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

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: Jack Clough
Attendance:: 12,837
League Week:: 35 of 42
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 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1197 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2224 (of 5824)
Total:: 3384 (of 7629)
Played:: 71 years, 4 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Gladstone Guest
Jack Grainger

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	33	Jack Hutchinson
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
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Jim Barrett
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Danny Bolton
2	D	Jack Selkirk
3	D	Peter Johnson
4	D	Frank Marshall
5	D	Norman Noble
6	M	Danny Williams
7	M	Jack Grainger
8	M	Dennis Churms
9	M	Terry Farmer
10	F	Gladstone Guest
11	F	Dennis Pell

All 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Luton Town	34	19	6	9	76	45	15	1	1	47	16	4	5	8	29	29	31	44	DLWLWD	Safe
	2	Blackburn Rovers	36	20	4	12	107	73	13	2	3	71	30	7	2	9	36	43	34	44	DLLWLD	Safe
	3	Leeds United	36	19	5	12	57	50	11	4	3	35	19	8	1	9	22	31	7	43	LLWLWW	Safe
	4	West Ham United	34	17	8	9	69	56	11	4	2	43	21	6	4	7	26	35	13	42	LWWWWW	Safe
	5	Stoke City	34	16	9	9	56	40	9	5	4	30	17	7	4	5	26	23	16	41	WLLDWW	Safe
	6	Birmingham City	33	16	8	9	68	37	11	3	3	47	19	5	5	6	21	18	31	40	WWDLWD	Safe
	7	Notts County	35	18	4	13	63	62	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	9	25	37	1	40	LWWLLW	Safe
	8	Rotherham United	33	17	4	12	73	57	11	1	3	42	17	6	3	9	31	40	16	38	LWLWDL	Safe
	9	Bristol Rovers	35	16	6	13	67	61	13	3	2	45	19	3	3	11	22	42	6	38	WLWWDW	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	35	17	4	14	64	66	12	0	5	42	23	5	4	9	22	43	-2	38	WWWLWW	Safe
	11	Liverpool	34	14	7	13	77	77	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	10	27	45	0	35	WLWLDD
	12	Swansea Town	34	13	8	13	70	69	12	3	3	49	25	1	5	10	21	44	1	34	LLLWDL
	13	Fulham	34	13	8	13	67	68	9	4	4	40	24	4	4	9	27	44	-1	34	WLDDLL
	14	Nottingham Forest	34	14	5	15	46	49	6	3	8	23	25	8	2	7	23	24	-3	33	WLWWWW
	15	Bury	34	12	8	14	63	63	7	4	6	33	31	5	4	8	30	32	0	32	LWLLWL
	16	Hull City	34	10	9	15	39	52	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	8	12	25	-13	29	LLWLDL
	17	Doncaster Rovers	34	12	5	17	48	75	8	4	4	26	22	4	1	13	22	53	-27	29	WDLDLL
	18	Lincoln City	34	10	8	16	58	70	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	10	27	40	-12	28	LDLWLL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	7	19	51	73	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	13	26	48	-22	27	WWLWLW
	20	Port Vale	34	8	10	16	37	60	7	6	4	24	17	1	4	12	13	43	-23	26	LWLLLW
	21	Ipswich Town	35	9	4	22	51	83	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	14	18	56	-32	22	LWWDWL
	22	Derby County	36	6	9	21	47	68	5	6	7	34	28	1	3	14	13	40	-21	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Blackburn Rovers	37	21	4	12	108	73	14	2	3	72	30	7	2	9	36	43	35	46	LLWLDW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Luton Town	35	19	7	9	76	45	15	2	1	47	16	4	5	8	29	29	31	45	LWLWDD	Safe	0-0
1	3	West Ham United	35	18	8	9	71	57	12	4	2	45	22	6	4	7	26	35	14	44	WWWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Leeds United	37	19	6	12	57	50	11	4	3	35	19	8	2	9	22	31	7	44	LWLWWD	Safe	0-0
1	5	Birmingham City	34	17	8	9	73	39	11	3	3	47	19	6	5	6	26	20	34	42	WDLWDW	Safe	5-2
1	6	Stoke City	34	16	9	9	56	40	9	5	4	30	17	7	4	5	26	23	16	41	WLLDWW	Safe
1	7	Rotherham United	34	18	4	12	75	57	11	1	3	42	17	7	3	9	33	40	18	40	WLWDLW	Safe	2-0
1	8	Bristol Rovers	36	17	6	13	70	62	14	3	2	48	20	3	3	11	22	42	8	40	LWWDWW	Safe	3-1
2	9	Notts County	36	18	4	14	65	66	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	10	27	41	-1	40	WWLLWL	Safe	2-4
	10	Middlesbrough	36	17	4	15	66	71	12	0	6	44	28	5	4	9	22	43	-5	38	WWLWWL	Safe	2-5
1	11	Swansea Town	35	14	8	13	74	70	12	3	3	49	25	2	5	10	25	45	4	36	LLWDLW		4-1
1	12	Liverpool	35	14	7	14	80	81	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	11	30	49	-1	35	LWLDDL		3-4
2	13	Bury	35	13	8	14	67	64	8	4	6	37	32	5	4	8	30	32	3	34	WLLWLW		4-1
1	14	Fulham	35	13	8	14	68	70	9	4	4	40	24	4	4	10	28	46	-2	34	LDDLLL		1-2
1	15	Nottingham Forest	35	14	5	16	46	51	6	3	9	23	27	8	2	7	23	24	-5	33	LWWWWL		0-2
1	16	Doncaster Rovers	35	13	5	17	52	77	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	13	22	53	-25	31	DLDLLW		4-2
1	17	Hull City	35	10	9	16	40	56	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	9	13	29	-16	29	LWLDLL		1-4
	18	Lincoln City	35	10	8	17	58	71	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	11	27	41	-13	28	DLWLLL		0-1
1	19	Port Vale	35	9	10	16	41	63	8	6	4	28	20	1	4	12	13	43	-22	28	WLLLWW		4-3
1	20	Plymouth Argyle	37	10	7	20	52	76	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	14	27	51	-24	27	WLWLWL		1-3
	21	Ipswich Town	35	9	4	22	51	83	8	2	8	33	27	1	2	14	18	56	-32	22	LWWDWL
	22	Derby County	37	6	9	22	48	72	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	14	13	40	-24	21	LLDLLL		1-4