The City Ground

WEST HAM UNITED 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 22, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 22, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: Jack Clough
Attendance:: 23,129
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 1 2
Opp Before/After:: 15 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Oct 18, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1896 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1071 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2089 (of 5824)
Total:: 3238 (of 7629)
Played:: 74 years, 5 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (38')

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Ted Fenton
Prior form: LWWDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jim Barrett Jr. (28')
Gerry Gazzard (40')
Frank O'Farrell (60')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	26	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	35	Freddie Scott
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (38')
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	25	Tot Leverton

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	35	Harry Walker	208		7	1
2	D	26	Bill Whare	83		7	1
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson	118		7	1
4	M	26	Bill Morley	123	5	7	1
5	D	35	Horace Gager	172	4	7	1
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt	124	3	7	1
7	F	25	Alan Moore	7	3	7	1
8	F	35	Freddie Scott	240	31	7	1
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (38')	125	85	7	1
10	F	29	Tommy Capel	89	43	7	1
11	F	25	Tot Leverton	66	24	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Ernie Gregory
2	2	George Wright
3	3	Harry Kinsell
4	4	Danny McGowan
5	5	Malcolm Allison
6	6	Frank O'Farrell
7	7	Tommy Southren
8	8	Jim Barrett Jr.
9	9	Bert Hawkins
10	10	Gerry Gazzard
11	11	Jimmy Andrews

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 22, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-2	Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Rotherham United
Bury	1-0	Everton
Coventry City	2-1	Brentford
Hull City	0-0	Cardiff City
Luton Town	2-1	Southampton
Notts County	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Queens Park Rangers	0-0	Leeds United
Sheffield United	5-0	Leicester City
Swansea Town	1-2	Doncaster Rovers
West Ham United	3-1	Nottingham Forest

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	Nottingham Forest	34	16	10	8	65	51	10	5	2	33	18	6	5	6	32	33	14	42	WWDWWW
2	Sheffield Wednesday	34	16	8	10	82	58	12	2	3	45	20	4	6	7	37	38	24	40	DWLWDW
3	Leicester City	34	16	8	10	69	51	10	5	2	42	20	6	3	8	27	31	18	40	LWLDWW
4	Birmingham City	34	16	8	10	51	41	8	5	4	27	16	8	3	6	24	25	10	40	LLLWWW
5	Cardiff City	33	15	8	10	54	45	13	2	1	39	12	2	6	9	15	33	9	38	WLLDLW
6	Leeds United	33	15	8	10	49	45	10	6	1	29	13	5	2	9	20	32	4	38	WWLWLW
7	Rotherham United	34	15	7	12	66	59	10	4	3	38	19	5	3	9	28	40	7	37	LLLWWD
8	Sheffield United	34	15	5	14	76	62	12	2	3	49	20	3	3	11	27	42	14	35	LLWLWL
9	Brentford	33	13	9	11	42	40	10	4	2	28	14	3	5	9	14	26	2	35	LDLDLW
10	Everton	34	13	9	12	51	51	9	4	4	32	23	4	5	8	19	28	0	35	WWLWDL
11	Southampton	35	13	9	13	52	61	10	5	3	34	20	3	4	10	18	41	-9	35	WDWWLW
12	Notts County	34	14	5	15	61	58	9	4	4	37	22	5	1	11	24	36	3	33	WLWWDL
13	Luton Town	33	11	11	11	61	59	5	6	5	34	28	6	5	6	27	31	2	33	LDDDLW
14	Blackburn Rovers	34	14	4	16	42	48	9	2	6	28	22	5	2	10	14	26	-6	32	WWWLDL
15	West Ham United	34	12	8	14	52	66	10	4	3	36	24	2	4	11	16	42	-14	32	LWWDLL
16	Swansea Town	34	10	10	14	60	62	9	3	5	39	20	1	7	9	21	42	-2	30	WWWDLL
17	Doncaster Rovers	34	10	10	14	46	51	7	4	6	26	25	3	6	8	20	26	-5	30	LLWLWD
18	Barnsley	33	10	10	13	48	57	8	5	4	35	27	2	5	9	13	30	-9	30	LLWLLL
19	Bury	34	11	7	16	53	56	10	2	5	34	18	1	5	11	19	38	-3	29	LWLLWD
20	Hull City	34	9	9	16	49	57	8	4	5	36	21	1	5	11	13	36	-8	27	WDDLWD
21	Coventry City	34	11	5	18	46	68	6	5	6	27	27	5	0	12	19	41	-22	27	LWWLLL
22	Queens Park Rangers	34	8	10	16	43	72	6	6	5	29	32	2	4	11	14	40	-29	26	LDLLWL

