The City Ground

BURY 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 25, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 25, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 25 April 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: A Luty
Attendance:: 10,647
League Week:: 41 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 20 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Nov 28, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1944 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1119 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2139 (of 5790)
Total:: 3293 (of 7585)
Played:: 72 years, 7 months, 19 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BURY
Manager: Johnny McNeil
Prior form: WLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Daniel (14') (Pen)
Plant (34')

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	22	Tommy Wilson
8	F	28	Tom Martin
9	F	26	Tot Leverton
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	36	Harry Walker	258		3	1
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	202		3	1
3	D	29	James Clarke	16		3	1
4	F	28	Jack French	27	1	3	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager	221	5	3	1
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	174	7	3	1
7	F	22	Tommy Wilson	5		49	10
8	F	28	Tom Martin	19	3	14	4
9	F	26	Tot Leverton	90	31	3	1
10	F	30	Tommy Capel	124	53	3	1
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge	123	39	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Kirk
2	D	Griffiths
3	D	Massey
4	D	Greenhalgh
5	D	Hart
6	M	Bardsley
7	M	Simm
8	M	Daniel
9	M	Plant
10	F	Gleadhall
11	F	Imlach

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 25, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	4-2	Everton
Bury	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Fulham	1-2	Sheffield United
Leeds United	1-1	Doncaster Rovers
Leicester City	3-2	Lincoln City
Luton Town	0-1	Brentford
Notts County	2-0	Hull City
Plymouth Argyle	3-2	Swansea Town
Rotherham United	0-0	Huddersfield Town
Southampton	6-1	Blackburn Rovers
West Ham United	3-1	Barnsley

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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