The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Apr 18, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 18, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Attendance:: 16,353
Pos Before/After:: 5/6
Opp Before/After:: 9/8
Referee:
Season:: 1952-53
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Leeds United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1941 (of 4860)
League Tier 2:: 1116 (of 2443)
Competitive:: 2136 (of 5556)
Total:: 3281 (of 7304)

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

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

Goals:

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager:
Prior form: DLLWLD (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	James Clarke
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	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Apr 18, 1953)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	0	3	Leicester City
Blackburn Rovers	4	0	Bury
Brentford	3	3	Leeds United
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Plymouth Argyle
Everton	1	1	Luton Town
Huddersfield Town	4	2	Fulham
Hull City	1	0	Southampton
Lincoln City	3	0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Birmingham City
Sheffield United	3	1	West Ham United
Swansea City	0	0	Rotherham 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
	1	Sheffield United	39	23	10	6	92	51	14	3	2	57	24	9	7	4	35	27	1.804	56	WWDWDD
	2	Huddersfield Town	39	22	9	8	76	31	12	4	3	43	12	10	5	5	33	19	2.452	53	WLWLWW
	3	Luton Town	38	22	6	10	82	45	15	1	4	53	16	7	5	6	29	29	1.822	50	WWLDWW
	4	Plymouth Argyle	39	19	8	12	61	53	11	5	4	34	22	8	3	8	27	31	1.151	46	WLWLDW
	5	Nottingham Forest	38	18	8	12	74	58	11	5	3	44	27	7	3	9	30	31	1.276	44	WWWWDL
	6	Leicester City	40	16	12	12	83	72	12	6	2	52	27	4	6	10	31	45	1.153	44	WLDWDD
	7	Fulham	39	17	9	13	77	64	14	1	5	51	26	3	8	8	26	38	1.203	43	LDWWLW
	8	Blackburn Rovers	40	17	8	15	63	59	11	4	5	36	20	6	4	10	27	39	1.068	42	LWWDWW
	9	Birmingham City	39	16	10	13	63	63	10	3	7	40	36	6	7	6	23	27	1.000	42	DLLWLD
	10	Swansea Town	40	15	11	14	76	78	10	8	2	45	26	5	3	12	31	52	.974	41	LDWWLW
	11	Leeds United	39	13	13	13	65	58	12	3	4	39	22	1	10	9	26	36	1.121	39	LLLDWL
	12	Rotherham United	40	16	7	17	75	74	9	6	5	41	30	7	1	12	34	44	1.014	39	LDDDLW
	13	Everton	39	12	13	14	68	67	9	7	3	37	19	3	6	11	31	48	1.015	37	DWWLLW
	14	West Ham United	39	12	13	14	53	53	8	5	7	35	27	4	8	7	18	26	1.000	37	WLLLWL
	15	Doncaster Rovers	38	10	14	14	53	62	7	8	3	22	16	3	6	11	31	46	.855	34	LDWWLL
	16	Notts County	39	13	8	18	58	83	10	5	5	39	31	3	3	13	19	52	.699	34	LWLLDW
	17	Lincoln City	38	8	17	13	53	67	7	9	3	35	25	1	8	10	18	42	.791	33	LDWWDL
	18	Brentford	38	12	9	17	53	70	8	6	4	33	23	4	3	13	20	47	.757	33	LLDDLL
	19	Bury	40	12	9	19	51	77	9	6	5	31	30	3	3	14	20	47	.662	33	WWLLWL
	20	Hull City	39	12	8	19	54	67	10	6	4	35	19	2	2	15	19	48	.806	32	LLWDLD
	21	Southampton	39	8	13	18	59	81	4	7	9	39	43	4	6	9	20	38	.728	29	LDWDWD
	22	Barnsley	39	5	7	27	45	101	4	3	12	30	42	1	4	15	15	59	.446	17	LLLLLL

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
	1	Sheffield United	40	24	10	6	95	52	15	3	2	60	25	9	7	4	35	27	1.827	58	WDWDDW
	2	Huddersfield Town	40	23	9	8	80	33	13	4	3	47	14	10	5	5	33	19	2.424	55	LWLWWW
	3	Luton Town	39	22	7	10	83	46	15	1	4	53	16	7	6	6	30	30	1.804	51	WLDWWD
	4	Plymouth Argyle	40	19	9	12	62	54	11	5	4	34	22	8	4	8	28	32	1.148	47	LWLDWD
1	5	Leicester City	41	17	12	12	86	72	12	6	2	52	27	5	6	10	34	45	1.194	46	LDWDDW
1	6	Nottingham Forest	39	18	8	13	74	60	11	5	4	44	29	7	3	9	30	31	1.233	44	WWWDLL
1	7	Blackburn Rovers	41	18	8	15	67	59	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	10	27	39	1.136	44	WWDWWW
1	8	Birmingham City	40	17	10	13	65	63	10	3	7	40	36	7	7	6	25	27	1.032	44	LLWLDW
2	9	Fulham	40	17	9	14	79	68	14	1	5	51	26	3	8	9	28	42	1.162	43	DWWLWL
	10	Swansea Town	41	15	12	14	76	78	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	12	31	52	.974	42	DWWLWD
	11	Leeds United	40	13	14	13	68	61	12	3	4	39	22	1	11	9	29	39	1.115	40	LLDWLD
	12	Rotherham United	41	16	8	17	75	74	9	6	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1.014	40	DDDLWD
	13	Everton	40	12	14	14	69	68	9	8	3	38	20	3	6	11	31	48	1.015	38	WWLLWD
	14	West Ham United	40	12	13	15	54	56	8	5	7	35	27	4	8	8	19	29	.964	37	LLLWLL
	15	Doncaster Rovers	39	10	15	14	54	63	7	9	3	23	17	3	6	11	31	46	.857	35	DWWLLD
1	16	Lincoln City	39	9	17	13	56	67	8	9	3	38	25	1	8	10	18	42	.836	35	DWWDLW
3	17	Hull City	40	13	8	19	55	67	11	6	4	36	19	2	2	15	19	48	.821	34	LWDLDW
	18	Brentford	39	12	10	17	56	73	8	7	4	36	26	4	3	13	20	47	.767	34	LDDLLD
3	19	Notts County	40	13	8	19	58	86	10	5	5	39	31	3	3	14	19	55	.674	34	WLLDWL
1	20	Bury	41	12	9	20	51	81	9	6	5	31	30	3	3	15	20	51	.630	33	WLLWLL
	21	Southampton	40	8	13	19	59	82	4	7	9	39	43	4	6	10	20	39	.720	29	DWDWDL
	22	Barnsley	40	5	7	28	45	104	4	3	13	30	45	1	4	15	15	59	.433	17	LLLLLL