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ROTHERHAM UNITED 3 - 2 FOREST - Mon Apr 11, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 11, 1955 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Millmoor
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 (Lost)

Attendance:: 14,995
Pos Before/After:: 15/15
Opp Before/After:: 7/7
Referee:
Season:: 1954-55
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Bristol Rovers

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2023 (of 4859)
League Tier 2:: 1198 (of 2442)
Competitive:: 2225 (of 5555)
Total:: 3376 (of 7303)

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

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

Goals:
Tommy Wilson
Jim Barrett

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager:
Prior form: LWDLWW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	William Farmer
2	M	Jack Hutchinson
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 league games on this day (Mon Apr 11, 1955)

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

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	Blackburn Rovers	38	22	4	12	112	74	14	2	3	72	30	8	2	9	40	44	1.514	48	LWLDWW
	2	Luton Town	36	20	7	9	78	45	16	2	1	49	16	4	5	8	29	29	1.733	47	WLWDDW
	3	Leeds United	38	20	6	12	59	50	12	4	3	37	19	8	2	9	22	31	1.180	46	WLWWDW
	4	Birmingham City	35	18	8	9	76	40	12	3	3	50	20	6	5	6	26	20	1.900	44	DLWDWW
	5	West Ham United	36	18	8	10	71	59	12	4	2	45	22	6	4	8	26	37	1.203	44	WWWWWL
	6	Stoke City	35	17	9	9	59	40	10	5	4	33	17	7	4	5	26	23	1.475	43	LLDWWW
	7	Rotherham United	35	19	4	12	77	58	12	1	3	44	18	7	3	9	33	40	1.328	42	LWDLWW
	8	Bristol Rovers	37	17	6	14	70	63	14	3	2	48	20	3	3	12	22	43	1.111	40	WWDWWL
	9	Middlesbrough	37	18	4	15	68	71	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	9	22	43	.958	40	WLWWLW
	10	Notts County	37	18	4	15	65	68	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	11	27	43	.956	40	WLLWLL
	11	Bury	36	14	8	14	69	65	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	8	30	32	1.062	36	LLWLWW
	12	Swansea Town	36	14	8	14	75	72	12	3	3	49	25	2	5	11	26	47	1.042	36	LWDLWL
	13	Fulham	36	13	9	14	70	72	9	4	4	40	24	4	5	10	30	48	.972	35	DDLLLD
	14	Liverpool	36	14	7	15	81	84	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	12	31	52	.964	35	WLDDLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	36	15	5	16	49	52	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	7	23	24	.942	35	WWWWLW
	16	Doncaster Rovers	36	13	5	18	52	80	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	14	22	56	.650	31	LDLLWL
	17	Lincoln City	36	10	9	17	60	73	6	5	6	33	32	4	4	11	27	41	.822	29	LWLLLD
	18	Hull City	36	10	9	17	41	60	6	4	8	28	31	4	5	9	13	29	.683	29	WLDLLL
	19	Port Vale	36	9	10	17	41	65	8	6	4	28	20	1	4	13	13	45	.631	28	LLLWWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	38	10	7	21	53	79	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	15	28	54	.671	27	LWLWLL
	21	Ipswich Town	36	10	4	22	52	83	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	14	18	56	.627	24	WWDWLW
	22	Derby County	38	6	9	23	49	74	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	15	14	42	.662	21	LDLLLL

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
	1	Blackburn Rovers	39	22	4	13	113	76	14	2	3	72	30	8	2	10	41	46	1.487	48	WLDWWL
1	2	Leeds United	39	21	6	12	63	50	13	4	3	41	19	8	2	9	22	31	1.260	48	LWWDWW
1	3	Luton Town	37	20	7	10	78	49	16	2	1	49	16	4	5	9	29	33	1.592	47	LWDDWL
	4	Birmingham City	36	19	8	9	79	40	13	3	3	53	20	6	5	6	26	20	1.975	46	LWDWWW
1	5	Stoke City	36	18	9	9	62	40	11	5	4	36	17	7	4	5	26	23	1.550	45	LDWWWW
1	6	West Ham United	37	18	9	10	71	59	12	4	2	45	22	6	5	8	26	37	1.203	45	WWWWLD
	7	Rotherham United	36	20	4	12	80	60	13	1	3	47	20	7	3	9	33	40	1.333	44	WDLWWW
	8	Bristol Rovers	38	18	6	14	71	63	14	3	2	48	20	4	3	12	23	43	1.127	42	WDWWLW
1	9	Notts County	38	19	4	15	69	68	12	2	4	42	25	7	2	11	27	43	1.015	42	LLWLLW
1	10	Middlesbrough	38	18	4	16	68	74	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	10	22	46	.919	40	LWWLWL
1	11	Swansea Town	37	15	8	14	78	72	13	3	3	52	25	2	5	11	26	47	1.083	38	WDLWLW
1	12	Bury	37	14	8	15	69	66	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	9	30	33	1.045	36	LWLWWL
	13	Fulham	37	13	10	14	70	72	9	5	4	40	24	4	5	10	30	48	.972	36	DLLLDD
	14	Liverpool	37	14	8	15	82	85	11	5	3	51	33	3	3	12	31	52	.965	36	LDDLLD
	15	Nottingham Forest	37	15	5	17	51	55	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	8	25	27	.927	35	WWWLWL
1	16	Lincoln City	37	11	9	17	62	74	7	5	6	35	33	4	4	11	27	41	.838	31	WLLLDW
1	17	Hull City	37	11	9	17	42	60	7	4	8	29	31	4	5	9	13	29	.700	31	LDLLLW
2	18	Doncaster Rovers	37	13	5	19	52	84	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	15	22	60	.619	31	DLLWLL
	19	Port Vale	37	9	11	17	42	66	8	6	4	28	20	1	5	13	14	46	.636	29	LLWWLD
	20	Plymouth Argyle	39	10	7	22	53	80	8	4	7	25	26	2	3	15	28	54	.663	27	WLWLLL
	21	Ipswich Town	37	10	4	23	52	86	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	15	18	59	.605	24	WDWLWL
	22	Derby County	39	6	9	24	49	77	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	16	14	45	.636	21	DLLLLL