The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BRISTOL ROVERS - Sat Nov 27, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 27, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON

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

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: G Gibson
Attendance:: 13,772
Pos Before/After:: 19 17
Opp Before/After:: 3 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Bristol Rovers:: Apr 16, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2006 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1181 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2202 (of 5736)
Total:: 3360 (of 7523)
Played:: 69 years, 11 months, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Noel Kelly

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: LWLDWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	29	Bill Whare
3	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	24	Tommy Wilson
8	F	32	Noel Kelly
9	M	36	Wally Ardron
10	F	29	Tom Martin
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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 27, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	7-2	Port Vale
Bury	1-2	Notts County
Hull City	0-0	Fulham
Ipswich Town	2-1	Plymouth Argyle
Leeds United	2-2	Liverpool
Lincoln City	2-2	Swansea Town
Luton Town	7-3	Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough	3-1	Doncaster Rovers
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Bristol Rovers
Rotherham United	2-2	West Ham United
Stoke City	3-1	Derby County

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	18	12	2	4	59	29	8	1	0	41	12	4	1	4	18	17	2.03448	26	WWDWLW
	2	Fulham	18	11	2	5	48	38	7	1	1	27	13	4	1	4	21	25	1.26316	24	WWWDLW
	3	Bristol Rovers	18	10	3	5	47	33	8	2	0	32	8	2	1	5	15	25	1.42424	23	LWLDWW
	4	Rotherham United	18	11	1	6	44	32	7	0	2	27	12	4	1	4	17	20	1.37500	23	WLLLWW
	5	Leeds United	18	11	1	6	33	31	5	1	3	17	14	6	0	3	16	17	1.06452	23	WLWWWW
	6	Stoke City	18	9	4	5	26	17	4	3	2	12	6	5	1	3	14	11	1.52941	22	LWLDDW
	7	Luton Town	18	10	1	7	34	28	8	0	1	21	9	2	1	6	13	19	1.21429	21	WLLDWL
	8	West Ham United	18	9	3	6	35	33	6	2	1	22	11	3	1	5	13	22	1.06061	21	LWLDWW
	9	Hull City	18	8	3	7	23	20	5	0	4	17	11	3	3	3	6	9	1.15000	19	WLWLLL
	10	Bury	18	7	5	6	37	34	4	3	2	19	16	3	2	4	18	18	1.08824	19	DDWWDD
	11	Swansea Town	18	8	2	8	34	37	7	2	0	26	9	1	0	8	8	28	.91892	18	LWWWLD
	12	Birmingham City	17	6	5	6	24	19	5	2	1	16	7	1	3	5	8	12	1.26316	17	LWDDWL
	13	Liverpool	18	7	3	8	38	37	7	2	1	26	15	0	1	7	12	22	1.02703	17	LDDWLW
	14	Lincoln City	18	7	3	8	34	36	4	2	3	19	17	3	1	5	15	19	.94444	17	WLDDWL
	15	Notts County	18	7	3	8	26	32	5	2	2	17	12	2	1	6	9	20	.81250	17	LWLDLL
	16	Doncaster Rovers	16	7	1	8	23	37	5	1	1	12	7	2	0	7	11	30	.62162	15	WWLLLL
	17	Port Vale	18	4	6	8	19	30	3	3	3	11	12	1	3	5	8	18	.63333	14	LDWLDD
	18	Middlesbrough	18	6	2	10	25	41	4	0	4	16	12	2	2	6	9	29	.60976	14	WWWLWD
	19	Nottingham Forest	18	6	1	11	25	28	3	0	6	14	15	3	1	5	11	13	.89286	13	LWLWWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	18	3	5	10	26	37	3	2	5	14	18	0	3	5	12	19	.70270	11	LLLLLW
	21	Derby County	18	4	3	11	29	44	3	1	5	20	20	1	2	6	9	24	.65909	11	DLDWLL
	22	Ipswich Town	19	4	1	14	29	45	3	0	6	19	17	1	1	8	10	28	.64444	9	LDWLLL

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	19	12	2	5	62	36	8	1	0	41	12	4	1	5	21	24	1.72222	26	WDWLWL		3-7
	2	Fulham	19	11	3	5	48	38	7	1	1	27	13	4	2	4	21	25	1.26316	25	WWDLWD		0-0
3	3	Stoke City	19	10	4	5	29	18	5	3	2	15	7	5	1	3	14	11	1.61111	24	WLDDWW		3-1
	4	Rotherham United	19	11	2	6	46	34	7	1	2	29	14	4	1	4	17	20	1.35294	24	LLLWWD		2-2
	5	Leeds United	19	11	2	6	35	33	5	2	3	19	16	6	0	3	16	17	1.06061	24	LWWWWD		2-2
3	6	Bristol Rovers	19	10	3	6	47	34	8	2	0	32	8	2	1	6	15	26	1.38235	23	WLDWWL		0-1
	7	Luton Town	19	11	1	7	41	31	9	0	1	28	12	2	1	6	13	19	1.32258	23	LLDWLW		7-3
	8	West Ham United	19	9	4	6	37	35	6	2	1	22	11	3	2	5	15	24	1.05714	22	WLDWWD		2-2
	9	Hull City	19	8	4	7	23	20	5	1	4	17	11	3	3	3	6	9	1.15000	20	LWLLLD		0-0
2	10	Birmingham City	18	7	5	6	31	21	6	2	1	23	9	1	3	5	8	12	1.47619	19	WDDWLW		7-2
1	11	Bury	19	7	5	7	38	36	4	3	3	20	18	3	2	4	18	18	1.05556	19	DWWDDL		1-2
1	12	Swansea Town	19	8	3	8	36	39	7	2	0	26	9	1	1	8	10	30	.92308	19	WWWLDD		2-2
2	13	Notts County	19	8	3	8	28	33	5	2	2	17	12	3	1	6	11	21	.84848	19	WLDLLW		2-1
1	14	Liverpool	19	7	4	8	40	39	7	2	1	26	15	0	2	7	14	24	1.02564	18	DDWLWD		2-2
1	15	Lincoln City	19	7	4	8	36	38	4	3	3	21	19	3	1	5	15	19	.94737	18	LDDWLD		2-2
2	16	Middlesbrough	19	7	2	10	28	42	5	0	4	19	13	2	2	6	9	29	.66667	16	WWLWDW		3-1
2	17	Nottingham Forest	19	7	1	11	26	28	4	0	6	15	15	3	1	5	11	13	.92857	15	WLWWLW		1-0
2	18	Doncaster Rovers	17	7	1	9	24	40	5	1	1	12	7	2	0	8	12	33	.60000	15	WLLLLL		1-3
2	19	Port Vale	19	4	6	9	21	37	3	3	3	11	12	1	3	6	10	25	.56757	14	DWLDDL		2-7
	20	Plymouth Argyle	19	3	5	11	27	39	3	2	5	14	18	0	3	6	13	21	.69231	11	LLLLWL		1-2
1	21	Ipswich Town	20	5	1	14	31	46	4	0	6	21	18	1	1	8	10	28	.67391	11	DWLLLW		2-1
1	22	Derby County	19	4	3	12	30	47	3	1	5	20	20	1	2	7	10	27	.63830	11	LDWLLL		1-3