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BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 20, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 20, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)

Attendance:: 12,794
Position Before:: 6
Position After:: 7
Referee:
Season:: 1952-53

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Hull City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1924 (of 4788)
League Tier 2: 1099 (of 2371)
Competitive:: 2117 (of 5478)
Total:: 3258 (of 7216)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals:
Roland 'Tot' Leverton

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager:

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	M	Bill Whare
3	M	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
9	F	Alan Moore
10	F	Tom Martin
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Dec 20, 1952)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	2	2	Doncaster Rovers
Birmingham City	4	0	Rotherham United
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Nottingham Forest
Bury	1	1	Fulham
Hull City	1	0	Everton
Leeds United	2	1	Huddersfield Town
Lincoln City	0	0	Brentford
Luton Town	1	0	Plymouth Argyle
Notts County	2	2	Leicester City
Sheffield United	7	1	Swansea City
Southampton	1	2	West Ham United

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Sheffield United	22	14	4	4	51	30	9	1	1	33	14	5	3	3	18	16	1.700	32
	2	Huddersfield Town	21	13	5	3	37	12	7	2	2	19	5	6	3	1	18	7	3.083	31
	3	Plymouth Argyle	20	10	6	4	33	24	6	4	1	19	11	4	2	3	14	13	1.375	26
	4	Leicester City	21	11	4	6	53	43	8	3	0	32	11	3	1	6	21	32	1.233	26
	5	Birmingham City	21	9	7	5	32	34	5	2	3	20	21	4	5	2	12	13	.941	25
	6	Nottingham Forest	21	11	2	8	47	35	6	1	3	26	16	5	1	5	21	19	1.343	24
	7	Rotherham United	21	11	2	8	40	32	6	2	3	22	16	5	0	5	18	16	1.250	24
	8	Luton Town	20	10	3	7	46	30	7	1	2	29	9	3	2	5	17	21	1.533	23
	9	Fulham	21	10	3	8	41	35	8	0	3	29	16	2	3	5	12	19	1.171	23
	10	West Ham United	21	7	8	6	29	25	6	3	2	25	14	1	5	4	4	11	1.160	22
	11	Leeds United	21	6	9	6	35	28	6	2	2	21	9	0	7	4	14	19	1.250	21
	12	Notts County	20	9	2	9	32	41	6	2	3	25	16	3	0	6	7	25	.780	20
	13	Everton	20	7	5	8	36	30	4	3	2	16	7	3	2	6	20	23	1.200	19
	14	Swansea City	21	5	8	8	36	45	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	6	19	29	.800	18
	15	Lincoln City	21	4	10	7	30	41	3	5	2	19	16	1	5	5	11	25	.732	18
	16	Doncaster Rovers	20	5	7	8	26	36	3	5	2	12	11	2	2	6	14	25	.722	17
	17	Hull City	21	6	4	11	31	39	5	2	3	20	9	1	2	8	11	30	.795	16
	18	Bury	20	5	5	10	23	36	3	3	4	13	18	2	2	6	10	18	.639	15
	19	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	3	12	24	41	5	2	3	16	9	1	1	9	8	32	.585	15
	20	Southampton	22	4	6	12	36	48	2	3	6	23	24	2	3	6	13	24	.750	14
	21	Brentford	20	5	4	11	28	43	4	2	3	17	15	1	2	8	11	28	.651	14
	22	Barnsley	20	5	3	12	29	47	4	0	6	19	20	1	3	6	10	27	.617	13

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Sheffield United	23	15	4	4	58	31	10	1	1	40	15	5	3	3	18	16	1.871	34
	2	Huddersfield Town	22	13	5	4	38	14	7	2	2	19	5	6	3	2	19	9	2.714	31
⇧	3	Leicester City	22	11	5	6	55	45	8	3	0	32	11	3	2	6	23	34	1.222	27
⇧	4	Birmingham City	22	10	7	5	36	34	6	2	3	24	21	4	5	2	12	13	1.059	27
⇩	5	Plymouth Argyle	21	10	6	5	33	25	6	4	1	19	11	4	2	4	14	14	1.320	26
⇧	6	Luton Town	21	11	3	7	47	30	8	1	2	30	9	3	2	5	17	21	1.567	25
⇩	7	Nottingham Forest	22	11	2	9	48	37	6	1	3	26	16	5	1	6	22	21	1.297	24
⇧	8	West Ham United	22	8	8	6	31	26	6	3	2	25	14	2	5	4	6	12	1.192	24
	9	Fulham	22	10	4	8	42	36	8	0	3	29	16	2	4	5	13	20	1.167	24
⇩	10	Rotherham United	22	11	2	9	40	36	6	2	3	22	16	5	0	6	18	20	1.111	24
	11	Leeds United	22	7	9	6	37	29	7	2	2	23	10	0	7	4	14	19	1.276	23
	12	Notts County	21	9	3	9	34	43	6	3	3	27	18	3	0	6	7	25	.791	21
	13	Everton	21	7	5	9	36	31	4	3	2	16	7	3	2	7	20	24	1.161	19
⇧	14	Lincoln City	22	4	11	7	30	41	3	6	2	19	16	1	5	5	11	25	.732	19
⇧	15	Hull City	22	7	4	11	32	39	6	2	3	21	9	1	2	8	11	30	.821	18
	16	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	8	8	28	38	3	5	2	12	11	2	3	6	16	27	.737	18
⇩	17	Swansea City	22	5	8	9	37	52	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	7	20	36	.712	18
⇧	18	Blackburn Rovers	22	7	3	12	26	42	6	2	3	18	10	1	1	9	8	32	.619	17
⇩	19	Bury	21	5	6	10	24	37	3	4	4	14	19	2	2	6	10	18	.649	16
⇧	20	Brentford	21	5	5	11	28	43	4	2	3	17	15	1	3	8	11	28	.651	15
⇩	21	Southampton	23	4	6	13	37	50	2	3	7	24	26	2	3	6	13	24	.740	14
	22	Barnsley	21	5	4	12	31	49	4	1	6	21	22	1	3	6	10	27	.633	14

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