The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Mon Dec 27, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Dec 27, 1954 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: T Seymour
Attendance:: 25,875
League Week:: 24 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 12 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Mar 02, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2011 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1186 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2207 (of 5790)
Total:: 3366 (of 7585)
Played:: 70 years, 11 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Arthur Turner
Prior form: LWLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Peter Murphy (15')
Jack Burkitt (655') (OG)

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	30	Peter Small
8	F	24	Jim Barrett
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	32	Noel Kelly
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer	22		2	1
2	D	29	Bill Whare	152	1	2	1
3	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	256		2	1
4	M	29	Bill Morley	148	5	2	1
5	D	37	Horace Gager	268	11	2	1
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt	238	9	2	1
7	F	30	Peter Small	12	6	2	1
8	F	24	Jim Barrett	1		2	1
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson	23	3	2	1
10	F	32	Noel Kelly	45	10	2	1
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren	21	9	58	9

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	Johnny Watts
7	M	Gordon Astall
8	M	Noel Kinsey
9	M	Eddie Brown
10	F	Peter Murphy
11	F	Alex Govan

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Dec 27, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	7-2	Doncaster Rovers
Bristol Rovers	1-4	Notts County
Bury	1-1	Stoke City
Derby County	0-0	West Ham United
Hull City	0-4	Luton Town
Ipswich Town	2-0	Liverpool
Lincoln City	2-3	Rotherham United
Middlesbrough	1-0	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Birmingham City
Port Vale	4-0	Fulham
Swansea Town	4-2	Plymouth Argyle

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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