The City Ground

SWANSEA TOWN 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 14, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 14, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vetch Field
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: R Burgess
Attendance:: 15,946
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 17 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Huddersfield Town (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Aug 29, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1932 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1107 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2127 (of 5828)
Total:: 3280 (of 7633)
Played:: 73 years, 6 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alan Moore (46')

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Billy McCandless
Prior form: LDWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Thomas (32')
Allchurch (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Bill Whare
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore (46')
8	F	28	Tom Martin
9	M	34	Wally Ardron
10	F	36	Freddie Scott
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Groves
2	D	Keane
3	D	Morgan
4	D	Williams
5	D	Charles
6	M	Thomas
7	M	Medwin
8	M	Lucas
9	M	C Beech
10	F	Allchurch
11	F	Griffiths

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 14, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Lincoln City
Brentford	2-2	Bury
Huddersfield Town	0-3	Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City	3-3	Leeds United
Swansea Town	2-1	Nottingham Forest

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	30	18	6	6	74	41	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	4	23	20	33	42	WLDWWL
	2	Huddersfield Town	28	17	7	4	56	20	9	3	2	28	6	8	4	2	28	14	36	41	WDDWWW
	3	Luton Town	27	16	4	7	59	33	11	1	2	36	9	5	3	5	23	24	26	36	WDWWWW
	4	Birmingham City	28	14	7	7	51	44	9	2	3	33	23	5	5	4	18	21	7	35	WLLWWW
	5	Leicester City	28	14	5	9	68	56	10	3	1	41	17	4	2	8	27	39	12	33	LWWWLL
	6	Plymouth Argyle	28	13	6	9	43	42	8	4	2	24	14	5	2	7	19	28	1	32	WLLLWW
	7	Nottingham Forest	28	13	5	10	60	47	8	3	3	36	22	5	2	7	24	25	13	31	WLWDDD
	8	Leeds United	28	10	10	8	48	37	9	3	2	32	14	1	7	6	16	23	11	30	LDWWLW
	9	Rotherham United	29	14	2	13	56	52	7	2	5	31	23	7	0	8	25	29	4	30	LWLLLW
	10	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	49	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	8	17	30	3	30	LWLWDL
	11	West Ham United	28	9	10	9	39	37	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	6	9	18	2	28	DDWLLL
	12	Blackburn Rovers	29	12	4	13	44	49	10	2	3	29	12	2	2	10	15	37	-5	28	LWWWDW
	13	Everton	27	9	8	10	49	41	6	4	3	25	13	3	4	7	24	28	8	26	DWLDDW
	14	Notts County	28	10	6	12	44	55	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	9	14	35	-11	26	DLLDWL
	15	Doncaster Rovers	28	6	13	9	38	48	4	7	3	17	16	2	6	6	21	32	-10	25	LWDDDD
	16	Lincoln City	27	6	12	9	37	52	5	7	2	26	20	1	5	7	11	32	-15	24	DDLWLW
	17	Swansea Town	28	7	9	12	47	64	4	8	2	26	19	3	1	10	21	45	-17	23	LDWLWL
	18	Brentford	27	8	6	13	36	52	6	3	3	23	16	2	3	10	13	36	-16	22	WWWLDL
	19	Hull City	28	8	5	15	37	51	7	3	4	25	13	1	2	11	12	38	-14	21	LWLDLL
	20	Bury	28	7	7	14	34	54	5	5	5	20	25	2	2	9	14	29	-20	21	WWLLLD
	21	Southampton	29	5	10	14	47	61	3	4	7	30	30	2	6	7	17	31	-14	20	DWLDDD
	22	Barnsley	28	5	4	19	36	70	4	1	9	25	31	1	3	10	11	39	-34	14	LLLLLL

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	30	18	6	6	74	41	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	4	23	20	33	42	WLDWWL
	2	Huddersfield Town	29	17	7	5	56	23	9	3	3	28	9	8	4	2	28	14	33	41	DDWWWL		0-3
	3	Luton Town	27	16	4	7	59	33	11	1	2	36	9	5	3	5	23	24	26	36	WDWWWW
	4	Birmingham City	28	14	7	7	51	44	9	2	3	33	23	5	5	4	18	21	7	35	WLLWWW
	5	Leicester City	29	14	6	9	71	59	10	4	1	44	20	4	2	8	27	39	12	34	WWWLLD		3-3
	6	Plymouth Argyle	28	13	6	9	43	42	8	4	2	24	14	5	2	7	19	28	1	32	WLLLWW
1	7	Leeds United	29	10	11	8	51	40	9	3	2	32	14	1	8	6	19	26	11	31	DWWLWD		3-3
1	8	Nottingham Forest	29	13	5	11	61	49	8	3	3	36	22	5	2	8	25	27	12	31	LWDDDL		1-2
	9	Rotherham United	29	14	2	13	56	52	7	2	5	31	23	7	0	8	25	29	4	30	LWLLLW
	10	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	49	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	8	17	30	3	30	LWLWDL
1	11	Blackburn Rovers	30	13	4	13	47	49	10	2	3	29	12	3	2	10	18	37	-2	30	WWWDWW		3-0
1	12	West Ham United	28	9	10	9	39	37	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	6	9	18	2	28	DDWLLL
	13	Everton	27	9	8	10	49	41	6	4	3	25	13	3	4	7	24	28	8	26	DWLDDW
	14	Notts County	28	10	6	12	44	55	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	9	14	35	-11	26	DLLDWL
	15	Doncaster Rovers	28	6	13	9	38	48	4	7	3	17	16	2	6	6	21	32	-10	25	LWDDDD
1	16	Swansea Town	29	8	9	12	49	65	5	8	2	28	20	3	1	10	21	45	-16	25	DWLWLW		2-1
1	17	Lincoln City	28	6	13	9	38	53	5	7	2	26	20	1	6	7	12	33	-15	25	DLWLWD		1-1
	18	Brentford	28	8	7	13	38	54	6	4	3	25	18	2	3	10	13	36	-16	23	WWLDLD		2-2
1	19	Bury	29	7	8	14	36	56	5	5	5	20	25	2	3	9	16	31	-20	22	WLLLDD		2-2
1	20	Hull City	28	8	5	15	37	51	7	3	4	25	13	1	2	11	12	38	-14	21	LWLDLL
	21	Southampton	29	5	10	14	47	61	3	4	7	30	30	2	6	7	17	31	-14	20	DWLDDD
	22	Barnsley	29	5	5	19	37	71	4	2	9	26	32	1	3	10	11	39	-34	15	LLLLLD		1-1