The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 OLDHAM ATHLETIC - Sat Dec 05, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 05, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Oldham Athletic
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, December 05, 1953

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: L Howarth
Attendance:: 16,798
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 6
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 2)
Oldham Athletic:: Apr 24, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1966 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1141 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2161 (of 5790)
Total:: 3316 (of 7585)
Played:: 72 years, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (64')

OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Manager: George Hardwick
Prior form: LWLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Scrine (2')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Bill Farmer
2	D	28	Bill Whare
3	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	21	Bob McKinlay
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	37	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	Sid Thompson
9	M	35	Wally Ardron (64')
10	F	21	Arthur Lemon
11	F	26	Alan Moore

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Bill Farmer	10		7	1
2	D	28	Bill Whare	135	1	7	1
3	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	213		7	1
4	F	28	Jack French	49	1	7	1
5	D	21	Bob McKinlay	5		243	28
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	196	9	7	1
7	F	37	Freddie Scott	284	38	70	10
8	F	25	Sid Thompson	11	5	7	1
9	M	35	Wally Ardron (64')	163	112	243	28
10	F	21	Arthur Lemon	12	1	7	1
11	F	26	Alan Moore	66	26	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ogden
2	D	Smith
3	D	Fawley
4	D	Lowrie
5	D	Whyte
6	M	Brierley
7	M	McIlvenny
8	M	Clarke
9	M	McKennan
10	F	Scrine
11	F	Ormond

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

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	5-1	Everton
Fulham	4-1	Lincoln City
Leeds United	0-0	Hull City
Leicester City	6-0	Brentford
Luton Town	3-2	Bury
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Oldham Athletic
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	Doncaster Rovers
Rotherham United	5-2	Derby County
Stoke City	3-2	Bristol Rovers
Swansea Town	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
West Ham United	1-2	Notts County

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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