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SWANSEA TOWN 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 14, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 14, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vetch Field
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)

Attendance:: 15,946
Position Before:: 7
Position After:: 8
Referee:
Season:: 1952-53

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Huddersfield Town

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1931 (of 4796)
League Tier 2: 1106 (of 2379)
Competitive:: 2126 (of 5488)
Total:: 3267 (of 7228)

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

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goals:
Alan Moore

SWANSEA TOWN
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	Alan Moore
8	F	Tom Martin
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Freddie Scott
11	F	Collin Collindridge
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Feb 14, 1953)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	1	1	Lincoln City
Brentford	2	2	Bury
Huddersfield Town	0	3	Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City	3	3	Leeds United
Swansea City	2	1	Nottingham Forest

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	30	18	6	6	74	41	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	4	23	20	1.805	42
	2	Huddersfield Town	28	17	7	4	56	20	9	3	2	28	6	8	4	2	28	14	2.800	41
	3	Luton Town	27	16	4	7	59	33	11	1	2	36	9	5	3	5	23	24	1.788	36
	4	Birmingham City	28	14	7	7	51	44	9	2	3	33	23	5	5	4	18	21	1.159	35
	5	Leicester City	28	14	5	9	68	56	10	3	1	41	17	4	2	8	27	39	1.214	33
	6	Plymouth Argyle	28	13	6	9	43	42	8	4	2	24	14	5	2	7	19	28	1.024	32
	7	Nottingham Forest	28	13	5	10	60	47	8	3	3	36	22	5	2	7	24	25	1.277	31
	8	Leeds United	28	10	10	8	48	37	9	3	2	32	14	1	7	6	16	23	1.297	30
	9	Rotherham United	29	14	2	13	56	52	7	2	5	31	23	7	0	8	25	29	1.077	30
	10	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	49	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	8	17	30	1.061	30
	11	West Ham United	28	9	10	9	39	37	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	6	9	18	1.054	28
	12	Blackburn Rovers	29	12	4	13	44	49	10	2	3	29	12	2	2	10	15	37	.898	28
	13	Everton	27	9	8	10	49	41	6	4	3	25	13	3	4	7	24	28	1.195	26
	14	Notts County	28	10	6	12	44	55	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	9	14	35	.800	26
	15	Doncaster Rovers	28	6	13	9	38	48	4	7	3	17	16	2	6	6	21	32	.792	25
	16	Lincoln City	27	6	12	9	37	52	5	7	2	26	20	1	5	7	11	32	.712	24
	17	Swansea City	28	7	9	12	47	64	4	8	2	26	19	3	1	10	21	45	.734	23
	18	Brentford	27	8	6	13	36	52	6	3	3	23	16	2	3	10	13	36	.692	22
	19	Hull City	28	8	5	15	37	51	7	3	4	25	13	1	2	11	12	38	.725	21
	20	Bury	28	7	7	14	34	54	5	5	5	20	25	2	2	9	14	29	.630	21
	21	Southampton	29	5	10	14	47	61	3	4	7	30	30	2	6	7	17	31	.770	20
	22	Barnsley	28	5	4	19	36	70	4	1	9	25	31	1	3	10	11	39	.514	14

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	30	18	6	6	74	41	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	4	23	20	1.805	42
	2	Huddersfield Town	29	17	7	5	56	23	9	3	3	28	9	8	4	2	28	14	2.435	41
	3	Luton Town	27	16	4	7	59	33	11	1	2	36	9	5	3	5	23	24	1.788	36
	4	Birmingham City	28	14	7	7	51	44	9	2	3	33	23	5	5	4	18	21	1.159	35
	5	Leicester City	29	14	6	9	71	59	10	4	1	44	20	4	2	8	27	39	1.203	34
	6	Plymouth Argyle	28	13	6	9	43	42	8	4	2	24	14	5	2	7	19	28	1.024	32
	7	Leeds United	29	10	11	8	51	40	9	3	2	32	14	1	8	6	19	26	1.275	31
	8	Nottingham Forest	29	13	5	11	61	49	8	3	3	36	22	5	2	8	25	27	1.245	31
	9	Rotherham United	29	14	2	13	56	52	7	2	5	31	23	7	0	8	25	29	1.077	30
	10	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	49	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	8	17	30	1.061	30
	11	Blackburn Rovers	30	13	4	13	47	49	10	2	3	29	12	3	2	10	18	37	.959	30
	12	West Ham United	28	9	10	9	39	37	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	6	9	18	1.054	28
	13	Everton	27	9	8	10	49	41	6	4	3	25	13	3	4	7	24	28	1.195	26
	14	Notts County	28	10	6	12	44	55	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	9	14	35	.800	26
	15	Doncaster Rovers	28	6	13	9	38	48	4	7	3	17	16	2	6	6	21	32	.792	25
	16	Swansea City	29	8	9	12	49	65	5	8	2	28	20	3	1	10	21	45	.754	25
	17	Lincoln City	28	6	13	9	38	53	5	7	2	26	20	1	6	7	12	33	.717	25
	18	Brentford	28	8	7	13	38	54	6	4	3	25	18	2	3	10	13	36	.704	23
	19	Bury	29	7	8	14	36	56	5	5	5	20	25	2	3	9	16	31	.643	22
	20	Hull City	28	8	5	15	37	51	7	3	4	25	13	1	2	11	12	38	.725	21
	21	Southampton	29	5	10	14	47	61	3	4	7	30	30	2	6	7	17	31	.770	20
	22	Barnsley	29	5	5	19	37	71	4	2	9	26	32	1	3	10	11	39	.521	15

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of seasons: 155 | Number of matches: 5488 | Number of goals: 8038 | Number of players: 1834