The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Fri Apr 16, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 16, 1954 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)

Attendance:: 25,285
Position Before:: 3
Position After:: 4
Referee:
Season:: 1953-54

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Blackburn Rovers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1983 (of 4769)
League Tier 2: 1158 (of 2352)
Competitive:: 2179 (of 5459)
Total:: 3324 (of 7192)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

Forest Goals:
Horace Gager

Birmingham City Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Alan Orr
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Tom Martin
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Fri Apr 16, 1954)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Leicester City
Brentford	2	1	Bury
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Oldham Athletic
Doncaster Rovers	1	3	Derby County
Everton	3	1	Lincoln City
Hull City	0	2	Notts County
Luton Town	1	1	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Birmingham City
Swansea City	2	0	Fulham
West Ham United	2	2	Plymouth Argyle

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Leicester City	38	21	9	8	88	54	14	3	2	57	21	7	6	6	31	33	34	51
	2	Blackburn Rovers	38	20	9	9	81	46	13	4	2	50	16	7	5	7	31	30	35	49
	3	Everton	37	17	14	6	83	56	11	6	2	51	26	6	8	4	32	30	27	48
	4	Nottingham Forest	38	19	10	9	80	54	15	4	0	60	25	4	6	9	20	29	26	48
	5	Birmingham City	38	18	9	11	75	53	12	5	2	47	15	6	4	9	28	38	22	45
	6	Rotherham United	38	19	5	14	70	64	11	4	4	43	25	8	1	10	27	39	6	43
	7	Luton Town	38	16	11	11	59	55	10	6	3	33	21	6	5	8	26	34	4	43
	8	Fulham	38	16	9	13	92	76	11	2	6	58	36	5	7	7	34	40	16	41
	9	Leeds United	38	14	11	13	82	74	11	5	3	51	25	3	6	10	31	49	8	39
	10	Bristol Rovers	38	12	15	11	59	53	8	7	4	28	17	4	8	7	31	36	6	39
	11	Stoke City	38	11	16	11	65	53	7	7	4	39	24	4	9	7	26	29	12	38
	12	West Ham United	38	15	8	15	63	61	11	5	3	42	17	4	3	12	21	44	2	38
	13	Doncaster Rovers	37	15	8	14	54	51	9	4	6	28	22	6	4	8	26	29	3	38
	14	Hull City	38	15	4	19	61	62	14	0	5	46	19	1	4	14	15	43	-1	34
	15	Lincoln City	38	13	8	17	58	73	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	13	17	53	-15	34
	16	Bury	39	10	14	15	49	66	9	7	4	39	31	1	7	11	10	35	-17	34
	17	Notts County	38	11	11	16	46	70	7	5	7	22	27	4	6	9	24	43	-24	33
	18	Derby County	38	10	10	18	57	78	8	4	7	35	34	2	6	11	22	44	-21	30
	19	Swansea City	38	11	8	19	50	76	9	5	5	29	24	2	3	14	21	52	-26	30
	20	Brentford	39	9	11	19	35	71	8	5	6	22	22	1	6	13	13	49	-36	29
	21	Plymouth Argyle	37	7	14	16	53	71	4	12	3	33	28	3	2	13	20	43	-18	28
	22	Oldham Athletic	37	7	8	22	38	81	6	6	6	25	24	1	2	16	13	57	-43	22

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Leicester City	39	21	9	9	88	57	21	3	2	57	21	7	6	7	31	36	31	51
	2	Blackburn Rovers	39	21	9	9	84	46	17	4	2	53	16	7	5	7	31	30	38	51
	3	Everton	38	18	14	6	86	57	27	6	2	54	27	6	8	4	32	30	29	50
	4	Nottingham Forest	39	19	11	9	81	55	25	5	0	61	26	4	6	9	20	29	26	49
	5	Birmingham City	39	18	10	11	76	54	15	5	2	47	15	6	5	9	29	39	22	46
⇧	6	Luton Town	39	16	12	11	60	56	21	7	3	34	22	6	5	8	26	34	4	44
⇩	7	Rotherham United	38	19	5	14	70	64	25	4	4	43	25	8	1	10	27	39	6	43
	8	Fulham	39	16	9	14	92	78	36	2	6	58	36	5	7	8	34	42	14	41
⇧	9	Bristol Rovers	39	13	15	11	60	53	18	7	4	29	17	4	8	7	31	36	7	41
⇩	10	Leeds United	39	14	12	13	83	75	25	5	3	51	25	3	7	10	32	50	8	40
⇧	11	West Ham United	39	15	9	15	65	63	17	6	3	44	19	4	3	12	21	44	2	39
⇩	12	Stoke City	38	11	16	11	65	53	24	7	4	39	24	4	9	7	26	29	12	38
	13	Doncaster Rovers	38	15	8	15	55	54	22	4	7	29	25	6	4	8	26	29	1	38
⇧	14	Notts County	39	12	11	16	48	70	27	5	7	22	27	5	6	9	26	43	-22	35
⇩	15	Hull City	39	15	4	20	61	64	19	0	6	46	21	1	4	14	15	43	-3	34
⇩	16	Lincoln City	39	13	8	18	59	76	20	5	4	41	20	3	3	14	18	56	-17	34
⇩	17	Bury	40	10	14	16	50	68	31	7	4	39	31	1	7	12	11	37	-18	34
	18	Derby County	39	11	10	18	60	79	34	4	7	35	34	3	6	11	25	45	-19	32
	19	Swansea City	39	12	8	19	52	76	25	5	5	31	24	2	3	14	21	52	-24	32
	20	Brentford	40	10	11	19	37	72	23	5	6	24	23	1	6	13	13	49	-35	31
	21	Plymouth Argyle	38	7	15	16	55	73	28	12	3	33	28	3	3	13	22	45	-18	29
	22	Oldham Athletic	38	7	8	23	38	82	24	6	6	25	24	1	2	17	13	58	-44	22