The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 ROTHERHAM UNITED - Sat Sep 05, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 05, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 05 September 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: W Gaiger
Attendance:: 22,502
League Week:: 6 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 2
Opp Before/After:: 14 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Rotherham United:: Jan 16, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1951 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1126 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2146 (of 5790)
Total:: 3301 (of 7585)
Played:: 72 years, 3 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tot Leverton (9')
Freddie Scott (12')
Tot Leverton (51')
Tommy Capel (69')

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Andy Smailes
Prior form: LLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
R Williams (64')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	28	Bill Whare
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	36	Freddie Scott (12')
9	F	27	Tot Leverton (9') (51')
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (69')
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	37	Harry Walker	265		3	1
2	D	28	Bill Whare	120	1	3	1
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson	162		3	1
4	F	28	Jack French	34	1	3	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager	228	5	3	1
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	181	7	3	1
7	F	26	Alan Moore	51	19	3	1
8	F	36	Freddie Scott (12')	278	37	3	1
9	F	27	Tot Leverton (9') (51')	97	33	3	1
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (69')	131	57	3	1
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge	130	41	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Quairney
2	D	Warner
3	D	Noble
4	D	Marshall
5	D	Gibson
6	M	D Williams
7	M	Marsden
8	M	R Williams
9	M	Burke
10	F	Guest
11	F	Wilson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 05, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-2	Leicester City
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Notts County
Brentford	0-3	Bristol Rovers
Bury	2-2	Everton
Derby County	2-0	Lincoln City
Doncaster Rovers	4-1	Hull City
Leeds United	1-1	Stoke City
Luton Town	2-0	Swansea Town
Nottingham Forest	4-1	Rotherham United
Oldham Athletic	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
West Ham United	3-1	Fulham

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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