The City Ground

STOKE CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 06, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 06, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: G McCabe
Attendance:: 17,346
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Aug 25, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1974 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1149 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2170 (of 5829)
Total:: 3326 (of 7634)
Played:: 72 years, 7 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Hugh McLaren (74')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Frank Taylor
Prior form: DLDWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bower (68')

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	22	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	27	Hugh McLaren (74')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Robertson
2	D	Bourne
3	D	McCue
4	D	Mountford
5	D	Thomson
6	M	Martin
7	M	Finney
8	M	Bower
9	M	King
10	F	Hutton
11	F	Sellers

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 06, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Everton	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Fulham	5-2	Birmingham City
Hull City	3-0	Derby County
Leicester City	2-1	Luton Town
Lincoln City	1-2	Bristol Rovers
Notts County	2-0	Brentford
Oldham Athletic	2-2	Doncaster Rovers
Rotherham United	2-1	Plymouth Argyle
Stoke City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Swansea Town	2-1	Bury
West Ham United	5-2	Leeds United

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	Everton	27	12	11	4	52	40	8	4	1	31	17	4	7	3	21	23	12	35	DWWDDD
	2	Birmingham City	28	14	6	8	62	39	9	4	2	39	13	5	2	6	23	26	23	34	WWLLWW
	3	Blackburn Rovers	28	14	6	8	58	38	8	4	2	34	15	6	2	6	24	23	20	34	WWLWWW
	4	Nottingham Forest	28	14	6	8	60	42	12	3	0	48	19	2	3	8	12	23	18	34	LWWWLW
	5	Leicester City	28	13	8	7	66	47	10	2	2	46	17	3	6	5	20	30	19	34	WWDLLL
	6	Doncaster Rovers	28	15	4	9	46	35	9	2	3	25	14	6	2	6	21	21	11	34	WLLWLD
	7	Luton Town	28	12	9	7	48	41	8	5	2	28	18	4	4	5	20	23	7	33	LLWWDD
	8	Rotherham United	29	14	4	11	53	52	8	3	4	30	21	6	1	7	23	31	1	32	LLDWWD
	9	Fulham	28	11	7	10	63	54	7	2	5	39	27	4	5	5	24	27	9	29	WWDWLW
	10	Stoke City	28	8	12	8	47	40	6	5	3	32	19	2	7	5	15	21	7	28	DLDWWL
	11	Bristol Rovers	28	8	11	9	47	42	5	5	4	21	14	3	6	5	26	28	5	27	LLDWDD
	12	West Ham United	27	11	5	11	48	43	8	2	3	31	11	3	3	8	17	32	5	27	WLWLWD
	13	Derby County	28	10	7	11	49	53	8	3	3	28	17	2	4	8	21	36	-4	27	LWWLDD
	14	Leeds United	28	9	8	11	59	58	7	4	3	35	19	2	4	8	24	39	1	26	WLLWLL
	15	Lincoln City	28	10	6	12	42	52	8	4	2	33	14	2	2	10	9	38	-10	26	LLWLDW
	16	Hull City	27	11	2	14	41	41	10	0	3	32	9	1	2	11	9	32	0	24	WWWLWL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	28	6	12	10	39	47	4	10	1	29	20	2	2	9	10	27	-8	24	WLDLWD
	18	Swansea Town	28	9	6	13	36	52	7	4	3	23	16	2	2	10	13	36	-16	24	LDLLDD
	19	Bury	28	6	11	11	36	50	6	5	3	30	24	0	6	8	6	26	-14	23	DWLDWD
	20	Notts County	28	8	7	13	30	56	4	3	6	13	22	4	4	7	17	34	-26	23	DLWLLD
	21	Brentford	29	6	9	14	22	51	5	4	5	12	17	1	5	9	10	34	-29	21	WLLDLD
	22	Oldham Athletic	27	5	5	17	26	57	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	13	11	44	-31	15	LLLWLL

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)
4	1	Leicester City	29	14	8	7	68	48	11	2	2	48	18	3	6	5	20	30	20	36	WDLLLW		2-1
1	2	Everton	28	12	12	4	53	41	8	5	1	32	18	4	7	3	21	23	12	36	WWDDDD		1-1
	3	Blackburn Rovers	29	14	7	8	59	39	8	4	2	34	15	6	3	6	25	24	20	35	WLWWWD		1-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	29	14	7	8	61	43	12	3	0	48	19	2	4	8	13	24	18	35	WWWLWD		1-1
1	5	Doncaster Rovers	29	15	5	9	48	37	9	2	3	25	14	6	3	6	23	23	11	35	LLWLDD		2-2
4	6	Birmingham City	29	14	6	9	64	44	9	4	2	39	13	5	2	7	25	31	20	34	WLLWWL		2-5
1	7	Rotherham United	30	15	4	11	55	53	9	3	4	32	22	6	1	7	23	31	2	34	LDWWDW		2-1
1	8	Luton Town	29	12	9	8	49	43	8	5	2	28	18	4	4	6	21	25	6	33	LWWDDL		1-2
	9	Fulham	29	12	7	10	68	56	8	2	5	44	29	4	5	5	24	27	12	31	WDWLWW		5-2
2	10	West Ham United	28	12	5	11	53	45	9	2	3	36	13	3	3	8	17	32	8	29	LWLWDW		5-2
1	11	Stoke City	29	8	13	8	48	41	6	6	3	33	20	2	7	5	15	21	7	29	LDWWLD		1-1
1	12	Bristol Rovers	29	9	11	9	49	43	5	5	4	21	14	4	6	5	28	29	6	29	LDWDDW		2-1
	13	Derby County	29	10	7	12	49	56	8	3	3	28	17	2	4	9	21	39	-7	27	WWLDDL		0-3
2	14	Hull City	28	12	2	14	44	41	11	0	3	35	9	1	2	11	9	32	3	26	WWLWLW		3-0
1	15	Leeds United	29	9	8	12	61	63	7	4	3	35	19	2	4	9	26	44	-2	26	LLWLLL		2-5
1	16	Lincoln City	29	10	6	13	43	54	8	4	3	34	16	2	2	10	9	38	-11	26	LWLDWL		1-2
1	17	Swansea Town	29	10	6	13	38	53	8	4	3	25	17	2	2	10	13	36	-15	26	DLLDDW		2-1
2	18	Notts County	29	9	7	13	32	56	5	3	6	15	22	4	4	7	17	34	-24	25	LWLLDW		2-0
2	19	Plymouth Argyle	29	6	12	11	40	49	4	10	1	29	20	2	2	10	11	29	-9	24	LDLWDL		1-2
1	20	Bury	29	6	11	12	37	52	6	5	3	30	24	0	6	9	7	28	-15	23	WLDWDL		1-2
	21	Brentford	30	6	9	15	22	53	5	4	5	12	17	1	5	10	10	36	-31	21	LLDLDL		0-2
	22	Oldham Athletic	28	5	6	17	28	59	5	4	4	17	15	0	2	13	11	44	-31	16	LLWLLD		2-2