The City Ground

LINCOLN CITY 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Oct 17, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 17, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Lincoln City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Sincil Bank
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: (Football Post, Saturday, October 17, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: H Davis
Attendance:: 21,936
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 5
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 2)
Lincoln City:: Mar 06, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1959 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1134 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2154 (of 5829)
Total:: 3309 (of 7634)
Played:: 72 years, 10 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Capel (31')
Sid Thompson (44')

LINCOLN CITY
Manager: Bill Anderson
Prior form: WLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Whittle (2')
Graver (15')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Bill Farmer
2	D	28	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	26	Alan Moore
8	F	25	Sid Thompson (44')
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (31')
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Lowery
2	D	Green
3	D	Graham
4	D	Wright
5	D	Emery
6	M	Owen
7	M	Munro
8	M	McDowall
9	M	Graver
10	F	Whittle
11	F	Finch

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 17, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	5-1	Fulham
Brentford	2-1	Leeds United
Bristol Rovers	1-1	Birmingham City
Bury	2-5	Leicester City
Derby County	2-1	West Ham United
Doncaster Rovers	1-0	Stoke City
Everton	2-2	Swansea Town
Hull City	2-0	Plymouth Argyle
Lincoln City	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	1-2	Luton Town
Oldham Athletic	2-3	Rotherham United

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	Rotherham United	14	9	1	4	28	24	6	1	1	17	10	3	0	3	11	14	4	19	WWDWWW
	2	Leicester City	13	6	6	1	28	16	5	2	0	20	6	1	4	1	8	10	12	18	WDDWDW
	3	Everton	13	7	4	2	26	18	5	0	0	15	6	2	4	2	11	12	8	18	WDWWLL
	4	Nottingham Forest	13	8	1	4	31	18	7	1	0	28	9	1	0	4	3	9	13	17	LWWLWW
	5	Doncaster Rovers	13	8	1	4	24	14	4	1	1	11	4	4	0	3	13	10	10	17	LWWLLL
	6	Birmingham City	13	6	3	4	29	17	5	2	1	23	8	1	1	3	6	9	12	15	LLDWDW
	7	Lincoln City	13	6	3	4	21	13	5	1	0	18	2	1	2	4	3	11	8	15	WLWWWL
	8	West Ham United	13	6	3	4	26	20	5	0	2	20	6	1	3	2	6	14	6	15	DWWLLL
	9	Stoke City	14	3	9	2	23	23	2	5	0	13	9	1	4	2	10	14	0	15	DLDDDW
	10	Bristol Rovers	13	5	4	4	28	19	3	1	2	11	6	2	3	2	17	13	9	14	DLLWWD
	11	Derby County	12	5	4	3	23	20	4	2	0	14	5	1	2	3	9	15	3	14	DWWLWL
	12	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	4	3	21	21	2	3	0	9	5	3	1	3	12	16	0	14	DWDLWL
	13	Leeds United	13	4	5	4	29	27	3	3	1	19	11	1	2	3	10	16	2	13	WDLLDD
	14	Luton Town	13	3	5	5	21	23	3	3	2	15	11	0	2	3	6	12	-2	11	LWDDLW
	15	Plymouth Argyle	13	2	7	4	16	21	1	5	1	11	9	1	2	3	5	12	-5	11	WDLLDW
	16	Fulham	13	3	4	6	26	29	2	2	3	16	16	1	2	3	10	13	-3	10	LLDWWW
	17	Bury	13	2	6	5	15	21	2	3	1	12	10	0	3	4	3	11	-6	10	DWLWLL
	18	Swansea Town	13	4	2	7	17	25	3	2	2	11	7	1	0	5	6	18	-8	10	LLWLDW
	19	Brentford	13	3	3	7	11	26	2	1	3	5	12	1	2	4	6	14	-15	9	LLDLWW
	20	Oldham Athletic	13	2	4	7	11	24	2	3	1	4	4	0	1	6	7	20	-13	8	DWLWLL
	21	Hull City	13	3	1	9	13	24	3	0	2	9	5	0	1	7	4	19	-11	7	LLLWLL
	22	Notts County	13	2	2	9	12	36	1	0	4	4	13	1	2	5	8	23	-24	6	LDLLLL

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	Rotherham United	15	10	1	4	31	26	6	1	1	17	10	4	0	3	14	16	5	21	WDWWWW		3-2
	2	Leicester City	14	7	6	1	33	18	5	2	0	20	6	2	4	1	13	12	15	20	DDWDWW		5-2
2	3	Doncaster Rovers	14	9	1	4	25	14	5	1	1	12	4	4	0	3	13	10	11	19	WWLLLW		1-0
1	4	Everton	14	7	5	2	28	20	5	1	0	17	8	2	4	2	11	12	8	19	DWWLLD		2-2
1	5	Nottingham Forest	14	8	2	4	33	20	7	1	0	28	9	1	1	4	5	11	13	18	WWLWWD		2-2
	6	Birmingham City	14	6	4	4	30	18	5	2	1	23	8	1	2	3	7	10	12	16	LDWDWD		1-1
	7	Lincoln City	14	6	4	4	23	15	5	2	0	20	4	1	2	4	3	11	8	16	LWWWLD		2-2
3	8	Derby County	13	6	4	3	25	21	5	2	0	16	6	1	2	3	9	15	4	16	WWLWLW		2-1
3	9	Blackburn Rovers	13	6	4	3	26	22	3	3	0	14	6	3	1	3	12	16	4	16	WDLWLW		5-1
	10	Bristol Rovers	14	5	5	4	29	20	3	2	2	12	7	2	3	2	17	13	9	15	LLWWDD		1-1
3	11	West Ham United	14	6	3	5	27	22	5	0	2	20	6	1	3	3	7	16	5	15	WWLLLL		1-2
3	12	Stoke City	15	3	9	3	23	24	2	5	0	13	9	1	4	3	10	15	-1	15	LDDDWL		0-1
	13	Leeds United	14	4	5	5	30	29	3	3	1	19	11	1	2	4	11	18	1	13	DLLDDL		1-2
	14	Luton Town	14	4	5	5	23	24	3	3	2	15	11	1	2	3	8	13	-1	13	WDDLWW		2-1
3	15	Swansea Town	14	4	3	7	19	27	3	2	2	11	7	1	1	5	8	20	-8	11	LWLDWD		2-2
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	14	2	7	5	16	23	1	5	1	11	9	1	2	4	5	14	-7	11	DLLDWL		0-2
2	17	Brentford	14	4	3	7	13	27	3	1	3	7	13	1	2	4	6	14	-14	11	LDLWWW		2-1
2	18	Fulham	14	3	4	7	27	34	2	2	3	16	16	1	2	4	11	18	-7	10	LDWWWL		1-5
2	19	Bury	14	2	6	6	17	26	2	3	2	14	15	0	3	4	3	11	-9	10	WLWLLL		2-5
1	20	Hull City	14	4	1	9	15	24	4	0	2	11	5	0	1	7	4	19	-9	9	LLWLLW		2-0
1	21	Oldham Athletic	14	2	4	8	13	27	2	3	2	6	7	0	1	6	7	20	-14	8	WLWLLL		2-3
	22	Notts County	14	2	2	10	13	38	1	0	5	5	15	1	2	5	8	23	-25	6	DLLLLL		1-2