The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 LINCOLN CITY - Sat Mar 06, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 06, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Lincoln City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, March 06, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: H Davis
Attendance:: 20,986
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 18 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 2)
Lincoln City:: Sep 04, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1978 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1153 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2174 (of 5824)
Total:: 3330 (of 7629)
Played:: 72 years, 5 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Hugh McLaren (41')
Collin Collindridge (51') - Collin Collindridge last goal
Alan Moore (58')
Green (79') (OG)

LINCOLN CITY
Manager: Bill Anderson
Prior form: DWLLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Garvie (17')
Graver (77')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	28	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 (58')
8	F	27	Hugh McLaren (41')
9	F	22	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge (51')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Lowery
2	D	Green
3	D	Killin
4	D	Wright
5	D	Emery
6	M	Owen
7	M	Munro
8	M	Garvie
9	M	Graver
10	F	Pinch
11	F	Clews

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 06, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Bristol Rovers
Fulham	2-3	Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United	4-0	Brentford
Leicester City	2-0	Bury
Luton Town	2-1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	4-2	Lincoln City
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Hull City
Rotherham United	7-0	Oldham Athletic
Stoke City	2-2	Doncaster Rovers
Swansea Town	0-2	Everton
West Ham United	0-0	Derby 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	32	17	8	7	77	49	12	2	2	52	19	5	6	5	25	30	28	42	LLWWWW
	2	Everton	31	15	12	4	73	48	10	5	1	46	23	5	7	3	27	25	25	42	DDDWWW
	3	Blackburn Rovers	32	16	8	8	66	39	10	4	2	41	15	6	4	6	25	24	27	40	WWDWDW
	4	Birmingham City	32	16	7	9	68	45	10	4	2	41	13	6	3	7	27	32	23	39	WWLWDW
	5	Nottingham Forest	32	15	9	8	67	46	13	3	0	52	20	2	6	8	15	26	21	39	LWDWDD
	6	Rotherham United	32	16	4	12	57	56	9	3	4	32	22	7	1	8	25	34	1	36	WWDWWL
	7	Doncaster Rovers	31	15	5	11	48	40	9	2	5	25	17	6	3	6	23	23	8	35	WLDDLL
	8	Luton Town	32	13	9	10	52	50	8	5	3	28	19	5	4	7	24	31	2	35	DDLLLW
	9	Fulham	32	13	8	11	77	64	9	2	5	49	30	4	6	6	28	34	13	34	LWWLWD
	10	Bristol Rovers	31	9	13	9	51	45	5	7	4	23	16	4	6	5	28	29	6	31	WDDWDD
	11	Stoke City	31	9	13	9	49	44	6	6	3	33	20	3	7	6	16	24	5	31	WWLDWL
	12	West Ham United	31	12	6	13	55	51	9	3	3	37	14	3	3	10	18	37	4	30	WDWLDL
	13	Leeds United	32	10	10	12	68	67	8	5	3	41	22	2	5	9	27	45	1	30	LLLWDD
	14	Derby County	32	10	9	13	54	65	8	4	4	33	26	2	5	9	21	39	-11	29	DDLLDD
	15	Bury	32	8	12	12	41	52	7	6	3	33	24	1	6	9	8	28	-11	28	WDLWDW
	16	Notts County	32	9	10	13	35	59	5	5	6	17	24	4	5	7	18	35	-24	28	LDWDDD
	17	Hull City	30	12	3	15	47	45	11	0	4	36	11	1	3	11	11	34	2	27	LWLWDL
	18	Lincoln City	32	10	7	15	46	61	8	4	4	34	17	2	3	11	12	44	-15	27	DWLLDL
	19	Swansea Town	32	10	7	15	41	61	8	4	4	25	19	2	3	11	16	42	-20	27	DDWLLD
	20	Plymouth Argyle	31	6	12	13	44	60	4	10	2	29	23	2	2	11	15	37	-16	24	LWDLLL
	21	Brentford	33	7	10	16	28	62	6	5	5	17	20	1	5	11	11	42	-34	24	LDLDLW
	22	Oldham Athletic	31	5	8	18	30	65	5	6	4	19	17	0	2	14	11	48	-35	18	LLDLDD

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	33	18	8	7	79	49	13	2	2	54	19	5	6	5	25	30	30	44	LWWWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Everton	32	16	12	4	75	48	10	5	1	46	23	6	7	3	29	25	27	44	DDWWWW	Safe	2-0
	3	Blackburn Rovers	33	17	8	8	69	41	10	4	2	41	15	7	4	6	28	26	28	42	WDWDWW	Safe	3-2
1	4	Nottingham Forest	33	16	9	8	71	48	14	3	0	56	22	2	6	8	15	26	23	41	WDWDDW	Safe	4-2
1	5	Birmingham City	33	16	8	9	69	46	10	5	2	42	14	6	3	7	27	32	23	40	WLWDWD		1-1
	6	Rotherham United	33	17	4	12	64	56	10	3	4	39	22	7	1	8	25	34	8	38	WDWWLW		7-0
1	7	Luton Town	33	14	9	10	54	51	9	5	3	30	20	5	4	7	24	31	3	37	DLLLWW		2-1
1	8	Doncaster Rovers	32	15	6	11	50	42	9	2	5	25	17	6	4	6	25	25	8	36	LDDLLD		2-2
	9	Fulham	33	13	8	12	79	67	9	2	6	51	33	4	6	6	28	34	12	34	WWLWDL		2-3
	10	Bristol Rovers	32	9	14	9	52	46	5	7	4	23	16	4	7	5	29	30	6	32	DDWDDD		1-1
	11	Stoke City	32	9	14	9	51	46	6	7	3	35	22	3	7	6	16	24	5	32	WLDWLD		2-2
1	12	Leeds United	33	11	10	12	72	67	9	5	3	45	22	2	5	9	27	45	5	32	LLWDDW		4-0
1	13	West Ham United	32	12	7	13	55	51	9	4	3	37	14	3	3	10	18	37	4	31	DWLDLD		0-0
	14	Derby County	33	10	10	13	54	65	8	4	4	33	26	2	6	9	21	39	-11	30	DLLDDD		0-0
2	15	Hull City	31	12	4	15	49	47	11	0	4	36	11	1	4	11	13	36	2	28	WLWDLD		2-2
1	16	Bury	33	8	12	13	41	54	7	6	3	33	24	1	6	10	8	30	-13	28	DLWDWL		0-2
1	17	Notts County	33	9	10	14	36	61	5	5	6	17	24	4	5	8	19	37	-25	28	DWDDDL		1-2
	18	Lincoln City	33	10	7	16	48	65	8	4	4	34	17	2	3	12	14	48	-17	27	WLLDLL		2-4
	19	Swansea Town	33	10	7	16	41	63	8	4	5	25	21	2	3	11	16	42	-22	27	DWLLDL		0-2
	20	Plymouth Argyle	32	6	13	13	46	62	4	11	2	31	25	2	2	11	15	37	-16	25	WDLLLD		2-2
	21	Brentford	34	7	10	17	28	66	6	5	5	17	20	1	5	12	11	46	-38	24	DLDLWL		0-4
	22	Oldham Athletic	32	5	8	19	30	72	5	6	4	19	17	0	2	15	11	55	-42	18	LDLDDL		0-7