The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 HULL CITY - Fri Dec 26, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Dec 26, 1952 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Hull City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 (Won)

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: T Seymour
Attendance:: 25,363
Pos Before/After:: 8 6
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Hull City:: Dec 27, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1926 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1101 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2119 (of 5679)
Total:: 3269 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Wally Ardron
Wally Ardron
Wally Ardron
Wally Ardron

HULL CITY
Manager: Bob Jackson
Prior form: LLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Bill Whare	100th appearance
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tom Martin
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Fri Dec 26, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-2	Brentford
Doncaster Rovers	0-2	Sheffield United
Fulham	1-1	Southampton
Lincoln City	1-1	Everton
Luton Town	2-0	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	4-1	Hull City
Rotherham United	6-1	Bury

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	24	15	5	4	60	33	10	2	1	42	17	5	3	3	18	16	1.818	35	WDWWWD
	2	Huddersfield Town	23	14	5	4	41	14	8	2	2	22	5	6	3	2	19	9	2.929	33	LWWWLW
	3	Birmingham City	23	11	7	5	40	34	7	2	3	28	21	4	5	2	12	13	1.176	29	WLDWWW
	4	Leicester City	23	11	5	7	55	47	8	3	0	32	11	3	2	7	23	36	1.170	27	LDLWDL
	5	Plymouth Argyle	22	10	6	6	33	29	6	4	1	19	11	4	2	5	14	18	1.138	26	WDDLLL
	6	Luton Town	21	11	3	7	47	30	8	1	2	30	9	3	2	5	17	21	1.567	25	WWLWLW
	7	West Ham United	23	8	9	6	33	28	6	4	2	27	16	2	5	4	6	12	1.179	25	WDLWWD
	8	Nottingham Forest	22	11	2	9	48	37	6	1	3	26	16	5	1	6	22	21	1.297	24	WWWWDL
	9	Fulham	22	10	4	8	42	36	8	0	3	29	16	2	4	5	13	20	1.167	24	LDLLWD
	10	Rotherham United	22	11	2	9	40	36	6	2	3	22	16	5	0	6	18	20	1.111	24	WLWLLL
	11	Leeds United	22	7	9	6	37	29	7	2	2	23	10	0	7	4	14	19	1.276	23	DDWDWW
	12	Notts County	22	9	4	9	36	45	6	3	3	27	18	3	1	6	9	27	.800	22	WDLWDD
	13	Everton	21	7	5	9	36	31	4	3	2	16	7	3	2	7	20	24	1.161	19	LDLDWL
	14	Doncaster Rovers	22	5	9	8	30	40	3	5	2	12	11	2	4	6	18	29	.750	19	WDDWDD
	15	Lincoln City	22	4	11	7	30	41	3	6	2	19	16	1	5	5	11	25	.732	19	DDDWLD
	16	Blackburn Rovers	23	8	3	12	28	42	7	2	3	20	10	1	1	9	8	32	.667	19	LLWLWW
	17	Hull City	22	7	4	11	32	39	6	2	3	21	9	1	2	8	11	30	.821	18	LLLWLW
	18	Swansea Town	23	5	8	10	37	55	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	8	20	39	.673	18	DLDLLL
	19	Brentford	22	6	5	11	32	43	5	2	3	21	15	1	3	8	11	28	.744	17	LLLLDW
	20	Bury	21	5	6	10	24	37	3	4	4	14	19	2	2	6	10	18	.649	16	DWWLLD
	21	Southampton	23	4	6	13	37	50	2	3	7	24	26	2	3	6	13	24	.740	14	LDWLDL
	22	Barnsley	22	5	4	13	31	53	4	1	6	21	22	1	3	7	10	31	.585	14	LDWLDL

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	25	16	5	4	62	33	10	2	1	42	17	6	3	3	20	16	1.879	37	DWWWDW	2-0
	2	Huddersfield Town	23	14	5	4	41	14	8	2	2	22	5	6	3	2	19	9	2.929	33	LWWWLW
	3	Birmingham City	23	11	7	5	40	34	7	2	3	28	21	4	5	2	12	13	1.176	29	WLDWWW
2	4	Luton Town	22	12	3	7	49	30	9	1	2	32	9	3	2	5	17	21	1.633	27	WLWLWW	2-0
1	5	Leicester City	23	11	5	7	55	47	8	3	0	32	11	3	2	7	23	36	1.170	27	LDLWDL
2	6	Nottingham Forest	23	12	2	9	52	38	7	1	3	30	17	5	1	6	22	21	1.368	26	WWWDLW	4-1
3	7	Rotherham United	23	12	2	9	46	37	7	2	3	28	17	5	0	6	18	20	1.243	26	LWLLLW	6-1
3	8	Plymouth Argyle	22	10	6	6	33	29	6	4	1	19	11	4	2	5	14	18	1.138	26	WDDLLL
2	9	West Ham United	23	8	9	6	33	28	6	4	2	27	16	2	5	4	6	12	1.179	25	WDLWWD
1	10	Fulham	23	10	5	8	43	37	8	1	3	30	17	2	4	5	13	20	1.162	25	DLLWDD	1-1
	11	Leeds United	23	7	9	7	37	31	7	2	2	23	10	0	7	5	14	21	1.194	23	DWDWWL	0-2
	12	Notts County	22	9	4	9	36	45	6	3	3	27	18	3	1	6	9	27	.800	22	WDLWDD
	13	Everton	22	7	6	9	37	32	4	3	2	16	7	3	3	7	21	25	1.156	20	DLDWLD	1-1
1	14	Lincoln City	23	4	12	7	31	42	3	7	2	20	17	1	5	5	11	25	.738	20	DDWLDD	1-1
4	15	Brentford	23	7	5	11	34	43	5	2	3	21	15	2	3	8	13	28	.791	19	LLLDWW	2-0
2	16	Doncaster Rovers	23	5	9	9	30	42	3	5	3	12	13	2	4	6	18	29	.714	19	DDWDDL	0-2
1	17	Blackburn Rovers	23	8	3	12	28	42	7	2	3	20	10	1	1	9	8	32	.667	19	LLWLWW
1	18	Hull City	23	7	4	12	33	43	6	2	3	21	9	1	2	9	12	34	.767	18	LLWLWL	1-4
1	19	Swansea Town	23	5	8	10	37	55	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	8	20	39	.673	18	DLDLLL
	20	Bury	22	5	6	11	25	43	3	4	4	14	19	2	2	7	11	24	.581	16	WWLLDL	1-6
	21	Southampton	24	4	7	13	38	51	2	3	7	24	26	2	4	6	14	25	.745	15	DWLDLD	1-1
	22	Barnsley	23	5	4	14	31	55	4	1	7	21	24	1	3	7	10	31	.564	14	DWLDLL	0-2