The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Wed Dec 26, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Dec 26, 1951 (2:15 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 27 December 1951

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: J Topliss
Attendance:: 39,530
League Week:: 25 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 5
Opp Before/After:: 1 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Sep 24, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1886 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1061 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2077 (of 5824)
Total:: 3225 (of 7629)
Played:: 74 years, 7 months, 26 days ago

Review
When today's attendance of 39,530 is added to yesterday's attendance at Wednesday of 61,062, that means that over 100,000 fans saw us in these two Christmas games.

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (10')
Tot Leverton

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Eric Taylor
Prior form: WWWDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Derek Dooley (81')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Danny Canning
2	D	26	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	25	Jack Burkitt
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Bill Morley
7	F	35	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	Tot Leverton
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (10')
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Danny Canning	2		1	1
2	D	26	Bill Whare	77		88	14
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson	106		1	1
4	M	25	Jack Burkitt	112	3	1	1
5	D	34	Horace Gager	161	4	1	1
6	M	26	Bill Morley	111	3	1	1
7	F	35	Freddie Scott	228	30	1	1
8	F	25	Tot Leverton	56	20	105	17
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (10')	113	79	1	1
10	F	29	Tommy Capel	78	41	1	1
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge	72	24	1	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dave McIntosh
2	D	Keith Bannister
3	D	Vince Kenny
4	D	Eddie Gannon
5	D	Ralph O'Donnell
6	M	George Davies
7	M	Alan Finney
8	M	Jackie Sewell
9	M	Derek Dooley
10	F	Redfern Froggatt
11	F	Walter Rickett

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Dec 26, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Cardiff City	3-0	Swansea Town
Coventry City	3-0	Bury
Everton	1-1	Doncaster Rovers
Hull City	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United	2-1	Leicester City
Luton Town	6-1	West Ham United
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Barnsley
Rotherham United	1-2	Birmingham City
Sheffield United	1-0	Notts County
Southampton	2-1	Brentford

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 Wednesday	24	12	6	6	56	39	9	2	1	31	12	3	4	5	25	27	17	30	WWWDWD
2	Cardiff City	23	11	6	6	39	27	9	1	1	29	10	2	5	5	10	17	12	28	DWDLWD
3	Brentford	23	11	6	6	29	21	9	1	1	20	6	2	5	5	9	15	8	28	DWLWDL
4	Rotherham United	23	12	4	7	51	42	9	1	1	29	10	3	3	6	22	32	9	28	DWLLDL
5	Birmingham City	24	10	8	6	34	29	6	5	2	19	11	4	3	4	15	18	5	28	WWWLWW
6	Sheffield United	23	11	5	7	58	41	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	6	21	26	17	27	WLDDLL
7	Nottingham Forest	24	9	9	6	47	39	5	5	1	22	13	4	4	5	25	26	8	27	WWLWLD
8	Luton Town	23	9	8	6	38	36	4	4	2	22	16	5	4	4	16	20	2	26	DLLWWL
9	Leicester City	23	9	7	7	47	37	7	4	2	33	16	2	3	5	14	21	10	25	LWWWLL
10	Leeds United	23	9	7	7	34	33	5	5	1	18	10	4	2	6	16	23	1	25	WDLLDW
11	Doncaster Rovers	24	8	8	8	35	30	7	3	2	24	10	1	5	6	11	20	5	24	LLLDDW
12	Notts County	24	10	4	10	39	39	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	7	12	24	0	24	DLLWWW
13	Barnsley	23	8	7	8	37	39	7	4	2	27	18	1	3	6	10	21	-2	23	DWWDDW
14	Everton	24	8	6	10	36	44	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	7	16	25	-8	22	DWLWLL
15	West Ham United	24	8	6	10	36	48	7	4	2	27	21	1	2	8	9	27	-12	22	DWLWLW
16	Swansea Town	24	6	9	9	41	44	6	3	3	26	14	0	6	6	15	30	-3	21	LDWLLD
17	Southampton	24	7	7	10	34	50	4	5	2	18	13	3	2	8	16	37	-16	21	LLDLDW
18	Bury	23	7	6	10	42	36	6	2	3	26	11	1	4	7	16	25	6	20	LLDWLL
19	Coventry City	23	7	4	12	33	48	4	4	3	19	19	3	0	9	14	29	-15	18	WLWLWW
20	Blackburn Rovers	23	7	3	13	26	37	5	1	6	18	18	2	2	7	8	19	-11	17	WLWDWW
21	Hull City	24	5	6	13	31	42	4	3	5	20	19	1	3	8	11	23	-11	16	LLWDWL
22	Queens Park Rangers	23	4	8	11	29	51	4	5	3	22	22	0	3	8	7	29	-22	16	LLWLLL

