The City Ground

BRISTOL ROVERS 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 13, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 13, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Eastville Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 (Lost)

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 21,736
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brentford (League Tier 2)
Bristol Rovers:: Nov 27, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1979 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1154 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2175 (of 5679)
Total:: 3328 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: DDWDDD (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	Hugh McLaren
9	F	Arthur Lemon
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

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 Mar 13, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	4-1	West Ham United
Brentford	2-0	Birmingham City
Bristol Rovers	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Bury	0-6	Stoke City
Derby County	0-2	Leeds United
Doncaster Rovers	2-2	Fulham
Everton	3-0	Rotherham United
Hull City	4-3	Swansea Town
Lincoln City	1-1	Luton Town
Notts County	2-0	Plymouth Argyle

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	Leicester City	33	18	8	7	79	49	13	2	2	54	19	5	6	5	25	30	1.61224	44	LWWWWW
	2	Everton	32	16	12	4	75	48	10	5	1	46	23	6	7	3	29	25	1.56250	44	DDWWWW
	3	Blackburn Rovers	33	17	8	8	69	41	10	4	2	41	15	7	4	6	28	26	1.68293	42	WDWDWW
	4	Nottingham Forest	33	16	9	8	71	48	14	3	0	56	22	2	6	8	15	26	1.47917	41	WDWDDW
	5	Birmingham City	33	16	8	9	69	46	10	5	2	42	14	6	3	7	27	32	1.50000	40	WLWDWD
	6	Rotherham United	33	17	4	12	64	56	10	3	4	39	22	7	1	8	25	34	1.14286	38	WDWWLW
	7	Luton Town	33	14	9	10	54	51	9	5	3	30	20	5	4	7	24	31	1.05882	37	DLLLWW
	8	Doncaster Rovers	32	15	6	11	50	42	9	2	5	25	17	6	4	6	25	25	1.19048	36	LDDLLD
	9	Fulham	33	13	8	12	79	67	9	2	6	51	33	4	6	6	28	34	1.17910	34	WWLWDL
	10	Bristol Rovers	32	9	14	9	52	46	5	7	4	23	16	4	7	5	29	30	1.13043	32	DDWDDD
	11	Stoke City	32	9	14	9	51	46	6	7	3	35	22	3	7	6	16	24	1.10870	32	WLDWLD
	12	Leeds United	33	11	10	12	72	67	9	5	3	45	22	2	5	9	27	45	1.07463	32	LLWDDW
	13	West Ham United	32	12	7	13	55	51	9	4	3	37	14	3	3	10	18	37	1.07843	31	DWLDLD
	14	Derby County	33	10	10	13	54	65	8	4	4	33	26	2	6	9	21	39	.83077	30	DLLDDD
	15	Hull City	31	12	4	15	49	47	11	0	4	36	11	1	4	11	13	36	1.04255	28	WLWDLD
	16	Bury	33	8	12	13	41	54	7	6	3	33	24	1	6	10	8	30	.75926	28	DLWDWL
	17	Notts County	33	9	10	14	36	61	5	5	6	17	24	4	5	8	19	37	.59016	28	DWDDDL
	18	Lincoln City	33	10	7	16	48	65	8	4	4	34	17	2	3	12	14	48	.73846	27	WLLDLL
	19	Swansea Town	33	10	7	16	41	63	8	4	5	25	21	2	3	11	16	42	.65079	27	DWLLDL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	32	6	13	13	46	62	4	11	2	31	25	2	2	11	15	37	.74194	25	WDLLLD
	21	Brentford	34	7	10	17	28	66	6	5	5	17	20	1	5	12	11	46	.42424	24	DLDLWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	32	5	8	19	30	72	5	6	4	19	17	0	2	15	11	55	.41667	18	LDLDDL

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)
1	1	Everton	33	17	12	4	78	48	11	5	1	49	23	6	7	3	29	25	1.62500	46	DWWWWW	3-0
1	2	Blackburn Rovers	34	18	8	8	73	42	11	4	2	45	16	7	4	6	28	26	1.73810	44	DWDWWW	4-1
2	3	Leicester City	33	18	8	7	79	49	13	2	2	54	19	5	6	5	25	30	1.61224	44	LWWWWW
	4	Nottingham Forest	34	16	9	9	71	49	14	3	0	56	22	2	6	9	15	27	1.44898	41	DWDDWL	0-1
	5	Birmingham City	34	16	8	10	69	48	10	5	2	42	14	6	3	8	27	34	1.43750	40	LWDWDL	0-2
	6	Rotherham United	34	17	4	13	64	59	10	3	4	39	22	7	1	9	25	37	1.08475	38	DWWLWL	0-3
	7	Luton Town	34	14	10	10	55	52	9	5	3	30	20	5	5	7	25	32	1.05769	38	LLLWWD	1-1
	8	Doncaster Rovers	33	15	7	11	52	44	9	3	5	27	19	6	4	6	25	25	1.18182	37	DDLLDD	2-2
	9	Fulham	34	13	9	12	81	69	9	2	6	51	33	4	7	6	30	36	1.17391	35	WLWDLD	2-2
1	10	Stoke City	33	10	14	9	57	46	6	7	3	35	22	4	7	6	22	24	1.23913	34	LDWLDW	6-0
1	11	Bristol Rovers	33	10	14	9	53	46	6	7	4	24	16	4	7	5	29	30	1.15217	34	DWDDDW	1-0
	12	Leeds United	34	12	10	12	74	67	9	5	3	45	22	3	5	9	29	45	1.10448	34	LWDDWW	2-0
	13	West Ham United	33	12	7	14	56	55	9	4	3	37	14	3	3	11	19	41	1.01818	31	WLDLDL	1-4
1	14	Hull City	32	13	4	15	53	50	12	0	4	40	14	1	4	11	13	36	1.06000	30	LWDLDW	4-3
1	15	Derby County	34	10	10	14	54	67	8	4	5	33	28	2	6	9	21	39	.80597	30	LLDDDL	0-2
1	16	Notts County	34	10	10	14	38	61	6	5	6	19	24	4	5	8	19	37	.62295	30	WDDDLW	2-0
1	17	Lincoln City	34	10	8	16	49	66	8	5	4	35	18	2	3	12	14	48	.74242	28	LLDLLD	1-1
2	18	Bury	34	8	12	14	41	60	7	6	4	33	30	1	6	10	8	30	.68333	28	LWDWLL	0-6
	19	Swansea Town	34	10	7	17	44	67	8	4	5	25	21	2	3	12	19	46	.65672	27	WLLDLL	3-4
1	20	Brentford	35	8	10	17	30	66	7	5	5	19	20	1	5	12	11	46	.45455	26	LDLWLW	2-0
1	21	Plymouth Argyle	33	6	13	14	46	64	4	11	2	31	25	2	2	12	15	39	.71875	25	DLLLDL	0-2
	22	Oldham Athletic	32	5	8	19	30	72	5	6	4	19	17	0	2	15	11	55	.41667	18	LDLDDL