The City Ground

LEEDS UNITED 2 - 1 FOREST - Wed Apr 22, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Apr 22, 1953 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elland Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 23 April 1953
: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 23 April 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: C Fletcher
Attendance:: 11,497
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 11 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Leeds United:: Dec 25, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1943 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1118 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2138 (of 5824)
Total:: 3292 (of 7629)
Played:: 73 years, 3 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alan Moore (6')

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Major Frank Buckley
Prior form: LLDWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Burden (76')
Eric Kerfoot (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	29	James Clarke
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore (6')
8	F	36	Freddie Scott
9	F	26	Tot Leverton
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Scott
2	D	Jimmy Dunn
3	D	Grenville Hair
4	D	Eric Kerfoot
5	D	Jim McCabe
6	M	Tommy Burden
7	M	Ray Iggleden
8	M	John Charles
9	M	Bobby Forrest
10	F	Albert Nightingale
11	F	George Meek

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Apr 22, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	1-1	Luton Town
Doncaster Rovers	2-0	Notts County
Everton	0-3	Lincoln City
Leeds United	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	40	24	10	6	95	52	15	3	2	60	25	9	7	4	35	27	43	58	WDWDDW	Promoted
	2	Huddersfield Town	40	23	9	8	80	33	13	4	3	47	14	10	5	5	33	19	47	55	LWLWWW	Safe
	3	Luton Town	39	22	7	10	83	46	15	1	4	53	16	7	6	6	30	30	37	51	WLDWWD	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	40	19	9	12	62	54	11	5	4	34	22	8	4	8	28	32	8	47	LWLDWD	Safe
	5	Leicester City	41	17	12	12	86	72	12	6	2	52	27	5	6	10	34	45	14	46	LDWDDW	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	39	18	8	13	74	60	11	5	4	44	29	7	3	9	30	31	14	44	WWWDLL	Safe
	7	Blackburn Rovers	41	18	8	15	67	59	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	10	27	39	8	44	WWDWWW	Safe
	8	Birmingham City	40	17	10	13	65	63	10	3	7	40	36	7	7	6	25	27	2	44	LLWLDW	Safe
	9	Fulham	40	17	9	14	79	68	14	1	5	51	26	3	8	9	28	42	11	43	DWWLWL	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	41	15	12	14	76	78	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	12	31	52	-2	42	DWWLWD	Safe
	11	Leeds United	40	13	14	13	68	61	12	3	4	39	22	1	11	9	29	39	7	40	LLDWLD	Safe
	12	Rotherham United	41	16	8	17	75	74	9	6	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1	40	DDDLWD	Safe
	13	Everton	40	12	14	14	69	68	9	8	3	38	20	3	6	11	31	48	1	38	WWLLWD	Safe
	14	West Ham United	40	12	13	15	54	56	8	5	7	35	27	4	8	8	19	29	-2	37	LLLWLL	Safe
	15	Doncaster Rovers	39	10	15	14	54	63	7	9	3	23	17	3	6	11	31	46	-9	35	DWWLLD	Safe
	16	Lincoln City	39	9	17	13	56	67	8	9	3	38	25	1	8	10	18	42	-11	35	DWWDLW	Safe
	17	Hull City	40	13	8	19	55	67	11	6	4	36	19	2	2	15	19	48	-12	34	LWDLDW	Safe
	18	Brentford	39	12	10	17	56	73	8	7	4	36	26	4	3	13	20	47	-17	34	LDDLLD	Safe
	19	Notts County	40	13	8	19	58	86	10	5	5	39	31	3	3	14	19	55	-28	34	WLLDWL	Safe
	20	Bury	41	12	9	20	51	81	9	6	5	31	30	3	3	15	20	51	-30	33	WLLWLL
	21	Southampton	40	8	13	19	59	82	4	7	9	39	43	4	6	10	20	39	-23	29	DWDWDL
	22	Barnsley	40	5	7	28	45	104	4	3	13	30	45	1	4	15	15	59	-59	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	40	24	10	6	95	52	15	3	2	60	25	9	7	4	35	27	43	58	WDWDDW	Promoted
	2	Huddersfield Town	40	23	9	8	80	33	13	4	3	47	14	10	5	5	33	19	47	55	LWLWWW	Safe
	3	Luton Town	40	22	8	10	84	47	15	1	4	53	16	7	7	6	31	31	37	52	LDWWDD	Safe	1-1
	4	Plymouth Argyle	40	19	9	12	62	54	11	5	4	34	22	8	4	8	28	32	8	47	LWLDWD	Safe
	5	Leicester City	41	17	12	12	86	72	12	6	2	52	27	5	6	10	34	45	14	46	LDWDDW	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	40	18	8	14	75	62	11	5	4	44	29	7	3	10	31	33	13	44	WWDLLL	Safe	1-2
	7	Blackburn Rovers	41	18	8	15	67	59	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	10	27	39	8	44	WWDWWW	Safe
	8	Birmingham City	40	17	10	13	65	63	10	3	7	40	36	7	7	6	25	27	2	44	LLWLDW	Safe
	9	Fulham	40	17	9	14	79	68	14	1	5	51	26	3	8	9	28	42	11	43	DWWLWL	Safe
1	10	Leeds United	41	14	14	13	70	62	13	3	4	41	23	1	11	9	29	39	8	42	LDWLDW	Safe	2-1
1	11	Swansea Town	41	15	12	14	76	78	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	12	31	52	-2	42	DWWLWD	Safe
	12	Rotherham United	41	16	8	17	75	74	9	6	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1	40	DDDLWD	Safe
	13	Everton	41	12	14	15	69	71	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	11	31	48	-2	38	WLLWDL	Safe	0-3
	14	West Ham United	40	12	13	15	54	56	8	5	7	35	27	4	8	8	19	29	-2	37	LLLWLL	Safe
	15	Doncaster Rovers	40	11	15	14	56	63	8	9	3	25	17	3	6	11	31	46	-7	37	WWLLDW	Safe	2-0
	16	Lincoln City	40	10	17	13	59	67	8	9	3	38	25	2	8	10	21	42	-8	37	WWDLWW	Safe	3-0
1	17	Brentford	40	12	11	17	57	74	8	8	4	37	27	4	3	13	20	47	-17	35	DDLLDD	Safe	1-1
1	18	Hull City	40	13	8	19	55	67	11	6	4	36	19	2	2	15	19	48	-12	34	LWDLDW	Safe
	19	Notts County	41	13	8	20	58	88	10	5	5	39	31	3	3	15	19	57	-30	34	LLDWLL	Safe	0-2
	20	Bury	41	12	9	20	51	81	9	6	5	31	30	3	3	15	20	51	-30	33	WLLWLL
	21	Southampton	40	8	13	19	59	82	4	7	9	39	43	4	6	10	20	39	-23	29	DWDWDL
	22	Barnsley	40	5	7	28	45	104	4	3	13	30	45	1	4	15	15	59	-59	17	LLLLLL	Relegated