The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Mon Dec 27, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Dec 27, 1954 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Attendance:: 25,875
Pos Before/After:: 17/17
Opp Before/After:: 12/10
Referee:
Season:: 1954-55
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Hull City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2010 (of 4877)
League Tier 2:: 1185 (of 2460)
Competitive:: 2206 (of 5574)
Total:: 3357 (of 7322)

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

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

Goals:

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager:
Prior form: LWLWWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

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	Peter Small
8	F	Jim Barrett
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Noel Kelly
11	F	Hugh McLaren

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Mon Dec 27, 1954)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	7	2	Doncaster Rovers
Bristol Rovers	1	4	Notts County
Bury	1	1	Stoke City
Derby County	0	0	West Ham United
Hull City	0	4	Luton Town
Ipswich Town	2	0	Liverpool
Lincoln City	2	3	Rotherham United
Middlesbrough	1	0	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Birmingham City
Port Vale	4	0	Fulham
Swansea City	4	2	Plymouth Argyle

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	23	14	2	7	70	42	9	1	1	45	15	5	1	6	25	27	1.667	30	WLLLWW
	2	Leeds United	23	13	4	6	42	36	6	4	3	24	18	7	0	3	18	18	1.167	30	WDWDWD
	3	Luton Town	23	13	3	7	51	34	10	1	1	32	13	3	2	6	19	21	1.500	29	LWDWWD
	4	Stoke City	23	12	5	6	36	24	7	3	2	21	10	5	2	4	15	14	1.500	29	WWDWLW
	5	Rotherham United	23	13	3	7	55	38	9	1	2	35	14	4	2	5	20	24	1.447	29	WDLWDW
	6	Fulham	23	12	5	6	54	44	8	2	1	31	15	4	3	5	23	29	1.227	29	WDDDLW
	7	West Ham United	23	10	6	7	45	43	7	4	1	29	17	3	2	6	16	26	1.047	26	WDDLDW
	8	Notts County	23	11	4	8	35	36	7	2	2	22	14	4	2	6	13	22	.972	26	LWWWDW
	9	Bristol Rovers	23	10	4	9	48	39	8	3	0	33	9	2	1	9	15	30	1.231	24	WLDLLL
	10	Bury	23	9	6	8	48	44	6	3	3	25	20	3	3	5	23	24	1.091	24	DLDWWL
	11	Swansea Town	23	9	6	8	47	45	8	2	0	32	10	1	4	8	15	35	1.044	24	DDWDDD
	12	Birmingham City	22	9	5	8	44	26	8	2	2	34	11	1	3	6	10	15	1.692	23	LWLWWL
	13	Hull City	23	8	7	8	27	27	5	2	4	18	12	3	5	4	9	15	1.000	23	LDDDLD
	14	Liverpool	23	9	4	10	51	55	9	2	1	35	18	0	2	9	16	37	.927	22	WDWLLW
	15	Middlesbrough	23	9	3	11	35	47	7	0	4	24	14	2	3	7	11	33	.745	21	DWLWWD
	16	Lincoln City	23	8	4	11	39	48	5	3	3	23	20	3	1	8	16	28	.813	20	LDLWLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	23	8	3	12	29	34	4	1	7	16	20	4	2	5	13	14	.853	19	LWDDLW
	18	Doncaster Rovers	21	8	2	11	31	49	6	2	2	19	13	2	0	9	12	36	.633	18	LLDLWL
	19	Port Vale	23	5	7	11	24	44	4	4	3	13	13	1	3	8	11	31	.545	17	DLDLWL
	20	Derby County	23	5	5	13	35	50	4	2	5	24	21	1	3	8	11	29	.700	15	LLWDDL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	23	4	6	13	33	49	4	3	5	18	21	0	3	8	15	28	.673	14	WLWLLD
	22	Ipswich Town	24	5	2	17	36	61	4	1	7	23	21	1	1	10	13	40	.590	12	LWLLDL

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
	1	Blackburn Rovers	24	15	2	7	77	44	10	1	1	52	17	5	1	6	25	27	1.750	32	LLLWWW
1	2	Luton Town	24	14	3	7	55	34	10	1	1	32	13	4	2	6	23	21	1.618	31	WDWWDW
2	3	Rotherham United	24	14	3	7	58	40	9	1	2	35	14	5	2	5	23	26	1.450	31	DLWDWW
	4	Stoke City	24	12	6	6	37	25	7	3	2	21	10	5	3	4	16	15	1.480	30	WDWLWD
3	5	Leeds United	24	13	4	7	42	37	6	4	3	24	18	7	0	4	18	19	1.135	30	DWDWDL
	6	Fulham	24	12	5	7	54	48	8	2	1	31	15	4	3	6	23	33	1.125	29	DDDLWL
1	7	Notts County	24	12	4	8	39	37	7	2	2	22	14	5	2	6	17	23	1.054	28	WWWDWW
1	8	West Ham United	24	10	7	7	45	43	7	4	1	29	17	3	3	6	16	26	1.047	27	DDLDWD
2	9	Swansea Town	24	10	6	8	51	47	9	2	0	36	12	1	4	8	15	35	1.085	26	DWDDDW
2	10	Birmingham City	23	10	5	8	46	26	8	2	2	34	11	2	3	6	12	15	1.769	25	WLWWLW
1	11	Bury	24	9	7	8	49	45	6	4	3	26	21	3	3	5	23	24	1.089	25	LDWWLD
3	12	Bristol Rovers	24	10	4	10	49	43	8	3	1	34	13	2	1	9	15	30	1.140	24	LDLLLL
	13	Hull City	24	8	7	9	27	31	5	2	5	18	16	3	5	4	9	15	.871	23	DDDLDL
1	14	Middlesbrough	24	10	3	11	36	47	8	0	4	25	14	2	3	7	11	33	.766	23	WLWWDW
1	15	Liverpool	24	9	4	11	51	57	9	2	1	35	18	0	2	10	16	39	.895	22	DWLLWL
	16	Lincoln City	24	8	4	12	41	51	5	3	4	25	23	3	1	8	16	28	.804	20	DLWLLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	24	8	3	13	29	36	4	1	8	16	22	4	2	5	13	14	.806	19	WDDLWL
1	18	Port Vale	24	6	7	11	28	44	5	4	3	17	13	1	3	8	11	31	.636	19	LDLWLW
1	19	Doncaster Rovers	22	8	2	12	33	56	6	2	2	19	13	2	0	10	14	43	.589	18	LDLWLL
	20	Derby County	24	5	6	13	35	50	4	3	5	24	21	1	3	8	11	29	.700	16	LWDDLD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	24	4	6	14	35	53	4	3	5	18	21	0	3	9	17	32	.660	14	LWLLDL
	22	Ipswich Town	25	6	2	17	38	61	5	1	7	25	21	1	1	10	13	40	.623	14	WLLDLW