The City Ground

IPSWICH TOWN 2 - 1 FOREST - Wed Mar 09, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Mar 09, 1955 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Ipswich Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Portman Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: A Smith
Attendance:: 4,917
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Ipswich Town:: Nov 04, 1961

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2017 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1192 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2219 (of 5828)
Total:: 3378 (of 7633)
Played:: 71 years, 5 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (75')

IPSWICH TOWN
Manager: Scott Duncan
Prior form: WLLLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Brown (18')
Tommy Garneys (47')

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 (75')
11	F	30	Peter Small

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George McMillan
2	D	Basil Acres
3	D	Jim Feeney
4	D	Neil Myles
5	D	Doug Rees
6	M	Ron Murchison
7	M	Billy Reed
8	M	Wilf Grant
9	M	Tommy Garneys
10	F	Tommy Brown
11	F	George MacLuckie

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Mar 09, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Ipswich Town	2-1	Nottingham Forest

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	Blackburn Rovers	32	19	3	10	98	61	12	1	3	66	27	7	2	7	32	34	37	41	LWWWDL	Safe
	2	Luton Town	30	17	5	8	65	38	13	1	1	41	15	4	4	7	24	23	27	39	WWDWDL
	3	Leeds United	32	16	5	11	50	47	9	4	3	30	19	7	1	8	20	28	3	37	LDWWLL
	4	Stoke City	29	14	8	7	47	32	8	4	3	26	14	6	4	4	21	18	15	36	DLDDWW
	5	Rotherham United	30	16	3	11	65	52	10	1	3	37	16	6	2	8	28	36	13	35	LLWLWL
	6	Birmingham City	28	14	6	8	57	29	9	3	2	39	14	5	3	6	18	15	28	34	WWDWWW
	7	West Ham United	30	13	8	9	59	54	9	4	2	37	20	4	4	7	22	34	5	34	LWWDLW
	8	Notts County	30	15	4	11	54	52	9	2	4	32	22	6	2	7	22	30	2	34	WWLWLL
	9	Fulham	29	13	6	10	62	58	9	3	3	38	21	4	3	7	24	37	4	32	LDLLLW
	10	Middlesbrough	31	14	4	13	54	59	10	0	5	35	19	4	4	8	19	40	-5	32	WLLDWW
	11	Bristol Rovers	30	13	5	12	61	57	11	3	2	42	18	2	2	10	19	39	4	31	WLLWDW
	12	Swansea Town	30	12	7	11	61	58	11	2	2	43	18	1	5	9	18	40	3	31	LWWDLL
	13	Liverpool	30	13	5	12	65	64	11	3	2	44	24	2	2	10	21	40	1	31	WWWDWL
	14	Bury	30	11	8	11	56	55	6	4	5	27	26	5	4	6	29	29	1	30	DLWLLW
	15	Doncaster Rovers	30	12	4	14	45	66	8	3	3	25	20	4	1	11	20	46	-21	28	DLWWWD
	16	Lincoln City	30	9	8	13	53	63	6	4	4	30	26	3	4	9	23	37	-10	26	WDDDLD
	17	Hull City	30	9	8	13	32	43	5	3	7	21	22	4	5	6	11	21	-11	26	LWDLLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	29	10	5	14	36	44	4	3	8	18	24	6	2	6	18	20	-8	25	LWDDLW
	19	Port Vale	30	7	10	13	35	54	6	6	3	22	15	1	4	10	13	39	-19	24	DDLDLW
	20	Plymouth Argyle	32	8	7	17	46	67	6	4	6	21	24	2	3	11	25	43	-21	23	WLLWWW
	21	Derby County	32	6	8	18	44	61	5	5	6	33	26	1	3	12	11	35	-17	20	WLDLDL
	22	Ipswich Town	30	6	3	21	45	76	5	2	8	28	25	1	1	13	17	51	-31	15	WLLLDL

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	Blackburn Rovers	32	19	3	10	98	61	12	1	3	66	27	7	2	7	32	34	37	41	LWWWDL	Safe
	2	Luton Town	30	17	5	8	65	38	13	1	1	41	15	4	4	7	24	23	27	39	WWDWDL
	3	Leeds United	32	16	5	11	50	47	9	4	3	30	19	7	1	8	20	28	3	37	LDWWLL
	4	Stoke City	29	14	8	7	47	32	8	4	3	26	14	6	4	4	21	18	15	36	DLDDWW
	5	Rotherham United	30	16	3	11	65	52	10	1	3	37	16	6	2	8	28	36	13	35	LLWLWL
	6	Birmingham City	28	14	6	8	57	29	9	3	2	39	14	5	3	6	18	15	28	34	WWDWWW
	7	West Ham United	30	13	8	9	59	54	9	4	2	37	20	4	4	7	22	34	5	34	LWWDLW
	8	Notts County	30	15	4	11	54	52	9	2	4	32	22	6	2	7	22	30	2	34	WWLWLL
	9	Fulham	29	13	6	10	62	58	9	3	3	38	21	4	3	7	24	37	4	32	LDLLLW
	10	Middlesbrough	31	14	4	13	54	59	10	0	5	35	19	4	4	8	19	40	-5	32	WLLDWW
	11	Bristol Rovers	30	13	5	12	61	57	11	3	2	42	18	2	2	10	19	39	4	31	WLLWDW
	12	Swansea Town	30	12	7	11	61	58	11	2	2	43	18	1	5	9	18	40	3	31	LWWDLL
	13	Liverpool	30	13	5	12	65	64	11	3	2	44	24	2	2	10	21	40	1	31	WWWDWL
	14	Bury	30	11	8	11	56	55	6	4	5	27	26	5	4	6	29	29	1	30	DLWLLW
	15	Doncaster Rovers	30	12	4	14	45	66	8	3	3	25	20	4	1	11	20	46	-21	28	DLWWWD
	16	Lincoln City	30	9	8	13	53	63	6	4	4	30	26	3	4	9	23	37	-10	26	WDDDLD
	17	Hull City	30	9	8	13	32	43	5	3	7	21	22	4	5	6	11	21	-11	26	LWDLLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	30	10	5	15	37	46	4	3	8	18	24	6	2	7	19	22	-9	25	WDDLWL		1-2
	19	Port Vale	30	7	10	13	35	54	6	6	3	22	15	1	4	10	13	39	-19	24	DDLDLW
	20	Plymouth Argyle	32	8	7	17	46	67	6	4	6	21	24	2	3	11	25	43	-21	23	WLLWWW
	21	Derby County	32	6	8	18	44	61	5	5	6	33	26	1	3	12	11	35	-17	20	WLDLDL
	22	Ipswich Town	31	7	3	21	47	77	6	2	8	30	26	1	1	13	17	51	-30	17	LLLDLW		2-1