The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 LEEDS UNITED - Fri Dec 25, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Dec 25, 1953 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-2 WON
: Half-time: 3-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: K Collinge
Attendance:: 19,745
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 9 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
Leeds United:: Dec 26, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1969 (of 5040)
League Tier 2:: 1144 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2164 (of 5763)
Total:: 3319 (of 7551)
Played:: 71 years, 4 months, 3 days ago

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

Goals
Tommy Capel (11')
Wally Ardron (16')
Wally Ardron (28')
Wally Ardron (58')
Alan Moore (68')

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Raich Carter
Prior form: DWLDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Albert Nightingale (36')
John Charles (40')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
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	200th appearance
7	F	37	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Noel Kelly
9	M	35	Wally Ardron (16') (28') (58')
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (11')
11	F	26	Alan Moore (68')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roy Wood
2	D	Jimmy Dunn
3	D	Grenville Hair
4	D	Eric Kerfoot
5	D	Jack Marsden
6	M	Tommy Burden
7	M	Harold Williams
8	M	Albert Nightingale
9	M	John Charles
10	F	Ray Iggleden
11	F	Arthur Tyrer

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Dec 25, 1953)

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

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

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Leicester City	24	13	7	4	60	32	10	2	1	43	13	3	5	3	17	19	1.87500	33	WLWLWW		4-1
1	2	Everton	24	12	8	4	50	38	8	3	1	31	17	4	5	3	19	21	1.31579	32	DWLDWW		4-0
1	3	Doncaster Rovers	24	14	3	7	39	26	8	1	2	19	8	6	2	5	20	18	1.50000	31	DLDWWL		0-2
	4	Birmingham City	24	12	6	6	54	31	8	4	1	36	10	4	2	5	18	21	1.74194	30	DWWLWW		3-0
1	5	Nottingham Forest	24	11	6	7	53	37	10	3	0	43	17	1	3	7	10	20	1.43243	28	DLDDLW		5-2
1	6	Luton Town	24	10	7	7	41	37	6	4	2	22	15	4	3	5	19	22	1.10811	27	WWWWLL		0-1
1	7	Blackburn Rovers	23	10	6	7	42	34	6	4	1	25	11	4	2	6	17	23	1.23529	26	LLLWWW		2-0
1	8	Rotherham United	25	12	2	11	45	48	7	2	4	26	20	5	0	7	19	28	.93750	26	DWWLLL		1-4
3	9	West Ham United	24	10	4	10	42	36	8	1	3	30	10	2	3	7	12	26	1.16667	24	DLLWLW		1-0
3	10	Fulham	24	9	6	9	52	46	6	2	4	32	22	3	4	5	20	24	1.13043	24	WDWLWW		3-1
2	11	Leeds United	24	8	8	8	51	49	6	4	1	27	14	2	4	7	24	35	1.04082	24	WLDLWL		2-5
2	12	Stoke City	24	6	11	7	36	37	4	5	3	23	19	2	6	4	13	18	.97297	23	WLDWDL
2	13	Bristol Rovers	24	7	8	9	45	41	5	3	4	21	14	2	5	5	24	27	1.09756	22	DWLWLL		0-4
1	14	Lincoln City	23	8	5	10	36	41	7	3	2	28	12	1	2	8	8	29	.87805	21	WLDLLL
1	15	Derby County	23	8	5	10	41	49	7	2	2	25	15	1	3	8	16	34	.83673	21	LWLWDL		0-4
	16	Swansea Town	23	9	3	11	31	41	7	2	3	20	13	2	1	8	11	28	.75610	21	WWLWLL
	17	Hull City	23	9	2	12	34	34	8	0	3	26	8	1	2	9	8	26	1.00000	20	LLWDWW
	18	Plymouth Argyle	24	5	10	9	30	42	3	8	1	21	17	2	2	8	9	25	.71429	20	WWDLWL		1-3
	19	Notts County	24	7	6	11	26	46	3	3	5	11	16	4	3	6	15	30	.56522	20	WDWWDL		0-3
	20	Bury	24	5	9	10	33	46	5	4	3	28	23	0	5	7	5	23	.71739	19	DWLWDW		4-0
	21	Brentford	24	6	7	11	20	43	5	4	4	12	16	1	3	7	8	27	.46512	19	LLLDDW		3-1
	22	Oldham Athletic	24	4	5	15	24	51	4	3	4	13	13	0	2	11	11	38	.47059	13	LLDLLL		1-3