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)

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: J McCann
Attendance:: 15,700
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 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1155 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2176 (of 5721)
Total:: 3329 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals
Alan Moore
Wally Ardron

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

Goals
?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Alan Orr
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Noel Kelly
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Everton	33	17	12	4	78	48	11	5	1	49	23	6	7	3	29	25	1.62500	46	DWWWWW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	34	18	8	8	73	42	11	4	2	45	16	7	4	6	28	26	1.73810	44	DWDWWW
	3	Leicester City	33	18	8	7	79	49	13	2	2	54	19	5	6	5	25	30	1.61224	44	LWWWWW
	4	Nottingham Forest	34	16	9	9	71	49	14	3	0	56	22	2	6	9	15	27	1.44898	41	DWDDWL
	5	Birmingham City	34	16	8	10	69	48	10	5	2	42	14	6	3	8	27	34	1.43750	40	LWDWDL
	6	Rotherham United	34	17	4	13	64	59	10	3	4	39	22	7	1	9	25	37	1.08475	38	DWWLWL
	7	Luton Town	34	14	10	10	55	52	9	5	3	30	20	5	5	7	25	32	1.05769	38	LLLWWD
	8	Doncaster Rovers	33	15	7	11	52	44	9	3	5	27	19	6	4	6	25	25	1.18182	37	DDLLDD
	9	Fulham	34	13	9	12	81	69	9	2	6	51	33	4	7	6	30	36	1.17391	35	WLWDLD
	10	Stoke City	33	10	14	9	57	46	6	7	3	35	22	4	7	6	22	24	1.23913	34	LDWLDW
	11	Bristol Rovers	33	10	14	9	53	46	6	7	4	24	16	4	7	5	29	30	1.15217	34	DWDDDW
	12	Leeds United	34	12	10	12	74	67	9	5	3	45	22	3	5	9	29	45	1.10448	34	LWDDWW
	13	West Ham United	33	12	7	14	56	55	9	4	3	37	14	3	3	11	19	41	1.01818	31	WLDLDL
	14	Hull City	32	13	4	15	53	50	12	0	4	40	14	1	4	11	13	36	1.06000	30	LWDLDW
	15	Derby County	34	10	10	14	54	67	8	4	5	33	28	2	6	9	21	39	.80597	30	LLDDDL
	16	Notts County	34	10	10	14	38	61	6	5	6	19	24	4	5	8	19	37	.62295	30	WDDDLW
	17	Lincoln City	34	10	8	16	49	66	8	5	4	35	18	2	3	12	14	48	.74242	28	LLDLLD
	18	Bury	34	8	12	14	41	60	7	6	4	33	30	1	6	10	8	30	.68333	28	LWDWLL
	19	Swansea Town	34	10	7	17	44	67	8	4	5	25	21	2	3	12	19	46	.65672	27	WLLDLL
	20	Brentford	35	8	10	17	30	66	7	5	5	19	20	1	5	12	11	46	.45455	26	LDLWLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	33	6	13	14	46	64	4	11	2	31	25	2	2	12	15	39	.71875	25	DLLLDL
	22	Oldham Athletic	32	5	8	19	30	72	5	6	4	19	17	0	2	15	11	55	.41667	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Everton	34	17	13	4	80	50	11	5	1	49	23	6	8	3	31	27	1.60000	47	WWWWWD	2-2
1	2	Leicester City	34	18	9	7	81	51	13	3	2	56	21	5	6	5	25	30	1.58824	45	WWWWWD	2-2
1	3	Blackburn Rovers	35	18	8	9	75	45	11	4	2	45	16	7	4	7	30	29	1.66667	44	WDWWWL	2-3
	4	Nottingham Forest	35	17	9	9	73	50	15	3	0	58	23	2	6	9	15	27	1.46000	43	WDDWLW	2-1
	5	Birmingham City	35	17	8	10	72	48	11	5	2	45	14	6	3	8	27	34	1.50000	42	WDWDLW	3-0
	6	Rotherham United	35	18	4	13	67	61	11	3	4	42	24	7	1	9	25	37	1.09836	40	WWLWLW	3-2
	7	Luton Town	35	14	11	10	56	53	9	6	3	31	21	5	5	7	25	32	1.05660	39	LLWWDD	1-1
1	8	Fulham	35	14	9	12	84	69	10	2	6	54	33	4	7	6	30	36	1.21739	37	LWDLDW	3-0
1	9	Doncaster Rovers	34	15	7	12	53	46	9	3	5	27	19	6	4	7	26	27	1.15217	37	DLLDDL	1-2
2	10	Leeds United	35	13	10	12	77	69	10	5	3	48	24	3	5	9	29	45	1.11594	36	WDDWWW	3-2
	11	Bristol Rovers	34	10	15	9	54	47	6	7	4	24	16	4	8	5	30	31	1.14894	35	WDDDWD	1-1
2	12	Stoke City	34	10	14	10	57	47	6	7	4	35	23	4	7	6	22	24	1.21277	34	DWLDWL	0-1
	13	West Ham United	34	13	7	14	58	56	10	4	3	39	15	3	3	11	19	41	1.03571	33	LDLDLW	2-1
2	14	Notts County	35	10	11	14	40	63	6	5	6	19	24	4	6	8	21	39	.63492	31	DDDLWD	2-2
1	15	Hull City	33	13	4	16	55	53	12	0	4	40	14	1	4	12	15	39	1.03774	30	WDLDWL	2-3
1	16	Derby County	35	10	10	15	54	70	8	4	5	33	28	2	6	10	21	42	.77143	30	LDDDLL	0-3
	17	Lincoln City	35	11	8	16	51	67	8	5	4	35	18	3	3	12	16	49	.76119	30	LDLLDW	2-1
1	18	Swansea Town	35	10	8	17	46	69	8	5	5	27	23	2	3	12	19	46	.66667	28	LLDLLD	2-2
1	19	Bury	35	8	12	15	41	63	7	6	4	33	30	1	6	11	8	33	.65079	28	WDWLLL	0-3
	20	Brentford	36	8	10	18	31	68	7	5	5	19	20	1	5	13	12	48	.45588	26	DLWLWL	1-2
	21	Plymouth Argyle	34	6	13	15	47	66	4	11	3	32	27	2	2	12	15	39	.71212	25	LLLDLL	1-2
	22	Oldham Athletic	33	6	8	19	31	72	5	6	4	19	17	1	2	15	12	55	.43056	20	DLDDLW	1-0