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)

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: EW Baker
Attendance:: 34,316
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 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1062 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2078 (of 5679)
Total:: 3223 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:

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

Goals:
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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 (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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Cardiff City	24	12	6	6	42	27	10	1	1	32	10	2	5	5	10	17	1.55556	30	WDLWDW
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	25	12	6	7	57	41	9	2	1	31	12	3	4	6	26	29	1.39024	30	WWDWDL
	3	Birmingham City	25	11	8	6	36	30	6	5	2	19	11	5	3	4	17	19	1.20000	30	WWLWWW
	4	Sheffield United	24	12	5	7	59	41	10	2	1	38	15	2	3	6	21	26	1.43902	29	LDDLLW
	5	Nottingham Forest	25	10	9	6	49	40	6	5	1	24	14	4	4	5	25	26	1.22500	29	WLWLDW
	6	Brentford	24	11	6	7	30	23	9	1	1	20	6	2	5	6	10	17	1.30435	28	WLWDLL
	7	Luton Town	24	10	8	6	44	37	5	4	2	28	17	5	4	4	16	20	1.18919	28	LLWWLW
	8	Rotherham United	24	12	4	8	52	44	9	1	2	30	12	3	3	6	22	32	1.18182	28	WLLDLL
	9	Leeds United	24	10	7	7	36	34	6	5	1	20	11	4	2	6	16	23	1.05882	27	DLLDWW
	10	Leicester City	24	9	7	8	48	39	7	4	2	33	16	2	3	6	15	23	1.23077	25	WWWLLL
	11	Doncaster Rovers	25	8	9	8	36	31	7	3	2	24	10	1	6	6	12	21	1.16129	25	LLDDWD
	12	Notts County	25	10	4	11	39	40	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	8	12	25	.97500	24	LLWWWL
	13	Barnsley	24	8	8	8	38	40	7	4	2	27	18	1	4	6	11	22	.95000	24	WWDDWD
	14	Everton	25	8	7	10	37	45	5	4	3	21	20	3	3	7	16	25	.82222	23	WLWLLD
	15	Southampton	25	8	7	10	36	51	5	5	2	20	14	3	2	8	16	37	.70588	23	LDLDWW
	16	West Ham United	25	8	6	11	37	54	7	4	2	27	21	1	2	9	10	33	.68519	22	WLWLWL
	17	Swansea Town	25	6	9	10	41	47	6	3	3	26	14	0	6	7	15	33	.87234	21	DWLLDL
	18	Bury	24	7	6	11	42	39	6	2	3	26	11	1	4	8	16	28	1.07692	20	LDWLLL
	19	Coventry City	24	8	4	12	36	48	5	4	3	22	19	3	0	9	14	29	.75000	20	LWLWWW
	20	Hull City	25	6	6	13	34	42	5	3	5	23	19	1	3	8	11	23	.80952	18	LWDWLW
	21	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	3	14	26	40	5	1	6	18	18	2	2	8	8	22	.65000	17	LWDWWL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	24	4	9	11	30	52	4	6	3	23	23	0	3	8	7	29	.57692	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	26	13	6	7	61	42	9	2	1	31	12	4	4	6	30	30	1.45238	32	WDWDLW	4-1
1	2	Birmingham City	26	12	8	6	37	30	6	5	2	19	11	6	3	4	18	19	1.23333	32	WLWWWW	1-0
2	3	Cardiff City	25	12	7	6	43	28	10	1	1	32	10	2	6	5	11	18	1.53571	31	DLWDWD	1-1
4	4	Rotherham United	25	13	4	8	55	44	9	1	2	30	12	4	3	6	25	32	1.25000	30	LLDLLW	3-0
1	5	Sheffield United	25	12	5	8	60	43	10	2	2	39	17	2	3	6	21	26	1.39535	29	DDLLWL	1-2
	6	Brentford	25	11	7	7	31	24	9	2	1	21	7	2	5	6	10	17	1.29167	29	LWDLLD	1-1
2	7	Nottingham Forest	26	10	9	7	49	41	6	5	2	24	15	4	4	5	25	26	1.19512	29	LWLDWL	0-1
1	8	Luton Town	25	10	8	7	45	39	5	4	3	29	19	5	4	4	16	20	1.15385	28	LWWLWL	1-2
1	9	Leicester City	25	10	7	8	50	40	7	4	2	33	16	3	3	6	17	24	1.25000	27	WWLLLW	2-1
1	10	Leeds United	25	10	7	8	36	36	6	5	1	20	11	4	2	7	16	25	1.00000	27	LLDWWL	0-2
2	11	Barnsley	25	9	8	8	40	41	7	4	2	27	18	2	4	6	13	23	.97561	26	WDDWDW	2-1
1	12	Doncaster Rovers	26	8	9	9	36	34	7	3	3	24	13	1	6	6	12	21	1.05882	25	LDDWDL	0-3
1	13	Everton	26	9	7	10	39	45	6	4	3	23	20	3	3	7	16	25	.86667	25	LWLLDW	2-0
2	14	Notts County	26	10	4	12	40	42	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	9	13	27	.95238	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	.72222	24	LWLWLW	2-0
1	16	Southampton	26	8	7	11	37	55	5	5	3	21	18	3	2	8	16	37	.67273	23	DLDWWL	1-4
1	17	Bury	25	8	6	11	44	40	7	2	3	28	12	1	4	8	16	28	1.10000	22	DWLLLW	2-1
1	18	Swansea Town	26	6	9	11	43	50	6	3	4	28	17	0	6	7	15	33	.86000	21	WLLDLL	2-3
	19	Coventry City	25	8	4	13	37	50	5	4	4	23	21	3	0	9	14	29	.74000	20	WLWWWL	1-2
1	20	Blackburn Rovers	25	8	3	14	28	41	5	1	6	18	18	3	2	8	10	23	.68293	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	.61111	19	WLLLDW	3-2
2	22	Hull City	26	6	6	14	34	44	5	3	5	23	19	1	3	9	11	25	.77273	18	WDWLWL	0-2