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)

Attendance:: 27,306
Position Before:: 18
Position After:: 18
Referee:
Season:: 1954-55

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Ipswich Town

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2015 (of 4795)
League Tier 2: 1190 (of 2378)
Competitive:: 2217 (of 5487)
Total:: 3364 (of 7227)

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

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals:
Jim Barrett

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager:

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	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Jack French
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Jim Barrett
11	F	Peter Small
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Mar 05, 1955)

Home	F	A	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 City	0	3	Birmingham City
West Ham United	2	1	Leeds United

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Blackburn Rovers	31	19	3	9	98	60	12	1	2	66	26	7	2	7	32	34	1.633	41
	2	Luton Town	29	17	5	7	64	36	13	1	1	41	15	4	4	6	23	21	1.778	39
	3	Leeds United	31	16	5	10	49	45	9	4	3	30	19	7	1	7	19	26	1.089	37
	4	Rotherham United	29	16	3	10	65	51	10	1	3	37	16	6	2	7	28	35	1.275	35
	5	Stoke City	28	13	8	7	43	30	8	4	3	26	14	5	4	4	17	16	1.433	34
	6	Notts County	29	15	4	10	53	49	9	2	3	31	19	6	2	7	22	30	1.082	34
	7	Birmingham City	27	13	6	8	54	29	9	3	2	39	14	4	3	6	15	15	1.862	32
	8	West Ham United	29	12	8	9	57	53	8	4	2	35	19	4	4	7	22	34	1.075	32
	9	Swansea City	29	12	7	10	61	55	11	2	1	43	15	1	5	9	18	40	1.109	31
	10	Liverpool	29	13	5	11	63	60	11	3	1	42	20	2	2	10	21	40	1.050	31
	11	Fulham	28	12	6	10	58	57	8	3	3	34	20	4	3	7	24	37	1.018	30
	12	Middlesbrough	30	13	4	13	51	58	10	0	5	35	19	3	4	8	16	39	.879	30
	13	Bristol Rovers	29	12	5	12	60	57	10	3	2	41	18	2	2	10	19	39	1.053	29
	14	Bury	29	10	8	11	53	53	6	4	5	27	26	4	4	6	26	27	1.000	28
	15	Doncaster Rovers	29	12	3	14	44	65	8	2	3	24	19	4	1	11	20	46	.677	27
	16	Hull City	29	9	8	12	32	40	5	3	7	21	22	4	5	5	11	18	.800	26
	17	Lincoln City	29	9	7	13	52	62	6	4	4	30	26	3	3	9	22	36	.839	25
	18	Nottingham Forest	28	9	5	14	35	44	4	3	8	18	24	5	2	6	17	20	.795	23
	19	Port Vale	29	6	10	13	32	54	5	6	3	19	15	1	4	10	13	39	.593	22
	20	Plymouth Argyle	31	7	7	17	44	66	5	4	6	19	23	2	3	11	25	43	.667	21
	21	Derby County	31	6	8	17	42	58	5	5	5	31	23	1	3	12	11	35	.724	20
	22	Ipswich Town	29	6	3	20	44	72	5	2	8	28	25	1	1	12	16	47	.611	15

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Blackburn Rovers	32	19	3	10	98	61	12	1	3	66	27	7	2	7	32	34	1.607	41
	2	Luton Town	30	17	5	8	65	38	13	1	1	41	15	4	4	7	24	23	1.711	39
	3	Leeds United	32	16	5	11	50	47	9	4	3	30	19	7	1	8	20	28	1.064	37
	4	Stoke City	29	14	8	7	47	32	8	4	3	26	14	6	4	4	21	18	1.469	36
	5	Rotherham United	30	16	3	11	65	52	10	1	3	37	16	6	2	8	28	36	1.250	35
	6	Birmingham City	28	14	6	8	57	29	9	3	2	39	14	5	3	6	18	15	1.966	34
	7	West Ham United	30	13	8	9	59	54	9	4	2	37	20	4	4	7	22	34	1.093	34
	8	Notts County	30	15	4	11	54	52	9	2	4	32	22	6	2	7	22	30	1.038	34
	9	Fulham	29	13	6	10	62	58	9	3	3	38	21	4	3	7	24	37	1.069	32
	10	Middlesbrough	31	14	4	13	54	59	10	0	5	35	19	4	4	8	19	40	.915	32
	11	Bristol Rovers	30	13	5	12	61	57	11	3	2	42	18	2	2	10	19	39	1.070	31
	12	Swansea City	30	12	7	11	61	58	11	2	2	43	18	1	5	9	18	40	1.052	31
	13	Liverpool	30	13	5	12	65	64	11	3	2	44	24	2	2	10	21	40	1.016	31
	14	Bury	30	11	8	11	56	55	6	4	5	27	26	5	4	6	29	29	1.018	30
	15	Doncaster Rovers	30	12	4	14	45	66	8	3	3	25	20	4	1	11	20	46	.682	28
	16	Lincoln City	30	9	8	13	53	63	6	4	4	30	26	3	4	9	23	37	.841	26
	17	Hull City	30	9	8	13	32	43	5	3	7	21	22	4	5	6	11	21	.744	26
	18	Nottingham Forest	29	10	5	14	36	44	4	3	8	18	24	6	2	6	18	20	.818	25
	19	Port Vale	30	7	10	13	35	54	6	6	3	22	15	1	4	10	13	39	.648	24
	20	Plymouth Argyle	32	8	7	17	46	67	6	4	6	21	24	2	3	11	25	43	.687	23
	21	Derby County	32	6	8	18	44	61	5	5	6	33	26	1	3	12	11	35	.721	20
	22	Ipswich Town	30	6	3	21	45	76	5	2	8	28	25	1	1	13	17	51	.592	15

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of seasons: 155 | Number of matches: 5487 | Number of goals: 8037 | Number of players: 1834