The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 LIVERPOOL - Sat Apr 09, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 09, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Liverpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: A Murdoch
Attendance:: 15,559
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 12 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Tier 2)
Liverpool:: Aug 20, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2023 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1198 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2225 (of 5828)
Total:: 3385 (of 7633)
Played:: 71 years, 4 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett (35')
Jim Barrett (59') (Pen)
Jack French (85')

LIVERPOOL
Manager: Don Welsh
Prior form: LWLDDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Liddell (7')

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 (85')
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson
10	F	24	Jim Barrett (35') (59')
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Doug Rudham
2	D	Ray Lambert
3	D	Ronnie Moran
4	D	Barry Wilkinson
5	D	Alex South
6	M	Roy Saunders
7	M	Jimmy Payne
8	M	Eric Anderson
9	M	Billy Liddell
10	F	Alan Arnell
11	F	Alan A'Court

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 09, 1955)

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

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	37	21	4	12	108	73	14	2	3	72	30	7	2	9	36	43	35	46	LLWLDW	Safe
	2	Luton Town	35	19	7	9	76	45	15	2	1	47	16	4	5	8	29	29	31	45	LWLWDD	Safe
	3	West Ham United	35	18	8	9	71	57	12	4	2	45	22	6	4	7	26	35	14	44	WWWWWW	Safe
	4	Leeds United	37	19	6	12	57	50	11	4	3	35	19	8	2	9	22	31	7	44	LWLWWD	Safe
	5	Birmingham City	34	17	8	9	73	39	11	3	3	47	19	6	5	6	26	20	34	42	WDLWDW	Safe
	6	Stoke City	34	16	9	9	56	40	9	5	4	30	17	7	4	5	26	23	16	41	WLLDWW	Safe
	7	Rotherham United	34	18	4	12	75	57	11	1	3	42	17	7	3	9	33	40	18	40	WLWDLW	Safe
	8	Bristol Rovers	36	17	6	13	70	62	14	3	2	48	20	3	3	11	22	42	8	40	LWWDWW	Safe
	9	Notts County	36	18	4	14	65	66	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	10	27	41	-1	40	WWLLWL	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	36	17	4	15	66	71	12	0	6	44	28	5	4	9	22	43	-5	38	WWLWWL	Safe
	11	Swansea Town	35	14	8	13	74	70	12	3	3	49	25	2	5	10	25	45	4	36	LLWDLW
	12	Liverpool	35	14	7	14	80	81	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	11	30	49	-1	35	LWLDDL
	13	Bury	35	13	8	14	67	64	8	4	6	37	32	5	4	8	30	32	3	34	WLLWLW
	14	Fulham	35	13	8	14	68	70	9	4	4	40	24	4	4	10	28	46	-2	34	LDDLLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	35	14	5	16	46	51	6	3	9	23	27	8	2	7	23	24	-5	33	LWWWWL
	16	Doncaster Rovers	35	13	5	17	52	77	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	13	22	53	-25	31	DLDLLW
	17	Hull City	35	10	9	16	40	56	6	4	7	27	27	4	5	9	13	29	-16	29	LWLDLL
	18	Lincoln City	35	10	8	17	58	71	6	4	6	31	30	4	4	11	27	41	-13	28	DLWLLL
	19	Port Vale	35	9	10	16	41	63	8	6	4	28	20	1	4	12	13	43	-22	28	WLLLWW
	20	Plymouth Argyle	37	10	7	20	52	76	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	14	27	51	-24	27	WLWLWL
	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

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	38	22	4	12	112	74	14	2	3	72	30	8	2	9	40	44	38	48	LWLDWW	Safe	4-1
	2	Luton Town	36	20	7	9	78	45	16	2	1	49	16	4	5	8	29	29	33	47	WLWDDW	Safe	2-0
1	3	Leeds United	38	20	6	12	59	50	12	4	3	37	19	8	2	9	22	31	9	46	WLWWDW	Safe	2-0
1	4	Birmingham City	35	18	8	9	76	40	12	3	3	50	20	6	5	6	26	20	36	44	DLWDWW	Safe	3-1
2	5	West Ham United	36	18	8	10	71	59	12	4	2	45	22	6	4	8	26	37	12	44	WWWWWL	Safe	0-2
	6	Stoke City	35	17	9	9	59	40	10	5	4	33	17	7	4	5	26	23	19	43	LLDWWW	Safe	3-0
	7	Rotherham United	35	19	4	12	77	58	12	1	3	44	18	7	3	9	33	40	19	42	LWDLWW	Safe	2-1
	8	Bristol Rovers	37	17	6	14	70	63	14	3	2	48	20	3	3	12	22	43	7	40	WWDWWL	Safe	0-1
1	9	Middlesbrough	37	18	4	15	68	71	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	9	22	43	-3	40	WLWWLW	Safe	2-0
1	10	Notts County	37	18	4	15	65	68	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	11	27	43	-3	40	WLLWLL	Safe	0-2
2	11	Bury	36	14	8	14	69	65	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	8	30	32	4	36	LLWLWW	Safe	2-1
1	12	Swansea Town	36	14	8	14	75	72	12	3	3	49	25	2	5	11	26	47	3	36	LWDLWL	Safe	1-2
1	13	Fulham	36	13	9	14	70	72	9	4	4	40	24	4	5	10	30	48	-2	35	DDLLLD		2-2
2	14	Liverpool	36	14	7	15	81	84	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	12	31	52	-3	35	WLDDLL		1-3
	15	Nottingham Forest	36	15	5	16	49	52	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	7	23	24	-3	35	WWWWLW		3-1
	16	Doncaster Rovers	36	13	5	18	52	80	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	14	22	56	-28	31	LDLLWL		0-3
1	17	Lincoln City	36	10	9	17	60	73	6	5	6	33	32	4	4	11	27	41	-13	29	LWLLLD		2-2
1	18	Hull City	36	10	9	17	41	60	6	4	8	28	31	4	5	9	13	29	-19	29	WLDLLL		1-4
	19	Port Vale	36	9	10	17	41	65	8	6	4	28	20	1	4	13	13	45	-24	28	LLLWWL		0-2
	20	Plymouth Argyle	38	10	7	21	53	79	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	15	28	54	-26	27	LWLWLL		1-3
	21	Ipswich Town	36	10	4	22	52	83	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	14	18	56	-31	24	WWDWLW		1-0
	22	Derby County	38	6	9	23	49	74	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	15	14	42	-25	21	LDLLLL		1-2