The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Mar 29, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 29, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: E Hill
Attendance:: 20,543
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Sheffield United:: Sep 22, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1897 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1072 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2090 (of 5824)
Total:: 3239 (of 7629)
Played:: 74 years, 4 months, 21 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: Teddy Davison
Prior form: LWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alf Ringstead (37')
Fred 'Jock' Smith (69')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	26	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	35	Freddie Scott
9	F	25	Tot Leverton
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Stuart Young
2	D	Fred Furniss
3	D	Maurice McLafferty
4	D	Harry Hitchen
5	D	Howard Johnson
6	M	Joe Shaw
7	M	Fred 'Jock' Smith
8	M	Alf Ringstead
9	M	Len Browning
10	F	Jimmy Hagan
11	F	Derek Hawksworth

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 29, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-2	Hull City
Doncaster Rovers	1-0	Coventry City
Everton	2-1	Swansea Town
Leeds United	1-0	Notts County
Leicester City	1-2	Barnsley
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Sheffield United
Rotherham United	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Southampton	4-2	Bury

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	Birmingham City	35	17	8	10	53	42	8	5	4	27	16	9	3	6	26	26	11	42	LLWWWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	35	16	10	9	66	54	10	5	2	33	18	6	5	7	33	36	12	42	WDWWWL
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	35	16	9	10	84	60	12	2	3	45	20	4	7	7	39	40	24	41	WLWDWD
	4	Leicester City	35	16	8	11	69	56	10	5	2	42	20	6	3	9	27	36	13	40	WLDWWL
	5	Cardiff City	34	15	9	10	54	45	13	2	1	39	12	2	7	9	15	33	9	39	LLDLWD
	6	Leeds United	34	15	9	10	49	45	10	6	1	29	13	5	3	9	20	32	4	39	WLWLWD
	7	Rotherham United	35	15	8	12	67	60	10	4	3	38	19	5	4	9	29	41	7	38	LLWWDD
	8	Sheffield United	35	16	5	14	81	62	13	2	3	54	20	3	3	11	27	42	19	37	LWLWLW
	9	Luton Town	34	12	11	11	63	60	6	6	5	36	29	6	5	6	27	31	3	35	DDDLWW
	10	Brentford	34	13	9	12	43	42	10	4	2	28	14	3	5	10	15	28	1	35	DLDLWL
	11	Everton	35	13	9	13	51	52	9	4	4	32	23	4	5	9	19	29	-1	35	WLWDLL
	12	Southampton	36	13	9	14	53	63	10	5	3	34	20	3	4	11	19	43	-10	35	DWWLWL
	13	Notts County	35	14	6	15	63	60	9	5	4	39	24	5	1	11	24	36	3	34	LWWDLD
	14	West Ham United	35	13	8	14	55	67	11	4	3	39	25	2	4	11	16	42	-12	34	WWDLLW
	15	Blackburn Rovers	35	14	5	16	43	49	9	3	6	29	23	5	2	10	14	26	-6	33	WWLDLD
	16	Doncaster Rovers	35	11	10	14	48	52	7	4	6	26	25	4	6	8	22	27	-4	32	LWLWDW
	17	Bury	35	12	7	16	54	56	11	2	5	35	18	1	5	11	19	38	-2	31	WLLWDW
	18	Swansea Town	35	10	10	15	61	64	9	3	6	40	22	1	7	9	21	42	-3	30	WWDLLL
	19	Barnsley	34	10	10	14	49	59	8	5	5	36	29	2	5	9	13	30	-10	30	LWLLLL
	20	Coventry City	35	12	5	18	48	69	7	5	6	29	28	5	0	12	19	41	-21	29	WWLLLW
	21	Hull City	35	9	10	16	49	57	8	5	5	36	21	1	5	11	13	36	-8	28	DDLWDD
	22	Queens Park Rangers	35	8	11	16	43	72	6	7	5	29	32	2	4	11	14	40	-29	27	DLLWLD

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	Birmingham City	36	17	9	10	55	44	8	6	4	29	18	9	3	6	26	26	11	43	LWWWWD	Safe	2-2
	2	Nottingham Forest	36	16	10	10	66	56	10	5	3	33	20	6	5	7	33	36	10	42	DWWWLL	Safe	0-2
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	35	16	9	10	84	60	12	2	3	45	20	4	7	7	39	40	24	41	WLWDWD
2	4	Leeds United	35	16	9	10	50	45	11	6	1	30	13	5	3	9	20	32	5	41	LWLWDW		1-0
1	5	Leicester City	36	16	8	12	70	58	10	5	3	43	22	6	3	9	27	36	12	40	LDWWLL		1-2
1	6	Rotherham United	36	16	8	12	68	60	11	4	3	39	19	5	4	9	29	41	8	40	LWWDDW		1-0
1	7	Sheffield United	36	17	5	14	83	62	13	2	3	54	20	4	3	11	29	42	21	39	WLWLWW		2-0
3	8	Cardiff City	34	15	9	10	54	45	13	2	1	39	12	2	7	9	15	33	9	39	LLDLWD
2	9	Everton	36	14	9	13	53	53	10	4	4	34	24	4	5	9	19	29	0	37	LWDLLW		2-1
2	10	Southampton	37	14	9	14	57	65	11	5	3	38	22	3	4	11	19	43	-8	37	WWLWLW		4-2
2	11	Luton Town	34	12	11	11	63	60	6	6	5	36	29	6	5	6	27	31	3	35	DDDLWW
2	12	Brentford	34	13	9	12	43	42	10	4	2	28	14	3	5	10	15	28	1	35	DLDLWL
	13	Notts County	36	14	6	16	63	61	9	5	4	39	24	5	1	12	24	37	2	34	WWDLDL		0-1
2	14	Doncaster Rovers	36	12	10	14	49	52	8	4	6	27	25	4	6	8	22	27	-3	34	WLWDWW		1-0
1	15	West Ham United	35	13	8	14	55	67	11	4	3	39	25	2	4	11	16	42	-12	34	WWDLLW
1	16	Blackburn Rovers	35	14	5	16	43	49	9	3	6	29	23	5	2	10	14	26	-6	33	WWLDLD
2	17	Barnsley	35	11	10	14	51	60	8	5	5	36	29	3	5	9	15	31	-9	32	WLLLLW		2-1
1	18	Bury	36	12	7	17	56	60	11	2	5	35	18	1	5	12	21	42	-4	31	LLWDWL		2-4
1	19	Swansea Town	36	10	10	16	62	66	9	3	6	40	22	1	7	10	22	44	-4	30	WDLLLL		1-2
1	20	Hull City	36	9	11	16	51	59	8	5	5	36	21	1	6	11	15	38	-8	29	DLWDDD		2-2
1	21	Coventry City	36	12	5	19	48	70	7	5	6	29	28	5	0	13	19	42	-22	29	WLLLWL		0-1
	22	Queens Park Rangers	36	8	11	17	43	73	6	7	5	29	32	2	4	12	14	41	-30	27	LLWLDL		0-1