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 (Draw)

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: G McCabe
Attendance:: 17,346
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 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1149 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2170 (of 5721)
Total:: 3323 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals
Hugh McLaren

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

Goals
?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Alan Orr
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Noel Kelly
9	F	Arthur Lemon
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Hugh McLaren

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 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Everton	27	12	11	4	52	40	8	4	1	31	17	4	7	3	21	23	1.30000	35	DWWDDD
	2	Birmingham City	28	14	6	8	62	39	9	4	2	39	13	5	2	6	23	26	1.58974	34	WWLLWW
	3	Blackburn Rovers	28	14	6	8	58	38	8	4	2	34	15	6	2	6	24	23	1.52632	34	WWLWWW
	4	Nottingham Forest	28	14	6	8	60	42	12	3	0	48	19	2	3	8	12	23	1.42857	34	LWWWLW
	5	Leicester City	28	13	8	7	66	47	10	2	2	46	17	3	6	5	20	30	1.40426	34	WWDLLL
	6	Doncaster Rovers	28	15	4	9	46	35	9	2	3	25	14	6	2	6	21	21	1.31429	34	WLLWLD
	7	Luton Town	28	12	9	7	48	41	8	5	2	28	18	4	4	5	20	23	1.17073	33	LLWWDD
	8	Rotherham United	29	14	4	11	53	52	8	3	4	30	21	6	1	7	23	31	1.01923	32	LLDWWD
	9	Fulham	28	11	7	10	63	54	7	2	5	39	27	4	5	5	24	27	1.16667	29	WWDWLW
	10	Stoke City	28	8	12	8	47	40	6	5	3	32	19	2	7	5	15	21	1.17500	28	DLDWWL
	11	Bristol Rovers	28	8	11	9	47	42	5	5	4	21	14	3	6	5	26	28	1.11905	27	LLDWDD
	12	West Ham United	27	11	5	11	48	43	8	2	3	31	11	3	3	8	17	32	1.11628	27	WLWLWD
	13	Derby County	28	10	7	11	49	53	8	3	3	28	17	2	4	8	21	36	.92453	27	LWWLDD
	14	Leeds United	28	9	8	11	59	58	7	4	3	35	19	2	4	8	24	39	1.01724	26	WLLWLL
	15	Lincoln City	28	10	6	12	42	52	8	4	2	33	14	2	2	10	9	38	.80769	26	LLWLDW
	16	Hull City	27	11	2	14	41	41	10	0	3	32	9	1	2	11	9	32	1.00000	24	WWWLWL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	28	6	12	10	39	47	4	10	1	29	20	2	2	9	10	27	.82979	24	WLDLWD
	18	Swansea Town	28	9	6	13	36	52	7	4	3	23	16	2	2	10	13	36	.69231	24	LDLLDD
	19	Bury	28	6	11	11	36	50	6	5	3	30	24	0	6	8	6	26	.72000	23	DWLDWD
	20	Notts County	28	8	7	13	30	56	4	3	6	13	22	4	4	7	17	34	.53571	23	DLWLLD
	21	Brentford	29	6	9	14	22	51	5	4	5	12	17	1	5	9	10	34	.43137	21	WLLDLD
	22	Oldham Athletic	27	5	5	17	26	57	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	13	11	44	.45614	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
4	1	Leicester City	29	14	8	7	68	48	11	2	2	48	18	3	6	5	20	30	1.41667	36	WDLLLW	2-1
1	2	Everton	28	12	12	4	53	41	8	5	1	32	18	4	7	3	21	23	1.29268	36	WWDDDD	1-1
	3	Blackburn Rovers	29	14	7	8	59	39	8	4	2	34	15	6	3	6	25	24	1.51282	35	WLWWWD	1-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	29	14	7	8	61	43	12	3	0	48	19	2	4	8	13	24	1.41860	35	WWWLWD	1-1
1	5	Doncaster Rovers	29	15	5	9	48	37	9	2	3	25	14	6	3	6	23	23	1.29730	35	LLWLDD	2-2
4	6	Birmingham City	29	14	6	9	64	44	9	4	2	39	13	5	2	7	25	31	1.45455	34	WLLWWL	2-5
1	7	Rotherham United	30	15	4	11	55	53	9	3	4	32	22	6	1	7	23	31	1.03774	34	LDWWDW	2-1
1	8	Luton Town	29	12	9	8	49	43	8	5	2	28	18	4	4	6	21	25	1.13953	33	LWWDDL	1-2
	9	Fulham	29	12	7	10	68	56	8	2	5	44	29	4	5	5	24	27	1.21429	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	1.17778	29	LWLWDW	5-2
1	11	Stoke City	29	8	13	8	48	41	6	6	3	33	20	2	7	5	15	21	1.17073	29	LDWWLD	1-1
1	12	Bristol Rovers	29	9	11	9	49	43	5	5	4	21	14	4	6	5	28	29	1.13953	29	LDWDDW	2-1
	13	Derby County	29	10	7	12	49	56	8	3	3	28	17	2	4	9	21	39	.87500	27	WWLDDL	0-3
2	14	Hull City	28	12	2	14	44	41	11	0	3	35	9	1	2	11	9	32	1.07317	26	WWLWLW	3-0
1	15	Leeds United	29	9	8	12	61	63	7	4	3	35	19	2	4	9	26	44	.96825	26	LLWLLL	2-5
1	16	Lincoln City	29	10	6	13	43	54	8	4	3	34	16	2	2	10	9	38	.79630	26	LWLDWL	1-2
1	17	Swansea Town	29	10	6	13	38	53	8	4	3	25	17	2	2	10	13	36	.71698	26	DLLDDW	2-1
2	18	Notts County	29	9	7	13	32	56	5	3	6	15	22	4	4	7	17	34	.57143	25	LWLLDW	2-0
2	19	Plymouth Argyle	29	6	12	11	40	49	4	10	1	29	20	2	2	10	11	29	.81633	24	LDLWDL	1-2
1	20	Bury	29	6	11	12	37	52	6	5	3	30	24	0	6	9	7	28	.71154	23	WLDWDL	1-2
	21	Brentford	30	6	9	15	22	53	5	4	5	12	17	1	5	10	10	36	.41509	21	LLDLDL	0-2
	22	Oldham Athletic	28	5	6	17	28	59	5	4	4	17	15	0	2	13	11	44	.47458	16	LLWLLD	2-2