The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 25, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 25, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:
Attendance:: 33,007
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 11 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Dec 27, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2010 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1185 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2206 (of 5829)
Total:: 3365 (of 7634)
Played:: 71 years, 8 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Small (43')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Arthur Turner
Prior form: WLWLWW (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	37	Horace Gager
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	38	Freddie Scott
8	F	24	Jim Barrett	Debut
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Noel Kelly
11	F	30	Peter Small (43')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gil Merrick
2	D	Jeff Hall
3	D	Ken Green
4	D	Len Boyd
5	D	Trevor Smith
6	M	Roy Warhurst
7	M	Gordon Astall
8	M	Jackie Lane
9	M	Eddie Brown
10	F	Peter Murphy
11	F	Alex Govan

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 25, 1954)

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

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	Leeds United	22	13	3	6	41	35	6	3	3	23	17	7	0	3	18	18	6	29	WWDWDW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	22	13	2	7	67	41	9	1	1	45	15	4	1	6	22	26	26	28	LWLLLW
	3	Luton Town	22	13	2	7	50	33	10	0	1	31	12	3	2	6	19	21	17	28	WLWDWW
	4	Stoke City	22	11	5	6	33	22	6	3	2	18	8	5	2	4	15	14	11	27	DWWDWL
	5	Rotherham United	22	12	3	7	52	38	8	1	2	32	14	4	2	5	20	24	14	27	WWDLWD
	6	Fulham	22	11	5	6	51	43	7	2	1	28	14	4	3	5	23	29	8	27	LWDDDL
	7	Bristol Rovers	22	10	4	8	48	37	8	3	0	33	9	2	1	8	15	28	11	24	WWLDLL
	8	Bury	22	9	6	7	46	41	6	3	3	25	20	3	3	4	21	21	5	24	DDLDWW
	9	West Ham United	22	9	6	7	44	43	6	4	1	28	17	3	2	6	16	26	1	24	WWDDLD
	10	Notts County	22	10	4	8	33	36	6	2	2	20	14	4	2	6	13	22	-3	24	LLWWWD
	11	Birmingham City	21	9	5	7	44	25	8	2	1	34	10	1	3	6	10	15	19	23	WLWLWW
	12	Swansea Town	22	9	5	8	45	43	8	2	0	32	10	1	3	8	13	33	2	23	LDDWDD
	13	Hull City	22	8	6	8	26	26	5	2	4	18	12	3	4	4	8	14	0	22	LLDDDL
	14	Lincoln City	22	8	4	10	39	45	5	3	3	23	20	3	1	7	16	25	-6	20	WLDLWL
	15	Liverpool	22	8	4	10	45	53	8	2	1	29	16	0	2	9	16	37	-8	20	LWDWLL
	16	Middlesbrough	22	9	2	11	34	46	7	0	4	24	14	2	2	7	10	32	-12	20	WDWLWW
	17	Doncaster Rovers	20	8	2	10	30	46	6	2	1	18	10	2	0	9	12	36	-16	18	LLLDLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	22	7	3	12	28	34	4	1	7	16	20	3	2	5	12	14	-6	17	WLWDDL
	19	Port Vale	22	5	7	10	23	41	4	4	3	13	13	1	3	7	10	28	-18	17	DDLDLW
	20	Derby County	22	5	5	12	35	49	4	2	5	24	21	1	3	7	11	28	-14	15	LLLWDD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	5	13	31	47	4	2	5	16	19	0	3	8	15	28	-16	13	LWLWLL
	22	Ipswich Town	23	5	2	16	34	55	4	1	7	23	21	1	1	9	11	34	-21	12	LLWLLD

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	1	Blackburn Rovers	23	14	2	7	70	42	9	1	1	45	15	5	1	6	25	27	28	30	WLLLWW		3-1
1	2	Leeds United	23	13	4	6	42	36	6	4	3	24	18	7	0	3	18	18	6	30	WDWDWD		1-1
	3	Luton Town	23	13	3	7	51	34	10	1	1	32	13	3	2	6	19	21	17	29	LWDWWD		1-1
	4	Stoke City	23	12	5	6	36	24	7	3	2	21	10	5	2	4	15	14	12	29	WWDWLW		3-2
	5	Rotherham United	23	13	3	7	55	38	9	1	2	35	14	4	2	5	20	24	17	29	WDLWDW		3-0
	6	Fulham	23	12	5	6	54	44	8	2	1	31	15	4	3	5	23	29	10	29	WDDDLW		3-1
2	7	West Ham United	23	10	6	7	45	43	7	4	1	29	17	3	2	6	16	26	2	26	WDDLDW		1-0
2	8	Notts County	23	11	4	8	35	36	7	2	2	22	14	4	2	6	13	22	-1	26	LWWWDW		2-0
2	9	Bristol Rovers	23	10	4	9	48	39	8	3	0	33	9	2	1	9	15	30	9	24	WLDLLL		0-2
2	10	Bury	23	9	6	8	48	44	6	3	3	25	20	3	3	5	23	24	4	24	DLDWWL		2-3
1	11	Swansea Town	23	9	6	8	47	45	8	2	0	32	10	1	4	8	15	35	2	24	DDWDDD		2-2
1	12	Birmingham City	22	9	5	8	44	26	8	2	2	34	11	1	3	6	10	15	18	23	LWLWWL		0-1
	13	Hull City	23	8	7	8	27	27	5	2	4	18	12	3	5	4	9	15	0	23	LDDDLD		1-1
1	14	Liverpool	23	9	4	10	51	55	9	2	1	35	18	0	2	9	16	37	-4	22	WDWLLW		6-2
1	15	Middlesbrough	23	9	3	11	35	47	7	0	4	24	14	2	3	7	11	33	-12	21	DWLWWD		1-1
2	16	Lincoln City	23	8	4	11	39	48	5	3	3	23	20	3	1	8	16	28	-9	20	LDLWLL		0-3
1	17	Nottingham Forest	23	8	3	12	29	34	4	1	7	16	20	4	2	5	13	14	-5	19	LWDDLW		1-0
1	18	Doncaster Rovers	21	8	2	11	31	49	6	2	2	19	13	2	0	9	12	36	-18	18	LLDLWL		1-3
	19	Port Vale	23	5	7	11	24	44	4	4	3	13	13	1	3	8	11	31	-20	17	DLDLWL		1-3
	20	Derby County	23	5	5	13	35	50	4	2	5	24	21	1	3	8	11	29	-15	15	LLWDDL		0-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	23	4	6	13	33	49	4	3	5	18	21	0	3	8	15	28	-16	14	WLWLLD		2-2
	22	Ipswich Town	24	5	2	17	36	61	4	1	7	23	21	1	1	10	13	40	-25	12	LWLLDL		2-6