The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Dec 29, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 29, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: EW Baker
Attendance:: 34,316
League Week:: 26 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 7
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Nov 29, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1887 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1062 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2078 (of 5829)
Total:: 3226 (of 7634)
Played:: 74 years, 8 months, 23 days ago

Review
Len Boyd went off for Birmingham at half-time with a suspected ankle fracture.

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

Goal Scorers

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Bob Brocklebank
Prior form: WWLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Briggs (84')

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	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gil Merrick
2	D	Ken Green
3	D	Jack Badham
4	D	Len Boyd
5	D	Arthur Atkins
6	M	Roy Warhurst
7	M	Jackie Stewart
8	M	Ted Purdon
9	M	Tommy Briggs
10	F	Bill Smith
11	F	Billy Wardle

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 29, 1951)

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

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 Wednesday	26	13	6	7	61	42	9	2	1	31	12	4	4	6	30	30	19	32	WDWDLW		4-1
1	2	Birmingham City	26	12	8	6	37	30	6	5	2	19	11	6	3	4	18	19	7	32	WLWWWW		1-0
2	3	Cardiff City	25	12	7	6	43	28	10	1	1	32	10	2	6	5	11	18	15	31	DLWDWD		1-1
4	4	Rotherham United	25	13	4	8	55	44	9	1	2	30	12	4	3	6	25	32	11	30	LLDLLW		3-0
1	5	Sheffield United	25	12	5	8	60	43	10	2	2	39	17	2	3	6	21	26	17	29	DDLLWL		1-2
	6	Brentford	25	11	7	7	31	24	9	2	1	21	7	2	5	6	10	17	7	29	LWDLLD		1-1
2	7	Nottingham Forest	26	10	9	7	49	41	6	5	2	24	15	4	4	5	25	26	8	29	LWLDWL		0-1
1	8	Luton Town	25	10	8	7	45	39	5	4	3	29	19	5	4	4	16	20	6	28	LWWLWL		1-2
1	9	Leicester City	25	10	7	8	50	40	7	4	2	33	16	3	3	6	17	24	10	27	WWLLLW		2-1
1	10	Leeds United	25	10	7	8	36	36	6	5	1	20	11	4	2	7	16	25	0	27	LLDWWL		0-2
2	11	Barnsley	25	9	8	8	40	41	7	4	2	27	18	2	4	6	13	23	-1	26	WDDWDW		2-1
1	12	Doncaster Rovers	26	8	9	9	36	34	7	3	3	24	13	1	6	6	12	21	2	25	LDDWDL		0-3
1	13	Everton	26	9	7	10	39	45	6	4	3	23	20	3	3	7	16	25	-6	25	LWLLDW		2-0
2	14	Notts County	26	10	4	12	40	42	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	9	13	27	-2	24	LWWWLL		1-2
1	15	West Ham United	26	9	6	11	39	54	8	4	2	29	21	1	2	9	10	33	-15	24	LWLWLW		2-0
1	16	Southampton	26	8	7	11	37	55	5	5	3	21	18	3	2	8	16	37	-18	23	DLDWWL		1-4
1	17	Bury	25	8	6	11	44	40	7	2	3	28	12	1	4	8	16	28	4	22	DWLLLW		2-1
1	18	Swansea Town	26	6	9	11	43	50	6	3	4	28	17	0	6	7	15	33	-7	21	WLLDLL		2-3
	19	Coventry City	25	8	4	13	37	50	5	4	4	23	21	3	0	9	14	29	-13	20	WLWWWL		1-2
1	20	Blackburn Rovers	25	8	3	14	28	41	5	1	6	18	18	3	2	8	10	23	-13	19	WDWWLW		2-1
1	21	Queens Park Rangers	25	5	9	11	33	54	4	6	3	23	23	1	3	8	10	31	-21	19	WLLLDW		3-2
2	22	Hull City	26	6	6	14	34	44	5	3	5	23	19	1	3	9	11	25	-10	18	WDWLWL		0-2