The City Ground

LEEDS UNITED 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 26, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 26, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elland Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: K Collinge
Attendance:: 22,135
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Leeds United:: Sep 18, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1970 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1145 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2165 (of 5724)
Total:: 3319 (of 7505)
Played:: 70 years, 3 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Wally Ardron (63')
Alan Moore (78')

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Raich Carter
Prior form: WLDLWL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	200th appearance
7	F	26	Alan Moore (78')
8	F	31	Noel Kelly
9	M	35	Wally Ardron (63')
10	F	29	Tom Martin
11	F	25	Sid Thompson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Dunn
3	D	Hair
4	D	Kerfoot
5	D	Marsden
6	M	Burden
7	M	Williams
8	M	Nightingale
9	M	Charles
10	F	Iggleden
11	F	Burbank

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 26, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Derby County	3-1	Bury
Doncaster Rovers	0-2	Blackburn Rovers
Hull City	3-0	Lincoln City
Leeds United	0-2	Nottingham Forest
Luton Town	3-1	West Ham United
Notts County	2-1	Birmingham City
Oldham Athletic	2-0	Brentford
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Fulham
Rotherham United	1-1	Leicester City
Swansea Town	2-2	Stoke 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	Leicester City	24	13	7	4	60	32	10	2	1	43	13	3	5	3	17	19	1.87500	33	WLWLWW
	2	Everton	24	12	8	4	50	38	8	3	1	31	17	4	5	3	19	21	1.31579	32	DWLDWW
	3	Doncaster Rovers	24	14	3	7	39	26	8	1	2	19	8	6	2	5	20	18	1.50000	31	DLDWWL
	4	Birmingham City	24	12	6	6	54	31	8	4	1	36	10	4	2	5	18	21	1.74194	30	DWWLWW
	5	Nottingham Forest	24	11	6	7	53	37	10	3	0	43	17	1	3	7	10	20	1.43243	28	DLDDLW
	6	Luton Town	24	10	7	7	41	37	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	5	19	22	1.10811	27	WWWWLL
	7	Blackburn Rovers	23	10	6	7	42	34	6	4	1	25	11	4	2	6	17	23	1.23529	26	LLLWWW
	8	Rotherham United	25	12	2	11	45	48	7	2	4	26	20	5	0	7	19	28	.93750	26	DWWLLL
	9	West Ham United	24	10	4	10	42	36	8	1	3	30	10	2	3	7	12	26	1.16667	24	DLLWLW
	10	Fulham	24	9	6	9	52	46	6	2	4	32	22	3	4	5	20	24	1.13043	24	WDWLWW
	11	Leeds United	24	8	8	8	51	49	6	4	1	27	14	2	4	7	24	35	1.04082	24	WLDLWL
	12	Stoke City	24	6	11	7	36	37	4	5	3	23	19	2	6	4	13	18	.97297	23	WLDWDL
	13	Bristol Rovers	24	7	8	9	45	41	5	3	4	21	14	2	5	5	24	27	1.09756	22	DWLWLL
	14	Lincoln City	23	8	5	10	36	41	7	3	2	28	12	1	2	8	8	29	.87805	21	WLDLLL
	15	Derby County	23	8	5	10	41	49	7	2	2	25	15	1	3	8	16	34	.83673	21	LWLWDL
	16	Swansea Town	23	9	3	11	31	41	7	2	3	20	13	2	1	8	11	28	.75610	21	WWLWLL
	17	Hull City	23	9	2	12	34	34	8	0	3	26	8	1	2	9	8	26	1.00000	20	LLWDWW
	18	Plymouth Argyle	24	5	10	9	30	42	3	8	1	21	17	2	2	8	9	25	.71429	20	WWDLWL
	19	Notts County	24	7	6	11	26	46	3	3	5	11	16	4	3	6	15	30	.56522	20	WDWWDL
	20	Bury	24	5	9	10	33	46	5	4	3	28	23	0	5	7	5	23	.71739	19	DWLWDW
	21	Brentford	24	6	7	11	20	43	5	4	4	12	16	1	3	7	8	27	.46512	19	LLLDDW
	22	Oldham Athletic	24	4	5	15	24	51	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	11	11	38	.47059	13	LLDLLL

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	Leicester City	25	13	8	4	61	33	10	2	1	43	13	3	6	3	18	20	1.84848	34	LWLWWD		1-1
	2	Everton	24	12	8	4	50	38	8	3	1	31	17	4	5	3	19	21	1.31579	32	DWLDWW
	3	Doncaster Rovers	25	14	3	8	39	28	8	1	3	19	10	6	2	5	20	18	1.39286	31	LDWWLL		0-2
	4	Birmingham City	25	12	6	7	55	33	8	4	1	36	10	4	2	6	19	23	1.66667	30	WWLWWL		1-2
	5	Nottingham Forest	25	12	6	7	55	37	10	3	0	43	17	2	3	7	12	20	1.48649	30	LDDLWW		2-0
	6	Luton Town	25	11	7	7	44	38	7	4	2	25	16	4	3	5	19	22	1.15789	29	WWWLLW		3-1
	7	Blackburn Rovers	24	11	6	7	44	34	6	4	1	25	11	5	2	6	19	23	1.29412	28	LLWWWW		2-0
	8	Rotherham United	26	12	3	11	46	49	7	3	4	27	21	5	0	7	19	28	.93878	27	WWLLLD		1-1
1	9	Fulham	25	9	7	9	54	48	6	2	4	32	22	3	5	5	22	26	1.12500	25	DWLWWD		2-2
1	10	West Ham United	25	10	4	11	43	39	8	1	3	30	10	2	3	8	13	29	1.10256	24	LLWLWL		1-3
	11	Leeds United	25	8	8	9	51	51	6	4	2	27	16	2	4	7	24	35	1.00000	24	LDLWLL		0-2
	12	Stoke City	25	6	12	7	38	39	4	5	3	23	19	2	7	4	15	20	.97436	24	LDWDLD		2-2
2	13	Derby County	24	9	5	10	44	50	8	2	2	28	16	1	3	8	16	34	.88000	23	WLWDLW		3-1
1	14	Bristol Rovers	24	7	8	9	45	41	5	3	4	21	14	2	5	5	24	27	1.09756	22	DWLWLL
2	15	Hull City	24	10	2	12	37	34	9	0	3	29	8	1	2	9	8	26	1.08824	22	LWDWWW		3-0
	16	Swansea Town	24	9	4	11	33	43	7	3	3	22	15	2	1	8	11	28	.76744	22	WLWLLD		2-2
2	17	Notts County	25	8	6	11	28	47	4	3	5	13	17	4	3	6	15	30	.59574	22	DWWDLW		2-1
4	18	Lincoln City	24	8	5	11	36	44	7	3	2	28	12	1	2	9	8	32	.81818	21	LDLLLL		0-3
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	25	5	11	9	32	44	3	9	1	23	19	2	2	8	9	25	.72727	21	WDLWLD		2-2
	20	Bury	25	5	9	11	34	49	5	4	3	28	23	0	5	8	6	26	.69388	19	WLWDWL		1-3
	21	Brentford	25	6	7	12	20	45	5	4	4	12	16	1	3	8	8	29	.44444	19	LLDDWL		0-2
	22	Oldham Athletic	25	5	5	15	26	51	5	3	4	15	13	0	2	11	11	38	.50980	15	LDLLLW		2-0