The City Ground

BRENTFORD 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 24, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 24, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Brentford
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Griffin Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: N Taylor
Attendance:: 15,110
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 18 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (FA Cup)
League:: Doncaster Rovers
Brentford:: Oct 31, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1930 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1105 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2124 (of 5679)
Total:: 3274 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Horace Gager

BRENTFORD
Manager: Tommy Lawton
Prior form: LDWWWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Tom Martin
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 24, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Doncaster Rovers	3-3	Blackburn Rovers
Everton	2-2	Southampton
Fulham	2-1	Leeds United
Huddersfield Town	5-0	Lincoln City
Leicester City	3-4	Birmingham City
Notts County	2-1	Bury
Rotherham United	2-3	Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield United	3-0	Barnsley
Swansea Town	3-0	Hull City
West Ham United	0-1	Luton Town

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	28	17	6	5	69	38	11	2	2	48	21	6	4	3	21	17	1.81579	40	WDWLDW
	2	Huddersfield Town	26	15	7	4	49	20	8	3	2	23	6	7	4	2	26	14	2.45000	37	WLWDDW
	3	Leicester City	26	14	5	7	65	50	10	3	0	38	13	4	2	7	27	37	1.30000	33	WDLWWW
	4	Luton Town	25	14	4	7	56	33	10	1	2	34	9	4	3	5	22	24	1.69697	32	LWWDWW
	5	Birmingham City	26	12	7	7	44	39	8	2	3	30	21	4	5	4	14	18	1.12821	31	WWWLLW
	6	Nottingham Forest	26	13	3	10	57	44	8	2	3	34	20	5	1	7	23	24	1.29545	29	DLWLWD
	7	Leeds United	26	9	10	7	44	33	8	3	2	29	12	1	7	5	15	21	1.33333	28	WWLDWW
	8	West Ham United	26	9	10	7	37	33	7	4	2	30	18	2	6	5	7	15	1.12121	28	WWDDWL
	9	Rotherham United	27	13	2	12	51	47	7	2	4	29	20	6	0	8	22	27	1.08511	28	LWLWLL
	10	Plymouth Argyle	26	11	6	9	37	39	7	4	2	21	13	4	2	7	16	26	.94872	28	LLWLLL
	11	Fulham	26	11	5	10	49	45	9	1	3	33	18	2	4	7	16	27	1.08889	27	WDDLWL
	12	Blackburn Rovers	27	11	3	13	38	46	9	2	3	26	12	2	1	10	12	34	.82609	25	WWLWWW
	13	Notts County	26	9	6	11	40	51	6	4	3	28	19	3	2	8	12	32	.78431	24	DDDLLD
	14	Everton	25	8	7	10	42	39	5	3	3	18	11	3	4	7	24	28	1.07692	23	WLDWLD
	15	Doncaster Rovers	25	6	10	9	33	43	4	5	3	14	13	2	5	6	19	30	.76744	22	WDDLWD
	16	Lincoln City	25	5	12	8	34	45	4	7	2	23	18	1	5	6	11	27	.75556	22	WLDDLW
	17	Hull City	26	8	5	13	37	46	7	3	3	25	11	1	2	10	12	35	.80435	21	LWLWLD
	18	Brentford	25	8	5	12	35	46	6	2	3	22	15	2	3	9	13	31	.76087	21	LDWWWL
	19	Swansea Town	26	6	9	11	44	61	3	8	2	23	19	3	1	9	21	42	.72131	21	LLLDWL
	20	Bury	26	7	6	13	33	52	5	4	5	20	25	2	2	8	13	27	.63462	20	DLWWLL
	21	Southampton	27	5	8	14	45	59	3	4	7	30	30	2	4	7	15	29	.76271	18	DLDWLD
	22	Barnsley	26	5	4	17	34	64	4	1	8	23	28	1	3	9	11	36	.53125	14	DLLLLL

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	Sheffield United	29	18	6	5	72	38	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	3	21	17	1.89474	42	DWLDWW	3-0
	2	Huddersfield Town	27	16	7	4	54	20	9	3	2	28	6	7	4	2	26	14	2.70000	39	LWDDWW	5-0
1	3	Luton Town	26	15	4	7	57	33	10	1	2	34	9	5	3	5	23	24	1.72727	34	WWDWWW	1-0
1	4	Leicester City	27	14	5	8	68	54	10	3	1	41	17	4	2	7	27	37	1.25926	33	DLWWWL	3-4
	5	Birmingham City	27	13	7	7	48	42	8	2	3	30	21	5	5	4	18	21	1.14286	33	WWLLWW	4-3
	6	Nottingham Forest	27	13	4	10	58	45	8	2	3	34	20	5	2	7	24	25	1.28889	30	LWLWDD	1-1
3	7	Plymouth Argyle	27	12	6	9	40	41	7	4	2	21	13	5	2	7	19	28	.97561	30	LWLLLW	3-2
3	8	Fulham	27	12	5	10	51	46	10	1	3	35	19	2	4	7	16	27	1.10870	29	DDLWLW	2-1
2	9	Leeds United	27	9	10	8	45	35	8	3	2	29	12	1	7	6	16	23	1.28571	28	WLDWWL	1-2
2	10	West Ham United	27	9	10	8	37	34	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	5	7	15	1.08824	28	WDDWLL	0-1
2	11	Rotherham United	28	13	2	13	53	50	7	2	5	31	23	6	0	8	22	27	1.06000	28	WLWLLL	2-3
	12	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	4	13	41	49	9	2	3	26	12	2	2	10	15	37	.83673	26	WLWWWD	3-3
	13	Notts County	27	10	6	11	42	52	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	8	12	32	.80769	26	DDLLDW	2-1
	14	Everton	26	8	8	10	44	41	5	4	3	20	13	3	4	7	24	28	1.07317	24	LDWLDD	2-2
	15	Doncaster Rovers	26	6	11	9	36	46	4	6	3	17	16	2	5	6	19	30	.78261	23	DDLWDD	3-3
3	16	Swansea Town	27	7	9	11	47	61	4	8	2	26	19	3	1	9	21	42	.77049	23	LLDWLW	3-0
1	17	Brentford	26	8	6	12	36	47	6	3	3	23	16	2	3	9	13	31	.76596	22	DWWWLD	1-1
2	18	Lincoln City	26	5	12	9	34	50	4	7	2	23	18	1	5	7	11	32	.68000	22	LDDLWL	0-5
2	19	Hull City	27	8	5	14	37	49	7	3	3	25	11	1	2	11	12	38	.75510	21	WLWLDL	0-3
	20	Bury	27	7	6	14	34	54	5	4	5	20	25	2	2	9	14	29	.62963	20	LWWLLL	1-2
	21	Southampton	28	5	9	14	47	61	3	4	7	30	30	2	5	7	17	31	.77049	19	LDWLDD	2-2
	22	Barnsley	27	5	4	18	34	67	4	1	8	23	28	1	3	10	11	39	.50746	14	LLLLLL	0-3