The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 - 5 FOREST - Sat Nov 29, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 29, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 29 November 1952

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: K Collinge
Attendance:: 17,794
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Apr 18, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1922 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1097 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2115 (of 5768)
Total:: 3268 (of 7556)
Played:: 72 years, 7 months, 3 days ago

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

Goals
Wally Ardron (9')
Wally Ardron (16')
Collin Collindridge (52')
Wally Ardron (76')
Alan Moore (80')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Bob Brocklebank
Prior form: LDWDWW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Bill Whare
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	27	Jack French
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore (80')
8	F	26	Tot Leverton
9	M	34	Wally Ardron (9') (16') (76')
10	F	36	Freddie Scott
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge (52')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Merrick
2	D	Green
3	D	Martin
4	D	Bannister
5	D	Atkins
6	M	Warhurst
7	M	Stewart
8	M	Higgins
9	M	Trigg
10	F	Murphy
11	F	Cox

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 29, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-5	Nottingham Forest
Bury	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Fulham	0-2	Huddersfield Town
Leeds United	3-2	Brentford
Leicester City	2-2	Barnsley
Luton Town	4-2	Everton
Notts County	1-1	Lincoln City
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	Doncaster Rovers
Rotherham United	2-1	Swansea Town
Southampton	5-1	Hull City
West Ham United	1-1	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 United	19	12	3	4	46	28	8	1	1	31	13	4	2	3	15	15	1.64286	27	LDWWWW
	2	Huddersfield Town	18	10	5	3	32	12	6	2	2	18	5	4	3	1	14	7	2.66667	25	WWWWLL
	3	Plymouth Argyle	17	10	4	3	31	20	6	3	0	19	9	4	1	3	12	11	1.55000	24	DWWLWW
	4	Leicester City	18	10	3	5	44	38	7	2	0	25	9	3	1	5	19	29	1.15789	23	WLWDWL
	5	Rotherham United	18	10	2	6	38	28	5	2	2	20	13	5	0	4	18	15	1.35714	22	WWLWWL
	6	Birmingham City	18	8	6	4	28	27	4	2	2	17	15	4	4	2	11	12	1.03704	22	LDWDWW
	7	Luton Town	18	9	3	6	41	26	6	1	1	24	5	3	2	5	17	21	1.57692	21	WWWWWL
	8	Fulham	18	9	3	6	37	30	7	0	2	26	13	2	3	4	11	17	1.23333	21	WWWDLD
	9	Nottingham Forest	18	9	1	8	36	32	5	1	3	22	15	4	0	5	14	17	1.12500	19	LLLWWW
	10	West Ham United	18	6	7	5	23	21	5	2	2	19	12	1	5	3	4	9	1.09524	19	WLWDWW
	11	Swansea Town	18	5	7	6	32	36	2	6	2	15	14	3	1	4	17	22	.88889	17	WLWDLD
	12	Notts County	17	8	1	8	26	34	5	1	3	19	15	3	0	5	7	19	.76471	17	LWLLLW
	13	Everton	17	6	4	7	28	25	4	2	2	15	6	2	2	5	13	19	1.12000	16	LWLLLD
	14	Leeds United	18	4	8	6	27	25	4	2	2	13	6	0	6	4	14	19	1.08000	16	LWDWDD
	15	Lincoln City	18	3	9	6	25	33	2	5	2	16	14	1	4	4	9	19	.75758	15	DDLDDD
	16	Hull City	18	5	4	9	24	29	4	2	3	14	9	1	2	6	10	20	.82759	14	LLLLLL
	17	Brentford	18	5	4	9	25	37	4	2	3	17	15	1	2	6	8	22	.67568	14	LWLDLL
	18	Bury	17	4	5	8	21	27	2	3	3	12	13	2	2	5	9	14	.77778	13	LLLLDW
	19	Doncaster Rovers	17	4	5	8	24	35	3	4	2	12	11	1	1	6	12	24	.68571	13	DDLDWW
	20	Blackburn Rovers	18	5	3	10	21	35	4	2	3	13	9	1	1	7	8	26	.60000	13	LLLDLL
	21	Southampton	19	3	5	11	29	42	1	2	6	16	21	2	3	5	13	21	.69048	11	DWLLLD
	22	Barnsley	17	4	2	11	24	42	3	0	6	17	20	1	2	5	7	22	.57143	10	LLLWWL

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	Sheffield United	20	12	4	4	47	29	8	1	1	31	13	4	3	3	16	16	1.62069	28	DWWWWD		1-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	19	11	5	3	34	12	6	2	2	18	5	5	3	1	16	7	2.83333	27	WWWLLW		2-0
	3	Plymouth Argyle	18	10	5	3	31	20	6	4	0	19	9	4	1	3	12	11	1.55000	25	WWLWWD		0-0
1	4	Rotherham United	19	11	2	6	40	29	6	2	2	22	14	5	0	4	18	15	1.37931	24	WLWWLW		2-1
1	5	Leicester City	19	10	4	5	46	40	7	3	0	27	11	3	1	5	19	29	1.15000	24	LWDWLD		2-2
1	6	Luton Town	19	10	3	6	45	28	7	1	1	28	7	3	2	5	17	21	1.60714	23	WWWWLW		4-2
1	7	Birmingham City	19	8	6	5	28	32	4	2	3	17	20	4	4	2	11	12	.87500	22	DWDWWL		0-5
1	8	Nottingham Forest	19	10	1	8	41	32	5	1	3	22	15	5	0	5	19	17	1.28125	21	LLWWWW		5-0
1	9	Fulham	19	9	3	7	37	32	7	0	3	26	15	2	3	4	11	17	1.15625	21	WWDLDL		0-2
	10	West Ham United	19	6	8	5	24	22	5	3	2	20	13	1	5	3	4	9	1.09091	20	LWDWWD		1-1
3	11	Leeds United	19	5	8	6	30	27	5	2	2	16	8	0	6	4	14	19	1.11111	18	WDWDDW		3-2
	12	Notts County	18	8	2	8	27	35	5	2	3	20	16	3	0	5	7	19	.77143	18	WLLLWD		1-1
2	13	Swansea Town	19	5	7	7	33	38	2	6	2	15	14	3	1	5	18	24	.86842	17	LWDLDL		1-2
1	14	Everton	18	6	4	8	30	29	4	2	2	15	6	2	2	6	15	23	1.03448	16	WLLLDL		2-4
	15	Lincoln City	19	3	10	6	26	34	2	5	2	16	14	1	5	4	10	20	.76471	16	DLDDDD		1-1
2	16	Bury	18	5	5	8	22	27	3	3	3	13	13	2	2	5	9	14	.81481	15	LLLDWW		1-0
1	17	Hull City	19	5	4	10	25	34	4	2	3	14	9	1	2	7	11	25	.73529	14	LLLLLL		1-5
1	18	Doncaster Rovers	18	4	6	8	24	35	3	4	2	12	11	1	2	6	12	24	.68571	14	DLDWWD		0-0
2	19	Brentford	19	5	4	10	27	40	4	2	3	17	15	1	2	7	10	25	.67500	14	WLDLLL		2-3
1	20	Southampton	20	4	5	11	34	43	2	2	6	21	22	2	3	5	13	21	.79070	13	WLLLDW		5-1
1	21	Blackburn Rovers	19	5	3	11	21	36	4	2	3	13	9	1	1	8	8	27	.58333	13	LLDLLL		0-1
	22	Barnsley	18	4	3	11	26	44	3	0	6	17	20	1	3	5	9	24	.59091	11	LLWWLD		2-2