The City Ground

SEASON: 1954-55

Prev Season: 1953-54
This Season: 1954-55
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

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
1		1	3	1	-	2	2	4	2	Stoke City (0-2), Blackburn Rovers (1-2), Blackburn Rovers (1-0)
2		2	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Fulham (1-1)
3		3	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Bristol Rovers (1-0)
4		4	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Leeds United (1-1)
5		5	2	-	-	2	2	9	0	Luton Town (1-5), Notts County (1-4)
6		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7		7	2	-	-	2	2	6	0	Stoke City (0-3), Rotherham United (2-3)
8		8	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Rotherham United (0-2), Bristol Rovers (1-2)
9		9	3	-	1	2	1	4	1	Notts County (0-1), West Ham United (0-2), West Ham United (1-1)
10		10	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Swansea Town (0-0), Swansea Town (2-3)
11		11	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Birmingham City (1-0)
12		12	3	2	-	1	5	3	4	Birmingham City (0-2), Liverpool (3-1), Fulham (2-0)
13		13	3	2	1	-	7	3	5	Doncaster Rovers (3-0), Hull City (3-2), Bury (1-1)
14	6	14	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Lincoln City (1-2)
15	40	15	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Liverpool (0-1)
16	7	16	3	1	1	1	6	5	3	Bury (2-3), Lincoln City (1-1), Doncaster Rovers (3-1)
17	89	17	4	1	1	2	5	6	3	Hull City (0-1), Leeds United (1-1), Plymouth Argyle (2-1), Port Vale (2-3)
18	37	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	21	19	2	2	-	-	5	1	4	Derby County (3-0), Port Vale (2-1)
20	21	20	2	2	-	-	4	0	4	Ipswich Town (2-0), Plymouth Argyle (2-0)
21	19	21	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	Middlesbrough (4-1)
22	16	22	3	2	-	1	7	5	4	Middlesbrough (4-2), Ipswich Town (1-2), Derby County (2-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Luton Town (0-3) as all teams were unplaced at the 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
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1954-55)

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	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

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GAMES
Manager for all games: Billy Walker

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 21, 1954	Luton Town	A	0-3	Loss	19,832	21
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	Scorers
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	Scorers
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 (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (16)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Jim Barrett	Bought		Dec 1954	Alan Moore	Sold
	John Langford	Bought			Alan Orr	Sold
	Keith Turner	Bought			Arthur Lemon	Sold
	Malcolm Cluroe	Bought			Brian Burton	Sold
	Peter Lay	Bought			Harry Walker	Sold
1954	Peter Small	Bought			Horace Gager	Sold
	Ronnie Blackman	Bought		1955	Hugh McLaren	Sold
					Keith Turner	Sold
					Malcolm Cluroe	Sold
					Peter Lay	Sold
					Ronnie Blackman	Sold
					Sid Thompson	Sold
					Wally Ardron	Retired
				May 30, 1955	Alan Holder	Sold
				Jun 20, 1955	Tom Martin	Sold	£7,000
				Jul 01, 1955	Noel Kelly	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Harry Walker	14	3	1	10
GK		William Farmer	34	15	9	10
Defenders
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
Midfielders
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
Forwards
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

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