The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 LEEDS UNITED - Sat Feb 05, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 05, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: F Stringer
Attendance:: 14,074
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Leeds United:: Oct 08, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2014 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1189 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2213 (of 5824)
Total:: 3372 (of 7629)
Played:: 71 years, 6 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (15')

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Raich Carter
Prior form: WDLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Charles (70') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	33	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	38	Freddie Scott
8	F	33	Noel Kelly	Last game
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Jim Barrett (15')
11	F	30	Peter Small

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roy Wood
2	D	Jimmy Dunn
3	D	Grenville Hair
4	D	Keith Ripley
5	D	John Charles
6	M	Eric Kerfoot
7	M	Harold Williams
8	M	Peter Vickers
9	M	Bobby Forrest
10	F	Harold Brook
11	F	Andy McCall

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 05, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-3	Lincoln City
Blackburn Rovers	8-3	Bristol Rovers
Derby County	6-1	Port Vale
Doncaster Rovers	0-4	Rotherham United
Fulham	1-2	Liverpool
Ipswich Town	2-3	Bury
Middlesbrough	1-2	Hull City
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Leeds United
Stoke City	0-0	Luton Town
Swansea Town	3-0	Notts County
West Ham United	6-1	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	Luton Town	26	16	3	7	60	36	12	1	1	37	15	4	2	6	23	21	24	35	WWDWWW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	27	16	2	9	85	55	10	1	2	56	22	6	1	7	29	33	30	34	WWWWLL
	3	Notts County	26	14	4	8	49	42	8	2	2	27	15	6	2	6	22	27	7	32	WDWWWW
	4	Leeds United	27	14	4	9	43	41	7	4	3	25	18	7	0	6	18	23	2	32	WDLLWL
	5	Rotherham United	26	14	3	9	59	47	9	1	3	35	16	5	2	6	24	31	12	31	WDWWLL
	6	Stoke City	25	12	6	7	38	27	7	3	3	22	12	5	3	4	16	15	11	30	DWLWDL
	7	Fulham	25	12	6	7	54	48	8	3	1	31	15	4	3	6	23	33	6	30	DDLWLD
	8	West Ham United	26	11	7	8	50	50	7	4	1	29	17	4	3	7	21	33	0	29	LDWDLW
	9	Swansea Town	26	11	6	9	55	50	10	2	1	40	15	1	4	8	15	35	5	28	DDDWLW
	10	Birmingham City	24	11	5	8	48	26	8	2	2	34	11	3	3	6	14	15	22	27	LWWLWW
	11	Middlesbrough	27	12	3	12	43	51	9	0	4	30	15	3	3	8	13	36	-8	27	WDWWWL
	12	Bristol Rovers	26	11	4	11	52	47	9	3	2	37	17	2	1	9	15	30	5	26	LLLLWL
	13	Bury	26	9	8	9	49	46	6	4	3	26	21	3	4	6	23	25	3	26	WWLDDL
	14	Liverpool	26	11	4	11	57	58	11	2	1	41	19	0	2	10	16	39	-1	26	LLWLWW
	15	Hull City	25	8	7	10	29	34	5	2	6	20	19	3	5	4	9	15	-5	23	DDLDLL
	16	Lincoln City	26	9	5	12	44	52	6	3	4	27	23	3	2	8	17	29	-8	23	WLLLWD
	17	Nottingham Forest	26	9	4	13	33	39	4	2	8	17	23	5	2	5	16	16	-6	22	DLWLWD
	18	Port Vale	26	6	9	11	29	45	5	5	3	18	14	1	4	8	11	31	-16	21	LWLWDD
	19	Doncaster Rovers	25	9	3	13	37	60	7	2	2	22	15	2	1	11	15	45	-23	21	WLLLWD
	20	Plymouth Argyle	27	5	7	15	38	56	5	4	5	19	21	0	3	10	19	35	-18	17	LDLDLW
	21	Derby County	26	5	6	15	35	53	4	3	5	24	21	1	3	10	11	32	-18	16	DDLDLL
	22	Ipswich Town	26	6	2	18	40	64	5	1	7	25	21	1	1	11	15	43	-24	14	LLDLWL

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	Luton Town	27	16	4	7	60	36	12	1	1	37	15	4	3	6	23	21	24	36	WDWWWD		0-0
	2	Blackburn Rovers	28	17	2	9	93	58	11	1	2	64	25	6	1	7	29	33	35	36	WWWLLW		8-3
2	3	Rotherham United	27	15	3	9	63	47	9	1	3	35	16	6	2	6	28	31	16	33	DWWLLW		4-0
	4	Leeds United	28	14	5	9	44	42	7	4	3	25	18	7	1	6	19	24	2	33	DLLWLD		1-1
2	5	Notts County	27	14	4	9	49	45	8	2	2	27	15	6	2	7	22	30	4	32	DWWWWL		0-3
	6	Stoke City	26	12	7	7	38	27	7	4	3	22	12	5	3	4	16	15	11	31	WLWDLD		0-0
1	7	West Ham United	27	12	7	8	56	51	8	4	1	35	18	4	3	7	21	33	5	31	DWDLWW		6-1
1	8	Swansea Town	27	12	6	9	58	50	11	2	1	43	15	1	4	8	15	35	8	30	DDWLWW		3-0
2	9	Fulham	26	12	6	8	55	50	8	3	2	32	17	4	3	6	23	33	5	30	DLWLDL		1-2
	10	Birmingham City	25	11	6	8	51	29	8	3	2	37	14	3	3	6	14	15	22	28	WWLWWD		3-3
2	11	Bury	27	10	8	9	52	48	6	4	3	26	21	4	4	6	26	27	4	28	WLDDLW		3-2
2	12	Liverpool	27	12	4	11	59	59	11	2	1	41	19	1	2	10	18	40	0	28	LWLWWW		2-1
2	13	Middlesbrough	28	12	3	13	44	53	9	0	5	31	17	3	3	8	13	36	-9	27	DWWWLL		1-2
2	14	Bristol Rovers	27	11	4	12	55	55	9	3	2	37	17	2	1	10	18	38	0	26	LLLWLL		3-8
	15	Hull City	26	9	7	10	31	35	5	2	6	20	19	4	5	4	11	16	-4	25	DLDLLW		2-1
	16	Lincoln City	27	9	6	12	47	55	6	3	4	27	23	3	3	8	20	32	-8	24	LLLWDD		3-3
	17	Nottingham Forest	27	9	5	13	34	40	4	3	8	18	24	5	2	5	16	16	-6	23	LWLWDD		1-1
	18	Port Vale	27	6	9	12	30	51	5	5	3	18	14	1	4	9	12	37	-21	21	WLWDDL		1-6
	19	Doncaster Rovers	26	9	3	14	37	64	7	2	3	22	19	2	1	11	15	45	-27	21	LLLWDL		0-4
1	20	Derby County	27	6	6	15	41	54	5	3	5	30	22	1	3	10	11	32	-13	18	DLDLLW		6-1
1	21	Plymouth Argyle	28	5	7	16	39	62	5	4	5	19	21	0	3	11	20	41	-23	17	DLDLWL		1-6
	22	Ipswich Town	27	6	2	19	42	67	5	1	8	27	24	1	1	11	15	43	-25	14	LDLWLL		2-3