The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 ROTHERHAM UNITED - Sat Dec 15, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 15, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-2 WON
: Half-time: 3-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: F Gerrard
Attendance:: 31,091
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 1 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 2)
Rotherham United:: Nov 01, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1883 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1058 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2074 (of 5824)
Total:: 3222 (of 7629)
Played:: 74 years, 8 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (5')
Collin Collindridge (34')
Wally Ardron (44')
Tommy Capel (68')

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Reg Freeman
Prior form: WWWDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Charlie Tomlinson (17')
Tom McGoldrick (56')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Alan Orr
7	F	35	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	Noel Kelly
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (5') (44')
10	F	29	Tommy Capel (68')
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge (34')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Danny Bolton
2	D	Jack Selkirk
3	D	Norman Noble
4	D	Jack Edwards
5	D	Alf Gibson
6	M	Colin Rawson
7	M	Jack Grainger
8	M	Jack Shaw
9	M	Tom McGoldrick
10	F	Gladstone Guest
11	F	Charlie Tomlinson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 15, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-2	Hull City
Brentford	2-1	Leeds United
Bury	3-0	Birmingham City
Coventry City	0-2	Notts County
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Everton	3-0	Southampton
Leicester City	3-0	Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest	4-2	Rotherham United
Sheffield United	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Swansea Town	0-3	Luton Town
West Ham United	4-2	Queens Park Rangers

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	Rotherham United	20	12	3	5	48	33	9	0	1	28	9	3	3	4	20	24	15	27	WWWDWL
	2	Sheffield United	20	11	4	5	55	35	9	1	1	36	14	2	3	4	19	21	20	26	DLLWLD
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	21	11	4	6	50	37	8	1	1	26	11	3	3	5	24	26	13	26	WLWWWW
	4	Cardiff City	20	10	5	5	34	22	8	1	1	25	9	2	4	4	9	13	12	25	WWWDWD
	5	Brentford	20	10	5	5	25	17	8	1	0	17	3	2	4	5	8	14	8	25	WLWDWL
	6	Nottingham Forest	21	8	8	5	41	32	4	5	1	18	11	4	3	4	23	21	9	24	DWDWWL
	7	Birmingham City	21	8	8	5	28	26	4	5	2	13	11	4	3	3	15	15	2	24	WWLWWW
	8	Leicester City	20	8	7	5	43	33	6	4	1	29	14	2	3	4	14	19	10	23	DDWLWW
	9	Leeds United	20	8	6	6	31	30	5	4	1	18	10	3	2	5	13	20	1	22	WWDWDL
	10	Luton Town	20	7	8	5	33	32	3	4	2	20	15	4	4	3	13	17	1	22	WWDDLL
	11	Doncaster Rovers	21	7	6	8	31	28	6	2	2	20	8	1	4	6	11	20	3	20	WWWLLL
	12	Swansea Town	21	6	8	7	40	38	6	2	2	25	10	0	6	5	15	28	2	20	LLLLDW
	13	Everton	21	7	6	8	32	37	4	3	3	17	19	3	3	5	15	18	-5	20	DWWDWL
	14	Barnsley	20	7	5	8	31	35	6	3	2	22	15	1	2	6	9	20	-4	19	LDDDWW
	15	Bury	20	6	6	8	38	32	5	2	2	23	9	1	4	6	15	23	6	18	DWLLLD
	16	Notts County	21	7	4	10	32	38	5	3	3	22	14	2	1	7	10	24	-6	18	LLLDLL
	17	Southampton	21	6	6	9	31	45	4	4	2	17	12	2	2	7	14	33	-14	18	LLWLLD
	18	West Ham United	21	6	6	9	28	43	5	4	2	20	19	1	2	7	8	24	-15	18	DWLDWL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	20	4	8	8	25	40	4	5	2	21	18	0	3	6	4	22	-15	16	LLLLLW
	20	Coventry City	20	5	4	11	27	45	4	4	2	19	17	1	0	9	8	28	-18	14	LLLWLW
	21	Hull City	21	4	5	12	27	38	3	3	5	18	18	1	2	7	9	20	-11	13	LLLLLW
	22	Blackburn Rovers	20	5	2	13	21	35	3	1	6	14	17	2	1	7	7	18	-14	12	LLWWLW

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	Sheffield United	21	11	5	5	56	36	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	4	19	21	20	27	LLWLDD		1-1
3	2	Brentford	21	11	5	5	27	18	9	1	0	19	4	2	4	5	8	14	9	27	LWDWLW		2-1
2	3	Rotherham United	21	12	3	6	50	37	9	0	1	28	9	3	3	5	22	28	13	27	WWDWLL		2-4
1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	22	11	5	6	51	38	8	1	1	26	11	3	4	5	25	27	13	27	LWWWWD		1-1
1	5	Nottingham Forest	22	9	8	5	45	34	5	5	1	22	13	4	3	4	23	21	11	26	WDWWLW		4-2
2	6	Leicester City	21	9	7	5	46	33	7	4	1	32	14	2	3	4	14	19	13	25	DWLWWW		3-0
3	7	Cardiff City	21	10	5	6	34	25	8	1	1	25	9	2	4	5	9	16	9	25	WWDWDL		0-3
2	8	Luton Town	21	8	8	5	36	32	3	4	2	20	15	5	4	3	16	17	4	24	WDDLLW		3-0
2	9	Birmingham City	22	8	8	6	28	29	4	5	2	13	11	4	3	4	15	18	-1	24	WLWWWL		0-3
1	10	Leeds United	21	8	6	7	32	32	5	4	1	18	10	3	2	6	14	22	0	22	WDWDLL		1-2
2	11	Everton	22	8	6	8	35	37	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	5	15	18	-2	22	WWDWLW		3-0
1	12	Doncaster Rovers	22	7	7	8	32	29	6	3	2	21	9	1	4	6	11	20	3	21	WWLLLD		1-1
2	13	Bury	21	7	6	8	41	32	6	2	2	26	9	1	4	6	15	23	9	20	WLLLDW		3-0
2	14	Swansea Town	22	6	8	8	40	41	6	2	3	25	13	0	6	5	15	28	-1	20	LLLDWL		0-3
1	15	Notts County	22	8	4	10	34	38	5	3	3	22	14	3	1	7	12	24	-4	20	LLDLLW		2-0
2	16	Barnsley	21	7	6	8	33	37	6	4	2	24	17	1	2	6	9	20	-4	20	DDDWWD		2-2
1	17	West Ham United	22	7	6	9	32	45	6	4	2	24	21	1	2	7	8	24	-13	20	WLDWLW		4-2
1	18	Southampton	22	6	6	10	31	48	4	4	2	17	12	2	2	8	14	36	-17	18	LWLLDL		0-3
	19	Queens Park Rangers	21	4	8	9	27	44	4	5	2	21	18	0	3	7	6	26	-17	16	LLLLWL		2-4
1	20	Hull City	22	4	6	12	29	40	3	3	5	18	18	1	3	7	11	22	-11	14	LLLLWD		2-2
1	21	Coventry City	21	5	4	12	27	47	4	4	3	19	19	1	0	9	8	28	-20	14	LLWLWL		0-2
	22	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	3	13	22	36	3	1	6	14	17	2	2	7	8	19	-14	13	LWWLWD		1-1