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BRISTOL ROVERS 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Eastville Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: G Gibson
Attendance:: 16,598
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Bristol Rovers:: Sep 10, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2025 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1200 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2227 (of 5829)
Total:: 3387 (of 7634)
Played:: 71 years, 5 months, 4 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Hugh McLaren (42')

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: WDWWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alfie Biggs (35')
Barrie Meyer (83')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	23	Peter Lay	Only appearance
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 (42')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ray Chandler
2	D	Frank Allcock
3	D	Geoff Fox
4	D	Jackie Pitt
5	D	Ian Muir
6	M	Peter Sampson
7	M	George Petherbridge
8	M	Alfie Biggs
9	M	Barrie Meyer
10	F	Dai Ward
11	F	Peter Hooper

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 16, 1955)

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

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	39	22	4	13	113	76	14	2	3	72	30	8	2	10	41	46	37	48	WLDWWL	Safe
	2	Leeds United	39	21	6	12	63	50	13	4	3	41	19	8	2	9	22	31	13	48	LWWDWW	Safe
	3	Luton Town	37	20	7	10	78	49	16	2	1	49	16	4	5	9	29	33	29	47	LWDDWL	Safe
	4	Birmingham City	36	19	8	9	79	40	13	3	3	53	20	6	5	6	26	20	39	46	LWDWWW	Safe
	5	Stoke City	36	18	9	9	62	40	11	5	4	36	17	7	4	5	26	23	22	45	LDWWWW	Safe
	6	West Ham United	37	18	9	10	71	59	12	4	2	45	22	6	5	8	26	37	12	45	WWWWLD	Safe
	7	Rotherham United	36	20	4	12	80	60	13	1	3	47	20	7	3	9	33	40	20	44	WDLWWW	Safe
	8	Bristol Rovers	38	18	6	14	71	63	14	3	2	48	20	4	3	12	23	43	8	42	WDWWLW	Safe
	9	Notts County	38	19	4	15	69	68	12	2	4	42	25	7	2	11	27	43	1	42	LLWLLW	Safe
	10	Middlesbrough	38	18	4	16	68	74	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	10	22	46	-6	40	LWWLWL	Safe
	11	Swansea Town	37	15	8	14	78	72	13	3	3	52	25	2	5	11	26	47	6	38	WDLWLW	Safe
	12	Bury	37	14	8	15	69	66	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	9	30	33	3	36	LWLWWL	Safe
	13	Fulham	37	13	10	14	70	72	9	5	4	40	24	4	5	10	30	48	-2	36	DLLLDD	Safe
	14	Liverpool	37	14	8	15	82	85	11	5	3	51	33	3	3	12	31	52	-3	36	LDDLLD	Safe
	15	Nottingham Forest	37	15	5	17	51	55	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	8	25	27	-4	35	WWWLWL	Safe
	16	Lincoln City	37	11	9	17	62	74	7	5	6	35	33	4	4	11	27	41	-12	31	WLLLDW
	17	Hull City	37	11	9	17	42	60	7	4	8	29	31	4	5	9	13	29	-18	31	LDLLLW
	18	Doncaster Rovers	37	13	5	19	52	84	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	15	22	60	-32	31	DLLWLL
	19	Port Vale	37	9	11	17	42	66	8	6	4	28	20	1	5	13	14	46	-24	29	LLWWLD
	20	Plymouth Argyle	39	10	7	22	53	80	8	4	7	25	26	2	3	15	28	54	-27	27	WLWLLL
	21	Ipswich Town	37	10	4	23	52	86	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	15	18	59	-34	24	WDWLWL
	22	Derby County	39	6	9	24	49	77	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	16	14	45	-28	21	DLLLLL

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	40	22	5	13	113	76	14	3	3	72	30	8	2	10	41	46	37	49	LDWWLD	Safe	0-0
	2	Leeds United	40	21	7	12	65	52	13	4	3	41	19	8	3	9	24	33	13	49	WWDWWD	Safe	2-2
	3	Luton Town	38	20	8	10	78	49	16	2	1	49	16	4	6	9	29	33	29	48	WDDWLD	Safe	0-0
1	4	Stoke City	37	19	9	9	64	41	11	5	4	36	17	8	4	5	28	24	23	47	DWWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	5	Birmingham City	37	19	8	10	79	42	13	3	3	53	20	6	5	7	26	22	37	46	WDWWWL	Safe	0-2
1	6	Rotherham United	37	21	4	12	82	61	13	1	3	47	20	8	3	9	35	41	21	46	DLWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	7	West Ham United	38	18	9	11	72	61	12	4	3	46	24	6	5	8	26	37	11	45	WWWLDL	Safe	1-2
	8	Bristol Rovers	39	19	6	14	73	64	15	3	2	50	21	4	3	12	23	43	9	44	DWWLWW	Safe	2-1
	9	Notts County	39	20	4	15	71	69	13	2	4	44	26	7	2	11	27	43	2	44	LWLLWW	Safe	2-1
1	10	Swansea Town	38	16	8	14	81	73	14	3	3	55	26	2	5	11	26	47	8	40	DLWLWW	Safe	3-1
1	11	Middlesbrough	39	18	4	17	69	77	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	11	23	49	-8	40	WWLWLL	Safe	1-3
2	12	Liverpool	38	14	9	15	84	87	11	6	3	53	35	3	3	12	31	52	-3	37	DDLLDD	Safe	2-2
1	13	Bury	38	14	8	16	70	68	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	10	31	35	2	36	WLWWLL	Safe	1-2
1	14	Fulham	38	13	10	15	70	73	9	5	5	40	25	4	5	10	30	48	-3	36	LLLDDL	Safe	0-1
	15	Nottingham Forest	38	15	5	18	52	57	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	9	26	29	-5	35	WWLWLL	Safe	1-2
1	16	Hull City	38	12	9	17	43	60	7	4	8	29	31	5	5	9	14	29	-17	33	DLLLWW	Safe	1-0
1	17	Doncaster Rovers	38	14	5	19	55	85	10	4	4	33	25	4	1	15	22	60	-30	33	LLWLLW	Safe	3-1
2	18	Lincoln City	38	11	9	18	63	77	7	5	6	35	33	4	4	12	28	44	-14	31	LLLDWL		1-3
	19	Port Vale	38	10	11	17	44	66	9	6	4	30	20	1	5	13	14	46	-22	31	LWWLDW		2-0
	20	Plymouth Argyle	40	11	7	22	55	80	9	4	7	27	26	2	3	15	28	54	-25	29	LWLLLW		2-0
	21	Ipswich Town	38	10	4	24	52	88	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	16	18	61	-36	24	DWLWLL		0-2
	22	Derby County	40	6	9	25	50	79	5	6	9	36	34	1	3	16	14	45	-29	21	LLLLLL	Relegated	1-2