The City Ground

DERBY COUNTY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 10, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 10, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Baseball Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, April 10, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: A Luty
Attendance:: 21,961
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 2)
Derby County:: Nov 13, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1983 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1158 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2179 (of 5824)
Total:: 3335 (of 7629)
Played:: 72 years, 4 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (12')
Alan Moore (46')

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Jack Barker
Prior form: DDLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Powell (34')

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	F	29	Tom Martin
7	F	27	Alan Moore (46')
8	F	27	Hugh McLaren
9	M	35	Wally Ardron (12')
10	F	22	Arthur Lemon
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Webster
2	D	Barrowcllffe
3	D	Savin
4	D	Bell
5	D	Oliver
6	M	Musson
7	M	Harrison
8	M	Powell
9	M	Parry
10	F	Dunn
11	F	Law

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 10, 1954)

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

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	Leicester City	37	20	9	8	85	54	14	3	2	57	21	6	6	6	28	33	31	49	WWDLWW	Safe
	2	Blackburn Rovers	37	19	9	9	78	46	12	4	2	47	16	7	5	7	31	30	32	47	WWWLWD	Safe
	3	Everton	36	17	13	6	82	55	11	5	2	50	25	6	8	4	32	30	27	47	WWWDLL	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	37	18	10	9	78	53	15	4	0	60	25	3	6	9	18	28	25	46	DWLWWD	Safe
	5	Birmingham City	37	18	9	10	75	50	12	5	2	47	15	6	4	8	28	35	25	45	WDLWDW	Safe
	6	Rotherham United	37	18	5	14	68	63	11	4	4	43	25	7	1	10	25	38	5	41	LWLWLD	Safe
	7	Luton Town	37	15	11	11	58	55	10	6	3	33	21	5	5	8	25	34	3	41	WWDDLW	Safe
	8	Fulham	37	15	9	13	89	74	11	2	6	58	36	4	7	7	31	38	15	39	DLDWLW	Safe
	9	Leeds United	37	14	10	13	82	74	11	5	3	51	25	3	5	10	31	49	8	38	DWWWLW	Safe
	10	Bristol Rovers	36	11	15	10	55	48	7	7	4	25	16	4	8	6	30	32	7	37	DDWDWL
	11	West Ham United	36	15	7	14	61	57	11	4	3	40	15	4	3	11	21	42	4	37	LDLWWW
	12	Doncaster Rovers	36	15	7	14	54	51	9	3	6	28	22	6	4	8	26	29	3	37	LDDLLL
	13	Stoke City	36	11	14	11	62	50	7	7	4	39	24	4	7	7	23	26	12	36	LDWLLW
	14	Notts County	37	11	11	15	45	68	7	5	6	21	25	4	6	9	24	43	-23	33	DLWDWL
	15	Hull City	36	14	4	18	57	58	13	0	4	42	15	1	4	14	15	43	-1	32	DWLWLL
	16	Lincoln City	37	12	8	17	55	72	9	5	4	38	19	3	3	13	17	53	-17	32	LLDWWL
	17	Bury	38	9	14	15	47	66	8	7	4	37	31	1	7	11	10	35	-19	32	LLLDDW
	18	Derby County	37	10	10	17	56	76	8	4	6	34	32	2	6	11	22	44	-20	30	DDLLLL
	19	Swansea Town	37	11	8	18	49	73	9	5	5	29	24	2	3	13	20	49	-24	30	DLLDLW
	20	Brentford	38	9	11	18	35	70	8	5	5	22	21	1	6	13	13	49	-35	29	WLWLWD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	36	7	14	15	52	68	4	12	3	33	28	3	2	12	19	40	-16	28	LDLLWD
	22	Oldham Athletic	36	7	8	21	36	78	6	6	5	23	21	1	2	16	13	57	-42	22	DLWWLL

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	Leicester City	38	21	9	8	88	54	14	3	2	57	21	7	6	6	31	33	34	51	WDLWWW	Safe	3-0
	2	Blackburn Rovers	38	20	9	9	81	46	13	4	2	50	16	7	5	7	31	30	35	49	WWLWDW	Safe	3-0
	3	Everton	37	17	14	6	83	56	11	6	2	51	26	6	8	4	32	30	27	48	WWDLLD	Safe	1-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	38	19	10	9	80	54	15	4	0	60	25	4	6	9	20	29	26	48	WLWWDW	Safe	2-1
	5	Birmingham City	38	18	9	11	75	53	12	5	2	47	15	6	4	9	28	38	22	45	DLWDWL	Safe	0-3
	6	Rotherham United	38	19	5	14	70	64	11	4	4	43	25	8	1	10	27	39	6	43	WLWLDW	Safe	2-1
	7	Luton Town	38	16	11	11	59	55	10	6	3	33	21	6	5	8	26	34	4	43	WDDLWW	Safe	1-0
	8	Fulham	38	16	9	13	92	76	11	2	6	58	36	5	7	7	34	40	16	41	LDWLWW	Safe	3-2
1	9	Bristol Rovers	37	12	15	10	58	49	8	7	4	28	17	4	8	6	30	32	9	39	DWDWLW	Safe	3-1
1	10	Leeds United	38	14	11	13	82	74	11	5	3	51	25	3	6	10	31	49	8	39	WWWLWD	Safe	0-0
1	11	Doncaster Rovers	37	15	8	14	54	51	9	4	6	28	22	6	4	8	26	29	3	38	DDLLLD	Safe	0-0
1	12	Stoke City	37	11	15	11	63	51	7	7	4	39	24	4	8	7	24	27	12	37	DWLLWD	Safe	1-1
2	13	West Ham United	37	15	7	15	61	59	11	4	3	40	15	4	3	12	21	44	2	37	DLWWWL	Safe	0-2
2	14	Lincoln City	38	13	8	17	58	73	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	13	17	53	-15	34	LDWWLW		3-1
2	15	Bury	39	10	14	15	49	66	9	7	4	39	31	1	7	11	10	35	-17	34	LLDDWW		2-0
2	16	Notts County	38	11	11	16	46	70	7	5	7	22	27	4	6	9	24	43	-24	33	LWDWLL		1-2
2	17	Hull City	37	14	4	19	57	61	13	0	5	42	18	1	4	14	15	43	-4	32	WLWLLL		0-3
	18	Derby County	38	10	10	18	57	78	8	4	7	35	34	2	6	11	22	44	-21	30	DLLLLL		1-2
	19	Swansea Town	38	11	8	19	50	76	9	5	5	29	24	2	3	14	21	52	-26	30	LLDLWL		1-3
	20	Brentford	39	9	11	19	35	71	8	5	6	22	22	1	6	13	13	49	-36	29	LWLWDL		0-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	37	7	14	16	53	71	4	12	3	33	28	3	2	13	20	43	-18	28	DLLWDL		1-3
	22	Oldham Athletic	37	7	8	22	38	81	6	6	6	25	24	1	2	16	13	57	-43	22	LWWLLL		2-3