The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Mar 15, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 15, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: H Wright
Attendance:: 31,096
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 20 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Oct 15, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1895 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1070 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2088 (of 5724)
Total:: 3236 (of 7505)
Played:: 72 years, 1 month, 1 day ago

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

Goals
Wally Ardron
Roland 'Tot' Leverton
William Mason (OG)

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

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	26	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	35	Freddie Scott
9	M	33	Wally Ardron
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	25	Roland 'Tot' Leverton

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 15, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-0	Sheffield United
Brentford	3-1	Swansea Town
Cardiff City	3-0	Barnsley
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Bury
Everton	1-3	Luton Town
Leeds United	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City	3-1	West Ham United
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Coventry City
Rotherham United	1-1	Hull City
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Southampton	4-0	Notts 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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Nottingham Forest	33	15	10	8	62	50	9	5	2	30	17	6	5	6	32	33	1.24000	40	WWWDWW
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	33	15	8	10	80	57	11	2	3	43	19	4	6	7	37	38	1.40351	38	LDWLWD
	3	Leicester City	33	15	8	10	66	50	9	5	2	39	19	6	3	8	27	31	1.32000	38	WLWLDW
	4	Birmingham City	33	15	8	10	48	41	7	5	4	24	16	8	3	6	24	25	1.17073	38	WLLLWW
	5	Cardiff City	32	14	8	10	51	45	12	2	1	36	12	2	6	9	15	33	1.13333	36	LWLLDL
	6	Rotherham United	33	15	6	12	65	58	10	3	3	37	18	5	3	9	28	40	1.12069	36	DLLLWW
	7	Leeds United	32	14	8	10	48	45	9	6	1	28	13	5	2	9	20	32	1.06667	36	WWWLWL
	8	Sheffield United	33	15	5	13	76	59	12	2	3	49	20	3	3	10	27	39	1.28814	35	LLLWLW
	9	Everton	33	13	9	11	50	48	9	4	3	31	20	4	5	8	19	28	1.04167	35	WWWLWD
	10	Notts County	33	14	5	14	61	54	9	4	4	37	22	5	1	10	24	32	1.12963	33	LWLWWD
	11	Brentford	32	12	9	11	39	39	9	4	2	25	13	3	5	9	14	26	1.00000	33	LLDLDL
	12	Southampton	34	12	9	13	48	61	9	5	3	30	20	3	4	10	18	41	.78689	33	LWDWWL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	33	14	4	15	42	47	9	2	6	28	22	5	2	9	14	25	.89362	32	WWWWLD
	14	West Ham United	33	12	8	13	51	63	10	4	3	36	24	2	4	10	15	39	.80952	32	WLWWDL
	15	Luton Town	32	10	11	11	58	58	5	6	5	34	28	5	5	6	24	30	1.00000	31	LLDDDL
	16	Swansea Town	33	10	10	13	59	59	9	3	5	39	20	1	7	8	20	39	1.00000	30	WWWWDL
	17	Barnsley	32	10	10	12	48	54	8	5	4	35	27	2	5	8	13	27	.88889	30	DLLWLL
	18	Doncaster Rovers	33	10	9	14	45	50	7	3	6	25	24	3	6	8	20	26	.90000	29	LLLWLW
	19	Bury	33	11	6	16	52	55	10	2	5	34	18	1	4	11	18	37	.94545	28	LLWLLW
	20	Coventry City	33	11	5	17	45	65	6	5	6	27	27	5	0	11	18	38	.69231	27	WLWWLL
	21	Hull City	33	9	8	16	48	56	8	4	5	36	21	1	4	11	12	35	.85714	26	LWDDLW
	22	Queens Park Rangers	33	8	10	15	42	70	6	6	5	29	32	2	4	10	13	38	.60000	26	WLDLLW

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)
	1	Nottingham Forest	34	16	10	8	65	51	10	5	2	33	18	6	5	6	32	33	1.27451	42	WWDWWW		3-1
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	34	16	8	10	82	58	12	2	3	45	20	4	6	7	37	38	1.41379	40	DWLWDW		2-1
	3	Leicester City	34	16	8	10	69	51	10	5	2	42	20	6	3	8	27	31	1.35294	40	LWLDWW		3-1
	4	Birmingham City	34	16	8	10	51	41	8	5	4	27	16	8	3	6	24	25	1.24390	40	LLLWWW		3-0
	5	Cardiff City	33	15	8	10	54	45	13	2	1	39	12	2	6	9	15	33	1.20000	38	WLLDLW		3-0
1	6	Leeds United	33	15	8	10	49	45	10	6	1	29	13	5	2	9	20	32	1.08889	38	WWLWLW		1-0
1	7	Rotherham United	34	15	7	12	66	59	10	4	3	38	19	5	3	9	28	40	1.11864	37	LLLWWD		1-1
	8	Sheffield United	34	15	5	14	76	62	12	2	3	49	20	3	3	11	27	42	1.22581	35	LLWLWL		0-3
2	9	Brentford	33	13	9	11	42	40	10	4	2	28	14	3	5	9	14	26	1.05000	35	LDLDLW		3-1
1	10	Everton	34	13	9	12	51	51	9	4	4	32	23	4	5	8	19	28	1.00000	35	WWLWDL		1-3
1	11	Southampton	35	13	9	13	52	61	10	5	3	34	20	3	4	10	18	41	.85246	35	WDWWLW		4-0
2	12	Notts County	34	14	5	15	61	58	9	4	4	37	22	5	1	11	24	36	1.05172	33	WLWWDL		0-4
2	13	Luton Town	33	11	11	11	61	59	5	6	5	34	28	6	5	6	27	31	1.03390	33	LDDDLW		3-1
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	34	14	4	16	42	48	9	2	6	28	22	5	2	10	14	26	.87500	32	WWWLDL		0-1
1	15	West Ham United	34	12	8	14	52	66	10	4	3	36	24	2	4	11	16	42	.78788	32	LWWDLL		1-3
	16	Swansea Town	34	10	10	14	60	62	9	3	5	39	20	1	7	9	21	42	.96774	30	WWWDLL		1-3
1	17	Doncaster Rovers	34	10	10	14	46	51	7	4	6	26	25	3	6	8	20	26	.90196	30	LLWLWD		1-1
1	18	Barnsley	33	10	10	13	48	57	8	5	4	35	27	2	5	9	13	30	.84211	30	LLWLLL		0-3
	19	Bury	34	11	7	16	53	56	10	2	5	34	18	1	5	11	19	38	.94643	29	LWLLWD		1-1
1	20	Hull City	34	9	9	16	49	57	8	4	5	36	21	1	5	11	13	36	.85965	27	WDDLWD		1-1
1	21	Coventry City	34	11	5	18	46	68	6	5	6	27	27	5	0	12	19	41	.67647	27	LWWLLL		1-3
	22	Queens Park Rangers	34	8	10	16	43	72	6	6	5	29	32	2	4	11	14	40	.59722	26	LDLLWL		1-2