The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 WEST HAM UNITED - Mon May 02, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon May 02, 1955 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: L Howarth
Attendance:: 5,825
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 9 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Nottingham Rugby Club (Friendly)
League:: Liverpool
West Ham United:: Nov 19, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2029 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1204 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2231 (of 5824)
Total:: 3391 (of 7629)
Played:: 71 years, 3 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Ronnie Blackman (60') - Ronnie Blackman last goal

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Ted Fenton
Prior form: LDLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Andrews (20')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	33	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	38	Freddie Scott
8	F	30	Jack French
9	M	30	Ronnie Blackman (60')	Last game
10	F	24	Jim Barrett
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	George Taylor
2	2	George Wright
3	3	Noel Cantwell
4	4	Andy Malcolm
5	5	Malcolm Allison
6	6	Derek Parker
7	7	Albert Foan
8	8	Brian Moore
9	9	Billy Dare
10	10	John Dick
11	11	Jimmy Andrews

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon May 02, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	1-1	West Ham United
Rotherham United	6-1	Liverpool

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	42	23	8	11	88	53	18	2	1	55	18	5	6	10	33	35	35	54	LDLWWW	Safe
	2	Leeds United	42	23	7	12	70	53	14	4	3	43	19	9	3	9	27	34	17	53	DWWDWW	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	41	21	10	10	87	46	14	4	3	56	22	7	6	7	31	24	41	52	WLWDWD	Safe
	4	Stoke City	42	21	10	11	69	46	12	5	4	38	17	9	5	7	31	29	23	52	WLDWWL	Safe
	5	Rotherham United	41	24	4	13	88	63	16	1	3	53	21	8	3	10	35	42	25	52	WWWWWL	Safe
	6	Blackburn Rovers	42	22	6	14	114	79	14	4	3	73	31	8	2	11	41	48	35	50	WWLDLD	Safe
	7	Notts County	42	21	6	15	74	71	14	3	4	46	27	7	3	11	28	44	3	48	LWWDDW	Safe
	8	Bristol Rovers	42	19	7	16	75	70	15	4	2	52	23	4	3	14	23	47	5	45	LWWLLD	Safe
	9	West Ham United	41	18	9	14	73	69	12	4	5	46	28	6	5	9	27	41	4	45	LDLLLL	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	42	17	9	16	86	83	15	3	3	58	28	2	6	13	28	55	3	43	WWLDLW	Safe
	11	Liverpool	41	16	10	15	91	90	11	7	3	55	37	5	3	12	36	53	1	42	LDDWWD	Safe
	12	Middlesbrough	42	18	6	18	73	82	13	1	7	48	31	5	5	11	25	51	-9	42	WLLLDD	Safe
	13	Bury	42	15	11	16	77	72	10	5	6	44	35	5	6	10	33	37	5	41	LLDWDD	Safe
	14	Fulham	42	14	11	17	76	79	10	5	6	46	29	4	6	11	30	50	-3	39	DLWLDL	Safe
	15	Nottingham Forest	41	16	6	19	57	61	8	3	9	28	28	8	3	10	29	33	-4	38	WLLDWL	Safe
	16	Lincoln City	41	13	10	18	68	78	8	6	6	39	34	5	4	12	29	44	-10	36	DWLWDW	Safe
	17	Doncaster Rovers	41	14	7	20	57	90	10	5	5	34	29	4	2	15	23	61	-33	35	LLWDDL	Safe
	18	Hull City	42	12	10	20	44	69	7	5	9	30	35	5	5	11	14	34	-25	34	WWLDLL	Safe
	19	Port Vale	41	11	11	19	47	71	10	6	5	31	21	1	5	14	16	50	-24	33	LDWLLW	Safe
	20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	7	23	57	82	10	4	7	29	26	2	3	16	28	56	-25	31	LLLWLW	Safe
	21	Ipswich Town	42	11	6	25	57	92	10	3	8	37	28	1	3	17	20	64	-35	28	LLWDDL	Relegated
	22	Derby County	42	7	9	26	53	82	6	6	9	39	34	1	3	17	14	48	-29	23	LLLLLW	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	Luton Town	42	23	8	11	88	53	18	2	1	55	18	5	6	10	33	35	35	54	LDLWWW	Safe
3	2	Rotherham United	42	25	4	13	94	64	17	1	3	59	22	8	3	10	35	42	30	54	WWWWLW	Safe	6-1
1	3	Leeds United	42	23	7	12	70	53	14	4	3	43	19	9	3	9	27	34	17	53	DWWDWW	Safe
1	4	Birmingham City	41	21	10	10	87	46	14	4	3	56	22	7	6	7	31	24	41	52	WLWDWD	Safe
1	5	Stoke City	42	21	10	11	69	46	12	5	4	38	17	9	5	7	31	29	23	52	WLDWWL	Safe
	6	Blackburn Rovers	42	22	6	14	114	79	14	4	3	73	31	8	2	11	41	48	35	50	WWLDLD	Safe
	7	Notts County	42	21	6	15	74	71	14	3	4	46	27	7	3	11	28	44	3	48	LWWDDW	Safe
1	8	West Ham United	42	18	10	14	74	70	12	4	5	46	28	6	6	9	28	42	4	46	DLLLLD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Bristol Rovers	42	19	7	16	75	70	15	4	2	52	23	4	3	14	23	47	5	45	LWWLLD	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	42	17	9	16	86	83	15	3	3	58	28	2	6	13	28	55	3	43	WWLDLW	Safe
	11	Liverpool	42	16	10	16	92	96	11	7	3	55	37	5	3	13	37	59	-4	42	DDWWDL	Safe	1-6
	12	Middlesbrough	42	18	6	18	73	82	13	1	7	48	31	5	5	11	25	51	-9	42	WLLLDD	Safe
	13	Bury	42	15	11	16	77	72	10	5	6	44	35	5	6	10	33	37	5	41	LLDWDD	Safe
	14	Fulham	42	14	11	17	76	79	10	5	6	46	29	4	6	11	30	50	-3	39	DLWLDL	Safe
	15	Nottingham Forest	42	16	7	19	58	62	8	4	9	29	29	8	3	10	29	33	-4	39	LLDWLD	Safe	1-1
	16	Lincoln City	41	13	10	18	68	78	8	6	6	39	34	5	4	12	29	44	-10	36	DWLWDW	Safe
	17	Doncaster Rovers	41	14	7	20	57	90	10	5	5	34	29	4	2	15	23	61	-33	35	LLWDDL	Safe
	18	Hull City	42	12	10	20	44	69	7	5	9	30	35	5	5	11	14	34	-25	34	WWLDLL	Safe
	19	Port Vale	41	11	11	19	47	71	10	6	5	31	21	1	5	14	16	50	-24	33	LDWLLW	Safe
	20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	7	23	57	82	10	4	7	29	26	2	3	16	28	56	-25	31	LLLWLW	Safe
	21	Ipswich Town	42	11	6	25	57	92	10	3	8	37	28	1	3	17	20	64	-35	28	LLWDDL	Relegated
	22	Derby County	42	7	9	26	53	82	6	6	9	39	34	1	3	17	14	48	-29	23	LLLLLW	Relegated