The City Ground

WEST HAM UNITED 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Oct 18, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 18, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

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

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: F Coultas
Attendance:: 21,444
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 12
Opp Before/After:: 18 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Mar 07, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1917 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1092 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2110 (of 5828)
Total:: 3262 (of 7633)
Played:: 73 years, 10 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Collin Collindridge (38')
Wally Ardron (47')

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

Goal Scorers
Frank O'Farrell (28')
Tommy Southren (33')
Malcolm Allison (67') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	26	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	28	James Clarke
4	M	28	Alan Orr
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	36	Freddie Scott
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (47')
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge (38')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	36	Harry Walker	229		7	1
2	D	26	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	194		7	1
3	D	28	James Clarke	12		7	1
4	M	28	Alan Orr	25		7	1
5	D	35	Horace Gager	193	4	7	1
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt	145	4	7	1
7	F	25	Alan Moore	24	9	7	1
8	F	36	Freddie Scott	260	33	7	1
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (47')	141	97	7	1
10	F	30	Tommy Capel	109	49	7	1
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge (38')	96	32	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Ernie Gregory
2	2	George Wright
3	3	Harry Kinsell
4	4	Derek Parker
5	5	Malcolm Allison
6	6	Frank O'Farrell
7	7	Tommy Southren
8	8	Jim Barrett Jr
9	9	Fred Kearns
10	10	Tommy Moroney
11	11	Jimmy Andrews

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 18, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-2	Huddersfield Town
Bury	1-3	Swansea Town
Fulham	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United	4-1	Barnsley
Leicester City	4-2	Everton
Luton Town	4-1	Sheffield United
Notts County	4-0	Brentford
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	Lincoln City
Rotherham United	2-1	Hull City
Southampton	3-3	Doncaster Rovers
West Ham United	3-2	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	Sheffield United	13	8	2	3	24	17	6	0	1	17	6	2	2	2	7	11	7	18	DWWLWW
2	Huddersfield Town	12	6	5	1	24	9	4	2	1	15	4	2	3	0	9	5	15	17	DWDDLW
3	Leicester City	12	7	2	3	29	21	4	2	0	15	4	3	0	3	14	17	8	16	LLDWWW
4	Plymouth Argyle	11	6	3	2	23	15	4	2	0	15	8	2	1	2	8	7	8	15	WDLDLW
5	Rotherham United	12	6	2	4	27	21	3	2	1	12	8	3	0	3	15	13	6	14	LDWWWW
6	Hull City	12	5	4	3	19	15	4	2	0	14	4	1	2	3	5	11	4	14	DWDWLW
7	Birmingham City	12	5	4	3	16	17	2	2	1	10	9	3	2	2	6	8	-1	14	WDLWLD
8	Everton	11	5	3	3	22	14	3	1	1	11	3	2	2	2	11	11	8	13	WDWWDW
9	Fulham	12	6	1	5	27	23	5	0	1	20	9	1	1	4	7	14	4	13	LWWLWL
10	Nottingham Forest	13	6	1	6	24	22	3	1	2	15	10	3	0	4	9	12	2	13	DLLWWL
11	Notts County	12	6	1	5	17	25	4	1	1	12	8	2	0	4	5	17	-8	13	WLWLWL
12	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	2	5	17	20	4	1	1	11	5	1	1	4	6	15	-3	12	WLDDLW
13	Luton Town	12	4	3	5	19	19	3	1	1	10	4	1	2	4	9	15	0	11	DLDWWL
14	Swansea Town	12	3	5	4	22	25	2	4	1	12	10	1	1	3	10	15	-3	11	DWDLDD
15	Brentford	12	4	3	5	16	20	3	1	2	10	9	1	2	3	6	11	-4	11	LDLLWW
16	Bury	11	3	4	4	14	13	2	2	1	9	4	1	2	3	5	9	1	10	LDWWWD
17	Lincoln City	12	3	4	5	19	23	2	2	2	12	10	1	2	3	7	13	-4	10	DDLDLL
18	West Ham United	12	2	6	4	12	15	2	2	2	10	9	0	4	2	2	6	-3	10	DWDDLL
19	Leeds United	13	2	5	6	16	19	2	2	2	6	4	0	3	4	10	15	-3	9	DDDLLL
20	Southampton	13	2	3	8	18	27	1	1	4	12	14	1	2	4	6	13	-9	7	DLDLLL
21	Doncaster Rovers	12	2	3	7	13	25	2	3	2	9	9	0	0	5	4	16	-12	7	LLWLLD
22	Barnsley	11	2	2	7	14	27	2	0	4	11	13	0	2	3	3	14	-13	6	LLLDWL

