The City Ground

DERBY COUNTY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 02, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 02, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Baseball Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Attendance:: 18,722
Pos Before/After:: 15/14
Opp Before/After:: 22/22
Referee:
Season:: 1954-55
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Rotherham United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2020 (of 4927)
League Tier 2:: 1195 (of 2510)
Competitive:: 2222 (of 5626)
Total:: 3378 (of 7385)

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

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

Goals:
Jim Barrett
Hugh McLaren

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Jack Barker
Prior form: LDLLDL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	William Farmer
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	William Morley
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Peter Small
8	F	Jack French
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Jim Barrett
11	F	Hugh McLaren

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 02, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-3	Birmingham City
Bristol Rovers	1-0	Hull City
Derby County	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Doncaster Rovers	0-1	Leeds United
Fulham	1-2	Middlesbrough
Liverpool	4-4	Luton Town
Notts County	3-2	Rotherham United
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	Lincoln City
Port Vale	1-0	Bury
Swansea Town	3-5	Stoke City
West Ham United	4-0	Ipswich Town

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
	1	Luton Town	33	19	5	9	72	41	15	1	1	47	16	4	4	8	25	25	1.756	43	WDLWLW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	35	20	3	12	104	70	13	1	3	68	27	7	2	9	36	43	1.486	43	WDLLWL
	3	Leeds United	35	18	5	12	56	50	11	4	3	35	19	7	1	9	21	31	1.120	41	WLLWLW
	4	West Ham United	33	16	8	9	65	56	10	4	2	39	21	6	4	7	26	35	1.161	40	DLWWWW
	5	Birmingham City	32	16	7	9	65	34	11	3	3	47	19	5	4	6	18	15	1.912	39	WWWDLW
	6	Stoke City	33	15	9	9	51	37	9	5	4	30	17	6	4	5	21	20	1.378	39	WWLLDW
	7	Rotherham United	32	17	4	11	71	54	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	8	29	37	1.315	38	WLWLWD
	8	Notts County	34	17	4	13	60	60	10	2	4	35	23	7	2	9	25	37	1.000	38	LLWWLL
	9	Bristol Rovers	34	15	6	13	66	61	12	3	2	44	19	3	3	11	22	42	1.082	36	DWLWWD
	10	Middlesbrough	34	16	4	14	62	65	12	0	5	42	23	4	4	9	20	42	.954	36	DWWWLW
	11	Swansea Town	33	13	8	12	67	64	12	3	2	46	20	1	5	10	21	44	1.047	34	DLLLWD
	12	Liverpool	33	14	6	13	73	73	11	3	3	46	28	3	3	10	27	45	1.000	34	DWLWLD
	13	Fulham	33	13	8	12	66	66	9	4	3	39	22	4	4	9	27	44	1.000	34	LWLDDL
	14	Bury	33	12	8	13	63	62	7	4	6	33	31	5	4	7	30	31	1.016	32	LLWLLW
	15	Nottingham Forest	33	13	5	15	44	48	6	3	8	23	25	7	2	7	21	23	.917	31	LWLWWW
	16	Hull City	33	10	9	14	39	51	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	7	12	24	.765	29	LLLWLD
	17	Doncaster Rovers	33	12	5	16	48	74	8	4	3	26	21	4	1	13	22	53	.649	29	WWDLDL
	18	Lincoln City	33	10	8	15	58	69	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	9	27	39	.841	28	DLDLWL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	35	9	7	19	50	73	7	4	6	24	25	2	3	13	26	48	.685	25	WWWLWL
	20	Port Vale	33	7	10	16	36	60	6	6	4	23	17	1	4	12	13	43	.600	24	DLWLLL
	21	Ipswich Town	34	9	4	21	51	79	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	13	18	52	.646	22	DLWWDW
	22	Derby County	35	6	9	20	46	66	5	6	6	33	26	1	3	14	13	40	.697	21	LDLLDL

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	Result(s)
	1	Luton Town	34	19	6	9	76	45	15	1	1	47	16	4	5	8	29	29	1.689	44	DLWLWD	4-4
	2	Blackburn Rovers	36	20	4	12	107	73	13	2	3	71	30	7	2	9	36	43	1.466	44	DLLWLD	3-3
	3	Leeds United	36	19	5	12	57	50	11	4	3	35	19	8	1	9	22	31	1.140	43	LLWLWW	1-0
	4	West Ham United	34	17	8	9	69	56	11	4	2	43	21	6	4	7	26	35	1.232	42	LWWWWW	4-0
1	5	Stoke City	34	16	9	9	56	40	9	5	4	30	17	7	4	5	26	23	1.400	41	WLLDWW	5-3
1	6	Birmingham City	33	16	8	9	68	37	11	3	3	47	19	5	5	6	21	18	1.838	40	WWDLWD	3-3
1	7	Notts County	35	18	4	13	63	62	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	9	25	37	1.016	40	LWWLLW	3-2
1	8	Rotherham United	33	17	4	12	73	57	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	9	31	40	1.281	38	LWLWDL	2-3
	9	Bristol Rovers	35	16	6	13	67	61	13	3	2	45	19	3	3	11	22	42	1.098	38	WLWWDW	1-0
	10	Middlesbrough	35	17	4	14	64	66	12	0	5	42	23	5	4	9	22	43	.970	38	WWWLWW	2-1
1	11	Liverpool	34	14	7	13	77	77	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	10	27	45	1.000	35	WLWLDD	4-4
1	12	Swansea Town	34	13	8	13	70	69	12	3	3	49	25	1	5	10	21	44	1.014	34	LLLWDL	3-5
	13	Fulham	34	13	8	13	67	68	9	4	4	40	24	4	4	9	27	44	.985	34	WLDDLL	1-2
1	14	Nottingham Forest	34	14	5	15	46	49	6	3	8	23	25	8	2	7	23	24	.939	33	WLWWWW	2-1
1	15	Bury	34	12	8	14	63	63	7	4	6	33	31	5	4	8	30	32	1.000	32	LWLLWL	0-1
	16	Hull City	34	10	9	15	39	52	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	8	12	25	.750	29	LLWLDL	0-1
	17	Doncaster Rovers	34	12	5	17	48	75	8	4	4	26	22	4	1	13	22	53	.640	29	WDLDLL	0-1
	18	Lincoln City	34	10	8	16	58	70	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	10	27	40	.829	28	LDLWLL	0-1
	19	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	7	19	51	73	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	13	26	48	.699	27	WWLWLW	1-0
	20	Port Vale	34	8	10	16	37	60	7	6	4	24	17	1	4	12	13	43	.617	26	LWLLLW	1-0
	21	Ipswich Town	35	9	4	22	51	83	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	14	18	56	.614	22	LWWDWL	0-4
	22	Derby County	36	6	9	21	47	68	5	6	7	34	28	1	3	14	13	40	.691	21	DLLDLL	1-2