The City Ground

NOTTS COUNTY 4 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 12, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 12, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Meadow Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-4 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: A Ellis
Attendance:: 31,104
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 5 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (FA Cup)
League:: Blackburn Rovers
Notts County:: Oct 01, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2015 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1190 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2214 (of 5768)
Total:: 3373 (of 7556)
Played:: 70 years, 4 months, 19 days ago

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

Goals
Jack French (4')

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: George Poyser
Prior form: DWWWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Gordon Wills (27')
Albert Broadbent (75')
Jimmy Jackson (76')
Gordon Wills (84')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	38	Harry Walker	Last game
2	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	33	Jack Hutchinson	200th appearance
4	M	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	38	Freddie Scott
8	F	30	Jack French (4')
9	M	36	Wally Ardron	Last game
10	F	24	Tommy Wilson
11	F	30	Peter Small

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	38	Harry Walker	304	1	119	18
2	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	263		7	1
3	D	33	Jack Hutchinson	199	1	7	1
4	M	29	Bill Morley	155	6	7	1
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay	32		7	1
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt	245	10	7	1
7	F	38	Freddie Scott	304	45	7	1
8	F	30	Jack French (4')	57	1	392	50
9	M	36	Wally Ardron	190	136	63	10
10	F	24	Tommy Wilson	30	6	7	1
11	F	30	Peter Small	19	6	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gordon Bradley
2	D	Aubrey Southwell
3	D	Tommy Deans
4	D	Harry Adamson
5	D	Leon Leuty
6	M	Tom Johnston
7	M	Gordon Wills
8	M	Ron Wylie
9	M	Jimmy Jackson
10	F	Ron 'Tot' Leverton
11	F	Albert Broadbent

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 12, 1955)

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

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	Luton Town	27	16	4	7	60	36	12	1	1	37	15	4	3	6	23	21	1.66667	36	WDWWWD
2	Blackburn Rovers	28	17	2	9	93	58	11	1	2	64	25	6	1	7	29	33	1.60345	36	WWWLLW
3	Rotherham United	27	15	3	9	63	47	9	1	3	35	16	6	2	6	28	31	1.34043	33	DWWLLW
4	Leeds United	28	14	5	9	44	42	7	4	3	25	18	7	1	6	19	24	1.04762	33	DLLWLD
5	Notts County	27	14	4	9	49	45	8	2	2	27	15	6	2	7	22	30	1.08889	32	DWWWWL
6	Stoke City	26	12	7	7	38	27	7	4	3	22	12	5	3	4	16	15	1.40741	31	WLWDLD
7	West Ham United	27	12	7	8	56	51	8	4	1	35	18	4	3	7	21	33	1.09804	31	DWDLWW
8	Swansea Town	27	12	6	9	58	50	11	2	1	43	15	1	4	8	15	35	1.16000	30	DDWLWW
9	Fulham	26	12	6	8	55	50	8	3	2	32	17	4	3	6	23	33	1.10000	30	DLWLDL
10	Birmingham City	25	11	6	8	51	29	8	3	2	37	14	3	3	6	14	15	1.75862	28	WWLWWD
11	Bury	27	10	8	9	52	48	6	4	3	26	21	4	4	6	26	27	1.08333	28	WLDDLW
12	Liverpool	27	12	4	11	59	59	11	2	1	41	19	1	2	10	18	40	1.00000	28	LWLWWW
13	Middlesbrough	28	12	3	13	44	53	9	0	5	31	17	3	3	8	13	36	.83019	27	DWWWLL
14	Bristol Rovers	27	11	4	12	55	55	9	3	2	37	17	2	1	10	18	38	1.00000	26	LLLWLL
15	Hull City	26	9	7	10	31	35	5	2	6	20	19	4	5	4	11	16	.88571	25	DLDLLW
16	Lincoln City	27	9	6	12	47	55	6	3	4	27	23	3	3	8	20	32	.85455	24	LLLWDD
17	Nottingham Forest	27	9	5	13	34	40	4	3	8	18	24	5	2	5	16	16	.85000	23	LWLWDD
18	Port Vale	27	6	9	12	30	51	5	5	3	18	14	1	4	9	12	37	.58824	21	WLWDDL
19	Doncaster Rovers	26	9	3	14	37	64	7	2	3	22	19	2	1	11	15	45	.57813	21	LLLWDL
20	Derby County	27	6	6	15	41	54	5	3	5	30	22	1	3	10	11	32	.75926	18	DLDLLW
21	Plymouth Argyle	28	5	7	16	39	62	5	4	5	19	21	0	3	11	20	41	.62903	17	DLDLWL
22	Ipswich Town	27	6	2	19	42	67	5	1	8	27	24	1	1	11	15	43	.62687	14	LDLWLL

