The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 3 SOUTHAMPTON - Wed Apr 29, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Apr 29, 1953 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 (Lost)
: Half-time: 1-3

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: R Hall
Attendance:: 7,432
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Mansfield Town (Friendly)
League:: Everton
Southampton:: Mar 30, 1963

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1945 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1120 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2140 (of 5722)
Total:: 3292 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 30 April 1953

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

Goals
Collin Collindridge (28)
Tommy Capel (62)

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: George Roughton
Prior form: WDWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Day (1)
Day (3)
Bogan (18)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Tommy Wilson
8	F	Noel Kelly
9	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	Tommy Capel (62)
11	F	Collin Collindridge (28)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Kiernan
2	D	Ellerington
3	D	Trainor
4	D	Elliot
5	D	Clements
6	M	Mallett
7	M	Flood
8	M	Bogan
9	M	Day
10	F	Horton
11	F	Haskins

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Wed Apr 29, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	2-3	Southampton
Sheffield United	0-2	Hull City

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	41	25	10	6	97	53	15	3	2	60	25	10	7	4	37	28	1.83019	60	DWDDWW
	2	Huddersfield Town	41	23	10	8	80	33	13	4	3	47	14	10	6	5	33	19	2.42424	56	WLWWWD
	3	Luton Town	41	22	8	11	84	48	15	1	5	53	17	7	7	6	31	31	1.75000	52	DWWDDL
	4	Plymouth Argyle	41	20	9	12	65	56	12	5	4	37	24	8	4	8	28	32	1.16071	49	WLDWDW
	5	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	89	74	13	6	2	55	29	5	6	10	34	45	1.20270	48	DWDDWW
	6	Birmingham City	41	18	10	13	69	65	11	3	7	44	38	7	7	6	25	27	1.06154	46	LWLDWW
	7	Nottingham Forest	41	18	8	15	75	64	11	5	4	44	29	7	3	11	31	35	1.17188	44	WDLLLL
	8	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	8	16	68	65	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	11	28	45	1.04615	44	WDWWWL
	9	Fulham	41	17	9	15	80	70	14	1	6	52	28	3	8	9	28	42	1.14286	43	WWLWLL
	10	Leeds United	42	14	15	13	71	63	13	4	4	42	24	1	11	9	29	39	1.12698	43	DWLDWD
	11	Swansea Town	42	15	12	15	78	81	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	13	33	55	.96296	42	WWLWDL
	12	Rotherham United	42	16	9	17	75	74	9	7	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1.01351	41	DDLWDD
	13	West Ham United	41	13	13	15	57	57	9	5	7	38	28	4	8	8	19	29	1.00000	39	LLWLLW
	14	Everton	42	12	14	16	71	75	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	12	33	52	.94667	38	LLWDLL
	15	Doncaster Rovers	41	11	16	14	57	64	8	9	3	25	17	3	7	11	32	47	.89063	38	WLLDWD
	16	Lincoln City	41	10	17	14	61	70	8	9	3	38	25	2	8	11	23	45	.87143	37	WDLWWL
	17	Brentford	41	13	11	17	58	74	8	8	4	37	27	5	3	13	21	47	.78378	37	DLLDDW
	18	Notts County	42	14	8	20	60	88	11	5	5	41	31	3	3	15	19	57	.68182	36	LDWLLW
	19	Bury	42	13	9	20	53	81	10	6	5	33	30	3	3	15	20	51	.65432	35	LLWLLW
	20	Hull City	41	13	8	20	55	69	11	6	4	36	19	2	2	16	19	50	.79710	34	WDLDWL
	21	Southampton	41	9	13	19	65	83	5	7	9	45	44	4	6	10	20	39	.78313	31	WDWDLW
	22	Barnsley	41	5	7	29	46	107	4	3	13	30	45	1	4	16	16	62	.42991	17	LLLLLL

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	42	25	10	7	97	55	15	3	3	60	27	10	7	4	37	28	1.76364	60	WDDWWL	0-2
	2	Huddersfield Town	41	23	10	8	80	33	13	4	3	47	14	10	6	5	33	19	2.42424	56	WLWWWD
	3	Luton Town	41	22	8	11	84	48	15	1	5	53	17	7	7	6	31	31	1.75000	52	DWWDDL
	4	Plymouth Argyle	41	20	9	12	65	56	12	5	4	37	24	8	4	8	28	32	1.16071	49	WLDWDW
	5	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	89	74	13	6	2	55	29	5	6	10	34	45	1.20270	48	DWDDWW
	6	Birmingham City	41	18	10	13	69	65	11	3	7	44	38	7	7	6	25	27	1.06154	46	LWLDWW
	7	Nottingham Forest	42	18	8	16	77	67	11	5	5	46	32	7	3	11	31	35	1.14925	44	DLLLLL	2-3
1	8	Fulham	42	17	10	15	81	71	14	1	6	52	28	3	9	9	29	43	1.14085	44	WLWLLD	1-1
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	8	16	68	65	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	11	28	45	1.04615	44	WDWWWL
	10	Leeds United	42	14	15	13	71	63	13	4	4	42	24	1	11	9	29	39	1.12698	43	DWLDWD
	11	Swansea Town	42	15	12	15	78	81	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	13	33	55	.96296	42	WWLWDL
	12	Rotherham United	42	16	9	17	75	74	9	7	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1.01351	41	DDLWDD
	13	West Ham United	41	13	13	15	57	57	9	5	7	38	28	4	8	8	19	29	1.00000	39	LLWLLW
	14	Everton	42	12	14	16	71	75	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	12	33	52	.94667	38	LLWDLL
	15	Doncaster Rovers	41	11	16	14	57	64	8	9	3	25	17	3	7	11	32	47	.89063	38	WLLDWD
	16	Lincoln City	41	10	17	14	61	70	8	9	3	38	25	2	8	11	23	45	.87143	37	WDLWWL
	17	Brentford	41	13	11	17	58	74	8	8	4	37	27	5	3	13	21	47	.78378	37	DLLDDW
2	18	Hull City	42	14	8	20	57	69	11	6	4	36	19	3	2	16	21	50	.82609	36	DLDWLW	2-0
1	19	Notts County	42	14	8	20	60	88	11	5	5	41	31	3	3	15	19	57	.68182	36	LDWLLW
1	20	Bury	42	13	9	20	53	81	10	6	5	33	30	3	3	15	20	51	.65432	35	LLWLLW
	21	Southampton	42	10	13	19	68	85	5	7	9	45	44	5	6	10	23	41	.80000	33	DWDLWW	3-2
	22	Barnsley	42	5	8	29	47	108	4	4	13	31	46	1	4	16	16	62	.43519	18	LLLLLD	1-1