The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Fri Apr 16, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 16, 1954 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Birmingham Daily Gazette, Saturday, April 17, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: H Pearce
Attendance:: 25,285
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Apr 19, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1984 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1159 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2180 (of 5824)
Total:: 3336 (of 7629)
Played:: 72 years, 4 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Horace Gager (14') (Pen)

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Bob Brocklebank
Prior form: DLWDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Noel Kinsey (10')

Penalties Missed:
Trigg (67')

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 (14')
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Alan Moore
8	F	29	Tom Martin
9	M	35	Wally Ardron
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gil Merrick
2	D	Ken Green
3	D	Roy Martin
4	D	Len Boyd
5	D	Trevor Smith
6	M	Roy Warhurst
7	M	Jackie Stewart
8	M	Noel Kinsey
9	M	Cyril Trigg
10	F	Jackie Lane
11	F	Alex Govan

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Apr 16, 1954)

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

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	38	21	9	8	88	54	14	3	2	57	21	7	6	6	31	33	34	51	WDLWWW	Safe
	2	Blackburn Rovers	38	20	9	9	81	46	13	4	2	50	16	7	5	7	31	30	35	49	WWLWDW	Safe
	3	Everton	37	17	14	6	83	56	11	6	2	51	26	6	8	4	32	30	27	48	WWDLLD	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	38	19	10	9	80	54	15	4	0	60	25	4	6	9	20	29	26	48	WLWWDW	Safe
	5	Birmingham City	38	18	9	11	75	53	12	5	2	47	15	6	4	9	28	38	22	45	DLWDWL	Safe
	6	Rotherham United	38	19	5	14	70	64	11	4	4	43	25	8	1	10	27	39	6	43	WLWLDW	Safe
	7	Luton Town	38	16	11	11	59	55	10	6	3	33	21	6	5	8	26	34	4	43	WDDLWW	Safe
	8	Fulham	38	16	9	13	92	76	11	2	6	58	36	5	7	7	34	40	16	41	LDWLWW	Safe
	9	Bristol Rovers	38	12	15	11	59	53	8	7	4	28	17	4	8	7	31	36	6	39	WDWLWL	Safe
	10	Leeds United	38	14	11	13	82	74	11	5	3	51	25	3	6	10	31	49	8	39	WWWLWD	Safe
	11	Stoke City	38	11	16	11	65	53	7	7	4	39	24	4	9	7	26	29	12	38	WLLWDD	Safe
	12	Doncaster Rovers	37	15	8	14	54	51	9	4	6	28	22	6	4	8	26	29	3	38	DDLLLD	Safe
	13	West Ham United	38	15	8	15	63	61	11	5	3	42	17	4	3	12	21	44	2	38	LWWWLD	Safe
	14	Hull City	38	15	4	19	61	62	14	0	5	46	19	1	4	14	15	43	-1	34	LWLLLW
	15	Lincoln City	38	13	8	17	58	73	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	13	17	53	-15	34	LDWWLW
	16	Bury	39	10	14	15	49	66	9	7	4	39	31	1	7	11	10	35	-17	34	LLDDWW
	17	Notts County	38	11	11	16	46	70	7	5	7	22	27	4	6	9	24	43	-24	33	LWDWLL
	18	Derby County	38	10	10	18	57	78	8	4	7	35	34	2	6	11	22	44	-21	30	DLLLLL
	19	Swansea Town	38	11	8	19	50	76	9	5	5	29	24	2	3	14	21	52	-26	30	LLDLWL
	20	Brentford	39	9	11	19	35	71	8	5	6	22	22	1	6	13	13	49	-36	29	LWLWDL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	37	7	14	16	53	71	4	12	3	33	28	3	2	13	20	43	-18	28	DLLWDL
	22	Oldham Athletic	37	7	8	22	38	81	6	6	6	25	24	1	2	16	13	57	-43	22	LWWLLL

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	39	21	9	9	84	46	14	4	2	53	16	7	5	7	31	30	38	51	WLWDWW	Safe	3-0
1	2	Leicester City	39	21	9	9	88	57	14	3	2	57	21	7	6	7	31	36	31	51	DLWWWL	Safe	0-3
	3	Everton	38	18	14	6	86	57	12	6	2	54	27	6	8	4	32	30	29	50	WDLLDW	Safe	3-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	39	19	11	9	81	55	15	5	0	61	26	4	6	9	20	29	26	49	LWWDWD	Safe	1-1
	5	Birmingham City	39	18	10	11	76	54	12	5	2	47	15	6	5	9	29	39	22	46	LWDWLD	Safe	1-1
1	6	Luton Town	39	16	12	11	60	56	10	7	3	34	22	6	5	8	26	34	4	44	DDLWWD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Rotherham United	38	19	5	14	70	64	11	4	4	43	25	8	1	10	27	39	6	43	WLWLDW	Safe
	8	Fulham	39	16	9	14	92	78	11	2	6	58	36	5	7	8	34	42	14	41	DWLWWL	Safe	0-2
	9	Bristol Rovers	39	13	15	11	60	53	9	7	4	29	17	4	8	7	31	36	7	41	DWLWLW	Safe	1-0
	10	Leeds United	39	14	12	13	83	75	11	5	3	51	25	3	7	10	32	50	8	40	WWLWDD	Safe	1-1
2	11	West Ham United	39	15	9	15	65	63	11	6	3	44	19	4	3	12	21	44	2	39	WWWLDD	Safe	2-2
1	12	Stoke City	38	11	16	11	65	53	7	7	4	39	24	4	9	7	26	29	12	38	WLLWDD	Safe
1	13	Doncaster Rovers	38	15	8	15	55	54	9	4	7	29	25	6	4	8	26	29	1	38	DLLLDL	Safe	1-3
3	14	Notts County	39	12	11	16	48	70	7	5	7	22	27	5	6	9	26	43	-22	35	WDWLLW		2-0
1	15	Hull City	39	15	4	20	61	64	14	0	6	46	21	1	4	14	15	43	-3	34	WLLLWL		0-2
1	16	Lincoln City	39	13	8	18	59	76	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	14	18	56	-17	34	DWWLWL		1-3
1	17	Bury	40	10	14	16	50	68	9	7	4	39	31	1	7	12	11	37	-18	34	LDDWWL		1-2
	18	Derby County	39	11	10	18	60	79	8	4	7	35	34	3	6	11	25	45	-19	32	LLLLLW		3-1
	19	Swansea Town	39	12	8	19	52	76	10	5	5	31	24	2	3	14	21	52	-24	32	LDLWLW		2-0
	20	Brentford	40	10	11	19	37	72	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	13	13	49	-35	31	WLWDLW		2-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	38	7	15	16	55	73	4	12	3	33	28	3	3	13	22	45	-18	29	LLWDLD		2-2
	22	Oldham Athletic	38	7	8	23	38	82	6	6	6	25	24	1	2	17	13	58	-44	22	WWLLLL	Relegated	0-1