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	Cardiff City	24	12	6	6	42	27	10	1	1	32	10	2	5	5	10	17	15	30	WDLWDW		3-0
1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	25	12	6	7	57	41	9	2	1	31	12	3	4	6	26	29	16	30	WWDWDL		1-2
2	3	Birmingham City	25	11	8	6	36	30	6	5	2	19	11	5	3	4	17	19	6	30	WWLWWW		2-1
2	4	Sheffield United	24	12	5	7	59	41	10	2	1	38	15	2	3	6	21	26	18	29	LDDLLW		1-0
2	5	Nottingham Forest	25	10	9	6	49	40	6	5	1	24	14	4	4	5	25	26	9	29	WLWLDW		2-1
3	6	Brentford	24	11	6	7	30	23	9	1	1	20	6	2	5	6	10	17	7	28	WLWDLL		1-2
1	7	Luton Town	24	10	8	6	44	37	5	4	2	28	17	5	4	4	16	20	7	28	LLWWLW		6-1
4	8	Rotherham United	24	12	4	8	52	44	9	1	2	30	12	3	3	6	22	32	8	28	WLLDLL		1-2
1	9	Leeds United	24	10	7	7	36	34	6	5	1	20	11	4	2	6	16	23	2	27	DLLDWW		2-1
1	10	Leicester City	24	9	7	8	48	39	7	4	2	33	16	2	3	6	15	23	9	25	WWWLLL		1-2
	11	Doncaster Rovers	25	8	9	8	36	31	7	3	2	24	10	1	6	6	12	21	5	25	LLDDWD		1-1
	12	Notts County	25	10	4	11	39	40	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	8	12	25	-1	24	LLWWWL		0-1
	13	Barnsley	24	8	8	8	38	40	7	4	2	27	18	1	4	6	11	22	-2	24	WWDDWD		1-1
	14	Everton	25	8	7	10	37	45	5	4	3	21	20	3	3	7	16	25	-8	23	WLWLLD		1-1
2	15	Southampton	25	8	7	10	36	51	5	5	2	20	14	3	2	8	16	37	-15	23	LDLDWW		2-1
1	16	West Ham United	25	8	6	11	37	54	7	4	2	27	21	1	2	9	10	33	-17	22	WLWLWL		1-6
1	17	Swansea Town	25	6	9	10	41	47	6	3	3	26	14	0	6	7	15	33	-6	21	DWLLDL		0-3
	18	Bury	24	7	6	11	42	39	6	2	3	26	11	1	4	8	16	28	3	20	LDWLLL		0-3
	19	Coventry City	24	8	4	12	36	48	5	4	3	22	19	3	0	9	14	29	-12	20	LWLWWW		3-0
1	20	Hull City	25	6	6	13	34	42	5	3	5	23	19	1	3	8	11	23	-8	18	LWDWLW		3-0
1	21	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	3	14	26	40	5	1	6	18	18	2	2	8	8	22	-14	17	LWDWWL		0-3
	22	Queens Park Rangers	24	4	9	11	30	52	4	6	3	23	23	0	3	8	7	29	-22	17	LWLLLD		1-1