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
- Position Before:
- 5
- Position After:
- 3
- Referee:
- Season:
- 1953-54
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 2:
- Hull City
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 1950 (of 4780)
- League Tier 2
- 1125 (of 2363)
- Competitive:
- 2145 (of 5470)
- Total:
- 3289 (of 7203)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
Rotherham United Goals:
Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker
| 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 |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league games on this day (Sat Sep 05, 1953)
Table before:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |
| 6 | Everton | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |
| 11 | West Ham United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 28 | Leeds United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| 29 | Stoke City | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 33 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 6 | |
| 38 | Lincoln City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| 42 | Leicester City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
| 46 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
| 48 | Notts County | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 5 | |
| 51 | Bristol Rovers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| 58 | Rotherham United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 4 | |
| 62 | Bury | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 | |
| 63 | Brentford | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 4 | |
| 64 | Swansea City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 4 | |
| 69 | Fulham | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 | |
| 69 | Luton Town | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 | |
| 74 | Hull City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 | |
| 77 | Plymouth Argyle | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 3 | |
| 82 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 2 | |
Table after:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
| ⇧ | 8 | West Ham United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| ⇧ | 9 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 10 | Everton | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| ⇧ | 19 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| ⇩ | 21 | Birmingham City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| ⇧ | 28 | Leicester City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| ⇧ | 30 | Derby County | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 32 | Leeds United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 33 | Stoke City | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| ⇧ | 40 | Bristol Rovers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| ⇩ | 53 | Lincoln City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 56 | Luton Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| ⇧ | 60 | Bury | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 62 | Notts County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 67 | Rotherham United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 72 | Swansea City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| ⇧ | 74 | Plymouth Argyle | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 75 | Brentford | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| ⇩ | 78 | Fulham | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| ⇩ | 83 | Oldham Athletic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 3 |
| ⇩ | 85 | Hull City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 3 |