The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 05, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 05, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: P Power
Attendance:: 27,306
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ipswich Town (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Jan 02, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2016 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1191 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2218 (of 5768)
Total:: 3377 (of 7556)
Played:: 70 years, 3 months, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Jim Barrett (67')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: LLWWWD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	29	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
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
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Jim Barrett (67')
11	F	30	Peter Small

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Reg Elvy
2	D	Bill Smith
3	D	Bill Eckersley
4	D	Ronnie Clayton
5	D	Willie Kelly
6	M	Eric Bell
7	M	Frank Mooney
8	M	Eddie Crossan
9	M	Tommy Briggs
10	F	Eddie Quigley
11	F	Bobby Langton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 05, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Bristol Rovers	1-0	Rotherham United
Derby County	2-3	Bury
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Lincoln City
Fulham	4-1	Ipswich Town
Liverpool	2-4	Stoke City
Notts County	1-3	Middlesbrough
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	Luton Town
Port Vale	3-0	Hull City
Swansea Town	0-3	Birmingham City
West Ham United	2-1	Leeds 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	Blackburn Rovers	31	19	3	9	98	60	12	1	2	66	26	7	2	7	32	34	1.63333	41	LLWWWD
	2	Luton Town	29	17	5	7	64	36	13	1	1	41	15	4	4	6	23	21	1.77778	39	WWWDWD
	3	Leeds United	31	16	5	10	49	45	9	4	3	30	19	7	1	7	19	26	1.08889	37	WLDWWL
	4	Rotherham United	29	16	3	10	65	51	10	1	3	37	16	6	2	7	28	35	1.27451	35	WLLWLW
	5	Stoke City	28	13	8	7	43	30	8	4	3	26	14	5	4	4	17	16	1.43333	34	WDLDDW
	6	Notts County	29	15	4	10	53	49	9	2	3	31	19	6	2	7	22	30	1.08163	34	WWWLWL
	7	Birmingham City	27	13	6	8	54	29	9	3	2	39	14	4	3	6	15	15	1.86207	32	LWWDWW
	8	West Ham United	29	12	8	9	57	53	8	4	2	35	19	4	4	7	22	34	1.07547	32	DLWWDL
	9	Swansea Town	29	12	7	10	61	55	11	2	1	43	15	1	5	9	18	40	1.10909	31	WLWWDL
	10	Liverpool	29	13	5	11	63	60	11	3	1	42	20	2	2	10	21	40	1.05000	31	LWWWDW
	11	Fulham	28	12	6	10	58	57	8	3	3	34	20	4	3	7	24	37	1.01754	30	WLDLLL
	12	Middlesbrough	30	13	4	13	51	58	10	0	5	35	19	3	4	8	16	39	.87931	30	WWLLDW
	13	Bristol Rovers	29	12	5	12	60	57	10	3	2	41	18	2	2	10	19	39	1.05263	29	LWLLWD
	14	Bury	29	10	8	11	53	53	6	4	5	27	26	4	4	6	26	27	1.00000	28	DDLWLL
	15	Doncaster Rovers	29	12	3	14	44	65	8	2	3	24	19	4	1	11	20	46	.67692	27	WDLWWW
	16	Hull City	29	9	8	12	32	40	5	3	7	21	22	4	5	5	11	18	.80000	26	LLWDLL
	17	Lincoln City	29	9	7	13	52	62	6	4	4	30	26	3	3	9	22	36	.83871	25	LWDDDL
	18	Nottingham Forest	28	9	5	14	35	44	4	3	8	18	24	5	2	6	17	20	.79545	23	WLWDDL
	19	Port Vale	29	6	10	13	32	54	5	6	3	19	15	1	4	10	13	39	.59259	22	WDDLDL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	31	7	7	17	44	66	5	4	6	19	23	2	3	11	25	43	.66667	21	LWLLWW
	21	Derby County	31	6	8	17	42	58	5	5	5	31	23	1	3	12	11	35	.72414	20	LWLDLD
	22	Ipswich Town	29	6	3	20	44	72	5	2	8	28	25	1	1	12	16	47	.61111	15	LWLLLD

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	32	19	3	10	98	61	12	1	3	66	27	7	2	7	32	34	1.60656	41	LWWWDL	Safe	0-1
	2	Luton Town	30	17	5	8	65	38	13	1	1	41	15	4	4	7	24	23	1.71053	39	WWDWDL		1-2
	3	Leeds United	32	16	5	11	50	47	9	4	3	30	19	7	1	8	20	28	1.06383	37	LDWWLL		1-2
1	4	Stoke City	29	14	8	7	47	32	8	4	3	26	14	6	4	4	21	18	1.46875	36	DLDDWW		4-2
1	5	Rotherham United	30	16	3	11	65	52	10	1	3	37	16	6	2	8	28	36	1.25000	35	LLWLWL		0-1
1	6	Birmingham City	28	14	6	8	57	29	9	3	2	39	14	5	3	6	18	15	1.96552	34	WWDWWW		3-0
1	7	West Ham United	30	13	8	9	59	54	9	4	2	37	20	4	4	7	22	34	1.09259	34	LWWDLW		2-1
2	8	Notts County	30	15	4	11	54	52	9	2	4	32	22	6	2	7	22	30	1.03846	34	WWLWLL		1-3
2	9	Fulham	29	13	6	10	62	58	9	3	3	38	21	4	3	7	24	37	1.06897	32	LDLLLW		4-1
2	10	Middlesbrough	31	14	4	13	54	59	10	0	5	35	19	4	4	8	19	40	.91525	32	WLLDWW		3-1
2	11	Bristol Rovers	30	13	5	12	61	57	11	3	2	42	18	2	2	10	19	39	1.07018	31	WLLWDW		1-0
3	12	Swansea Town	30	12	7	11	61	58	11	2	2	43	18	1	5	9	18	40	1.05172	31	LWWDLL		0-3
3	13	Liverpool	30	13	5	12	65	64	11	3	2	44	24	2	2	10	21	40	1.01563	31	WWWDWL		2-4
	14	Bury	30	11	8	11	56	55	6	4	5	27	26	5	4	6	29	29	1.01818	30	DLWLLW		3-2
	15	Doncaster Rovers	30	12	4	14	45	66	8	3	3	25	20	4	1	11	20	46	.68182	28	DLWWWD		1-1
1	16	Lincoln City	30	9	8	13	53	63	6	4	4	30	26	3	4	9	23	37	.84127	26	WDDDLD		1-1
1	17	Hull City	30	9	8	13	32	43	5	3	7	21	22	4	5	6	11	21	.74419	26	LWDLLL		0-3
	18	Nottingham Forest	29	10	5	14	36	44	4	3	8	18	24	6	2	6	18	20	.81818	25	LWDDLW		1-0
	19	Port Vale	30	7	10	13	35	54	6	6	3	22	15	1	4	10	13	39	.64815	24	DDLDLW		3-0
	20	Plymouth Argyle	32	8	7	17	46	67	6	4	6	21	24	2	3	11	25	43	.68657	23	WLLWWW		2-1
	21	Derby County	32	6	8	18	44	61	5	5	6	33	26	1	3	12	11	35	.72131	20	WLDLDL		2-3
	22	Ipswich Town	30	6	3	21	45	76	5	2	8	28	25	1	1	13	17	51	.59211	15	WLLLDL		1-4