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
Position Before:: 17
Position After:: 17
Referee:
Season:: 1954-55

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Hull City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2010 (of 4780)
League Tier 2: 1185 (of 2363)
Competitive:: 2206 (of 5470)
Total:: 3354 (of 7203)

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

Forest Goals:

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games 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

Table before:

									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

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
⇧	4	Blackburn Rovers	24	15	2	7	77	44	10	1	1	52	17	5	1	6	25	27	33	32
⇧	7	Luton Town	24	14	3	7	55	34	10	1	1	32	13	4	2	6	23	21	21	31
⇧	8	Rotherham United	24	14	3	7	58	40	9	1	2	35	14	5	2	5	23	26	18	31
⇧	10	Stoke City	24	12	6	6	37	25	7	3	2	21	10	5	3	4	16	15	12	30
⇩	13	Leeds United	24	13	4	7	42	37	6	4	3	24	18	7	0	4	18	19	5	30
⇩	19	Fulham	24	12	5	7	54	48	8	2	1	31	15	4	3	6	23	33	6	29
⇧	28	Notts County	24	12	4	8	39	37	7	2	2	22	14	5	2	6	17	23	2	28
	32	West Ham United	24	10	7	7	45	43	7	4	1	29	17	3	3	6	16	26	2	27
⇧	36	Swansea City	24	10	6	8	51	47	9	2	0	36	12	1	4	8	15	35	4	26
⇧	38	Birmingham City	23	10	5	8	46	26	8	2	2	34	11	2	3	6	12	15	20	25
⇧	39	Bury	24	9	7	8	49	45	6	4	3	26	21	3	3	5	23	24	4	25
⇩	43	Bristol Rovers	24	10	4	10	49	43	8	3	1	34	13	2	1	9	15	30	6	24
⇩	55	Hull City	24	8	7	9	27	31	5	2	5	18	16	3	5	4	9	15	-4	23
⇧	56	Middlesbrough	24	10	3	11	36	47	8	0	4	25	14	2	3	7	11	33	-11	23
⇩	60	Liverpool	24	9	4	11	51	57	9	2	1	35	18	0	2	10	16	39	-6	22
⇩	68	Lincoln City	24	8	4	12	41	51	5	3	4	25	23	3	1	8	16	28	-10	20
⇩	74	Nottingham Forest	24	8	3	13	29	36	4	1	8	16	22	4	2	5	13	14	-7	19
⇧	77	Port Vale	24	6	7	11	28	44	5	4	3	17	13	1	3	8	11	31	-16	19
⇩	82	Doncaster Rovers	22	8	2	12	33	56	6	2	2	19	13	2	0	10	14	43	-23	18
⇧	86	Derby County	24	5	6	13	35	50	4	3	5	24	21	1	3	8	11	29	-15	16
⇩	90	Plymouth Argyle	24	4	6	14	35	53	4	3	5	18	21	0	3	9	17	32	-18	14
	91	Ipswich Town	25	6	2	17	38	61	5	1	7	25	21	1	1	10	13	40	-23	14