The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 20, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 20, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 20 December 1952

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: H Jackson
Attendance:: 12,794
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 19 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Nov 14, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1925 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1100 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2118 (of 5829)
Total:: 3271 (of 7634)
Played:: 73 years, 9 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tot Leverton (88')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jackie Bestall
Prior form: DLLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Eckersley (11') (Pen)
Eckersley (20') (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
8	F	26	Tot Leverton (88')
9	F	25	Alan Moore
10	F	27	Tom Martin
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Elvey
2	D	Suart
3	D	Eckersley
4	D	R Clayton
5	D	Kelly
6	M	Bell
7	M	Campbell
8	M	Crossam
9	M	Briggs
10	F	Smith
11	F	McLuckie

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 20, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-2	Doncaster Rovers
Birmingham City	4-0	Rotherham United
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Bury	1-1	Fulham
Hull City	1-0	Everton
Leeds United	2-1	Huddersfield Town
Lincoln City	0-0	Brentford
Luton Town	1-0	Plymouth Argyle
Notts County	2-2	Leicester City
Sheffield United	7-1	Swansea Town
Southampton	1-2	West Ham United

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

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	23	15	4	4	58	31	10	1	1	40	15	5	3	3	18	16	27	34	WWDWWW		7-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	22	13	5	4	38	14	7	2	2	19	5	6	3	2	19	9	24	31	LLWWWL		1-2
1	3	Leicester City	22	11	5	6	55	45	8	3	0	32	11	3	2	6	23	34	10	27	WLDLWD		2-2
1	4	Birmingham City	22	10	7	5	36	34	6	2	3	24	21	4	5	2	12	13	2	27	WWLDWW		4-0
2	5	Plymouth Argyle	21	10	6	5	33	25	6	4	1	19	11	4	2	4	14	14	8	26	WWDDLL		0-1
2	6	Luton Town	21	11	3	7	47	30	8	1	2	30	9	3	2	5	17	21	17	25	WWLWLW		1-0
1	7	Nottingham Forest	22	11	2	9	48	37	6	1	3	26	16	5	1	6	22	21	11	24	WWWWDL		1-2
2	8	West Ham United	22	8	8	6	31	26	6	3	2	25	14	2	5	4	6	12	5	24	WWDLWW		2-1
	9	Fulham	22	10	4	8	42	36	8	0	3	29	16	2	4	5	13	20	6	24	LDLLWD		1-1
3	10	Rotherham United	22	11	2	9	40	36	6	2	3	22	16	5	0	6	18	20	4	24	WLWLLL		0-4
	11	Leeds United	22	7	9	6	37	29	7	2	2	23	10	0	7	4	14	19	8	23	DDWDWW		2-1
	12	Notts County	21	9	3	9	34	43	6	3	3	27	18	3	0	6	7	25	-9	21	LWDLWD		2-2
	13	Everton	21	7	5	9	36	31	4	3	2	16	7	3	2	7	20	24	5	19	LDLDWL		0-1
1	14	Lincoln City	22	4	11	7	30	41	3	6	2	19	16	1	5	5	11	25	-11	19	DDDWLD		0-0
2	15	Hull City	22	7	4	11	32	39	6	2	3	21	9	1	2	8	11	30	-7	18	LLLWLW		1-0
	16	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	8	8	28	38	3	5	2	12	11	2	3	6	16	27	-10	18	WWDDWD		2-2
3	17	Swansea Town	22	5	8	9	37	52	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	7	20	36	-15	18	LDLDLL		1-7
1	18	Blackburn Rovers	22	7	3	12	26	42	6	2	3	18	10	1	1	9	8	32	-16	17	LLLWLW		2-1
1	19	Bury	21	5	6	10	24	37	3	4	4	14	19	2	2	6	10	18	-13	16	DWWLLD		1-1
1	20	Brentford	21	5	5	11	28	43	4	2	3	17	15	1	3	8	11	28	-15	15	DLLLLD		0-0
1	21	Southampton	23	4	6	13	37	50	2	3	7	24	26	2	3	6	13	24	-13	14	LDWLDL		1-2
	22	Barnsley	21	5	4	12	31	49	4	1	6	21	22	1	3	6	10	27	-18	14	WLDWLD		2-2