The City Ground

SOUTHAMPTON 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 13, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 13, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Dell
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 13 December 1952

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: R Hall
Attendance:: 14,216
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 6
Opp Before/After:: 21 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Apr 29, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1924 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1099 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2117 (of 5828)
Total:: 3270 (of 7633)
Played:: 73 years, 8 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Freddie Scott (32')
Wally Ardron (87')

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: George Roughton
Prior form: LLLDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Hoskins (12')
Sillett (78') (Pen)

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
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	36	Freddie Scott (32')
8	F	26	Tot Leverton
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (87')
10	F	27	Tom Martin
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Christie
2	D	Ellerington
3	D	Sillett
4	D	Elliot
5	D	Horton
6	M	Simpson (c)
7	M	Day
8	M	Bates
9	M	Dudley
10	F	McGarrity
11	F	Hoskins

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 13, 1952)

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

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	22	14	4	4	51	30	9	1	1	33	14	5	3	3	18	16	21	32	WWWDWW		2-0
	2	Huddersfield Town	21	13	5	3	37	12	7	2	2	19	5	6	3	1	18	7	25	31	WLLWWW		2-0
	3	Plymouth Argyle	20	10	6	4	33	24	6	4	1	19	11	4	2	3	14	13	9	26	LWWDDL		0-2
1	4	Leicester City	21	11	4	6	53	43	8	3	0	32	11	3	1	6	21	32	10	26	DWLDLW		5-0
3	5	Birmingham City	21	9	7	5	32	34	5	2	3	20	21	4	5	2	12	13	-2	25	DWWLDW		3-1
1	6	Nottingham Forest	21	11	2	8	47	35	6	1	3	26	16	5	1	5	21	19	12	24	WWWWWD		2-2
3	7	Rotherham United	21	11	2	8	40	32	6	2	3	22	16	5	0	5	18	16	8	24	WWLWLL		0-2
2	8	Luton Town	20	10	3	7	46	30	7	1	2	29	9	3	2	5	17	21	16	23	WWWLWL		1-2
	9	Fulham	21	10	3	8	41	35	8	0	3	29	16	2	3	5	12	19	6	23	DLDLLW		3-1
	10	West Ham United	21	7	8	6	29	25	6	3	2	25	14	1	5	4	4	11	4	22	DWWDLW		5-1
	11	Leeds United	21	6	9	6	35	28	6	2	2	21	9	0	7	4	14	19	7	21	WDDWDW		5-1
2	12	Notts County	20	9	2	9	32	41	6	2	3	25	16	3	0	6	7	25	-9	20	LLWDLW		5-0
2	13	Everton	20	7	5	8	36	30	4	3	2	16	7	3	2	6	20	23	6	19	LLDLDW		5-0
2	14	Swansea Town	21	5	8	8	36	45	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	6	19	29	-9	18	DLDLDL		1-5
2	15	Lincoln City	21	4	10	7	30	41	3	5	2	19	16	1	5	5	11	25	-11	18	DDDDWL		1-5
2	16	Doncaster Rovers	20	5	7	8	26	36	3	5	2	12	11	2	2	6	14	25	-10	17	DWWDDW		2-1
1	17	Hull City	21	6	4	11	31	39	5	2	3	20	9	1	2	8	11	30	-8	16	LLLLWL		0-5
1	18	Bury	20	5	5	10	23	36	3	3	4	13	18	2	2	6	10	18	-13	15	LDWWLL		0-5
	19	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	3	12	24	41	5	2	3	16	9	1	1	9	8	32	-17	15	DLLLWL		0-5
1	20	Southampton	22	4	6	12	36	48	2	3	6	23	24	2	3	6	13	24	-12	14	LLDWLD		2-2
1	21	Brentford	20	5	4	11	28	43	4	2	3	17	15	1	2	8	11	28	-15	14	LDLLLL		1-3
	22	Barnsley	20	5	3	12	29	47	4	0	6	19	20	1	3	6	10	27	-18	13	WWLDWL		1-3