The City Ground

BRENTFORD 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Oct 31, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 31, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Brentford
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Griffin Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, October 31, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: J McCann
Attendance:: 15,384
League Week:: 16 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 3
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Tier 2)
Brentford:: Mar 20, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1961 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1136 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2156 (of 5828)
Total:: 3311 (of 7633)
Played:: 72 years, 10 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Latimer (85') (OG)

BRENTFORD
Manager: Bill Dodgin
Prior form: DLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Robertson (52')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
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
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Newton
2	D	Monk
3	D	Latimer
4	D	Harper
5	D	Bragg
6	M	Coote
7	M	Goodwin
8	M	Rainford
9	M	Dare
10	F	Bloomfield
11	F	Robertson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 31, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Leeds United
Brentford	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Bristol Rovers	3-3	Luton Town
Bury	1-3	Fulham
Derby County	2-4	Birmingham City
Doncaster Rovers	2-0	West Ham United
Everton	1-2	Leicester City
Hull City	1-0	Rotherham United
Lincoln City	2-0	Plymouth Argyle
Notts County	3-0	Swansea Town
Oldham Athletic	1-0	Stoke 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	Leicester City	15	8	6	1	34	18	6	2	0	21	6	2	4	1	13	12	16	22	DWDWWW
	2	Doncaster Rovers	15	10	1	4	27	15	5	1	1	12	4	5	0	3	15	11	12	21	WLLLWW
	3	Everton	15	8	5	2	30	21	5	1	0	17	8	3	4	2	13	13	9	21	WWLLDW
	4	Rotherham United	16	10	1	5	32	28	6	1	2	18	12	4	0	3	14	16	4	21	DWWWWL
	5	Nottingham Forest	15	9	2	4	36	21	8	1	0	31	10	1	1	4	5	11	15	20	WLWWDW
	6	Birmingham City	15	7	4	4	35	19	6	2	1	28	9	1	2	3	7	10	16	18	DWDWDW
	7	West Ham United	15	7	3	5	29	23	6	0	2	22	7	1	3	3	7	16	6	17	WLLLLW
	8	Stoke City	16	4	9	3	27	24	3	5	0	17	9	1	4	3	10	15	3	17	DDDWLW
	9	Lincoln City	15	6	4	5	23	16	5	2	0	20	4	1	2	5	3	12	7	16	WWWLDL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	14	6	4	4	27	24	3	3	0	14	6	3	1	4	13	18	3	16	DLWLWL
	11	Derby County	14	6	4	4	26	24	5	2	0	16	6	1	2	4	10	18	2	16	WLWLWL
	12	Bristol Rovers	15	5	5	5	30	23	3	2	2	12	7	2	3	3	18	16	7	15	LWWDDL
	13	Leeds United	15	5	5	5	33	30	4	3	1	22	12	1	2	4	11	18	3	15	LLDDLW
	14	Luton Town	15	5	5	5	24	24	4	3	2	16	11	1	2	3	8	13	0	15	DDLWWW
	15	Swansea Town	15	5	3	7	20	27	4	2	2	12	7	1	1	5	8	20	-7	13	WLDWDW
	16	Plymouth Argyle	15	2	8	5	19	26	1	6	1	14	12	1	2	4	5	14	-7	12	LLDWLD
	17	Brentford	15	4	3	8	14	32	3	1	3	7	13	1	2	5	7	19	-18	11	DLWWWL
	18	Fulham	15	3	4	8	28	36	2	2	4	17	18	1	2	4	11	18	-8	10	DWWWLL
	19	Bury	15	2	6	7	17	30	2	3	2	14	15	0	3	5	3	15	-13	10	LWLLLL
	20	Hull City	15	4	1	10	15	25	4	0	2	11	5	0	1	8	4	20	-10	9	LWLLWL
	21	Oldham Athletic	15	2	4	9	13	28	2	3	2	6	7	0	1	7	7	21	-15	8	LWLLLL
	22	Notts County	15	2	3	10	16	41	1	0	5	5	15	1	3	5	11	26	-25	7	LLLLLD

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	Leicester City	16	9	6	1	36	19	6	2	0	21	6	3	4	1	15	13	17	24	WDWWWW		2-1
	2	Doncaster Rovers	16	11	1	4	29	15	6	1	1	14	4	5	0	3	15	11	14	23	LLLWWW		2-0
2	3	Nottingham Forest	16	9	3	4	37	22	8	1	0	31	10	1	2	4	6	12	15	21	LWWDWD		1-1
1	4	Everton	16	8	5	3	31	23	5	1	1	18	10	3	4	2	13	13	8	21	WLLDWL		1-2
1	5	Rotherham United	17	10	1	6	32	29	6	1	2	18	12	4	0	4	14	17	3	21	WWWWLL		0-1
	6	Birmingham City	16	8	4	4	39	21	6	2	1	28	9	2	2	3	11	12	18	20	WDWDWW		4-2
2	7	Lincoln City	16	7	4	5	25	16	6	2	0	22	4	1	2	5	3	12	9	18	WWLDLW		2-0
1	8	West Ham United	16	7	3	6	29	25	6	0	2	22	7	1	3	4	7	18	4	17	LLLLWL		0-2
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	15	6	5	4	29	26	3	4	0	16	8	3	1	4	13	18	3	17	LWLWLD		2-2
2	10	Stoke City	17	4	9	4	27	25	3	5	0	17	9	1	4	4	10	16	2	17	DDWLWL		0-1
1	11	Bristol Rovers	16	5	6	5	33	26	3	3	2	15	10	2	3	3	18	16	7	16	WWDDLD		3-3
1	12	Leeds United	16	5	6	5	35	32	4	3	1	22	12	1	3	4	13	20	3	16	LDDLWD		2-2
2	13	Derby County	15	6	4	5	28	28	5	2	1	18	10	1	2	4	10	18	0	16	LWLWLL		2-4
	14	Luton Town	16	5	6	5	27	27	4	3	2	16	11	1	3	3	11	16	0	16	DLWWWD		3-3
	15	Swansea Town	16	5	3	8	20	30	4	2	2	12	7	1	1	6	8	23	-10	13	LDWDWL		0-3
2	16	Fulham	16	4	4	8	31	37	2	2	4	17	18	2	2	4	14	19	-6	12	WWWLLW		3-1
1	17	Plymouth Argyle	16	2	8	6	19	28	1	6	1	14	12	1	2	5	5	16	-9	12	LDWLDL		0-2
1	18	Brentford	16	4	4	8	15	33	3	2	3	8	14	1	2	5	7	19	-18	12	LWWWLD		1-1
1	19	Hull City	16	5	1	10	16	25	5	0	2	12	5	0	1	8	4	20	-9	11	WLLWLW		1-0
1	20	Bury	16	2	6	8	18	33	2	3	3	15	18	0	3	5	3	15	-15	10	WLLLLL		1-3
	21	Oldham Athletic	16	3	4	9	14	28	3	3	2	7	7	0	1	7	7	21	-14	10	WLLLLW		1-0
	22	Notts County	16	3	3	10	19	41	2	0	5	8	15	1	3	5	11	26	-22	9	LLLLDW		3-0