The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 FULHAM - Sat Apr 23, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 23, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 (Won)

Attendance:: 10,021
Pos Before/After:: 15/15
Opp Before/After:: 12/14
Referee:
Season:: 1954-55
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Swansea Town

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2026 (of 4860)
League Tier 2:: 1201 (of 2443)
Competitive:: 2228 (of 5556)
Total:: 3379 (of 7304)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Peter Small
Hugh McLaren - Hugh McLaren last goal

FULHAM
Manager:
Prior form: LLDDLW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	William Farmer
2	M	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	William Morley
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Alan Holder	Last game
9	F	Peter Small
10	F	Jim Barrett
11	F	Hugh McLaren

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Apr 23, 1955)

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

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
	1	Blackburn Rovers	40	22	5	13	113	76	14	3	3	72	30	8	2	10	41	46	1.487	49	LDWWLD
	2	Leeds United	40	21	7	12	65	52	13	4	3	41	19	8	3	9	24	33	1.250	49	WWDWWD
	3	Birmingham City	38	20	8	10	81	43	14	3	3	55	21	6	5	7	26	22	1.884	48	DWWWLW
	4	Luton Town	39	20	8	11	79	51	16	2	1	49	16	4	6	10	30	35	1.549	48	DDWLDL
	5	Stoke City	39	19	10	10	66	44	11	5	4	36	17	8	5	6	30	27	1.500	48	WWWWLD
	6	Rotherham United	38	22	4	12	84	62	14	1	3	49	21	8	3	9	35	41	1.355	48	LWWWWW
	7	West Ham United	38	18	9	11	72	61	12	4	3	46	24	6	5	8	26	37	1.180	45	WWWLDL
	8	Bristol Rovers	39	19	6	14	73	64	15	3	2	50	21	4	3	12	23	43	1.141	44	DWWLWW
	9	Notts County	39	20	4	15	71	69	13	2	4	44	26	7	2	11	27	43	1.029	44	LWLLWW
	10	Swansea Town	39	16	8	15	82	78	14	3	3	55	26	2	5	12	27	52	1.051	40	LWLWWL
	11	Middlesbrough	39	18	4	17	69	77	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	11	23	49	.896	40	WWLWLL
	12	Fulham	39	14	10	15	75	74	10	5	5	45	26	4	5	10	30	48	1.014	38	LLDDLW
	13	Bury	39	14	9	16	71	69	9	5	6	40	34	5	4	10	31	35	1.029	37	LWWLLD
	14	Liverpool	38	14	9	15	84	87	11	6	3	53	35	3	3	12	31	52	.966	37	DDLLDD
	15	Nottingham Forest	39	15	6	18	53	58	7	3	9	26	28	8	3	9	27	30	.914	36	WLWLLD
	16	Doncaster Rovers	39	14	6	19	56	86	10	5	4	34	26	4	1	15	22	60	.651	34	LWLLWD
	17	Hull City	39	12	9	18	43	62	7	4	8	29	31	5	5	10	14	31	.694	33	LLLWWL
	18	Lincoln City	38	11	9	18	63	77	7	5	6	35	33	4	4	12	28	44	.818	31	LLLDWL
	19	Port Vale	38	10	11	17	44	66	9	6	4	30	20	1	5	13	14	46	.667	31	LWWLDW
	20	Plymouth Argyle	40	11	7	22	55	80	9	4	7	27	26	2	3	15	28	54	.688	29	LWLLLW
	21	Ipswich Town	39	11	4	24	54	88	10	2	8	36	27	1	2	16	18	61	.614	26	WLWLLW
	22	Derby County	40	6	9	25	50	79	5	6	9	36	34	1	3	16	14	45	.633	21	LLLLLL

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
1	1	Leeds United	41	22	7	12	67	52	14	4	3	43	19	8	3	9	24	33	1.288	51	WDWWDW
2	2	Luton Town	40	21	8	11	83	53	17	2	1	53	18	4	6	10	30	35	1.566	50	DWLDLW
2	3	Stoke City	40	20	10	10	68	44	12	5	4	38	17	8	5	6	30	27	1.545	50	WWWLDW
2	4	Rotherham United	39	23	4	12	86	62	15	1	3	51	21	8	3	9	35	41	1.387	50	WWWWWW
2	5	Birmingham City	39	20	9	10	82	44	14	4	3	56	22	6	5	7	26	22	1.864	49	WWWLWD
5	6	Blackburn Rovers	41	22	5	14	113	78	14	3	3	72	30	8	2	11	41	48	1.449	49	DWWLDL
	7	West Ham United	39	18	9	12	73	65	12	4	3	46	24	6	5	9	27	41	1.123	45	WWLDLL
1	8	Notts County	40	20	5	15	72	70	13	2	4	44	26	7	3	11	28	44	1.029	45	WLLWWD
1	9	Bristol Rovers	40	19	6	15	73	66	15	3	2	50	21	4	3	13	23	45	1.106	44	WWLWWL
	10	Swansea Town	40	16	9	15	83	79	14	3	3	55	26	2	6	12	28	53	1.051	41	WLWWLD
	11	Middlesbrough	40	18	4	18	70	79	13	0	7	47	30	5	4	11	23	49	.886	40	WLWLLL
1	12	Bury	40	15	9	16	75	70	10	5	6	44	35	5	4	10	31	35	1.071	39	WWLLDW
1	13	Liverpool	39	15	9	15	86	88	11	6	3	53	35	4	3	12	33	53	.977	39	DLLDDW
2	14	Fulham	40	14	10	16	75	76	10	5	5	45	26	4	5	11	30	50	.987	38	LDDLWL
	15	Nottingham Forest	40	16	6	18	55	58	8	3	9	28	28	8	3	9	27	30	.948	38	LWLLDW
	16	Doncaster Rovers	40	14	7	19	57	87	10	5	4	34	26	4	2	15	23	61	.655	35	WLLWDD
	17	Hull City	40	12	10	18	44	63	7	5	8	30	32	5	5	10	14	31	.698	34	LLWWLD
	18	Lincoln City	39	12	9	18	66	77	8	5	6	38	33	4	4	12	28	44	.857	33	LLDWLW
	19	Port Vale	39	10	11	18	46	70	9	6	4	30	20	1	5	14	16	50	.657	31	WWLDWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	41	11	7	23	55	82	9	4	7	27	26	2	3	16	28	56	.671	29	WLLLWL
	21	Ipswich Town	40	11	5	24	55	89	10	3	8	37	28	1	2	16	18	61	.618	27	LWLLWD
	22	Derby County	41	6	9	26	50	82	5	6	9	36	34	1	3	17	14	48	.610	21	LLLLLL