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)
3	1	Birmingham City	35	17	8	10	53	42	8	5	4	27	16	9	3	6	26	26	11	42	LLWWWW		2-1
1	2	Nottingham Forest	35	16	10	9	66	54	10	5	2	33	18	6	5	7	33	36	12	42	WDWWWL		1-3
1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	35	16	9	10	84	60	12	2	3	45	20	4	7	7	39	40	24	41	WLWDWD		2-2
1	4	Leicester City	35	16	8	11	69	56	10	5	2	42	20	6	3	9	27	36	13	40	WLDWWL		0-5
	5	Cardiff City	34	15	9	10	54	45	13	2	1	39	12	2	7	9	15	33	9	39	LLDLWD		0-0
	6	Leeds United	34	15	9	10	49	45	10	6	1	29	13	5	3	9	20	32	4	39	WLWLWD		0-0
	7	Rotherham United	35	15	8	12	67	60	10	4	3	38	19	5	4	9	29	41	7	38	LLWWDD		1-1
	8	Sheffield United	35	16	5	14	81	62	13	2	3	54	20	3	3	11	27	42	19	37	LWLWLW		5-0
4	9	Luton Town	34	12	11	11	63	60	6	6	5	36	29	6	5	6	27	31	3	35	DDDLWW		2-1
1	10	Brentford	34	13	9	12	43	42	10	4	2	28	14	3	5	10	15	28	1	35	DLDLWL		1-2
1	11	Everton	35	13	9	13	51	52	9	4	4	32	23	4	5	9	19	29	-1	35	WLWDLL		0-1
1	12	Southampton	36	13	9	14	53	63	10	5	3	34	20	3	4	11	19	43	-10	35	DWWLWL		1-2
1	13	Notts County	35	14	6	15	63	60	9	5	4	39	24	5	1	11	24	36	3	34	LWWDLD		2-2
1	14	West Ham United	35	13	8	14	55	67	11	4	3	39	25	2	4	11	16	42	-12	34	WWDLLW		3-1
1	15	Blackburn Rovers	35	14	5	16	43	49	9	3	6	29	23	5	2	10	14	26	-6	33	WWLDLD		1-1
1	16	Doncaster Rovers	35	11	10	14	48	52	7	4	6	26	25	4	6	8	22	27	-4	32	LWLWDW		2-1
2	17	Bury	35	12	7	16	54	56	11	2	5	35	18	1	5	11	19	38	-2	31	WLLWDW		1-0
2	18	Swansea Town	35	10	10	15	61	64	9	3	6	40	22	1	7	9	21	42	-3	30	WWDLLL		1-2
1	19	Barnsley	34	10	10	14	49	59	8	5	5	36	29	2	5	9	13	30	-10	30	LWLLLL		1-2
1	20	Coventry City	35	12	5	18	48	69	7	5	6	29	28	5	0	12	19	41	-21	29	WWLLLW		2-1
1	21	Hull City	35	9	10	16	49	57	8	5	5	36	21	1	5	11	13	36	-8	28	DDLWDD		0-0
	22	Queens Park Rangers	35	8	11	16	43	72	6	7	5	29	32	2	4	11	14	40	-29	27	DLLWLD		0-0