The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 BURY - Sat Apr 03, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 03, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, April, 03, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: H Hawthorne
Attendance:: 17,215
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 18 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Sep 11, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1982 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1157 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2178 (of 5828)
Total:: 3334 (of 7633)
Played:: 72 years, 5 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alan Moore (36')
Wally Ardron (38')

BURY
Manager: Dave Russell
Prior form: DWLLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Horace Gager (34') (OG)
Clark (48')

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
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Alan Moore (36')
8	F	22	Arthur Lemon
9	M	35	Wally Ardron (38')
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Goram
2	D	Fairclough
3	D	Massey
4	D	Greenhalgh
5	D	Hart
6	M	Daniel
7	M	Imlach
8	M	Clark
9	M	Kelly
10	F	Pearson
11	F	Gleadall

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 03, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-1	Oldham Athletic
Fulham	4-3	Notts County
Leeds United	3-1	Everton
Leicester City	1-0	Bristol Rovers
Luton Town	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Bury
Plymouth Argyle	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United	1-1	Brentford
Stoke City	4-1	Lincoln City
Swansea Town	2-1	Derby County
West Ham United	1-0	Hull City

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

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	1	Blackburn Rovers	37	19	9	9	78	46	12	4	2	47	16	7	5	7	31	30	32	47	WWWLWD	Safe	1-1
1	2	Leicester City	36	19	9	8	83	54	14	3	2	57	21	5	6	6	26	33	29	47	WWWDLW	Safe	1-0
2	3	Everton	36	17	13	6	82	55	11	5	2	50	25	6	8	4	32	30	27	47	WWWDLL	Safe	1-3
	4	Nottingham Forest	37	18	10	9	78	53	15	4	0	60	25	3	6	9	18	28	25	46	DWLWWD	Safe	2-2
	5	Birmingham City	37	18	9	10	75	50	12	5	2	47	15	6	4	8	28	35	25	45	WDLWDW	Safe	2-1
	6	Rotherham United	37	18	5	14	68	63	11	4	4	43	25	7	1	10	25	38	5	41	LWLWLD	Safe	1-1
	7	Luton Town	37	15	11	11	58	55	10	6	3	33	21	5	5	8	25	34	3	41	WWDDLW	Safe	2-0
	8	Fulham	37	15	9	13	89	74	11	2	6	58	36	4	7	7	31	38	15	39	DLDWLW	Safe	4-3
2	9	Leeds United	37	14	10	13	82	74	11	5	3	51	25	3	5	10	31	49	8	38	DWWWLW	Safe	3-1
1	10	Bristol Rovers	36	11	15	10	55	48	7	7	4	25	16	4	8	6	30	32	7	37	DDWDWL		0-1
1	11	West Ham United	36	15	7	14	61	57	11	4	3	40	15	4	3	11	21	42	4	37	LDLWWW		1-0
2	12	Doncaster Rovers	36	15	7	14	54	51	9	3	6	28	22	6	4	8	26	29	3	37	LDDLLL		0-2
	13	Stoke City	36	11	14	11	62	50	7	7	4	39	24	4	7	7	23	26	12	36	LDWLLW		4-1
	14	Notts County	37	11	11	15	45	68	7	5	6	21	25	4	6	9	24	43	-23	33	DLWDWL		3-4
	15	Hull City	35	14	4	17	57	55	13	0	4	42	15	1	4	13	15	40	2	32	LDWLWL		0-1
	16	Lincoln City	37	12	8	17	55	72	9	5	4	38	19	3	3	13	17	53	-17	32	LLDWWL		1-4
	17	Derby County	37	10	10	17	56	76	8	4	6	34	32	2	6	11	22	44	-20	30	DDLLLL		1-2
1	18	Swansea Town	37	11	8	18	49	73	9	5	5	29	24	2	3	13	20	49	-24	30	DLLDLW		2-1
1	19	Bury	37	8	14	15	44	66	7	7	4	34	31	1	7	11	10	35	-22	30	WLLLDD		2-2
	20	Brentford	38	9	11	18	35	70	8	5	5	22	21	1	6	13	13	49	-35	29	WLWLWD		1-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	36	7	14	15	52	68	4	12	3	33	28	3	2	12	19	40	-16	28	LDLLWD		1-1
	22	Oldham Athletic	35	7	8	20	36	76	6	6	4	23	19	1	2	16	13	57	-40	22	DDLWWL		1-2