FOREST 4 - 1 ROTHERHAM UNITED - Sat Sep 05, 1953 (League Tier 2)
- Date:
- Sat Sep 05, 1953 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Rotherham United
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 2
- Score:
- 4-1 (Won)
- Attendance:
- 22,502
- Pos Before/After:
- 5/3
- Opp Before/After:
- 14/16
- Referee:
- Season:
- 1953-54
- Forest/Opp Tier:
- 2/2
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 2:
- Hull City
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 1950 (of 4870)
- League Tier 2:
- 1125 (of 2453)
- Competitive:
- 2145 (of 5567)
- Total:
- 3292 (of 7315)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: DWWLW (Old to recent)
Goals:
Freddie Scott
Roland 'Tot' Leverton
Roland 'Tot' Leverton
Tommy Capel
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: DWWLW (Old to recent)
Goals:
Freddie Scott
Roland 'Tot' Leverton
Roland 'Tot' Leverton
Tommy Capel
ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager:
Prior form: LLWWL (Old to recent)
Goals:
Manager:
Prior form: LLWWL (Old to recent)
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 | Freddie Scott  | |
| 9 | F | Roland 'Tot' Leverton | |
| 10 | F | Tommy Capel | |
| 11 | F | Collin Collindridge |
Lineup:
| Num | Pos | Player |
|---|
| Home | F | A | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham City | 1 | 2 | Leicester City |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 | Notts County |
| Brentford | 0 | 3 | Bristol Rovers |
| Bury | 2 | 2 | Everton |
| Derby County | 2 | 0 | Lincoln City |
| Doncaster Rovers | 4 | 1 | Hull City |
| Leeds United | 1 | 1 | Stoke City |
| Luton Town | 2 | 0 | Swansea City |
| Nottingham Forest | 4 | 1 | Rotherham United |
| Oldham Athletic | 1 | 1 | Plymouth Argyle |
| West Ham United | 3 | 1 | Fulham |
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 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4.500 | 9 | WDWWW | |
| 2 | Everton | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2.000 | 8 | DDWWW | |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.333 | 7 | WWDLW | |
| 4 | West Ham United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1.857 | 7 | WWLDW | |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.667 | 7 | DWWLW | |
| 6 | Leeds United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1.231 | 6 | WWLLW | |
| 7 | Stoke City | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.200 | 6 | DWDDD | |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | .846 | 6 | WDWLD | |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1.429 | 5 | LDDWD | |
| 10 | Leicester City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1.222 | 5 | DLDWD | |
| 11 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1.000 | 5 | DWDLD | |
| 12 | Notts County | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 5 | LDWLW | |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1.143 | 4 | DDLWL | |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .818 | 4 | LLWWL | |
| 15 | Bury | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .625 | 4 | DDDLD | |
| 16 | Brentford | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .583 | 4 | DLLWD | |
| 17 | Swansea Town | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .571 | 4 | LLWWL | |
| 18 | Fulham | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .800 | 3 | DLDLD | |
| 19 | Luton Town | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .800 | 3 | DDLDL | |
| 20 | Hull City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .571 | 3 | LDLWL | |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .455 | 3 | DLDDL | |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .500 | 2 | DDLLL | |
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 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4.333 | 11 | WDWWWW | |
 2 | 2 | West Ham United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2.000 | 9 | WWLDWW |
| 2 | 3 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.000 | 9 | DWWLWW |
 2 | 4 | Everton | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1.750 | 9 | DDWWWD |
| 3 | 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1.000 | 8 | WDWLDW |
| 3 | 6 | Birmingham City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.800 | 7 | WWDLWL |
| 3 | 7 | Leicester City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1.300 | 7 | DLDWDW |
| 3 | 8 | Derby County | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1.222 | 7 | DWDLDW |
| 3 | 9 | Leeds United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1.214 | 7 | WWLLWD |
| 3 | 10 | Stoke City | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.167 | 7 | DWDDDD |
| 2 | 11 | Bristol Rovers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1.571 | 6 | DDLWLW |
| 3 | 12 | Lincoln City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1.111 | 5 | LDDWDL |
| 6 | 13 | Luton Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.000 | 5 | DDLDLW |
| 1 | 14 | Bury | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .700 | 5 | DDDLDD |
| 3 | 15 | Notts County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | .529 | 5 | LDWLWL |
| 2 | 16 | Rotherham United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .667 | 4 | LLWWLL |
| 17 | Swansea Town | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | .500 | 4 | LLWWLL | |
| 3 | 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .500 | 4 | DLDDLD |
| 3 | 19 | Brentford | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .467 | 4 | DLLWDL |
| 2 | 20 | Fulham | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .692 | 3 | DLDLDL |
| 1 | 21 | Oldham Athletic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .538 | 3 | DDLLLD |
| 2 | 22 | Hull City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .455 | 3 | LDLWLL |