The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat Dec 11, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 11, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: F Read
Attendance:: 13,112
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 10 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Apr 30, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2008 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1183 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2204 (of 5829)
Total:: 3363 (of 7634)
Played:: 71 years, 9 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Billy McCandless
Prior form: WWLDDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	29	Bill Whare
3	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	24	Tommy Wilson
8	F	26	Sid Thompson	Last game
9	M	36	Wally Ardron
10	F	29	Tom Martin
11	F	30	Peter Small

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John King
2	D	Arthur Willis
3	D	Dai Thomas
4	D	Mel Charles
5	D	Tom Kiley
6	M	Ron Burgess
7	M	Len Allchurch
8	M	Harry Griffiths
9	M	Terry Medwin
10	F	Ivor Allchurch
11	F	Cliff Jones

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 11, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	9-1	Liverpool
Bury	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Hull City	1-1	Derby County
Ipswich Town	0-1	Notts County
Leeds United	1-1	Fulham
Lincoln City	2-1	West Ham United
Luton Town	3-0	Doncaster Rovers
Middlesbrough	1-0	Bristol Rovers
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Swansea Town
Rotherham United	3-0	Port Vale
Stoke City	3-1	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Blackburn Rovers	20	12	2	6	63	38	8	1	1	42	14	4	1	5	21	24	25	26	DWLWLL
	2	Fulham	20	11	4	5	49	39	7	2	1	28	14	4	2	4	21	25	10	26	WDLWDD
	3	Leeds United	20	12	2	6	37	34	5	2	3	19	16	7	0	3	18	18	3	26	WWWWDW
	4	Stoke City	20	10	5	5	30	19	5	3	2	15	7	5	2	3	15	12	11	25	LDDWWD
	5	Bristol Rovers	20	10	4	6	48	35	8	3	0	33	9	2	1	6	15	26	13	24	LDWWLD
	6	Luton Town	20	11	2	7	42	32	9	0	1	28	12	2	2	6	14	20	10	24	LDWLWD
	7	Rotherham United	20	11	2	7	47	36	7	1	2	29	14	4	1	5	18	22	11	24	LLWWDL
	8	West Ham United	20	9	5	6	40	38	6	3	1	25	14	3	2	5	15	24	2	23	LDWWDD
	9	Hull City	20	8	5	7	25	22	5	1	4	17	11	3	4	3	8	11	3	21	WLLLDD
	10	Swansea Town	20	9	3	8	42	40	8	2	0	32	10	1	1	8	10	30	2	21	WWLDDW
	11	Notts County	20	9	3	8	31	35	6	2	2	20	14	3	1	6	11	21	-4	21	LDLLWW
	12	Liverpool	20	8	4	8	43	40	8	2	1	29	16	0	2	7	14	24	3	20	DWLWDW
	13	Bury	20	7	6	7	41	39	4	3	3	20	18	3	3	4	21	21	2	20	WWDDLD
	14	Birmingham City	19	7	5	7	33	24	6	2	1	23	9	1	3	6	10	15	9	19	DDWLWL
	15	Lincoln City	20	7	4	9	36	41	4	3	3	21	19	3	1	6	15	22	-5	18	DDWLDL
	16	Nottingham Forest	20	7	2	11	27	29	4	0	6	15	15	3	2	5	12	14	-2	16	LWWLWD
	17	Middlesbrough	20	7	2	11	29	45	5	0	4	19	13	2	2	7	10	32	-16	16	WLWDWL
	18	Doncaster Rovers	18	7	2	9	26	42	5	2	1	14	9	2	0	8	12	33	-16	16	LLLLLD
	19	Port Vale	20	4	7	9	22	38	3	4	3	12	13	1	3	6	10	25	-16	15	WLDDLD
	20	Plymouth Argyle	20	4	5	11	29	40	4	2	5	16	19	0	3	6	13	21	-11	13	LLLWLW
	21	Derby County	20	5	3	12	33	47	4	1	5	23	20	1	2	7	10	27	-14	13	DWLLLW
	22	Ipswich Town	21	5	1	15	32	52	4	0	6	21	18	1	1	9	11	34	-20	11	WLLLWL

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)
3	1	Stoke City	21	11	5	5	33	20	6	3	2	18	8	5	2	3	15	12	13	27	DDWWDW		3-1
	2	Fulham	21	11	5	5	50	40	7	2	1	28	14	4	3	4	22	26	10	27	DLWDDD		1-1
	3	Leeds United	21	12	3	6	38	35	5	3	3	20	17	7	0	3	18	18	3	27	WWWDWD		1-1
3	4	Blackburn Rovers	21	12	2	7	64	40	8	1	1	42	14	4	1	6	22	26	24	26	WLWLLL		1-2
1	5	Luton Town	21	12	2	7	45	32	10	0	1	31	12	2	2	6	14	20	13	26	DWLWDW		3-0
1	6	Rotherham United	21	12	2	7	50	36	8	1	2	32	14	4	1	5	18	22	14	26	LWWDLW		3-0
2	7	Bristol Rovers	21	10	4	7	48	36	8	3	0	33	9	2	1	7	15	27	12	24	DWWLDL		0-1
	8	West Ham United	21	9	5	7	41	40	6	3	1	25	14	3	2	6	16	26	1	23	DWWDDL		1-2
2	9	Notts County	21	10	3	8	32	35	6	2	2	20	14	4	1	6	12	21	-3	23	DLLWWW		1-0
1	10	Hull City	21	8	6	7	26	23	5	2	4	18	12	3	4	3	8	11	3	22	LLLDDD		1-1
2	11	Bury	21	8	6	7	43	40	5	3	3	22	19	3	3	4	21	21	3	22	WDDLDW		2-1
2	12	Swansea Town	21	9	4	8	42	40	8	2	0	32	10	1	2	8	10	30	2	22	WLDDWD		0-0
1	13	Birmingham City	20	8	5	7	42	25	7	2	1	32	10	1	3	6	10	15	17	21	DWLWLW		9-1
1	14	Lincoln City	21	8	4	9	38	42	5	3	3	23	20	3	1	6	15	22	-4	20	DWLDLW		2-1
3	15	Liverpool	21	8	4	9	44	49	8	2	1	29	16	0	2	8	15	33	-5	20	WLWDWL		1-9
1	16	Middlesbrough	21	8	2	11	30	45	6	0	4	20	13	2	2	7	10	32	-15	18	LWDWLW		1-0
1	17	Nottingham Forest	21	7	3	11	27	29	4	1	6	15	15	3	2	5	12	14	-2	17	WWLWDD		0-0
	18	Doncaster Rovers	19	7	2	10	26	45	5	2	1	14	9	2	0	9	12	36	-19	16	LLLLDL		0-3
	19	Port Vale	21	4	7	10	22	41	3	4	3	12	13	1	3	7	10	28	-19	15	LDDLDL		0-3
1	20	Derby County	21	5	4	12	34	48	4	1	5	23	20	1	3	7	11	28	-14	14	WLLLWD		1-1
1	21	Plymouth Argyle	21	4	5	12	30	43	4	2	5	16	19	0	3	7	14	24	-13	13	LLWLWL		1-3
	22	Ipswich Town	22	5	1	16	32	53	4	0	7	21	19	1	1	9	11	34	-21	11	LLLWLL		0-1