STOKE CITY 2 - 0 FOREST - Mon Aug 30, 1954 (League Tier 2)
- Date:
- Mon Aug 30, 1954 (7:45 PM)
- Opponent:
- Stoke City
- Home/Away:
- Away
- Ground:
- Victoria Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 2
- Score:
- 0-2 LOST
- Half-time: 0-0
- Sources:
- Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
- Enfa.co.uk
- Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 31 August 1954
22- NEXT GAMES:
- Next Game:
- Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
- Stoke City:
- Sep 03, 1955
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 1991 (of 5085)
- League Tier 2:
- 1166 (of 2511)
- Competitive:
- 2187 (of 5827)
- Total:
- 3346 (of 7632)
- Played:
- 72 years, 3 days ago
STOKE CITY
Manager: Frank Taylor
Prior form: WWW (Old to recent)
Goal Scorers
Joe Hutton (72')
Harry Oscroft (78')
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Age | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 38 |  Harry Walker | |
| 2 | D | 28 | Geoff Thomas (1944-60) | |
| 3 | D | 33 | Jack Hutchinson | |
| 4 | M | 30 |  Alan Orr | Last game |
| 5 | D | 21 | Bob McKinlay | |
| 6 | F | 29 | Tom Martin | |
| 7 | F | 27 | Alan Moore | |
| 8 | F | 23 | Tommy Wilson | |
| 9 | M | 29 | Ronnie Blackman | |
| 10 | F | 37 | Freddie Scott | |
| 11 | F | 28 | Hugh McLaren | |
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Bill Robertson |
| 2 | D | Jack Short |
| 3 | D | John McCue |
| 4 | D | Frank Mountford |
| 5 | D | Ken Thomson |
| 6 | M | Johnny Sellars |
| 7 | M | Colin Hutchinson |
| 8 | M | Joe Hutton  |
| 9 | M | Johnny King |
| 10 | F | Bobby Cairns |
| 11 | F | Harry Oscroft |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Rovers | 1-1 | Birmingham City |
| Hull City | 4-0 | Lincoln City |
| Rotherham United | 3-0 | Leeds United |
| Stoke City | 2-0 | Nottingham Forest |
| West Ham United | 2-5 | Blackburn Rovers |
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 | Stoke City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | WWW | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | WWW | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | LWW | |||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | LWW | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | LWW | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | WLW | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | WWL | |||
| 8 | Derby County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | WLW | |||
| 9 | Hull City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | LWW | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | WLD | |||
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | LWD | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | DWL | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | LDW | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | WLL | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 2 | WLL | |||
| 16 | Leeds United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 | WLL | |||
| 17 | Liverpool | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 2 | WLL | |||
| 18 | Bury | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 | LWL | |||
| 19 | West Ham United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 2 | LLW | |||
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | DLL | |||
| 21 | Notts County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 | LDL | |||
| 22 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 | LLL | |||
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 | Stoke City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | WWWW | 2-0 | ||
 7 | 2 | Hull City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | LWWW | 4-0 | |
 1 | 3 | Fulham | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | WWW | ||
| 3 | 4 | Rotherham United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | WWLW | 3-0 | |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | LWWW | 5-2 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Birmingham City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | LWWD | 1-1 | |
| 3 | 7 | Ipswich Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | LWW | ||
| 8 | Derby County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | WLW | |||
| 1 | 9 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | WLDD | 1-1 | |
| 4 | 10 | Lincoln City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 | WLWL | 0-4 | |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | LWD | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | DWL | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | LDW | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | WLL | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 2 | WLL | |||
| 1 | 16 | Liverpool | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 2 | WLL | ||
| 1 | 17 | Bury | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 | LWL | ||
| 2 | 18 | Leeds United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 2 | WLLL | 0-3 | |
| 19 | West Ham United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 2 | LLWL | 2-5 | ||
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | DLL | |||
| 21 | Notts County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 | LDL | |||
| 22 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 0 | LLLL | 0-2 | ||