The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Mon Apr 06, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 06, 1953 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: J Houston
Attendance:: 30,630
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Sheffield United:: Jan 08, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1940 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1115 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2135 (of 5679)
Total:: 3285 (of 7451)

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

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals:
Collin Collindridge

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: Reg Freeman

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
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 (Mon Apr 06, 1953)

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

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	37	23	8	6	91	50	14	3	2	57	24	9	5	4	34	26	1.82000	54
	2	Huddersfield Town	36	20	9	7	66	27	11	4	3	35	10	9	5	4	31	17	2.44444	49
	3	Luton Town	36	20	6	10	75	44	13	1	4	46	15	7	5	6	29	29	1.70455	46
	4	Nottingham Forest	36	18	7	11	73	54	11	4	3	43	26	7	3	8	30	28	1.35185	43
	5	Plymouth Argyle	37	18	7	12	58	51	10	4	4	31	20	8	3	8	27	31	1.13725	43
	6	Fulham	37	16	9	12	72	60	13	1	4	46	22	3	8	8	26	38	1.20000	41
	7	Leicester City	36	15	9	12	79	69	11	5	2	49	25	4	4	10	30	44	1.14493	39
	8	Birmingham City	36	15	9	12	59	59	9	3	6	37	33	6	6	6	22	26	1.00000	39
	9	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	8	15	57	57	11	4	5	36	20	4	4	10	21	37	1.00000	38
	10	Swansea Town	37	13	11	13	69	71	8	8	2	39	22	5	3	11	30	49	.97183	37
	11	Leeds United	36	12	12	12	59	53	11	3	4	37	22	1	9	8	22	31	1.11321	36
	12	Rotherham United	37	15	6	16	69	69	8	5	5	37	28	7	1	11	32	41	1.00000	36
	13	West Ham United	37	11	13	13	50	50	8	5	6	35	26	3	8	7	15	24	1.00000	35
	14	Doncaster Rovers	36	10	14	12	50	56	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	9	28	40	.89286	34
	15	Everton	35	10	13	12	61	56	7	7	3	32	18	3	6	9	29	38	1.08929	33
	16	Brentford	36	12	9	15	51	66	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	11	18	43	.77273	33
	17	Lincoln City	36	8	16	12	52	65	7	9	3	35	25	1	7	9	17	40	.80000	32
	18	Bury	37	11	9	17	48	69	8	6	5	29	29	3	3	12	19	40	.69565	31
	19	Notts County	37	12	7	18	55	81	9	5	5	38	31	3	2	13	17	50	.67901	31
	20	Hull City	36	12	6	18	51	63	10	4	4	33	17	2	2	14	18	46	.80952	30
	21	Southampton	36	7	11	18	55	78	3	5	9	35	40	4	6	9	20	38	.70513	25
	22	Barnsley	37	5	7	25	44	96	4	3	11	29	38	1	4	14	15	58	.45833	17

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	38	23	9	6	92	51	14	3	2	57	24	9	6	4	35	27	1.80392	55		1-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	37	20	9	8	67	29	11	4	3	35	10	9	5	5	32	19	2.31034	49		1-2
	3	Luton Town	37	21	6	10	79	45	14	1	4	50	16	7	5	6	29	29	1.75556	48		4-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	37	18	8	11	74	55	11	5	3	44	27	7	3	8	30	28	1.34545	44		1-1
	5	Plymouth Argyle	38	18	8	12	60	53	10	5	4	33	22	8	3	8	27	31	1.13208	44		2-2
	6	Fulham	38	16	9	13	74	63	13	1	5	48	25	3	8	8	26	38	1.17460	41		2-3
1	7	Birmingham City	37	16	9	12	61	60	10	3	6	39	34	6	6	6	22	26	1.01667	41		2-1
1	8	Leicester City	37	15	10	12	79	69	11	5	2	49	25	4	5	10	30	44	1.14493	40		0-0
	9	Blackburn Rovers	39	16	8	15	61	58	11	4	5	36	20	5	4	10	25	38	1.05172	40		4-1
	10	Swansea Town	38	14	11	13	72	73	9	8	2	42	24	5	3	11	30	49	.98630	39		3-2
	11	Leeds United	37	12	13	12	61	55	11	3	4	37	22	1	10	8	24	33	1.10909	37		2-2
1	12	West Ham United	38	12	13	13	53	52	8	5	6	35	26	4	8	7	18	26	1.01923	37		3-2
1	13	Rotherham United	38	15	7	16	69	69	8	6	5	37	28	7	1	11	32	41	1.00000	37		0-0
1	14	Everton	36	11	13	12	63	57	8	7	3	34	19	3	6	9	29	38	1.10526	35		2-1
1	15	Doncaster Rovers	37	10	14	13	51	58	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	10	29	42	.87931	34		1-2
1	16	Lincoln City	37	8	17	12	53	66	7	9	3	35	25	1	8	9	18	41	.80303	33		1-1
1	17	Brentford	37	12	9	16	53	69	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	12	20	46	.76812	33		2-3
1	18	Notts County	38	12	8	18	57	83	9	5	5	38	31	3	3	13	19	52	.68675	32		2-2
1	19	Hull City	37	12	7	18	52	64	10	5	4	34	18	2	2	14	18	46	.81250	31		1-1
2	20	Bury	38	11	9	18	49	73	8	6	5	29	29	3	3	13	20	44	.67123	31		1-4
	21	Southampton	37	7	12	18	57	80	3	6	9	37	42	4	6	9	20	38	.71250	26		2-2
	22	Barnsley	38	5	7	26	45	100	4	3	12	30	42	1	4	14	15	58	.45000	17		1-4