The City Ground

SEASON: 1954-55

Prev Season: 1953-54
Next Season: 1955-56

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 5th Round (Newcastle United (A) 1-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Jim Barrett, Tommy Wilson (10 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	18 times	12 times	6 times	2 times
Conceded	19 times	12 times	6 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	8 times	7 times	3 times
Lost By	12 times	4 times	3 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,348
Lowest League Attendance:: 5,825
Average League Attendance:: 14,616
Highest Cup Attendance:: 25,252
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 25,252

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 9
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Birmingham City	42	22	10	10	92	47	14	4	3	56	22	8	6	7	36	25	1.957	54	Promoted as Champions	0-2	1-0
2	Luton Town	42	23	8	11	88	53	18	2	1	55	18	5	6	10	33	35	1.660	54	Promoted	1-5	0-3
3	Rotherham United	42	25	4	13	94	64	17	1	3	59	22	8	3	10	35	42	1.469	54		0-2	2-3
4	Leeds United	42	23	7	12	70	53	14	4	3	43	19	9	3	9	27	34	1.321	53		1-1	1-1
5	Stoke City	42	21	10	11	69	46	12	5	4	38	17	9	5	7	31	29	1.500	52		0-3	0-2
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	22	6	14	114	79	14	4	3	73	31	8	2	11	41	48	1.443	50		1-2	1-0
7	Notts County	42	21	6	15	74	71	14	3	4	46	27	7	3	11	28	44	1.042	48		0-1	1-4
8	West Ham United	42	18	10	14	74	70	12	4	5	46	28	6	6	9	28	42	1.057	46		1-1	0-2
9	Bristol Rovers	42	19	7	16	75	70	15	4	2	52	23	4	3	14	23	47	1.071	45		1-0	1-2
10	Swansea Town	42	17	9	16	86	83	15	3	3	58	28	2	6	13	28	55	1.036	43		0-0	2-3
11	Liverpool	42	16	10	16	92	96	11	7	3	55	37	5	3	13	37	59	.958	42		3-1	0-1
12	Middlesbrough	42	18	6	18	73	82	13	1	7	48	31	5	5	11	25	51	.890	42		4-2	4-1
13	Bury	42	15	11	16	77	72	10	5	6	44	35	5	6	10	33	37	1.069	41		2-3	1-1
14	Fulham	42	14	11	17	76	79	10	5	6	46	29	4	6	11	30	50	.962	39		2-0	1-1
15	Nottingham Forest	42	16	7	19	58	62	8	4	9	29	29	8	3	10	29	33	.935	39
16	Lincoln City	42	13	10	19	68	79	8	6	7	39	35	5	4	12	29	44	.861	36		1-1	1-2
17	Port Vale	42	12	11	19	48	71	10	6	5	31	21	2	5	14	17	50	.676	35		2-3	2-1
18	Doncaster Rovers	42	14	7	21	58	95	10	5	6	35	34	4	2	15	23	61	.611	35		3-1	3-0
19	Hull City	42	12	10	20	44	69	7	5	9	30	35	5	5	11	14	34	.638	34		0-1	3-2
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	7	23	57	82	10	4	7	29	26	2	3	16	28	56	.695	31		2-0	2-1
21	Ipswich Town	42	11	6	25	57	92	10	3	8	37	28	1	3	17	20	64	.620	28	Relegated	2-0	1-2
22	Derby County	42	7	9	26	53	82	6	6	9	39	34	1	3	17	14	48	.646	23	Relegated	3-0	2-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 21, 1954	Luton Town	A	0-3	Loss	19,832	20
2	Wed Aug 25, 1954	Stoke City	H	0-3	Loss	20,665	22
3	Sat Aug 28, 1954	Hull City	H	0-1	Loss	18,805	22
4	Mon Aug 30, 1954	Stoke City	A	0-2	Loss	22,927	22
5	Sat Sep 04, 1954	Lincoln City	A	1-2	Loss	14,167	22	McLaren (?)
6	Wed Sep 08, 1954	Middlesbrough	A	4-1	Win	16,241	21	Moore (?, ?), Ardron (?), Wilson (?)
7	Sat Sep 11, 1954	Bury	H	2-3	Loss	15,603	21	Scott (?), McLaren (?)
8	Wed Sep 15, 1954	Middlesbrough	H	4-2	Win	11,049	21	Moore (?), Ardron (?), Wilson (?), McLaren (?)
9	Sat Sep 18, 1954	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	22,402	20	Thompson (?)
10	Sat Sep 25, 1954	Notts County	H	0-1	Loss	30,348	21
11	Sat Oct 02, 1954	Ipswich Town	H	2-0	Win	15,990	19	Scott (?), Small (?)
12	Sat Oct 09, 1954	West Ham United	A	0-2	Loss	25,203	19
13	Sat Oct 16, 1954	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Loss	15,892	20	Small (?)
14	Sat Oct 23, 1954	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-1	Win	16,691	18	Kelly (?, ?)
15	Sat Oct 30, 1954	Port Vale	H	2-3	Loss	15,654	20	Kelly (?), Small (?)
16	Sat Nov 06, 1954	Doncaster Rovers	A	3-0	Win	6,553	18	Moore (?), Kelly (?), Small (?)
17	Sat Nov 13, 1954	Derby County	H	3-0	Win	16,652	17	Kelly (?, ?), Blackman (?)
18	Sat Nov 20, 1954	Liverpool	A	0-1	Loss	33,509	19
19	Sat Nov 27, 1954	Bristol Rovers	H	1-0	Win	13,772	17	Kelly (?)
