The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 - 2 FOREST - Mon Apr 19, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 19, 1954 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Birmingham Daily Gazette, Tuesday, April 20, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: L Howarth
Attendance:: 14,625
League Week:: 41 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Dec 25, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1986 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1161 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2182 (of 5824)
Total:: 3338 (of 7629)
Played:: 72 years, 4 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Thompson (5')
Horace Gager (81') (Pen)

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

Goal Scorers
Jackie Lane (14')
Jackie Stewart (51')

Penalties Missed:
Trigg (50')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	28	Bill Whare
3	D	30	James Clarke
4	M	30	Alan Orr
5	D	37	Horace Gager (81')
6	F	29	Tom Martin
7	F	27	Alan Moore
8	F	23	Tommy Wilson
9	M	35	Wally Ardron
10	F	25	Sid Thompson (5')
11	F	27	Hugh McLaren

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gil Merrick
2	D	Ken Green
3	D	George Allen
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 (Mon Apr 19, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Derby County	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
Fulham	4-3	Swansea Town
Leeds United	2-1	Luton Town
Leicester City	4-0	Blackburn Rovers
Lincoln City	1-1	Everton
Notts County	1-1	Hull City
Oldham Athletic	0-0	Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	West Ham United
Stoke City	1-1	Rotherham 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	Blackburn Rovers	40	22	9	9	85	46	14	4	2	53	16	8	5	7	32	30	39	53	LWDWWW	Safe
	2	Leicester City	40	21	10	9	90	59	14	4	2	59	23	7	6	7	31	36	31	52	LWWWLD	Safe
	3	Everton	39	18	15	6	86	57	12	6	2	54	27	6	9	4	32	30	29	51	DLLDWD	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	40	19	11	10	81	56	15	5	1	61	27	4	6	9	20	29	25	49	WWDWDL	Safe
	5	Birmingham City	40	18	10	12	76	55	12	5	3	47	16	6	5	9	29	39	21	46	WDWLDL	Safe
	6	Luton Town	40	17	12	11	62	57	11	7	3	36	23	6	5	8	26	34	5	46	DLWWDW	Safe
	7	Rotherham United	39	20	5	14	74	65	12	4	4	47	26	8	1	10	27	39	9	45	LWLDWW	Safe
	8	Fulham	40	16	10	14	92	78	11	3	6	58	36	5	7	8	34	42	14	42	WLWWLD	Safe
	9	Bristol Rovers	40	13	15	12	61	56	9	7	4	29	17	4	8	8	32	39	5	41	WLWLWL	Safe
	10	Leeds United	40	14	12	14	86	79	11	5	4	54	29	3	7	10	32	50	7	40	WLWDDL	Safe
	11	Doncaster Rovers	39	16	8	15	56	54	9	4	7	29	25	7	4	8	27	29	2	40	LLLDLW	Safe
	12	West Ham United	40	15	9	16	65	64	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	12	21	44	1	39	WWLDDL	Safe
	13	Stoke City	39	11	16	12	65	54	7	7	5	39	25	4	9	7	26	29	11	38	LLWDDL	Safe
	14	Hull City	40	16	4	20	62	64	14	0	6	46	21	2	4	14	16	43	-2	36	LLLWLW	Safe
	15	Bury	41	11	14	16	54	71	9	7	4	39	31	2	7	12	15	40	-17	36	DDWWLW	Safe
	16	Notts County	40	12	12	16	50	72	7	5	7	22	27	5	7	9	28	45	-22	36	DWLLWD	Safe
	17	Lincoln City	40	13	8	19	60	80	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	15	19	60	-20	34	WWLWLL	Safe
	18	Swansea Town	40	13	8	19	55	77	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	14	21	52	-22	34	DLWLWW	Safe
	19	Derby County	40	11	10	19	61	81	8	4	7	35	34	3	6	12	26	47	-20	32	LLLLWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	39	8	15	16	58	75	5	12	3	36	30	3	3	13	22	45	-17	31	LWDLDW
	21	Brentford	41	10	11	20	39	75	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	14	15	52	-36	31	LWDLWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	39	8	8	23	39	82	6	6	6	25	24	2	2	17	14	58	-43	24	WLLLLW	Relegated

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	Leicester City	41	22	10	9	94	59	15	4	2	63	23	7	6	7	31	36	35	54	WWWLDW	Safe	4-0
1	2	Blackburn Rovers	41	22	9	10	85	50	14	4	2	53	16	8	5	8	32	34	35	53	WDWWWL	Safe	0-4
	3	Everton	40	18	16	6	87	58	12	6	2	54	27	6	10	4	33	31	29	52	LLDWDD	Safe	1-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	41	19	12	10	83	58	15	5	1	61	27	4	7	9	22	31	25	50	WDWDLD	Safe	2-2
	5	Birmingham City	41	18	11	12	78	57	12	6	3	49	18	6	5	9	29	39	21	47	DWLDLD	Safe	2-2
1	6	Rotherham United	40	20	6	14	75	66	12	4	4	47	26	8	2	10	28	40	9	46	WLDWWD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Luton Town	41	17	12	12	63	59	11	7	3	36	23	6	5	9	27	36	4	46	LWWDWL	Safe	1-2
	8	Fulham	41	17	10	14	96	81	12	3	6	62	39	5	7	8	34	42	15	44	LWWLDW	Safe	4-3
1	9	Leeds United	41	15	12	14	88	80	12	5	4	56	30	3	7	10	32	50	8	42	LWDDLW	Safe	2-1
1	10	Bristol Rovers	41	13	16	12	61	56	9	7	4	29	17	4	9	8	32	39	5	42	LWLWLD	Safe	0-0
	11	Doncaster Rovers	40	16	8	16	56	56	9	4	7	29	25	7	4	9	27	31	0	40	LLDLWL	Safe	0-2
1	12	Stoke City	40	11	17	12	66	55	7	8	5	40	26	4	9	7	26	29	11	39	LWDDLD	Safe	1-1
1	13	West Ham United	41	15	9	17	66	66	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	13	22	46	0	39	WLDDLL	Safe	1-2
	14	Hull City	41	16	5	20	63	65	14	0	6	46	21	2	5	14	17	44	-2	37	LLWLWD	Safe	1-1
1	15	Notts County	41	12	13	16	51	73	7	6	7	23	28	5	7	9	28	45	-22	37	WLLWDD	Safe	1-1
1	16	Bury	41	11	14	16	54	71	9	7	4	39	31	2	7	12	15	40	-17	36	DDWWLW	Safe
	17	Lincoln City	41	13	9	19	61	81	10	6	4	42	21	3	3	15	19	60	-20	35	WLWLLD	Safe	1-1
1	18	Derby County	41	12	10	19	63	81	9	4	7	37	34	3	6	12	26	47	-18	34	LLLWLW	Safe	2-0
1	19	Swansea Town	41	13	8	20	58	81	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	15	24	56	-23	34	LWLWWL	Safe	3-4
	20	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	15	16	60	76	6	12	3	38	31	3	3	13	22	45	-16	33	WDLDWW		2-1
	21	Brentford	41	10	11	20	39	75	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	14	15	52	-36	31	LWDLWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	40	8	9	23	39	82	6	7	6	25	24	2	2	17	14	58	-43	25	LLLLWD	Relegated	0-0