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

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 30 April 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: R Hall
Attendance:: 7,432
League Week:: 42 of 42
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 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1120 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2140 (of 5829)
Total:: 3294 (of 7634)
Played:: 73 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Collin Collindridge (28')
Tommy Capel (62')

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

Goal Scorers
Day (1')
Day (3')
Bogan (18')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Bill Whare
3	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	22	Tommy Wilson
8	F	31	Noel Kelly
9	F	26	Tot Leverton
10	F	30	Tommy Capel (62')
11	F	32	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 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield United	41	25	10	6	97	53	15	3	2	60	25	10	7	4	37	28	44	60	DWDDWW	Champions
	2	Huddersfield Town	41	23	10	8	80	33	13	4	3	47	14	10	6	5	33	19	47	56	WLWWWD	Promoted
	3	Luton Town	41	22	8	11	84	48	15	1	5	53	17	7	7	6	31	31	36	52	DWWDDL	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	41	20	9	12	65	56	12	5	4	37	24	8	4	8	28	32	9	49	WLDWDW	Safe
	5	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	89	74	13	6	2	55	29	5	6	10	34	45	15	48	DWDDWW	Safe
	6	Birmingham City	41	18	10	13	69	65	11	3	7	44	38	7	7	6	25	27	4	46	LWLDWW	Safe
	7	Nottingham Forest	41	18	8	15	75	64	11	5	4	44	29	7	3	11	31	35	11	44	WDLLLL	Safe
	8	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	8	16	68	65	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	11	28	45	3	44	WDWWWL	Safe
	9	Fulham	41	17	9	15	80	70	14	1	6	52	28	3	8	9	28	42	10	43	WWLWLL	Safe
	10	Leeds United	42	14	15	13	71	63	13	4	4	42	24	1	11	9	29	39	8	43	DWLDWD	Safe
	11	Swansea Town	42	15	12	15	78	81	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	13	33	55	-3	42	WWLWDL	Safe
	12	Rotherham United	42	16	9	17	75	74	9	7	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1	41	DDLWDD	Safe
	13	West Ham United	41	13	13	15	57	57	9	5	7	38	28	4	8	8	19	29	0	39	LLWLLW	Safe
	14	Everton	42	12	14	16	71	75	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	12	33	52	-4	38	LLWDLL	Safe
	15	Doncaster Rovers	41	11	16	14	57	64	8	9	3	25	17	3	7	11	32	47	-7	38	WLLDWD	Safe
	16	Lincoln City	41	10	17	14	61	70	8	9	3	38	25	2	8	11	23	45	-9	37	WDLWWL	Safe
	17	Brentford	41	13	11	17	58	74	8	8	4	37	27	5	3	13	21	47	-16	37	DLLDDW	Safe
	18	Notts County	42	14	8	20	60	88	11	5	5	41	31	3	3	15	19	57	-28	36	LDWLLW	Safe
	19	Bury	42	13	9	20	53	81	10	6	5	33	30	3	3	15	20	51	-28	35	LLWLLW	Safe
	20	Hull City	41	13	8	20	55	69	11	6	4	36	19	2	2	16	19	50	-14	34	WDLDWL	Safe
	21	Southampton	41	9	13	19	65	83	5	7	9	45	44	4	6	10	20	39	-18	31	WDWDLW	Relegated
	22	Barnsley	41	5	7	29	46	107	4	3	13	30	45	1	4	16	16	62	-61	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	42	25	10	7	97	55	15	3	3	60	27	10	7	4	37	28	42	60	WDDWWL	Champions	0-2
	2	Huddersfield Town	41	23	10	8	80	33	13	4	3	47	14	10	6	5	33	19	47	56	WLWWWD	Promoted
	3	Luton Town	41	22	8	11	84	48	15	1	5	53	17	7	7	6	31	31	36	52	DWWDDL	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	41	20	9	12	65	56	12	5	4	37	24	8	4	8	28	32	9	49	WLDWDW	Safe
	5	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	89	74	13	6	2	55	29	5	6	10	34	45	15	48	DWDDWW	Safe
	6	Birmingham City	41	18	10	13	69	65	11	3	7	44	38	7	7	6	25	27	4	46	LWLDWW	Safe
	7	Nottingham Forest	42	18	8	16	77	67	11	5	5	46	32	7	3	11	31	35	10	44	DLLLLL	Safe	2-3
1	8	Fulham	42	17	10	15	81	71	14	1	6	52	28	3	9	9	29	43	10	44	WLWLLD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	8	16	68	65	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	11	28	45	3	44	WDWWWL	Safe
	10	Leeds United	42	14	15	13	71	63	13	4	4	42	24	1	11	9	29	39	8	43	DWLDWD	Safe
	11	Swansea Town	42	15	12	15	78	81	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	13	33	55	-3	42	WWLWDL	Safe
	12	Rotherham United	42	16	9	17	75	74	9	7	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1	41	DDLWDD	Safe
	13	West Ham United	41	13	13	15	57	57	9	5	7	38	28	4	8	8	19	29	0	39	LLWLLW	Safe
	14	Everton	42	12	14	16	71	75	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	12	33	52	-4	38	LLWDLL	Safe
	15	Doncaster Rovers	41	11	16	14	57	64	8	9	3	25	17	3	7	11	32	47	-7	38	WLLDWD	Safe
	16	Lincoln City	41	10	17	14	61	70	8	9	3	38	25	2	8	11	23	45	-9	37	WDLWWL	Safe
	17	Brentford	41	13	11	17	58	74	8	8	4	37	27	5	3	13	21	47	-16	37	DLLDDW	Safe
2	18	Hull City	42	14	8	20	57	69	11	6	4	36	19	3	2	16	21	50	-12	36	DLDWLW	Safe	2-0
1	19	Notts County	42	14	8	20	60	88	11	5	5	41	31	3	3	15	19	57	-28	36	LDWLLW	Safe
1	20	Bury	42	13	9	20	53	81	10	6	5	33	30	3	3	15	20	51	-28	35	LLWLLW	Safe
	21	Southampton	42	10	13	19	68	85	5	7	9	45	44	5	6	10	23	41	-17	33	DWDLWW	Relegated	3-2
	22	Barnsley	42	5	8	29	47	108	4	4	13	31	46	1	4	16	16	62	-61	18	LLLLLD	Relegated	1-1