The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - Sat Nov 08, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 08, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 2-1

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: F Flander
Attendance:: 24,006
Pos Before/After:: 10 9
Opp Before/After:: 3 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (Friendly)
League:: Luton Town
Plymouth Argyle:: Mar 28, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1920 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1095 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2113 (of 5721)
Total:: 3262 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: GreensOnScreen.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 08 November 1952

Review
George Dews

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

Goals
Roland 'Tot' Leverton (2)
Tommy Capel (27)
Freddie Scott (64)

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Manager: Jimmy Rae
Prior form: DLWDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
George Dews (44)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Freddie Scott (64)
8	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton (2)
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tom Martin
11	F	Tommy Capel (27)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Shortt
2	D	Paddy Ratcliffe
3	D	Pat Jones
4	D	Neil Dougall
5	D	Jack Chisholm
6	M	Johnny Porteous
7	M	Gordon Astall
8	M	George Dews
9	M	Maurice Tadman
10	F	Arthur Smith
11	F	Alex Govan

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 08, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-2	Bury
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Leeds United
Brentford	2-2	Fulham
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	West Ham United
Everton	0-1	Rotherham United
Huddersfield Town	1-0	Notts County
Hull City	0-2	Luton Town
Lincoln City	1-1	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield United	5-3	Southampton
Swansea Town	1-1	Leicester 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	Huddersfield Town	15	9	5	1	30	9	5	2	1	17	4	4	3	0	13	5	3.33333	23	DLWWWW
	2	Sheffield United	16	9	3	4	31	23	6	1	1	19	8	3	2	3	12	15	1.34783	21	LWWLDW
	3	Plymouth Argyle	14	8	4	2	27	16	5	3	0	18	9	3	1	2	9	7	1.68750	20	DLWDWW
	4	Leicester City	15	9	2	4	39	29	6	2	0	23	8	3	0	4	16	21	1.34483	20	WWWWLW
	5	Fulham	15	9	1	5	33	24	7	0	1	25	10	2	1	4	8	14	1.37500	19	LWLWWW
	6	Rotherham United	15	8	2	5	32	25	4	2	2	16	12	4	0	3	16	13	1.28000	18	WWWWWL
	7	Luton Town	15	7	3	5	30	22	5	1	1	18	5	2	2	4	12	17	1.36364	17	WWLWWW
	8	Birmingham City	15	6	5	4	21	22	3	2	2	13	12	3	3	2	8	10	.95455	17	WLDLDW
	9	Everton	14	6	3	5	26	21	4	1	1	13	3	2	2	4	13	18	1.23810	15	WDWLWL
	10	Nottingham Forest	16	7	1	8	29	28	3	1	3	15	11	4	0	5	14	17	1.03571	15	WWLLLW
	11	Swansea Town	15	5	5	5	30	31	2	4	2	13	12	3	1	3	17	19	.96774	15	LDDWLW
	12	Notts County	14	7	1	6	24	29	5	1	2	19	12	2	0	4	5	17	.82759	15	WLWLWL
	13	Leeds United	16	4	6	6	24	22	4	2	2	13	6	0	4	4	11	16	1.09091	14	LLLWDW
	14	Hull City	15	5	4	6	21	21	4	2	1	14	5	1	2	5	7	16	1.00000	14	WLWLLL
	15	West Ham United	15	4	6	5	18	20	4	2	2	16	12	0	4	3	2	8	.90000	14	DLLWLW
	16	Brentford	15	5	3	7	21	29	4	1	2	14	11	1	2	5	7	18	.72414	13	LWWLWL
	17	Blackburn Rovers	15	5	2	8	19	26	4	1	2	11	6	1	1	6	8	20	.73077	12	DLWLLL
	18	Lincoln City	15	3	6	6	20	28	2	3	2	13	11	1	3	4	7	17	.71429	12	DLLDDL
	19	Southampton	16	3	4	9	23	33	1	2	5	15	19	2	2	4	8	14	.69697	10	LLLDWL
	20	Bury	14	3	4	7	15	22	2	2	3	10	11	1	2	4	5	11	.68182	10	WWDLLL
	21	Doncaster Rovers	14	2	4	8	18	32	2	3	2	9	9	0	1	6	9	23	.56250	8	WLLDDL
	22	Barnsley	14	2	2	10	18	37	2	0	5	13	16	0	2	5	5	21	.48649	6	DWLLLL

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	Huddersfield Town	16	10	5	1	31	9	6	2	1	18	4	4	3	0	13	5	3.44444	25	LWWWWW	1-0
	2	Sheffield United	17	10	3	4	36	26	7	1	1	24	11	3	2	3	12	15	1.38462	23	WWLDWW	5-3
1	3	Leicester City	16	9	3	4	40	30	6	2	0	23	8	3	1	4	17	22	1.33333	21	WWWLWD	1-1
1	4	Plymouth Argyle	15	8	4	3	28	19	5	3	0	18	9	3	1	3	10	10	1.47368	20	LWDWWL	1-3
	5	Fulham	16	9	2	5	35	26	7	0	1	25	10	2	2	4	10	16	1.34615	20	WLWWWD	2-2
	6	Rotherham United	16	9	2	5	33	25	4	2	2	16	12	5	0	3	17	13	1.32000	20	WWWWLW	1-0
	7	Luton Town	16	8	3	5	32	22	5	1	1	18	5	3	2	4	14	17	1.45455	19	WLWWWW	2-0
	8	Birmingham City	16	6	6	4	22	23	3	2	2	13	12	3	4	2	9	11	.95652	18	LDLDWD	1-1
1	9	Nottingham Forest	17	8	1	8	32	29	4	1	3	18	12	4	0	5	14	17	1.10345	17	WLLLWW	3-1
1	10	Swansea Town	16	5	6	5	31	32	2	5	2	14	13	3	1	3	17	19	.96875	16	DDWLWD	1-1
2	11	Everton	15	6	3	6	26	22	4	1	2	13	4	2	2	4	13	18	1.18182	15	DWLWLL	0-1
1	12	Leeds United	17	4	7	6	25	23	4	2	2	13	6	0	5	4	12	17	1.08696	15	LLWDWD	1-1
2	13	West Ham United	16	4	7	5	19	21	4	2	2	16	12	0	5	3	3	9	.90476	15	LLWLWD	1-1
2	14	Notts County	15	7	1	7	24	30	5	1	2	19	12	2	0	5	5	18	.80000	15	LWLWLL	0-1
1	15	Hull City	16	5	4	7	21	23	4	2	2	14	7	1	2	5	7	16	.91304	14	LWLLLL	0-2
	16	Brentford	16	5	4	7	23	31	4	2	2	16	13	1	2	5	7	18	.74194	14	WWLWLD	2-2
	17	Blackburn Rovers	16	5	3	8	20	27	4	2	2	12	7	1	1	6	8	20	.74074	13	LWLLLD	1-1
	18	Lincoln City	16	3	7	6	21	29	2	4	2	14	12	1	3	4	7	17	.72414	13	LLDDLD	1-1
	19	Southampton	17	3	4	10	26	38	1	2	5	15	19	2	2	5	11	19	.68421	10	LLDWLL	3-5
	20	Bury	15	3	4	8	17	25	2	2	3	10	11	1	2	5	7	14	.68000	10	WDLLLL	2-3
	21	Doncaster Rovers	15	2	5	8	19	33	2	4	2	10	10	0	1	6	9	23	.57576	9	LLDDLD	1-1
	22	Barnsley	15	3	2	10	21	39	3	0	5	16	18	0	2	5	5	21	.53846	8	WLLLLW	3-2