The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 05, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 05, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: W Ling
Attendance:: 31,194
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 9 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (FA Cup)
League:: Notts County
Leicester City:: Oct 11, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1888 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1063 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2079 (of 5824)
Total:: 3227 (of 7629)
Played:: 74 years, 7 months, 16 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (75')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: WWLLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Arthur Rowley (3')
Mal Griffiths (50')
Mal Griffiths (77')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Danny Canning	Last game
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Jack Burkitt
7	F	35	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	Tot Leverton
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (75')
10	F	30	Noel Kelly
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	25	Danny Canning	4		7	1
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson	108		7	1
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	175		11	3
4	M	26	Bill Morley	113	3	7	1
5	D	34	Horace Gager	163	4	7	1
6	M	25	Jack Burkitt	114	3	7	1
7	F	35	Freddie Scott	230	30	7	1
8	F	25	Tot Leverton	58	21	7	1
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (75')	115	80	7	1
10	F	30	Noel Kelly	16	3	11	3
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge	74	24	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Adam Dickson
2	D	Arthur Lever
3	D	Ron Jackson
4	D	Jimmy Baldwin
5	D	Tom McArthur
6	M	Reg Halton
7	M	Mal Griffiths
8	M	Fred Worthington
9	M	Derek Hines
10	F	Arthur Rowley
11	F	Tom Dryburgh

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 05, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	West Ham United
Birmingham City	1-2	Brentford
Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Swansea Town
Cardiff City	2-1	Doncaster Rovers
Hull City	5-0	Coventry City
Leeds United	1-1	Southampton
Leicester City	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	5-4	Luton Town
Queens Park Rangers	3-2	Bury
Rotherham United	1-1	Everton
Sheffield Wednesday	1-3	Sheffield United

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	26	13	6	7	61	42	9	2	1	31	12	4	4	6	30	30	19	32	WDWDLW
2	Birmingham City	26	12	8	6	37	30	6	5	2	19	11	6	3	4	18	19	7	32	WLWWWW
3	Cardiff City	25	12	7	6	43	28	10	1	1	32	10	2	6	5	11	18	15	31	DLWDWD
4	Rotherham United	25	13	4	8	55	44	9	1	2	30	12	4	3	6	25	32	11	30	LLDLLW
5	Sheffield United	26	12	5	9	60	44	10	2	2	39	17	2	3	7	21	27	16	29	DLLWLL
6	Brentford	25	11	7	7	31	24	9	2	1	21	7	2	5	6	10	17	7	29	LWDLLD
7	Nottingham Forest	26	10	9	7	49	41	6	5	2	24	15	4	4	5	25	26	8	29	LWLDWL
8	Luton Town	25	10	8	7	45	39	5	4	3	29	19	5	4	4	16	20	6	28	LWWLWL
9	Leicester City	25	10	7	8	50	40	7	4	2	33	16	3	3	6	17	24	10	27	WWLLLW
10	Leeds United	25	10	7	8	36	36	6	5	1	20	11	4	2	7	16	25	0	27	LLDWWL
11	Barnsley	25	9	8	8	40	41	7	4	2	27	18	2	4	6	13	23	-1	26	WDDWDW
12	Doncaster Rovers	26	8	9	9	36	34	7	3	3	24	13	1	6	6	12	21	2	25	LDDWDL
13	Everton	26	9	7	10	39	45	6	4	3	23	20	3	3	7	16	25	-6	25	LWLLDW
14	Bury	26	9	6	11	45	40	8	2	3	29	12	1	4	8	16	28	5	24	WLLLWW
15	Notts County	26	10	4	12	40	42	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	9	13	27	-2	24	LWWWLL
16	West Ham United	26	9	6	11	39	54	8	4	2	29	21	1	2	9	10	33	-15	24	LWLWLW
17	Southampton	26	8	7	11	37	55	5	5	3	21	18	3	2	8	16	37	-18	23	DLDWWL
18	Swansea Town	26	6	9	11	43	50	6	3	4	28	17	0	6	7	15	33	-7	21	WLLDLL
19	Blackburn Rovers	26	9	3	14	32	43	6	1	6	22	20	3	2	8	10	23	-11	21	DWWLWW
20	Coventry City	25	8	4	13	37	50	5	4	4	23	21	3	0	9	14	29	-13	20	WLWWWL
21	Queens Park Rangers	26	5	9	12	35	58	4	6	3	23	23	1	3	9	12	35	-23	19	LLLDWL
22	Hull City	26	6	6	14	34	44	5	3	5	23	19	1	3	9	11	25	-10	18	WDWLWL

