The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 ROTHERHAM UNITED - Fri Apr 08, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 08, 1955 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: Jack Clough
Attendance:: 12,837
Pos Before/After:: 14 15
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (League Tier 2)
Rotherham United:: Apr 11, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2022 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1197 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2224 (of 5721)
Total:: 3381 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Andy Smailes
Prior form: LWLWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Bill Farmer
2	D	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	Bill Morley
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Peter Small
8	F	Jack French
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Jim Barrett
11	F	Hugh McLaren

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 (Fri Apr 08, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Lincoln City
Bristol Rovers	3-1	Plymouth Argyle
Bury	4-1	Hull City
Derby County	1-4	Swansea Town
Doncaster Rovers	4-2	Notts County
Luton Town	0-0	Leeds United
Middlesbrough	2-5	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Rotherham United
Port Vale	4-3	Liverpool
West Ham United	2-1	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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Luton Town	34	19	6	9	76	45	15	1	1	47	16	4	5	8	29	29	1.68889	44	DLWLWD
	2	Blackburn Rovers	36	20	4	12	107	73	13	2	3	71	30	7	2	9	36	43	1.46575	44	DLLWLD
	3	Leeds United	36	19	5	12	57	50	11	4	3	35	19	8	1	9	22	31	1.14000	43	LLWLWW
	4	West Ham United	34	17	8	9	69	56	11	4	2	43	21	6	4	7	26	35	1.23214	42	LWWWWW
	5	Stoke City	34	16	9	9	56	40	9	5	4	30	17	7	4	5	26	23	1.40000	41	WLLDWW
	6	Birmingham City	33	16	8	9	68	37	11	3	3	47	19	5	5	6	21	18	1.83784	40	WWDLWD
	7	Notts County	35	18	4	13	63	62	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	9	25	37	1.01613	40	LWWLLW
	8	Rotherham United	33	17	4	12	73	57	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	9	31	40	1.28070	38	LWLWDL
	9	Bristol Rovers	35	16	6	13	67	61	13	3	2	45	19	3	3	11	22	42	1.09836	38	WLWWDW
	10	Middlesbrough	35	17	4	14	64	66	12	0	5	42	23	5	4	9	22	43	.96970	38	WWWLWW
	11	Liverpool	34	14	7	13	77	77	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	10	27	45	1.00000	35	WLWLDD
	12	Swansea Town	34	13	8	13	70	69	12	3	3	49	25	1	5	10	21	44	1.01449	34	LLLWDL
	13	Fulham	34	13	8	13	67	68	9	4	4	40	24	4	4	9	27	44	.98529	34	WLDDLL
	14	Nottingham Forest	34	14	5	15	46	49	6	3	8	23	25	8	2	7	23	24	.93878	33	WLWWWW
	15	Bury	34	12	8	14	63	63	7	4	6	33	31	5	4	8	30	32	1.00000	32	LWLLWL
	16	Hull City	34	10	9	15	39	52	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	8	12	25	.75000	29	LLWLDL
	17	Doncaster Rovers	34	12	5	17	48	75	8	4	4	26	22	4	1	13	22	53	.64000	29	WDLDLL
	18	Lincoln City	34	10	8	16	58	70	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	10	27	40	.82857	28	LDLWLL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	7	19	51	73	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	13	26	48	.69863	27	WWLWLW
	20	Port Vale	34	8	10	16	37	60	7	6	4	24	17	1	4	12	13	43	.61667	26	LWLLLW
	21	Ipswich Town	35	9	4	22	51	83	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	14	18	56	.61446	22	LWWDWL
	22	Derby County	36	6	9	21	47	68	5	6	7	34	28	1	3	14	13	40	.69118	21	DLLDLL

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	Result(s)
1	1	Blackburn Rovers	37	21	4	12	108	73	14	2	3	72	30	7	2	9	36	43	1.47945	46	LLWLDW	1-0
1	2	Luton Town	35	19	7	9	76	45	15	2	1	47	16	4	5	8	29	29	1.68889	45	LWLWDD	0-0
1	3	West Ham United	35	18	8	9	71	57	12	4	2	45	22	6	4	7	26	35	1.24561	44	WWWWWW	2-1
1	4	Leeds United	37	19	6	12	57	50	11	4	3	35	19	8	2	9	22	31	1.14000	44	LWLWWD	0-0
1	5	Birmingham City	34	17	8	9	73	39	11	3	3	47	19	6	5	6	26	20	1.87179	42	WDLWDW	5-2
1	6	Stoke City	34	16	9	9	56	40	9	5	4	30	17	7	4	5	26	23	1.40000	41	WLLDWW
1	7	Rotherham United	34	18	4	12	75	57	11	1	3	42	17	7	3	9	33	40	1.31579	40	WLWDLW	2-0
1	8	Bristol Rovers	36	17	6	13	70	62	14	3	2	48	20	3	3	11	22	42	1.12903	40	LWWDWW	3-1
2	9	Notts County	36	18	4	14	65	66	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	10	27	41	.98485	40	WWLLWL	2-4
	10	Middlesbrough	36	17	4	15	66	71	12	0	6	44	28	5	4	9	22	43	.92958	38	WWLWWL	2-5
1	11	Swansea Town	35	14	8	13	74	70	12	3	3	49	25	2	5	10	25	45	1.05714	36	LLWDLW	4-1
1	12	Liverpool	35	14	7	14	80	81	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	11	30	49	.98765	35	LWLDDL	3-4
2	13	Bury	35	13	8	14	67	64	8	4	6	37	32	5	4	8	30	32	1.04688	34	WLLWLW	4-1
1	14	Fulham	35	13	8	14	68	70	9	4	4	40	24	4	4	10	28	46	.97143	34	LDDLLL	1-2
1	15	Nottingham Forest	35	14	5	16	46	51	6	3	9	23	27	8	2	7	23	24	.90196	33	LWWWWL	0-2
1	16	Doncaster Rovers	35	13	5	17	52	77	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	13	22	53	.67532	31	DLDLLW	4-2
1	17	Hull City	35	10	9	16	40	56	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	9	13	29	.71429	29	LWLDLL	1-4
	18	Lincoln City	35	10	8	17	58	71	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	11	27	41	.81690	28	DLWLLL	0-1
1	19	Port Vale	35	9	10	16	41	63	8	6	4	28	20	1	4	12	13	43	.65079	28	WLLLWW	4-3
1	20	Plymouth Argyle	37	10	7	20	52	76	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	14	27	51	.68421	27	WLWLWL	1-3
	21	Ipswich Town	35	9	4	22	51	83	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	14	18	56	.61446	22	LWWDWL
	22	Derby County	37	6	9	22	48	72	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	14	13	40	.66667	21	LLDLLL	1-4