The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 FULHAM - Sat Feb 13, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 13, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, February 13, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: T Wood
Attendance:: 25,147
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: Dec 04, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1975 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1150 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2171 (of 5828)
Total:: 3327 (of 7633)
Played:: 72 years, 6 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Capel (27')
Tommy Capel (35')
Hugh McLaren (55')
Tommy Capel (74')

FULHAM
Manager: Duggie Livingstone
Prior form: WDWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jezzard (4')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	30	Alan Orr
5	D	37	Horace Gager
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	26	Alan Moore
8	F	32	Noel Kelly
9	F	33	Collin Collindridge
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (27') (35') (74')
11	F	27	Hugh McLaren (55')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Black
2	D	Chenhal
3	D	Lawler
4	D	Smith
5	D	Brice
6	M	Hill
7	M	Stevens
8	M	Robson
9	M	Jezzard
10	F	Haynes
11	F	Mitten

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 13, 1954)

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

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	29	14	8	7	68	48	11	2	2	48	18	3	6	5	20	30	20	36	WDLLLW
	2	Everton	28	12	12	4	53	41	8	5	1	32	18	4	7	3	21	23	12	36	WWDDDD
	3	Blackburn Rovers	29	14	7	8	59	39	8	4	2	34	15	6	3	6	25	24	20	35	WLWWWD
	4	Nottingham Forest	29	14	7	8	61	43	12	3	0	48	19	2	4	8	13	24	18	35	WWWLWD
	5	Doncaster Rovers	29	15	5	9	48	37	9	2	3	25	14	6	3	6	23	23	11	35	LLWLDD
	6	Birmingham City	29	14	6	9	64	44	9	4	2	39	13	5	2	7	25	31	20	34	WLLWWL
	7	Rotherham United	30	15	4	11	55	53	9	3	4	32	22	6	1	7	23	31	2	34	LDWWDW
	8	Luton Town	29	12	9	8	49	43	8	5	2	28	18	4	4	6	21	25	6	33	LWWDDL
	9	Fulham	29	12	7	10	68	56	8	2	5	44	29	4	5	5	24	27	12	31	WDWLWW
	10	West Ham United	28	12	5	11	53	45	9	2	3	36	13	3	3	8	17	32	8	29	LWLWDW
	11	Stoke City	29	8	13	8	48	41	6	6	3	33	20	2	7	5	15	21	7	29	LDWWLD
	12	Bristol Rovers	29	9	11	9	49	43	5	5	4	21	14	4	6	5	28	29	6	29	LDWDDW
	13	Derby County	29	10	7	12	49	56	8	3	3	28	17	2	4	9	21	39	-7	27	WWLDDL
	14	Hull City	28	12	2	14	44	41	11	0	3	35	9	1	2	11	9	32	3	26	WWLWLW
	15	Leeds United	29	9	8	12	61	63	7	4	3	35	19	2	4	9	26	44	-2	26	LLWLLL
	16	Lincoln City	29	10	6	13	43	54	8	4	3	34	16	2	2	10	9	38	-11	26	LWLDWL
	17	Swansea Town	29	10	6	13	38	53	8	4	3	25	17	2	2	10	13	36	-15	26	DLLDDW
	18	Notts County	29	9	7	13	32	56	5	3	6	15	22	4	4	7	17	34	-24	25	LWLLDW
	19	Plymouth Argyle	29	6	12	11	40	49	4	10	1	29	20	2	2	10	11	29	-9	24	LDLWDL
	20	Bury	29	6	11	12	37	52	6	5	3	30	24	0	6	9	7	28	-15	23	WLDWDL
	21	Brentford	30	6	9	15	22	53	5	4	5	12	17	1	5	10	10	36	-31	21	LLDLDL
	22	Oldham Athletic	28	5	6	17	28	59	5	4	4	17	15	0	2	13	11	44	-31	16	LLWLLD

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	30	15	8	7	71	48	11	2	2	48	18	4	6	5	23	30	23	38	DLLLWW		3-0
	2	Everton	29	13	12	4	59	43	8	5	1	32	18	5	7	3	27	25	16	38	WDDDDW		6-2
	3	Blackburn Rovers	30	15	7	8	63	39	9	4	2	38	15	6	3	6	25	24	24	37	LWWWDW		4-0
	4	Nottingham Forest	30	15	7	8	65	44	13	3	0	52	20	2	4	8	13	24	21	37	WWLWDW		4-1
1	5	Birmingham City	30	15	6	9	66	44	10	4	2	41	13	5	2	7	25	31	22	36	LLWWLW		2-0
1	6	Rotherham United	31	16	4	11	57	53	9	3	4	32	22	7	1	7	25	31	4	36	DWWDWW		2-0
2	7	Doncaster Rovers	30	15	5	10	48	38	9	2	4	25	15	6	3	6	23	23	10	35	LWLDDL		0-1
	8	Luton Town	30	12	9	9	49	44	8	5	3	28	19	4	4	6	21	25	5	33	WWDDLL		0-1
2	9	Stoke City	30	9	13	8	49	41	6	6	3	33	20	3	7	5	16	21	8	31	DWWLDW		1-0
1	10	Fulham	30	12	7	11	69	60	8	2	5	44	29	4	5	6	25	31	9	31	DWLWWL		1-4
1	11	Bristol Rovers	30	9	12	9	50	44	5	6	4	22	15	4	6	5	28	29	6	30	DWDDWD		1-1
2	12	West Ham United	29	12	5	12	53	47	9	2	3	36	13	3	3	9	17	34	6	29	WLWDWL		0-2
2	13	Leeds United	30	10	8	12	66	65	8	4	3	40	21	2	4	9	26	44	1	28	LWLLLW		5-2
	14	Hull City	29	12	3	14	46	43	11	0	3	35	9	1	3	11	11	34	3	27	WLWLWD		2-2
2	15	Derby County	30	10	7	13	51	62	8	3	4	30	23	2	4	9	21	39	-11	27	WLDDLL		2-6
	16	Lincoln City	30	10	6	14	45	59	8	4	3	34	16	2	2	11	11	43	-14	26	WLDWLL		2-5
	17	Swansea Town	30	10	6	14	38	55	8	4	4	25	19	2	2	10	13	36	-17	26	LLDDWL		0-2
	18	Notts County	30	9	8	13	33	57	5	3	6	15	22	4	5	7	18	35	-24	26	WLLDWD		1-1
1	19	Bury	30	7	11	12	38	52	6	5	3	30	24	1	6	9	8	28	-14	25	LDWDLW		1-0
1	20	Plymouth Argyle	30	6	12	12	40	52	4	10	2	29	23	2	2	10	11	29	-12	24	DLWDLL		0-3
	21	Brentford	31	6	10	15	24	55	5	5	5	14	19	1	5	10	10	36	-31	22	LDLDLD		2-2
	22	Oldham Athletic	29	5	6	18	28	63	5	4	4	17	15	0	2	14	11	48	-35	16	LWLLDL		0-4