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HULL CITY 2 - 3 FOREST - Sat Jan 01, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 01, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Hull City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Boothferry Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: J McLoughlin
Attendance:: 18,997
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 13 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (FA Cup)
League:: Lincoln City
Hull City:: Dec 26, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2012 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1187 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2208 (of 5763)
Total:: 3366 (of 7550)
Played:: 69 years, 9 months, 10 days ago

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

Goals
Freddie Scott
Tommy Wilson
Tommy Wilson

HULL CITY
Manager: Bob Jackson
Prior form: DDDLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

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	38	Freddie Scott
8	F	33	Noel Kelly
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Jim Barrett
11	F	30	Peter Small

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 01, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	1-0	Doncaster Rovers
Fulham	0-0	Bury
Hull City	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Lincoln City	2-0	Leeds United
Liverpool	2-0	Derby County
Luton Town	3-2	Ipswich Town
Notts County	5-1	West Ham United
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	Port Vale
Rotherham United	0-2	Birmingham City
Stoke City	1-2	Middlesbrough
Swansea Town	2-3	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Blackburn Rovers	24	15	2	7	77	44	10	1	1	52	17	5	1	6	25	27	1.75000	32	LLLWWW
	2	Luton Town	24	14	3	7	55	34	10	1	1	32	13	4	2	6	23	21	1.61765	31	WDWWDW
	3	Rotherham United	24	14	3	7	58	40	9	1	2	35	14	5	2	5	23	26	1.45000	31	DLWDWW
	4	Stoke City	24	12	6	6	37	25	7	3	2	21	10	5	3	4	16	15	1.48000	30	WDWLWD
	5	Leeds United	24	13	4	7	42	37	6	4	3	24	18	7	0	4	18	19	1.13514	30	DWDWDL
	6	Fulham	24	12	5	7	54	48	8	2	1	31	15	4	3	6	23	33	1.12500	29	DDDLWL
	7	Notts County	24	12	4	8	39	37	7	2	2	22	14	5	2	6	17	23	1.05405	28	WWWDWW
	8	West Ham United	24	10	7	7	45	43	7	4	1	29	17	3	3	6	16	26	1.04651	27	DDLDWD
	9	Swansea Town	24	10	6	8	51	47	9	2	0	36	12	1	4	8	15	35	1.08511	26	DWDDDW
	10	Birmingham City	23	10	5	8	46	26	8	2	2	34	11	2	3	6	12	15	1.76923	25	WLWWLW
	11	Bury	24	9	7	8	49	45	6	4	3	26	21	3	3	5	23	24	1.08889	25	LDWWLD
	12	Bristol Rovers	24	10	4	10	49	43	8	3	1	34	13	2	1	9	15	30	1.13953	24	LDLLLL
	13	Hull City	24	8	7	9	27	31	5	2	5	18	16	3	5	4	9	15	.87097	23	DDDLDL
	14	Middlesbrough	24	10	3	11	36	47	8	0	4	25	14	2	3	7	11	33	.76596	23	WLWWDW
	15	Liverpool	24	9	4	11	51	57	9	2	1	35	18	0	2	10	16	39	.89474	22	DWLLWL
	16	Lincoln City	24	8	4	12	41	51	5	3	4	25	23	3	1	8	16	28	.80392	20	DLWLLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	24	8	3	13	29	36	4	1	8	16	22	4	2	5	13	14	.80556	19	WDDLWL
	18	Port Vale	24	6	7	11	28	44	5	4	3	17	13	1	3	8	11	31	.63636	19	LDLWLW
	19	Doncaster Rovers	22	8	2	12	33	56	6	2	2	19	13	2	0	10	14	43	.58929	18	LDLWLL
	20	Derby County	24	5	6	13	35	50	4	3	5	24	21	1	3	8	11	29	.70000	16	LWDDLD
	21	Plymouth Argyle	24	4	6	14	35	53	4	3	5	18	21	0	3	9	17	32	.66038	14	LWLLDL
	22	Ipswich Town	25	6	2	17	38	61	5	1	7	25	21	1	1	10	13	40	.62295	14	WLLDLW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Blackburn Rovers	25	16	2	7	80	46	10	1	1	52	17	6	1	6	28	29	1.73913	34	LLWWWW		3-2
	2	Luton Town	25	15	3	7	58	36	11	1	1	35	15	4	2	6	23	21	1.61111	33	DWWDWW		3-2
	3	Rotherham United	25	14	3	8	58	42	9	1	3	35	16	5	2	5	23	26	1.38095	31	LWDWWL		0-2
	4	Stoke City	25	12	6	7	38	27	7	3	3	22	12	5	3	4	16	15	1.40741	30	DWLWDL		1-2
2	5	Notts County	25	13	4	8	44	38	8	2	2	27	15	5	2	6	17	23	1.15789	30	WWDWWW		5-1
	6	Fulham	25	12	6	7	54	48	8	3	1	31	15	4	3	6	23	33	1.12500	30	DDLWLD		0-0
2	7	Leeds United	25	13	4	8	42	39	6	4	3	24	18	7	0	5	18	21	1.07692	30	WDWDLL		0-2
2	8	Birmingham City	24	11	5	8	48	26	8	2	2	34	11	3	3	6	14	15	1.84615	27	LWWLWW		2-0
1	9	West Ham United	25	10	7	8	46	48	7	4	1	29	17	3	3	7	17	31	.95833	27	DLDWDL		1-5
2	10	Bristol Rovers	25	11	4	10	50	43	9	3	1	35	13	2	1	9	15	30	1.16279	26	DLLLLW		1-0
	11	Bury	25	9	8	8	49	45	6	4	3	26	21	3	4	5	23	24	1.08889	26	DWWLDD		0-0
3	12	Swansea Town	25	10	6	9	53	50	9	2	1	38	15	1	4	8	15	35	1.06000	26	WDDDWL		2-3
1	13	Middlesbrough	25	11	3	11	38	48	8	0	4	25	14	3	3	7	13	34	.79167	25	LWWDWW		2-1
1	14	Liverpool	25	10	4	11	53	57	10	2	1	37	18	0	2	10	16	39	.92982	24	WLLWLW		2-0
2	15	Hull City	25	8	7	10	29	34	5	2	6	20	19	3	5	4	9	15	.85294	23	DDLDLL		2-3
	16	Lincoln City	25	9	4	12	43	51	6	3	4	27	23	3	1	8	16	28	.84314	22	LWLLLW		2-0
	17	Nottingham Forest	25	9	3	13	32	38	4	1	8	16	22	5	2	5	16	16	.84211	21	DDLWLW		3-2
	18	Port Vale	25	6	8	11	28	44	5	4	3	17	13	1	4	8	11	31	.63636	20	DLWLWD		0-0
	19	Doncaster Rovers	23	8	2	13	33	57	6	2	2	19	13	2	0	11	14	44	.57895	18	DLWLLL		0-1
	20	Derby County	25	5	6	14	35	52	4	3	5	24	21	1	3	9	11	31	.67308	16	WDDLDL		0-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	25	4	7	14	35	53	4	4	5	18	21	0	3	9	17	32	.66038	15	WLLDLD		0-0
	22	Ipswich Town	26	6	2	18	40	64	5	1	7	25	21	1	1	11	15	43	.62500	14	LLDLWL		2-3