The City Ground

LUTON TOWN 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 11, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 11, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 11 April 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: R Smith
Attendance:: 18,599
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Clyde (Friendly)
League:: Birmingham City
Luton Town:: Aug 26, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1941 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1116 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2136 (of 5824)
Total:: 3289 (of 7629)
Played:: 73 years, 4 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

LUTON TOWN
Manager: Dally Duncan
Prior form: WWWLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Watkins (28')
Mitchell (40')
Davies (87')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	200th appearance
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	28	Tom Martin
9	F	26	Tot Leverton
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Baynham
2	D	Jones
3	D	Pemberton
4	D	Morton
5	D	Owen
6	M	Shanks
7	M	Davies
8	M	Turner
9	M	Pye
10	F	Watkins
11	F	Mitchell

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 11, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-2	Blackburn Rovers
Bury	2-1	Hull City
Fulham	3-1	Swansea Town
Leeds United	2-0	Everton
Leicester City	0-0	Sheffield United
Luton Town	3-0	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	1-0	Barnsley
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	Brentford
Rotherham United	4-2	Doncaster Rovers
Southampton	1-0	Lincoln City
West Ham United	0-1	Huddersfield 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield United	38	23	9	6	92	51	14	3	2	57	24	9	6	4	35	27	41	55	DWWDWD	Safe
	2	Huddersfield Town	38	21	9	8	75	31	12	4	3	43	12	9	5	5	32	19	44	51	DWLWLW	Safe
	3	Luton Town	37	21	6	10	79	45	14	1	4	50	16	7	5	6	29	29	34	48	WWWLDW	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	37	18	8	11	74	55	11	5	3	44	27	7	3	8	30	28	19	44	DWWWWD	Safe
	5	Plymouth Argyle	38	18	8	12	60	53	10	5	4	33	22	8	3	8	27	31	7	44	LWLWLD	Safe
	6	Leicester City	38	16	10	12	82	71	12	5	2	52	27	4	5	10	30	44	11	42	LDWLDW	Safe
	7	Fulham	38	16	9	13	74	63	13	1	5	48	25	3	8	8	26	38	11	41	DLDWWL	Safe
	8	Birmingham City	37	16	9	12	61	60	10	3	6	39	34	6	6	6	22	26	1	41	LWDLLW	Safe
	9	Blackburn Rovers	39	16	8	15	61	58	11	4	5	36	20	5	4	10	25	38	3	40	DLWWDW	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	38	14	11	13	72	73	9	8	2	42	24	5	3	11	30	49	-1	39	WWLDWW	Safe
	11	Leeds United	37	12	13	12	61	55	11	3	4	37	22	1	10	8	24	33	6	37	DWLLLD	Safe
	12	West Ham United	38	12	13	13	53	52	8	5	6	35	26	4	8	7	18	26	1	37	WWLLLW	Safe
	13	Rotherham United	39	15	7	17	71	72	8	6	5	37	28	7	1	12	34	44	-1	37	DLDDDL	Safe
	14	Everton	37	11	13	13	65	65	8	7	3	34	19	3	6	10	31	46	0	35	LDDWWL
	15	Doncaster Rovers	37	10	14	13	51	58	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	10	29	42	-7	34	WLDWWL
	16	Lincoln City	37	8	17	12	53	66	7	9	3	35	25	1	8	9	18	41	-13	33	LLDWWD
	17	Brentford	37	12	9	16	53	69	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	12	20	46	-16	33	WLLDDL
	18	Notts County	38	12	8	18	57	83	9	5	5	38	31	3	3	13	19	52	-26	32	WLWLLD
	19	Hull City	37	12	7	18	52	64	10	5	4	34	18	2	2	14	18	46	-12	31	WWLLWD
	20	Bury	38	11	9	18	49	73	8	6	5	29	29	3	3	13	20	44	-24	31	DLWWLL
	21	Southampton	37	7	12	18	57	80	3	6	9	37	42	4	6	9	20	38	-23	26	LLLDWD
	22	Barnsley	38	5	7	26	45	100	4	3	12	30	42	1	4	14	15	58	-55	17	LLLLLL	Relegated

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	39	23	10	6	92	51	14	3	2	57	24	9	7	4	35	27	41	56	WWDWDD	Safe	0-0
	2	Huddersfield Town	39	22	9	8	76	31	12	4	3	43	12	10	5	5	33	19	45	53	WLWLWW	Safe	1-0
	3	Luton Town	38	22	6	10	82	45	15	1	4	53	16	7	5	6	29	29	37	50	WWLDWW	Safe	3-0
1	4	Plymouth Argyle	39	19	8	12	61	53	11	5	4	34	22	8	3	8	27	31	8	46	WLWLDW	Safe	1-0
1	5	Nottingham Forest	38	18	8	12	74	58	11	5	3	44	27	7	3	9	30	31	16	44	WWWWDL	Safe	0-3
1	6	Fulham	39	17	9	13	77	64	14	1	5	51	26	3	8	8	26	38	13	43	LDWWLW	Safe	3-1
1	7	Leicester City	39	16	11	12	82	71	12	6	2	52	27	4	5	10	30	44	11	43	DWLDWD	Safe	0-0
1	8	Blackburn Rovers	40	17	8	15	63	59	11	4	5	36	20	6	4	10	27	39	4	42	LWWDWW	Safe	2-1
1	9	Birmingham City	38	16	9	13	62	62	10	3	7	40	36	6	6	6	22	26	0	41	WDLLWL	Safe	1-2
1	10	Leeds United	38	13	13	12	63	55	12	3	4	39	22	1	10	8	24	33	8	39	WLLLDW	Safe	2-0
2	11	Rotherham United	40	16	7	17	75	74	9	6	5	41	30	7	1	12	34	44	1	39	LDDDLW	Safe	4-2
2	12	Swansea Town	39	14	11	14	73	76	9	8	2	42	24	5	3	12	31	52	-3	39	WLDWWL	Safe	1-3
1	13	West Ham United	39	12	13	14	53	53	8	5	7	35	27	4	8	7	18	26	0	37	WLLLWL	Safe	0-1
	14	Everton	38	11	13	14	65	67	8	7	3	34	19	3	6	11	31	48	-2	35	DDWWLL		0-2
	15	Doncaster Rovers	38	10	14	14	53	62	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	11	31	46	-9	34	LDWWLL		2-4
2	16	Notts County	39	13	8	18	58	83	10	5	5	39	31	3	3	13	19	52	-25	34	LWLLDW		1-0
1	17	Lincoln City	38	8	17	13	53	67	7	9	3	35	25	1	8	10	18	42	-14	33	LDWWDL		0-1
1	18	Brentford	38	12	9	17	53	70	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	13	20	47	-17	33	LLDDLL		0-1
1	19	Bury	39	12	9	18	51	74	9	6	5	31	30	3	3	13	20	44	-23	33	LWWLLW		2-1
1	20	Hull City	38	12	7	19	53	66	10	5	4	34	18	2	2	15	19	48	-13	31	WLLWDL		1-2
	21	Southampton	38	8	12	18	58	80	4	6	9	38	42	4	6	9	20	38	-22	28	LLDWDW		1-0
	22	Barnsley	39	5	7	27	45	101	4	3	12	30	42	1	4	15	15	59	-56	17	LLLLLL	Relegated	0-1