The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 3 PORT VALE - Sat Oct 30, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 30, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 15,654
Pos Before/After:: 18 20
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Doncaster Rovers (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Mar 19, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2002 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1177 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2198 (of 5724)
Total:: 3356 (of 7505)
Played:: 69 years, 5 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals
Noel Kelly
Peter Small

PORT VALE
Manager: Freddie Steele
Prior form: LLLLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Bill Farmer
2	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	33	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Alan Moore
8	F	28	Hugh McLaren
9	M	29	Ronnie Blackman
10	F	32	Noel Kelly
11	F	30	Peter Small

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 30, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Derby County
Bury	3-1	Bristol Rovers
Hull City	5-2	Notts County
Ipswich Town	5-1	Doncaster Rovers
Leeds United	3-2	Plymouth Argyle
Lincoln City	3-3	Liverpool
Luton Town	1-2	Swansea Town
Middlesbrough	6-0	West Ham United
Nottingham Forest	2-3	Port Vale
Rotherham United	2-3	Fulham
Stoke City	1-1	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Blackburn Rovers	14	10	1	3	44	25	6	1	0	28	12	4	0	3	16	13	1.76000	21	LDWWWW
	2	Rotherham United	14	9	1	4	36	25	6	0	1	23	9	3	1	3	13	16	1.44000	19	DWWLWL
	3	Fulham	14	9	1	4	38	28	6	0	1	22	9	3	1	3	16	19	1.35714	19	LLLWWW
	4	Stoke City	15	8	2	5	19	13	3	2	2	7	4	5	0	3	12	9	1.46154	18	WDWLWL
	5	Bristol Rovers	14	8	2	4	39	28	7	1	0	26	6	1	1	4	13	22	1.39286	18	WWWWLW
	6	Luton Town	14	9	0	5	26	19	7	0	0	17	5	2	0	5	9	14	1.36842	18	WLWLWL
	7	Hull City	14	7	3	4	17	11	4	0	3	12	8	3	3	1	5	3	1.54545	17	WDLWWL
	8	West Ham United	14	7	2	5	28	24	5	1	1	18	8	2	1	4	10	16	1.16667	16	DWLWLW
	9	Notts County	14	7	2	5	20	20	5	1	1	13	7	2	1	4	7	13	1.00000	16	WWLWLW
	10	Leeds United	14	7	1	6	26	28	3	1	3	13	12	4	0	3	13	16	.92857	15	DWWWWL
	11	Doncaster Rovers	13	7	1	5	22	28	5	1	0	12	4	2	0	5	10	24	.78571	15	WLWWWL
	12	Birmingham City	13	5	3	5	18	14	4	1	1	12	5	1	2	4	6	9	1.28571	13	WDLLLW
	13	Bury	14	5	3	6	27	28	3	2	2	14	13	2	1	4	13	15	.96429	13	DWLLDD
	14	Swansea Town	14	6	1	7	28	30	6	1	0	23	7	0	0	7	5	23	.93333	13	LWLWLW
	15	Lincoln City	14	6	1	7	24	26	3	1	3	13	12	3	0	4	11	14	.92308	13	DLLWWL
	16	Liverpool	14	5	2	7	30	30	5	2	1	23	14	0	0	6	7	16	1.00000	12	WLWWLD
	17	Port Vale	14	3	4	7	13	24	3	2	2	10	10	0	2	5	3	14	.54167	10	LLLLLD
	18	Nottingham Forest	14	4	1	9	17	24	2	0	5	9	12	2	1	4	8	12	.70833	9	DLWLLW
	19	Plymouth Argyle	14	2	5	7	19	27	2	2	4	11	14	0	3	3	8	13	.70370	9	DDWLLL
	20	Middlesbrough	14	4	1	9	14	29	2	0	4	6	10	2	1	5	8	19	.48276	9	LWWLWW
	21	Derby County	14	3	2	9	24	37	2	1	4	16	17	1	1	5	8	20	.64865	8	LWLLDL
	22	Ipswich Town	15	3	1	11	24	35	2	0	5	14	13	1	1	6	10	22	.68571	7	LLLLLD

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Blackburn Rovers	15	10	2	3	45	26	6	1	0	28	12	4	1	3	17	14	1.73077	22	DWWWWD		1-1
1	2	Fulham	15	10	1	4	41	30	6	0	1	22	9	4	1	3	19	21	1.36667	21	LLWWWW		3-2
4	3	Hull City	15	8	3	4	22	13	5	0	3	17	10	3	3	1	5	3	1.69231	19	DLWWLW		5-2
	4	Stoke City	16	8	3	5	20	14	3	3	2	8	5	5	0	3	12	9	1.42857	19	DWLWLD		1-1
3	5	Rotherham United	15	9	1	5	38	28	6	0	2	25	12	3	1	3	13	16	1.35714	19	WWLWLL		2-3
1	6	Bristol Rovers	15	8	2	5	40	31	7	1	0	26	6	1	1	5	14	25	1.29032	18	WWWLWL		1-3
1	7	Luton Town	15	9	0	6	27	21	7	0	1	18	7	2	0	5	9	14	1.28571	18	LWLWLL		1-2
2	8	Leeds United	15	8	1	6	29	30	4	1	3	16	14	4	0	3	13	16	.96667	17	WWWWLW		3-2
1	9	West Ham United	15	7	2	6	28	30	5	1	1	18	8	2	1	5	10	22	.93333	16	WLWLWL		0-6
1	10	Notts County	15	7	2	6	22	25	5	1	1	13	7	2	1	5	9	18	.88000	16	WLWLWL		2-5
2	11	Bury	15	6	3	6	30	29	4	2	2	17	14	2	1	4	13	15	1.03448	15	WLLDDW		3-1
2	12	Swansea Town	15	7	1	7	30	31	6	1	0	23	7	1	0	7	7	24	.96774	15	WLWLWW		2-1
2	13	Doncaster Rovers	14	7	1	6	23	33	5	1	0	12	4	2	0	6	11	29	.69697	15	LWWWLL		1-5
2	14	Birmingham City	14	5	4	5	19	15	4	2	1	13	6	1	2	4	6	9	1.26667	14	DLLLWD		1-1
	15	Lincoln City	15	6	2	7	27	29	3	2	3	16	15	3	0	4	11	14	.93103	14	LLWWLD		3-3
	16	Liverpool	15	5	3	7	33	33	5	2	1	23	14	0	1	6	10	19	1.00000	13	LWWLDD		3-3
	17	Port Vale	15	4	4	7	16	26	3	2	2	10	10	1	2	5	6	16	.61538	12	LLLLDW		3-2
2	18	Middlesbrough	15	5	1	9	20	29	3	0	4	12	10	2	1	5	8	19	.68966	11	WWLWWW		6-0
3	19	Ipswich Town	16	4	1	11	29	36	3	0	5	19	14	1	1	6	10	22	.80556	9	LLLLDW		5-1
2	20	Nottingham Forest	15	4	1	10	19	27	2	0	6	11	15	2	1	4	8	12	.70370	9	LWLLWL		2-3
2	21	Plymouth Argyle	15	2	5	8	21	30	2	2	4	11	14	0	3	4	10	16	.70000	9	DWLLLL		2-3
1	22	Derby County	15	3	3	9	25	38	2	1	4	16	17	1	2	5	9	21	.65789	9	WLLDLD		1-1