The City Ground

NOTTS COUNTY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 27, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 27, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Meadow Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Post, Saturday, February 27, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: A Murdoch
Attendance:: 36,988
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 17 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Notts County:: Sep 25, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1977 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1152 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2173 (of 5829)
Total:: 3329 (of 7634)
Played:: 72 years, 6 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Capel (41')

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: George Poyser
Prior form: LLDWDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Taylor (60')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	28	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 (41')
11	F	27	Hugh McLaren

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bradley
2	D	Allen
3	D	Deans
4	D	Adamson
5	D	Leuty
6	M	Chatham
7	M	Coole
8	M	Taylor
9	M	Johnston
10	F	Wylie
11	F	Crookes

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 27, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Stoke City
Brentford	3-1	West Ham United
Bristol Rovers	1-1	Leeds United
Bury	3-0	Rotherham United
Derby County	3-3	Fulham
Doncaster Rovers	0-2	Leicester City
Everton	8-4	Plymouth Argyle
Hull City	1-2	Luton Town
Lincoln City	0-1	Birmingham City
Notts County	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Oldham Athletic	2-2	Swansea Town

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	31	16	8	7	75	49	12	2	2	52	19	4	6	5	23	30	26	40	LLLWWW
	2	Everton	30	14	12	4	65	44	9	5	1	38	19	5	7	3	27	25	21	40	DDDDWW
	3	Blackburn Rovers	31	15	8	8	63	39	9	4	2	38	15	6	4	6	25	24	24	38	WWWDWD
	4	Nottingham Forest	31	15	8	8	66	45	13	3	0	52	20	2	5	8	14	25	21	38	WLWDWD
	5	Birmingham City	31	15	7	9	67	45	10	4	2	41	13	5	3	7	26	32	22	37	LWWLWD
	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	Fulham	31	13	7	11	74	61	9	2	5	49	30	4	5	6	25	31	13	33	WLWWLW
	9	Luton Town	31	12	9	10	50	49	8	5	3	28	19	4	4	7	22	30	1	33	WDDLLL
	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
	13	Leeds United	31	10	9	12	67	66	8	5	3	41	22	2	4	9	26	44	1	29	WLLLWD
	14	Derby County	31	10	8	13	51	62	8	3	4	30	23	2	5	9	21	39	-11	28	LDDLLD
	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
	17	Notts County	31	9	9	13	34	58	5	4	6	16	23	4	5	7	18	35	-24	27	LLDWDD
	18	Bury	31	7	12	12	38	52	6	6	3	30	24	1	6	9	8	28	-14	26	DWDLWD
	19	Swansea Town	31	10	6	15	39	59	8	4	4	25	19	2	2	11	14	40	-20	26	LDDWLL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	30	6	12	12	40	52	4	10	2	29	23	2	2	10	11	29	-12	24	DLWDLL
	21	Brentford	32	6	10	16	25	61	5	5	5	14	19	1	5	11	11	42	-36	22	DLDLDL
	22	Oldham Athletic	30	5	7	18	28	63	5	5	4	17	15	0	2	14	11	48	-35	17	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Leicester City	32	17	8	7	77	49	12	2	2	52	19	5	6	5	25	30	28	42	LLWWWW		2-0
	2	Everton	31	15	12	4	73	48	10	5	1	46	23	5	7	3	27	25	25	42	DDDWWW		8-4
	3	Blackburn Rovers	32	16	8	8	66	39	10	4	2	41	15	6	4	6	25	24	27	40	WWDWDW		3-0
1	4	Birmingham City	32	16	7	9	68	45	10	4	2	41	13	6	3	7	27	32	23	39	WWLWDW		1-0
1	5	Nottingham Forest	32	15	9	8	67	46	13	3	0	52	20	2	6	8	15	26	21	39	LWDWDD		1-1
	6	Rotherham United	32	16	4	12	57	56	9	3	4	32	22	7	1	8	25	34	1	36	WWDWWL		0-3
	7	Doncaster Rovers	31	15	5	11	48	40	9	2	5	25	17	6	3	6	23	23	8	35	WLDDLL		0-2
1	8	Luton Town	32	13	9	10	52	50	8	5	3	28	19	5	4	7	24	31	2	35	DDLLLW		2-1
1	9	Fulham	32	13	8	11	77	64	9	2	5	49	30	4	6	6	28	34	13	34	LWWLWD		3-3
1	10	Bristol Rovers	31	9	13	9	51	45	5	7	4	23	16	4	6	5	28	29	6	31	WDDWDD		1-1
1	11	Stoke City	31	9	13	9	49	44	6	6	3	33	20	3	7	6	16	24	5	31	WWLDWL		0-3
	12	West Ham United	31	12	6	13	55	51	9	3	3	37	14	3	3	10	18	37	4	30	WDWLDL		1-3
	13	Leeds United	32	10	10	12	68	67	8	5	3	41	22	2	5	9	27	45	1	30	LLLWDD		1-1
	14	Derby County	32	10	9	13	54	65	8	4	4	33	26	2	5	9	21	39	-11	29	DDLLDD		3-3
3	15	Bury	32	8	12	12	41	52	7	6	3	33	24	1	6	9	8	28	-11	28	WDLWDW		3-0
1	16	Notts County	32	9	10	13	35	59	5	5	6	17	24	4	5	7	18	35	-24	28	LDWDDD		1-1
2	17	Hull City	30	12	3	15	47	45	11	0	4	36	11	1	3	11	11	34	2	27	LWLWDL		1-2
2	18	Lincoln City	32	10	7	15	46	61	8	4	4	34	17	2	3	11	12	44	-15	27	DWLLDL		0-1
	19	Swansea Town	32	10	7	15	41	61	8	4	4	25	19	2	3	11	16	42	-20	27	DDWLLD		2-2
	20	Plymouth Argyle	31	6	12	13	44	60	4	10	2	29	23	2	2	11	15	37	-16	24	LWDLLL		4-8
	21	Brentford	33	7	10	16	28	62	6	5	5	17	20	1	5	11	11	42	-34	24	LDLDLW		3-1
	22	Oldham Athletic	31	5	8	18	30	65	5	6	4	19	17	0	2	14	11	48	-35	18	LLDLDD		2-2