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COVENTRY CITY 3 - 3 FOREST - Sat Oct 27, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 27, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-3 (Draw)

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: H Wright
Attendance:: 19,250
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Mar 15, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1876 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1051 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2067 (of 5679)
Total:: 3212 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Noel Kelly - Noel Kelly first goal
Noel Kelly
Tom Johnson - Tom Johnson last goal

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Harry Storer
Prior form: LDLLDL (Old to recent)

Goals:
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Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	Alan Orr
5	D	Bob McKinlay	Debut
6	M	William Morley
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Noel Kelly
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tom Johnson
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 27, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-0	Cardiff City
Blackburn Rovers	2-3	Leeds United
Bury	1-1	Doncaster Rovers
Coventry City	3-3	Nottingham Forest
Hull City	3-3	Rotherham United
Luton Town	1-1	Everton
Notts County	3-4	Southampton
Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United	4-2	Birmingham City
Swansea Town	1-1	Brentford
West Ham United	2-3	Leicester City

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	Sheffield United	13	9	2	2	40	16	7	0	0	27	5	2	2	2	13	11	2.500	20	WDDWLW
	2	Brentford	13	7	3	3	17	10	5	1	0	10	1	2	2	3	7	9	1.700	17	DDLWWW
	3	Rotherham United	13	8	1	4	32	19	6	0	1	19	6	2	1	3	13	13	1.684	17	WWWWLW
	4	Notts County	14	7	3	4	25	18	5	2	0	15	4	2	1	4	10	14	1.389	17	WDLLWW
	5	Swansea Town	14	5	6	3	30	26	5	1	0	18	5	0	5	3	12	21	1.154	16	LWLDWD
	6	Cardiff City	13	6	3	4	24	17	5	1	1	18	8	1	2	3	6	9	1.412	15	WDDWWD
	7	Luton Town	13	5	5	3	20	17	2	2	1	11	6	3	3	2	9	11	1.176	15	DDWLLD
	8	Nottingham Forest	14	5	5	4	23	20	3	3	1	14	8	2	2	3	9	12	1.150	15	DDDWLD
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	14	6	3	5	26	27	5	1	1	15	9	1	2	4	11	18	.963	15	LLLWWW
	10	Birmingham City	14	3	8	3	15	18	2	5	1	9	9	1	3	2	6	9	.833	14	DWDDDW
	11	Leicester City	13	4	5	4	23	19	4	3	1	19	9	0	2	3	4	10	1.211	13	DDLDLW
	12	Bury	13	5	3	5	21	18	4	0	1	12	3	1	3	4	9	15	1.167	13	WWDDWL
	13	Doncaster Rovers	14	4	5	5	19	19	4	2	1	12	5	0	3	4	7	14	1.000	13	DDDWLD
	14	Queens Park Rangers	13	3	7	3	16	20	3	4	0	13	8	0	3	3	3	12	.800	13	DDWLDD
	15	Southampton	14	4	5	5	16	22	3	4	0	11	5	1	1	5	5	17	.727	13	LDDDWD
	16	Leeds United	13	4	4	5	17	20	4	2	1	13	8	0	2	4	4	12	.850	12	WLLWLW
	17	West Ham United	14	4	4	6	19	26	4	3	0	14	7	0	1	6	5	19	.731	12	LWWLDL
	18	Everton	14	4	3	7	19	29	2	2	3	10	16	2	1	4	9	13	.655	11	LLWLDL
	19	Hull City	14	3	4	7	20	26	2	2	3	12	10	1	2	4	8	16	.769	10	LLLDLL
	20	Barnsley	13	4	2	7	19	26	4	1	2	16	12	0	1	5	3	14	.731	10	WLDLWL
	21	Coventry City	13	3	3	7	14	29	2	3	1	8	9	1	0	6	6	20	.483	9	LDLLDL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	13	2	2	9	13	26	1	1	4	7	12	1	1	5	6	14	.500	6	LDWWLL

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	Sheffield United	14	10	2	2	44	18	8	0	0	31	7	2	2	2	13	11	2.444	22	DDWLWW	4-2
	2	Brentford	14	7	4	3	18	11	5	1	0	10	1	2	3	3	8	10	1.636	18	DLWWWD	1-1
	3	Rotherham United	14	8	2	4	35	22	6	0	1	19	6	2	2	3	16	16	1.591	18	WWWLWD	3-3
	4	Notts County	15	7	3	5	28	22	5	2	1	18	8	2	1	4	10	14	1.273	17	DLLWWL	3-4
	5	Swansea Town	15	5	7	3	31	27	5	2	0	19	6	0	5	3	12	21	1.148	17	WLDWDD	1-1
1	6	Luton Town	14	5	6	3	21	18	2	3	1	12	7	3	3	2	9	11	1.167	16	DWLLDD	1-1
1	7	Nottingham Forest	15	5	6	4	26	23	3	3	1	14	8	2	3	3	12	15	1.130	16	DDWLDD	3-3
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	15	6	4	5	28	29	5	1	1	15	9	1	3	4	13	20	.966	16	LLWWWD	2-2
3	9	Cardiff City	14	6	3	5	24	19	5	1	1	18	8	1	2	4	6	11	1.263	15	DDWWDL	0-2
1	10	Leicester City	14	5	5	4	26	21	4	3	1	19	9	1	2	3	7	12	1.238	15	DLDLWW	3-2
4	11	Southampton	15	5	5	5	20	25	3	4	0	11	5	2	1	5	9	20	.800	15	DDDWDW	4-3
	12	Bury	14	5	4	5	22	19	4	1	1	13	4	1	3	4	9	15	1.158	14	WDDWLD	1-1
	13	Doncaster Rovers	15	4	6	5	20	20	4	2	1	12	5	0	4	4	8	15	1.000	14	DDWLDD	1-1
2	14	Leeds United	14	5	4	5	20	22	4	2	1	13	8	1	2	4	7	14	.909	14	LLWLWW	3-2
1	15	Queens Park Rangers	14	3	8	3	18	22	3	5	0	15	10	0	3	3	3	12	.818	14	DWLDDD	2-2
6	16	Birmingham City	15	3	8	4	17	22	2	5	1	9	9	1	3	3	8	13	.773	14	WDDDWL	2-4
3	17	Barnsley	14	5	2	7	21	26	5	1	2	18	12	0	1	5	3	14	.808	12	LDLWLW	2-0
1	18	West Ham United	15	4	4	7	21	29	4	3	1	16	10	0	1	6	5	19	.724	12	WWLDLL	2-3
1	19	Everton	15	4	4	7	20	30	2	2	3	10	16	2	2	4	10	14	.667	12	LWLDLD	1-1
1	20	Hull City	15	3	5	7	23	29	2	3	3	15	13	1	2	4	8	16	.793	11	LLDLLD	3-3
	21	Coventry City	14	3	4	7	17	32	2	4	1	11	12	1	0	6	6	20	.531	10	DLLDLD	3-3
	22	Blackburn Rovers	14	2	2	10	15	29	1	1	5	9	15	1	1	5	6	14	.517	6	DWWLLL	2-3