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 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1141 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2161 (of 5828)
Total:: 3316 (of 7633)
Played:: 72 years, 9 months, 7 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

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

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	20	10	7	3	47	28	7	2	1	31	11	3	5	2	16	17	19	27	WWLDWL
	2	Everton	20	10	7	3	40	29	6	2	1	22	13	4	5	2	18	16	11	27	WLWDDW
	3	Doncaster Rovers	20	12	2	6	36	24	7	1	2	18	8	5	1	4	18	16	12	26	WWLWDL
	4	Birmingham City	20	9	6	5	43	26	6	4	1	28	9	3	2	4	15	17	17	24	WWDLDW
	5	Nottingham Forest	20	10	4	6	44	30	9	2	0	37	14	1	2	6	7	16	14	24	WDWLDL
	6	Rotherham United	21	11	2	8	37	35	6	2	3	19	14	5	0	5	18	21	2	24	LLLLDW
	7	Luton Town	20	8	7	5	35	31	5	4	2	19	13	3	3	3	16	18	4	23	WDDWWW
	8	Leeds United	20	7	7	6	45	40	6	3	1	27	14	1	4	5	18	26	5	21	WDWDWL
	9	Lincoln City	20	8	5	7	34	33	7	3	0	27	8	1	2	7	7	25	1	21	LWLWLD
	10	Bristol Rovers	20	6	8	6	40	31	4	3	3	18	11	2	5	3	22	20	9	20	LDDLDW
	11	West Ham United	20	8	4	8	37	31	7	1	2	28	8	1	3	6	9	23	6	20	WLWLDL
	12	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	6	6	34	31	4	4	1	20	11	3	2	5	14	20	3	20	LDDWLL
	13	Stoke City	21	5	10	6	32	32	3	5	2	19	14	2	5	4	13	18	0	20	WLLWLD
	14	Swansea Town	20	8	3	9	28	36	6	2	2	17	9	2	1	7	11	27	-8	19	WLWWWL
	15	Fulham	20	6	6	8	41	41	4	2	4	25	20	2	4	4	16	21	0	18	LWWDWD
	16	Derby County	19	7	4	8	37	39	6	2	2	23	14	1	2	6	14	25	-2	18	LLLLLW
	17	Plymouth Argyle	20	4	9	7	28	36	2	7	1	20	17	2	2	6	8	19	-8	17	DLDLWW
	18	Hull City	20	7	1	12	23	34	6	0	3	15	8	1	1	9	8	26	-11	15	LWWLLW
	19	Notts County	20	5	5	10	22	42	2	2	5	9	16	3	3	5	13	26	-20	15	DWWDWD
	20	Brentford	20	5	5	10	17	36	4	2	4	9	15	1	3	6	8	21	-19	15	LDDWLL
	21	Bury	20	3	8	9	24	43	3	4	3	21	23	0	4	6	3	20	-19	14	LLLDDW
	22	Oldham Athletic	20	4	4	12	21	37	4	3	3	12	11	0	1	9	9	26	-16	12	LWLWLL

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	21	11	7	3	53	28	8	2	1	37	11	3	5	2	16	17	25	29	WLDWLW		6-0
1	2	Doncaster Rovers	21	12	3	6	36	24	7	1	2	18	8	5	2	4	18	16	12	27	WLWDLD		0-0
1	3	Everton	21	10	7	4	41	34	6	2	1	22	13	4	5	3	19	21	7	27	LWDDWL		1-5
	4	Birmingham City	21	10	6	5	48	27	7	4	1	33	10	3	2	4	15	17	21	26	WDLDWW		5-1
1	5	Rotherham United	22	12	2	8	42	37	7	2	3	24	16	5	0	5	18	21	5	26	LLLDWW		5-2
1	6	Nottingham Forest	21	10	5	6	45	31	9	3	0	38	15	1	2	6	7	16	14	25	DWLDLD		1-1
	7	Luton Town	21	9	7	5	38	33	6	4	2	22	15	3	3	3	16	18	5	25	DDWWWW		3-2
	8	Leeds United	21	7	8	6	45	40	6	4	1	27	14	1	4	5	18	26	5	22	DWDWLD		0-0
4	9	Stoke City	22	6	10	6	35	34	4	5	2	22	16	2	5	4	13	18	1	22	LLWLDW		3-2
1	10	Lincoln City	21	8	5	8	35	37	7	3	0	27	8	1	2	8	8	29	-2	21	WLWLDL		1-4
3	11	Swansea Town	21	9	3	9	30	37	7	2	2	19	10	2	1	7	11	27	-7	21	LWWWLW		2-1
2	12	Bristol Rovers	21	6	8	7	42	34	4	3	3	18	11	2	5	4	24	23	8	20	DDLDWL		2-3
2	13	West Ham United	21	8	4	9	38	33	7	1	3	29	10	1	3	6	9	23	5	20	LWLDLL		1-2
1	14	Fulham	21	7	6	8	45	42	5	2	4	29	21	2	4	4	16	21	3	20	WWDWDW		4-1
3	15	Blackburn Rovers	20	7	6	7	35	33	4	4	1	20	11	3	2	6	15	22	2	20	DDWLLL		1-2
	16	Derby County	20	7	4	9	39	44	6	2	2	23	14	1	2	7	16	30	-5	18	LLLLWL		2-5
	17	Plymouth Argyle	21	4	10	7	28	36	2	8	1	20	17	2	2	6	8	19	-8	18	LDLWWD		0-0
1	18	Notts County	21	6	5	10	24	43	2	2	5	9	16	4	3	5	15	27	-19	17	WWDWDW		2-1
1	19	Hull City	21	7	2	12	23	34	6	0	3	15	8	1	2	9	8	26	-11	16	WWLLWD		0-0
	20	Brentford	21	5	5	11	17	42	4	2	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	-25	15	DDWLLL		0-6
	21	Bury	21	3	8	10	26	46	3	4	3	21	23	0	4	7	5	23	-20	14	LLDDWL		2-3
	22	Oldham Athletic	21	4	5	12	22	38	4	3	3	12	11	0	2	9	10	27	-16	13	WLWLLD		1-1