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PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 0 - 3 FOREST - Sat Mar 28, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 28, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Home Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: GreensOnScreen.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 28 March 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: R Burgess
Attendance:: 14,538
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
Plymouth Argyle:: Aug 22, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1938 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1113 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2133 (of 5724)
Total:: 3285 (of 7505)
Played:: 71 years, 23 days ago

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

Goals
Jack French (60') - Jack French first goal
Wally Ardron (63')
Roland 'Tot' Leverton (73')

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Manager: Jimmy Rae
Prior form: WWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French (60')
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	26	Roland 'Tot' Leverton (73')
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (63')
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Shortt
2	D	Jack Smith
3	D	Pat Jones
4	D	Rex Tilley
5	D	Jack Chisholm
6	M	George Robertson
7	M	Harold Dobbie
8	M	Neil Dougall
9	M	Eric Davis
10	F	George Dews
11	F	Alex Govan

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 28, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-2	Lincoln City
Bury	5-2	Barnsley
Fulham	5-0	Brentford
Leeds United	0-3	Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City	2-1	Swansea Town
Luton Town	3-2	Hull City
Notts County	1-0	Huddersfield Town
Plymouth Argyle	0-3	Nottingham Forest
Rotherham United	2-2	Everton
Southampton	4-4	Sheffield United
West Ham United	1-3	Doncaster Rovers

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	Status
	1	Sheffield United	35	22	7	6	85	45	13	3	2	55	23	9	4	4	30	22	1.88889	51	LWWDWW	Safe
	2	Huddersfield Town	34	19	9	6	65	26	10	4	3	34	10	9	5	3	31	16	2.50000	47	LLWDDW	Safe
	3	Luton Town	33	19	5	9	71	40	12	1	4	43	13	7	4	5	28	27	1.77500	43	WLLDWW	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	34	17	7	10	54	46	10	4	3	31	17	7	3	7	23	29	1.17391	41	WWWDLW	Safe
	5	Nottingham Forest	34	16	7	11	68	53	10	4	3	41	25	6	3	8	27	28	1.28302	39	LWDDWW	Safe
	6	Birmingham City	33	15	8	10	57	54	9	2	6	35	31	6	6	4	22	23	1.05556	38	WLDLLW
	7	Leicester City	34	14	9	11	77	67	10	5	2	47	24	4	4	9	30	43	1.14925	37	DLDDLD
	8	Fulham	35	14	9	12	65	59	12	1	4	41	22	2	8	8	24	37	1.10169	37	WDWDLD
	9	Leeds United	34	12	12	10	58	48	11	3	3	37	19	1	9	7	21	29	1.20833	36	DWLDWL
	10	West Ham United	34	11	13	10	47	41	8	5	4	33	21	3	8	6	14	20	1.14634	35	LDDDWW
	11	Rotherham United	35	15	4	16	66	66	8	4	5	35	26	7	0	11	31	40	1.00000	34	LDWLDL
	12	Swansea Town	34	12	10	12	64	68	7	8	2	35	21	5	2	10	29	47	.94118	34	WDWWWW
	13	Blackburn Rovers	35	13	7	15	51	56	10	3	5	33	19	3	4	10	18	37	.91071	33	WLDDDL
	14	Brentford	33	12	7	14	50	60	8	4	4	32	22	4	3	10	18	38	.83333	31	DWWWWL
	15	Everton	33	9	12	12	57	54	6	7	3	30	18	3	5	9	27	36	1.05556	30	LDDDLD
	16	Doncaster Rovers	34	8	14	12	46	55	6	8	3	21	16	2	6	9	25	39	.83636	30	WLLWLD
	17	Notts County	34	11	7	16	53	75	8	5	4	37	27	3	2	12	16	48	.70667	29	LLDLWL
	18	Hull City	33	11	6	16	46	58	9	4	4	31	17	2	2	12	15	41	.79310	28	LDLWWW
	19	Lincoln City	33	6	15	12	44	62	5	9	3	29	24	1	6	9	15	38	.70968	27	DDLDLL
	20	Bury	34	9	9	16	42	63	6	6	5	23	27	3	3	11	19	36	.66667	27	DWWLDL
	21	Southampton	34	6	10	18	50	74	3	4	9	31	36	3	6	9	19	38	.67568	22	DWLLLL
	22	Barnsley	34	5	7	22	42	88	4	3	10	29	37	1	4	12	13	51	.47727	17	DDLDLL

