The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - Sat Mar 12, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 12, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: GreensOnScreen.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: H Webb
Attendance:: 9,947
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
Plymouth Argyle:: Aug 27, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2018 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1193 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2220 (of 5724)
Total:: 3378 (of 7505)
Played:: 69 years, 1 month, 7 days ago

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

Goals
Hugh McLaren
Hugh McLaren

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Manager: Jack Rowley
Prior form: WLLWWW (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	38	Horace Gager	Last game
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Peter Small
8	F	30	Jack French
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Jim Barrett
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Shortt
2	D	Paddy Ratcliffe
3	D	Pat Jones
4	D	Rex Tilley
5	D	Peter Langman
6	M	Hugh McJarrow
7	M	Malcolm Davies
8	M	George Willis
9	M	Eric Davis
10	F	Jack Rowley
11	F	Peter Anderson

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 12, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	3-4	Liverpool
Hull City	4-3	Swansea Town
Ipswich Town	1-0	Port Vale
Leeds United	2-0	Bristol Rovers
Luton Town	3-0	Fulham
Middlesbrough	3-1	Derby County
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Plymouth Argyle
Rotherham United	5-1	Blackburn Rovers
Stoke City	0-2	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	Blackburn Rovers	32	19	3	10	98	61	12	1	3	66	27	7	2	7	32	34	1.60656	41	LWWWDL	Safe
	2	Luton Town	30	17	5	8	65	38	13	1	1	41	15	4	4	7	24	23	1.71053	39	WWDWDL
	3	Leeds United	32	16	5	11	50	47	9	4	3	30	19	7	1	8	20	28	1.06383	37	LDWWLL
	4	Stoke City	29	14	8	7	47	32	8	4	3	26	14	6	4	4	21	18	1.46875	36	DLDDWW
	5	Rotherham United	30	16	3	11	65	52	10	1	3	37	16	6	2	8	28	36	1.25000	35	LLWLWL
	6	Birmingham City	28	14	6	8	57	29	9	3	2	39	14	5	3	6	18	15	1.96552	34	WWDWWW
	7	West Ham United	30	13	8	9	59	54	9	4	2	37	20	4	4	7	22	34	1.09259	34	LWWDLW
	8	Notts County	30	15	4	11	54	52	9	2	4	32	22	6	2	7	22	30	1.03846	34	WWLWLL
	9	Fulham	29	13	6	10	62	58	9	3	3	38	21	4	3	7	24	37	1.06897	32	LDLLLW
	10	Middlesbrough	31	14	4	13	54	59	10	0	5	35	19	4	4	8	19	40	.91525	32	WLLDWW
	11	Bristol Rovers	30	13	5	12	61	57	11	3	2	42	18	2	2	10	19	39	1.07018	31	WLLWDW
	12	Swansea Town	30	12	7	11	61	58	11	2	2	43	18	1	5	9	18	40	1.05172	31	LWWDLL
	13	Liverpool	30	13	5	12	65	64	11	3	2	44	24	2	2	10	21	40	1.01563	31	WWWDWL
	14	Bury	30	11	8	11	56	55	6	4	5	27	26	5	4	6	29	29	1.01818	30	DLWLLW
	15	Doncaster Rovers	30	12	4	14	45	66	8	3	3	25	20	4	1	11	20	46	.68182	28	DLWWWD
	16	Lincoln City	30	9	8	13	53	63	6	4	4	30	26	3	4	9	23	37	.84127	26	WDDDLD
	17	Hull City	30	9	8	13	32	43	5	3	7	21	22	4	5	6	11	21	.74419	26	LWDLLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	30	10	5	15	37	46	4	3	8	18	24	6	2	7	19	22	.80435	25	WDDLWL
	19	Port Vale	30	7	10	13	35	54	6	6	3	22	15	1	4	10	13	39	.64815	24	DDLDLW
	20	Plymouth Argyle	32	8	7	17	46	67	6	4	6	21	24	2	3	11	25	43	.68657	23	WLLWWW
	21	Derby County	32	6	8	18	44	61	5	5	6	33	26	1	3	12	11	35	.72131	20	WLDLDL
	22	Ipswich Town	31	7	3	21	47	77	6	2	8	30	26	1	1	13	17	51	.61039	17	LLLDLW

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	1	Luton Town	31	18	5	8	68	38	14	1	1	44	15	4	4	7	24	23	1.78947	41	WDWDLW	Safe	3-0
1	2	Blackburn Rovers	33	19	3	11	99	66	12	1	3	66	27	7	2	8	33	39	1.50000	41	WWWDLL	Safe	1-5
	3	Leeds United	33	17	5	11	52	47	10	4	3	32	19	7	1	8	20	28	1.10638	39	DWWLLW		2-0
1	4	Rotherham United	31	17	3	11	70	53	11	1	3	42	17	6	2	8	28	36	1.32075	37	LWLWLW		5-1
1	5	Stoke City	30	14	8	8	47	34	8	4	4	26	16	6	4	4	21	18	1.38235	36	LDDWWL		0-2
1	6	West Ham United	31	14	8	9	61	54	9	4	2	37	20	5	4	7	24	34	1.12963	36	WWDLWW		2-0
1	7	Birmingham City	28	14	6	8	57	29	9	3	2	39	14	5	3	6	18	15	1.96552	34	WWDWWW
	8	Notts County	30	15	4	11	54	52	9	2	4	32	22	6	2	7	22	30	1.03846	34	WWLWLL
1	9	Middlesbrough	32	15	4	13	57	60	11	0	5	38	20	4	4	8	19	40	.95000	34	LLDWWW		3-1
3	10	Liverpool	31	14	5	12	69	67	11	3	2	44	24	3	2	10	25	43	1.02985	33	WWDWLW		4-3
2	11	Fulham	30	13	6	11	62	61	9	3	3	38	21	4	3	8	24	40	1.01639	32	DLLLWL		0-3
1	12	Bristol Rovers	31	13	5	13	61	59	11	3	2	42	18	2	2	11	19	41	1.03390	31	LLWDWL		0-2
1	13	Swansea Town	31	12	7	12	64	62	11	2	2	43	18	1	5	10	21	44	1.03226	31	WWDLLL		3-4
	14	Bury	31	11	8	12	59	59	6	4	6	30	30	5	4	6	29	29	1.00000	30	LWLLWL		3-4
2	15	Hull City	31	10	8	13	36	46	6	3	7	25	25	4	5	6	11	21	.78261	28	WDLLLW		4-3
1	16	Doncaster Rovers	30	12	4	14	45	66	8	3	3	25	20	4	1	11	20	46	.68182	28	DLWWWD
1	17	Nottingham Forest	31	11	5	15	39	46	5	3	8	20	24	6	2	7	19	22	.84783	27	DDLWLW		2-0
2	18	Lincoln City	30	9	8	13	53	63	6	4	4	30	26	3	4	9	23	37	.84127	26	WDDDLD
	19	Port Vale	31	7	10	14	35	55	6	6	3	22	15	1	4	11	13	40	.63636	24	DLDLWL		0-1
	20	Plymouth Argyle	33	8	7	18	46	69	6	4	6	21	24	2	3	12	25	45	.66667	23	LLWWWL		0-2
	21	Derby County	33	6	8	19	45	64	5	5	6	33	26	1	3	13	12	38	.70313	20	LDLDLL		1-3
	22	Ipswich Town	32	8	3	21	48	77	7	2	8	31	26	1	1	13	17	51	.62338	19	LLDLWW		1-0