The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 3 ROTHERHAM UNITED - Sat Mar 21, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 21, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-3 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

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

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 18,225
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Rotherham United:: Sep 05, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1937 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1112 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2132 (of 5824)
Total:: 3285 (of 7629)
Played:: 73 years, 5 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Burkitt (26')
Alan Moore (31')
Wally Ardron (57')
Wally Ardron (67')

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Andy Smailes
Prior form: WLDWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Grainger (38')
Guest (56')
Burke (74')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt (26')
7	F	26	Alan Moore (31')
8	F	26	Tot Leverton
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (57') (67')
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Quarney
2	D	Selkirk
3	D	H Williams
4	D	Hussey
5	D	Noble
6	M	D Williams
7	M	Grainger
8	M	Guest
9	M	Burke
10	F	Shaw
11	F	Rickett

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

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

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	34	21	7	6	82	44	12	3	2	52	22	9	4	4	30	22	38	49	WLWWDW	Safe
	2	Huddersfield Town	33	18	9	6	60	26	9	4	3	29	10	9	5	3	31	16	34	45	WLLWDD	Safe
	3	Luton Town	32	18	5	9	69	39	12	1	4	43	13	6	4	5	26	26	30	41	WWLLDW	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	33	16	7	10	51	45	10	4	3	31	17	6	3	7	20	28	6	39	WWWWDL
	5	Nottingham Forest	33	15	7	11	64	50	9	4	3	37	22	6	3	8	27	28	14	37	DLWDDW
	6	Leeds United	33	12	12	9	58	47	11	3	3	37	19	1	9	6	21	28	11	36	WDWLDW
	7	Leicester City	33	14	8	11	77	67	10	5	2	47	24	4	3	9	30	43	10	36	LDLDDL
	8	Fulham	34	14	8	12	62	56	12	1	4	41	22	2	7	8	21	34	6	36	LWDWDL
	9	Birmingham City	32	14	8	10	54	53	9	2	6	35	31	5	6	4	19	22	1	36	WWLDLL
	10	Rotherham United	34	15	4	15	63	62	8	4	5	35	26	7	0	10	28	36	1	34	WLDWLD
	11	West Ham United	33	10	13	10	43	40	8	5	4	33	21	2	8	6	10	19	3	33	LLDDDW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	34	13	7	14	50	53	10	3	4	32	16	3	4	10	18	37	-3	33	WWLDDD
	13	Swansea Town	33	11	10	12	59	67	6	8	2	30	20	5	2	10	29	47	-8	32	LWDWWW
	14	Brentford	32	12	7	13	49	56	8	4	3	31	18	4	3	10	18	38	-7	31	LDWWWW
	15	Everton	32	9	11	12	54	51	6	6	3	27	15	3	5	9	27	36	3	29	WLDDDL
	16	Doncaster Rovers	33	8	13	12	46	55	6	7	3	21	16	2	6	9	25	39	-9	29	DWLLWL
	17	Notts County	33	11	7	15	52	70	8	5	4	37	27	3	2	11	15	43	-18	29	LLLDLW
	18	Lincoln City	32	6	15	11	43	60	5	9	2	28	22	1	6	9	15	38	-17	27	WDDLDL
	19	Bury	33	9	9	15	41	60	6	6	5	23	27	3	3	10	18	33	-19	27	DDWWLD
	20	Hull City	32	10	6	16	45	58	8	4	4	30	17	2	2	12	15	41	-13	26	LLDLWW
	21	Southampton	33	6	10	17	50	69	3	4	9	31	36	3	6	8	19	33	-19	22	DDWLLL
	22	Barnsley	33	5	7	21	41	85	4	3	9	28	34	1	4	12	13	51	-44	17	LDDLDL

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	35	22	7	6	85	45	13	3	2	55	23	9	4	4	30	22	40	51	LWWDWW	Safe	3-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	34	19	9	6	65	26	10	4	3	34	10	9	5	3	31	16	39	47	LLWDDW	Safe	5-0
	3	Luton Town	33	19	5	9	71	40	12	1	4	43	13	7	4	5	28	27	31	43	WLLDWW	Safe	2-1
	4	Plymouth Argyle	34	17	7	10	54	46	10	4	3	31	17	7	3	7	23	29	8	41	WWWDLW	Safe	3-1
	5	Nottingham Forest	34	16	7	11	68	53	10	4	3	41	25	6	3	8	27	28	15	39	LWDDWW	Safe	4-3
3	6	Birmingham City	33	15	8	10	57	54	9	2	6	35	31	6	6	4	22	23	3	38	WLDLLW		3-1
	7	Leicester City	34	14	9	11	77	67	10	5	2	47	24	4	4	9	30	43	10	37	DLDDLD		0-0
2	8	Leeds United	34	12	12	10	58	48	11	3	3	37	19	1	9	7	21	29	10	36	DWLDWL		0-1
1	9	Fulham	34	14	8	12	62	56	12	1	4	41	22	2	7	8	21	34	6	36	LWDWDL
1	10	West Ham United	34	11	13	10	47	41	8	5	4	33	21	3	8	6	14	20	6	35	LDDDWW		4-1
1	11	Rotherham United	35	15	4	16	66	66	8	4	5	35	26	7	0	11	31	40	0	34	LDWLDL		3-4
1	12	Swansea Town	34	12	10	12	64	68	7	8	2	35	21	5	2	10	29	47	-4	34	WDWWWW		5-1
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	35	13	7	15	51	56	10	3	5	33	19	3	4	10	18	37	-5	33	WLDDDL		1-3
	14	Brentford	33	12	7	14	50	60	8	4	4	32	22	4	3	10	18	38	-10	31	DWWWWL		1-4
1	15	Doncaster Rovers	34	8	14	12	46	55	6	8	3	21	16	2	6	9	25	39	-9	30	WLLWLD		0-0
1	16	Everton	32	9	11	12	54	51	6	6	3	27	15	3	5	9	27	36	3	29	WLDDDL
	17	Notts County	34	11	7	16	53	75	8	5	4	37	27	3	2	12	16	48	-22	29	LLDLWL		1-5
2	18	Hull City	33	11	6	16	46	58	9	4	4	31	17	2	2	12	15	41	-12	28	LDLWWW		1-0
1	19	Lincoln City	33	6	15	12	44	62	5	9	3	29	24	1	6	9	15	38	-18	27	DDLDLL		1-2
1	20	Bury	34	9	9	16	42	63	6	6	5	23	27	3	3	11	19	36	-21	27	DWWLDL		1-3
	21	Southampton	34	6	10	18	50	74	3	4	9	31	36	3	6	9	19	38	-24	22	DWLLLL		0-5
	22	Barnsley	34	5	7	22	42	88	4	3	10	29	37	1	4	12	13	51	-46	17	DDLDLL		1-3