The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 05, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 05, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: W Ling
Attendance:: 31,194
Pos Before/After:: 7 8
Opp Before/After:: 9 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (FA Cup)
League:: Notts County
Leicester City:: Oct 11, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1888 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1063 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2079 (of 5724)
Total:: 3226 (of 7505)
Played:: 72 years, 3 months, 14 days ago

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

Goals
Wally Ardron

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: WWLLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Danny Canning	Last game
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Jack Burkitt
7	F	35	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
9	M	33	Wally Ardron
10	F	30	Noel Kelly
11	F	31	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 Jan 05, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	West Ham United
Birmingham City	1-2	Brentford
Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Swansea Town
Cardiff City	2-1	Doncaster Rovers
Hull City	5-0	Coventry City
Leeds United	1-1	Southampton
Leicester City	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	5-4	Luton Town
Queens Park Rangers	3-2	Bury
Rotherham United	1-1	Everton
Sheffield Wednesday	1-3	Sheffield 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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield Wednesday	26	13	6	7	61	42	9	2	1	31	12	4	4	6	30	30	1.45238	32	WDWDLW
	2	Birmingham City	26	12	8	6	37	30	6	5	2	19	11	6	3	4	18	19	1.23333	32	WLWWWW
	3	Cardiff City	25	12	7	6	43	28	10	1	1	32	10	2	6	5	11	18	1.53571	31	DLWDWD
	4	Rotherham United	25	13	4	8	55	44	9	1	2	30	12	4	3	6	25	32	1.25000	30	LLDLLW
	5	Sheffield United	26	12	5	9	60	44	10	2	2	39	17	2	3	7	21	27	1.36364	29	DLLWLL
	6	Brentford	25	11	7	7	31	24	9	2	1	21	7	2	5	6	10	17	1.29167	29	LWDLLD
	7	Nottingham Forest	26	10	9	7	49	41	6	5	2	24	15	4	4	5	25	26	1.19512	29	LWLDWL
	8	Luton Town	25	10	8	7	45	39	5	4	3	29	19	5	4	4	16	20	1.15385	28	LWWLWL
	9	Leicester City	25	10	7	8	50	40	7	4	2	33	16	3	3	6	17	24	1.25000	27	WWLLLW
	10	Leeds United	25	10	7	8	36	36	6	5	1	20	11	4	2	7	16	25	1.00000	27	LLDWWL
	11	Barnsley	25	9	8	8	40	41	7	4	2	27	18	2	4	6	13	23	.97561	26	WDDWDW
	12	Doncaster Rovers	26	8	9	9	36	34	7	3	3	24	13	1	6	6	12	21	1.05882	25	LDDWDL
	13	Everton	26	9	7	10	39	45	6	4	3	23	20	3	3	7	16	25	.86667	25	LWLLDW
	14	Bury	26	9	6	11	45	40	8	2	3	29	12	1	4	8	16	28	1.12500	24	WLLLWW
	15	Notts County	26	10	4	12	40	42	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	9	13	27	.95238	24	LWWWLL
	16	West Ham United	26	9	6	11	39	54	8	4	2	29	21	1	2	9	10	33	.72222	24	LWLWLW
	17	Southampton	26	8	7	11	37	55	5	5	3	21	18	3	2	8	16	37	.67273	23	DLDWWL
	18	Swansea Town	26	6	9	11	43	50	6	3	4	28	17	0	6	7	15	33	.86000	21	WLLDLL
	19	Blackburn Rovers	26	9	3	14	32	43	6	1	6	22	20	3	2	8	10	23	.74419	21	DWWLWW
	20	Coventry City	25	8	4	13	37	50	5	4	4	23	21	3	0	9	14	29	.74000	20	WLWWWL
	21	Queens Park Rangers	26	5	9	12	35	58	4	6	3	23	23	1	3	9	12	35	.60345	19	LLLDWL
	22	Hull City	26	6	6	14	34	44	5	3	5	23	19	1	3	9	11	25	.77273	18	WDWLWL

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	Status	Result(s)
2	1	Cardiff City	26	13	7	6	45	29	11	1	1	34	11	2	6	5	11	18	1.55172	33	LWDWDW		2-1
1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	27	13	6	8	62	45	9	2	2	32	15	4	4	6	30	30	1.37778	32	DWDLWL		1-3
1	3	Birmingham City	27	12	8	7	38	32	6	5	3	20	13	6	3	4	18	19	1.18750	32	LWWWWL		1-2
1	4	Sheffield United	27	13	5	9	63	45	10	2	2	39	17	3	3	7	24	28	1.40000	31	LLWLLW		3-1
1	5	Brentford	26	12	7	7	33	25	9	2	1	21	7	3	5	6	12	18	1.32000	31	WDLLDW		2-1
2	6	Rotherham United	26	13	5	8	56	45	9	2	2	31	13	4	3	6	25	32	1.24444	31	LDLLWD		1-1
2	7	Leicester City	26	11	7	8	53	41	8	4	2	36	17	3	3	6	17	24	1.29268	29	WLLLWW		3-1
1	8	Nottingham Forest	27	10	9	8	50	44	6	5	2	24	15	4	4	6	26	29	1.13636	29	WLDWLL		1-3
1	9	Luton Town	26	10	8	8	49	44	5	4	3	29	19	5	4	5	20	25	1.11364	28	WWLWLL		4-5
	10	Leeds United	26	10	8	8	37	37	6	6	1	21	12	4	2	7	16	25	1.00000	28	LDWWLD		1-1
	11	Barnsley	26	9	9	8	41	42	7	5	2	28	19	2	4	6	13	23	.97619	27	DDWDWD		1-1
3	12	Notts County	27	11	4	12	45	46	8	3	3	32	19	3	1	9	13	27	.97826	26	WWWLLW		5-4
	13	Everton	27	9	8	10	40	46	6	4	3	23	20	3	4	7	17	26	.86957	26	WLLDWD		1-1
2	14	Doncaster Rovers	27	8	9	10	37	36	7	3	3	24	13	1	6	7	13	23	1.02778	25	DDWDLL		1-2
1	15	West Ham United	27	9	7	11	40	55	8	4	2	29	21	1	3	9	11	34	.72727	25	WLWLWD		1-1
2	16	Bury	27	9	6	12	47	43	8	2	3	29	12	1	4	9	18	31	1.09302	24	LLLWWL		2-3
	17	Southampton	27	8	8	11	38	56	5	5	3	21	18	3	3	8	17	38	.67857	24	LDWWLD		1-1
1	18	Blackburn Rovers	27	10	3	14	35	44	7	1	6	25	21	3	2	8	10	23	.79545	23	WWLWWW		3-1
1	19	Swansea Town	27	6	9	12	44	53	6	3	4	28	17	0	6	8	16	36	.83019	21	LLDLLL		1-3
1	20	Queens Park Rangers	27	6	9	12	38	60	5	6	3	26	25	1	3	9	12	35	.63333	21	LLDWLW		3-2
1	21	Hull City	27	7	6	14	39	44	6	3	5	28	19	1	3	9	11	25	.88636	20	DWLWLW		5-0
2	22	Coventry City	26	8	4	14	37	55	5	4	4	23	21	3	0	10	14	34	.67273	20	LWWWLL		0-5