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
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: W Ling
Attendance:: 17,491
League Week:: 23 of 42
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 5088)
League Tier 2:: 1143 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2163 (of 5830)
Total:: 3318 (of 7635)
Played:: 72 years, 9 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Keith Thomas (17')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Bill Farmer
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
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	Noel Kelly
11	F	33	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 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leicester City	22	11	7	4	54	30	8	2	1	37	11	3	5	3	17	19	24	29	LDWLWL
	2	Doncaster Rovers	22	13	3	6	37	24	8	1	2	19	8	5	2	4	18	16	13	29	LWDLDW
	3	Everton	22	10	8	4	44	37	6	3	1	25	16	4	5	3	19	21	7	28	WDDWLD
	4	Luton Town	22	10	7	5	40	34	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	3	18	19	6	27	DWWWWW
	5	Birmingham City	22	10	6	6	48	30	7	4	1	33	10	3	2	5	15	20	18	26	DLDWWL
	6	Nottingham Forest	22	10	6	6	48	34	9	3	0	38	15	1	3	6	10	19	14	26	WLDLDD
	7	Rotherham United	23	12	2	9	42	40	7	2	3	24	16	5	0	6	18	24	2	26	LLDWWL
	8	Stoke City	23	6	11	6	35	34	4	5	2	22	16	2	6	4	13	18	1	23	LWLDWD
	9	Bristol Rovers	22	7	8	7	44	35	5	3	3	20	12	2	5	4	24	23	9	22	DLDWLW
	10	West Ham United	22	9	4	9	40	34	7	1	3	29	10	2	3	6	11	24	6	22	WLDLLW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	21	8	6	7	38	33	5	4	1	23	11	3	2	6	15	22	5	22	DWLLLW
	12	Leeds United	22	7	8	7	45	42	6	4	1	27	14	1	4	6	18	28	3	22	WDWLDL
	13	Lincoln City	22	8	5	9	36	39	7	3	1	28	10	1	2	8	8	29	-3	21	LWLDLL
	14	Swansea Town	22	9	3	10	30	38	7	2	2	19	10	2	1	8	11	28	-8	21	WWWLWL
	15	Fulham	22	7	6	9	46	44	5	2	4	29	21	2	4	5	17	23	2	20	WDWDWL
	16	Derby County	21	8	4	9	41	45	7	2	2	25	15	1	2	7	16	30	-4	20	LLLWLW
	17	Notts County	22	7	5	10	26	43	3	2	5	11	16	4	3	5	15	27	-17	19	WDWDWW
	18	Hull City	22	8	2	12	26	34	7	0	3	18	8	1	2	9	8	26	-8	18	WLLWDW
	19	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	10	8	28	39	2	8	1	20	17	2	2	7	8	22	-11	18	DLWWDL
	20	Bury	22	4	8	10	29	46	4	4	3	24	23	0	4	7	5	23	-17	16	LDDWLW
	21	Brentford	22	5	6	11	17	42	4	3	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	-25	16	DWLLLD
	22	Oldham Athletic	22	4	5	13	23	40	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	9	10	27	-17	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Leicester City	23	12	7	4	56	31	9	2	1	39	12	3	5	3	17	19	25	31	DWLWLW		2-1
	2	Doncaster Rovers	23	14	3	6	39	24	8	1	2	19	8	6	2	4	20	16	15	31	WDLDWW		2-0
	3	Everton	23	11	8	4	46	38	7	3	1	27	17	4	5	3	19	21	8	30	DDWLDW		2-1
1	4	Birmingham City	23	11	6	6	51	31	7	4	1	33	10	4	2	5	18	21	20	28	LDWWLW		3-1
1	5	Luton Town	23	10	7	6	41	36	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	4	19	21	5	27	WWWWWL		1-2
	6	Nottingham Forest	23	10	6	7	48	35	9	3	0	38	15	1	3	7	10	20	13	26	LDLDDL		0-1
	7	Rotherham United	24	12	2	10	44	44	7	2	4	26	20	5	0	6	18	24	0	26	LDWWLL		2-4
3	8	Blackburn Rovers	22	9	6	7	40	34	5	4	1	23	11	4	2	6	17	23	6	24	WLLLWW		2-1
3	9	Leeds United	23	8	8	7	49	44	6	4	1	27	14	2	4	6	22	30	5	24	DWLDLW		4-2
2	10	Stoke City	24	6	11	7	36	37	4	5	3	23	19	2	6	4	13	18	-1	23	WLDWDL		1-3
2	11	Bristol Rovers	23	7	8	8	45	37	5	3	4	21	14	2	5	4	24	23	8	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	5	22	LDLLWL		1-2
2	13	Fulham	23	8	6	9	49	45	5	2	4	29	21	3	4	5	20	24	4	22	DWDWLW		3-1
2	14	Derby County	22	8	5	9	41	45	7	2	2	25	15	1	3	7	16	30	-4	21	LLWLWD		0-0
2	15	Lincoln City	23	8	5	10	36	41	7	3	2	28	12	1	2	8	8	29	-5	21	WLDLLL		0-2
2	16	Swansea Town	23	9	3	11	31	41	7	2	3	20	13	2	1	8	11	28	-10	21	WWLWLL		1-3
1	17	Hull City	23	9	2	12	34	34	8	0	3	26	8	1	2	9	8	26	0	20	LLWDWW		8-0
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	23	5	10	8	29	39	3	8	1	21	17	2	2	7	8	22	-10	20	LWWDLW		1-0
2	19	Notts County	23	7	6	10	26	43	3	3	5	11	16	4	3	5	15	27	-17	20	DWDWWD		0-0
	20	Bury	23	4	9	10	29	46	4	4	3	24	23	0	5	7	5	23	-17	17	DDWLWD		0-0
	21	Brentford	23	5	7	11	17	42	4	4	4	9	15	1	3	7	8	27	-25	17	WLLLDD		0-0
	22	Oldham Athletic	23	4	5	14	23	48	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	10	10	35	-25	13	WLLDLL		0-8