The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 05, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 05, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: P Power
Attendance:: 27,306
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ipswich Town (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Jan 02, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2016 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1191 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2218 (of 5789)
Total:: 3377 (of 7584)
Played:: 70 years, 9 months, 4 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (67')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: LLWWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	29	Bill Whare
3	D	29	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	30	Jack French
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Jim Barrett (67')
11	F	30	Peter Small

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer	32		3	1
2	D	29	Bill Whare	160	1	3	1
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	267		3	1
4	M	29	Bill Morley	159	5	3	1
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay	36		3	1
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt	249	10	3	1
7	F	38	Freddie Scott	308	44	3	1
8	F	30	Jack French	61	2	3	1
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson	34	7	3	1
10	F	24	Jim Barrett (67')	11	3	3	1
11	F	30	Peter Small	23	7	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Reg Elvy
2	D	Bill Smith
3	D	Bill Eckersley
4	D	Ronnie Clayton
5	D	Willie Kelly
6	M	Eric Bell
7	M	Frank Mooney
8	M	Eddie Crossan
9	M	Tommy Briggs
10	F	Eddie Quigley
11	F	Bobby Langton

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

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

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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