The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - Sat Aug 22, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 22, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: GreensOnScreen.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: W Ling
Attendance:: 16,746
Pos Before/After:: 14 7
Opp Before/After:: 16 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Plymouth Argyle:: Dec 19, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1947 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1122 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2142 (of 5724)
Total:: 3296 (of 7505)
Played:: 70 years, 7 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Alan Moore
Tom Martin - Tom Martin last goal
Roland 'Tot' Leverton

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

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	28	Bill Whare
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	28	Tom Martin
9	F	27	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Les Major
2	D	George Robertson
3	D	Pat Jones
4	D	Neil Dougall
5	D	Jack Chisholm
6	M	Johnny Porteous
7	M	Malcolm Davies
8	M	Gordon Astall
9	M	Maurice Tadman
10	F	Arthur Smith
11	F	Peter Anderson

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Aug 22, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	6-0	Swansea Town
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Bristol Rovers
Bury	3-3	Notts County
Derby County	4-1	Brentford
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Lincoln City
Fulham	0-1	Stoke City
Leeds United	4-2	Rotherham United
Luton Town	1-1	Everton
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Plymouth Argyle
Oldham Athletic	0-0	Hull City
West Ham United	4-1	Leicester City

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	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	2	Doncaster Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	2	W
	3	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	4	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W
	5	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4.00000	2	W
	6	Brentford	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D
	7	Bristol Rovers	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1.00000	1	D
	8	Bury	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	1	D
	9	Derby County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	1	D
	10	Everton	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1.00000	1	D
	11	Fulham	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	12	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	13	Luton Town	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	14	Nottingham Forest	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	15	Oldham Athletic	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1.00000	1	D
	16	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	17	Stoke City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	18	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.25000	0	L
	19	Hull City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.00000	0	L
	20	Lincoln City	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.00000	0	L
	21	Notts County	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.00000	0	L
	22	Swansea Town	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L

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	Birmingham City	2	2	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	4	WW		6-0
2	2	West Ham United	2	2	0	0	9	1	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	9.00000	4	WW		4-1
	3	Leeds United	2	2	0	0	10	2	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.00000	4	WW		4-2
1	4	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	1	0	5	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	2.50000	3	WD		1-1
4	5	Derby County	2	1	1	0	6	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	2	2.00000	3	DW		4-1
4	6	Doncaster Rovers	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.00000	3	WD		1-1
7	7	Nottingham Forest	2	1	1	0	6	3	1	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	3	DW		3-0
9	8	Stoke City	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.00000	3	DW		1-0
2	9	Bristol Rovers	2	0	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	5	1.00000	2	DD		1-1
2	10	Bury	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	2	DD		3-3
1	11	Everton	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	1.00000	2	DD		1-1
1	12	Luton Town	2	0	2	0	5	5	0	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	2	DD		1-1
2	13	Oldham Athletic	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1.00000	2	DD		0-0
3	14	Fulham	2	0	1	1	4	5	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.80000	1	DL		0-1
3	15	Leicester City	2	0	1	1	3	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	4	.50000	1	DL		1-4
10	16	Brentford	2	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	.40000	1	DL		1-4
4	17	Notts County	2	0	1	1	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	9	.33333	1	LD		3-3
2	18	Plymouth Argyle	2	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	.25000	1	DL		0-3
1	19	Lincoln City	2	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	.16667	1	LD		1-1
1	20	Hull City	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	.00000	1	LD		0-0
3	21	Rotherham United	2	0	0	2	3	8	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	4	.37500	0	LL		2-4
	22	Swansea Town	2	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	.00000	0	LL		0-6