The City Ground

BURY 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 25, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 25, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 25 April 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: A Luty
Attendance:: 10,647
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 20 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Nov 28, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1944 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1119 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2139 (of 5724)
Total:: 3292 (of 7505)
Played:: 70 years, 11 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals

BURY
Manager: Johnny McNeil
Prior form: WLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Daniel (14') (Pen)
Plant (34')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	29	James Clarke
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	22	Tommy Wilson
8	F	28	Tom Martin
9	F	26	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Kirk
2	D	Griffiths
3	D	Massey
4	D	Greenhalgh
5	D	Hart
6	M	Bardsley
7	M	Simm
8	M	Daniel
9	M	Plant
10	F	Gleadhall
11	F	Imlach

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 25, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	4-2	Everton
Bury	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Fulham	1-2	Sheffield United
Leeds United	1-1	Doncaster Rovers
Leicester City	3-2	Lincoln City
Luton Town	0-1	Brentford
Notts County	2-0	Hull City
Plymouth Argyle	3-2	Swansea Town
Rotherham United	0-0	Huddersfield Town
Southampton	6-1	Blackburn Rovers
West Ham United	3-1	Barnsley

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	40	24	10	6	95	52	15	3	2	60	25	9	7	4	35	27	1.82692	58	WDWDDW	Promoted
	2	Huddersfield Town	40	23	9	8	80	33	13	4	3	47	14	10	5	5	33	19	2.42424	55	LWLWWW	Safe
	3	Luton Town	40	22	8	10	84	47	15	1	4	53	16	7	7	6	31	31	1.78723	52	LDWWDD	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	40	19	9	12	62	54	11	5	4	34	22	8	4	8	28	32	1.14815	47	LWLDWD	Safe
	5	Leicester City	41	17	12	12	86	72	12	6	2	52	27	5	6	10	34	45	1.19444	46	LDWDDW	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	40	18	8	14	75	62	11	5	4	44	29	7	3	10	31	33	1.20968	44	WWDLLL	Safe
	7	Blackburn Rovers	41	18	8	15	67	59	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	10	27	39	1.13559	44	WWDWWW	Safe
	8	Birmingham City	40	17	10	13	65	63	10	3	7	40	36	7	7	6	25	27	1.03175	44	LLWLDW	Safe
	9	Fulham	40	17	9	14	79	68	14	1	5	51	26	3	8	9	28	42	1.16176	43	DWWLWL	Safe
	10	Leeds United	41	14	14	13	70	62	13	3	4	41	23	1	11	9	29	39	1.12903	42	LDWLDW	Safe
	11	Swansea Town	41	15	12	14	76	78	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	12	31	52	.97436	42	DWWLWD	Safe
	12	Rotherham United	41	16	8	17	75	74	9	6	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1.01351	40	DDDLWD	Safe
	13	Everton	41	12	14	15	69	71	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	11	31	48	.97183	38	WLLWDL	Safe
	14	West Ham United	40	12	13	15	54	56	8	5	7	35	27	4	8	8	19	29	.96429	37	LLLWLL	Safe
	15	Doncaster Rovers	40	11	15	14	56	63	8	9	3	25	17	3	6	11	31	46	.88889	37	WWLLDW	Safe
	16	Lincoln City	40	10	17	13	59	67	8	9	3	38	25	2	8	10	21	42	.88060	37	WWDLWW	Safe
	17	Brentford	40	12	11	17	57	74	8	8	4	37	27	4	3	13	20	47	.77027	35	DDLLDD	Safe
	18	Hull City	40	13	8	19	55	67	11	6	4	36	19	2	2	15	19	48	.82090	34	LWDLDW	Safe
	19	Notts County	41	13	8	20	58	88	10	5	5	39	31	3	3	15	19	57	.65909	34	LLDWLL	Safe
	20	Bury	41	12	9	20	51	81	9	6	5	31	30	3	3	15	20	51	.62963	33	WLLWLL
	21	Southampton	40	8	13	19	59	82	4	7	9	39	43	4	6	10	20	39	.71951	29	DWDWDL
	22	Barnsley	40	5	7	28	45	104	4	3	13	30	45	1	4	15	15	59	.43269	17	LLLLLL	Relegated

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	41	25	10	6	97	53	15	3	2	60	25	10	7	4	37	28	1.83019	60	DWDDWW	Champions	2-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	41	23	10	8	80	33	13	4	3	47	14	10	6	5	33	19	2.42424	56	WLWWWD	Promoted	0-0
	3	Luton Town	41	22	8	11	84	48	15	1	5	53	17	7	7	6	31	31	1.75000	52	DWWDDL	Safe	0-1
	4	Plymouth Argyle	41	20	9	12	65	56	12	5	4	37	24	8	4	8	28	32	1.16071	49	WLDWDW	Safe	3-2
	5	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	89	74	13	6	2	55	29	5	6	10	34	45	1.20270	48	DWDDWW	Safe	3-2
2	6	Birmingham City	41	18	10	13	69	65	11	3	7	44	38	7	7	6	25	27	1.06154	46	LWLDWW	Safe	4-2
1	7	Nottingham Forest	41	18	8	15	75	64	11	5	4	44	29	7	3	11	31	35	1.17188	44	WDLLLL	Safe	0-2
1	8	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	8	16	68	65	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	11	28	45	1.04615	44	WDWWWL	Safe	1-6
	9	Fulham	41	17	9	15	80	70	14	1	6	52	28	3	8	9	28	42	1.14286	43	WWLWLL	Safe	1-2
	10	Leeds United	42	14	15	13	71	63	13	4	4	42	24	1	11	9	29	39	1.12698	43	DWLDWD	Safe	1-1
	11	Swansea Town	42	15	12	15	78	81	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	13	33	55	.96296	42	WWLWDL	Safe	2-3
	12	Rotherham United	42	16	9	17	75	74	9	7	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1.01351	41	DDLWDD	Safe	0-0
1	13	West Ham United	41	13	13	15	57	57	9	5	7	38	28	4	8	8	19	29	1.00000	39	LLWLLW	Safe	3-1
1	14	Everton	42	12	14	16	71	75	9	8	4	38	23	3	6	12	33	52	.94667	38	LLWDLL	Safe	2-4
	15	Doncaster Rovers	41	11	16	14	57	64	8	9	3	25	17	3	7	11	32	47	.89063	38	WLLDWD	Safe	1-1
	16	Lincoln City	41	10	17	14	61	70	8	9	3	38	25	2	8	11	23	45	.87143	37	WDLWWL	Safe	2-3
	17	Brentford	41	13	11	17	58	74	8	8	4	37	27	5	3	13	21	47	.78378	37	DLLDDW	Safe	1-0
1	18	Notts County	42	14	8	20	60	88	11	5	5	41	31	3	3	15	19	57	.68182	36	LDWLLW	Safe	2-0
1	19	Bury	42	13	9	20	53	81	10	6	5	33	30	3	3	15	20	51	.65432	35	LLWLLW	Safe	2-0
2	20	Hull City	41	13	8	20	55	69	11	6	4	36	19	2	2	16	19	50	.79710	34	WDLDWL	Safe	0-2
	21	Southampton	41	9	13	19	65	83	5	7	9	45	44	4	6	10	20	39	.78313	31	WDWDLW	Relegated	6-1
	22	Barnsley	41	5	7	29	46	107	4	3	13	30	45	1	4	16	16	62	.42991	17	LLLLLL	Relegated	1-3