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)
2	1	Cardiff City	26	13	7	6	45	29	11	1	1	34	11	2	6	5	11	18	16	33	LWDWDW		2-1
1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	27	13	6	8	62	45	9	2	2	32	15	4	4	6	30	30	17	32	DWDLWL		1-3
1	3	Birmingham City	27	12	8	7	38	32	6	5	3	20	13	6	3	4	18	19	6	32	LWWWWL		1-2
1	4	Sheffield United	27	13	5	9	63	45	10	2	2	39	17	3	3	7	24	28	18	31	LLWLLW		3-1
1	5	Brentford	26	12	7	7	33	25	9	2	1	21	7	3	5	6	12	18	8	31	WDLLDW		2-1
2	6	Rotherham United	26	13	5	8	56	45	9	2	2	31	13	4	3	6	25	32	11	31	LDLLWD		1-1
2	7	Leicester City	26	11	7	8	53	41	8	4	2	36	17	3	3	6	17	24	12	29	WLLLWW		3-1
1	8	Nottingham Forest	27	10	9	8	50	44	6	5	2	24	15	4	4	6	26	29	6	29	WLDWLL		1-3
1	9	Luton Town	26	10	8	8	49	44	5	4	3	29	19	5	4	5	20	25	5	28	WWLWLL		4-5
	10	Leeds United	26	10	8	8	37	37	6	6	1	21	12	4	2	7	16	25	0	28	LDWWLD		1-1
	11	Barnsley	26	9	9	8	41	42	7	5	2	28	19	2	4	6	13	23	-1	27	DDWDWD		1-1
3	12	Notts County	27	11	4	12	45	46	8	3	3	32	19	3	1	9	13	27	-1	26	WWWLLW		5-4
	13	Everton	27	9	8	10	40	46	6	4	3	23	20	3	4	7	17	26	-6	26	WLLDWD		1-1
2	14	Doncaster Rovers	27	8	9	10	37	36	7	3	3	24	13	1	6	7	13	23	1	25	DDWDLL		1-2
1	15	West Ham United	27	9	7	11	40	55	8	4	2	29	21	1	3	9	11	34	-15	25	WLWLWD		1-1
2	16	Bury	27	9	6	12	47	43	8	2	3	29	12	1	4	9	18	31	4	24	LLLWWL		2-3
	17	Southampton	27	8	8	11	38	56	5	5	3	21	18	3	3	8	17	38	-18	24	LDWWLD		1-1
1	18	Blackburn Rovers	27	10	3	14	35	44	7	1	6	25	21	3	2	8	10	23	-9	23	WWLWWW		3-1
1	19	Swansea Town	27	6	9	12	44	53	6	3	4	28	17	0	6	8	16	36	-9	21	LLDLLL		1-3
1	20	Queens Park Rangers	27	6	9	12	38	60	5	6	3	26	25	1	3	9	12	35	-22	21	LLDWLW		3-2
1	21	Hull City	27	7	6	14	39	44	6	3	5	28	19	1	3	9	11	25	-5	20	DWLWLW		5-0
2	22	Coventry City	26	8	4	14	37	55	5	4	4	23	21	3	0	10	14	34	-18	20	LWWWLL		0-5