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	Luton Town	28	17	4	7	64	36	13	1	1	41	15	4	3	6	23	21	1.77778	38	DWWWDW		4-0
	2	Blackburn Rovers	29	18	2	9	95	58	11	1	2	64	25	7	1	7	31	33	1.63793	38	WWLLWW		2-0
1	3	Leeds United	29	15	5	9	48	43	8	4	3	29	19	7	1	6	19	24	1.11628	35	LLWLDW		4-1
1	4	Notts County	28	15	4	9	53	46	9	2	2	31	16	6	2	7	22	30	1.15217	34	WWWWLW		4-1
2	5	Rotherham United	28	15	3	10	63	51	9	1	3	35	16	6	2	7	28	35	1.23529	33	WWLLWL		0-4
	6	Stoke City	27	12	8	7	39	28	7	4	3	22	12	5	4	4	17	16	1.39286	32	LWDLDD		1-1
	7	West Ham United	28	12	8	8	57	52	8	4	1	35	18	4	4	7	22	34	1.09615	32	WDLWWD		1-1
	8	Swansea Town	28	12	7	9	59	51	11	2	1	43	15	1	5	8	16	36	1.15686	31	DWLWWD		1-1
1	9	Birmingham City	26	12	6	8	52	29	8	3	2	37	14	4	3	6	15	15	1.79310	30	WLWWDW		1-0
1	10	Fulham	27	12	6	9	56	54	8	3	2	32	17	4	3	7	24	37	1.03704	30	LWLDLL		1-4
1	11	Liverpool	28	12	5	11	60	60	11	3	1	42	20	1	2	10	18	40	1.00000	29	WLWWWD		1-1
1	12	Bury	28	10	8	10	52	49	6	4	4	26	22	4	4	6	26	27	1.06122	28	LDDLWL		0-1
1	13	Bristol Rovers	28	12	4	12	59	56	10	3	2	41	18	2	1	10	18	38	1.05357	28	LLWLLW		4-1
1	14	Middlesbrough	29	12	4	13	47	56	9	0	5	31	17	3	4	8	16	39	.83929	28	WWWLLD		3-3
	15	Hull City	27	9	8	10	32	36	5	3	6	21	20	4	5	4	11	16	.88889	26	LDLLWD		1-1
	16	Lincoln City	28	9	7	12	50	58	6	4	4	30	26	3	3	8	20	32	.86207	25	LLWDDD		3-3
	17	Nottingham Forest	28	9	5	14	35	44	4	3	8	18	24	5	2	6	17	20	.79545	23	WLWDDL		1-4
1	18	Doncaster Rovers	27	10	3	14	39	64	8	2	3	24	19	2	1	11	15	45	.60938	23	LLWDLW		2-0
1	19	Port Vale	28	6	10	12	31	52	5	6	3	19	15	1	4	9	12	37	.59615	22	LWDDLD		1-1
	20	Derby County	28	6	6	16	41	56	5	3	5	30	22	1	3	11	11	34	.73214	18	LDLLWL		0-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	29	5	7	17	39	64	5	4	6	19	23	0	3	11	20	41	.60938	17	LDLWLL		0-2
	22	Ipswich Town	28	6	2	20	43	71	5	1	8	27	24	1	1	12	16	47	.60563	14	DLWLLL		1-4