The City Ground

DERBY COUNTY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 02, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 02, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Baseball Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 02 April 1955

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: A Wilkinson
Attendance:: 18,722
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 14
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Tier 2)
Derby County:: Aug 12, 1967

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2021 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1196 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2223 (of 5824)
Total:: 3383 (of 7629)
Played:: 71 years, 4 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (12')
Hugh McLaren (22')

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

Goal Scorers
Ray Young (75')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	29	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Peter Small
8	F	30	Jack French
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Jim Barrett (12')
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren (22')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Terry Webster
2	D	Roy Patrick
3	D	Geoff Barrowcliffe
4	D	Tommy Powell
5	D	Ray Young
6	M	Frank Upton
7	M	Ken Harrison
8	M	Jack Parry
9	M	Jock Buchanan
10	F	Alf Ackerman
11	F	Stewart Imlach

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 02, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-3	Birmingham City
Bristol Rovers	1-0	Hull City
Derby County	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Doncaster Rovers	0-1	Leeds United
Fulham	1-2	Middlesbrough
Liverpool	4-4	Luton Town
Notts County	3-2	Rotherham United
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	Lincoln City
Port Vale	1-0	Bury
Swansea Town	3-5	Stoke City
West Ham United	4-0	Ipswich Town

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	Luton Town	33	19	5	9	72	41	15	1	1	47	16	4	4	8	25	25	31	43	WDLWLW	Safe
	2	Blackburn Rovers	35	20	3	12	104	70	13	1	3	68	27	7	2	9	36	43	34	43	WDLLWL	Safe
	3	Leeds United	35	18	5	12	56	50	11	4	3	35	19	7	1	9	21	31	6	41	WLLWLW	Safe
	4	West Ham United	33	16	8	9	65	56	10	4	2	39	21	6	4	7	26	35	9	40	DLWWWW	Safe
	5	Birmingham City	32	16	7	9	65	34	11	3	3	47	19	5	4	6	18	15	31	39	WWWDLW	Safe
	6	Stoke City	33	15	9	9	51	37	9	5	4	30	17	6	4	5	21	20	14	39	WWLLDW	Safe
	7	Rotherham United	32	17	4	11	71	54	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	8	29	37	17	38	WLWLWD
	8	Notts County	34	17	4	13	60	60	10	2	4	35	23	7	2	9	25	37	0	38	LLWWLL
	9	Bristol Rovers	34	15	6	13	66	61	12	3	2	44	19	3	3	11	22	42	5	36	DWLWWD
	10	Middlesbrough	34	16	4	14	62	65	12	0	5	42	23	4	4	9	20	42	-3	36	DWWWLW
	11	Swansea Town	33	13	8	12	67	64	12	3	2	46	20	1	5	10	21	44	3	34	DLLLWD
	12	Fulham	33	13	8	12	66	66	9	4	3	39	22	4	4	9	27	44	0	34	LWLDDL
	13	Liverpool	33	14	6	13	73	73	11	3	3	46	28	3	3	10	27	45	0	34	DWLWLD
	14	Bury	33	12	8	13	63	62	7	4	6	33	31	5	4	7	30	31	1	32	LLWLLW
	15	Nottingham Forest	33	13	5	15	44	48	6	3	8	23	25	7	2	7	21	23	-4	31	LWLWWW
	16	Hull City	33	10	9	14	39	51	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	7	12	24	-12	29	LLLWLD
	17	Doncaster Rovers	33	12	5	16	48	74	8	4	3	26	21	4	1	13	22	53	-26	29	WWDLDL
	18	Lincoln City	33	10	8	15	58	69	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	9	27	39	-11	28	DLDLWL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	35	9	7	19	50	73	7	4	6	24	25	2	3	13	26	48	-23	25	WWWLWL
	20	Port Vale	33	7	10	16	36	60	6	6	4	23	17	1	4	12	13	43	-24	24	DLWLLL
	21	Ipswich Town	34	9	4	21	51	79	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	13	18	52	-28	22	DLWWDW
	22	Derby County	35	6	9	20	46	66	5	6	6	33	26	1	3	14	13	40	-20	21	LDLLDL

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	Luton Town	34	19	6	9	76	45	15	1	1	47	16	4	5	8	29	29	31	44	DLWLWD	Safe	4-4
	2	Blackburn Rovers	36	20	4	12	107	73	13	2	3	71	30	7	2	9	36	43	34	44	DLLWLD	Safe	3-3
	3	Leeds United	36	19	5	12	57	50	11	4	3	35	19	8	1	9	22	31	7	43	LLWLWW	Safe	1-0
	4	West Ham United	34	17	8	9	69	56	11	4	2	43	21	6	4	7	26	35	13	42	LWWWWW	Safe	4-0
1	5	Stoke City	34	16	9	9	56	40	9	5	4	30	17	7	4	5	26	23	16	41	WLLDWW	Safe	5-3
1	6	Birmingham City	33	16	8	9	68	37	11	3	3	47	19	5	5	6	21	18	31	40	WWDLWD	Safe	3-3
1	7	Notts County	35	18	4	13	63	62	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	9	25	37	1	40	LWWLLW	Safe	3-2
1	8	Rotherham United	33	17	4	12	73	57	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	9	31	40	16	38	LWLWDL	Safe	2-3
	9	Bristol Rovers	35	16	6	13	67	61	13	3	2	45	19	3	3	11	22	42	6	38	WLWWDW	Safe	1-0
	10	Middlesbrough	35	17	4	14	64	66	12	0	5	42	23	5	4	9	22	43	-2	38	WWWLWW	Safe	2-1
2	11	Liverpool	34	14	7	13	77	77	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	10	27	45	0	35	WLWLDD		4-4
1	12	Swansea Town	34	13	8	13	70	69	12	3	3	49	25	1	5	10	21	44	1	34	LLLWDL		3-5
1	13	Fulham	34	13	8	13	67	68	9	4	4	40	24	4	4	9	27	44	-1	34	WLDDLL		1-2
1	14	Nottingham Forest	34	14	5	15	46	49	6	3	8	23	25	8	2	7	23	24	-3	33	WLWWWW		2-1
1	15	Bury	34	12	8	14	63	63	7	4	6	33	31	5	4	8	30	32	0	32	LWLLWL		0-1
	16	Hull City	34	10	9	15	39	52	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	8	12	25	-13	29	LLWLDL		0-1
	17	Doncaster Rovers	34	12	5	17	48	75	8	4	4	26	22	4	1	13	22	53	-27	29	WDLDLL		0-1
	18	Lincoln City	34	10	8	16	58	70	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	10	27	40	-12	28	LDLWLL		0-1
	19	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	7	19	51	73	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	13	26	48	-22	27	WWLWLW		1-0
	20	Port Vale	34	8	10	16	37	60	7	6	4	24	17	1	4	12	13	43	-23	26	LWLLLW		1-0
	21	Ipswich Town	35	9	4	22	51	83	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	14	18	56	-32	22	LWWDWL		0-4
	22	Derby County	36	6	9	21	47	68	5	6	7	34	28	1	3	14	13	40	-21	21	DLLDLL		1-2