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2nd Division
Anfield | 17 December 1955 at14:15UK local time
Liverpool
5
-
2
Nottingham Forest
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.61)
1
Dave Underwood
2
John Molyneux
3
Ronnie Moran
4
Roy Saunders
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Geoff Twentyman
7
Eric Anderson
8
Jimmy Melia
9
Billy Liddell
(c)
10
John Evans
11
Alan A'Court
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
John Evans
6′
(Jimmy Melia)
Jimmy Melia
48′
(John Evans)
Billy Liddell
51′
(Eric Anderson)
Billy Liddell
80′
Billy Liddell
89′
(Alan A'Court)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.81)
Harry Nicholson
Billy Whare
Geoff Thomas
Bill Morley
Robert McKinlay
Jack Burkitt
Stuart Imlach
James Barrett
Peter Higham
Dennis Alexander
Peter Small
Opposition goals
James Barrett
(pen)
69
′
James Barrett
70
′
Notes
- Jimmy Melia makes his LFC debut
- Jimmy Melia scores his first LFC goal
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Other details
Manager:
Don Welsh
Opposition manager:
William Walker
Referee:
Howley F
Attendance:
29,248
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
2202
League game number:
2005
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
5th
Nottingham Forest league position:
16th
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20 Aug 1955 - Nottingham Forest 3-1 Liverpool
24 Aug 1955 - Liverpool 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday
27 Aug 1955 - Liverpool 3-0 Hull City
31 Aug 1955 - Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool
03 Sep 1955 - Blackburn Rovers 3-3 Liverpool
07 Sep 1955 - Liverpool 0-2 Bristol Rovers
10 Sep 1955 - Liverpool 2-1 Lincoln City
17 Sep 1955 - Leicester City 1-3 Liverpool
24 Sep 1955 - Liverpool 1-1 Middlesbrough
01 Oct 1955 - Liverpool 4-1 Plymouth Argyle
08 Oct 1955 - Bristol City 1-2 Liverpool
15 Oct 1955 - Liverpool 3-1 West Ham United
22 Oct 1955 - Bury 4-1 Liverpool
29 Oct 1955 - Liverpool 2-0 Rotherham United
05 Nov 1955 - Swansea Town 1-2 Liverpool
12 Nov 1955 - Liverpool 2-1 Notts County
19 Nov 1955 - Leeds United 2-4 Liverpool
26 Nov 1955 - Liverpool 7-0 Fulham
03 Dec 1955 - Port Vale 1-1 Liverpool
10 Dec 1955 - Liverpool 1-1 Barnsley
17 Dec 1955 - Liverpool 5-2 Nottingham Forest
24 Dec 1955 - Hull City 2-1 Liverpool
26 Dec 1955 - Liverpool 2-2 Stoke City
27 Dec 1955 - Stoke City 2-3 Liverpool
31 Dec 1955 - Liverpool 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
07 Jan 1956 - Liverpool 2-0 Accrington Stanley
21 Jan 1956 - Liverpool 3-1 Leicester City
28 Jan 1956 - Liverpool 3-3 Scunthorpe United
04 Feb 1956 - Middlesbrough 2-1 Liverpool
06 Feb 1956 - Scunthorpe United 2-1 Liverpool
11 Feb 1956 - Plymouth Argyle 0-4 Liverpool
18 Feb 1956 - Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool
22 Feb 1956 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester City
25 Feb 1956 - West Ham United 0-2 Liverpool
29 Feb 1956 - Liverpool 1-0 Leeds United
03 Mar 1956 - Liverpool 4-2 Bury
10 Mar 1956 - Barnsley 5-0 Liverpool
17 Mar 1956 - Liverpool 4-1 Swansea Town
24 Mar 1956 - Notts County 1-2 Liverpool
30 Mar 1956 - Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Liverpool
31 Mar 1956 - Liverpool 2-1 Bristol City
02 Apr 1956 - Liverpool 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
07 Apr 1956 - Fulham 1-3 Liverpool
14 Apr 1956 - Liverpool 4-1 Port Vale
21 Apr 1956 - Rotherham United 1-0 Liverpool
28 Apr 1956 - Bristol Rovers 2-1 Liverpool
02 May 1956 - Lincoln City 0-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Bristol C
21
12
3
6
51
35
+16
27
2
Swansea C
22
12
3
7
44
39
+5
27
3
Sheffield Wed
22
8
10
4
44
31
+13
26
4
Leeds U
21
12
2
7
38
32
+6
26
5
Liverpool
21
10
5
6
47
31
+16
25
6
Bristol R
21
11
3
7
51
38
+13
25
7
Stoke C
22
12
1
9
41
31
+10
25
8
Lincoln C
21
10
4
7
40
25
+15
24
9
Leicester C
22
10
4
8
53
44
+9
24
10
Fulham
22
11
2
9
49
46
+3
24
11
Rotherham U
22
8
6
8
31
35
-4
22
12
Port Vale
20
7
7
6
25
27
-2
21
13
Blackburn R
20
9
2
9
42
32
+10
20
14
Barnsley
22
6
8
8
28
41
-13
20
15
Notts Co
22
6
7
9
35
40
-5
19
16
Nottm Forest
20
9
1
10
32
39
-7
19
17
Middlesbrough
20
7
5
8
32
42
-10
19
18
Doncaster R
21
6
6
9
39
53
-14
18
19
West Ham U
21
5
6
10
42
39
+3
16
20
Bury
22
5
5
12
37
57
-20
15
21
Plymouth Arg
22
5
4
13
24
43
-19
14
22
Hull C
21
5
2
14
24
49
-25
12
