The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 BURY - Sat Dec 06, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 06, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Star Green 'un - Saturday 06 December 1952
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 06 December 1952

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: A Luty
Attendance:: 19,686
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 16 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Apr 25, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1923 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1098 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2116 (of 5824)
Total:: 3269 (of 7629)
Played:: 73 years, 8 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Freddie Scott (15')
Wally Ardron (24')
Collin Collindridge (85')
Freddie Scott (87')

BURY
Manager: Johnny McNeil
Prior form: LLLDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Kelly (53')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Bill Whare
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	27	Jack French
5	D	35	Horace Gager	200th appearance
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	36	Freddie Scott (15') (87')
8	F	26	Tot Leverton
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (24')
10	F	27	Tom Martin
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge (85')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Goram
2	D	Head
3	D	Massey
4	D	Greenhalgh
5	D	Hart
6	M	Bardsley
7	M	Fletcher
8	M	Dale
9	M	Kelly
10	F	Daniel
11	F	Cameron

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 06, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-0	West Ham United
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Southampton
Doncaster Rovers	0-0	Leeds United
Everton	1-1	Birmingham City
Huddersfield Town	1-0	Rotherham United
Hull City	6-0	Notts County
Lincoln City	3-2	Leicester City
Nottingham Forest	4-1	Bury
Sheffield United	2-1	Fulham
Swansea Town	2-2	Plymouth Argyle

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 United	20	12	4	4	47	29	8	1	1	31	13	4	3	3	16	16	18	28	DWWWWD
	2	Huddersfield Town	19	11	5	3	34	12	6	2	2	18	5	5	3	1	16	7	22	27	WWWLLW
	3	Plymouth Argyle	18	10	5	3	31	20	6	4	0	19	9	4	1	3	12	11	11	25	WWLWWD
	4	Rotherham United	19	11	2	6	40	29	6	2	2	22	14	5	0	4	18	15	11	24	WLWWLW
	5	Leicester City	19	10	4	5	46	40	7	3	0	27	11	3	1	5	19	29	6	24	LWDWLD
	6	Luton Town	19	10	3	6	45	28	7	1	1	28	7	3	2	5	17	21	17	23	WWWWLW
	7	Birmingham City	19	8	6	5	28	32	4	2	3	17	20	4	4	2	11	12	-4	22	DWDWWL
	8	Nottingham Forest	19	10	1	8	41	32	5	1	3	22	15	5	0	5	19	17	9	21	LLWWWW
	9	Fulham	19	9	3	7	37	32	7	0	3	26	15	2	3	4	11	17	5	21	WWDLDL
	10	West Ham United	19	6	8	5	24	22	5	3	2	20	13	1	5	3	4	9	2	20	LWDWWD
	11	Leeds United	19	5	8	6	30	27	5	2	2	16	8	0	6	4	14	19	3	18	WDWDDW
	12	Notts County	18	8	2	8	27	35	5	2	3	20	16	3	0	5	7	19	-8	18	WLLLWD
	13	Swansea Town	19	5	7	7	33	38	2	6	2	15	14	3	1	5	18	24	-5	17	LWDLDL
	14	Everton	18	6	4	8	30	29	4	2	2	15	6	2	2	6	15	23	1	16	WLLLDL
	15	Lincoln City	19	3	10	6	26	34	2	5	2	16	14	1	5	4	10	20	-8	16	DLDDDD
	16	Bury	18	5	5	8	22	27	3	3	3	13	13	2	2	5	9	14	-5	15	LLLDWW
	17	Hull City	19	5	4	10	25	34	4	2	3	14	9	1	2	7	11	25	-9	14	LLLLLL
	18	Doncaster Rovers	18	4	6	8	24	35	3	4	2	12	11	1	2	6	12	24	-11	14	DLDWWD
	19	Brentford	19	5	4	10	27	40	4	2	3	17	15	1	2	7	10	25	-13	14	WLDLLL
	20	Southampton	20	4	5	11	34	43	2	2	6	21	22	2	3	5	13	21	-9	13	WLLLDW
	21	Blackburn Rovers	19	5	3	11	21	36	4	2	3	13	9	1	1	8	8	27	-15	13	LLDLLL
	22	Barnsley	18	4	3	11	26	44	3	0	6	17	20	1	3	5	9	24	-18	11	LLWWLD

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	Sheffield United	21	13	4	4	49	30	9	1	1	33	14	4	3	3	16	16	19	30	WWWWDW		2-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	20	12	5	3	35	12	7	2	2	19	5	5	3	1	16	7	23	29	WWLLWW		1-0
	3	Plymouth Argyle	19	10	6	3	33	22	6	4	0	19	9	4	2	3	14	13	11	26	WLWWDD		2-2
	4	Rotherham United	20	11	2	7	40	30	6	2	2	22	14	5	0	5	18	16	10	24	LWWLWL		0-1
	5	Leicester City	20	10	4	6	48	43	7	3	0	27	11	3	1	6	21	32	5	24	WDWLDL		2-3
	6	Luton Town	19	10	3	6	45	28	7	1	1	28	7	3	2	5	17	21	17	23	WWWWLW
1	7	Nottingham Forest	20	11	1	8	45	33	6	1	3	26	16	5	0	5	19	17	12	23	LWWWWW		4-1
1	8	Birmingham City	20	8	7	5	29	33	4	2	3	17	20	4	5	2	12	13	-4	23	WDWWLD		1-1
	9	Fulham	20	9	3	8	38	34	7	0	3	26	15	2	3	5	12	19	4	21	WDLDLL		1-2
	10	West Ham United	20	6	8	6	24	24	5	3	2	20	13	1	5	4	4	11	0	20	WDWWDL		0-2
	11	Leeds United	20	5	9	6	30	27	5	2	2	16	8	0	7	4	14	19	3	19	DWDDWD		0-0
1	12	Swansea Town	20	5	8	7	35	40	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	5	18	24	-5	18	WDLDLD		2-2
2	13	Lincoln City	20	4	10	6	29	36	3	5	2	19	16	1	5	4	10	20	-7	18	LDDDDW		3-2
2	14	Notts County	19	8	2	9	27	41	5	2	3	20	16	3	0	6	7	25	-14	18	LLLWDL		0-6
1	15	Everton	19	6	5	8	31	30	4	3	2	16	7	2	2	6	15	23	1	17	LLLDLD		1-1
1	16	Hull City	20	6	4	10	31	34	5	2	3	20	9	1	2	7	11	25	-3	16	LLLLLW		6-0
1	17	Bury	19	5	5	9	23	31	3	3	3	13	13	2	2	6	10	18	-8	15	LLDWWL		1-4
	18	Doncaster Rovers	19	4	7	8	24	35	3	5	2	12	11	1	2	6	12	24	-11	15	LDWWDD		0-0
2	19	Blackburn Rovers	20	6	3	11	24	36	5	2	3	16	9	1	1	8	8	27	-12	15	LDLLLW		3-0
1	20	Brentford	19	5	4	10	27	40	4	2	3	17	15	1	2	7	10	25	-13	14	WLDLLL
1	21	Southampton	21	4	5	12	34	46	2	2	6	21	22	2	3	6	13	24	-12	13	LLLDWL		0-3
	22	Barnsley	19	5	3	11	28	44	4	0	6	19	20	1	3	5	9	24	-16	13	LWWLDW		2-0