The City Ground

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 19, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 19, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Home Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 (Lost)

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: W Ling
Attendance:: 17,491
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 19 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
Plymouth Argyle:: Jan 09, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1968 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1143 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2163 (of 5721)
Total:: 3315 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: GreensOnScreen.com (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Manager: Jimmy Rae
Prior form: DLWWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Keith Thomas

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Bill Farmer
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Sid Thompson
9	F	Arthur Lemon
10	F	Noel Kelly
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Les Major
2	D	Paddy Ratcliffe
3	D	Pat Jones
4	D	George Robertson
5	D	Jack Chisholm
6	M	Johnny Porteous
7	M	Keith Thomas
8	M	Sam McCrory
9	M	Hugh McJarrow
10	F	George Dews
11	F	Ernie Edds

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 19, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	0-0	Derby County
Bristol Rovers	1-2	Blackburn Rovers
Everton	2-1	Luton Town
Hull City	8-0	Oldham Athletic
Leicester City	2-1	West Ham United
Lincoln City	0-2	Doncaster Rovers
Notts County	0-0	Bury
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Rotherham United	2-4	Leeds United
Stoke City	1-3	Fulham
Swansea Town	1-3	Birmingham 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Leicester City	22	11	7	4	54	30	8	2	1	37	11	3	5	3	17	19	1.80000	29	LDWLWL
	2	Doncaster Rovers	22	13	3	6	37	24	8	1	2	19	8	5	2	4	18	16	1.54167	29	LWDLDW
	3	Everton	22	10	8	4	44	37	6	3	1	25	16	4	5	3	19	21	1.18919	28	WDDWLD
	4	Luton Town	22	10	7	5	40	34	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	3	18	19	1.17647	27	DWWWWW
	5	Birmingham City	22	10	6	6	48	30	7	4	1	33	10	3	2	5	15	20	1.60000	26	DLDWWL
	6	Nottingham Forest	22	10	6	6	48	34	9	3	0	38	15	1	3	6	10	19	1.41176	26	WLDLDD
	7	Rotherham United	23	12	2	9	42	40	7	2	3	24	16	5	0	6	18	24	1.05000	26	LLDWWL
	8	Stoke City	23	6	11	6	35	34	4	5	2	22	16	2	6	4	13	18	1.02941	23	LWLDWD
	9	Bristol Rovers	22	7	8	7	44	35	5	3	3	20	12	2	5	4	24	23	1.25714	22	DLDWLW
	10	West Ham United	22	9	4	9	40	34	7	1	3	29	10	2	3	6	11	24	1.17647	22	WLDLLW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	21	8	6	7	38	33	5	4	1	23	11	3	2	6	15	22	1.15152	22	DWLLLW
	12	Leeds United	22	7	8	7	45	42	6	4	1	27	14	1	4	6	18	28	1.07143	22	WDWLDL
	13	Lincoln City	22	8	5	9	36	39	7	3	1	28	10	1	2	8	8	29	.92308	21	LWLDLL
	14	Swansea Town	22	9	3	10	30	38	7	2	2	19	10	2	1	8	11	28	.78947	21	WWWLWL
	15	Fulham	22	7	6	9	46	44	5	2	4	29	21	2	4	5	17	23	1.04545	20	WDWDWL
	16	Derby County	21	8	4	9	41	45	7	2	2	25	15	1	2	7	16	30	.91111	20	LLLWLW
	17	Notts County	22	7	5	10	26	43	3	2	5	11	16	4	3	5	15	27	.60465	19	WDWDWW
	18	Hull City	22	8	2	12	26	34	7	0	3	18	8	1	2	9	8	26	.76471	18	WLLWDW
	19	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	10	8	28	39	2	8	1	20	17	2	2	7	8	22	.71795	18	DLWWDL
	20	Bury	22	4	8	10	29	46	4	4	3	24	23	0	4	7	5	23	.63043	16	LDDWLW
	21	Brentford	22	5	6	11	17	42	4	3	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	.40476	16	DWLLLD
	22	Oldham Athletic	22	4	5	13	23	40	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	9	10	27	.57500	13	LWLLDL

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	Leicester City	23	12	7	4	56	31	9	2	1	39	12	3	5	3	17	19	1.80645	31	DWLWLW	2-1
	2	Doncaster Rovers	23	14	3	6	39	24	8	1	2	19	8	6	2	4	20	16	1.62500	31	WDLDWW	2-0
	3	Everton	23	11	8	4	46	38	7	3	1	27	17	4	5	3	19	21	1.21053	30	DDWLDW	2-1
1	4	Birmingham City	23	11	6	6	51	31	7	4	1	33	10	4	2	5	18	21	1.64516	28	LDWWLW	3-1
1	5	Luton Town	23	10	7	6	41	36	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	4	19	21	1.13889	27	WWWWWL	1-2
	6	Nottingham Forest	23	10	6	7	48	35	9	3	0	38	15	1	3	7	10	20	1.37143	26	LDLDDL	0-1
	7	Rotherham United	24	12	2	10	44	44	7	2	4	26	20	5	0	6	18	24	1.00000	26	LDWWLL	2-4
3	8	Blackburn Rovers	22	9	6	7	40	34	5	4	1	23	11	4	2	6	17	23	1.17647	24	WLLLWW	2-1
3	9	Leeds United	23	8	8	7	49	44	6	4	1	27	14	2	4	6	22	30	1.11364	24	DWLDLW	4-2
2	10	Stoke City	24	6	11	7	36	37	4	5	3	23	19	2	6	4	13	18	.97297	23	WLDWDL	1-3
2	11	Bristol Rovers	23	7	8	8	45	37	5	3	4	21	14	2	5	4	24	23	1.21622	22	LDWLWL	1-2
2	12	West Ham United	23	9	4	10	41	36	7	1	3	29	10	2	3	7	12	26	1.13889	22	LDLLWL	1-2
2	13	Fulham	23	8	6	9	49	45	5	2	4	29	21	3	4	5	20	24	1.08889	22	DWDWLW	3-1
2	14	Derby County	22	8	5	9	41	45	7	2	2	25	15	1	3	7	16	30	.91111	21	LLWLWD	0-0
2	15	Lincoln City	23	8	5	10	36	41	7	3	2	28	12	1	2	8	8	29	.87805	21	WLDLLL	0-2
2	16	Swansea Town	23	9	3	11	31	41	7	2	3	20	13	2	1	8	11	28	.75610	21	WWLWLL	1-3
1	17	Hull City	23	9	2	12	34	34	8	0	3	26	8	1	2	9	8	26	1.00000	20	LLWDWW	8-0
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	23	5	10	8	29	39	3	8	1	21	17	2	2	7	8	22	.74359	20	LWWDLW	1-0
2	19	Notts County	23	7	6	10	26	43	3	3	5	11	16	4	3	5	15	27	.60465	20	DWDWWD	0-0
	20	Bury	23	4	9	10	29	46	4	4	3	24	23	0	5	7	5	23	.63043	17	DDWLWD	0-0
	21	Brentford	23	5	7	11	17	42	4	4	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	.40476	17	WLLLDD	0-0
	22	Oldham Athletic	23	4	5	14	23	48	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	10	10	35	.47917	13	WLLDLL	0-8