The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 25, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 25, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 (Won)

Attendance:: 33,007
Position Before:: 18
Position After:: 17
Referee:
Season:: 1954-55

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Birmingham City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2009 (of 4785)
League Tier 2: 1184 (of 2368)
Competitive:: 2205 (of 5475)
Total:: 3353 (of 7209)

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

Forest Goals:
Peter Small

Birmingham City Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	William Farmer
2	M	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	William Morley
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Jim Barrett	Debut
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Noel Kelly
11	F	Peter Small

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Dec 25, 1954)

Home	F	A	Away
Birmingham City	0	1	Nottingham Forest
Doncaster Rovers	1	3	Blackburn Rovers
Fulham	3	1	Port Vale
Leeds United	1	1	Middlesbrough
Liverpool	6	2	Ipswich Town
Luton Town	1	1	Hull City
Notts County	2	0	Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Swansea City
Rotherham United	3	0	Lincoln City
Stoke City	3	2	Bury
West Ham United	1	0	Derby County

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	6	Leeds United	22	13	3	6	41	35	6	3	3	23	17	7	0	3	18	18	6	29
	8	Blackburn Rovers	22	13	2	7	67	41	9	1	1	45	15	4	1	6	22	26	26	28
	9	Luton Town	22	13	2	7	50	33	10	0	1	31	12	3	2	6	19	21	17	28
	14	Stoke City	22	11	5	6	33	22	6	3	2	18	8	5	2	4	15	14	11	27
	17	Rotherham United	22	12	3	7	52	38	8	1	2	32	14	4	2	5	20	24	14	27
	20	Fulham	22	11	5	6	51	43	7	2	1	28	14	4	3	5	23	29	8	27
	30	Bristol Rovers	22	10	4	8	48	37	8	3	0	33	9	2	1	8	15	28	11	24
	34	Bury	22	9	6	7	46	41	6	3	3	25	20	3	3	4	21	21	5	24
	37	West Ham United	22	9	6	7	44	43	6	4	1	28	17	3	2	6	16	26	1	24
	39	Notts County	22	10	4	8	33	36	6	2	2	20	14	4	2	6	13	22	-3	24
	40	Birmingham City	21	9	5	7	44	25	8	2	1	34	10	1	3	6	10	15	19	23
	44	Swansea City	22	9	5	8	45	43	8	2	0	32	10	1	3	8	13	33	2	23
	51	Hull City	22	8	6	8	26	26	5	2	4	18	12	3	4	4	8	14	0	22
	60	Lincoln City	22	8	4	10	39	45	5	3	3	23	20	3	1	7	16	25	-6	20
	62	Liverpool	22	8	4	10	45	53	8	2	1	29	16	0	2	9	16	37	-8	20
	64	Middlesbrough	22	9	2	11	34	46	7	0	4	24	14	2	2	7	10	32	-12	20
	72	Doncaster Rovers	20	8	2	10	30	46	6	2	1	18	10	2	0	9	12	36	-16	18
	76	Nottingham Forest	22	7	3	12	28	34	4	1	7	16	20	3	2	5	12	14	-6	17
	80	Port Vale	22	5	7	10	23	41	4	4	3	13	13	1	3	7	10	28	-18	17
	83	Derby County	22	5	5	12	35	49	4	2	5	24	21	1	3	7	11	28	-14	15
	89	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	5	13	31	47	4	2	5	16	19	0	3	8	15	28	-16	13
	91	Ipswich Town	23	5	2	16	34	55	4	1	7	23	21	1	1	9	11	34	-21	12

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
⇧	5	Blackburn Rovers	23	14	2	7	70	42	9	1	1	45	15	5	1	6	25	27	28	30
⇩	7	Leeds United	23	13	4	6	42	36	6	4	3	24	18	7	0	3	18	18	6	30
⇩	10	Luton Town	23	13	3	7	51	34	10	1	1	32	13	3	2	6	19	21	17	29
⇧	11	Stoke City	23	12	5	6	36	24	7	3	2	21	10	5	2	4	15	14	12	29
⇧	12	Rotherham United	23	13	3	7	55	38	9	1	2	35	14	4	2	5	20	24	17	29
⇧	14	Fulham	23	12	5	6	54	44	8	2	1	31	15	4	3	5	23	29	10	29
⇧	32	West Ham United	23	10	6	7	45	43	7	4	1	29	17	3	2	6	16	26	2	26
⇧	33	Notts County	23	11	4	8	35	36	7	2	2	22	14	4	2	6	13	22	-1	26
⇩	39	Bristol Rovers	23	10	4	9	48	39	8	3	0	33	9	2	1	9	15	30	9	24
⇩	41	Bury	23	9	6	8	48	44	6	3	3	25	20	3	3	5	23	24	4	24
⇧	42	Swansea City	23	9	6	8	47	45	8	2	0	32	10	1	4	8	15	35	2	24
⇩	47	Birmingham City	22	9	5	8	44	26	8	2	2	34	11	1	3	6	10	15	18	23
⇧	49	Hull City	23	8	7	8	27	27	5	2	4	18	12	3	5	4	9	15	0	23
⇧	55	Liverpool	23	9	4	10	51	55	9	2	1	35	18	0	2	9	16	37	-4	22
⇧	60	Middlesbrough	23	9	3	11	35	47	7	0	4	24	14	2	3	7	11	33	-12	21
⇩	65	Lincoln City	23	8	4	11	39	48	5	3	3	23	20	3	1	8	16	28	-9	20
⇧	69	Nottingham Forest	23	8	3	12	29	34	4	1	7	16	20	4	2	5	13	14	-5	19
⇩	78	Doncaster Rovers	21	8	2	11	31	49	6	2	2	19	13	2	0	9	12	36	-18	18
⇩	83	Port Vale	23	5	7	11	24	44	4	4	3	13	13	1	3	8	11	31	-20	17
⇩	87	Derby County	23	5	5	13	35	50	4	2	5	24	21	1	3	8	11	29	-15	15
⇧	88	Plymouth Argyle	23	4	6	13	33	49	4	3	5	18	21	0	3	8	15	28	-16	14
	91	Ipswich Town	24	5	2	17	36	61	4	1	7	23	21	1	1	10	13	40	-25	12