The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 ROTHERHAM UNITED - Sat Dec 15, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 15, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-2 (Won)

Attendance:: 31,091
Pos Before/After:: 6/5
Opp Before/After:: 1/3
Referee:
Season:: 1951-52
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Cardiff City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1882 (of 4860)
League Tier 2:: 1057 (of 2443)
Competitive:: 2073 (of 5556)
Total:: 3212 (of 7304)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Wally Ardron
Wally Ardron
Tommy Capel
Collin Collindridge

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager:
Prior form: WWWDWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	M	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	William Morley
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Alan Orr
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Noel Kelly
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Dec 15, 1951)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	2	2	Hull City
Brentford	2	1	Leeds United
Bury	3	0	Birmingham City
Coventry City	0	2	Notts County
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday
Everton	3	0	Southampton
Leicester City	3	0	Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest	4	2	Rotherham United
Sheffield United	1	1	Blackburn Rovers
Swansea City	0	3	Luton Town
West Ham United	4	2	Queens Park Rangers

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	Rotherham United	20	12	3	5	48	33	9	0	1	28	9	3	3	4	20	24	1.455	27	WWWDWL
	2	Sheffield United	20	11	4	5	55	35	9	1	1	36	14	2	3	4	19	21	1.571	26	DLLWLD
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	21	11	4	6	50	37	8	1	1	26	11	3	3	5	24	26	1.351	26	WLWWWW
	4	Cardiff City	20	10	5	5	34	22	8	1	1	25	9	2	4	4	9	13	1.545	25	WWWDWD
	5	Brentford	20	10	5	5	25	17	8	1	0	17	3	2	4	5	8	14	1.471	25	WLWDWL
	6	Nottingham Forest	21	8	8	5	41	32	4	5	1	18	11	4	3	4	23	21	1.281	24	DWDWWL
	7	Birmingham City	21	8	8	5	28	26	4	5	2	13	11	4	3	3	15	15	1.077	24	WWLWWW
	8	Leicester City	20	8	7	5	43	33	6	4	1	29	14	2	3	4	14	19	1.303	23	DDWLWW
	9	Leeds United	20	8	6	6	31	30	5	4	1	18	10	3	2	5	13	20	1.033	22	WWDWDL
	10	Luton Town	20	7	8	5	33	32	3	4	2	20	15	4	4	3	13	17	1.031	22	WWDDLL
	11	Doncaster Rovers	21	7	6	8	31	28	6	2	2	20	8	1	4	6	11	20	1.107	20	WWWLLL
	12	Swansea Town	21	6	8	7	40	38	6	2	2	25	10	0	6	5	15	28	1.053	20	LLLLDW
	13	Everton	21	7	6	8	32	37	4	3	3	17	19	3	3	5	15	18	.865	20	DWWDWL
	14	Barnsley	20	7	5	8	31	35	6	3	2	22	15	1	2	6	9	20	.886	19	LDDDWW
	15	Bury	20	6	6	8	38	32	5	2	2	23	9	1	4	6	15	23	1.188	18	DWLLLD
	16	Notts County	21	7	4	10	32	38	5	3	3	22	14	2	1	7	10	24	.842	18	LLLDLL
	17	Southampton	21	6	6	9	31	45	4	4	2	17	12	2	2	7	14	33	.689	18	LLWLLD
	18	West Ham United	21	6	6	9	28	43	5	4	2	20	19	1	2	7	8	24	.651	18	DWLDWL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	20	4	8	8	25	40	4	5	2	21	18	0	3	6	4	22	.625	16	LLLLLW
	20	Coventry City	20	5	4	11	27	45	4	4	2	19	17	1	0	9	8	28	.600	14	LLLWLW
	21	Hull City	21	4	5	12	27	38	3	3	5	18	18	1	2	7	9	20	.711	13	LLLLLW
	22	Blackburn Rovers	20	5	2	13	21	35	3	1	6	14	17	2	1	7	7	18	.600	12	LLWWLW

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
1	1	Sheffield United	21	11	5	5	56	36	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	4	19	21	1.556	27	LLWLDD
3	2	Brentford	21	11	5	5	27	18	9	1	0	19	4	2	4	5	8	14	1.500	27	LWDWLW
2	3	Rotherham United	21	12	3	6	50	37	9	0	1	28	9	3	3	5	22	28	1.351	27	WWDWLL
1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	22	11	5	6	51	38	8	1	1	26	11	3	4	5	25	27	1.342	27	LWWWWD
1	5	Nottingham Forest	22	9	8	5	45	34	5	5	1	22	13	4	3	4	23	21	1.324	26	WDWWLW
2	6	Leicester City	21	9	7	5	46	33	7	4	1	32	14	2	3	4	14	19	1.394	25	DWLWWW
3	7	Cardiff City	21	10	5	6	34	25	8	1	1	25	9	2	4	5	9	16	1.360	25	WWDWDL
2	8	Luton Town	21	8	8	5	36	32	3	4	2	20	15	5	4	3	16	17	1.125	24	WDDLLW
2	9	Birmingham City	22	8	8	6	28	29	4	5	2	13	11	4	3	4	15	18	.966	24	WLWWWL
1	10	Leeds United	21	8	6	7	32	32	5	4	1	18	10	3	2	6	14	22	1.000	22	WDWDLL
2	11	Everton	22	8	6	8	35	37	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	5	15	18	.946	22	WWDWLW
1	12	Doncaster Rovers	22	7	7	8	32	29	6	3	2	21	9	1	4	6	11	20	1.103	21	WWLLLD
2	13	Bury	21	7	6	8	41	32	6	2	2	26	9	1	4	6	15	23	1.281	20	WLLLDW
2	14	Swansea Town	22	6	8	8	40	41	6	2	3	25	13	0	6	5	15	28	.976	20	LLLDWL
1	15	Notts County	22	8	4	10	34	38	5	3	3	22	14	3	1	7	12	24	.895	20	LLDLLW
2	16	Barnsley	21	7	6	8	33	37	6	4	2	24	17	1	2	6	9	20	.892	20	DDDWWD
1	17	West Ham United	22	7	6	9	32	45	6	4	2	24	21	1	2	7	8	24	.711	20	WLDWLW
1	18	Southampton	22	6	6	10	31	48	4	4	2	17	12	2	2	8	14	36	.646	18	LWLLDL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	21	4	8	9	27	44	4	5	2	21	18	0	3	7	6	26	.614	16	LLLLWL
1	20	Hull City	22	4	6	12	29	40	3	3	5	18	18	1	3	7	11	22	.725	14	LLLLWD
1	21	Coventry City	21	5	4	12	27	47	4	4	3	19	19	1	0	9	8	28	.574	14	LLWLWL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	3	13	22	36	3	1	6	14	17	2	2	7	8	19	.611	13	LWWLWD