The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 BRISTOL ROVERS - Sat Oct 24, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 24, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 23,139
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 10 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brentford (League Tier 2)
Bristol Rovers:: Mar 13, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1960 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1135 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2155 (of 5722)
Total:: 3308 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, October 24, 1953

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

Goals
Sid Thompson (71)
Tommy Capel (76)
Alan Moore (86)

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: LLWWDD (Old to recent)

Goals
Bush (38) (Pen)

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	Alan Moore (86)
8	F	Sid Thompson (71)
9	F	Arthur Lemon
10	F	Tommy Capel (76)
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Radford
2	D	Bamford
3	D	Fox
4	D	Pitt
5	D	Warren
6	M	Sampson
7	M	Petherbridge
8	M	Leonard
9	M	Bradford
10	F	Bush
11	F	Watling

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 24, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	5-1	Brentford
Fulham	1-2	Doncaster Rovers
Leeds United	3-1	Derby County
Leicester City	1-0	Oldham Athletic
Luton Town	1-0	Lincoln City
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	3-3	Notts County
Rotherham United	1-2	Everton
Stoke City	4-0	Bury
Swansea Town	1-0	Hull City
West Ham United	2-1	Blackburn Rovers

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	Rotherham United	15	10	1	4	31	26	6	1	1	17	10	4	0	3	14	16	1.19231	21	WDWWWW
	2	Leicester City	14	7	6	1	33	18	5	2	0	20	6	2	4	1	13	12	1.83333	20	DDWDWW
	3	Doncaster Rovers	14	9	1	4	25	14	5	1	1	12	4	4	0	3	13	10	1.78571	19	WWLLLW
	4	Everton	14	7	5	2	28	20	5	1	0	17	8	2	4	2	11	12	1.40000	19	DWWLLD
	5	Nottingham Forest	14	8	2	4	33	20	7	1	0	28	9	1	1	4	5	11	1.65000	18	WWLWWD
	6	Birmingham City	14	6	4	4	30	18	5	2	1	23	8	1	2	3	7	10	1.66667	16	LDWDWD
	7	Lincoln City	14	6	4	4	23	15	5	2	0	20	4	1	2	4	3	11	1.53333	16	LWWWLD
	8	Derby County	13	6	4	3	25	21	5	2	0	16	6	1	2	3	9	15	1.19048	16	WWLWLW
	9	Blackburn Rovers	13	6	4	3	26	22	3	3	0	14	6	3	1	3	12	16	1.18182	16	WDLWLW
	10	Bristol Rovers	14	5	5	4	29	20	3	2	2	12	7	2	3	2	17	13	1.45000	15	LLWWDD
	11	West Ham United	14	6	3	5	27	22	5	0	2	20	6	1	3	3	7	16	1.22727	15	WWLLLL
	12	Stoke City	15	3	9	3	23	24	2	5	0	13	9	1	4	3	10	15	.95833	15	LDDDWL
	13	Leeds United	14	4	5	5	30	29	3	3	1	19	11	1	2	4	11	18	1.03448	13	DLLDDL
	14	Luton Town	14	4	5	5	23	24	3	3	2	15	11	1	2	3	8	13	.95833	13	WDDLWW
	15	Swansea Town	14	4	3	7	19	27	3	2	2	11	7	1	1	5	8	20	.70370	11	LWLDWD
	16	Plymouth Argyle	14	2	7	5	16	23	1	5	1	11	9	1	2	4	5	14	.69565	11	DLLDWL
	17	Brentford	14	4	3	7	13	27	3	1	3	7	13	1	2	4	6	14	.48148	11	LDLWWW
	18	Fulham	14	3	4	7	27	34	2	2	3	16	16	1	2	4	11	18	.79412	10	LDWWWL
	19	Bury	14	2	6	6	17	26	2	3	2	14	15	0	3	4	3	11	.65385	10	WLWLLL
	20	Hull City	14	4	1	9	15	24	4	0	2	11	5	0	1	7	4	19	.62500	9	LLWLLW
	21	Oldham Athletic	14	2	4	8	13	27	2	3	2	6	7	0	1	6	7	20	.48148	8	WLWLLL
	22	Notts County	14	2	2	10	13	38	1	0	5	5	15	1	2	5	8	23	.34211	6	DLLLLL

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	1	Leicester City	15	8	6	1	34	18	6	2	0	21	6	2	4	1	13	12	1.88889	22	DWDWWW	1-0
1	2	Doncaster Rovers	15	10	1	4	27	15	5	1	1	12	4	5	0	3	15	11	1.80000	21	WLLLWW	2-1
1	3	Everton	15	8	5	2	30	21	5	1	0	17	8	3	4	2	13	13	1.42857	21	WWLLDW	2-1
3	4	Rotherham United	16	10	1	5	32	28	6	1	2	18	12	4	0	3	14	16	1.14286	21	DWWWWL	1-2
	5	Nottingham Forest	15	9	2	4	36	21	8	1	0	31	10	1	1	4	5	11	1.71429	20	WLWWDW	3-1
	6	Birmingham City	15	7	4	4	35	19	6	2	1	28	9	1	2	3	7	10	1.84211	18	DWDWDW	5-1
4	7	West Ham United	15	7	3	5	29	23	6	0	2	22	7	1	3	3	7	16	1.26087	17	WLLLLW	2-1
4	8	Stoke City	16	4	9	3	27	24	3	5	0	17	9	1	4	3	10	15	1.12500	17	DDDWLW	4-0
2	9	Lincoln City	15	6	4	5	23	16	5	2	0	20	4	1	2	5	3	12	1.43750	16	WWWLDL	0-1
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	14	6	4	4	27	24	3	3	0	14	6	3	1	4	13	18	1.12500	16	DLWLWL	1-2
3	11	Derby County	14	6	4	4	26	24	5	2	0	16	6	1	2	4	10	18	1.08333	16	WLWLWL	1-3
2	12	Bristol Rovers	15	5	5	5	30	23	3	2	2	12	7	2	3	3	18	16	1.30435	15	LWWDDL	1-3
	13	Leeds United	15	5	5	5	33	30	4	3	1	22	12	1	2	4	11	18	1.10000	15	LLDDLW	3-1
	14	Luton Town	15	5	5	5	24	24	4	3	2	16	11	1	2	3	8	13	1.00000	15	DDLWWW	1-0
	15	Swansea Town	15	5	3	7	20	27	4	2	2	12	7	1	1	5	8	20	.74074	13	WLDWDW	1-0
	16	Plymouth Argyle	15	2	8	5	19	26	1	6	1	14	12	1	2	4	5	14	.73077	12	LLDWLD	3-3
	17	Brentford	15	4	3	8	14	32	3	1	3	7	13	1	2	5	7	19	.43750	11	DLWWWL	1-5
	18	Fulham	15	3	4	8	28	36	2	2	4	17	18	1	2	4	11	18	.77778	10	DWWWLL	1-2
	19	Bury	15	2	6	7	17	30	2	3	2	14	15	0	3	5	3	15	.56667	10	LWLLLL	0-4
	20	Hull City	15	4	1	10	15	25	4	0	2	11	5	0	1	8	4	20	.60000	9	LWLLWL	0-1
	21	Oldham Athletic	15	2	4	9	13	28	2	3	2	6	7	0	1	7	7	21	.46429	8	LWLLLL	0-1
	22	Notts County	15	2	3	10	16	41	1	0	5	5	15	1	3	5	11	26	.39024	7	LLLLLD	3-3