The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN - Sat Feb 21, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Huddersfield Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 21 February 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: J Topliss
Attendance:: 25,224
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Huddersfield Town:: Oct 06, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1933 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1108 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2128 (of 5829)
Total:: 3281 (of 7634)
Played:: 73 years, 6 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tom Martin (13')

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
Manager: Andy Beattie
Prior form: DDWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	22	Tommy Wilson
8	F	28	Tom Martin (13')
9	F	25	Alan Moore
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wheeler
2	D	Stanforth
3	D	Kelly
4	D	McGarry
5	D	McEvoy
6	M	Quested
7	M	Watson
8	M	Cavanagh
9	M	Glasnard
10	F	Davie
11	F	Metcalfe

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 21, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-2	Bury
Blackburn Rovers	1-2	Sheffield United
Brentford	1-0	Doncaster Rovers
Everton	0-0	Swansea Town
Hull City	2-2	Barnsley
Leeds United	3-1	Notts County
Lincoln City	2-2	Fulham
Luton Town	1-2	Southampton
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Huddersfield Town
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	Leicester City
Rotherham United	1-1	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	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
	3	Luton Town	28	17	4	7	61	34	11	1	2	36	9	6	3	5	25	25	27	38	DWWWWW
	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
	6	Plymouth Argyle	29	14	6	9	44	42	8	4	2	24	14	6	2	7	20	28	2	34	LLLWWW
	7	Fulham	30	13	6	11	56	50	11	1	3	39	20	2	5	8	17	30	6	32	WLWDLW
	8	Leeds United	29	10	11	8	51	40	9	3	2	32	14	1	8	6	19	26	11	31	DWWLWD
	9	Nottingham Forest	29	13	5	11	61	49	8	3	3	36	22	5	2	8	25	27	12	31	LWDDDL
	10	Rotherham United	30	14	2	14	57	56	7	2	5	31	23	7	0	9	26	33	1	30	WLLLWL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	30	13	4	13	47	49	10	2	3	29	12	3	2	10	18	37	-2	30	WWWDWW
	12	West Ham United	29	9	10	10	39	38	7	4	4	30	20	2	6	6	9	18	1	28	DWLLLL
	13	Doncaster Rovers	29	7	13	9	41	48	5	7	3	20	16	2	6	6	21	32	-7	27	WDDDDW
	14	Everton	28	9	8	11	49	44	6	4	3	25	13	3	4	8	24	31	5	26	WLDDWL
	15	Notts County	29	10	6	13	45	57	7	4	4	31	22	3	2	9	14	35	-12	26	LLDWLL
	16	Swansea Town	29	8	9	12	49	65	5	8	2	28	20	3	1	10	21	45	-16	25	DWLWLW
	17	Lincoln City	28	6	13	9	38	53	5	7	2	26	20	1	6	7	12	33	-15	25	DLWLWD
	18	Brentford	28	8	7	13	38	54	6	4	3	25	18	2	3	10	13	36	-16	23	WWLDLD
	19	Bury	29	7	8	14	36	56	5	5	5	20	25	2	3	9	16	31	-20	22	WLLLDD
	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

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	31	19	6	6	76	42	12	2	2	51	21	7	4	4	25	21	34	44	LDWWLW		2-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	30	17	7	6	56	24	9	3	3	28	9	8	4	3	28	15	32	41	DWWWLL		0-1
	3	Luton Town	29	17	4	8	62	36	11	1	3	37	11	6	3	5	25	25	26	38	WWWWWL		1-2
2	4	Plymouth Argyle	30	15	6	9	46	43	9	4	2	26	15	6	2	7	20	28	3	36	LLWWWW		2-1
1	5	Birmingham City	29	14	7	8	51	46	9	2	4	33	25	5	5	4	18	21	5	35	LLWWWL		0-2
1	6	Leicester City	30	14	6	10	72	61	10	4	1	44	20	4	2	9	28	41	11	34	WWLLDL		1-2
1	7	Leeds United	30	11	11	8	54	41	10	3	2	35	15	1	8	6	19	26	13	33	WWLWDW		3-1
1	8	Nottingham Forest	30	14	5	11	62	49	9	3	3	37	22	5	2	8	25	27	13	33	WDDDLW		1-0
2	9	Fulham	31	13	7	11	58	52	11	1	3	39	20	2	6	8	19	32	6	33	LWDLWD		2-2
	10	Rotherham United	31	14	3	14	58	57	7	3	5	32	24	7	0	9	26	33	1	31	LLLWLD		1-1
	11	Blackburn Rovers	31	13	4	14	48	51	10	2	4	30	14	3	2	10	18	37	-3	30	WWDWWL		1-2
	12	West Ham United	30	9	11	10	40	39	7	4	4	30	20	2	7	6	10	19	1	29	WLLLLD		1-1
1	13	Everton	29	9	9	11	49	44	6	5	3	25	13	3	4	8	24	31	5	27	LDDWLD		0-0
1	14	Doncaster Rovers	30	7	13	10	41	49	5	7	3	20	16	2	6	7	21	33	-8	27	DDDDWL		0-1
	15	Notts County	30	10	6	14	46	60	7	4	4	31	22	3	2	10	15	38	-14	26	LDWLLL		1-3
	16	Swansea Town	30	8	10	12	49	65	5	8	2	28	20	3	2	10	21	45	-16	26	WLWLWD		0-0
	17	Lincoln City	29	6	14	9	40	55	5	8	2	28	22	1	6	7	12	33	-15	26	LWLWDD		2-2
	18	Brentford	29	9	7	13	39	54	7	4	3	26	18	2	3	10	13	36	-15	25	WLDLDW		1-0
	19	Bury	30	8	8	14	38	56	5	5	5	20	25	3	3	9	18	31	-18	24	LLLDDW		2-0
1	20	Southampton	30	6	10	14	49	62	3	4	7	30	30	3	6	7	19	32	-13	22	WLDDDW		2-1
1	21	Hull City	29	8	6	15	39	53	7	4	4	27	15	1	2	11	12	38	-14	22	WLDLLD		2-2
	22	Barnsley	30	5	6	19	39	73	4	2	9	26	32	1	4	10	13	41	-34	16	LLLLDD		2-2