The City Ground

WEST HAM UNITED 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 20, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 20, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, February 20, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: H Bell
Attendance:: 20,400
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Oct 09, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1976 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1151 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2172 (of 5824)
Total:: 3328 (of 7629)
Played:: 72 years, 5 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Hugh McLaren (85')

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

Goal Scorers
John Dick (2')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	30	Alan Orr
5	D	37	Horace Gager
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	32	Noel Kelly
9	F	33	Collin Collindridge
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	27	Hugh McLaren (85')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Peter Chiswick
2	2	John Bond
3	3	Noel Cantwell
4	4	Andy Malcolm
5	5	Malcolm Allison
6	6	Doug Bing
7	7	Harry Hooper
8	8	Jim Jnr Barrett
9	9	Tommy Dixon
10	10	John Dick
11	11	Jimmy Andrews

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 20, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	0-0	Blackburn Rovers
Fulham	5-1	Luton Town
Leeds United	1-1	Birmingham City
Notts County	1-1	Lincoln City
Oldham Athletic	0-0	Derby County
West Ham United	1-1	Nottingham Forest

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	30	15	8	7	71	48	11	2	2	48	18	4	6	5	23	30	23	38	DLLLWW
	2	Everton	29	13	12	4	59	43	8	5	1	32	18	5	7	3	27	25	16	38	WDDDDW
	3	Blackburn Rovers	30	15	7	8	63	39	9	4	2	38	15	6	3	6	25	24	24	37	LWWWDW
	4	Nottingham Forest	30	15	7	8	65	44	13	3	0	52	20	2	4	8	13	24	21	37	WWLWDW
	5	Birmingham City	30	15	6	9	66	44	10	4	2	41	13	5	2	7	25	31	22	36	LLWWLW
	6	Rotherham United	31	16	4	11	57	53	9	3	4	32	22	7	1	7	25	31	4	36	DWWDWW
	7	Doncaster Rovers	30	15	5	10	48	38	9	2	4	25	15	6	3	6	23	23	10	35	LWLDDL
	8	Luton Town	30	12	9	9	49	44	8	5	3	28	19	4	4	6	21	25	5	33	WWDDLL
	9	Stoke City	30	9	13	8	49	41	6	6	3	33	20	3	7	5	16	21	8	31	DWWLDW
	10	Fulham	30	12	7	11	69	60	8	2	5	44	29	4	5	6	25	31	9	31	DWLWWL
	11	Bristol Rovers	30	9	12	9	50	44	5	6	4	22	15	4	6	5	28	29	6	30	DWDDWD
	12	West Ham United	29	12	5	12	53	47	9	2	3	36	13	3	3	9	17	34	6	29	WLWDWL
	13	Leeds United	30	10	8	12	66	65	8	4	3	40	21	2	4	9	26	44	1	28	LWLLLW
	14	Hull City	29	12	3	14	46	43	11	0	3	35	9	1	3	11	11	34	3	27	WLWLWD
	15	Derby County	30	10	7	13	51	62	8	3	4	30	23	2	4	9	21	39	-11	27	WLDDLL
	16	Lincoln City	30	10	6	14	45	59	8	4	3	34	16	2	2	11	11	43	-14	26	WLDWLL
	17	Swansea Town	30	10	6	14	38	55	8	4	4	25	19	2	2	10	13	36	-17	26	LLDDWL
	18	Notts County	30	9	8	13	33	57	5	3	6	15	22	4	5	7	18	35	-24	26	WLLDWD
	19	Bury	30	7	11	12	38	52	6	5	3	30	24	1	6	9	8	28	-14	25	LDWDLW
	20	Plymouth Argyle	30	6	12	12	40	52	4	10	2	29	23	2	2	10	11	29	-12	24	DLWDLL
	21	Brentford	31	6	10	15	24	55	5	5	5	14	19	1	5	10	10	36	-31	22	LDLDLD
	22	Oldham Athletic	29	5	6	18	28	63	5	4	4	17	15	0	2	14	11	48	-35	16	LWLLDL

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)
2	1	Blackburn Rovers	31	15	8	8	63	39	9	4	2	38	15	6	4	6	25	24	24	38	WWWDWD		0-0
1	2	Leicester City	30	15	8	7	71	48	11	2	2	48	18	4	6	5	23	30	23	38	DLLLWW
1	3	Nottingham Forest	31	15	8	8	66	45	13	3	0	52	20	2	5	8	14	25	21	38	WLWDWD		1-1
2	4	Everton	29	13	12	4	59	43	8	5	1	32	18	5	7	3	27	25	16	38	WDDDDW
	5	Birmingham City	31	15	7	9	67	45	10	4	2	41	13	5	3	7	26	32	22	37	LWWLWD		1-1
	6	Rotherham United	31	16	4	11	57	53	9	3	4	32	22	7	1	7	25	31	4	36	DWWDWW
	7	Doncaster Rovers	30	15	5	10	48	38	9	2	4	25	15	6	3	6	23	23	10	35	LWLDDL
2	8	Fulham	31	13	7	11	74	61	9	2	5	49	30	4	5	6	25	31	13	33	WLWWLW		5-1
1	9	Luton Town	31	12	9	10	50	49	8	5	3	28	19	4	4	7	22	30	1	33	WDDLLL		1-5
1	10	Stoke City	30	9	13	8	49	41	6	6	3	33	20	3	7	5	16	21	8	31	DWWLDW
	11	Bristol Rovers	30	9	12	9	50	44	5	6	4	22	15	4	6	5	28	29	6	30	DWDDWD
	12	West Ham United	30	12	6	12	54	48	9	3	3	37	14	3	3	9	17	34	6	30	LWDWLD		1-1
	13	Leeds United	31	10	9	12	67	66	8	5	3	41	22	2	4	9	26	44	1	29	WLLLWD		1-1
1	14	Derby County	31	10	8	13	51	62	8	3	4	30	23	2	5	9	21	39	-11	28	LDDLLD		0-0
1	15	Hull City	29	12	3	14	46	43	11	0	3	35	9	1	3	11	11	34	3	27	WLWLWD
	16	Lincoln City	31	10	7	14	46	60	8	4	3	34	16	2	3	11	12	44	-14	27	LDWLLD		1-1
1	17	Notts County	31	9	9	13	34	58	5	4	6	16	23	4	5	7	18	35	-24	27	LLDWDD		1-1
1	18	Bury	31	7	12	12	38	52	6	6	3	30	24	1	6	9	8	28	-14	26	DWDLWD		0-0
2	19	Swansea Town	30	10	6	14	38	55	8	4	4	25	19	2	2	10	13	36	-17	26	LLDDWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	30	6	12	12	40	52	4	10	2	29	23	2	2	10	11	29	-12	24	DLWDLL
	21	Brentford	31	6	10	15	24	55	5	5	5	14	19	1	5	10	10	36	-31	22	LDLDLD
	22	Oldham Athletic	30	5	7	18	28	63	5	5	4	17	15	0	2	14	11	48	-35	17	WLLDLD		0-0