The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BRENTFORD - Sat Mar 20, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 20, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Brentford
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, March 20, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: J McCann
Attendance:: 15,700
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Doncaster Rovers (League Tier 2)
Brentford:: Aug 15, 1964

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1980 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1155 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2176 (of 5824)
Total:: 3332 (of 7629)
Played:: 72 years, 5 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (57')
Alan Moore (74')

BRENTFORD
Manager: Bill Dodgin
Prior form: LDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Dudley (18')

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	27	Alan Moore (74')
8	F	32	Noel Kelly
9	M	35	Wally Ardron (57')
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Newton
2	D	Bragg
3	D	Latimer
4	D	Bristow
5	D	Dargie
6	M	Coote
7	M	Robertson
8	M	Gazzard
9	M	Dare
10	F	Rainford
11	F	Dudley

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 20, 1954)

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

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	Everton	33	17	12	4	78	48	11	5	1	49	23	6	7	3	29	25	30	46	DWWWWW	Safe
	2	Blackburn Rovers	34	18	8	8	73	42	11	4	2	45	16	7	4	6	28	26	31	44	DWDWWW	Safe
	3	Leicester City	33	18	8	7	79	49	13	2	2	54	19	5	6	5	25	30	30	44	LWWWWW	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	34	16	9	9	71	49	14	3	0	56	22	2	6	9	15	27	22	41	DWDDWL	Safe
	5	Birmingham City	34	16	8	10	69	48	10	5	2	42	14	6	3	8	27	34	21	40	LWDWDL
	6	Rotherham United	34	17	4	13	64	59	10	3	4	39	22	7	1	9	25	37	5	38	DWWLWL
	7	Luton Town	34	14	10	10	55	52	9	5	3	30	20	5	5	7	25	32	3	38	LLLWWD
	8	Doncaster Rovers	33	15	7	11	52	44	9	3	5	27	19	6	4	6	25	25	8	37	DDLLDD
	9	Fulham	34	13	9	12	81	69	9	2	6	51	33	4	7	6	30	36	12	35	WLWDLD
	10	Stoke City	33	10	14	9	57	46	6	7	3	35	22	4	7	6	22	24	11	34	LDWLDW
	11	Bristol Rovers	33	10	14	9	53	46	6	7	4	24	16	4	7	5	29	30	7	34	DWDDDW
	12	Leeds United	34	12	10	12	74	67	9	5	3	45	22	3	5	9	29	45	7	34	LWDDWW
	13	West Ham United	33	12	7	14	56	55	9	4	3	37	14	3	3	11	19	41	1	31	WLDLDL
	14	Hull City	32	13	4	15	53	50	12	0	4	40	14	1	4	11	13	36	3	30	LWDLDW
	15	Derby County	34	10	10	14	54	67	8	4	5	33	28	2	6	9	21	39	-13	30	LLDDDL
	16	Notts County	34	10	10	14	38	61	6	5	6	19	24	4	5	8	19	37	-23	30	WDDDLW
	17	Lincoln City	34	10	8	16	49	66	8	5	4	35	18	2	3	12	14	48	-17	28	LLDLLD
	18	Bury	34	8	12	14	41	60	7	6	4	33	30	1	6	10	8	30	-19	28	LWDWLL
	19	Swansea Town	34	10	7	17	44	67	8	4	5	25	21	2	3	12	19	46	-23	27	WLLDLL
	20	Brentford	35	8	10	17	30	66	7	5	5	19	20	1	5	12	11	46	-36	26	LDLWLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	33	6	13	14	46	64	4	11	2	31	25	2	2	12	15	39	-18	25	DLLLDL
	22	Oldham Athletic	32	5	8	19	30	72	5	6	4	19	17	0	2	15	11	55	-42	18	LDLDDL

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	Everton	34	17	13	4	80	50	11	5	1	49	23	6	8	3	31	27	30	47	WWWWWD	Safe	2-2
1	2	Leicester City	34	18	9	7	81	51	13	3	2	56	21	5	6	5	25	30	30	45	WWWWWD	Safe	2-2
1	3	Blackburn Rovers	35	18	8	9	75	45	11	4	2	45	16	7	4	7	30	29	30	44	WDWWWL	Safe	2-3
	4	Nottingham Forest	35	17	9	9	73	50	15	3	0	58	23	2	6	9	15	27	23	43	WDDWLW	Safe	2-1
	5	Birmingham City	35	17	8	10	72	48	11	5	2	45	14	6	3	8	27	34	24	42	WDWDLW	Safe	3-0
	6	Rotherham United	35	18	4	13	67	61	11	3	4	42	24	7	1	9	25	37	6	40	WWLWLW	Safe	3-2
	7	Luton Town	35	14	11	10	56	53	9	6	3	31	21	5	5	7	25	32	3	39	LLWWDD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Fulham	35	14	9	12	84	69	10	2	6	54	33	4	7	6	30	36	15	37	LWDLDW		3-0
1	9	Doncaster Rovers	34	15	7	12	53	46	9	3	5	27	19	6	4	7	26	27	7	37	DLLDDL		1-2
2	10	Leeds United	35	13	10	12	77	69	10	5	3	48	24	3	5	9	29	45	8	36	WDDWWW		3-2
	11	Bristol Rovers	34	10	15	9	54	47	6	7	4	24	16	4	8	5	30	31	7	35	WDDDWD		1-1
2	12	Stoke City	34	10	14	10	57	47	6	7	4	35	23	4	7	6	22	24	10	34	DWLDWL		0-1
	13	West Ham United	34	13	7	14	58	56	10	4	3	39	15	3	3	11	19	41	2	33	LDLDLW		2-1
2	14	Notts County	35	10	11	14	40	63	6	5	6	19	24	4	6	8	21	39	-23	31	DDDLWD		2-2
1	15	Hull City	33	13	4	16	55	53	12	0	4	40	14	1	4	12	15	39	2	30	WDLDWL		2-3
1	16	Derby County	35	10	10	15	54	70	8	4	5	33	28	2	6	10	21	42	-16	30	LDDDLL		0-3
	17	Lincoln City	35	11	8	16	51	67	8	5	4	35	18	3	3	12	16	49	-16	30	LDLLDW		2-1
1	18	Swansea Town	35	10	8	17	46	69	8	5	5	27	23	2	3	12	19	46	-23	28	LLDLLD		2-2
1	19	Bury	35	8	12	15	41	63	7	6	4	33	30	1	6	11	8	33	-22	28	WDWLLL		0-3
	20	Brentford	36	8	10	18	31	68	7	5	5	19	20	1	5	13	12	48	-37	26	DLWLWL		1-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	34	6	13	15	47	66	4	11	3	32	27	2	2	12	15	39	-19	25	LLLDLL		1-2
	22	Oldham Athletic	33	6	8	19	31	72	5	6	4	19	17	1	2	15	12	55	-41	20	DLDDLW		1-0