The City Ground

DONCASTER ROVERS 0 - 3 FOREST - Sat Nov 06, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 06, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Belle Vue
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: R Hartley
Attendance:: 6,553
Pos Before/After:: 20 18
Opp Before/After:: 13 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Mar 26, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2003 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1178 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2199 (of 5724)
Total:: 3357 (of 7505)
Played:: 69 years, 5 months, 13 days ago

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

Goals
Alan Moore - Alan Moore last goal
Noel Kelly
Peter Small

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Peter Doherty
Prior form: LWWWLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Bill Farmer
2	D	29	Bill Whare
3	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Alan Moore
8	F	32	Noel Kelly
9	M	29	Ronnie Blackman
10	F	29	Tom Martin
11	F	30	Peter Small

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 06, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	9-0	Middlesbrough
Bristol Rovers	2-2	Lincoln City
Derby County	2-0	Ipswich Town
Doncaster Rovers	0-3	Nottingham Forest
Fulham	2-2	Stoke City
Liverpool	2-1	Hull City
Notts County	3-3	Luton Town
Plymouth Argyle	2-4	Bury
Port Vale	0-1	Leeds United
Swansea Town	2-1	Rotherham United
West Ham United	2-2	Birmingham City

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Blackburn Rovers	15	10	2	3	45	26	6	1	0	28	12	4	1	3	17	14	1.73077	22	DWWWWD
	2	Fulham	15	10	1	4	41	30	6	0	1	22	9	4	1	3	19	21	1.36667	21	LLWWWW
	3	Hull City	15	8	3	4	22	13	5	0	3	17	10	3	3	1	5	3	1.69231	19	DLWWLW
	4	Stoke City	16	8	3	5	20	14	3	3	2	8	5	5	0	3	12	9	1.42857	19	DWLWLD
	5	Rotherham United	15	9	1	5	38	28	6	0	2	25	12	3	1	3	13	16	1.35714	19	WWLWLL
	6	Bristol Rovers	15	8	2	5	40	31	7	1	0	26	6	1	1	5	14	25	1.29032	18	WWWLWL
	7	Luton Town	15	9	0	6	27	21	7	0	1	18	7	2	0	5	9	14	1.28571	18	LWLWLL
	8	Leeds United	15	8	1	6	29	30	4	1	3	16	14	4	0	3	13	16	.96667	17	WWWWLW
	9	West Ham United	15	7	2	6	28	30	5	1	1	18	8	2	1	5	10	22	.93333	16	WLWLWL
	10	Notts County	15	7	2	6	22	25	5	1	1	13	7	2	1	5	9	18	.88000	16	WLWLWL
	11	Bury	15	6	3	6	30	29	4	2	2	17	14	2	1	4	13	15	1.03448	15	WLLDDW
	12	Swansea Town	15	7	1	7	30	31	6	1	0	23	7	1	0	7	7	24	.96774	15	WLWLWW
	13	Doncaster Rovers	14	7	1	6	23	33	5	1	0	12	4	2	0	6	11	29	.69697	15	LWWWLL
	14	Birmingham City	14	5	4	5	19	15	4	2	1	13	6	1	2	4	6	9	1.26667	14	DLLLWD
	15	Lincoln City	15	6	2	7	27	29	3	2	3	16	15	3	0	4	11	14	.93103	14	LLWWLD
	16	Liverpool	15	5	3	7	33	33	5	2	1	23	14	0	1	6	10	19	1.00000	13	LWWLDD
	17	Port Vale	15	4	4	7	16	26	3	2	2	10	10	1	2	5	6	16	.61538	12	LLLLDW
	18	Middlesbrough	15	5	1	9	20	29	3	0	4	12	10	2	1	5	8	19	.68966	11	WWLWWW
	19	Ipswich Town	16	4	1	11	29	36	3	0	5	19	14	1	1	6	10	22	.80556	9	LLLLDW
	20	Nottingham Forest	15	4	1	10	19	27	2	0	6	11	15	2	1	4	8	12	.70370	9	LWLLWL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	15	2	5	8	21	30	2	2	4	11	14	0	3	4	10	16	.70000	9	DWLLLL
	22	Derby County	15	3	3	9	25	38	2	1	4	16	17	1	2	5	9	21	.65789	9	WLLDLD

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Blackburn Rovers	16	11	2	3	54	26	7	1	0	37	12	4	1	3	17	14	2.07692	24	WWWWDW		9-0
	2	Fulham	16	10	2	4	43	32	6	1	1	24	11	4	1	3	19	21	1.34375	22	LWWWWD		2-2
1	3	Stoke City	17	8	4	5	22	16	3	3	2	8	5	5	1	3	14	11	1.37500	20	WLWLDD		2-2
1	4	Hull City	16	8	3	5	23	15	5	0	3	17	10	3	3	2	6	5	1.53333	19	LWWLWL		1-2
	5	Rotherham United	16	9	1	6	39	30	6	0	2	25	12	3	1	4	14	18	1.30000	19	WLWLLL		1-2
	6	Bristol Rovers	16	8	3	5	42	33	7	2	0	28	8	1	1	5	14	25	1.27273	19	WWLWLD		2-2
	7	Luton Town	16	9	1	6	30	24	7	0	1	18	7	2	1	5	12	17	1.25000	19	WLWLLD		3-3
	8	Leeds United	16	9	1	6	30	30	4	1	3	16	14	5	0	3	14	16	1.00000	19	WWWLWW		1-0
2	9	Bury	16	7	3	6	34	31	4	2	2	17	14	3	1	4	17	17	1.09677	17	LLDDWW		4-2
2	10	Swansea Town	16	8	1	7	32	32	7	1	0	25	8	1	0	7	7	24	1.00000	17	LWLWWW		2-1
2	11	West Ham United	16	7	3	6	30	32	5	2	1	20	10	2	1	5	10	22	.93750	17	LWLWLD		2-2
2	12	Notts County	16	7	3	6	25	28	5	2	1	16	10	2	1	5	9	18	.89286	17	LWLWLD		3-3
1	13	Birmingham City	15	5	5	5	21	17	4	2	1	13	6	1	3	4	8	11	1.23529	15	LLLWDD		2-2
2	14	Liverpool	16	6	3	7	35	34	6	2	1	25	15	0	1	6	10	19	1.02941	15	WWLDDW		2-1
	15	Lincoln City	16	6	3	7	29	31	3	2	3	16	15	3	1	4	13	16	.93548	15	LWWLDD		2-2
3	16	Doncaster Rovers	15	7	1	7	23	36	5	1	1	12	7	2	0	6	11	29	.63889	15	WWWLLL		0-3
	17	Port Vale	16	4	4	8	16	27	3	2	3	10	11	1	2	5	6	16	.59259	12	LLLDWL		0-1
2	18	Nottingham Forest	16	5	1	10	22	27	2	0	6	11	15	3	1	4	11	12	.81481	11	WLLWLW		3-0
3	19	Derby County	16	4	3	9	27	38	3	1	4	18	17	1	2	5	9	21	.71053	11	LLDLDW		2-0
2	20	Middlesbrough	16	5	1	10	20	38	3	0	4	12	10	2	1	6	8	28	.52632	11	WLWWWL		0-9
2	21	Ipswich Town	17	4	1	12	29	38	3	0	5	19	14	1	1	7	10	24	.76316	9	LLLDWL		0-2
1	22	Plymouth Argyle	16	2	5	9	23	34	2	2	5	13	18	0	3	4	10	16	.67647	9	WLLLLL		2-4