The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 - 2 FOREST - Mon Apr 19, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 19, 1954 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 (Draw)

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: L Howarth
Attendance:: 14,625
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Dec 25, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1986 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1161 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2182 (of 5679)
Total:: 3335 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Horace Gager
Sid Thompson

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Bob Brocklebank
Prior form: WDWLDL (Old to recent)

Goals:
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Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	James Clarke
4	M	Alan Orr
5	D	Horace Gager
6	F	Tom Martin
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Tommy Wilson
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Sid Thompson
11	F	Hugh McLaren

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Mon Apr 19, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Derby County	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
Fulham	4-3	Swansea Town
Leeds United	2-1	Luton Town
Leicester City	4-0	Blackburn Rovers
Lincoln City	1-1	Everton
Notts County	1-1	Hull City
Oldham Athletic	0-0	Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	West Ham United
Stoke City	1-1	Rotherham United

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Blackburn Rovers	40	22	9	9	85	46	14	4	2	53	16	8	5	7	32	30	1.848	53	LWDWWW
	2	Leicester City	40	21	10	9	90	59	14	4	2	59	23	7	6	7	31	36	1.525	52	LWWWLD
	3	Everton	39	18	15	6	86	57	12	6	2	54	27	6	9	4	32	30	1.509	51	DLLDWD
	4	Nottingham Forest	40	19	11	10	81	56	15	5	1	61	27	4	6	9	20	29	1.446	49	WWDWDL
	5	Birmingham City	40	18	10	12	76	55	12	5	3	47	16	6	5	9	29	39	1.382	46	WDWLDL
	6	Luton Town	40	17	12	11	62	57	11	7	3	36	23	6	5	8	26	34	1.088	46	DLWWDW
	7	Rotherham United	39	20	5	14	74	65	12	4	4	47	26	8	1	10	27	39	1.138	45	LWLDWW
	8	Fulham	40	16	10	14	92	78	11	3	6	58	36	5	7	8	34	42	1.179	42	WLWWLD
	9	Bristol Rovers	40	13	15	12	61	56	9	7	4	29	17	4	8	8	32	39	1.089	41	WLWLWL
	10	Leeds United	40	14	12	14	86	79	11	5	4	54	29	3	7	10	32	50	1.089	40	WLWDDL
	11	Doncaster Rovers	39	16	8	15	56	54	9	4	7	29	25	7	4	8	27	29	1.037	40	LLLDLW
	12	West Ham United	40	15	9	16	65	64	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	12	21	44	1.016	39	WWLDDL
	13	Stoke City	39	11	16	12	65	54	7	7	5	39	25	4	9	7	26	29	1.204	38	LLWDDL
	14	Hull City	40	16	4	20	62	64	14	0	6	46	21	2	4	14	16	43	.969	36	LLLWLW
	15	Bury	41	11	14	16	54	71	9	7	4	39	31	2	7	12	15	40	.761	36	DDWWLW
	16	Notts County	40	12	12	16	50	72	7	5	7	22	27	5	7	9	28	45	.694	36	DWLLWD
	17	Lincoln City	40	13	8	19	60	80	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	15	19	60	.750	34	WWLWLL
	18	Swansea Town	40	13	8	19	55	77	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	14	21	52	.714	34	DLWLWW
	19	Derby County	40	11	10	19	61	81	8	4	7	35	34	3	6	12	26	47	.753	32	LLLLWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	39	8	15	16	58	75	5	12	3	36	30	3	3	13	22	45	.773	31	LWDLDW
	21	Brentford	41	10	11	20	39	75	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	14	15	52	.520	31	LWDLWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	39	8	8	23	39	82	6	6	6	25	24	2	2	17	14	58	.476	24	WLLLLW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	1	Leicester City	41	22	10	9	94	59	15	4	2	63	23	7	6	7	31	36	1.593	54	WWWLDW	4-0
1	2	Blackburn Rovers	41	22	9	10	85	50	14	4	2	53	16	8	5	8	32	34	1.700	53	WDWWWL	0-4
	3	Everton	40	18	16	6	87	58	12	6	2	54	27	6	10	4	33	31	1.500	52	LLDWDD	1-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	41	19	12	10	83	58	15	5	1	61	27	4	7	9	22	31	1.431	50	WDWDLD	2-2
	5	Birmingham City	41	18	11	12	78	57	12	6	3	49	18	6	5	9	29	39	1.368	47	DWLDLD	2-2
1	6	Rotherham United	40	20	6	14	75	66	12	4	4	47	26	8	2	10	28	40	1.136	46	WLDWWD	1-1
1	7	Luton Town	41	17	12	12	63	59	11	7	3	36	23	6	5	9	27	36	1.068	46	LWWDWL	1-2
	8	Fulham	41	17	10	14	96	81	12	3	6	62	39	5	7	8	34	42	1.185	44	LWWLDW	4-3
1	9	Leeds United	41	15	12	14	88	80	12	5	4	56	30	3	7	10	32	50	1.100	42	LWDDLW	2-1
1	10	Bristol Rovers	41	13	16	12	61	56	9	7	4	29	17	4	9	8	32	39	1.089	42	LWLWLD	0-0
	11	Doncaster Rovers	40	16	8	16	56	56	9	4	7	29	25	7	4	9	27	31	1.000	40	LLDLWL	0-2
1	12	Stoke City	40	11	17	12	66	55	7	8	5	40	26	4	9	7	26	29	1.200	39	LWDDLD	1-1
1	13	West Ham United	41	15	9	17	66	66	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	13	22	46	1.000	39	WLDDLL	1-2
	14	Hull City	41	16	5	20	63	65	14	0	6	46	21	2	5	14	17	44	.969	37	LLWLWD	1-1
1	15	Notts County	41	12	13	16	51	73	7	6	7	23	28	5	7	9	28	45	.699	37	WLLWDD	1-1
1	16	Bury	41	11	14	16	54	71	9	7	4	39	31	2	7	12	15	40	.761	36	DDWWLW
	17	Lincoln City	41	13	9	19	61	81	10	6	4	42	21	3	3	15	19	60	.753	35	WLWLLD	1-1
1	18	Derby County	41	12	10	19	63	81	9	4	7	37	34	3	6	12	26	47	.778	34	LLLWLW	2-0
1	19	Swansea Town	41	13	8	20	58	81	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	15	24	56	.716	34	LWLWWL	3-4
	20	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	15	16	60	76	6	12	3	38	31	3	3	13	22	45	.789	33	WDLDWW	2-1
	21	Brentford	41	10	11	20	39	75	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	14	15	52	.520	31	LWDLWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	40	8	9	23	39	82	6	7	6	25	24	2	2	17	14	58	.476	25	LLLLWD	0-0