The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Apr 17, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 17, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, April 17, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: E Crawford
Attendance:: 29,154
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Oct 16, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1985 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1160 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2181 (of 5828)
Total:: 3337 (of 7633)
Played:: 72 years, 4 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: WLWDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Langton (36') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	28	Bill Whare
3	D	30	James Clarke
4	M	30	Alan Orr
5	D	37	Horace Gager
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Alan Moore
8	F	29	Tom Martin
9	M	35	Wally Ardron
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Elvey
2	D	Suart
3	D	Eckersley
4	D	Campbell
5	D	Kelly
6	M	Bell
7	M	Mooney
8	M	Crossan
9	M	Priggs
10	F	Quigley
11	F	Langton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 17, 1954)

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

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	Blackburn Rovers	39	21	9	9	84	46	14	4	2	53	16	7	5	7	31	30	38	51	WLWDWW	Safe
	2	Leicester City	39	21	9	9	88	57	14	3	2	57	21	7	6	7	31	36	31	51	DLWWWL	Safe
	3	Everton	38	18	14	6	86	57	12	6	2	54	27	6	8	4	32	30	29	50	WDLLDW	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	39	19	11	9	81	55	15	5	0	61	26	4	6	9	20	29	26	49	LWWDWD	Safe
	5	Birmingham City	39	18	10	11	76	54	12	5	2	47	15	6	5	9	29	39	22	46	LWDWLD	Safe
	6	Luton Town	39	16	12	11	60	56	10	7	3	34	22	6	5	8	26	34	4	44	DDLWWD	Safe
	7	Rotherham United	38	19	5	14	70	64	11	4	4	43	25	8	1	10	27	39	6	43	WLWLDW	Safe
	8	Fulham	39	16	9	14	92	78	11	2	6	58	36	5	7	8	34	42	14	41	DWLWWL	Safe
	9	Bristol Rovers	39	13	15	11	60	53	9	7	4	29	17	4	8	7	31	36	7	41	DWLWLW	Safe
	10	Leeds United	39	14	12	13	83	75	11	5	3	51	25	3	7	10	32	50	8	40	WWLWDD	Safe
	11	West Ham United	39	15	9	15	65	63	11	6	3	44	19	4	3	12	21	44	2	39	WWWLDD	Safe
	12	Stoke City	38	11	16	11	65	53	7	7	4	39	24	4	9	7	26	29	12	38	WLLWDD	Safe
	13	Doncaster Rovers	38	15	8	15	55	54	9	4	7	29	25	6	4	8	26	29	1	38	DLLLDL	Safe
	14	Notts County	39	12	11	16	48	70	7	5	7	22	27	5	6	9	26	43	-22	35	WDWLLW
	15	Hull City	39	15	4	20	61	64	14	0	6	46	21	1	4	14	15	43	-3	34	WLLLWL
	16	Lincoln City	39	13	8	18	59	76	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	14	18	56	-17	34	DWWLWL
	17	Bury	40	10	14	16	50	68	9	7	4	39	31	1	7	12	11	37	-18	34	LDDWWL
	18	Derby County	39	11	10	18	60	79	8	4	7	35	34	3	6	11	25	45	-19	32	LLLLLW
	19	Swansea Town	39	12	8	19	52	76	10	5	5	31	24	2	3	14	21	52	-24	32	LDLWLW
	20	Brentford	40	10	11	19	37	72	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	13	13	49	-35	31	WLWDLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	38	7	15	16	55	73	4	12	3	33	28	3	3	13	22	45	-18	29	LLWDLD
	22	Oldham Athletic	38	7	8	23	38	82	6	6	6	25	24	1	2	17	13	58	-44	22	WWLLLL	Relegated

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	Blackburn Rovers	40	22	9	9	85	46	14	4	2	53	16	8	5	7	32	30	39	53	LWDWWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Leicester City	40	21	10	9	90	59	14	4	2	59	23	7	6	7	31	36	31	52	LWWWLD	Safe	2-2
	3	Everton	39	18	15	6	86	57	12	6	2	54	27	6	9	4	32	30	29	51	DLLDWD	Safe	0-0
	4	Nottingham Forest	40	19	11	10	81	56	15	5	1	61	27	4	6	9	20	29	25	49	WWDWDL	Safe	0-1
	5	Birmingham City	40	18	10	12	76	55	12	5	3	47	16	6	5	9	29	39	21	46	WDWLDL	Safe	0-1
	6	Luton Town	40	17	12	11	62	57	11	7	3	36	23	6	5	8	26	34	5	46	DLWWDW	Safe	2-1
	7	Rotherham United	39	20	5	14	74	65	12	4	4	47	26	8	1	10	27	39	9	45	LWLDWW	Safe	4-1
	8	Fulham	40	16	10	14	92	78	11	3	6	58	36	5	7	8	34	42	14	42	WLWWLD	Safe	0-0
	9	Bristol Rovers	40	13	15	12	61	56	9	7	4	29	17	4	8	8	32	39	5	41	WLWLWL	Safe	1-3
	10	Leeds United	40	14	12	14	86	79	11	5	4	54	29	3	7	10	32	50	7	40	WLWDDL	Safe	3-4
2	11	Doncaster Rovers	39	16	8	15	56	54	9	4	7	29	25	7	4	8	27	29	2	40	LLLDLW	Safe	1-0
1	12	West Ham United	40	15	9	16	65	64	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	12	21	44	1	39	WWLDDL	Safe	0-1
1	13	Stoke City	39	11	16	12	65	54	7	7	5	39	25	4	9	7	26	29	11	38	LLWDDL	Safe	0-1
1	14	Hull City	40	16	4	20	62	64	14	0	6	46	21	2	4	14	16	43	-2	36	LLLWLW	Safe	1-0
2	15	Bury	41	11	14	16	54	71	9	7	4	39	31	2	7	12	15	40	-17	36	DDWWLW	Safe	4-3
2	16	Notts County	40	12	12	16	50	72	7	5	7	22	27	5	7	9	28	45	-22	36	DWLLWD	Safe	2-2
1	17	Lincoln City	40	13	8	19	60	80	10	5	4	41	20	3	3	15	19	60	-20	34	WWLWLL	Safe	1-4
1	18	Swansea Town	40	13	8	19	55	77	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	14	21	52	-22	34	DLWLWW	Safe	3-1
1	19	Derby County	40	11	10	19	61	81	8	4	7	35	34	3	6	12	26	47	-20	32	LLLLWL		1-2
1	20	Plymouth Argyle	39	8	15	16	58	75	5	12	3	36	30	3	3	13	22	45	-17	31	LWDLDW		3-2
1	21	Brentford	41	10	11	20	39	75	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	14	15	52	-36	31	LWDLWL		2-3
	22	Oldham Athletic	39	8	8	23	39	82	6	6	6	25	24	2	2	17	14	58	-43	24	WLLLLW	Relegated	1-0