The City Ground

DONCASTER ROVERS 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Mar 27, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 27, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Belle Vue
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, March 27, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: J Bell
Attendance:: 13,441
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Nov 06, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1981 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1156 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2177 (of 5824)
Total:: 3333 (of 7629)
Played:: 72 years, 5 months, 4 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Horace Gager (44')
Tommy Capel (52')
Alan Moore (83')

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Peter Doherty
Prior form: DLLDDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bert Tindill (37')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	30	Alan Orr
5	D	37	Horace Gager (44')
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Alan Moore (83')
8	F	32	Noel Kelly
9	M	35	Wally Ardron
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (52')
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ken Hardwick
2	D	Brian Makepeace
3	D	Paddy Gavin
4	D	Tommy Brown
5	D	Bill Paterson
6	M	Jackie Teasdale
7	M	Bert Tindill
8	M	Bobby Herbert
9	M	Arthur Adey
10	F	Eddie McMorran
11	F	Maurice Robinson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 27, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Luton Town
Brentford	3-1	Swansea Town
Bristol Rovers	1-0	Rotherham United
Bury	1-1	Birmingham City
Derby County	1-4	Plymouth Argyle
Doncaster Rovers	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Everton	1-2	West Ham United
Hull City	2-1	Fulham
Lincoln City	3-1	Leicester City
Notts County	2-1	Stoke City
Oldham Athletic	4-2	Leeds 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Everton	34	17	13	4	80	50	11	5	1	49	23	6	8	3	31	27	30	47	WWWWWD	Safe
	2	Leicester City	34	18	9	7	81	51	13	3	2	56	21	5	6	5	25	30	30	45	WWWWWD	Safe
	3	Blackburn Rovers	35	18	8	9	75	45	11	4	2	45	16	7	4	7	30	29	30	44	WDWWWL	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	35	17	9	9	73	50	15	3	0	58	23	2	6	9	15	27	23	43	WDDWLW	Safe
	5	Birmingham City	35	17	8	10	72	48	11	5	2	45	14	6	3	8	27	34	24	42	WDWDLW	Safe
	6	Rotherham United	35	18	4	13	67	61	11	3	4	42	24	7	1	9	25	37	6	40	WWLWLW	Safe
	7	Luton Town	35	14	11	10	56	53	9	6	3	31	21	5	5	7	25	32	3	39	LLWWDD	Safe
	8	Fulham	35	14	9	12	84	69	10	2	6	54	33	4	7	6	30	36	15	37	LWDLDW
	9	Doncaster Rovers	34	15	7	12	53	46	9	3	5	27	19	6	4	7	26	27	7	37	DLLDDL
	10	Leeds United	35	13	10	12	77	69	10	5	3	48	24	3	5	9	29	45	8	36	WDDWWW
	11	Bristol Rovers	34	10	15	9	54	47	6	7	4	24	16	4	8	5	30	31	7	35	WDDDWD
	12	Stoke City	34	10	14	10	57	47	6	7	4	35	23	4	7	6	22	24	10	34	DWLDWL
	13	West Ham United	34	13	7	14	58	56	10	4	3	39	15	3	3	11	19	41	2	33	LDLDLW
	14	Notts County	35	10	11	14	40	63	6	5	6	19	24	4	6	8	21	39	-23	31	DDDLWD
	15	Hull City	33	13	4	16	55	53	12	0	4	40	14	1	4	12	15	39	2	30	WDLDWL
	16	Derby County	35	10	10	15	54	70	8	4	5	33	28	2	6	10	21	42	-16	30	LDDDLL
	17	Lincoln City	35	11	8	16	51	67	8	5	4	35	18	3	3	12	16	49	-16	30	LDLLDW
	18	Swansea Town	35	10	8	17	46	69	8	5	5	27	23	2	3	12	19	46	-23	28	LLDLLD
	19	Bury	35	8	12	15	41	63	7	6	4	33	30	1	6	11	8	33	-22	28	WDWLLL
	20	Brentford	36	8	10	18	31	68	7	5	5	19	20	1	5	13	12	48	-37	26	DLWLWL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	34	6	13	15	47	66	4	11	3	32	27	2	2	12	15	39	-19	25	LLLDLL
	22	Oldham Athletic	33	6	8	19	31	72	5	6	4	19	17	1	2	15	12	55	-41	20	DLDDLW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Everton	35	17	13	5	81	52	11	5	2	50	25	6	8	3	31	27	29	47	WWWWDL	Safe	1-2
1	2	Blackburn Rovers	36	19	8	9	77	45	12	4	2	47	16	7	4	7	30	29	32	46	DWWWLW	Safe	2-0
1	3	Leicester City	35	18	9	8	82	54	13	3	2	56	21	5	6	6	26	33	28	45	WWWWDL	Safe	1-3
	4	Nottingham Forest	36	18	9	9	76	51	15	3	0	58	23	3	6	9	18	28	25	45	DDWLWW	Safe	3-1
	5	Birmingham City	36	17	9	10	73	49	11	5	2	45	14	6	4	8	28	35	24	43	DWDLWD	Safe	1-1
	6	Rotherham United	36	18	4	14	67	62	11	3	4	42	24	7	1	10	25	38	5	40	WLWLWL	Safe	0-1
	7	Luton Town	36	14	11	11	56	55	9	6	3	31	21	5	5	8	25	34	1	39	LWWDDL	Safe	0-2
	8	Fulham	36	14	9	13	85	71	10	2	6	54	33	4	7	7	31	38	14	37	WDLDWL		1-2
2	9	Bristol Rovers	35	11	15	9	55	47	7	7	4	25	16	4	8	5	30	31	8	37	DDDWDW		1-0
1	10	Doncaster Rovers	35	15	7	13	54	49	9	3	6	28	22	6	4	7	26	27	5	37	LLDDLL		1-3
1	11	Leeds United	36	13	10	13	79	73	10	5	3	48	24	3	5	10	31	49	6	36	DDWWWL		2-4
1	12	West Ham United	35	14	7	14	60	57	10	4	3	39	15	4	3	11	21	42	3	35	DLDLWW		2-1
1	13	Stoke City	35	10	14	11	58	49	6	7	4	35	23	4	7	7	23	26	9	34	WLDWLL		1-2
	14	Notts County	36	11	11	14	42	64	7	5	6	21	25	4	6	8	21	39	-22	33	DDLWDW		2-1
	15	Hull City	34	14	4	16	57	54	13	0	4	42	15	1	4	12	15	39	3	32	DLDWLW		2-1
1	16	Lincoln City	36	12	8	16	54	68	9	5	4	38	19	3	3	12	16	49	-14	32	DLLDWW		3-1
1	17	Derby County	36	10	10	16	55	74	8	4	6	34	32	2	6	10	21	42	-19	30	DDDLLL		1-4
1	18	Bury	36	8	13	15	42	64	7	7	4	34	31	1	6	11	8	33	-22	29	DWLLLD		1-1
1	19	Swansea Town	36	10	8	18	47	72	8	5	5	27	23	2	3	13	20	49	-25	28	LDLLDL		1-3
	20	Brentford	37	9	10	18	34	69	8	5	5	22	21	1	5	13	12	48	-35	28	LWLWLW		3-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	35	7	13	15	51	67	4	11	3	32	27	3	2	12	19	40	-16	27	LLDLLW		4-1
	22	Oldham Athletic	34	7	8	19	35	74	6	6	4	23	19	1	2	15	12	55	-39	22	LDDLWW		4-2