The City Ground

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

Date:: Wed Dec 26, 1951 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: J Topliss
Attendance:: 39,530
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 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1061 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2077 (of 5679)
Total:: 3222 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Roland 'Tot' Leverton
Wally Ardron

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

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Danny Canning
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Jack Burkitt
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	William Morley
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Sheffield Wednesday	24	12	6	6	56	39	9	2	1	31	12	3	4	5	25	27	1.43590	30	WWWDWD
	2	Cardiff City	23	11	6	6	39	27	9	1	1	29	10	2	5	5	10	17	1.44444	28	DWDLWD
	3	Brentford	23	11	6	6	29	21	9	1	1	20	6	2	5	5	9	15	1.38095	28	DWLWDL
	4	Rotherham United	23	12	4	7	51	42	9	1	1	29	10	3	3	6	22	32	1.21429	28	DWLLDL
	5	Birmingham City	24	10	8	6	34	29	6	5	2	19	11	4	3	4	15	18	1.17241	28	WWWLWW
	6	Sheffield United	23	11	5	7	58	41	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	6	21	26	1.41463	27	WLDDLL
	7	Nottingham Forest	24	9	9	6	47	39	5	5	1	22	13	4	4	5	25	26	1.20513	27	WWLWLD
	8	Luton Town	23	9	8	6	38	36	4	4	2	22	16	5	4	4	16	20	1.05556	26	DLLWWL
	9	Leicester City	23	9	7	7	47	37	7	4	2	33	16	2	3	5	14	21	1.27027	25	LWWWLL
	10	Leeds United	23	9	7	7	34	33	5	5	1	18	10	4	2	6	16	23	1.03030	25	WDLLDW
	11	Doncaster Rovers	24	8	8	8	35	30	7	3	2	24	10	1	5	6	11	20	1.16667	24	LLLDDW
	12	Notts County	24	10	4	10	39	39	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	7	12	24	1.00000	24	DLLWWW
	13	Barnsley	23	8	7	8	37	39	7	4	2	27	18	1	3	6	10	21	.94872	23	DWWDDW
	14	Everton	24	8	6	10	36	44	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	7	16	25	.81818	22	DWLWLL
	15	West Ham United	24	8	6	10	36	48	7	4	2	27	21	1	2	8	9	27	.75000	22	DWLWLW
	16	Swansea Town	24	6	9	9	41	44	6	3	3	26	14	0	6	6	15	30	.93182	21	LDWLLD
	17	Southampton	24	7	7	10	34	50	4	5	2	18	13	3	2	8	16	37	.68000	21	LLDLDW
	18	Bury	23	7	6	10	42	36	6	2	3	26	11	1	4	7	16	25	1.16667	20	LLDWLL
	19	Coventry City	23	7	4	12	33	48	4	4	3	19	19	3	0	9	14	29	.68750	18	WLWLWW
	20	Blackburn Rovers	23	7	3	13	26	37	5	1	6	18	18	2	2	7	8	19	.70270	17	WLWDWW
	21	Hull City	24	5	6	13	31	42	4	3	5	20	19	1	3	8	11	23	.73810	16	LLWDWL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	23	4	8	11	29	51	4	5	3	22	22	0	3	8	7	29	.56863	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	1	Cardiff City	24	12	6	6	42	27	10	1	1	32	10	2	5	5	10	17	1.55556	30	WDLWDW	3-0
1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	25	12	6	7	57	41	9	2	1	31	12	3	4	6	26	29	1.39024	30	WWDWDL	1-2
2	3	Birmingham City	25	11	8	6	36	30	6	5	2	19	11	5	3	4	17	19	1.20000	30	WWLWWW	2-1
2	4	Sheffield United	24	12	5	7	59	41	10	2	1	38	15	2	3	6	21	26	1.43902	29	LDDLLW	1-0
2	5	Nottingham Forest	25	10	9	6	49	40	6	5	1	24	14	4	4	5	25	26	1.22500	29	WLWLDW	2-1
3	6	Brentford	24	11	6	7	30	23	9	1	1	20	6	2	5	6	10	17	1.30435	28	WLWDLL	1-2
1	7	Luton Town	24	10	8	6	44	37	5	4	2	28	17	5	4	4	16	20	1.18919	28	LLWWLW	6-1
4	8	Rotherham United	24	12	4	8	52	44	9	1	2	30	12	3	3	6	22	32	1.18182	28	WLLDLL	1-2
1	9	Leeds United	24	10	7	7	36	34	6	5	1	20	11	4	2	6	16	23	1.05882	27	DLLDWW	2-1
1	10	Leicester City	24	9	7	8	48	39	7	4	2	33	16	2	3	6	15	23	1.23077	25	WWWLLL	1-2
	11	Doncaster Rovers	25	8	9	8	36	31	7	3	2	24	10	1	6	6	12	21	1.16129	25	LLDDWD	1-1
	12	Notts County	25	10	4	11	39	40	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	8	12	25	.97500	24	LLWWWL	0-1
	13	Barnsley	24	8	8	8	38	40	7	4	2	27	18	1	4	6	11	22	.95000	24	WWDDWD	1-1
	14	Everton	25	8	7	10	37	45	5	4	3	21	20	3	3	7	16	25	.82222	23	WLWLLD	1-1
2	15	Southampton	25	8	7	10	36	51	5	5	2	20	14	3	2	8	16	37	.70588	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	.68519	22	WLWLWL	1-6
1	17	Swansea Town	25	6	9	10	41	47	6	3	3	26	14	0	6	7	15	33	.87234	21	DWLLDL	0-3
	18	Bury	24	7	6	11	42	39	6	2	3	26	11	1	4	8	16	28	1.07692	20	LDWLLL	0-3
	19	Coventry City	24	8	4	12	36	48	5	4	3	22	19	3	0	9	14	29	.75000	20	LWLWWW	3-0
1	20	Hull City	25	6	6	13	34	42	5	3	5	23	19	1	3	8	11	23	.80952	18	LWDWLW	3-0
1	21	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	3	14	26	40	5	1	6	18	18	2	2	8	8	22	.65000	17	LWDWWL	0-3
	22	Queens Park Rangers	24	4	9	11	30	52	4	6	3	23	23	0	3	8	7	29	.57692	17	LWLLLD	1-1