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WEST HAM UNITED 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Oct 18, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 18, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 (Lost)

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: F Coultas
Attendance:: 21,444
Pos Before/After:: 10 12
Opp Before/After:: 18 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Mar 07, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1917 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1092 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2110 (of 5721)
Total:: 3259 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals
Wally Ardron
Collin Collindridge

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Ted Fenton
Prior form: DWDDLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Malcolm Allison
Frank O'Farrell
Tommy Southren

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	James Clarke
4	M	Alan Orr
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
1	1	Ernie Gregory
2	2	George Wright
3	3	Harry Kinsell
4	4	Derek Parker
5	5	Malcolm Allison
6	6	Frank O'Farrell
7	7	Tommy Southren
8	8	Jim Barrett Jr
9	9	Fred Kearns
10	10	Tommy Moroney
11	11	Jimmy Andrews

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 18, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-2	Huddersfield Town
Bury	1-3	Swansea Town
Fulham	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United	4-1	Barnsley
Leicester City	4-2	Everton
Luton Town	4-1	Sheffield United
Notts County	4-0	Brentford
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	Lincoln City
Rotherham United	2-1	Hull City
Southampton	3-3	Doncaster Rovers
West Ham United	3-2	Nottingham Forest

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	Sheffield United	13	8	2	3	24	17	6	0	1	17	6	2	2	2	7	11	1.41176	18	DWWLWW
	2	Huddersfield Town	12	6	5	1	24	9	4	2	1	15	4	2	3	0	9	5	2.66667	17	DWDDLW
	3	Leicester City	12	7	2	3	29	21	4	2	0	15	4	3	0	3	14	17	1.38095	16	LLDWWW
	4	Plymouth Argyle	11	6	3	2	23	15	4	2	0	15	8	2	1	2	8	7	1.53333	15	WDLDLW
	5	Rotherham United	12	6	2	4	27	21	3	2	1	12	8	3	0	3	15	13	1.28571	14	LDWWWW
	6	Hull City	12	5	4	3	19	15	4	2	0	14	4	1	2	3	5	11	1.26667	14	DWDWLW
	7	Birmingham City	12	5	4	3	16	17	2	2	1	10	9	3	2	2	6	8	.94118	14	WDLWLD
	8	Everton	11	5	3	3	22	14	3	1	1	11	3	2	2	2	11	11	1.57143	13	WDWWDW
	9	Fulham	12	6	1	5	27	23	5	0	1	20	9	1	1	4	7	14	1.17391	13	LWWLWL
	10	Nottingham Forest	13	6	1	6	24	22	3	1	2	15	10	3	0	4	9	12	1.09091	13	DLLWWL
	11	Notts County	12	6	1	5	17	25	4	1	1	12	8	2	0	4	5	17	.68000	13	WLWLWL
	12	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	2	5	17	20	4	1	1	11	5	1	1	4	6	15	.85000	12	WLDDLW
	13	Luton Town	12	4	3	5	19	19	3	1	1	10	4	1	2	4	9	15	1.00000	11	DLDWWL
	14	Swansea Town	12	3	5	4	22	25	2	4	1	12	10	1	1	3	10	15	.88000	11	DWDLDD
	15	Brentford	12	4	3	5	16	20	3	1	2	10	9	1	2	3	6	11	.80000	11	LDLLWW
	16	Bury	11	3	4	4	14	13	2	2	1	9	4	1	2	3	5	9	1.07692	10	LDWWWD
	17	Lincoln City	12	3	4	5	19	23	2	2	2	12	10	1	2	3	7	13	.82609	10	DDLDLL
	18	West Ham United	12	2	6	4	12	15	2	2	2	10	9	0	4	2	2	6	.80000	10	DWDDLL
	19	Leeds United	13	2	5	6	16	19	2	2	2	6	4	0	3	4	10	15	.84211	9	DDDLLL
	20	Southampton	13	2	3	8	18	27	1	1	4	12	14	1	2	4	6	13	.66667	7	DLDLLL
	21	Doncaster Rovers	12	2	3	7	13	25	2	3	2	9	9	0	0	5	4	16	.52000	7	LLWLLD
	22	Barnsley	11	2	2	7	14	27	2	0	4	11	13	0	2	3	3	14	.51852	6	LLLDWL

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	Huddersfield Town	13	7	5	1	26	9	4	2	1	15	4	3	3	0	11	5	2.88889	19	WDDLWW	2-0
1	2	Leicester City	13	8	2	3	33	23	5	2	0	19	6	3	0	3	14	17	1.43478	18	LDWWWW	4-2
2	3	Sheffield United	14	8	2	4	25	21	6	0	1	17	6	2	2	3	8	15	1.19048	18	WWLWWL	1-4
	4	Plymouth Argyle	12	6	4	2	23	15	4	3	0	15	8	2	1	2	8	7	1.53333	16	DLDLWD	0-0
	5	Rotherham United	13	7	2	4	29	22	4	2	1	14	9	3	0	3	15	13	1.31818	16	DWWWWW	2-1
3	6	Fulham	13	7	1	5	29	24	6	0	1	22	10	1	1	4	7	14	1.20833	15	WWLWLW	2-1
4	7	Notts County	13	7	1	5	21	25	5	1	1	16	8	2	0	4	5	17	.84000	15	LWLWLW	4-0
2	8	Hull City	13	5	4	4	20	17	4	2	0	14	4	1	2	4	6	13	1.17647	14	WDWLWL	1-2
2	9	Birmingham City	13	5	4	4	16	19	2	2	2	10	11	3	2	2	6	8	.84211	14	DLWLDL	0-2
2	10	Everton	12	5	3	4	24	18	3	1	1	11	3	2	2	3	13	15	1.33333	13	DWWDWL	2-4
2	11	Luton Town	13	5	3	5	23	20	4	1	1	14	5	1	2	4	9	15	1.15000	13	LDWWLW	4-1
2	12	Nottingham Forest	14	6	1	7	26	25	3	1	2	15	10	3	0	5	11	15	1.04000	13	LLWWLL	2-3
1	13	Swansea Town	13	4	5	4	25	26	2	4	1	12	10	2	1	3	13	16	.96154	13	WDLDDW	3-1
4	14	West Ham United	13	3	6	4	15	17	3	2	2	13	11	0	4	2	2	6	.88235	12	WDDLLW	3-2
3	15	Blackburn Rovers	13	5	2	6	18	22	4	1	1	11	5	1	1	5	7	17	.81818	12	LDDLWL	1-2
3	16	Leeds United	14	3	5	6	20	20	3	2	2	10	5	0	3	4	10	15	1.00000	11	DDLLLW	4-1
	17	Lincoln City	13	3	5	5	19	23	2	2	2	12	10	1	3	3	7	13	.82609	11	DLDLLD	0-0
3	18	Brentford	13	4	3	6	16	24	3	1	2	10	9	1	2	4	6	15	.66667	11	DLLWWL	0-4
3	19	Bury	12	3	4	5	15	16	2	2	2	10	7	1	2	3	5	9	.93750	10	DWWWDL	1-3
	20	Southampton	14	2	4	8	21	30	1	2	4	15	17	1	2	4	6	13	.70000	8	LDLLLD	3-3
	21	Doncaster Rovers	13	2	4	7	16	28	2	3	2	9	9	0	1	5	7	19	.57143	8	LWLLDD	3-3
	22	Barnsley	12	2	2	8	15	31	2	0	4	11	13	0	2	4	4	18	.48387	6	LLDWLL	1-4