	WLWWLL		1-4
1	16	Grimsby Town	18	7	1	10	25	23	5	1	3	17	10	2	0	7	8	13	2	15	LWWLWL		1-2
1	17	Blackburn Rovers	17	6	3	8	36	45	2	2	3	19	18	4	1	5	17	27	-9	15	DLWWDL		1-4
1	18	Barnsley	17	5	3	9	28	44	2	2	5	17	26	3	1	4	11	18	-16	13	LLWLLW		2-1
1	19	Rotherham United	16	4	4	8	27	32	2	2	4	13	15	2	2	4	14	17	-5	12	LWDWDL		1-2
	20	Port Vale	17	3	3	11	22	38	2	3	3	10	10	1	0	8	12	28	-16	9	LLLLLL		1-3
	21	Bury	18	2	4	12	28	52	1	1	7	16	26	1	3	5	12	26	-24	8	LLLLDL		1-2
	22	Notts County	17	2	4	11	21	47	1	3	6	11	23	1	1	5	10	24	-26	8	LLWLLL		1-4