20	Sat Dec 04, 1954	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	20,060	16	Small (?)
21	Sat Dec 11, 1954	Swansea Town	H	0-0	Draw	13,112	17
22	Sat Dec 18, 1954	Luton Town	H	1-5	Loss	11,943	18	Wilson (?)
23	Sat Dec 25, 1954	Birmingham City	A	1-0	Win	33,007	17	Small (?)
24	Mon Dec 27, 1954	Birmingham City	H	0-2	Loss	25,875	17
25	Sat Jan 01, 1955	Hull City	A	3-2	Win	18,997	17	Scott (?), Wilson (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 15, 1955	Lincoln City	H	1-1	Draw	6,707	17	Kelly (?)
27	Sat Feb 05, 1955	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	14,074	17	Barrett (?)
28	Sat Feb 12, 1955	Notts County	A	1-4	Loss	31,104	17	French (?)
29	Sat Mar 05, 1955	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-0	Win	27,306	18	Barrett (?)
30	Wed Mar 09, 1955	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	Loss	4,917	18	Barrett (?)
31	Sat Mar 12, 1955	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-0	Win	10,007	17	McLaren (?, ?)
32	Sat Mar 19, 1955	Port Vale	A	2-1	Win	17,586	15	Wilson (?), McLaren (?)
33	Sat Mar 26, 1955	Doncaster Rovers	H	3-1	Win	6,560	15	French (?, ?), Wilson (?)
34	Sat Apr 02, 1955	Derby County	A	2-1	Win	18,722	14	Barrett (?), McLaren (?)
35	Fri Apr 08, 1955	Rotherham United	H	0-2	Loss	12,837	15
36	Sat Apr 09, 1955	Liverpool	H	3-1	Win	15,559	15	French (?), Barrett (?, ?)
37	Mon Apr 11, 1955	Rotherham United	A	2-3	Loss	14,995	15	Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
38	Sat Apr 16, 1955	Bristol Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	16,598	15	McLaren (?)
39	Wed Apr 20, 1955	Bury	A	1-1	Draw	8,067	15	Blackman (?)
40	Sat Apr 23, 1955	Fulham	H	2-0	Win	10,021	15	Small (?), McLaren (?)
41	Sat Apr 30, 1955	Swansea Town	A	2-3	Loss	14,964	15	Small (?), Barrett (?)
42	Mon May 02, 1955	West Ham United	H	1-1	Draw	5,825	15	Blackman (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 08, 1955	Sheffield United	3			A	3-1	Win	-	Burkitt (?), Scott (?), Barrett (?)
Sat Jan 29, 1955	Hartlepool United	4			A	1-1	Draw	-	Scott (?)
Wed Feb 02, 1955	Hartlepool United	4	Y	1	H	2-1	Win	-	Kelly (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Feb 19, 1955	Newcastle United	5			H	1-1	Draw	25,252	Small (?)
Mon Feb 28, 1955	Newcastle United	5	Y	1	A	2-2	Draw	38,573	Scott (?), Barrett (?)
Wed Mar 02, 1955	Newcastle United	5	Y	2	A	1-2	Loss	36,631	Wilson (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Mon Mar 21, 1955	East Fife	Scotland	A	5-1	Win	-	Small (?), Wilson (?, ?, ?), Burkitt (?)
Thu May 05, 1955	Nottingham Rugby Club	England	H	3-0	Win	1,100	Langford (?), Burkitt (?), Thomas (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Harry Walker	14	3	1	10
GK		William Farmer	34	15	9	10
D		Bob McKinlay	43	16	10	17
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	48	18	10	20
D		Horace Gager	5	2		3
D		Peter Lay	1			1
M		Alan Orr	3			3
M		Bill Whare	27	13	7	7
M		Jack Burkitt	47	18	10	19	1
M		Jack Hutchinson	20	5	3	12
M		Keith Turner	1			1
M		Ronnie Blackman	11	2	2	7	3
M		Wally Ardron	13	5	3	5	2
F		Alan Holder	4	2	2
F		Alan Moore	15	4		11	4
F		Arthur Lemon	2			2
F		Brian Burton	1	1
F		Freddie Scott	28	10	8	10	6
F		Hugh McLaren	23	8	2	13	9
F		Jack French	16	6	3	7	4
F		Jim Barrett	25	11	7	7	10
F		John Langford
F		Malcolm Cluroe	1			1
F		Noel Kelly	15	8	3	4	9
F		Peter Small	36	15	8	13	9
F		Sid Thompson	6	1	2	3	1
F		Tom Martin	19	6	3	10
F		Tommy Wilson	34	14	8	12	10
F		William Morley	36	15	9	12

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
10	Jim Barrett	25
10	Tommy Wilson	34
9	Hugh McLaren	23
9	Noel Kelly	15
9	Peter Small	36
6	Freddie Scott	28
4	Alan Moore	15
4	Jack French	16
3	Ronnie Blackman	11
2	Wally Ardron	13
1	Jack Burkitt	47
1	Sid Thompson	6

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1954-55

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Derby County	Sat Nov 13, 1954	H	3-0	Sat Apr 02, 1955	A	2-1
Doncaster Rovers	Sat Nov 06, 1954	A	3-0	Sat Mar 26, 1955	H	3-1
Middlesbrough	Wed Sep 08, 1954	A	4-1	Wed Sep 15, 1954	H	4-2
Plymouth Argyle	Sat Oct 23, 1954	A	2-1	Sat Mar 12, 1955	H	2-0