The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 DONCASTER ROVERS - Sat Nov 21, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 21, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, November 21, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: J Bell
Attendance:: 28,491
League Week:: 19 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 1 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Mar 27, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1964 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1139 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2159 (of 5829)
Total:: 3314 (of 7634)
Played:: 72 years, 9 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Thompson (8')
Sid Thompson (34')

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Peter Doherty
Prior form: LWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tindill (58')
Lawlor (67')

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 (8') (34')
9	F	21	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Hardwick
2	D	Makepeace
3	D	Graham
4	D	Brown
5	D	Paterson
6	M	Teasdale
7	M	Tindill
8	M	Lawlor
9	M	Harrison
10	F	McMorran
11	F	Walker

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 21, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-0	Bury
Fulham	5-1	Hull City
Leeds United	2-1	Oldham Athletic
Leicester City	9-2	Lincoln City
Luton Town	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Doncaster Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	3-2	Derby County
Rotherham United	1-1	Bristol Rovers
Stoke City	0-1	Notts County
Swansea Town	1-0	Brentford
West Ham United	1-1	Everton

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	Doncaster Rovers	18	12	1	5	33	19	7	1	1	17	5	5	0	4	16	14	14	25	LWWWLW
	2	Leicester City	18	9	7	2	38	23	6	2	1	22	9	3	5	1	16	14	15	25	WWWWLD
	3	Everton	18	9	6	3	37	27	5	2	1	20	12	4	4	2	17	15	10	24	LDWLWD
	4	Nottingham Forest	18	10	3	5	41	26	9	1	0	35	12	1	2	5	6	14	15	23	WDWDWL
	5	Birmingham City	18	8	5	5	40	24	6	3	1	28	9	2	2	4	12	15	16	21	WDWWDL
	6	Rotherham United	19	10	1	8	35	34	6	1	3	18	13	4	0	5	17	21	1	21	WWLLLL
	7	Lincoln City	18	8	4	6	31	23	7	2	0	26	7	1	2	6	5	16	8	20	LDLWLW
	8	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	6	4	31	26	4	4	0	18	8	3	2	4	13	18	5	20	LWLDDW
	9	West Ham United	18	8	3	7	35	28	7	0	2	27	7	1	3	5	8	21	7	19	LLWLWL
	10	Leeds United	18	6	7	5	42	37	5	3	1	25	13	1	4	4	17	24	5	19	DLWDWD
	11	Luton Town	18	6	7	5	30	29	4	4	2	17	12	2	3	3	13	17	1	19	WWWDDW
	12	Stoke City	19	5	9	5	31	30	3	5	1	19	13	2	4	4	12	17	1	19	WLWLLW
	13	Bristol Rovers	18	5	7	6	36	30	3	3	3	15	11	2	4	3	21	19	6	17	DDLDDL
	14	Swansea Town	18	7	3	8	25	32	5	2	2	16	9	2	1	6	9	23	-7	17	WDWLWW
	15	Derby County	17	6	4	7	31	34	5	2	2	19	12	1	2	5	12	22	-3	16	LWLLLL
	16	Fulham	18	5	5	8	36	40	3	2	4	20	19	2	3	4	16	21	-4	15	WLLWWD
	17	Brentford	18	5	5	8	17	34	4	2	3	9	14	1	3	5	8	20	-17	15	WWLDDW
	18	Hull City	18	6	1	11	20	28	5	0	3	13	7	1	1	8	7	21	-8	13	LWLWWL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	18	2	9	7	22	32	1	7	1	17	15	1	2	6	5	17	-10	13	WLDLDL
	20	Oldham Athletic	18	4	4	10	18	32	4	3	2	10	8	0	1	8	8	24	-14	12	LLLWLW
	21	Notts County	18	4	4	10	21	42	2	1	5	9	16	2	3	5	12	26	-21	12	LLDWWD
	22	Bury	18	2	7	9	22	42	2	4	3	19	22	0	3	6	3	20	-20	11	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	1	Leicester City	19	10	7	2	47	25	7	2	1	31	11	3	5	1	16	14	22	27	WWWLDW		9-2
1	2	Doncaster Rovers	19	12	2	5	35	21	7	1	1	17	5	5	1	4	18	16	14	26	WWWLWD		2-2
	3	Everton	19	9	7	3	38	28	5	2	1	20	12	4	5	2	18	16	10	25	DWLWDD		1-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	19	10	4	5	43	28	9	2	0	37	14	1	2	5	6	14	15	24	DWDWLD		2-2
	5	Birmingham City	19	8	6	5	40	24	6	4	1	28	9	2	2	4	12	15	16	22	DWWDLD		0-0
	6	Rotherham United	20	10	2	8	36	35	6	2	3	19	14	4	0	5	17	21	1	22	WLLLLD		1-1
3	7	Leeds United	19	7	7	5	44	38	6	3	1	27	14	1	4	4	17	24	6	21	LWDWDW		2-1
3	8	Luton Town	19	7	7	5	32	30	5	4	2	19	13	2	3	3	13	17	2	21	WWDDWW		2-1
	9	West Ham United	19	8	4	7	36	29	7	1	2	28	8	1	3	5	8	21	7	20	LWLWLD		1-1
2	10	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	6	5	32	28	4	4	0	18	8	3	2	5	14	20	4	20	WLDDWL		1-2
4	11	Lincoln City	19	8	4	7	33	32	7	2	0	26	7	1	2	7	7	25	1	20	DLWLWL		2-9
	12	Stoke City	20	5	9	6	31	31	3	5	2	19	14	2	4	4	12	17	0	19	LWLLWL		0-1
1	13	Swansea Town	19	8	3	8	26	32	6	2	2	17	9	2	1	6	9	23	-6	19	DWLWWW		1-0
1	14	Bristol Rovers	19	5	8	6	37	31	3	3	3	15	11	2	5	3	22	20	6	18	DLDDLD		1-1
1	15	Fulham	19	6	5	8	41	41	4	2	4	25	20	2	3	4	16	21	0	17	LLWWDW		5-1
1	16	Derby County	18	6	4	8	33	37	5	2	2	19	12	1	2	6	14	25	-4	16	WLLLLL		2-3
2	17	Plymouth Argyle	19	3	9	7	25	34	2	7	1	20	17	1	2	6	5	17	-9	15	LDLDLW		3-2
1	18	Brentford	19	5	5	9	17	35	4	2	3	9	14	1	3	6	8	21	-18	15	WLDDWL		0-1
2	19	Notts County	19	5	4	10	22	42	2	1	5	9	16	3	3	5	13	26	-20	14	LDWWDW		1-0
2	20	Hull City	19	6	1	12	21	33	5	0	3	13	7	1	1	9	8	26	-12	13	WLWWLL		1-5
1	21	Oldham Athletic	19	4	4	11	19	34	4	3	2	10	8	0	1	9	9	26	-15	12	LLWLWL		1-2
	22	Bury	19	2	8	9	22	42	2	4	3	19	22	0	4	6	3	20	-20	12	LLLLDD		0-0