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SWANSEA TOWN 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Mar 08, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 08, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vetch Field
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: S Rogers
Attendance:: 22,281
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Sep 27, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1894 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1069 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2087 (of 5679)
Total:: 3233 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Alan Moore
Collin Collindridge

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Billy McCandless
Prior form: LWWWWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
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Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	William Morley
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Freddie Scott
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 Mar 08, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-1	Rotherham United
Bury	1-0	Brentford
Coventry City	1-3	Leicester City
Hull City	3-2	Leeds United
Notts County	0-0	Everton
Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Southampton
Swansea Town	1-2	Nottingham Forest
West Ham United	0-1	Birmingham 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	Nottingham Forest	32	14	10	8	60	49	9	5	2	30	17	5	5	6	30	32	1.22449	38	LWWWDW
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	32	15	7	10	80	57	11	2	3	43	19	4	5	7	37	38	1.40351	37	LLDWLW
	3	Leicester City	32	14	8	10	63	49	9	5	2	39	19	5	3	8	24	30	1.28571	36	WWLWLD
	4	Cardiff City	31	14	8	9	50	39	12	2	1	36	12	2	6	8	14	27	1.28205	36	WLWLLD
	5	Birmingham City	32	14	8	10	47	41	7	5	4	24	16	7	3	6	23	25	1.14634	36	LWLLLW
	6	Leeds United	31	14	8	9	46	42	9	6	1	28	13	5	2	8	18	29	1.09524	36	DWWWLW
	7	Rotherham United	32	14	6	12	64	58	10	3	3	37	18	4	3	9	27	40	1.10345	34	LDLLLW
	8	Everton	32	13	8	11	50	48	9	4	3	31	20	4	4	8	19	28	1.04167	34	DWWWLW
	9	Sheffield United	32	14	5	13	70	58	11	2	3	43	19	3	3	10	27	39	1.20690	33	WLLLWL
	10	Brentford	31	12	9	10	39	38	9	4	2	25	13	3	5	8	14	25	1.02632	33	WLLDLD
	11	Southampton	33	12	9	12	47	59	9	5	3	30	20	3	4	9	17	39	.79661	33	WLWDWW
	12	Notts County	32	14	4	14	61	54	9	3	4	37	22	5	1	10	24	32	1.12963	32	WLWLWW
	13	West Ham United	32	12	8	12	51	62	10	4	2	36	23	2	4	10	15	39	.82258	32	DWLWWD
	14	Luton Town	31	10	11	10	57	54	5	6	4	33	24	5	5	6	24	30	1.05556	31	LLLDDD
	15	Blackburn Rovers	32	14	3	15	42	47	9	1	6	28	22	5	2	9	14	25	.89362	31	WWWWWL
	16	Swansea Town	32	10	10	12	58	57	9	3	4	38	18	1	7	8	20	39	1.01754	30	LWWWWD
	17	Barnsley	31	10	10	11	48	53	8	5	3	35	26	2	5	8	13	27	.90566	30	DDLLWL
	18	Doncaster Rovers	32	9	9	14	41	49	7	3	6	25	24	2	6	8	16	25	.83673	27	LLLLWL
	19	Coventry City	32	11	5	16	44	62	6	5	5	26	24	5	0	11	18	38	.70968	27	DWLWWL
	20	Bury	32	10	6	16	51	55	9	2	5	33	18	1	4	11	18	37	.92727	26	LLLWLL
	21	Hull City	32	8	8	16	45	54	7	4	5	33	19	1	4	11	12	35	.83333	24	WLWDDL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	32	7	10	15	40	69	5	6	5	27	31	2	4	10	13	38	.57971	24	WWLDLL

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	Nottingham Forest	33	15	10	8	62	50	9	5	2	30	17	6	5	6	32	33	1.24000	40	WWWDWW	2-1
1	2	Leicester City	33	15	8	10	66	50	9	5	2	39	19	6	3	8	27	31	1.32000	38	WLWLDW	3-1
2	3	Birmingham City	33	15	8	10	48	41	7	5	4	24	16	8	3	6	24	25	1.17073	38	WLLLWW	1-0
2	4	Sheffield Wednesday	32	15	7	10	80	57	11	2	3	43	19	4	5	7	37	38	1.40351	37	LLDWLW
1	5	Cardiff City	31	14	8	9	50	39	12	2	1	36	12	2	6	8	14	27	1.28205	36	WLWLLD
1	6	Rotherham United	33	15	6	12	65	58	10	3	3	37	18	5	3	9	28	40	1.12069	36	DLLLWW	1-0
1	7	Leeds United	32	14	8	10	48	45	9	6	1	28	13	5	2	9	20	32	1.06667	36	WWWLWL	2-3
	8	Everton	33	13	9	11	50	48	9	4	3	31	20	4	5	8	19	28	1.04167	35	WWWLWD	0-0
	9	Sheffield United	32	14	5	13	70	58	11	2	3	43	19	3	3	10	27	39	1.20690	33	WLLLWL
2	10	Notts County	33	14	5	14	61	54	9	4	4	37	22	5	1	10	24	32	1.12963	33	LWLWWD	0-0
1	11	Brentford	32	12	9	11	39	39	9	4	2	25	13	3	5	9	14	26	1.00000	33	LLDLDL	0-1
1	12	Southampton	34	12	9	13	48	61	9	5	3	30	20	3	4	10	18	41	.78689	33	LWDWWL	1-2
	13	West Ham United	33	12	8	13	51	63	10	4	3	36	24	2	4	10	15	39	.80952	32	WLWWDL	0-1
	14	Luton Town	31	10	11	10	57	54	5	6	4	33	24	5	5	6	24	30	1.05556	31	LLLDDD
	15	Blackburn Rovers	32	14	3	15	42	47	9	1	6	28	22	5	2	9	14	25	.89362	31	WWWWWL
	16	Swansea Town	33	10	10	13	59	59	9	3	5	39	20	1	7	8	20	39	1.00000	30	WWWWDL	1-2
	17	Barnsley	32	10	10	12	48	54	8	5	4	35	27	2	5	8	13	27	.88889	30	DLLWLL	0-1
2	18	Bury	33	11	6	16	52	55	10	2	5	34	18	1	4	11	18	37	.94545	28	LLWLLW	1-0
1	19	Doncaster Rovers	32	9	9	14	41	49	7	3	6	25	24	2	6	8	16	25	.83673	27	LLLLWL
1	20	Coventry City	33	11	5	17	45	65	6	5	6	27	27	5	0	11	18	38	.69231	27	WLWWLL	1-3
	21	Hull City	33	9	8	16	48	56	8	4	5	36	21	1	4	11	12	35	.85714	26	LWDDLW	3-2
	22	Queens Park Rangers	33	8	10	15	42	70	6	6	5	29	32	2	4	10	13	38	.60000	26	WLDLLW	2-1