The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 DONCASTER ROVERS - Sat Mar 26, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 26, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: R Hartley
Attendance:: 6,560
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 16 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Sep 17, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2020 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 1195 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2222 (of 5830)
Total:: 3382 (of 7635)
Played:: 71 years, 6 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack French (25')
Jack French (32')
Tommy Wilson (69')

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Peter Doherty
Prior form: WWWDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bert Tindill (12')

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	30	Peter Small
8	F	30	Jack French (25') (32')
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson (69')
10	F	24	Jim Barrett
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ken Hardwick
2	D	Brian Makepeace
3	D	Len Graham
4	D	Morgan Hunt
5	D	Charlie Williams
6	M	Bobby Herbert
7	M	Ronnie Walker
8	M	Alick Jeffrey
9	M	Jimmy Walker
10	F	Bert Tindill
11	F	Geoff Walker

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 26, 1955)

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

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	34	20	3	11	101	66	13	1	3	68	27	7	2	8	33	39	35	43	WWDLLW	Safe
	2	Luton Town	32	18	5	9	69	40	14	1	1	44	15	4	4	8	25	25	29	41	DWDLWL	Safe
	3	Leeds United	34	17	5	12	53	50	10	4	3	32	19	7	1	9	21	31	3	39	WWLLWL	Safe
	4	Rotherham United	32	17	4	11	71	54	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	8	29	37	17	38	WLWLWD
	5	West Ham United	32	15	8	9	63	55	10	4	2	39	21	5	4	7	24	34	8	38	WDLWWW
	6	Notts County	32	17	4	11	59	54	10	2	4	35	23	7	2	7	24	31	5	38	LWLLWW
	7	Birmingham City	30	15	7	8	61	30	10	3	2	43	15	5	4	6	18	15	31	37	DWWWWD
	8	Stoke City	31	14	8	9	47	36	8	4	4	26	16	6	4	5	21	20	11	36	DDWWLL
	9	Middlesbrough	33	15	4	14	58	62	11	0	5	38	20	4	4	9	20	42	-4	34	LDWWWL
	10	Bristol Rovers	32	14	5	13	63	60	12	3	2	44	19	2	2	11	19	41	3	33	LWDWLW
	11	Swansea Town	32	13	7	12	66	63	12	2	2	45	19	1	5	10	21	44	3	33	WDLLLW
	12	Fulham	31	13	7	11	63	62	9	4	3	39	22	4	3	8	24	40	1	33	LLLWLD
	13	Liverpool	32	14	5	13	71	71	11	3	3	46	28	3	2	10	25	43	0	33	WDWLWL
	14	Bury	32	11	8	13	60	61	6	4	6	30	30	5	4	7	30	31	-1	30	WLLWLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	32	12	5	15	41	47	5	3	8	20	24	7	2	7	21	23	-6	29	DLWLWW
	16	Doncaster Rovers	32	12	5	15	47	71	8	4	3	26	21	4	1	12	21	50	-24	29	WWWDLD
	17	Lincoln City	32	10	8	14	58	67	6	4	5	31	28	4	4	9	27	39	-9	28	DDLDLW
	18	Hull City	32	10	8	14	37	49	6	3	7	25	25	4	5	7	12	24	-12	28	DLLLWL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	34	9	7	18	49	70	7	4	6	24	25	2	3	12	25	45	-21	25	LWWWLW
	20	Port Vale	32	7	10	15	36	57	6	6	4	23	17	1	4	11	13	40	-21	24	LDLWLL
	21	Derby County	34	6	9	19	45	64	5	6	6	33	26	1	3	13	12	38	-19	21	DLDLLD
	22	Ipswich Town	33	8	4	21	49	78	7	2	8	31	26	1	2	13	18	52	-29	20	LDLWWD

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	1	Luton Town	33	19	5	9	72	41	15	1	1	47	16	4	4	8	25	25	31	43	WDLWLW	Safe	3-1
1	2	Blackburn Rovers	35	20	3	12	104	70	13	1	3	68	27	7	2	9	36	43	34	43	WDLLWL	Safe	3-4
	3	Leeds United	35	18	5	12	56	50	11	4	3	35	19	7	1	9	21	31	6	41	WLLWLW	Safe	3-0
1	4	West Ham United	33	16	8	9	65	56	10	4	2	39	21	6	4	7	26	35	9	40	DLWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	5	Rotherham United	32	17	4	11	71	54	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	8	29	37	17	38	WLWLWD
	6	Notts County	33	17	4	12	60	57	10	2	4	35	23	7	2	8	25	34	3	38	WLLWWL		1-3
	7	Birmingham City	31	15	7	9	62	32	10	3	3	44	17	5	4	6	18	15	30	37	WWWWDL		1-2
	8	Stoke City	32	14	9	9	48	37	8	5	4	27	17	6	4	5	21	20	11	37	DWWLLD		1-1
	9	Middlesbrough	34	16	4	14	62	65	12	0	5	42	23	4	4	9	20	42	-3	36	DWWWLW		4-3
	10	Bristol Rovers	33	15	5	13	65	60	12	3	2	44	19	3	2	11	21	41	5	35	WDWLWW		2-0
1	11	Fulham	32	13	8	11	64	63	9	4	3	39	22	4	4	8	25	41	1	34	LLWLDD		1-1
1	12	Liverpool	33	14	6	13	73	73	11	3	3	46	28	3	3	10	27	45	0	34	DWLWLD		2-2
2	13	Swansea Town	32	13	7	12	66	63	12	2	2	45	19	1	5	10	21	44	3	33	WDLLLW
	14	Bury	33	12	8	13	63	62	7	4	6	33	31	5	4	7	30	31	1	32	LLWLLW		3-1
	15	Nottingham Forest	33	13	5	15	44	48	6	3	8	23	25	7	2	7	21	23	-4	31	LWLWWW		3-1
2	16	Hull City	33	10	9	14	39	51	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	7	12	24	-12	29	LLLWLD		2-2
1	17	Doncaster Rovers	33	12	5	16	48	74	8	4	3	26	21	4	1	13	22	53	-26	29	WWDLDL		1-3
1	18	Lincoln City	33	10	8	15	58	69	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	9	27	39	-11	28	DLDLWL		0-2
	19	Plymouth Argyle	35	9	7	19	50	73	7	4	6	24	25	2	3	13	26	48	-23	25	WWWLWL		1-3
	20	Port Vale	33	7	10	16	36	60	6	6	4	23	17	1	4	12	13	43	-24	24	DLWLLL		0-3
1	21	Ipswich Town	34	9	4	21	51	79	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	13	18	52	-28	22	DLWWDW		2-1
1	22	Derby County	35	6	9	20	46	66	5	6	6	33	26	1	3	14	13	40	-20	21	LDLLDL		1-2