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	1	Huddersfield Town	13	7	5	1	26	9	4	2	1	15	4	3	3	0	11	5	17	19	WDDLWW		2-0
1	2	Leicester City	13	8	2	3	33	23	5	2	0	19	6	3	0	3	14	17	10	18	LDWWWW		4-2
2	3	Sheffield United	14	8	2	4	25	21	6	0	1	17	6	2	2	3	8	15	4	18	WWLWWL		1-4
	4	Plymouth Argyle	12	6	4	2	23	15	4	3	0	15	8	2	1	2	8	7	8	16	DLDLWD		0-0
	5	Rotherham United	13	7	2	4	29	22	4	2	1	14	9	3	0	3	15	13	7	16	DWWWWW		2-1
3	6	Fulham	13	7	1	5	29	24	6	0	1	22	10	1	1	4	7	14	5	15	WWLWLW		2-1
4	7	Notts County	13	7	1	5	21	25	5	1	1	16	8	2	0	4	5	17	-4	15	LWLWLW		4-0
2	8	Hull City	13	5	4	4	20	17	4	2	0	14	4	1	2	4	6	13	3	14	WDWLWL		1-2
2	9	Birmingham City	13	5	4	4	16	19	2	2	2	10	11	3	2	2	6	8	-3	14	DLWLDL		0-2
2	10	Everton	12	5	3	4	24	18	3	1	1	11	3	2	2	3	13	15	6	13	DWWDWL		2-4
2	11	Luton Town	13	5	3	5	23	20	4	1	1	14	5	1	2	4	9	15	3	13	LDWWLW		4-1
2	12	Nottingham Forest	14	6	1	7	26	25	3	1	2	15	10	3	0	5	11	15	1	13	LLWWLL		2-3
1	13	Swansea Town	13	4	5	4	25	26	2	4	1	12	10	2	1	3	13	16	-1	13	WDLDDW		3-1
4	14	West Ham United	13	3	6	4	15	17	3	2	2	13	11	0	4	2	2	6	-2	12	WDDLLW		3-2
3	15	Blackburn Rovers	13	5	2	6	18	22	4	1	1	11	5	1	1	5	7	17	-4	12	LDDLWL		1-2
3	16	Leeds United	14	3	5	6	20	20	3	2	2	10	5	0	3	4	10	15	0	11	DDLLLW		4-1
	17	Lincoln City	13	3	5	5	19	23	2	2	2	12	10	1	3	3	7	13	-4	11	DLDLLD		0-0
3	18	Brentford	13	4	3	6	16	24	3	1	2	10	9	1	2	4	6	15	-8	11	DLLWWL		0-4
3	19	Bury	12	3	4	5	15	16	2	2	2	10	7	1	2	3	5	9	-1	10	DWWWDL		1-3
	20	Southampton	14	2	4	8	21	30	1	2	4	15	17	1	2	4	6	13	-9	8	LDLLLD		3-3
	21	Doncaster Rovers	13	2	4	7	16	28	2	3	2	9	9	0	1	5	7	19	-12	8	LWLLDD		3-3
	22	Barnsley	12	2	2	8	15	31	2	0	4	11	13	0	2	4	4	18	-16	6	LLDWLL		1-4