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sheffield United	36	22	8	6	89	49	13	3	2	55	23	9	5	4	34	26	1.81633	52	WWDWWD	Safe	4-4
	2	Huddersfield Town	35	19	9	7	65	27	10	4	3	34	10	9	5	4	31	17	2.40741	47	LWDDWL	Safe	0-1
	3	Luton Town	34	20	5	9	74	42	13	1	4	46	15	7	4	5	28	27	1.76190	45	LLDWWW	Safe	3-2
1	4	Nottingham Forest	35	17	7	11	71	53	10	4	3	41	25	7	3	8	30	28	1.33962	41	WDDWWW	Safe	3-0
1	5	Plymouth Argyle	35	17	7	11	54	49	10	4	4	31	20	7	3	7	23	29	1.10204	41	WWDLWL	Safe	0-3
2	6	Fulham	36	15	9	12	70	59	13	1	4	46	22	2	8	8	24	37	1.18644	39	DWDLDW	Safe	5-0
	7	Leicester City	35	15	9	11	79	68	11	5	2	49	25	4	4	9	30	43	1.16176	39	LDDLDW	Safe	2-1
2	8	Birmingham City	34	15	9	10	59	56	9	3	6	37	33	6	6	4	22	23	1.05357	39	LDLLWD	Safe	2-2
	9	Leeds United	35	12	12	11	58	51	11	3	4	37	22	1	9	7	21	29	1.13725	36	WLDWLL		0-3
	10	West Ham United	35	11	13	11	48	44	8	5	5	34	24	3	8	6	14	20	1.09091	35	DDDWWL		1-3
	11	Rotherham United	36	15	5	16	68	68	8	5	5	37	28	7	0	11	31	40	1.00000	35	DWLDLD		2-2
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	36	14	7	15	54	56	10	3	5	33	19	4	4	10	21	37	.96429	35	LDDDLW		3-0
1	13	Swansea Town	35	12	10	13	65	70	7	8	2	35	21	5	2	11	30	49	.92857	34	DWWWWL		1-2
2	14	Doncaster Rovers	35	9	14	12	49	56	6	8	3	21	16	3	6	9	28	40	.87500	32	LLWLDW		3-1
	15	Everton	34	9	13	12	59	56	6	7	3	30	18	3	6	9	29	38	1.05357	31	DDDLDD		2-2
2	16	Brentford	34	12	7	15	50	65	8	4	4	32	22	4	3	11	18	43	.76923	31	WWWWLL		0-5
	17	Notts County	35	12	7	16	54	75	9	5	4	38	27	3	2	12	16	48	.72000	31	LDLWLW		1-0
2	18	Bury	35	10	9	16	47	65	7	6	5	28	29	3	3	11	19	36	.72308	29	WWLDLW		5-2
1	19	Hull City	34	11	6	17	48	61	9	4	4	31	17	2	2	13	17	44	.78689	28	DLWWWL		2-3
1	20	Lincoln City	34	6	16	12	46	64	5	9	3	29	24	1	7	9	17	40	.71875	28	DLDLLD		2-2
	21	Southampton	35	6	11	18	54	78	3	5	9	35	40	3	6	9	19	38	.69231	23	WLLLLD		4-4
	22	Barnsley	35	5	7	23	44	93	4	3	10	29	37	1	4	13	15	56	.47312	17	DLDLLL		2-5