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1954/55 CENTRAL ALLIANCE FIRST DIVISION FINAL TABLE

  P W D L F A Pts
1 ILKESTON TOWN 36 29 4 3 137 32 62
2 Notts County 'A' 36 25 4 7 119 52 54
3 Creswell Colliery 35 23 6 6 120 57 52
4 Ransome & Marles 36 22 2 12 96 59 46
5 Belper Town 36 20 5 11 90 50 45
6 Sutton Town 36 20 4 12 92 79 44
7 South Normanton Miners Welfare 36 15 8 13 73 74 38
8 Linby Colliery 34 16 3 15 61 66 35
9 Nottingham Forest 'A' 36 14 6 16 86 88 34
10 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 36 13 7 16 90 95 33
11 Clay Cross Miners Welfare 36 15 3 18 76 94 33
12 Langwith Miners Welfare 36 13 5 18 80 102 31
13 Heanor Town 36 12 6 18 70 98 30
14 Grantham Reserves 35 12 5 18 90 90 29
15 Derby County 'A' 36 10 8 18 71 89 28
16 Brush Sports Reserves 36 10 7 19 91 116 27
17 Matlock Town 36 8 10 18 59 91 26
18 Retford British Ropes 36 9 6 21 54 99 24
19 Long Eaton Town 36 3 3 30 39 163 9
NB. Creswell Colliery, Grantham Reserves and Linby Colliery failed to complete their fixtures.



1954/55 CENTRAL ALLIANCE RESULTS
DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
21 AUG NOTTS COUNTY 'A' W5-0    FAULCONBRIDGE, WARD 3, JOHNSON 
25 AUG  LONG EATON TOWN  W9-1    LEDGER, WARD, BLOUNT, FAULCONBRIDGE, JOHNSON 4, BAKER (PEN) 
28 AUG  SOUTH NORMANTON MINERS WELFARE  W5-2    LEDGER, WARD 2, BAKER (PEN), BLOUNT 
08 SEP Shirebrook Miners Welfare   W5-1    BLOUNT 2, WARD, FAULCONBRIDGE, JOHNSON 
11 SEP  Ransome & Marles  D2-2    LEDGER, BUCK 
18 SEP  South Normanton Miners Welfare  L1-2    FAULCONBRIDGE 
16 OCT  Creswell Colliery  D2-2    FAULCONBRIDGE, BLOUNT 
30 OCT  Linby Colliery  W3-0    WARD 2, DISNEY 
13 NOV  MATLOCK TOWN  W6-3    DISNEY 2, BLOUNT 2, PASSMORE 2 
20 NOV  Sutton Town  W3-0    PASSMORE, WARD 2 
27 NOV  Long Eaton Town  W6-0    PASSMORE, LEDGER, WARD, FAULCONBRIDGE 2, BLOUNT 
11 DEC  LINBY COLLIERY  W6-2    DISNEY 2, WARD, LEDGER, BLOUNT, FAULCONBRIDGE 
18 DEC  Notts County 'A'  W2-1    LEDGER, FAULCONBRIDGE 
25 DEC  Heanor Town  W4-2    JOHNSON, DISNEY, WARD, HACKLAND (PEN) 
26 DEC  HEANOR TOWN  W11-1    FAULCONBRIDGE 3, BAKER 3 (2PENS), PASSMORE 3, JOHNSON, LEDGER 
29 JAN  RETFORD BRITISH ROPES  W10-0    FAULCONBRIDGE 4, PASSMORE 3, JOHNSON 3 
05 FEB Retford British Ropes  W7-3    BLOUNT 3, FAULCONBRIDGE, JOHNSON, HACKLAND (PEN), TALBOT (OG) 
19 FEB NOTTINGHAM FOREST 'A'  W2-0  800  PASSMORE, WARD 
05 MAR  RANSOME & MARLES  W3-1    BLOUNT, FAULCONBRIDGE, HACKLAND (PEN) 
19 MAR  Grantham Reserves  W2-1    LEDGER, FAULCONBRIDGE 
26 MAR  Nottingham Forest 'A'  W4-2    BANHAM (OG), JOHNSON 2, FAULCONBRIDGE 
02 APR  Derby County 'A'  W4-1    BLOUNT, HACKLAND, BREEDON, LEDGER 
08 APR  CLAY CROSS MINERS WELFARE  L0-1     
09 APR  GRANTHAM RESERVES  W4-1    LEDGER, WARD, BLOUNT, FAULCONBRIDGE 
11 APR  Belper Town  W1-0    WARD 
12 APR  Langwith Miners Welfare  W1-0    WARD 
16 APR  Matlock Town  W2-0    WARD, BLOUNT 
18 APR  SUTTON TOWN  W2-1    WARD, BLOUNT 
21 APR  Clay Cross Miners Welfare  W4-0    BLOUNT 2, WARD, FAULCONBRIDGE 
23 APR  BELPER TOWN  W4-0    BLOUNT, LEDGER, HACKLAND (PEN), WARD 
25 APR  CRESWELL COLLIERY  D0-0     
27 APR  Brush Sports Reserves  L0-1     
30 APR  LANGWITH MINERS WELFARE  W8-0    JOHNSON 4, WARD 3, BLOUNT 
02 MAY  SHIREBROOK MINERS WELFARE  W5-0    BLOUNT, JOHNSON, WARD, SHARMAN (PEN), LEDGER 
04 MAY  DERBY COUNTY 'A'  D1-1    LEDGER 
07 MAY  BRUSH SPORTS RESERVES  W3-0    HACKLAND (PEN), DISNEY 2 


1954/55 FA CUP RESULTS
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
1QR 25 SEP Boots Athletic W6-0 LEDGER, WARD 4, FAULCONBRIDGE
2QR 09 OCT South Normanton Miners Welfare W5-1 2503 FAULCONBRIDGE 3, WARD, BLOUNT
3QR 23 OCT Gresley Rovers D2-2 JOHNSON, HACKLAND (PEN)
3QRrep 27 OCT GRESLEY ROVERS W5-4aet WARD 2, FAULCONBRIDGE, BLOUNT 2
4QR 06 NOV KETTERING TOWN D1-1 7126 BLOUNT
4QRrep 11 NOV Kettering Town L2-4 HACKLAND, FAULCONBRIDGE
NB. The away tie against Boots Athletic on 25 Sep was switched to Ilkeston.



1954/55 DERBYSHIRE SENIOR CUP RESULT
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT SCORERS
2R 04 DEC SHIREBROOK MINERS WELFARE L2-3 JOHNSON 2


1954/55 CENTRAL ALLIANCE LEAGUE CUP RESULTS
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
1R 04 SEP Sutton Town W4-0 JOHNSON, LEDGER, WARD 2
QF 01 JAN Belper Town D1-1 FAULCONBRIDGE
QFrep 08 JAN BELPER TOWN W2-0 3000 JOHNSON, FAULCONBRIDGE
SF 12 MAR South Normanton Miners Welfare L1-4 BLOUNT